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  • V/este^M ELa^dLauaN VOICE OF THE STUDENTS VOL. XXXVIII No. 50 Tuesday April 17, 1973 Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina For Some Reason Enrollment Declines Here By Alice Harrill The WCU Housing Office plans to close down Buchanan, Moore and Robertson residence halls next year, according to Tyler Combs, Director of Housing. Combs also plans to change Leatherwood Residence Hall to a Men's hall beginning in Fall 1973. These changes, which must be approved by the Student Senate, Chancellor Jack K. Carlton and the Board of Trustees, are a result of a declining enrollment at WCU, Combs said, By consolidating vacancies, the Housing Department will be able to provide better services for residence hall students, said Combs. Women currently living in Leatherwood will have first choice of vacant rooms in Hel- der Hall for next year. The seventh floor of Scott Hall, which is now entirely vacant, will be used to house groups of leatherwood women who wish to continue living on the same hall. Men now in Buchanan and Moore will have first choice for Leatherwood rooms. Combs said that the Housing Office will do its best to keep living units together. Financial reasons force the closing of the three halls, Combs said. "We realize that it will be kind of inconvenient, but we won't be able to afford msid services unless we consolidate those vacancies." Robertson Hall has been closed since the end of fall quarter. Buchanan and Moore were chosen as the next to close because of the poor living conditions which exist there now. Alternative uses for the closed halls are being considered. The halls could possibly be used as classroom buildings or to house students attending Southwestern Technical Institute in Sylva, Combs suggested. A suggestion to implement a "co-residential situation'' in Albright-Benton Residence Hall will go before the WCl' Board of Trustees as a second phase of housing changes, Under Combs' proposal, Albright would remain a men's hall and Benton would be changed to a women's hall, "To convert Albright-Benton into a co-residential situation will be an easier first step toward co-ed dorms'' Combs said-. "By placing men in Leatherwood, we are breaking down the areas now present on the campus." Combs will also propose to the Board of Trustees a reduction of the rent of a single room. Presently the cost of a single room is twice that of a double room, though with a large number of vacancies it is not presently enforced. Combs will propose that WCU offer more single rooms and reduce the cost of a single room to 1 and 1.2 times that of a double. "We are trying to offer choices to the students and provide for different life styles," Combs said. "We can set up special floors for students who are against the visitation policies, for example." Students can sign-up for the residence halls during the first part of May,, By then all variations and changes in hall structures will be definite, These proposed changes will be discussed at the April 25 meeting of the Board of Trustees in the Catamount room of the UC. All meetings are open to the public. Integration Proposals Being Made The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina voted Friday to release to the public May 1 its proposals for further integration in the state's 16 institutions of higher education. Public release will come two weeks before the final draft is forwarded to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. HEW was ordered in February to step up desegregation in 17 Southern and border states, including North Carolina. Dr. Hugh Daniel Jr. of Appalachian State University said the board's drafting committee, which he heads, has written 15 drafts of the integration plan. "We are trying to enlarge the total education opportunity in North Carolina," he said, "not just to satisfy the HEW requirements." The timetable adopted by the board for the plan calls for final revisions, April 20; attorney general's review, April 23; final drafting committee review, April 27; governor's approval and public release, May 1; State Board of Education review, May 3; Board of Governors approval, May 11; submission to HEW, May 15. If that schedule is followed, the plan will be turned over to HEW a month ahead of time. Scott Lindsay, Harold Rogers and Ed Wilson are the three candidates for president of the student body in Thursday's elections. Polls will open Thursday at 9:00 a.m, and students can vote by presenting I.D. cards until 6:00 p.m. at the polling place in front of A.K. Hinds University Center. Lindsay, Rogers And Wilson Answers Carolinian Questions Scott Lindsay is a senior majoring in history and political science, A native of Bryson City, he lives in off campus housing. He is a member of the University Center Board, Ciruna, Young Republicans, German Club, Alpha Phi Sigma and Phi Alpha Theta. He has been named to "Who's Who In American Colleges" and has served as chief justice of Superior Court. WTiat impression did the recent disagreement between Dr. Carlton , the faculty and students make on you? Students have to be continually aware of what is going on in the area of administration and student government. I feel that had they been aware that the calendar had been passed fall quarter they could have acted much sooner and nipped it in the bud. It also showed that the chancellor will change his policies if enough students demonstrate an interest to the point of confronting him in a CONTINUED Page 5 , „ . . Harold Rogers is a graduate student in junior college teaching and social science from Sylva. He holds a B.S. in political science from WCU. Rogers is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. Last year he was a member of the student- Faculty Judiciary Committee and this year represents day students in the student senate. Rogers is chairman of the Senate Clubs and Organizations Committee and a member of the Senate Finance Committee and served on the three-man ad hoe committee on the academic calendar. What impression did the recent disagreement between Dr. Carlton and the faculty and students make on you? "I've seen student government and student rights go a long way, but I see in the administration of Jack Carlton that students are going to be shoved back, Their rights are going to be abridged, Students must have an SGA President CONTINUED Page 5 , . . . Ed Wilson is a sophomore from Bakersville. He is majoring in English with a concentration in political science, Wilson is a veteran of the l!,S, Air Force and lives off campus. What impression did the recent disagreement between Dr. Carlton, the faculty, and students make on you? "I felt that Dr. Carlton had taken a position that he could not maintain as far as the faculty was concerned because it has resulted in the resignation or possible resignation of some of our more respected and better qualified faculty members, This personally disturbs me in that I don't want to be laughed at when 1 present my degree from this university when I try to get a job. As far as 1 know the chancellor has not really usurped any powers that weren't actually his, but it appears that he has the finesse of a bulldozer, This is not an asset to an administrator of a university, I CONTINUED Page 5 , , . . Schedule For Student Gov. Association Elections Set Student Government Association elections for president and vice president of the student body are set for Thursday, with polls being open in front of A.K, Hinds University Center from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Larry Ford, SGA Vice President announced today, Ballot boxes will be manned by student senators, Ford said, and the usual precaution against campaigning within fift\ feet of the polls will be enforced, SGA president Owight Nelson is attempting to rent automatic voting machines for u»eThursday, but as of last night, he had been unsuccessful in getting them, Area county election boards are unwilling to loan their voting machines, Nelson said, Indications were that voters would mark their choice of candidates on paper ballots, as usual. Students will vote for one candidate for each of the two offices, "Due to the interest expressed so far and the number of people filing, a concurrent increase in voting would be indicated," Ford said, He expressed concern that students would leave campus for the Easter break without voting, Along with the president and vice president questions,a constitutional amendment is on the ballot, The referendum question proposes that the Housing Court be eliminated from the SGA Constitution, The Constitution requires that all housing violations be handled by the SGA Superior Court, thus eliminating a need for the Housing Court, The studsn* senate on April 2 passed a resolution requesting that the Housing Court be abolished, and if the amendment is approved by the voters on Thursday, then the change would be made in the SGA Constitution, subject to approval by the WCl' Board of Trustees, Sammy Davis, a candidate for SGA vice president, was ruled ineligible Monday by the Student Senate ad hoc Election Committee. The com= mittee found Davis ineligible on grounds that he withdrew from school during fall quarter, The SGA Constitution requires that a candidate be enrolled as a full-time student for the three quarters previous to the election, excluding summc school. Davis is appealing the com- mittce's decision to the Suprems Courtand is continuing CONTINUED Page 3 . . , . The Western Carolinian Forum will be held tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. in the Grandroom of A, K, Hinds University Center, Candidates for president and vice president of the Student Government Association will be on hand to present their platforms and answer questions from the student body,
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