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  • The^stern Carolinian 8 PAGES THURSDAY JULY 27, 1978 Vol. XLIII, No. 38 CULLOWHEE, N.C. Say 'Hello!9 Dorm rooms to have phones this fall By the time fall semester begins, WCU will have a completely modern SI.3 million phone system. With its installation, all student dormitory rooms wiii have- private telephone service. Because of the university's rapid growth over the; past few years, it had outgrown its present telephone- system. The? old phone system simply would not accommodate any more lines. So an entirely ne;w system was the only answer. , Negotitations between university administrators and Western Carolina Telephone began several years ago when it became apparent that a new system would be necessary. According to Dave Lindquist, marketing consultant with Western Carolina Telephone, the new system was chosen because it fulfilled all the university's present needs and also allowed for expansion in future years. One major benefit of the new installation is that student dormitory rooms will now have telephone service. From the room telephone, students will be- able to call anywhere; within the local calling area (on campus, Cullowhee and Sylva) without charge. If a student wishes to have long distance service, he must apply to Western Carolina Telephone to have that service established for his line. To qualify for the long distance service option, the student must establish credit with the company. Representatives of the phone company will be on campus during the first few weeks of the semester to take- applications and answer any questions the students mav have. After that period, if a student wishes to apply for long distance service, they will visit the telephone company business office in Sylva. "There is no service charge to establish the long distance service," said Linda Brooks, customer service supervisor, Sylva. A bill will be sent directly to the student's dormitory room with all long distance charges listed for the phone in that room. "It will be up to the Heads housing for four years roommates to decide- which calls belong to who," said Brooks. One- individual, per dormitory room, will be responsible- for the long distance calls. Only long distance charges will appear on the student's bills. The new computerized phone system will allow for the screening of all incoming long distance calls to those students who choose not to subscribe to the optional long distance service, lor those students, all incoming long distance calls come through the campus operator. When the operator determines thai charges are not being reversed, the- call is put through to the Student's room. Students without the long distance service may still make long distance calls using the pay telephones which will remain in the dorms. When a Student has subscribed to the long distance Option, however, all incoming long distance calls go directly through the network to the student's room. The students are glad to have the telephones in their rooms. Linda Richards, a junior, said that she's glad to hear about the; new service. "I'm not going to be living in the dorms this year, but I sure- wish we'd had them last year when I did. The- lines of pe;ople at the <;nd of the- hall waiting to use- the pay phones were awful. Sometimes twenty or more- people- lined up all the way down the hall—especially after ll p.m.." she said. James Wike, an incoming freshman, agreed. It will be "great" he said. "' think it will be good because we won't have to give up so much of our privacy on a hall phone." Joyce Ferguson, a senior, said that she didn't live on campus, but knew that parents would be glad to hear about the dormitory service. "Parents just had so much trouble getting through to their children. The lines to the dorm phones were always busy. Having the phones will just make it easier for everyone," she said. The university is now served from the Cullowhee exchange,' but with the addition of the new system, the university will have its own separate exchange with the prefix 227. Wired BURIED CABLE With the new $1.3 million phone system being installed at WCU, 90 percent of the telephone cable will now be underground. With only a few weeks to go before the system's cutovcr, contract splicers Turner Conley and Dale Dowdlc are bust doing the last-minute splices. Over 42,00 feet of new cable were placed on campus in the construction project. Moon Chat Sue resigns post byJ.M.TRINKS Staff Writer Chat Sue, director of housing at WCU, will resign Friday to become director of housing at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Ky., in August. Moon Chat Sue In an interview Tuesday, Sue said he, his wife Janney and their two-year-old daughter, Stephanie "will be moving up there this weekend." His new job will start "sometime around the middle of next month." "I feel like I've done something here and it's time to move on and let someone else do something," he said. "Louisville is in an urban setting with different kinds of problems and it will be a challenge for me to build a new program there." He said he was going for that reason and because he feels "the need to be in a bigger city and a change of lifesytle." He said there was "no major difference in salary," but it will "probably be a little more, but that is not the main reason. The main reason is the challenge." Sue said he feels that "in my time here we've been able to successfully turn around the housing program here-its image on campus and its image with the students." "We have a good staff and have dealt successfully with the problems," he said. "We've improved facilities to a degree—telephones in every student's room, for instance; and we're finishing the carpet work in Scott's hallways this week. Also, we're carpeting the hallways in Albright-Benton, which is already completed, and in Reynolds." He said that there also has been major repainting done and that housing is "going to improve laundry facilities in all of the dorms—new washers and dryers, you know, and.more of them." He said he has "improved the staffs of the residence halls professionally, and the student staffs." "Overall, residence halls are not a place to just sleep in, but to live in, and this is important to students on this campus," he said. "It's a place where they learn from each other and develop as a person. This is really the whole purpose of housing here—not to be a landlord,but to assist in academic developments, too." Sue said students now respect school property and the staff more. Another major success has been keeping the residence halls filled in the? fall. "This year we: expect to have waiting lines—not only that, but housing in public areas of residence halls—especially in men's halls. When that happens, it must mean the stude?nts are satisfied." * Dormitories will open August 21 for the fall semester. Sue said, "Students that don't show up by noon August 23 will forfeit their spaces to our use. Then those students living in temporary housing can be moved to permanent housing." Sue said his greatest accomplishment as housing director was "being able to bring in the right people- to work with us in housing in the right kinds of positions, and to work with each other." "We've brought about some professionalism. We have been able to hire the best students for RA's. There was a time when it was looked down upon. tu>w it's competitive and I'm very proud of that." he said. Sue has also managed to balance the housing budget. It is independent from the state and he said when he first came "the budget was in the red." But at the end of the last fiscal year (which ended June 30), "we've been able to be in the black, which gives us more money to improve the dorms." Concerning his working under Chancellor Robinson, Sue said he feels "that the chancellor and Vice •Turn to Page 7, Please
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