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Western Carolinian Volume 44 Number 21

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Carolinian exclusive Cates explains resignation Western Carolinian staff writer J. M. Trinks interviewed Phil Cates shortly after his resignation, which was announced earlier this week. The following article contains highlights ot that interview. WC: What was the Interoffice relationship within SGA? Cates: My perspective on this was that I was chief of the legislature and there were times when I disagreed with the president on issue matters or "non-actions" she's taken, such as not appointing an assistant director of academic assistance after she signed the bill to appoint the director. Within my office I have had the pleasure of serving with some of the most dedicated and experienced students that 1 have ever met. Bill Jarrett, Karen Husterhaus, Stephany Criss. Tim Sikes, and Ben Travis represent to me the finest this campus has to offer. W.C.: Why did you resign? What eventually caused you to make the decision? Cates: There were three reasons: I'm battle weary; my grades are in shambles; and 1 greatly dislike someone bringing in my private life and responsibilities with my public. I had to check out the costs one way or another and go the least costly path. No one can say I haven't put my all in student government this year and last year. If they do, they're kinda blind. WC: What is your perspective on SGA now? Cates: I love it. The people in SGA have often been misunderstood by other students and campus organizations. They develop a hostility and a feeling of competition from the Senate to the student body president. It's ridiculous. •Turn to Page 9, Please Phil Cates The^stern Carolinian The Voice of the Students 20 PAGES THURSDAY FEB. 15,1979 Vol.XLIV, No. 21 CULLOWHEE, N.C. Cates quits SGA by AL LAGANO News Editor Phillip Cates is no longer vice president of the Student Government Association. He officially resigned Sunday night February 11, 1979 The conservative campus politician, who rose to power as a freshmen through his work with the Committee to Promote Voter Awareness (PVA), resigned because "I'm battle-weary, my grades are in shambles and I greatly dislike someone mixing my private life with my responsibilities to the public." Cates' resignation brought mixed emotions from the various sides of the WCU campus political arena, many students expecting the resignation since late November. In the Student Senate, where resignations have greatly reduced that instituion's power, the mood was sober and quiet Wednesday night during the first meeting under new Vice President Ben Travis. For many of the senators still remaining in the senate, Cates was the only president they had ever known. Cates is best remembered for his expansion of the office of the vice president, his opposition to deficit spending by SGA approved clubs and organization, his dedication and hard work, especially in the area of PVA, and the political controversies ranging from a fabricated letter to the Western Carolinian to refrigerator leasing. The native of High Point came to WCU, as a freshman, in fall of 1977. He was elected to the Student Senate out of Harrill dorm and was placed on the Finance Committee and the Men's Affairs Committee by then Vice President Gary Brown. Cates was nominated and then elected Senator Pro-Tempore less than three weeks after he entered the senate. Brown appointed Cates chairman of PVA midway through fall semester, where Cates established himself as a potential candidate for a future SGA executive office. Under Cates chairmanship the committee succeeded in helping make it easier for students to vote in Jackson County. Cates established himself as a hard-working senator and dedicated to working for students rights, but came under criticism for mixing partisan politics with the senate committee. Many democrats accused Cates of being more interested in destroying Jackson County Democrats than working for students right to vote. Cates earlier in the semester had been elected president of the WCU College Republicans. Most of the members of the PVA committee were members of that club mainly due to the lack of Democrats willing to serve on the committee. Just before Christmas break, on December 8, 1977, a letter appeared in the Western Carolinian endorsing the committee's action, praising Cates and inviting students to join the College Reoublicans. The letter was signed bv Ann Crowlev. inside toda World peace and security are threatened by the events occurring in Tehran, Iran this week. It may be awhile before anyone knows just exactly what the effects of the recent collapse will be. See today's centerspread for a look at the situation as it was yesterday. The much ballyhooed Equal Rights Amendment is in the news again, this time in Raleigh, where its future is uncertain. See pages 3 and 17 for related stories. vice president of College Republicans. It was almost a year later the students learned it was Cates who had written the letter and on September 22, 1978 Cates publically apologized for the action. Despite the letter, the committee, under Cates leadership, was one of the most successful undertakings ever to come out of SGA. In January 1978 Cates resigned from the senate to take a job as SGA President Patrick Murphy's assistant. Here he gained the experience needed to run the office of vice president and in April 1978 Cates became the first freshman ever elected to a top executive office in SGA. Cates had pledged Pi Kappa Phi earlier that semester making him the first Greek elected to an SGA executive office in a number of years. Cates came into the vice presidency with set goals for his administration, proposals and ideas on how to involve the students more in SGA. Most of the summer was spent working on senate resolutions, trying to convince the administration to reopen Camp Shelton and making SGA appointments. Cates expanded the office of the vice president, giving himself a number of assistants in hopes of involving more students in student government. The fall Student Senate was almost completely freshmen senators who had never participated in a legislature of this type. The senate became less and less formal and its member produced less and less resolutions. The same problems—construction, parking, meal tickets and Camp Shelton kept appearing but no action was taken. Many senators resigned, either to take other SGA offices or out of frustration and the senate became less effective in working with the administration. Other problems faced SGA, including the controversial Hall and Oates concert, the backlog of cases in the SGA courts and problems between clubs and organizations over the SGA budget. Cates managed to survive most of the criticism aimed at SGA last semester but found himself stuck in the middle of the budget controversy. He had hoped to bring former President Gerald Ford to WCU through SAGLA but the executive committee of SAGLA had voted against Ford and placed three other speakers in their budget request. SAGLA's budget was cut over $6,000 from the previous year and Cates received much of the blame from club members, Cates. who insisted he had nothing to do with the budget cut, was again accused of playing party politics within SGA. The fabricated letter surfaced fall semester as did Cates' purchase of two gavels to be used in the Student senate. One gavel was for official senate use, the other was a more expensive gavel with Cates' name engraved •Tum to Page 14, Please

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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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  - Western Carolina University
- Format
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  - Date original: 1979-02-15
  - Date digitized: 2018-09-10
- Extent
  - Dimension: 15" x 11.5"
  - Pages: 20 pages
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  - 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_1979-02-15_Vol44_No21
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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