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  • TheWESTERN CAROLINIAN vote* or rat itvm-t* Editorials are from the Editor's desk unless otherwise indicated by the writer's initials. Opinions expressed h» the columnists db not necessarily reflect those of the administration, the newspaper, or the student body Guest edit orials are welcomed and may be submitted to the Editor Comments and response to the editorials are encouraged! The Western Carolinian Under New Management In the publication of The Western Carolinian, thirty-four editors and their staffs have labored hard to bring to the university community the news, features, sports, opinions, and issues which are directly related to the Western Carolina campus. With the succession of a new editor and his staff, this number rises to thirty-five. To those members of the university community who care little for Western Carolina University, it will probably be useless to read any further. But, to these who care for the university and would like to see it do new and bigger things; to those who are interested in reading about the news as it happens on the campus; and to those who have longed for a better student newspaper but have only criticized up until now, this succession of a new editor and staff could mean more than just a new set of names on the masthead. It could mean more than just the thirty-fifth student editor and his staff. And, it could mean more than just the expected annual student publication as produced by a small, but faithful staff. It could mean — if one stopped to think about it — that The Western Carolinian has a chance to become what it should be ~ the center of campus life. It's something interested people think about. It's something they long to see. A new editor could mean that he brings to the office many new ideas and methods; it could mean that his staff is eager to make The Western Carolinian's thirty-fifth year a banner year; and it could mean that all lines of cooperation and communication will be opened to bring a more organized and more informative newspaper to the university. It could mean all of this, and more. The Western Carolinian should not be a faculty journal, nor should it be a high school scandal sheet. It has a duty and a responsibility to the students, to the faculty, and to the university as a whole. This responsibility the new editor and his staff eagerly accept. Someone recently commented that if the new editor and his staff were not thoroughly despised by at least a dozen of the students and faculty alike before their tenure of office had expired, that they had not done their job. But, we plan to do our job! The new staff moves into newly renovated offices, eager to test new ideas. It will remain open to suggestions and comments. It intends to make The Western Carolinian truly "the voice of the students". It intends to build up many of the existing university conditions, rather than simply criticize without making suggestions or offering alternatives. It intends to do all of this, and with the cooperation, support, and interest of the university community, it will do even more. Are Classes Too Small? By STEVE STALEY For the first time in Western Carolina University's history, the classes are too small. This is due to the simple fact that the summer enrollment has hit an all time low. The most probable reason for this situation, as one of WCU's speech instructors has stated, is that the new policy of paying one's tuition based on the number of hours a student takes, instead of the former policy of students paying a flat fee for a session. For instance, if an in-state student, living off-campus takes ten hours, he must pay $110, or eleven dollars per quarter hour. Thus the cost for five weeks will be about the same for a regular quarter, or eleven weeks. So when costs go up, enrollment goes down. This new policy has also hurt the faculty members' finances. There is a rule that if there are less than ten students in a class, the instructor's salary is cut proportionately; nine students in a class will cause a teacher to receive only ninety per cent of his usual salary for that course, and so on. In one case, for example, three small classes studying the same subject were combined so that there would be a regular sized class for a single instructor. In past summers, the campus has been populated with hundreds of young, gifted children, hordes of high-schoolers, conscientious — or worried — undergraduates, and multitudes of gray-haired graduates. But this year, only about half of the usual student body is present, Some students are paying the high costs, the majority are not. Instructors are losing money, dorms are sparsely populated, but one of the most important problems is that fewer people are in the process of getting an education, and less education hurts the society as well as the individual. Many people, including faculty and students of WCU, would like to see this tuition policy changed. We hope that it will be, because this year instead of the usual roar of education and learning in the Valley of the Lilies, there is only a soft hum. Some Improvements Made Every college and university in the United States is faced with several major problems, two of which are always telephone service and parking problems. Here at Western Carolina, we are confronted with both to the fullest Recently, however, some improvement has been made in these areas and in several others, as in the vending service in the dorms. Primarily, these improvements were made by the continued efforts of the President of the University. In the list of student government recommendations and Dr.. Pow's statement' issued April 21 in response to these recommendations, both were covered fully. We have seen in the past week new developments which will improve our telephone situation; a new parking code has been announced; and vending machines are being installed in the dorms. All three developments were greatly needed, and more should follow. We support Dr. Pow and his office in these tasks. We take pride in the fact that this action was the result of responsbile student leadership. The traffic code is fair in most respects, except the oart concernine the removal of a student's car. We plan to examine this aspect further later. It is a definite, clear cut policy — something we have needed. However, there will probably be some revision in due time as the result of experience. The telephone company is beginning to cooperate with university officials, and this is something which was needed years ago. A dent has been made. We trust that more such improvement will be forthcoming. Students should be glad that new assorted vending machines are being placed in the dorms. We only urge the students to take care of these new machines when installed. If students want such improvements, damage to such items will only delay or cancel any further improvements. T HATE QUOTATIONS, TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW . " RALPH WALDO EMERSON JOURNAL, MAY 1849 TheWESTERN CAROLINIAN or im mown Published weekly during the summer session by the students of Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723. Member of: Associated Collegiate Press; Collegiate Press Service; Carolinas Collegiate Press Association. Editor-in-Chief . . . . . David Rock Whitten Business Manager . . . . Jim Chappell Managing Editor Stan Ralin Writers Johnny Burnside, Frank Patterson, Bill Williams, Jacquie Bucher, Stan Rahn, Steve Staley, Collier Smith. Cartoonist Mark Boose Photographer . . Livingston C. KelLey Typists . Mary Jamison, Sharon Shook National advertising by National Educational Advertising Service, Inc. Local advertising rates available upon request. Yearly contracts available at reduced rates. Phone 293-7267. Offices, Joyner Building, Room 10, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee. Phone 293-7267 week days and Wednesday nights. Mailing address: P.O. Box 317, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723. Subscription rate: $ 4.00 par year. Letters To Trie Editor Letters to the Editor are welcomed and will be reviewed by the editor. Letters must be signed by the writer, and names iray be withheld by request "'he editor reserves the right to edit all letters. Letters to the Editor may be sent by regular mail to P. O. Box ol'i or by campus mail to: The Editor, Western Carolinian, Cullowhee, N. C. Dear Editor and Students: I am writing in reference to a situation occurring last spring Quarter which I found unethical and disgusting, and I feel that it should be brought to the attention of the student body. On the Friday afternoon prior to graduation on June 1, Larry Whiteside, cartoonist for the Western Carolinian, was stopped in the Townhouse by the dean of his school and informed that he would not be permitted to participate in graduation exercises and that his diploma would be mailed to him. It seems that the "majority of the students, the majority of the faculty and the majority of the administration" did not feel that Mr. Whiteside was "representative of the student body." (Strange, I didnt get to vote on that one, did you?) Of course, legallyMr. Whiteside could not be kept from receiving a diploma in that he had satisfactorily completed his academic requirements with well over a 3.0 average, but the state attorney general verified that the deans had the legal right to prohibit anyone from graduation exercises whom they deem "unfit" Now I ask, what made Larry Whiteside unfit? Mr. Whiteside had an excellent academic record, he had never so much as even'gone before a dorm board for any disciplinary matters, and he had served faithfully on the Carolinian staff for four years. Is it that his caustic cartoons stepped on too many toes perhaps? I am most inclined to think that is the case. It appears that Mr. Whiteside was denied his right to participate in graduation for purely punitive reasons, and there was not a thing he could do about it Yeah, boy, they showed him, all right He won't make them look stupid again, by Gawd! An' that'll teach 'em other uppity kids, too, boy. Ain't none o' diem gonna git away with it nuther, by Gawd! Respectfully, An LCBW Fan who fears the Axe
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