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21 young women enter Miss Westark pageant
Twenty-one young women
have entered the 8th annual Miss
W e s t a r k Pageant with the
winner to compete in July in the
Miss Arkansas Pageant. Special
guests at the pageant this year
will be Debra Sue Maffett, Miss
America 1983 and Lisa Elizabeth
S t e v e n s , the current Miss
Arkansas.
Lisa, a 5' 3 1/2, 112 pound,
blonde-haired, blue-eyed student
at Ouachita Baptist University,
performed a flute solo, "Sabre
Dance," as her talent in both the
Miss A r k a n s a s and Miss
America pageants. Lisa had been
a T o p 10 finalist in the 1981 Miss
Arkansas Pageant and the 1983
Miss Texas Pageant. She plans
to be a college speech and
theatre instructor.
Debra, who co-hosts P.M.
Magazine with Bob Seagren in
Los Angeles has appeared on
over 20 network/cable television
shows and hosted six programs
since her reign as Miss America.
She has also performed in Las
V e g a s , Atlantic City, and
Hollywood, Fla. Debra appeared
at Westark during her Miss
America year. She is the former
Miss Houston, Miss Beaumont,
Miss Humble Co., Miss Cut &
Shoot (all Texas titles), Miss
Anaheim and Miss California.
Previous Miss
Westark
winners include: April Clayton1978 (Miss Oklahoma of 1982),
Denise Gaines-1979, Karen
Bettis-1980, Cheryl Shankle1981, Marti Edwards-1982, Kim
Herring-1983, and Kym Koch1984 (the reigning queen).
This years entries include:
Cari Nolte, Donna Hale, Theresa
Burton, Cecilia Tidwell, Julie
Russell, Pamela Bly, Rhonda
Lynn Reed, Laura Stewart,
Tasha Wilson, Kristen Benn,
Cami Harvel, Dolores Thomas,
Toni Kinnard, Stephanie Griffith,
Melissa Hays, Cathy Tyler, Pam
Reed, Gladys Graves, Missy
Pair, Lisa Blasingame, and Cathy
Winn.
The pageant is scheduled for
Saturday night, March 30, or
Friday night, March 29 and
Saturday if it's a two-day
pageant. The Miss Westark
Pageant is an official preliminary
scholarship pageant to the Miss
America Scholarship Pageant.
For more information contact
Stacey Jones in the student
activities office on the lower level
of the Fullerton Student Union.
DEBRA SUE MAFFETT, Miss America 1983,
will perform at the eighth annual Miss Westark
Passant later this month.
T h e F r e n c h C l u b meets
the first Tuesday of every
month at 7:00 p.m. in the
Education Center of the St.
Scholastica Convent. All
persons interested in the
French language
and
culture are invited to attend.
The French club members
play French games and eat
French food cooked by the
members at their meetings.
For more
information
contact Anne Valenti in the
Skills Lab,
A
study
Health
But it could cost college some funds
" W e have students taking
fewer hours resulting in more
part-time students and fewer fulltime students.
Probably
individuals who are working or
otherwise busy are taking two or
three classes. Many of these
people may also have been the
ones registering by telephone,"
explained Dr. Sue Kincannon,
Vice President for Student
Affairs.
A study by Dennis Cash,
host
a
Spanish
Club
l u n c h e d at
Banditos
Wednesday, and discussed
plans to travel to Tulsa to
attend a play presented in
Spanish. They plan to eat at
Casa Bonita afterward. The
trip is planned for Friday,
March 8. Anyone interested
in the Spanish Club, is
welcome to join. The club
meets
every
second
Wednesday of the month.
For more
information
contact Nancy Zechiedrich
at ext. 345.
Director of Admissions, is
gathering a data on students who
r e g i s t e r e d by
telephone.
Hopefully this will determine if
the people who registered by
telephone enrolled primarily in
evening c l a s s e s , are older
students, and if perhaps they
would have enrolled in more
hours if telephone enrollment
had not been limited to six hours.
"Evening class and female
enrollment increased. I think this
could be accounted for by
women c o m e to school to learn
m o r e marketable skills or
upgrading their present job skills.
There are more and more
women in the workforce every
year," stated Kincannon.
Although the average age of
the Student population remained
basically the same, a five percent
increase in enrollment of
students over 26 was noted,
by Cyndy Prater
LP Editor
will
Occupations
C a r e e r D a y Monday,
March 4, in the Fullerton
Student Union Conference
R o o m from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Fifteen medical organizations plan to attend. All
health occupations students
are encouraged to attend.
The
Telephone registration
accounted for 729 of the total
3,389 students who enrolled for
the 1985 spring s e m e s t e r .
Enrollment rose five percent
over the spring of 1984, however,
the full-time e q u i v a l e n c y
dropped five percent. The lower
FTE totals will ultimately have
implications on funding from the
state, since the college receives
m o n e y per s e m e s t e r hour
enrolled, not number of students
enrolled.
class
The next Health Occupations admissions test is
scheduled for Thursday,
March 7 at 1:30 p.m. For
location information
c o n t a c t the c o u n s e l i n g
center.
Westark
Spring enrollment helped by telephones
skills
begins Monday, March 11
featuring topics including
h o w t o manage time,
overcoming test anxiety,
how to take better notes,
and improving concentration and memory skills. The
class runs through May 8
and meets from 10:40 a.m.11:30 a.m. in BB 208. For
more information contact
the counseling office.
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
Arthur Millers Crucible
will be presented by the
Theatre Arts Department
March 7, 8 and 9 in
Westark's
Breedlove
Auditorium. Tickets are free
for students and reservations
can be made in the S A C
office.
What do you think?
Annette
McKenzie On
my income I need a happy hour.
Should bars be barred
from having happy hour?
Mike
Turner Yes,
no
happy hour would cut down on
d.w.i.'s.
Editorials
Brad Kidder Jr.- No, I can t
talk now, happy hour starts in
ten minutes, I've got to run.
T e d Stiles-No, the bars
should set there own policies.
TheLionsPride
over drinks. Some see it as a shot
at half-priced drinks and grab all
they can, leaving the bar armed
with a loaded car and mind.
Is happy hour to be or not to
Where should the line be
be in the bars of Arkansas? That
drawn? What questions are at
is today's question. Whether
stake here? Can we justly
h a p p y h o u r c a u s e s mild
prohibit bars from selling drinks
Finally! A whole week of at a two-for-one or half-price
television to myself! No more incentive to customers? Where
nature specials. No more dumb is the actual problem, the lower
boxing matches. No more cost of the drink, or the inability
husband-oriented TV! I would to stop when a tolerable limit is
have seven delightful days in reached?
If a person sets out to become
which to choose what I wanted to
watch, seven days to watch drunk, that person stands a good
irrelevant programs and not get chance of getting there with or
any flak from my other half. I without a happy hour. A person
pictured myself sitting in front of the television set and enjoying some with a drinking problem will not
be deterred by a law preventing
of the unfamiliar wonders of the entertainment world.
Three days into my imagined orgy of fun TV, I now understand why him or her from saving money.
nature specials and dumb boxing matches dominate screen time at The only way to stop this person
our house. There's nothing fit to watch. The set has remained silent is to convince him to seek help
past the Today show and the p.m. news; a cursory glance at the with the problem. Alcoholism is
listings provides an excellent reason for the popularity of the off not caused by lower prices of
alcohol; it is a disease caused by
button.
It's difficult to understand why we--not necessarily "we" as applied drinking alcohol at what-ever
to my family, but an editorial "we"--insist on spending megabucks on a price you can pay. All that is
television set with brilliant, natural color, stereo sound, a screen that really known about it is some
could dominate the W C C gym, a telephone answering service, etc., people get it while others don't.
What matters here is stopping
etc., etc
And then pay the cable company even more money to
allow them to pipe trash into our homes. A satellite system-it seems to happy hours will not stop the
me-simply allows one to choose from a much larger selection of abuser of alcohol from abusing it,
it will only make it harder on the
programmed idiocy.
No, I'm not anti-television. If it were used properly, it couldbe an social drinker.
The reason I see stated most
excellent source of information and entertainment. It use to be fun to
watch. The dialogue used to consist of more than four letter words. often concerning prohibiting
Actors used to remain clothed. Sex used to be subtle and implied; it happy hours is the D.W.I.'s
didn't resemble a how-to manual. Granted, our current culture reportedly caused by them. If
couldn't deal with another rash of Howdys, Buffalo Bobs and
Clarabells or Gilligans or Beavers, but that's good. Our tastes have
become more sophisticated and refined; what was acceptable 25
years ago is totally out of line today. However, the good taste that was
a part of the new field of video broadcasting in those days would still
be acceptable to the majority of today's discriminating viewers. It is
not necessary to constantly titilate the senses to produce a good
program. Some of us might enjoy semi-serious plays, Red Skelton reruns, good drama or even an up-dated version of the Old Toast of
the Town. Thankfully, the station from Atlanta gives us a pretty
good selection of the movie classics. Some of them are hilarious, not
because they were intended to be, but because they are so out of
whack with today's ideas. But they still make for an amusing hour or
so; and are fit for even the youngest of our families to watch.
The television producers have an awesome responsibility. They are
the backbone of our country's mass media. They form our opinions,
sell us our clothes, cars, and whatevers, make or break political
candidates and, in their power, run our country. They have been able
to manipulate us because we have gotten lazy and allowed others,
whom we perceive to be powerful, to do our thinking for us. It's easier
that way and doesn't take time away from from Dallas or the rererun of the basketball game between Podunk U. and Foamy Tech.
We complained when the atrocities of the Vietnamese war came into
our living rooms in horrible blood red and then turned around and
acclaimed movies like Dirty Harry. Doesn't really make a whole lot
of sense, does it?
Perhaps, after a week of television to myself, I will appreciate the
nature specials and enjoy the wonders of our world. That is a definite
possibility. But it will be a very cold day in a very hot place before I will
sit down and endure a dumb boxing match.
intoxication and gracious social
interaction, or brings about
gross intoxication and deadly
driving in automobiles. Many
people view happy hour as a
gathering of friends after office
hours, a chance to talk and relax
this issue is truly at stake, we
should be asking how many ways
are there to cut down on D.W.I.'s
that will not harm the bar owners
trade or the social drinkers
comraderie.
Though the penalty for driving
under the influence of alcohol
has been raised recently, I feel it
should be stronger; to the tone
of: lose driving privileges for one
year on first offense plus a $1000
fine; lose the right to drive
permanently on the second
offense; forfeit of vehicle if a third
offense occurs.
Several
countries have laws similar to
this and it is reported they are
working.
Education of our children can
have a lot to do with out future
dealings with this question. We
should show our youth the truth
about the use and abuse of
alcohol. Not just the bad things. I
know too many people who
started drinking just to see what
was this horrible thing they had
heard about.
If the right to have a happy
hour is taken from the bar
owners it will only cause dissent
among the people who do not
abuse alcohol; we will be
punishing them for the actions of
others. What we need are stiffer
laws for after leaving the bar.
by Scott Gordey
LP Activities Editor
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Rick Nicklin
Hong F. Kok
John Dunn
Charles
Wheeler
John Funke
Anne Valenti
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Walton
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the
official
student
newspaper
of
Westark
Community
College,
is
published
every other
Tuesday
during the
regular academic
year and
once
each summer session.
Offices are
located
in the Fullerton
Student
Union, Suite 208.
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Machine shop students win scholarships
The Fort Smith Chapter of the
S o c i e t y of Manufacturing
Engineers recently honored
three students, Ray Bennett,
Tracy Pondexter and John
Nichols for their diligence and
attention to their studies.
Enrolled as machine shop
students and told at the
beginning of the fall semester by
instructor Jerry Center of a
competition concerning the
quality of work on a class project
each student built a steel vice.
The competition centered on
th quality of workmanship on
Drafting
wins
each vice judged by a group from
the Fort Smith Chapter of the
S o c i e t y of Manufacturing
Engineers.
The students took a piece of
raw steel, cut it, milled it to
precise specifications, threaded
it and heat treated the jaws of the
vice to harden the steel.
When completed at the end of
fall semester the judging team
came to the machine shop
classroom and evaluated all the
vices.
The third place winner, John
Nichols, received a set of dual
calipers (precision measuring
device) valued at approximately
$60.00.
The second place winner,
Tracy Pondexter, received a
one-half scholarship.
The first place winner, Ray
B e n n e t t , r e c e i v e d a full
scholarship for the spring
semester.
"Everyone did their best and
the f e e l i n g a r o u n d
the
c o m p e t i t i o n was g o o d , "
commented John, a full-time
student from Mountainburg.
The scholarship award is an
annual event. Brandy McCrea,
Chairman of the Fort Smith
Chapter, presented the awards,
by Charles Wheeler
LP Staff Writer
student
scholarship
Hard work and determination
paid off in the form of a $250
scholarship for Damon Rye. The
scholarship, awarded by the
Greater Fort Smith Home
Builders Association, applies to
spring semester, and was
awarded on the basis of Damon's
accomplishments in architectural
drafting.
Drafting instructor Mary
Copeland stated Rye displays
the d e t e r m i n a t i o n
and
consistency needed to succeed
in today's market.
"He is one of the hardest
working students 1 have,"
commented Copeland. "Also,
he's settled enough that he'll
make the most of his education.
Damon, a married student who
works in the screen and art
department of Willard Mirrors,
views the scholarship as both an
honor and a financial boost. "It's
going to help a lot," stated
Damon. "I've only been able to
attend part-time, but it's worth it
to get the education."
The Greater Fort Smith Home
Builders Association, whose
members range from banks to
lumber companies, honored
Damon at their regular meeting
on February 7.
By Donna Woodall
NUMA Editor
BRANDY MC CREA awards John Nichols, Tracey Pondexter and Ray
Bennett their engineering prizes while their instructor Jerry Center joins in.
Workshop offers help in applying for financial aid
Do you need help completing
your application for student
financial aid? Now is the time to
apply for the 1985-86 school
year.
The financial aid staff would
like to assist in getting it right the
first time. Mistakes can cause
c o n s i d e r a b l e delay e x t r a
processing costs. A workshop
on "How to Apply for Student
Financial Aid" will be held
DAMON RYE works on a drafting assignment
which helped him garner his scholarship, (photo by
Donna Woodall)
Monday, March 4 at 7 p.m. in the
conference room on the second
floor of the Fullerton Union. This
workshop is open to students
and parents.
The financial staff encourages
students to pick up their 1985-86
student aid application forms in
Room 114 of the Vines Building a
few days prior to the workshop.
The workshop will be more
beneficial to the student who has
reviewed the application and
made an attempt to complete the
forms. Bring along all documents
used to fill out the forms such as
1984 income tax forms, social
security statements, etc.
Make plans now to attend. For
more information, feel free to
contact the Financial Aid Office
at ext. 209.
Tornado Awareness week reiterates precautions
Are you prepared for a
tornado? The week of March 10
begins T o r n a d o Awareness
Week in hopes everyone will be
able to answer this question
more positively.
A tornado is a violently
rotating column of air in contact
with the ground and extending
from the base of a thunderstorm.
Tornados have been called
twisters and cyclones, but these
are synonyms for the most
Mansfield
violent storms on earth, with
estimated wind speeds up to 300
mph. It's shape is also smooth
and tapered.
While there are no ways to
stop a tornado, there are
precautions that can be taken to
prevent injury and loss of life. If in
a building, one should go to the
nearest d e s i g n a t e d s t o r m
shelter. Never run out and stay in
a car because more serious
accidents occur
around
students
"There is a big difference in
college and high school libraries.
That is why these college bound
high school seniors have come to
learn to use the best college
library in the area," stated Mary
Lou Louper, English teacher at
Mansfield High.
When the Mansfield senior
class came to campus last
Wednesday, it was their only
field trip of the year, and they
chose Westark because they felt
it was beneficial to their studies.
"The sources at the Westark
automobiles and mobile homes
during a tornado than any other
place. Cars, trucks and mobile
homes have the effect of a leaf in
the wind during the turblent
winds of a tornado. In previous years people were told to take
care of windows and doors. The
latest information is to leave the
windows and doors as they are.
Opening a window on the north
side was once thought to be a
way to minimize danger by
allowing inside and outside
pressure to equalize. This is no
longer recommended and could
actually increase d a m a g e .
JUST STAY A W A Y FROM
WINDOWS AND GLASS
D O O R S and go to the
designated area.
For additional information on
precautions which can be taken
during a t o r n a d o ,
Ellen
Rebsamen, student nurse, said
daily television messages, radio
m e s s a g e s , and n e w s p a p e r
stories will be informing the
general public what to do in the
event of a tornado warning. She
also wants to inform students
she has information on safety
p r e c a u t i o n s and
general
information on tornados for
examination,
by Cecilia Tidwell
LP News Editor
spend day in LRC
Library (LKC) compliment the
Mansfield library," said Louper.
This is the third year the
Mansfield seniors have visited
the Westark LRC, and Max
Burns, direct or of the LRC, said
the students are always well
behaved and seem to enjoy
themselves.
"The hardest thing for the
students is finding their way
around," laughed Dollie Gage,
p s y c h o l o g y t e a c h e r and
Mansfield librarian. "There are a
lot more resources than at the
Mansfield library," commented
Buzzy Sigmon. "It's bigger and
better," declared Billy Boyd. "It
was very easy for me to get lost in
this library," admitted Atsuko
Fujumura, a foreign exchange
student from Japan.
T w o s t u d e n t s attending
Westark came to the LRC with
the Mansfield group last year and
felt the trip helped familiarize
them with the LRC and campus.
By Michael McClelland
LP Staff Writer
SMILING FACES were the order of the day as
Mansfield High School seniors visited the LRC to
research English assignments.
SAC offers scholarships
On Wed., Feb. 13, the Student
Activities Council picked the last
of its officers for the spring '85
semester. The '85 officers
include: President-Mike Bradley;
Vice President of Recruitment
and Retention-Jim Marks; Vice
President of Chairs (committees)-
to
Mike Turner; and SecretaryMitzi Mannkin.
They will hold these positions
for the rest of the semester. Each
received a full (in-district) tuition
scholarship. To run for office
they each had to have a 2.5 grade
point average.
officers
The Student Activities
Council meets each Wed. at 1:00
p.m. in the upper level
conference room of the student
union. All students are invited to
attend.
by Scott G o r d e y
LP Activities Editor
STEP hosts pageant
among spring
A JAZZ
CONCERT
featuring Leslie Burrs will
b e p r e s e n t e d at n o o n
t o m o r r o w in the student
union. Burrs is visiting
W e s t a r k this week courtesy of a grant from the
N a t i o n a l E d o w m e n t of
Arts and the
Alcoa
Foundation Affiliate Artist
program through
the
Arkansas Arts Center.
W h i l e h e r e B u r r s will
conduct workshops for
area high s c h o o l s as well as
p e r f o r m with the j a z z
ensemble.
STEP will be hosting a Hal
Jackson International Teens
Pageant April 13, at 7:00 p.m. in
using the Darby Auditorium
because Breedlove Auditorium
had already been booked.
Any female between the ages
of 13 and 16 years can enter.
Club sponsor Emma Watts, at
ext. 238, will take applications
April 1 thru 5.
The local winner will go to the
state pageant in Little Rock on
May 11, and the state winner will
attend the National Hal Jackson
Teens Pageant in Hollywood
during August. Travel, room and
board for the state and national
pageants will be covered by the
State Hal Jackson Organization.
The areas covered by this local
pageant include Fort Smith, Van
Buren, Alma, and parts of
Eastern Oklahoma. There will be
no swimwear competition. The
judging is based on talent,
intelligence, and personality.
Sunday, Feb. 3, during the
Black Heritage Celebration,
STEP had a Gospel Extravaganza. The guest speaker was Jerry
Johnson, instructor at Northside
High School and advisor on the
Northside Confederation of
Black Students.
During the Extravaganza
activities
several awards were given to
outstanding Blacks in Fort Smith
including: Dr. Curtis Ivery for
Outstanding Businessman, Dr.
Harry McDonald for Professional A c c o m p l i s h m e n t
and
Outstanding Devotion, Euba
Winton and Todd Perry for
Outstanding
Community
Service, and James Dodson
received an award for Most
Outstanding Black High School
Student. James had a 3.55 grade
point average, has been in Who's
Who Among American High
S c h o o l S t u d e n t s for two
consecutive years, and received
a U.S. National Leadership
A w a r d . B e c a u s e of his
Outstanding a c h i e v e m e n t s ,
W C C President Joel Stubblefield
presented him with a two-year
scholarship to Westark.
Diana Kensey, recruiter and
counselor at the Philander Smith
College in Little Rock, was the
speaker at a special STEP
meeting Monday, Feb. 18. The
theme of her speech was
" T o g e t h e r n e s s " and she
emphasized the importance of
education and attitude.
STEP meets every Wednesday at 12:40 p.m. in the student
union Conference Room.
by Katie G u d e
LP Clubs Editor
S T U D E N T A C T I V I T I E S Council officers receive
scholarships for the first time ever this semester.
Miller's 'The Crucible'
rehearses
for March
Homecomig
queen crowned
TASHA
WILSON
was crowned
1985
H o m e c o m i n g Queen. Her court included Libby
Brook, Melody Talley, Sondra Bogan and Vertonya
Clements.
The W C C theatre arts dept.
will present "The Crucible", by
Arthur Miller, on March 7, 8 & 9.
Miller's play is set on Salem,
Mass., in the late 1600s. It
revolves around the famous
"Salemwitch trials" of that time.
Cast in the play are: Heather
Askew, Andrea Cadelli, John
Funke, Tina Geheb, Scott
Gordey, Jasmine Hendricks,
Sean Home, Bradley Kidder,
Mike M c C l e l l a n d ,
Nikki
McDanial, Charlotte Prody, Jim
Smallwood, Gretchen Tucker,
7 - 9 run
and Amy Young of Ft. Smith;
Katie Gude, Robyn Tippetts,
Amy Weaver, and Angela
Weaver of Muldrow, OK, Darell
Griffith and James Stevens of
Greenwood,
and
Carol
Stanzione of Sallisaw, OK.
The play will be presented in
the Breedlove Auditorium and
admission will be free to
students. Performances will be at
8:15 p.m. each evening.
by S c o t t Gordey
LP Activities
The LP thanks Donna Woodall, NUMA editor and
Audio-Visual student worker, for her efforts in helping
develop an on-campus system for the PMT screening of
photos for reproduction in The LP. Thanks, Donna. We
appreciate you.
LP Editors
Go fake a hike on Ozark Trail
Some folks persist in thinking
life in Northwest Arkansas is
pretty lackluster - no big
concerts, no big boat shows, or
stock car races, or fashion
shows. No this, no that.
Ah, but there are the Ozark
mountains - a splendid,
unspoiled wilderness where
people can exit from the fast lane
and walk about undisturbed in
nature's harmony.
And here in our own backyard
is the start of what one day could
b e c o m e one of the most
significant and scenic hiking
trails in the U.S.A.
The Ozark Highlands Trail,
which starts at Lake Ft. Smith
State park, could one day
connect with the Ozark Trail in
Missouri and e x t e n d o n e
thousand miles to St. Louis.
This dream guides and
nurtures the work of Tim Ernst, a
free-lance photographer from
Fayetteville. He is the founder of
the Ozark Highlands Trail
Association (OHTA), a group of
volunteers d e d i c a t e d to
maintaining and extending the
Ozark Highlands Trail.
The trail starts at Lake Ft.
Smith and extends eastward for
135 mile to the U.S. Forest
S e r v i c e c a m p g r o u n d near
Richland Creek.
"It's
you're looking for solitude and an
escape from civilization this is
the place," said Ernst.
"The trail has a terrific amount
of access. It crosses over many
roads, and you can choose how
far you want to hike. It is all on
Forest Service property which
means you can camp most crevice at Evan's Point. The
then so you should bring a friend
a n y w h e r e y o u w a n t , " he suspension bridge half-way
along when hitting the trail. Slipcontinued.
resistent tough shoes also come
through the trail is no longer
OHTA is working on building there so the hiker will have to
in handy. Check into the
scenic loops along the trail where continue along at the Ozark Visitor's Center and let the
a hiker can depart from the main Highlands turnoff or turn back
attendant know you will be on
trail and walk 10-12 miles and retrace his steps. Either way
the trail. One should pick up a
eventually returning to the it's a fun hike.
map of the area you will be
starting point.
hiking. A map of the entire Ozark
Accidents happen now and
One such loop will be at
Redding Campground on the
Mulberry River near Cass.
O H T A m e m b e r s will be
constructing the trail from
M a r c h 16-24. "Folks are
welcome to come out and help
us," said Ernst. "You can do as
much as you want and have as
much fun as you want."
The Ozark Highlands Trail
uses a "rent-a-section" system to
maintain the hikeability of the
trail. Volunteers agree to
monitor a small section removing
obstacles along the path. "We
have someone monitoring every
inch of the trail," reported Ernst.
As for the dream of one day
being able to hike the wilds from
Lake Ft. Smith to St. Louis Ernst
estimated that will take another
twenty years to become reality.
While the Arkansas side of the
Ozark Trail seems to be shaping
up, with plans for a long trail
along the Buffalo River in the
works; obstacles remain in
Missouri. 75%
proposedtrail. If
an ofall the
backwoods
Missouri Ozark Trail will cross
private property and legal
THE TRAIL could someday
ramifications abound.
extend 1000 miles to St. Louis, but
now is 135 miles of hiking routes.
For those people who prefer a
short day-hike the Evan's Point
Trail circling Lake Ft. Smith is an
ideal excursion. It has several
beautiful waterfalls and a 100 ft.
Highlands trail can be purchased
at Ozark Mountains Sports
Shop in Fort Smith.
You're all set now to intimately
enjoy the great outdoors. Happy
trails to one and all.
by John Funke
LP Staff Writer
Instructor spends summers riding rails
AND SHOOTS SOME
of the countryside from
his cabin.
Last summer Dr. Dan Butler,
chairman of the social and
behaviorial science division,
spent three weeks traveling on
and learning about the railroads
of Bolivia, Peru, and Chile. His
social field of interest is the
railroad and he found South
America to be a vital source of
transportation for both the locals
and the tourists.
"There is no better way to see
a country than by the railways,"
he said. The Peruvian railroads
were very nice, clean, and
usually on time, but the Chilean,
and Bolivian railroads were very
primitive and crowded, he
declared. "There was no real
problem getting any information
about what I wanted to know, I
just had to be patient. The people
were always wanting to help," he
continued.
Staying in hotels and living
with friends, Dr. Butler got to see
how the native people lived,
worked and played. "When you
visit a three-world country, you
must expect to give up some
luxuries such as heating. It was
winter time down there and it
was very cold, especially if you're
used to central heating and hot
water," he said.
continued Butler, "was the bad
economic conditions of the
countries I visited, especially that
of Bolivia." That was the first
time he visited Bolivia, but he had
been to Peru and Ecuador in
1982.
"During my trip in '83 the
Peruvian money (soles) was
worth 620 to the American
dollar. In July and August of last
summer it was 3,700 to the
dollar. Now it is about 7,500 to
the dollar. In the past six months
the sol has almost doubled in its
decrease in value," stated Butler.
" T h e other thing I will
remember most about my trip is
the amazing beauty of South
America, particularily that of
Peru. I am always awed by my
visits there. The beauty is so
astounding.
The
South
American people are also always
helpful and friendly," he shared.
The first time Dr. Butler
traveled to South America was
with the foreign language dept.
which is planning a trip to
England. Departing on May 16
any one who would be interested
in going may get in contact with
Nancy Zechiedrich or Carmen
Beshoner at ext. 345.
by Charlotte Freeman
LPStaffPhotographer
"What struck me the hardest?"
Tuesday, February 26, 1985
collegiate crossword
Congratulations,
you have passed
the trial phase
Try not to be upset; this may c o m e as a shock to you. What you have thought, up until now, as life on
earth, is an experiment in biofabric engineering.
D o not be angry. If you wish to complain to a fellow human being it will not understand; there are no other
human beings, you are the only prototype. The things you see around you are androids of a very advanced
nature. They are only machines. Their purpose is to provide you with mental and physical stimulis so our
experts may determine whether or not your model is complete.
So, congratulations, your model has been chosen for cloning and colonization on a world more suitable
for life than the test world.
And what, may you ask, will become of the test world on which you happen to be? W e are giving it to you.
That's right. The world you are on, I believe you call it Earth, and all of the machines on it are now your
property. You may d o whatever you want with them. Try not to use them up, there will be now new ones.
There may be one drawback. Now that the trial phase is over the machines will be taken off the freethough control terminal and will be running only on their own subsystems. What this means is they will not
be able to receive any new programs from our central computers. The fireman machines will only be active
when there are fires to put out. The dancing machines will only be able to dance. The teaching machines will
turn off because the children machines will be unable to accept new programs.
W e realize this may be difficult on you since there are so many bitching, whinning, and killing machines
around. W e have seen to this problem. You will have the capability to alter the program of any machine,
temporarily. When you wish to use a machine for other than it's intended purpose, or if you wish to prevent
it from performing an act in which it is already involved, you may say a key phrase we have programmed into
all the machines that will divert it's functions to the one which you desire. The phrase we have chosen is "Elect
Reagan". This was chosen because it was originally put into the program by a technician who had had a bit
too much to drink at our LAST office party. W e understand all of the problems caused by this little prank
and hope you will enjoy using it to obtain things from your machines, or to prevent them from performing a
task you d o not desire.
Remember, d o not destroy your machines randomly. There will be no new ones. W e are sorry if you are
bothered by the realization you are only a test subject. Why bother about it, though? Have fun! Play with
your machines. The world is yours to do with as you want. Celebrate! You have passed your trail phase! You
are the ruler of the World!
by Scott Gordey
LP Activities Editor
Edward Julius
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47 "Call50 Turkish nobles
54 Actor Auberjonois
"Touring" museum
55 Privy to (2 wds.)
exhibit (2 wds.)
56 Martin and Lewis
U-235 or U-238
movie (3 wds.)
"Sweet" girl of
60 One of the empires
song
61 King of France,
Dispositions
877-879
Giving bad news all
62 Wet behind
---at once (3 wds.)
63 Wild blue, and
Painter of "The
other places
Twittering Machine"
FDR's mother
December 31 word
DOWN
Archipelago unit
1 Gore Vidal book
(abbr.)
2 "Matinee" stars
Unvarying
3 Stairway pillar
Geometry assign4 Elation
ment
5 Rifle range: Fr.
Radio frequency
6 Prefix for verse or
Poetess Moore
cycle
Water nymphs
7 Tennis racket
Israeli or Irani,
specification
e.g.
8 Lead-in, for short
Colorful corn
9 Very dry
Fred Perry's sport
10 Suffix: native of
Consecration
11 Quantities of butter
participant
Put the ball on the 12 "--- Plata,"
montana's motto
runner (2 wds.)
13 Lowly laborer
Corday's victim
14 Girl in Salinger
Seventh Avenue
story
dummy
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26
Faux pas
See 8-Across
Part of NCO
Dolphin follower
Fats Waller's
instrument
28 All smiles
29 Be patient
30 Woodman's tool
31 Belgian river
32 Detective Helm
33"...against---of troubles"
34 Knell or toll
39 Engagement for Luke
Skywalker (2 wds.)
40 Kind of acid
41 With total exposure
42 Prefix: mouth
46 Gas lamps
47 Operative (2 wds.)
48 "--- With Love"
49 Those who oppose
50 "There'll be
---time..."
51 Alaric subject
52 Der ---- (Adenauer)
53 Kind of gin
55 Footnote note
57 Sumac of song
58 Pennsylvania 6-5---59 Go whistle-stopping
Tuesday, February 26, 1985
Baseball Lions open season Friday at A T U
The baseball Lions begin their
1985 season this Friday in
Russellville against Arkansas
Tech.
The Lions two month
schedule features 30 playing
dates, all of which will be double
headers, according to Coach Bill
Crowder.
As of last Friday Crowder and
his assistant, Rick Ritschel,
hadn't selected a starting pitcher
nor lineup for the opener. "It will
be difficult to decide on a
rotation," stated Crowder of his
nine-man pitching staff. "Some
pitchers will perform both
starting and relief duties." One
Lion hurler, Steve Meyer, was
selected in the baseball amateur
draft during the offseason.
basketball
still
Boston's Red Sox now own
signing rights of the Tulsa native
freshman.
C r o w d e r ' s pitching staff
contains three southpaws and
six righthanders. At present,
four players are battling for the
right to catch the Lion pitchers.
Catchers Ralph Bilyeu, Allan
Harpenau, Bryan Todd, and
Bobby Muldoon all bat and
throw righthanded.
The remainder of the squad
consists of eight infielders and six
outfielders. Two of the infielders,
Kevin Edwards and William
O'Neal were drafted by the Red
S o x and C h i c a g o C u b s ,
respectively. Outfielder Randy
Ward was a selection of the
Cincinnati Reds.
Other than catchers and
pitchers only 14 players vie for
the remaining seven starting
positions. Crowder felt most all
of his players will receive ample
playing time.
Most of the conference teams
also open their seasons soon.
Crowder expects a balanced
conference with NEO, Carl
Albert, and Conners State as
early favorites, if any exist.
Unlike basketball, the baseball
Lions face several four year
schools through their schedule
which Crowder said, "Isn't
unusual, we've played them for
years and will play almost
anybody that wants to play us."
by Glenn Parrish
LP Sports Writer
undecided
Volleyball next for lM athletes
Sign-ups for intramural
v o l l e y b a l l are u n d e r w a y ,
a c c o r d i n g to i n t r a m u r a l s
director Laqueta Jo Bottoms.
Intramural volleyball, a coed
sporting event, has six persons
per team, and as many as eight
Coming up with good grades is a job
in itself. It's even harder if you have to
worry about coming up with
tuition too. Army R O T C can
lighten that load. We've got
scholarships that pay tuition,
required fees and an amount for
books and supplies. Plus, pay up to
$1,000 each year they're
in effect.
What if you don't receive
one? R O T C can still help—with
financial assistance—up to
$1,000 a year—for your last two
years in the program.
So check out a way to keep
your mind o n the books not on
the bucks. Find out more
by contacting your Army
R O T C Professor of
Military Science.
ARMY ROTC.
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Captain
Kevin
Sanford
can be on a team.
"If possible, when students
sign up, they should sign up a
whole
team,"
Bottoms
commented. The teams should
also have a name when signing
up.
The volleyball competition will
be a single round robin
tournament. "But if their aren't
many teams participating,"
Bottoms added, "We'll have a
double round robin tournament."
Students can sign up for
intramural volleyball at the
student activities office on the
lower level of the student union.
Due to bad weather and
scheduling conflicts, the 5-on-5
basketball championship has yet
to be played, and there hasn't
been any 3-on-3 games played,
Bottoms said. The volleyball
competition will be held after the
close of intramural basketball.
In intramural mixed bowling
action, 10 Pin seems right now
to be the team to beat, having
lost only twice in twelve games.
10 Pin is led by Son Tong,
who had the men's individual
high game with a 212 last week.
Saphronia St. John and Randall
Nelson round out 10 Pin,
bowling averages last week of
134 and 130, respectively.
Star Frame has the second
best record. Last week, Stacey
Jones led the team with a 149,
f o l l o w e d c l o s e l y by D o n
Tannehill's 146.
3's
C o m p a n y , is right
behind Star Frame in the wonlost column. Chris Berry led the
team with an average of 172 last
week. David Meeks bowled a 149
to compliment Berry's league
leading average.
Super D's was led by Joan
Franklin's average of 152. She
also had the high individual game
for women with a 1983.
Singapore, a late entry into
the competition, was led by
Terence Cheng's average of 146.
Tong Ping Chow and Bonnie Ho
are the other two members of the
team.
Another new team, RAJ, has
been added to the list of
intramural bowling teams. They
are in the cellar of the won-lost
columns.
As of the last week, the
standings are:
10 Pin
Star Frame
3's Company
Super D's
Singapore
RAJ
by John Dunn
LP Staff Writer
10-2
8-4
7-5
5-7
5-7
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Lady Lions roaring to best record ever
Playing five games in eight
days the Lady Lions won three
games pushing their record to
19-9 overall.
Coach LaQueta Jo Bottoms
confirmed this record marks the
best women's performance in
the school's history. The Lady
Lions concluded their season
last night with a road game
against NEO.
At least three Lady Lions
scored in double figures in each
of the past five games. Against
B a c o n e last Thursday the
Westark women posted an 84-61
win with Sandra Bogan scoring
33 to lead the way. Tonya
Clements added 16 and Shelia
Stamps 14.
The preceeding night the Lady
Lions dropped an 86-75 decision
to Conners State in a makeup of
a Feb. 4 cancellation. Bogan and
Stamps had 18 apiece and Pam
Watkins 17.
Bogan lived up to her 25.0
points per g a m e a v e r a g e
February 18 against Rogers
State with 35 points in an 84-65
victory. Clements and Watkins
a d d e d 15 and 12 points
respectively.
Homecoming night the Lady
L i o n s k n o c k e d off then
nationally fourth rated Connors
state 75 66 with Bogan scoring
27, Stamps 24, and Dianna
Paulette 11.
On St. Valentine's night
Eastern State took a 73-65
victory over the Lady Lions,
Bogan gave a 26 point effort,
Clements a 13, Watkins a 12, and
Stamps a 10 point performance
in the Lady Lion-s second loss to
the Eastern State team.
As of Friday the Lady Lions
trailed Eastern, NEO and
C o n n o r s in what Bottoms
termed, " o n e of the three
toughest conferences in the
nation" on a junior college level.
The women's state tournament
is set for this Thursday, Friday
and Saturday in Beebe before
which the conference's top two
teams must face each other
twice. The Arkansas women's
champion will then face the
Oklahoma women's tournament.
T h e Lady L i o n s
open
Arkansas state tournament
action Thursday night at Beebe
against the fourth place finisher
in t h e A r k a n s a s
JuCo
conference, either ASU-Beebe
or Garland County Community
College.
bv Glenn Parrish
LP Sports Writer
, THE LADY L I O N S have already surpassed their
17-12 record from last year and could reach the 20
victory plateau this week.
Bi-State champs, again
Busy week nets title for Lions
The Lions wrapped up their
seventh consecutive Bi-State
East conference title Thursday
night with a 77-67 victory over
Bacone in their home finale. The
win raised the Lions records to
25-3 overall and 10-1 in the
league.
Fatigued and strained, the
Lions rushed to a big halftime
lead then c r u i s e d to its
conference clinching win.
The night before, the Lions
played what C o a c h Gayle
Kaundart described as "may be
the best we've played since I
started coaching here" in
destroying Connors State 83-46.
Playing at Warner, OK, the Lions
shot 73 percent from the field
and 89 percent from the line.
Kaundart, and the players,
agreed the " c a r e e r " game
against Connors State probably
was prompted by the surprising
loss the night b e f o r e to
conference also ran Rogers
State.
The Lions lost a double
overtime stall game to Rogers
State 43-40 on the road.
The Saturday previous here,
the Lions beat Connors State for
the first time 66-52. Count it up,
that made four games in six
nights. From here, the Lions
prepare for the state tournament
March 4-6 and the region playoffs March 8-12. The Lions
closed their regular season play
last night at NEO.
The Lions open Arkansas
state tournament play Friday
night here against the last place
team from the Arkansas JuCo
conference.
LEWIS COOK stretches for a rebound during the
Lions conference title clinching the game last week.
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" T o o late for you, sucker,"
officer Jenny Loud said to the
street scum who's holding a gun
on her partner and husband,
Malcolm MacGruder. Well, it
was too late for the street scum
to do anything to get out of his
predicament, but it's never too
late for the viewers to change
channels on "MacGruder &
Loud."
"MacGruder & Loud" is
ABC's latest foray into the c o p
show genre. But this show has an
added feature-by day officers
MacGruder and Loud share a
patrol car, by night they share a
bed. After falling in love, Malcolm
MacGruder (played by John
Getz) and Jenny Loud (played
by Kathryn Harrold) defied
police department rules and
secretly married. Gosh, how
contemporary!
Well, since men and women
do share the same patrol cars
these days, it could happen. The
two have to keep their marriage a
secret, and that makes for some
dilemmatic situations. For
instance, they have separate but
adjoining apartments. When
some of Malcolm's police
buddies pop over for a few beers
and a game of cards, Jenny can
sneak back to her apartment
through the bookcase that opens
on a swivel and connects the
apartments. Oftentimes, when
the passion between the two
heats up after a long day of
patrolling, one of Malcolm's
cronies show up. Bye-bye,
Jenny.
The couple's marriage also
interferes with their policing, too.
When Malcolm pulls over an
attractive blonde for driving
while intoxicated, Jenny gets
jealous while watching him talk
to the woman and wonders aloud
to herself, "Why doesn't he cuff
her?" In another episode, Jenny
dated a mobster while doing
undercover work to find out
about a gambling syndicate, and
Malcolm nearly came unglued.
But, all was well in the end. It's all
so contrived.
When they are not busy being
jealous, they pull the patrol car
into secluded places and carry
on as if they were lovestruck
teens. In the debut episode, they
pulled into an alley and explained
the d e p a r t m e n t a l
rules
c o n c e r n i n g their marriage
(obviously done for the benefit of
the viewers) and smothered
each other with kisses the entire
scene. They drove through a
care wash smothering each
other in the third episode. It's all
so ridiculous. But, hopefully,
those type of situations will be
phased out altogether.
If you find yourself becoming
n a u s e o u s while w a t c h i n g .
"MacGruder & Loud," it's
understandable. The series is
brought to you by producer
Aaron Spelling, the same man
w h o has given the world
"Charlie's Angels," "The Love
Boat," "Fantasy Island," "Hotel,"
and last, but not least, "Finders
of Lost L o v e s . " Spelling's
programs have been big ratings
winners for ABC. He still has one
winner in " D y n a s t y . " But,
viewers seem to be growing tired
of his formula programs, in which
everyone is rich and beautiful.
"MacGruder & Loud does not
fall under the category of "rich
and beautiful," but it is standard
c o p show fare in the tradition of
"T.J. Hooker" (another Spelling
produced show). You could say
that watching Spelling-produced
shows is like eating cream-filled
sponge cake. That is, his
programs have no lasting value.
"MacGruder & Loud" is one
more addition to Spelling's box
of snack cakes he has to offer.
by John Dunn
LP Staff Writer
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