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Thursday, April 16, 1996- FEATURES Students and faculty members spend their spring break on a whirlwind European tour Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein are the WMC students' destinations By AMY HEHNER the cobble-stone streets of the beautiful city. struments, such as cow bells, the saw, and For many, this was the most impressionable Sraf!Wrirer One student, Stephanie Sapak, added, "This wood cutters, and of course good German portion of the trip. The group toured the grim They saw four countries in eight days. was the first city we visited. I was very tired, beer. Dachau which was the first concentration They were jet lagged, they were thousands but r was able to enjoy the view and the "People really enjoyed that night," said camp to be utilized by Hitler during the sec- of miles away from home, and most of them castle." Dr. Jasna Meyer, assistant professor of com- ond world war. During the 12 years that this spoke very little German. But somehow they Next, the group traveled to Lucerne, Swit- munication. "The performance put every- camp was in operation, 31,951 deaths were managed to have the time of their lives as zerland. Here they spent two nights in acozy one in a good mood. It was lively entertain- recorded and 206,000 prisoners were regis- they celebrated Spring Break 96. hotel amidst the breath-taking Swiss Alps. ment with actual Austrian yodelers and it was tered. This visit was especially meaningful On March 14, a group of fifteen people They visited the extravagant Gutsch Hotel, definitely geared toward the audience." for professor Wasyl Palijczuk who spent led by Dr. Mohamed Esa, assistant profes- which according to Sapak, resembled a castle Meyer added that the group had such a great much of his life in the Ukrainian area of sor of foreign language, ventured to the John rnore than a hotel. time that evening that they almost forgot Dr. Europe. Both he and his father were impris- F. Kennedy Airport in New York where they The group also visited many shops fa- Bsa as they were leaving. oned in a slave labor camp during the early boarded a flight bound for Frankfurt, Ger- mous for Swiss watches, Swiss Army many with a brief layover in Manchester, Knives, and of course the delicious Swiss The palace, which contained 1,441 rooms, served as a England. The group, which consisted of chocolate. A quick stop was made in the three WMC professors, two graduate stu- Principality of Liechtenstein in the city of summer home for Maria Theresa who had sixteen dents, and ten undergraduate students, took Vaduz, which is the only major city within part in an EF Educational Tour entitled the small country. This German speaking children in only nineteen years. Vienna to the Rhine. During the course of country, situated between Switzerland and the trip the group visited four countries: Austria, uses Swiss currency and banking is Next, the group traveled to the Bavarian' 1940s. Unlike concentration camps which Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and its main industry. The country is so small section of Germany,visiting the massive take prisoners for political and ethnic rea- Liechtenstein. The students will receive two that one could cross it by bicycle in only fif- Neuschawnstein, the castle designed and sons, Palijczuk, who was only seven at the college credits for-keeping a daily journal, teen minutes. Vaduz is the only major city built by King Ludwig II. This is the castle time, and his father were imprisoned because taking photographs, and writing a paper de- and there are three to four more smaller vil- which Walt Disney used as a model for his the Germans, who were at war, needed men scribing one aspect of the trip or the trip as a lages. fairy-tale castle in the Magic Kingdom. to form a work force. Palijczuk was then whole. From Switzerland, Dr. Esa took his group From this magical dreamland, the group released and sent to achildren's home while The tour began in Heidelberg, Germany. to the beautiful city of Innsbruck in Austria. entered another dreamland upon arrival in his father remained behind. The two were They spent one night there but had enough They stayed here for one night and saw an Munich, Germany. However, this was not a eventually reunited after the liberation of all time to visit the medieval castle, des Austrian folklore performance. They were fairy-tale, but an actual nightmare which the prisoners. Heidelbergen Schloss, and to walk through entertained by yodeling, bizarre musical in- many people lived during the 1930s and 40s. Continued on page II Buckalew stays busy with FIRST PITCH alumni networking -:-,;.....~-..-.:; - ~ By SARAH SHECKEI.LS alumni affairs. Being a college employee, took advantage Buckalew of being able to MaliagiligEdiror Have you ever wondered how alumni take classes at no cost. keep in touch with the WMC community "I chose counseling because 1 was work- and each other after graduation? ing with people and that worked well with Beth Harlow Buckalew, assistant direc- my job," said Buckalew. "Having been out tor of alumni affairs, makes sure this hap- of school for three years, this was actually a pens. In the office of Institutional Advance- big accomplishment for me because 1 never ment, Buckalew works hard for alumni and thought 1 could do it." undergraduate relations by planning for Between work and classes, Buckalew both. found time to get married in 1988 and then Originally from Baltimore, Buckalew get her master's of science degree in coun- graduated from the Baltimore School for the seling last December. Arts in 1985, concentrating in theater stud- "I am the first in the family to have an ies. She continued her education at WMC undergraduate degree and, for that matter, a as a communication major with a writing graduate degree," said Buckalew. minor. Being completely finished with classes Why did Buckalew switch from theater for just a few months, Buckalew thought she to communication in her transition from would have more time on her hands, but it high school to college? does not seem that way. "A teacher had said that if there's any- One of her job responsibilities is the Un- thing else in life that you want to do besides dergraduate Relations Committee (URC) theater, then do it because theater had to be which plans events for alumni and under- the only thing you wanted to do," said graduates. She directs the URC's annual Buckalew. "I wanted to be a broadcast jour- Senior Send-Off and a "Just Us" Dinner in nalist at first, so I was a communication Harrison House, for members of the com- major right when I came [to WMC]_" mittee. During her undergraduate years, "Beth gives me a lot of guidance in ev- Buckalew did internships at the WJZ-TV erything I do, and she is wonderful to work Baltimore public relations department and with," said senior biology major Kim Haker, at the Baltimore Association for Retarded student chairperson for the URe. "1 have Citizens (BARC) development office. Her been working with her for three years, and I work at the BARC involved raising money know I'I! still have connections with her af- through social and fund raising events. ter I graduate." Graduating from WMC in 1989, Buckalew coordinates six regional Buckalew got ajob as a systems consultant alumni committees, and she works with the at Benefits Systems Incorporated, a software admissions office on alumni volunteers and development company. After two and a half the career services office on alumni pro- years, she left and became the community grams. Buckalew, pictured above, gladly works with students in her job in hopes that she can be part of 0 positive WMC experience during their time here. She also keeps in touch with old friends director for the March of Dimes for a year. Currently, Buckalew is coordinating the and is interest~d in t,e~chi~g aerobics. In September 1992, Buckalew began her Alumni Academic Homecoming scheduled job at WMC as the assistant director of Continued on page II