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Western Carolinian Voice of the Students [Volume XLVI Issue 21 February 25, 1982/ Cullowhee, North Carolina Phone 227-7267 ROTC Offers Experience by Rose Pritchard ROTC is a normal progression program which means that is usallv takes 4 years to complete. Ihere are several wavs that a student may complete the program and qualify for the Advanced Program One way is altei having been on active duty in any branch ol the service, the student will be commissioned two years after he has been here. The student can be commissioned into the National Guard or Reserve at college. Another way is that someone with three or four years ol high school ROIC can be admitted into the Advanced Program. Two hundred thousand dollars has been awarded to students through ROTC. This includes scholarships and the one hundred dollar per month subsistence pay that students can get. Another benefit of ROIC is that you may qualify for Baste or Advanced Camp. Alter completion of the Basic Camp at Fort Knox, you may be able to attend the Advanced camp at I oil Bragg. You can get into Advanced by joining the Reserve or (iuaid and by going into Basic I raining during the summer and then going into the Advanced Course. Once a student becomes a junior or senior, it is difficult to get into the advanced program, said Colonel Riley. Other benefits which are available to the student are scholarships. Students can compete for school scholarships. Bask Camp scholarships, and national competition scholarships. Students, in order to be competitive, should have at least a 2.7 average, should have a good S A I score and should be in good health. Colonel Riley gives 4 scholarships per veai based on the above factors, Ihe scholarships pay tuition, books, lab lees, and awards $100.00 per month subsistence. ROTC activities include the Color Guard. Perishing Rifles, Rangers, and the Rifle leam. Ihe Arm has 14 females in the program 1'hey all basically get the same training, said Colonel Riley "They have different standards on physical fitness tests and women are not commissioned to infantry or any related combat niles.'* ™—ssssl Scott Beach Blooms Again! photo by Doug Cavanah Students Attend Legislature by Rose Pritchard , The N.C. Student Legislature is an educational organization whose primary purpose is to teach students about parliament procedure and the legislative process. Secondarily, they are a lobbying group for student views. Eleven WCU students and their advisor. Dr. Gordon Mercer, will be attending the 45th Annual Legislative Session of the N.C. Student Legislature March 24th through 28th in Raleigh. Students will be staying at the Holiday Inn Downtown and meetings will be held in the actual House and Senate chambers of the old Capitol Building. The students who will be meeting for the Senate are Cheryl Hill and Tony Alderson. Cheryl, who is the chairperson for the Commerce Committee will be running for Pres. Pro tempore of the Senate. Tony will be running for Senate Parliamentarian. Students who will be meeting in the House are: Mark Delk, Bruce Winn, Charles Bryson, Bob M,orris, Johnna Russell, Frances Hayes, and Chris Reynolds. Interns from Cullowhee High who will be attending are: Kai Ferrell, Stephanie Dial, and Eric Vassian. Two bills from WCU which will be brought before the legislature are a Bill to be entitled: An ACT to Abolish the N.C. Inheritance Tax, and An ACT Concerning Required Political Science and American history Courses at the University of NC and its Constituent institutions, this bill requires Government courses for teacher certification. If these bills are passed, they go into the compendium, a booklet of all bills and resolutions passed, and this then goes to the real legislature to the NC General Assembly. If bills are favored, they might be sponsored in the real General Assembly. One year Western had 80pf of its bills passed Interesting bills from other schools include Sunshine Bargaining. This bill favors collective bargaining for state employees. A bill from Catawba College is an act to establish a voucher system for the N.C. school system. The N.C. Student Legislature meets every Tuesday at 5:00 in the Catamount Room. On March 7 at 4:30 to 7:00 the N.C. Student Legislature will have a reception in the Mountain Heritage Center of the Administration Building. Liston Ramsey, Speaker of the House and local politicians will be on hand. Everyone is welcome. Loans Available As many students know. College Foundation, lnc (CFI), the NC Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) lender, has had no funds for students since last summer. Citibank of New York agreed to be a lender-of-last-resort for NC students who wanted to borrow for the academic year and many were able to receive these loans. An agreement has now been reached between CFI and Citibank for Citibank to continue serving as a lender- of-last-resort through the summer sessions. NC residents interested in obtaining a GSL for sumer may request a Citibank application by writing to Citibank Student Loan Center, 900 Perinton Hills Office Park, Fairport. NY 14450. Applications must be received by April 8 for the first summer session and May 8 for the second session. You should apply to Citibank: a If you have borrowed only from Citibank. Citibank will make no loans to first-time borrowers Tickets on Sale Tickets for the Southern Conference Tournament game to be played Saturday evening in Reid Gymnasium between Western Carolina and The Citadel arc on sale at the ticket booth adjacent to the Jordan-Phillips Field House. The ticket booth will be open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 Airport Manager Optimistic for less than $1,000. If vou are planning to apply to Citibank for the first time this summer and are a dependent undergraduate, you will have to attend both sessions to be eligible for at least $1,000. If you are a NC resident applying for a summer GS I .. you should apply to College Foundation: a If you borrowed from CFI in I98I-S2 or □ If you borrowed from CFI before 1981-82 and did not borrow from Citibank in 1981-82. The address for requesting an application is College Foundation, Inc., 1307 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27605. The deadline for applying for a summer school loan is april 15. CLI limits loans to $70 per week for undergraduates and $140 per week for graduate students. The maximum GSL an undergraduate may borrow for a year is $2,500. If you borrowed during the academic year, you may only borrow for the summer if you have not yet borrowed the $2,500 during 1981-82 and then only the difference between your academic year loan and the $2,500 maximum. The maximum GSL for a graduate student is $5,000 a year. The Student Financial Aid Office staff will be glad to answer any questions you may have concerning the GSL Program or other forms of assistance. Please call or come by at your convenience. p.m. through Friday. WCU season tickets will not be honored for the Southern Conference Tournament. Ticket prices are $4.00 (Reserved). $3.00 (General Admission) and $2.00 (WCU Student General Admission). WCU students are required to purchase a ticket for admittance. Should WCU win Saturday night's game with The Citadel, tickets for the Southern Conference semi-finals and championship game in Charleston. West Virginia March 5-6 will go on sale Monday at the Jordan-Phillips Field House. > by Monica Henson The Jackson County Airport now has a new manager. Marc Bryson, who has a very optimistic attitude concerning the future of the airport. Bryson, a native of Greensboro, attended Western Carolina University and Guilford Technical Institute, where he received associate degrees in aviation management and flight instruction. Bryson took over as manager of the airport last Tuesday; the airport had been operating under a "caretaker" status pending the decision of a Bryson City federal jury over the county's lawsuit against the contractor and design engineer of the airport. When the decision was rendered against the county, the commissioners hired Bryson to head airport operations. Bryson noted that the airport is operating on a break-even basis now, gaining most of its revenue from the sale of fuel for aviation operations and flight instruction at the airport. He also predicts a boom for operations at the airport, as well as the rest of the Jackson County area, as a result of the upcoming World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee: "Since accommodations are already scarce in the Knoxville area, we should experience a great boom in incoming flight traffic at the airport, when people would rather fly here and make the scenic drive to Tennessee." Flight instruction is booming as well. The airport provides a base for several airplanes, and.is being taken advantage of by many flight students and instructors. The controversy over the breakdown of slopes, erosion, and other geological problems does not worry Bryson. "We are taking appropriate steps to correct the situation, and we encourage area residents to come up to the airport and enjoy the view. I think that the Jackson County Airport is the place to make pictures in this area." With the attitude of its new manager, as well as the optimism already expressed by Jackson County Board of Commissioners Chairman Wayne Hooper, it appears that the airport is on its way to becoming an integral part of the Jackson County area. Elections for Commuter Senator were held on the second floor of the U.C. yesterday. Ronald Fine pulled 43 votes, while Mark Fletcher had 30. photo bv Rick McDaniel Purse Thefts On Rise by Darrell Beck In recent weeks there has been a series of purse thefts on campus. Since January 25, eight purses have been stolen from unattended offices. The director of WCU's Traffic and Security Office, Frank Blackman, says that the thefts usually occurred between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., when individuals went to lunch, or to attend to other matters, leaving their purses unattended in the unlocked offices. Five of the stolen purses wcie later recovered, but not the money. Usually, only cash was taken, but in one case credit cards were taken also. The most recent theft occurred on February 12. Prior to these thefts, the campuses of Charlotte, UNCA, and Appalachian State were also victimized. In one case, an Instant Banker Card was also stolen and used to take money from the Instant Banker machines at banks in some of these areas. Blackman believes that those thefts and the ones here are the work of the same people, a group of criminals travelling to various campuses and committing the thefts. There are no definite leads so far on who the criminals are, although the five purses recovered at WCU were found in men's rest rooms. Blackman says that purses wouldn't be taken from locked offices, and he advises that unattended areas be locked in the future to prevent further thefts. Also, he advises that university employees and other individuals should be wary of persons who appear to be wandering through buildings. Students and faculty take to the outdoors in the springtime weather. It is still February, but who cares when the sun shines like it has recently? ____t________t_________________U photo Doug

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
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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
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library