Vol.45 Issues

Westark Community

College Ft. Smith, Arkansas

72913 March 4,1993

^ Students face GAAP

test See page ... 2

B ' Editorial seeks 'only

the facts'

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3 Multi-culture dub

holds exhibit

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established musicians aren't

ready to retire See page ... 4

^Second part of series on

finding a job ... Next issue

The Student Newspaper of Westark Community College

Tucker can't promise funding by Jonathan Gipson

While the Arkansas General As-sembly is in session in Little Rock, Westark officials hope college fund-ing is high on Governor Jim Guy Tucker's list of priority issues.

On Feb. 9, President Joel Stubblefield, along with Larry Clark, chairman of the Board of Trustees; Rep. Morril Harriman; Richard Hudson, vice president of planning and government relations; and Rep. Ed Thicksten, met with Tucker to dis-cuss funding increases for Westark. Among the issues discussed were the University Center and the Business and Industrial Institute.

"He [Governor Tucker] made a commitment to funding the Univer-sity Center program at Westark at the same level as this year," Shibblefield said.

Westark'sproposal asked for fund-

Free recital on Russian architecture

ing for the Business and Industrial Institute (BE). The BE faces a de-crease in current funding from the Arkansas State Department of Higher Education's promotional grant pro-gram.

To offset a rapidly growing en-rollment and no current funding in-

He made a commitment to funding (be University

Center program...'' -President Joel Stubblefield

creases, the proposal asked for an increase in tiie percentage of state funds received by the college. Al-though Tucker liked the proposal, he couldn't promise any fimding in-creases.

While the college is concerned with funding increases. Tucker has re-quested that a service charge be placed on funds collected by state agencies. This would include all state agencies including state supf)orted colleges and imiversities.

"We assume that this is part of the governor's concept of charging user fees to pay for state services," Hudson said.

"This involves what the state calls cash funds. It includes tuition we [Westark] collect, auxiliary funds, book sales, and ticket sales. It could cost Westark $200,000."

According to Hudson, the money would most likely come from reduc-tion in services and budget cuts.

The figure is an approximation based on 3ie effect the service charge would have on this year's budget had the service charge been in effect.

Instructor offers lecture, recital by Martha Burbaugh

Dr. Stephen Husarik, humanities instructor, will be offering a free art lecture and piano recital on Russian architecture March 11, at 7:30p.m., in theBreedlove Auditorium. The event is open to the public.

In the first half of the lecture/re-cital Dr. Husarik will be showing slides and talking about the artist. Each sketch is reflective of a piece of the music and represents each picture of the exhibit. "Some of the pictures are wild, and some are sad," Dr. Husarik said.

There are ten pictures put into music, and between each of the pic-tures is a promenade. This represents the composer himself moving from picture to picture at the gallery.

Russian architect Victor Hartmann inspired composer Modeste Musorgsky to compose the music for this recital. Hartman was a friend of

Dr. Stephen Husarik

Musorgsky, and when Hartmann died, Musorgsky composed the pi-ano piece after viewing his friends' work at a memorial exhibit.

The piece is called "Pictures at an Exhibition." In musical terms, the composition describes Musorgsky

himself wandering from picture to picture at the Hartmann e:^ibit.

Each section of the music is la-beled with a picture title, and the pictures are separated by a prom-enade tune representing the composer and his reactions to what he saw at the exhibit. He literally promenades around the exhibit.

"Musorgsky is somewhat heavy and his promenade tune sounds like a person swaggering to and fro," Husarik said.

According to Dr. Husarik, he spent eight to ten years researching and locating aU of the pieces of art for the exhibit to put the lecture/recital to-gether because Russian libraries are very slow to get the items one might need.

"In the second half of the program I will be performing the piano music, but I will not be swaggering across the stage myself," Husarik said.

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Interviews for fall journalism scholarships will be held Thusday, March 18, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. or by ap-pointment in Ballman Speer 105. For more information call Lori Norin at 785-7150 or 785-7151.

The deadline for appli-cations for any of the Westark scholarships listed in the Schol-arship and Financial Aid packet is March 15.

The Scholarship Bulletin Board located across from the Financial Aid Office in the upper level of the Fuller-ton Union contains scholar-ship information from various sources.

Applause staff mem-bers will be selling their cre-ative arts magazine March 22-23 in Fullerton Union.

The Western Arkansas Collegiate Computer club will meet today at noon and 5:15 p.m. The club will be electing new officers and making com-mittee assignments.

Henderson State University is currently taking applications for the "President's Entering Junior" scholarship. For scholarship criteria contact the Financial Aid Office on the second floor of the Student Union.

5 The Zonta Club will sponsor a full tuition one year scholarship. Applicants for the Stella Bell Scholarship must be female, show financial need, be classified as a sophomore, have a minimimi GPA of 2.5. When appropriate, preference will be given to a single parent. For more information call 785-7040.

Applications are now available for the Orville Redenbacher's Second Start Scholarship Program. For more information contact Fi-nancial Aid at 785-7040.

NEWS

CAAP test pits WCC against nation dents get a chance to see how well they are stacking up nation-ally, without the fear of the test grade going on their transcript. The students also get a coke and one chance out of their test group to win $50. The top two tests out of all the students tested get $100 each.

The college also benefits from the test. According to Dr. Terry Barnes, vice president for instruction, "The tests are used to measure how well the college is doing nationally with its gen-

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by Chris Tidwell There is a movement nation

wide to test college sophomores on a required basis. Arkansas at the present time does not require such a test, but Westark in its dedication to go above and be-yond what is required, already has a Collegiate Assesment Aca-demic Proficiency test, a sopho-more level examination, accord-ing to Dr. Barry McFarland, di-rector of institutional research.

The test gives feedback, to the college and the student, about the student's experience at Westark.

"The CAAP's test is designed to measure the general develop-ment of the students and the in-stitution," McFarland said.

The test is comprised of five subjects: reading, writing, math, critical thinking, and science reasoning. The student takes three of the five subjects for the test.

"The test is comparative to the ACT and ASSET tests," ac-cording to McFarland. The test lasts aproximately three and a half hours and is given in the Assessment Center. It will be given to approximately 300 ran-domly selected sophomores who have completed 45-75 college hours at Westark.

The CAAP's test is a "win-win" situation for both the stu-dent and the college. The stu-

WCC students work with area scouts

eral education and to ensure we make students better citizens with life long skills."

Westark has ranked higher than the national average on the CAAP's test. "Our students do better on the reading and writ-ing, than in math. Even though our math is above the national average, our goal is to have all the subjects above the national average," Barnes said. He con-cluded with the college's phi-losophy, "You don't have to be sick to get healthier."

Westaik's average

National average

7 0 Writing Math Reading

60

50

4 0

30

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GAAP Scores for Spring 1992

Culture club gives continental salute hy Slap Hudson

"Harmony"was the word for thedayatCentralMall on Satur-day, Feb. 20, as the on-campus based multicultural club worked with the Moimt Magazine Girl Scout Coimcil in presenting an exhibition, 'Friends Around the World 1993," in honor of Girl Scout "Thinking Day."

"Thinking Day is a day Girl Scouts and Girl Scout Guides in 118 countries put aside as a spe-cial day to think of each other," Melanie McDonald, girl scout activities coordinator, said.

Girl Scouts of the Mount

Magazine Council worked among 23 tables around the foun-tain. These tables consisted of separate units of girls from neigh-boring cities. The remaining tables were reserved for the col-lege multicultural group, which were invited by the Girl Scouts.

"We invited the [Westark] group because we knew they had several students from dif-ferent countries in the interna-tional club," McDonald said.

From the on-campus based club were cultural groups repre-senting China, Honduras, Ja-pan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal,

and Saudi Arabia. All of the groups took part in the perfor-mances and festivities.

"In our council, we had 14 service units that participated. We also had a Brownie Troop of Laotian girls who danced," Bob Lowrey, club sponsor, said.

In addition to the Girl Scout cookie booths which were set up in the mall, the festivities com-menced with a performance by the Scouts at the fountain. Fol-lowing was an assortment of dances performed by Laotian and Chinese college students.

March 4. 1993

3 O P I N I O N S

No escape found in technology hy Skip Hudson

Everybody has to escape from reality at some point in his or her life. Many of us choose to do this through exercising, or enjoying a hobby. Some of us prefer to watch a movie or flee to a concert just to get away.

But there are many of us who choose to alleviate stress by play-ing video games, until those video games engulf every minute of our time and every ounce of our energy. Therefore, the stress we originally attempted to di-minish is there in another form when the television screen is turned off.

In light of this, "technology" can be an evil word. Especially when some group of elite corpo-rate bosses subtly infest our so-ciety with video games based on fantasy characters and settings.

While these corporate big-wigs are fattened with relentless profits, young minds are habitu-ally and willfully robbed of their common sense. Consequently, we become a society of mindless imbeciles where kids tend to

know more about "Super Mario" and his newest release than they do about the geography of their own country.

In accordance with this, a so-ciety with fantasy heroes is a so-ciety void of culture. Think about it. What will we have to reflect on 50 years from now?

Unlike the Romans or ancient Greeks, who left a legacy of their culture, our society might be for-tunate enough to leave the world a couple of movie stars or video game characters. Arguably, one could state that our lasting con-tribution to the world was our thirst for violence and war. (Most video games do have a fondness for violent themes.)

Finally, what alternatives do we have, as a society, to evoke an atmosphere which reprimands our lust for fantasia, and there-fore is conducive to establishing a lasting culture? Education is our only alibi. We need to place more emphasis on real heroes in the world of art, mathematics, science, and music.

Bum your Nintendo.

Community Cofsgt

Uon Pride Westaik Community College

P.O. Box 3649 Fort Smith, Arkansas 72913

Uon Pride is published every other week fall and spring semesters excluding holidays and breaks, and once in Summer I. LP is produced by student publications, a student service bud-geted from student activity fees. LP staff members are eligible for academic

credit and scholarships through the journalism program of the Division of Humanities.

Editorial policy is established with the ap-proval of the Adviser of Student Publications and the Student Publications Advisory Coun-

cil.. Letters to the editor are welcomed and en-

couraged. LP reserves the right to edit letters to conform with AP style and grammar, but meanings will not be altered. All letters must be signed including social security number for verification, however, names will be withheld from publication and only initials used upon

request. No libelous letters will be considered for publication.

Views expressed are not necessarily those of the board, administration, faculty, staff, or stu-dents of Westark.

Manuscripts, photographs and artwork are welcomed. LP reserves the right to accept or reject materials for publication.. LP will neither knowingly discriminate nor

print fraudulent or false information in its ad-vertising. Subscriptions are $5 per year.

Offices are in room 105A of the Ballman-Speer Build ing. Telephone ntimber is 785-7151. LP is printed by Graphics Place. Editor Darkroom Manager Bart Blasengame Jermifer Partain

Chief Reporter Martha Burbaugh

Layout Editor Keith Lindley

Business Manager Renee Bittle

Reporters Jonathan Gipson Skip Hudson Deborah Hurst Chris Rice Christopher Tidwell Ken VanHom

Assistant Darkroom Manager TinaTisbe

Photographers Kevin Cousins Mark Engelman Calvin Welch

Adviser Lori Norin

Editorial

NBC meets Bob Saget In 1990, the age of home videos took a humorous him. One

day, while the typical American couch potato was sitting back in his La-Z-Boy recliner watching the boob tube, he noticed an semi-obnoxious sit-com character named Bob Saget hosting a program that gave away literally thousands of dollars.

These enterprising individuals were rewarded for sharing their humorous or embarassing follies with the entire world on national television. They happened to be in the right place at the right time to capture the humor of a spontaneous situation.

The key word here is "spontaneous." Unbelievably, there were actually some people out there who would set up their situations in advance, destroying the spontaneity, and tried to sneak them by, hoping that people would not know the differ-ence. There were more than likely quite a few people who succeeded. These were people who used a camcorder, no profes-sional actors, no elaborate scripts, directors, or other mega-buck equipment.

Does the word "cheater" come to mind? Is it possible (and this is just a shot in the dark here) that the

idea of faking spontaneous scenes for the sake of capturing the "Kodak" moment has oozed to the world of television news media? Is that possible?

Well, it is quite possible that NBC and the General Motors Company would have two completely different responses to that question.

Recently, it has been discovered that NBC was guilty of rig-ging a test for GM trucks. These particular trucks contained "side-saddle" fuel tanks that apparently had a problem with exploding upon collision. NBC had placed rocket engines and small explosives on and under the trucks to ensure a nice explo-sion and large blankets of billowy smoke for effect.

When GM learned of the nationally televised set-ups, they were less than happy. Instead of dragging out pointless court-room battles, GM decided that a public apology would do.

The fact of the matter is that NBC has sunk pretty low when it has to create visual effects for the news. It is a blatant waste of time and effort to destroy two vehicles only to sensationalize the news and gain a few points from Nielson. So NBC, have you learned your lesson?

Just the facts, please, only the facts, and leave the contest rigging to home viewers and their camcorders.

REVIEWS In talent show

Blues singer takes first by Chris Rice

The weather on the night on Feb. 16, was particularly cold at the Westark campus. However, inside the Breedlove Audito-rium, everyonepresent got a taste of red hot blues, as Martha Hall, business administration major, showed all who were there that she has what it takes to make an impression on an audience.

Her vocal blues solo of "St. Louis Blues Medley," was in-credible, her dress was beauti-ful, and her delivery of her song left a lot of people in disbelief that a local girl could make such a mark in the world of music.

Her talent placed her first in the contest and earned her $250.

Koh Swee Kheng, undeclared major, took second place for his rendition of "Racing Horse."

He did a marvelous job of playing it on the Chinese violin. It was an event to be experienced. He displayed a definite sense of culture in his music, as well as hisproficiency on the instrument. Kehng's performance was fol-lowed by an ovation from the audience that guaranteed him placement in the top three.

Kendall Triplett, elementary education major, and his duet partner, Felicia Sheffield, unde-clared major, sang a rendition of a love ballad from the movie "Beauty and the Beast."

The song was soft and elegant enough to melt the heart of the coldest person. Their work earned them third place.

The talent show was spon-sored by the Student Activities Council. W estark singer Martha Hall took first place in the Talent

Show sponsored by the Student Activities Council. Photo by Tina Tisbe

Aging rockers part of new generation by Ken VanHom

Eric Clapton, at the recent Grammy Awards ceremony, proved that although the trends may be going toward the "New Generation" the rockers of yes-terday aren't ready to be retired to the back of the charts closet just yet.

This rebellion against retire-ment has surged the recent re-lease of albums from three of the top pop icons. The names them-selves have what it takes to sell the albums and pack any sta-dium, but is the new music good enough to live up to the legends?

Two of the legends who have recently attempted to enter the modem pop scene are probably best known as the "Bad Boys of Rock-n-Roll." At one time their revolutionary music and lyrics shocked a generation and cleared a path for the music of today.

They're placed at a close sec-ond in music history topped only by The Beatles and have been delivering the goods of rock for over 30 years. The dynamic pop duo being referred to is Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. As a team the two are virtually un-toppable, but as individuals is

This rebellion against retirement has surged the recent release of albums from the top pop icons.

legend the main factor in album sales?

Richards' latest solo attempt. Main Offender, is a sad attempt at best. Richards still has what it takes when it comes to the music category but is seriously lacking in the vocals and lyrics area.

In a majority of the songs, Richards attempts to cover his vocal disability by taking the Bob Dylan approach to singing. He fails because he does not realize that the reason it works for Dylan is the fact that he has some sub-stance behind his lyrics. Richards "Main Offender" is no doubt his vocals. It's no wonder Jagger leaves the stage when Richards takes the mic.

Jagger's newest solo release. Wandering Spirit, is one of his

best solo attempts. The first two tracks leave you wondering if this is just Jagger or the entire Stones crew. The "Bad Boys of Rock-n-Roll" are definitely back on this album. The music of the album varies from blues, gospel and country to funk and those crunched riffs that made the Stones legend. Wandering Spirit definitely shows Jagger's versa-tility as an artist. He definitely lives up to the name he's created with and without The Rolling Stones.

Finally the third of the leg-ends to recently release. This pop icon reached the top of the charts for the first time in 1962 with the band that would eventually pass into history as the number one group of all time.

He paved the way for many of the recording techniques used today and helped to change the course of music with the release of the album that found its way to the number one album posi-tion of all time. The album was Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , the group was The Beatles, and of course the man could be none other than Paul McCartney.

McCartney's latest, titled Off the Ground, is as accurate a de-scription of the album as pos-sible. From the first chord to the last it's obvious that this is 100 percent McCartney. The tracks of the album vary from personal introspection to political cries for peace and rights for not just man-kind but animals and Earth. It's evident that McCartney had Sgt Pepper's in mind when writing this album after hearing the final track.

The album has hints of Beatlistic style throughout but is in no way a copy. Off the Ground proves that the legend of McCartney is definitely no myth and that the only thing age has done to him is improve what was already undeniably the best.

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NEWS Job seekers beware

Want ads no solution

by Martha Buibaugh Eighty-percent of all jobs

found by perspective employ-ees are found through what is called networking. Network-ing is a procedure in which people use every different source they can come up with besides a newspaper.

"You would be amazed at how many students looking for work think that all they have to do is pickup a newspa-per and go to the place of busi-ness and are hired right away," Penny Pendleton, director of recruiting and placement, said.

Prospective employees need to use some strategy and brainstorming when looking for that perfect job. They need to have a plan that they can use to market themselves. They also need to be able to confirm their status to the com-pany that they are applying to.

"They need to make an as-sessment of their strengths, what they are and what they have to offer prospective em-ployers," Pendleton said.

Employees should brain-storm all job contacts, that is do some research about the company they plan to apply to for work.

"You would be surprised at how many people go to a company and apply for a job not knowing what that com-pany actually does," Pendleton said.

The real key in finding a job is learning how to market oneself. Job seekers need to find a career direction, how to use their time wisely, how to make a commitment, and how to believe in themselves.

"Most people have a lot of talent, but they just don't know how to use it," Pendleton sai

This is the first article in a series on employment and what to do first. Watch for more in the next issue of the Lion Pride..There will be a workshop March 11, at 1 p.m.,in Holt 110.

SPAIN hy Jonathan Gipson

During spring break, March 29- April 2, six foreign language students will visit Spain as part of their education in the Spanish language.

The students visiting Spain are Jay Garrison, Joy Jenkins, Chris Jones, Tina Lowery, David Martin, and Misaki Tanaka. All are enrolled in Spanish classes.

"I always wanted to go to Eu-rope. I've heard people talk about going to Paris and Madrid. I am just glad to get the oppor-tunity to go," Lowery said. "I want to go to Spain to use the

language I've learned in class. Back in Japan, I learned English in the classroom, but I really didn't get the full experience until I came to the United States where it is spoken. I hope to get used to Spanish by hearing it spoken everyday," Tanaka said.

Kathleen Keck, a former Westark music instructor, Melanie Manard, a librarian from Southside High School, Debra Sprouse, a music teacher from Gore, Okla., and Nancy Zechiedrich, Spanish instructor, will accompany the students on the trip.

The group will begin the trip

awaits arrival of foreign language students

Spain is a living laboratory for foreign language students."

— Nancy Zechiedrich departure from Fort Smith and will then fly to Dallas, Texas. From Dallas, they will fly to Miami, Fla. or New York, N.Y.

"We won't know if we will be flying to Miami or New York until about a week before the trip is scheduled to begin," Zechiedrich said.

While in Spain, the group will visit the cities of Costa del Sol, Madrid, Mijas, Ronda, Seville, and Toledo. They will also visit such tourist attractions as the Prado Museum, the Royal Pal-ace, Seville's Cathedral, the Giralda Tower, and the House and Museum of El Greco. "Spain is a wonderful country.

It is the number one most visited country in the world. It's an ideal place for tourists. The food is great, and the atmosphere is exciting. The artwork at the Prado is fantastic,"

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Zechiedrich said. During their stay in Spain, the

students must keep a journal of their activities and observations. Some of their journal topics must include new vocabulary, places visited, native personalities, na-tive feelings toward the United States, typ>es of food, and gas prices.

In addition to the journal, the students will present some type of special project about their ex-periences in Spain. "Spain is a living laboratory for

foreign language students. In the classroom, we can only learn from the textbook. It [tour of Spain] allows the student to use the language in a real world set-ting," Zechiedrich said.

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SPORTS

Westark finds new den by Deborah Hurst

At the end of this baseball sea-son, it is out with the old and in with the new, as the Lions bid farewell to the existing baseball field.

Ground construction of the new baseball field is underway and the new field is expected to be completed by next sea-son. The new field is adja-cent to the Echols Confer-ence Center and will replace the old soccer field.

"Westark has a fall sched-ule as well as a spring sched-ule. We hope to be playing the fall games on the new field," Ed Nagy, director of physical plant, said.

Wear Construction, a Fort Smith contracting firm, is do-ing the work on the new sta-dium. The project area is 520 ft. X 520 ft. and has an estimated cost of $360,000.

The decision for the new base-ball stadium is based upon Westark's 25 year master plan.

"The master plan has been in existence for sometime and has

always shown the relocation of the baseball field to the new area where it is being built," Nagy said.

According to Nagy, when the 1993 sea-son isover May 11, the contractors will then come back

They will be making the existing baseball field into a recreation

area for Westark students. "There will be sidewalks leading from the Math/

Science Building con-necting it to the rest

of the campus, in-cluding a

walkway to the Tech-

have three primary jobs to complete: the moving of the lights, press box, and scoreboard to the new field. However, those will not be the

only jobs for the contractors.

Building," Nagy added. The new area

will be landscaped and have park

benches and tables where Westark students

can spend time relaxing and studying.

"It is a nice idea for spring and summer students," Kim Roberts, undecided major, said. "It will help to beautify the campus."

The new ampitheater- type sta-dium will have dugouts, batting cages, and bull pens for the play-ers to use. It will seat around 300 people. Concessions and public restrooms will be available.

"I have mixed emotions about the new field. I've spent the last 28 years shoveling dirt on the old field,"Coach Bill Crowder said. "One thing about it is when Westark does something they do it right. It will be a nice stadium"

The stadium is handicap com-patible and all handicap facili-ties for the stadium are in com-pliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

"By creating a field of this calibur at Westark, we hope to attract more district and regional tournaments as well as Ameri-can Legion and Babe Ruth base-ball, too," Nagy said.

Parking for the new stadium will be in the existing parking lots behind the Echols Confer-ence Center.Admission will be $2 for adults and $1 for students. Westark students with I.D.s will be admitted free.

W M C C Westark Methodist Campus Center

5411 Grand Open Daily 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday I 12:30 - l:30p.m. simple lunch with fellowship. No charge.

1 pm.

Sunday: 6:30 p.m.

Holy Communion — The United Meth-odist Church practices open communion. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend.

Young adult fellowship — Now organizing new group. Food, fun, and Christian fellowship. If interested, just show up on Sunday night or call Murry Jones, 452-3599, for more information.

Lunch Buffet Mon.-Sat.

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