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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1982-02-25_Vol46_No21_05

News 5 February 25,1982 Western Carolinian To Begin Construction Supply Store Bids Open Bids were opened Tuesday afternoon at Western Carolina University on a two-story student book and supply store, and apparent low bids totaling $725,578 appear within authorized funds for the project. The new WCU building will provide 12,800 square feet of finished floor space and will allow the supply store and book rental operations to be combined. The building, to be located on the north side of Reid Health and Physical Education Building, will provide 6,700 square feet ol sales area, 1,650 square feet for book rental and 3,300 square feel ot basement storage and receiving space. An additional 3,300 square feet of space would be excavated with an unfinished basement area. Construction time is projected at 230 days. All bids are subject to review by university and state officials. The total cost, including design, contingency and equipment, will be approximately $800,000 on the self- liquidating project. Architect for the project is Foy & lee Associates of Waynesville. When completed, the new book and supply store will alter the existing road configuration behind Reid Gym, closing the segment adjacent to the Reid tennis courts I raffic behind nearby Hinds Universitv Center will be routed through the upper parking lot on the north side of the center. Alterations to streamline the intersection on the east end of the parking lot (near the university warehouse) are expected. Graduate Cuts WfST U1VAIION ITUDKNT mXJl ■w. O. XJ. Construction of the new Book and Supply Store to begin soon. Low bid of $725,578 won the contract for Foy & Fee Associates of Waynesville. photo by Mark Haskett WCU instructor William Paulk to present poetry readings at Kennesaw College and the Robert Burns Club of Atlanta on March 3rd. Paulk To Present Readings In Georgia by Monica Henson William Paulk, of the Western Carolina University English Department, will be traveling to Georgia on Wednesday, March 3, to present two poetry readings and discussions. The, first reading will be held in the Humanities Lecture Hall at Kennesaw College. The Kennesaw program is being sponsored by the English Honor Society of the college. Later that evening Paulk will present a reading for 1st Amendment Rights Violated? Cuinptu Dft«l ' Prison officials in San Francisco who would not let a prison newspaper print a cartoon of two people engaging in sexual intercourse on a guillotine were depriving the inmates of their constitutional rights according to a California Court of Appeal ruling. Officials at California Training Facility at Soledad should not have kept the cartoon out of the Soledad Star News because it did not jeopardize security at the institution, the court ruled. The ruling also stated that the newspapers First Amendment rights could only be limited when security, discipline or rehabilitation efforts were involved. "While prisoners forfeit certain rights and privileges...they retain those basic rights which are not incompatible with running a penal institution." the decision said. The newspaper also wanted one of its issue s to contain a photograph of a nude woman bending over and asking readers to "get behind" a motorcycle show at the prison. The drawing of the couple on the guillotine had the capion: "We at the Soledad Star News do not want to see conjugal visits cut off." Prison officials, who later said the photograph and cartoon were not obscene, said they blocked publication of the items under a state guideline which allows them to reject material that might bring disrepute to the institution. The editor of the prison paper asked the head of the Corrections Department to reconsider the Soledad officials' actions but was denied. He then turned to a superiorcourtjudge who ruled the items were not obscene and didn't affect the security of the prison. The judge said the paper should be allowed to publish the cartoon and photograph. The appeal court said the Corrections Department guideline gave prison officials censorship authority that is "unconstitutional and contrary to statutory mandate, since it unjustifiably imposes limitations upon legitimate right of prisoners." the Robert Burns Club of Atlanta. Almost 100 years old. the club restricts its membership to 100 and is loqated in Burns Cottage, an exact replica of Burns' birthplace. Paulk's work has been featured in several publications including the Laurel Review edition of "Contemporary Appalachian Poetry." "Appalachian Heritage," "The Arts Journal." and "The Living Church," an Episcopal publication. General Speaks A t Military Ball The decade of the '80s is proving dangerous and the United States will need a stronger Army to preserve its freedom. Brig. Gen. F. Cecil Adams, Jr., commanding general of the I7-state Army First ROTC Region, told cadets and guests at Western Carolina University's annual military ball Friday night. "As the world looked on. American diplomats were threatened by anarchist mobs...terrorists of various descriptions kidnapped one American general, attempted to assassinate another, and even stalk the President himself...and there is a growing dependence on scarce mineral resources that seriously threatens the economic viability of the industrialized free world." Adams said. "Half a world away, the Soviet Union becomes more and more a threat to peace," Adams added, citing the Soviet forces' occupation of Afghanistan and that Soviet "proxies proliferate in Africa, the Middle East and Central America and the Soviet pressure that forced the institution of marital law in Poland." Adams said the Soviets have paid the price for unprecedented military power, enumerating that since 1964 the Soviets have increased ground forces by about a million men. added more than 1,000 ICBM launcherand launched modern submarines carrying more than 900 missle tubes. "Since 1973, they have outspent us by some 100 billion dollars to modernize their armed forces and they have done this with a gross national product only half the size of ours," Adams said. "To appreciate how significant these achievements are. one must recognize that the USSR was decimated in World War 11—1,700 cities destroyed; 25 million people killed, far more than the U.S. has lost in all the wars in our history," Adams said. "No nation suffered more. yet. today the Soviet Union is challenging the U.S. for world leadership. Social Security Benefits To Be Cut Since 1965 students whose parents have died, become disabled, or retired have been eligible for Social Security benefits. Children under age 18 will continue to receive these benefits but beginning this year, the benefits of those students in college are going to be eliminated. High school seniors who have not enrolled in college as full-time students by May I. 1982 will receive no benefits after July, 1982. This eliminates almost all graduating seniors from receiving benefits while they are in college because most will not begin school until August. Students who have been enrolled in college will have their benefits reduced by 25% in September, 1982; 50', in September, 1983;and 75', in September. 1984. There will be no benefits for college students over the age of 18 after April. 1985. For example, if you are currently receiving a $200 a month Social Security check as a college student, you will receive $150 a month after September. 1982; $100 a month after September, 1983; and $50 a month after September. 1984. Your benefits will end when you reach age 22, finish or leave school, get married, or in April, 1985, whichever comes first. Beginning this May no checks will be issued during the four summer months of May through August, whether or not the student is in Summer School. If you are currently receiving Social Security benefits, you should realize the importance of maintaining full-time atendance during the academic year. If you drop below a full-time load of twelve semester hours, your benefits will cease and cannot be reinstated. This regulation goes into effect July 1, 1982. It means that students who stay out a semester, withdraw during a semester or drop below twelve hours during a semester, lose benefits at that time and the benefits cannot be reinstated. The Student Financial Aid Office staff will be glad to answer your questions concerning Social Security reductions. Please call or come by today. Student Aid Setback Campus Digest News Service With the recent discussions on how deeply the Reagan administration plans are cutting into student-aid programs, many graduate students now face the prospect of ending or delaying their education. Nationally. 600.000 graduate studenls about half of the total enrolled are now borrowing under the federal government's Guaranteed Student 1 oan program. Many are close to the annual limit ol $5,000 The cost of a full year year of graduate education, including tuition and living expenses, alreadv exceeds $13,000 at the leading private universities Some graduate-school official! are also afraid the budget cuts could lead to major reductions in si/e id graduate faculties, and perhaps trigger the end ot entire graduate programs in some fields Many school officials believe students in the ai is and humanities would be hurt more than those in business or law because ol their lower salary expectations and borrowing potential. Another potential result according to the associate dean of Columbia University's Graduate School oi Arts and Science is that scholarly life in general will be reserved only for the affluent. The Reagan administration's proposal to reduce the 1983 budget for the loan program assumes that students would still be able to borrow up to $8,000 a year under another deferally supported program. But graduate- education officials in both private and public institutions have agreed that the interest charges and other repayment features of the alternative program would be unacceptable to many students. The current interest for guaranteed loans is 4', while the alternative loans charge 14%. Besides the higher interest, students borrowing under the alternative program must begin paying interest while they are still in school—charges which are currently being paid by the federal government under the 9',' program. Some graduate-school officials have questioned whether sufficient loan capital would be available under the alternative-loan program, even if students could afford the stricter terms. The Reagan administration has said state loan-guarantee agencies would provide the funds if private lenders did not. Educators were also worried about proposed cuts in other student-aid programs on campus, including the National Direct Student Loan program and federal work-study funds. State support for graduate students might not be there to replace the missing federal funds because of financial problems generated by other federal budget policies. Some private schools, well-endowed from wealthy alumni, may weather the storm but many public institutions would have no ready way of generating low- interest loans to meet the expected demand. The dean of the graduate division at the University of California at Berkeley, William A. Shack, believes if the private capital used for federally guaranteed loans is denied to graduate students, then he won't know where the money will come from. S.A.N.E. MEETINGS Students Against Nuclear Energy 1st and 3rd Thursdays 7:00 PM Cardinal Room in the U.C. Protest Discussed photo by Mark Haskett Brig. Gen. F. Cecil Adams, Jr. spoke at the ROTC Military Ball held last week. The General spoke to cadets and their guests concerning Soviet threats to peace, citing Africa, the Mid East, Central America and Poland as examples. Today. 200 years after the great victory at Yorktown. we again stand in peril." Adams said, referring to earlier remarks about George Washington and the victory at Yorktown that was the beginning "of a new society that changed the history of the world." Quoting Herman Wouk, Adams said, "This is still the land of the free, but that will be true only while it is the home of the brave." Adams reminded WCU cadets of Washington's remarks on the "citizen soldier." Washington said, "When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen." and he believed that youth should be prepared for responsible citizenship through education. The general said he was "impressed with the performance of WCU's cadet corps at advanced camp and in the Ranger Club and Pershing Rifles" and that he is pleased with the progress of the Western detatchment which has grown from 65 cadets in 1976 to 145 this vear.

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
  • Publications (documents)
• Type
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• Date
  • Date original: 1982-02-25
  • Date digitized: 2019-01-29
• Extent
  • Dimension: 15" x 11.5"
  • Pages: 14 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
• Identifier
  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1982-02-25_Vol46_No21
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library