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They have also participated
in the National Mathematics Modeling Contest, in which students
must devise mathematical models for such real-world problems
as determining and rewarding faculty merit, detecting submarines,
and describing a hunting strategy for a single
velociraptor stalking and chasing a single thescelosaurus.
Last year Phillip Rash, who graduated in Spring of 1999,
was named a USA Today All-American Scholar.
Department students
participate in several clubs. Western's "Beta" chapter of
the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics was
the second chartered in this state. The student chapter
of the Mathematics Assocation of America holds book sales
and sponsors hikes and picnics. Computing majors can join
a chapter of A.C.M. (Association for Computing Machinery).
Last year, students had the chance to solve a staged murder
mystery. They concluded that fellow faculty members had
"done in" the victim at an academic conference.
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