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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1971-03-11_Vol36_No41_05

THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Thursday, March 11, 1971 5 l Derogatory pamphlet Dear Editor: Several weeks ago a derogatory pamphlet concerning Miss Anita Garrison was passed out by some unknown anti-apathy organizaton. It said that a Dean of Women should be someone who can be called "friend," someone in whom you can Intrust your problems - whatever they may be, someone you can relate to. Therefore, as acting Dean of Women, Dean Garrison should fill these shoes - but then it asked - "Does she?" It asked if you would go see her if you were pregnant or if you had serious problems you could not handle. I hadn't really thought about it much before, but this pamphlet set the wheels in my mind rolling - rolling back to last quarter when I had problems - serious problems. I was trying to carry them all by myself because I didnt know where to turn for help. It never occurred to me to see Dean Garrison and even if it had I would have dismissed the idea completely because I don't feel I can talk to her about personal problems because you must feel like you can trust the person and you must know the person, to some degree before you can relate to them and feel they understand and can help you. I'm sure Dean Garrison is doing her job - but I have talked to quite a few girls and they feel as I do, that she does not have close enough contact with the students. They said that she needs to get close to the girls and get to know them ■ earn their trust and become a "friend." All that I talked to said if thsy had a serious problem they would not take it to her. Last quarter when I was on the vcge of breaking under my load of problems ^'nally did find help. I saw another Dean on i ipus and another counselor and spent several nours talking to the Dean and many hours talking to the counselor = who, by the way, had heard I had problems and got in touch with me and asked if he could help. This concern meant the world to me and this person really helped me - for now, several months later, my problems are cleared. By the way, Dean Garrison knew of my problems and to some degree the extent they went to - but she never even called me to her office - I guess she knew all the time she didn't know me well enough to get inside me and win my trust and thus help me - so she didn't try. I have nothing personal against Dean Garrison, but I don't feel my case is isolated. There must be many other girls who, like me, had or have problems and need help and are desperately crying for it, but cant find it However, I'm sure there must be girls on campus who have been helped by Dean Garrison and see it in another light Maybe this will encourage them to express themselves so we'll know if we're wrong - I hope so anyway. Sincerely, A student who had a problem and needed help. GSUSA Birthday Dear Editors Young people are facing enormous challenges on what the quality of life will be in the future. How they meet the problems of a rapidly changing society will test their ingenuity, imagination, and abilities. How they prepare themselves to meet these challenges is of utmost importance. One youth-serving organiztion which is taking the lead in involving young people in many self-directed, self-planned projects is Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Some GSUSA endeavors are directly related to the quality of our country's physical environment; others concern the interrelationships of people, and youth participation in planning and decision making. This concept of responsible citizenship and service with others has always been a basic one in Girl Scouting. Today's Girl Scouts are involved in projects to help close the gaps se» parating economic, racial, cultural, and age groups. Across the country, girls and adults from urban, suburban, and rural areas are working in partnership with national and local community groups toward these goals. Prepared by their training, the girls and women give millions of hours of service to their communities. In day camps for ghetto children, in migrant worker camps, in Head Start programs, in various tutorial programs, in senior citizen projects, in hospitals, schools and libraries, on Indian reservations, and in hundreds of qulaity environment projects — Girl Scouts of all racial, economic, and cultural backgrounds contribute their skills. During this week, Campus Gold, an active organization on this campus will be celebrating their 59th birthday with nearly 4 million girls, women and men in the United States involved in Girl Scouting. Members of Campus Gold Keep hostesses bear Editor, I am glad to see that there are other "concerned students" at Western. I am all for the changes that have been made here in the past few years and hope to see more changes for the students' benefit, But I can't see how doing away with the hostesses will help anyone. The hostesses in all the dorms are women that have reared children, obviously having the experience in housing that is needed, and are generally with the times of today instead of yesterday. They have much more experience in this field than one who was appointed an office in student development recently. If graduate assistants are to replace these women It will me.n the lack of experience rep lacing experience itself. I do not feel that graduate assistants and those with Masters degrees are willing^ to give the time necessary to adequately fill this job. To finance this new program, the advisors and key girls will be done away with. Many of the advisors were able to stay in school only because of getting their room rent paid. The new program will cost many thousands of dollars more than the hostesses are being paid. This extra money could be and should be used for repainting and repairing the dorms, and to help deserving students get an education. Another Concerned Student Storm's Eye By DEVISE SCHICKEL Student Apathy is strange. . . . Last night was the first administration rap session with the students. How did it turn out? About 40 to 60 students were there at one time or another, some stayed only for a few moments, others for the full two hours. THfiRE ARE OVER 5,000 STUDENTS AT THIS UNIVERSITY. Where were YOU? There wore about 10 administrators present. You students who care about what's going on at this university have got to go to thess rap sessions if you want answers to your questions. It's a good place to start Wbat was rapped about? Such things as the general education requirement proposal, the new stadium, student fee raises for next year, Residence Hall reorganization, academic requirements, and women's hours. Some of the stud • ents posed quite direct questions to the admin • isolators. Many questions were answered, this is not to say that the answers were to the satisfaction of the students but the fact remains that some were answered. Thus, some points were cleared up in the minds of those who were present That's where it all starts, with understanding. It does no good to criticize something which one does not understand, Onc^ it is understood then valid criticism has a better chance. Also, when you know what it's all about you have a better idea of how to deal with it and in wfiat direction to go with 't Simple enough. Since there have been a lot of rumors and statements made concerning the women's hours proposal let's start there, SG\ made a proposal to eliminate women's hours for all sophomore women and 3rd quarter freshmen women who live in the dorms, OK. SGA supports the proposal, the Student Development staff supports the proposal, the Student Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate supports the proposal, and now it's up to you and Dr. Pow. Pow said last night that he cannot predict a negative vote on the proposal but he can't say he's for it Pow lias received information concerning what other schools similar in size are doing/have done about women's hours and how changes in women's hours have affected/ may affect academic performance, David Huskins, our president, has stated "There is really no concrete reason why this proposal should be turned down. All the information is in and it is favorable to the proposal." Not quite - one more thing comes into play, and here's where the women come in. Jane Queen, president of WHG, and Hyatt, the Director for Institutional Research, are going to draw up a survey to present to ALL WCU WOMEN DORM STUDENTS. This will be ready in a few days. Purpose of the survey? To determine out exactly how many women are for and how many are against the proposal on women's hours, WOMEN! If you want this proposal to go through make sure you make yourselves quite clear in the survey, It will have some effect I support the proposal for the following reasons: CONTINUED Page 8... . Git's Paw THE INBHIABLE PAW And now, friends and neighbors, let's review the past quarter, for the benefit of those who may have missed it due to circumstances beyond anyone's control. As you know, attendance is not required in this column. One of the biggest and most puzzling facets of Cullowhee life (as we know it) is the weather, which is about as predictable as trying to fig-• ure out when to hold meetings of the Dan Rather Fan Club. One day, the sun will be shining warmly to the tune of 60 degrees, people shed their winter garments, smile, they enjoy each other's company on walls and hillsides, and things look really swell. The next day, those same people awake and don their two-tone sandals and Budweiser shorts and walk outside to discover a fleecy white landscape whipped by winds that would put old Jack Frost to shame. And the infirmary is stumped at the number of sun-burned goose pimples. Ah well, nostalgia here we come. Remember the big tubing race? I'm sure those (fool) hardy souls, among whom the Paw was a member (note the past tense), remember it well. . .awaking to find your prayers to the Great Weathermananswered, posing for numerous photographers (.check the latest issue of THE STATE) and trying to act, facing this new experience, as you have never done before. Anyway, it was a good time for all—even for those who are still awaiting Spring thaws and those who still havj the appearance of the oft-fabled brass monkey. Of course, everyone remembers Chicago, the Grass Roots, and the other noble performers who entered the Valley to bring a little bit of outside world reality to those who were beginning to believe Cullowhee to be a magical mystical little kingdom set back up in an enchanted forest away from draft boards, traffic jams(l), effete snobbery, Spiro Agnew, war (I), racism, low-flying jet aircraft (I), the National Guard, narcotics raids (111), and other such seemingly non-existent external forces. To others , it was ALREADY a part of that world.. . as much as it was able to be. And besides, where else can you get a good hot dog for a quarter? Also, as those of you who follow Jungle Jim Rowell were aware of, it was a quarter of hopes, victory, excitement, tension, drama, and—-finally- —defeat And you know, the bas - ketball team had a bad break too. It was a quarter for rap sessions, administrative promises, budgets, money, golden goose- egg stadium proposals, and Flash Gordon actually escaped the clutches of the evil emperor Ming (he also escaped with the brakes, the tires, a slightly used transmission, and the lovely Dale Arden). There was no horsing around at pre-registration, as things came off without a hitch (whew). And, with the waning of this Winter Quarter 1971 now at hand, and with the promise of Spring—which will be somewhat more permanent and suitable for tubing, I leave you now with wishes for a nice, clean vacation and ask that you return safely (and somewliat lawfully— we dont need any more pigism) for a new quarter of fun, sun, relaxation, occasional study, and most important—Springtime in Cullowhee (tum- te-tum). PAX. OK, that's it Close your papers. Get out a pen and bluebook and answer your final examination question: What has if anything, the Paw been saying all quarter? Make your answers brief (four volumes will suitice; ana turn your answers in to practice, Good Luck!! NEXT WEEK: The staff of the Yukon Hotel skinny-dips at the Y. STUOOJNQS . . . .FROM Page 4 our lives and our accomplishments?" The Reverend Dean Woodruff. ******** •All quotations except those of Adams and the first LIFE quotation are from FIRST ON THE MOON by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., published by Little, Brown and Company.

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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  • Western Carolina University
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• Date
  • Date original: 1971-03-11;
  • Date digitized: 2017-11-10
• Extent
  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 8 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1971-03-11_Vol36_No41
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library