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  • The Western Carolinian Lee Grant Tim Thompson Toni Saddler Rick McDaniel Editor-in-Chief Business Manager News Editor Graphics Editor Western Carolina Univ. officially opened last Monday and the first summer session Is now in full swing. This means that it is also time for you to hear from us again. The Western Carolinian will be trying to bring you all of the information on what is going on at WCU both on the scene and behind. Whether we are covering a traffic accident or something fishy In the administration we will try to give you all of the facts. For the Western Carolinian to be the "Voice of the Students" we will need your help. If you are finding some administrative policy unreasonable or if you just find some strange object in your food in the cafeteria then let us hear about it. This summer we will be giving you a look at all of the activities going on here on campus as well as what is going on in the rest of the world. If you have any suggestions on what you would like to see In the paper or would rather not see in the paper then send us a letter or come by our office at Joyner. Our goal this summer Is to keep you informed and aware of wnat is going on at WCU and at the same time we will attempt to entertain you with some satire or the latest bungle on campus. Still we can not hope to do It all alone. Our staff is small and we are counting on you to help us out. Students at WCU are faced with a problem that Is common among all universities In the state as well as the country. The problem has to do with the lack of summer jobs available for students. Unfortunately Western Carolina does not have the luxury that most other schools in the state have. That being located in or right outside of a large community. Even though Sylva and Dillsboro are considered to be metropolitan areas by some residents of Cullowhee, the job market Is scarce at best. Even with the addition of Jackson Plaza the amount of Jobs available to students Is still small. Also with most employers paying the students minimum wage and with gas as high as it Is the students are lucky to break even after they drive back and forth from work each day. WCU Itself does provide some jobs for students who are fortunate enough to get them or know people In the right places but even these jobs are limited. Another problem In working for the university is that not only are the amount of Jobs limited they are limited also In the amount of hours the students can work. Though the university does provide the students with some type of work the amount of money the students are paid Is not the greatest in the world by far. Take for example the paint crew. They spend a great many hours a day working In hot weather trying to get our campus looking good and all for minimum wage, it tne university brought In outside help, even Inexperienced help, to paint they would still be paying a great deal more. While it Is true that Western Carolina's function Is to educate the student rather than to employ them It Is also true that In the event that if some stu dent or students are hired they should be treated fairly as If they were an actual member of the nation's work force. Of course the small amount of money paid to students is not limited to the student who works in the cafeteria or In one of the various offices. For Instance, the Student Government Association president at Western Carolina Is the lowest paid SGA president In the state university system. Last year the president was paid approximately $900 while the closest person to him on the pay scale was David Payne, president of SGA at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro who made $2000. This could possibly be one of the reasons why past! Western Carolina presidents have been accused of- doing so little. With inflation rising each month that Jimmy Carter remains president, the University should try to keep up with the rising cost of living which has become another burden for the students. Though It is understood that the university can in no way Increase the amount of money they pay the students to 18 or 20 per cent, to equal the nation's inflation rate, something should be done. For instance, most of the older buildings were built during the depression years by the WPA under the Roosevelt administration. The WPA was formed in order to employee the citizens of the local communities so they would at least have some type of Job. It seems reasonable that there would be a lot of work that could be done around the university that the people already employed at the Physical Plant will not have time to do. It would also seem reasonable to assume that the university would be willing to hire more students, especially commuters who must pay rent, which unlike wages here has not failed to rise higher and higher, to do the additional work. It Is hoped that the administration will consider this editorial and respond accordingly. We invite their response and will print such correspondence for the benefit of the students, so that they might understand both sides of the problem. Page 7/Western Carolinian/June 12.1980 Thanks Again Today there are still 50 Americans being held hostage in Iran. Inflation is running at new highs. Congress still cannot seem to come up with a workable budget, and in Cullowhee the Western Carolinian has broken down again. All in all just another typical week. If you were here at the end of last spring you will undoubtedly recall that the Carolinian broke down on production night of third to the last paper to be printed in the semester. Well what would be more right for it to happen again this time on the very first paper of a new session? On Tuesday the entire staff of the Carolinian learned that both of our typesetting machines were inoperative and that in order to get a paper out as scheduled we would have to seek the help of the University Print Shop again. Just as before we contacted Mr. Sam Beck and he along with some members of both our staff and his typed up copy for this issue. Again we would like to thank Dr. Glen Stiilion and Mr. Beck for the help without which the Voice of the Students would have been silenced for another week. First Union made a clean getaway with its Cullowhee branch Wednesday, June 4, leaving Wachovia as Cullowhee's sole bankers. First Union's Cope Creek branch will provide services such as drive-through Bank Heist Reported On Wednesday, June 4, the First Union National Bank mysteriously vanished from it's foundation in downtown Cullowhee. The bank was last seen heading east on 1-40. Though the entire structure (trailor) was stolen from it's site none of the students seemed to care. In fact some were observed helping the movers direct traffic so they could leave. In an interview, one student, who wished to remain nameless, commented that "It's a blessing just to get that thing out of here. All it's ever used for is for students to cash checks. With the devaluation of the dollar and prices so high what good is a Bank if you only have a check for ten dollars. I mean what can you buy in Cullowhee for ten bucks? They might as well move it down to where the post office is. Let the administration have the banks and the post office. To them it is only money. As of yet no reward has been posted by the head of First Union. There have been some fears voiced by the tellers of Wachovia Bank in downtown Cullowhee. One teller said, "With First Union gone we are probably next on the list." If anyone has any information concerning the disappearance of First Union then please contact the Western Carolinian at 227-7267. banking and safe-deposit boxes that were not available at the Cullowhee branch. Though WCU's students are no longer within convenient walking distance of the bank. Wachovia plans a similar move to the vicinity of the new Post Office. VOICE OF THE STUDENTS The Western Carolinian is published every Thursday] throughout the academic year and summer sessions by the students of Western Carolina University. All editorials are from the desk of theEditor-in-Chlefl unless signed. All opinions expressed in signed editorials, letters and columns are not necessarily those of the Editor-in-Chief or the newspaper. All letters to the Western Carolinian must be signed although names will be withheld upon request. Each letter must be typed or neatly printed, double-spaced and received by mail or delivered in person to the Western Carolinian by 5 p.m. on Wednesday Unsigned letters will not be printed. Offices are located in Joyner and our mailing address is Post Office Box 66, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 Telephone is (704) 227-7267. .qw/fr&xttfr&xwjws.w
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