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Western Carolinian Volume 44 Number 13

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PAOE20/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/NOVEMBER 18,1978 Carolinian opinion and commentary Dreams are nothing but teenage naivete Dear Chip, Glad to hear from you and I am sorry you had that bizzare dream last week. I think a mother's primary job is to help her children when they are having troubles, but with the distance between us I'm afraid all 1 can do is offer you words of wisdom in a letter. I'm afraid that your problem is teenage naivete. This naivete can manifest itself and turn into paranoia-hence the bad dreams. I think, in your case, this might be caused by changes in your environment that are coming too fast for you to handle. I believe that you will sleep better when you realize that your dreams were only dreams and have no chance of happening. Your dream has happened in other places around the country but will never happen in Cullowhee. Do you remember when your father and I first brought you to Cullowhee and how we fell in love with the small university, where you could get some individual attention with your studies; the small town and the quaint mountain setting? Well, it was obvious to me and your father that the university was being run by people who cared about Cullowhee and the deep mountain tradition that the school is bathed in—these people are still there aren't they? They would never let your dream come true. Do you remember that old timer that we talked to? He explained that some outsider that was up there years ago let those high rise dorms be built. He also explained how that man has been long gone and has been replaced with a man from the mountains that appreciates the mountains and their heritage. With the shrinking college enrollments, I doubt that the WCU officials plan to try and make the university any larger. Your story reminds me of a book I read once that told the story of how the government for several bureaucratic reasons took the land and life-style away from a tribe of Indians. Then to smooth things over, they turned around and built the Indians a big heritage center so people could see how the Indians once lived. They could have left the Indians alone in the beginning and saved everyone a lot of trouble and money. You definitely need not worry about the new highway in your dream because as we found out on our last trip to Cullowhee, the only, traffic problems are after football games. And there has to be a bad traffic problem for the state to build a new highway. Why I bet a highway like you described in your dream would cost 15 million dollars and the state highway people would never spend that in Cullowhee. One good thing about the DOT is politics never influence a decision. There are places in NC that really need roads and they would get a new road before Cullowhee. That road to the town of Cashiers we took the last trip to Cullowhee would be fixed before the road you dreamed about would be built. Plus, it would never ruin that wonderful town and go right through the middle of town, even if it were 'built; the WCU planners do have minds, you know. As bad as you think the Post Office is, you need not worry about them moving off campus. Remember it is there for the convenience of the "over 6,000 students" the college says it has, and not for the convenience of the minority that drives on campus to get their mail. If your dream became reality and they did move the the PO they would have to build a cat>valk over the noctural highway and how would an offensive thing like a catwalk look in such a beautiful place as Cullowhee. Son, your dreams are too much-no one in their right minds would allow something like that to happen in Cullowhee. HAHA-That reminds me of the girl who cut off her nose. That search light you mentioned gave me a laugh. There couldn't be an airport in Cullowhee because the only way they could build one would be to level off a mountain and that's impossible because it would probably wash away when it rained. Remember son, professional people with backgrounds in their fields make the decisions about such things. These people aren't people like your old high school science teacher. Son, remember, Cullowhee represents the great dream to a lot of people and I'm sure that these people will not let money mongers, greedy people and politicians ruin "their dream." Love, Mom P.S. Read this twice ...Mom you're right again Dear Mom, Just wanted to apologize for having bothered you with my personal trivia. After reading your letter (twice) I realize that you are right. Mv dream may have some psychological implications, but it is far from ever becoming the truth. After all, this is the valley of lilies and will always be the valley of lilies, right? I guess that's just the way dreams are, because obviously man has become too smart these days to fail to preserve the natural innocence that still exists in good ol' Cullowhee. I guess I just have a deep-rooted fear that something this good can't last forever; that some sort of bureaucratic nonsense will louse things up like it always does. But that's ridiculous! Western Carolina University is about as far away as you can get from bureaucratic nonsense! By the way, I hate to ask you this, but could you send me about $200 to hold me over until next month? You see, I was supposed to get paid this week but the computer here sent my time card to the wrong place or something like that. I don't understand it completely but I explained my problem to this lady and she said I had to wait for the computer to recycle itself and send my number to the central computer in Chapel Hill then it had to recycle itself and send my payroll account number to this office in Raleigh which would send all that data back to the computer here but anyway I'll have to wait another month to get paid since I missed it this time. If you could do that it would really help me out. I have this new plan at my bank and you can just transfer the money directly to my account by going through central offices in Greensboro, then Asheville, then Sylva, then here. Pretty darn direct, eh? My account number is 55546r7789-342-67 and my social security number is 245-045-8238. I think that's all you need to know. Well, gotta go. Much Love, Chip [NCL 5143844]. Bock up your accusations/ Beam Dear Editor, In response to the most recent letter by Doug Beam (Western Carolinian, Nov. 9) I would like to make several points which I feel Mr. Beam glossed over. First, Mr. Beam's questioning of the integrity of the Finance Committee was not a figment of Senator Ben Travis' imagination. The Finance Committee was solely responsible for the budget which came to the Senate floor on October 30; any allegations that "petty politics" were involved in SAGLA's budget is most definitely a question of the Finance Committee's integrity. Mr.Beam's allegations are absurd and totally false. Secondly, Mr. Beam asserts that his allegations of petty politics are based on "undisputed facts." They are indeed undisputed "facts" because no one has heard them. Mr. Beam cried "Petty politics!" in the Senate on October 30, in the Western Carolinian Nov.2, on WWCU's Hotline program Nov.6, and again, in the Western Carolinian Nov. 9; yet he has never backed up his claims with anything other than his statement that there is "a feeling of petty politics which definitely exists on campus." If such a feeling does exist, I contend that it is because of widely publicized and meaningless allegations by reactionaries such as Doug Beam. I, for one, am tired of Mr. Beam's sour grapes attitude toward his club's initial budget, and I sincerely hope that he will try to support his farcial claims in the very near future Respectfully, Sen. Tim Sikes Nomad's neglect hurts all students Dear Editor, As you know the finance committee has not allocated any funds for the Nomad this year. Regardless of this neglect, those of us involved with the Nomad intend to go ahead with our plans. We may begin our own money raising projects, but I intend to make every effort to drum up any and all student interest in this magazine in the hopes that it will be funded when the finance committee meets next spring. Many students who 1 have confronted have never heard of the Nomad but were interested when I explained what it was. The Nomad is an art and literary magazine published by WCU students. Any student can submit photographs, essays, poetry, etc. toward publication in the Nomad. It is probably one of the best opportunities for students to express their visual art or writing ability in a form that can be experienced by their fellow classmates. It is my hope and the hope of many others that this opportunity will not be lost to the students of this university. We, the students of the 70's have been labeled apathetic and are shadowed by the legacy of the 60's. But it is my belief that our voice can be heard in the expression of our creative forces. Any student (not just art or English majors) interested in the Nomad should contact us. We hope to be getting an office soon and at that time I will make its location well known to those who are interested . In lieu of the fact that the magazine Neo-Blackness also did not receive funds, there is a possibility that «° « S and the Nomad wi" become a joint effort. If anyone has any objections or suggestions please contact us. Sincerely, David Hubbs EDITOR-IN-CHIEF David Jackson BUSINESS MANAGER David Curtis MANAGING EDITOR Mark Wilkins NEWS EDITOR AILagano SIGN EDITOR Eddie Yandle CLASSIFIED ADS uoyce Cooper The Western Carolinian is published every Thursday throughout the academic year and summer sessions by the students of Western Carolina University. All letters must be signed although names will be withheld by request, ail classifieds are printed free on a first come first servo, basis, and all opinions in columns, letters and signed editorials are not necessarily those of the editor. Offices: Joyner 10 Telephone: (704) 2*3 7267. . The'Western Carolinian is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer. PHOTOGRAPHERS Jeanette Beaudry E.S. McDaniel John Daughtry Mark Stewart ADDESIGN/COMP Eddie Nunn FACULTY ADVISOR Gerry Schwartz CIRCULATION MANAGER Keith Tidwell PHOTO EDITOR Lewis Greene STAFF WRITERS ■Cathy Bailey ueieste uarson Chip Hammond Lane Gardner Kathy Malone J.M. Trinks Eli Walker Laura West Rick Whitman ACCOUNTANT Rob Gathings AD SALESMAN Leon Britt SECRETARY Kim Youmans PRODUCTION Karen Bailey LeGrande Lister Molly Thompson THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN- P. O BOX 66 Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 US. POSTAGE PAID Pwrottai

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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 original: 1978-11-16
  - Date digitized: 2018-08-27
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  - Dimension: 22" x 16"
  - Pages: 20 pages
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
  - Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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