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1966 Christmas Edition PRESIDENT'S DESK From Page 4 of the four charter members of tills association and the formation of this group should help elevate the Carolina Conference. Through the coordination of services and ideas of member schools, we iiope to improve our campus and to bring wider knowledge of our campus into focus throughout the state and will contribute to the future of our growth to a university. As you prepare to leave for the Holidays, let me urge you to please arrive carefully and make this a happy, cheerful holiday for ail of us. On behalf of your Student Government 1 would like to wisli you a Merry Christmas. THE WESTERN CAROUNIAN Page 5 John Ropers QAMPUS POLITICS Feedback MERRY CHRIST MA I ROM THE CAROLINIAN STAI- What do you do when you have a race planned which is geared for two opponents and you find you only have one? Two people of campus are probably asking themselves this question at this moment. Things will not work the same way. People who were going to support the third man will now have to make a choice between the two. This will obviously cause an upset in the balance of power. Both men will, or should, take stock of this situation and make adjustments. I doubt whether anyone can see at this time' what the ultimate consequences ofthissit- I' uation will be, but most politicos * •<- IV* 5-** !HHK* W MtHHM It B M*# **■ "H* '■ will admit that there will certainly be something big breaking in the foreseeable future. This "something big" could take several forms. There is a distinct possibility that we will have the opportunity to watch some first rate scrambling for suddenly unattached votes. Another possibility, of course, is that one of the remaining candidates will also drop out. The third, and the most interesting possibility, is that this will finally give the third candidate I keep yelling about a chance to run. This race is enough to keep anyone occupied, but we seem to have an abundance of interesting political maneuvers being planned or executed at the moment The vice-presidential race is now beginning to pick up steam, with three hopefuls trotting around sounding out support and smelling the wind. At the rate we are going now j we could very well have a decent race for almost every major office on campus. Most of these races will be strictly person to person, but there will be some factionalsim. Let us hope that there will be as little as possible and take however much there is with a grain of salt. 1 •■A.-^A-KJA. ^J. •A_*L^l v—M-^-HLM-lA. 'CM. .<_y_ *t«_ »t^..;jjc;(_^Hy. .v^tJOp^i^ f-'t-'C-V-JA. ^-JA^-ML A Pileup Of Complaints: Rules, Rights, And Phone Service Dear Editor: I just finished reading the WESTERN CAROLINIAN of Thursday, December 8, 1966, and it mad-; me extremely proud i.hat I go to such a fine, upstanding school. There was an article in it which illustrated the extreme moral decay which is going on in the United States at this very m'nute. The article was entitled "Coed Privileges Being Extended,* and it concerned the liberties being granted to women students at various colleges and universities around the country. Some schools actually abolished ALL rules for their female students. Others extended their night hours to 1:30 a.m. on weekdays and 2:15 a.m. on Saturdays, or allowed their senior women to set their own hours. Two schools, Smith College and the University of Georgia, went so far as to allow their female students to entertain: men in their rooms or go to men's apartments. A feeling of extreme pride swelled up inside of me when I realized, really for the first time, how much the administration here at WCC really cares for our girls. It seems to me that we are just about, the only Christian school left. All these good people around here, mostly Baptists, are constantly trying to carry on the jobs that our parents did so well before we had to leave horn 3 and come here for an education. Day after day we are constantly reminded to uphold our virtues . of sobriety, chastity, and honesty. If we don't always practice these golden rules our beloved Western Carolina College will degenerate to the pitiful state which the University of Massachusetts, the University of Oregon, the University of Utah, the University of Illinois, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Rochester, the University of Georgia, and many other schools around the nation find themselves in now. 1 think 1 speak for all the students here when I say that we absolutely wouldn't have any other setup than the one ws now have. This school would beliterally infested with sin and coruption if the school authorities allowed alcoholic beverages on campus and in the dorms, or if our girls could stay out after 10:30 p.m. on weeknights and midnight on the weekends, or if the womsn counselors didn't give those very justified counseling slips to the girls who are trouble makers and flush the toilets after 11:00 p.m. at night, or even worse those cheats who sign out in pencil instead of pen. I could go on and on but I don't think 1 need to; we all know what the policies are here and we all respect them with the greatest dignity and reverence. I just thought of something: I have an aunt who is in the teaching profession and the school she is associated with also tries to instill these same virtues of sobriety, chastity, and honesty into its students, and just like beloved Western, continue the job the parents work so hard on. The more I think about it the more similarity 1 see in my aunt's school and WCC; in fact, the students are administered and treated almost the same. It is comforting and encouraging to know that there are two Christian schools left, Western Carolina College and East Waynesville Elementary School. Charles Ratcliffe Dear Editor: We sincerely appreciate the evasive action of Scott Thompson's senate sub-committee in telling us what (should) be and calling it a Bill of Rights. I suggest that if anyone would like to test its evasiveness thatthey interject the word Shall everywhere it (should) be. The word Should, as used in this article, means ought to be, Mr. Thompson states: "1 know of no other college in North •Carolina which has a Student Bill of Rights." I know of plenty of colleges in North Carolina and everywhere else that tell you what ought to be, but they don't call it a Bill of Rights, We believe that there ought to be a Santa Claus. We also believe that the war in Viet Nam should be over and that all sub-committees should be evasive, so that non existent Bills of Rights (will) be accepted. We believe that the American —oops! Russian grey uniforms Mr. Loftin speaks of also have invisible swastikas on them which become neqri red if the wearer has a beard or long hair. We would also like to commend Mr. Wilkie on his brilliant three column article telling us that God is dead if we dont believe on him and alive if we do. The high minded Romans certainly were interested in Christianity. It gave them great interest to watch the lions chew on the God-like limbs of Christians. We would like Mr. Wilkie to make a better distinction between the many gods of the Romans and the one God of the Christians. If he is going to convince us that God is not dead, we wish that he would back up the statement as follows: "God, who once created a universe,". He might read Garner Ted Armstrong's article, DOES GOD EXIST? He might read. He should. The next • question in his article does not naturally occur, "God Who?" It occurs, God how? We appreciate his stimulating praise of $he almighty diety. He won't have to say his prayers tonight. He next states: "For this reason, there should be no controversy over the God is dead movement," The next question that just doesn't naturally occur is why? Is it because Mr. Wilkie gave us valid reasons for God's existence? I dont think so. In closing I would like to say that we have it from the ultimate source that the bacon at Brown Cafeteria is cooked in the grease pit of Rad Hooper's service station. Richard C. Alexander Bradley House From: Robertson Dormitory An open letter to: THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Subject: Telephone System 1. The telephone service in the Western Carolina dormitories is totally inadequate. 2. The telephone service (its inadequacy) could be actually dangerous in the event of fire or emergency. 3, There is no truly legitimate excuse for this situation. 4, We would like to know what is being done about this vital matter, and what steps the ad- ministration contemplates to rectify this situation. (Editor's note: This letter was signed by 106 of the residents of Robertson Hall, a large majority of the total population of that dormitory. Since the time it was received by us, it has been passed on to the proper authorities in hopes that something will be done about the problem.) Dear Editor: I am proud of our basketball team and believe that every student should support the team; however, the exhibition at Monday night's game was not an example of school spirit. 1 believe that some of my fellow students should take a serious look at themselves and the reputation they are giving Western Carolina. Let's work to make our school "number one" in sportsmanship. Sincerely, Phyllis Penninger STATEMENT OF POLICY All letters submitted to the WESTERN CAROLINIAN for insertion under "Feedback" must be signed in writing by the author of the letter. All letters must also be accompanied by the author's campus residence and mailing address. Names and addresses may be withheld from publication upon request, but the above information is essential for our reference in order to insure the legal safety of all concerned. No letter can be published unless it meets these requirements. Dear Editor, I know you are all probably sick of discussing student relationships and rules on this campus. However, it seems to me with enough complaints somebody would do something about it, 1 often sit in my dorm room, where I am forced to be after 11:00 at night, and ask myself why I camfto college. It is not the academic accomplishments 1 worry about, it is the social maturation. I get sick of the thought that I cannot leave when I want to take a walk, that I cannot kiss my date goodnight, that I cannot walk down to another room and talk to another girl after 11:00, and that I cannot use the phone when the mood strikes me, without getting special permission from the proper authorities, whom 1 might add usually look down on the situation with, "Well, if you really need to..." 1 came here to not only learn under my own supervision, but to enjoy my college life too. As a freshman, I thought about how great it would be to finally get off on my own and try to live under my own ruling. 1 could have a feeling of being adult and being able to accomplish under my own regulations. Closed study may be all well and fine for those house mothers and professors who think we need to be made to study, who think it is a courtesy to one another to have the dorm quiet for a few hours. That's just tough for them if they honestly think they are helping us as students. Why, I ask, can't we be left to learn this on our own? For twelve years, I have been under parental supervision as when to study, when to date, and when not to. Now that I am away learning to be an adult, I still don't have the chance. Why don't these people who think they are doing their best let us try ourselves to be adults? This campus is under the supervision of authorities who think we are still children. They, evidently dont want us to be the free, happy, and sociable students that W.C.C. has the reputation for. "Students, think positive! We are free, happy, and sociable. But dont kiss your date; don't be caught outside after 10:30; dont call anyone after 11:00; and by all means dont act unhappy because we want people to think we are." The rules and supervisors of this campus and of the girls' dormitories are outrageous for college students. We should be able to learn and act adult. This whole letter is one complete repetition. But, are not the rules the same? Dont do this or dont do that. I cant impress the meanings these instructions have on me. I feel like a prisoner in a reform school, like a child in kindergarten, or like a dog on a leash. I hate it! My English instructor lectures daily on the problems of this world and how half of them could be solved if people would look around and recognize each one. We definitely do have a problem here at Western. (As a matter of fact, we have more than one). The students, sure enough, kmow the problems, but after such a long time of them being in existence without alteration or improvement, they give up. Well people, I'm new here, and as much as I like W.C.C, I think the rules and administrators are as obsolete, Immature, and prudish as any I've ever seen. When I first arrived on campus, I read the rules with questions. The anger wasn't half as bad as it is now that I see how much to the extent they are carried. I can pretty well understand not kissing outside during the daytime, and signing out to go walking "in lighted areas." But, from personal experience, I have learned that there are rules between the lines. For some unknown reason, I was threatened, with a counseling slip and going before Hall Board, for hugging and kissing my date at 9:30 one night. "Itjustdoesntlooknice." Since when is thanks, in the simple form of a kiss, a sin? Also about walking, my girlfriend got a ten minute lecture on signing out to walk somewhere. "You dont just walk. Surely you're going somewhere specific. Then, write it down." To the students, I have one thing to say. I know I am far from alone in my opinion and experiences here at W.C.C. We must do something to make the administrators, housemothers, and others concerned, recognize that we are here to learn to be adults as well as to learn educational matters. To the ones who rule over us I say, ask, and beg you to let loose. Give us some room to move and test ourselves. We want to be adults as much as you want us to. Experience is our best teacher. Freshmen who came here are expected to make the change from high school to college. Give them the chance. Freedom is the pride of our society. Rules are needed, of course, but not to deprive a person of his individualism. I often feel like wandering and thinking privately about the world and myself. I sometimes want to go and talk to a friend in the middle of the night. But my freedom here is gone. I'm locked up, not only in the dorm but in my own room with four walls closing in on me. I am a college student here to gain an education, to learn to be an adult, and understand the world around me. I beg of you people to "let me out and that I may wander." Name withheld on request.

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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• Date
  • Date original: 1966-12-13;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-23
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  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 20 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1966-12-13_Vol32_No20
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