Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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NOTES are a vital essential to any student's study habits. Students in Professor Betty Clarke's class are taking notes avidly. Associate Professor Betty Clarke teaches Creative Writing. In this class, students learn to use their imagination and creative abilities in their papers.

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Research and Involvement Highlight EFL Research and involvement on the part of the faculty as well as the students are major influences for the successes of the English, Foreign Language, and Philosophy Department. This large department consists of twenty-five faculty members and is divided into five programs: Foreign Language, Philosophy, Religion, Literature, and English Composition. The foreign language professors seek to certify students in Spanish, French, German, Latin, and Russian by providing surveys of such elements as the culture, history, geography, and society of a particular country. Other parts of the instructors' goals are to help the students at- tain skill in speaking, writing, and reading the foreign languages, and finally to train prospective teachers in techniques of foreign language teaching. We do not have a numerous foreign language faculty, but they are highly skilled, said Dr. Ronald Dobler, Department Head of English, Foreign Language, and Philosophy. Many foreign language staff members spent their summer vaca- tions in Europe for further study, teaching, and exposure to the language and culture of their instruction. One of the newest members of the foreign language staff, Dr. Vincente Cano, is a native of Spain. Dr. Cano, who earned a PHD in Romance Languages at the University of Georgia, he is currently working to reinstate the requirements for majors in Spanish at MSG. Several English Composition and Literature professors deserve credit for various projects and developments produced under their efforts. uWe are constantly working to upgrade and revise the composi- tion programs, commented Dr. Dobler who also added that HMany faculty are publishing. Along with two published poets on the staff, Ms. Betty Clarke, Assistant Professor of English, and Dr. Rose Orlich, Drfs Glenn and Judy Rogers have written a reader entitled Development of English which is designed for basic English courses. In addition, Ms. Joyce LeMaster, Associate Professor of English, is busy with a major editing project concerning audio tapes made by Jesse Stuart. She is working together with Mrs. Naomi Stuart, widow of the late Kentucky author. One purpose of the English curriculum is to introduce students to The symphathetic understanding of literature so that their per- sonal lives will be enriched by literary art. MSLI's creative writing magazine, lnscape, aids in supplement- ing this particular goal. lnscape publications are distributed bian- nually and focus on poems, plays, and short stories. Ryan Hardestee, a senior EnglishTPsych major from Belfry, Ky., has been an influential lnscape staff member for four years. FRENCH, SPANISH, RUSSIAN, and GERMAN are the languages taught at MSU. Sometimes MSU has weekend workshops where the local high schools come in and are judged on their language aptitude. EFLP Hardestee, who has written a number of poems and short stori for lnscape, says that one of the advantages of being affiliate with the magazine is that Hyou get to meet other poets an writers. It's one of the few places on campus where you ca discover these people. Anyone interested in writing for lnscape should contact th magazinels advisor, Dr. Marc Glassar, Professor of English. Some Philosophy courses are objects of personal enjoyment f a lot of students, many of whom take these courses as gener electives. One student, a senior Marketing major, is taking Introduction t Philosophy for Hself-fulfillment, and lito learn how to think an analyze ideas better. The general education courses in Philosophy are designed t increase the scope and depth of understanding of some of man, basic beliefs. Faculty research carries over to the Philosophy program wher these professors continue to study past influential philosopher and philosophical ideas. About 70b of the students whose majors are in the Englis Foreign Language, and Philosophy Department go on to teach; th other 30h are in pre-professional areas. BY BETH HENSEL

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One of the most important ways for students to find out what's happening locally and particularly on campus at M80 is through the campus media. The media includes: WMKY, MSLl's radio station; TV- 12, MSU's television station; The Trail Blazer, the student newspaper; lnscape, the campus literary magazine; and the Raconteur, MSU's yearbook. There has been a growing concern this year at MSU with the apathetic attitude the student body has displayed toward campus activities and organizations, including the campus media. To express what each aspect of the media is doing to combat this apparent lack of concern, five people, one from each campus medium, explained what their particular medium is doing this year to make the student body more aware of their programs and publications and how they would like students to respond and show interest. Mr. Larry Netherton, General Manager of WMKY, says that to make students more aware of the radio station this year, the sta- tion is holding a communications contest in which $100 is awarded to the winning entries in five categories, such as music, sports, or news. The winning entries will be played on the air. WMKY also has three vacancies open, which the station is trying to fill. Mr. Netherton explained that WMKY is trying to recruit students with majors other than R-TV, such as those students Increasing Campus Awareness with majors in Journalism and English. Students do not have to be in radio- television to get involved with the radio station. Besides these new approaches to in- crease student awareness, WMKY also runs ads in the Morehead News and the Trail Blazer. Highlights are printed in the Morehead News and the Lexington Herald. Monthly program guides are sent out and placed in key locations. To show their interest, Mr. Netherton says he wants students to iiListen, and let us know they're listening, through postcards and telephone calls. He also says that it is important for all feedback to be directed to the programming department, rather than to students working at WMKY because many times the information may get lost in the shuffle and fail to reach the right person. . Another important medium for students on campus is TV-12. As far as making people more aware of the television station, Tim Scowden, Senior R-TV major and co-host of iiMorehead City Limits, says that anytime someone mentions Morehead City Limits or asks about MSU-TV, he's always glad to talk to them about it. As for students' responses to MSLl-TV he says, Any kind of input from students would be good. If they have ideas for show topics, they should feel free to let someone TRAILBLAZER photo-editor, Kevin Goldy shoots the Students for Reinhard rally from atop the ADU roof. Goldy is a photo-journalism major from Mou Sterling, Kentucky. i 1 JOHN FLAVEL involved with the operation know wha those ideas are. Even ideas for new show would, llm sure, be appreciated. I've know people in the past who have gone in wit an idea for a show, and it's ended up on th. air. Tim added that feedback of any kin- is always appreciated. A form of campus media quite differen from radio or television is MSLl's studenu newspaper, The Trail Blazer. Debora l Powell, Editor of the Trail Blazer, says tha- to increase student awareness this year, circulation of The Trail Blazer has been in creased. 6,500 copies are printed weekly of which 250 are mailed. She explaine- that the paper is placed in all residenc- halls, but it is also placed in locations, par ticularly the library and University Center, where non-traditional students and com- muters can have easier access to the paper. Debbie says that most feedback consists of telephone calls, but she would like to see more letters particularly letters to the editor. All verified letters are run in the paper. Debbie feels that the newspaper is the most effective medium on campus because the paper reaches more students than any other form of media. She says, illt's worth all the trouble when I look out the window ifrom the Trail Blazer officei on Wednesday afternoon after the paper's gone out and see people reading The Trail Blazer.