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  • Volume Fifty-two Number Five Thursday, August 28, 1986 (704) 227-7267 P.O. Box 66 Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 COLLEGES ON TAP COMMON MINIMUM ADMISSION STANDARDS should be developed by the states to help high schools better prepare students for higher education, according to the Southern Regional Education Board. The board says "barely one-third" of the nation's high school students are being prepared for college - a modern low. DROP OUT OF SCHOOL and improve your employment prospects? The class of 1990 -- this fall's freshmen -- may do better to train for clerical or service industry jobs instead of earning their degrees, according to a study by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The "Project 2000" report predicts that secretaries, blue collar supervisors, truck drivers, restaurant workers and janitors will find the most jobs by the decade's end. FOR A $5 DEPOSIT, the Indiana U. Bookstore will have student's textbooks waiting for them when they return to campus in August, and the store's largest competitor is crying foul. It seems the bookstore is advertising its service near registration tables, in an area off-limits to private merchants. The ban on private companies doing business on campus is unfair competition according to area bookstore owners. IU Bookstore officials say they are merely trying to serve the students better, not gobble up more of the market. SUCH A VIEW is called idealistic and an impossible dream by the U. of Arizona Student Union director. A student recently complained that the price of a meal was lower at a local convenience store than in the union, and that the union should be run as a service to students ratherthan as a profit-hungry business. "I don't know where students get the idea that we're not operating for a profit," the director says. "Of course we are." YOU KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN HERE: The U. of California-Los Angeles -- one of the nation's top film and television schools - has recently added a course in music video production. "This is a sexy business," says the teacher. "People are very attracted to it." THE CONTROVERSY surrounding Auburn U.'s Old South Parade has prompted black students there to organize a "harmony picnic" to "bring diverse people together on campus and to build a stronger, more unified Auburn community." The students say they are "trying to do something proactive rather than reactive." The Old South Parade is criticized as glorifying racism. FRANCIS BACON AND BACON BITS? The bookstore at the California State U.- Northridge has added a salad bar which makes it, according to one source, "undoubtedly the first campus bookstore in the nation with fresh endive and sprouts." VENDING MACHINES at Nassau Community College sell everything from sandwiches to sodas, coffee and gum - but anyone dying for a smoke will have to go off-campus for a pack. The Board of Trustees recently voted to rid the campus of cigarette machines. "We're butting out of the cigarette business, no ifs, ands or butts about it," said one trustee. Cigarette sales, the trustees say, is antithetical to the school's educational mission. SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT: That's the message the U. of North Carolina is sending to several of its fraternities. The UNC Board of Trustees says the Greek houses must upgrade their appearance or risk being condemned next year. ABOUT 290,000 STUDENTS won't get Pell grants, and another 500,000 will get smaller grants, during the next school year if the Education Department persists in believing in a number that many education lobbyists say just isn't accurate. The department says students will qualify for $369 million more than is available for the program, so it will start reducing and eliminating awards early to keep within its budget. The American Council on Education, however, says the "shortfall" is probably closer to $90 million INSIDE Editor's Notebook Campus and Local International Affairs Previews of New Features The Western Carolinian Rated First Class by ACP Enn Millner - News Editor The Associated Collegiate Press has awarded WCU's student publication The Western Carolinian a first class rating, the second highest honor in the ACP s national evaluation of campus newspapers. In addition to overall high marks recieved by The Western Carolinian, bonus points for excellence were given by the ACP for advertising and student involvement. The Western Carolinian's 1985-86 publication issues were submitted in its first year of membership in the ACP. In order to appreciate this achievement, according to Randy Rosenthal, the 1985-86 editor, one must first "Last year we walked into basically an empty room," recounts Rosenthal of his first days as editor. "The equipment was either gone or vandilized. In addition to the equipment problem, there was no tradition or foundation for the new staff, who had minimal experience in publishing to fall back on. We really had to start from scratch." Rosenthal and his staff assumed the try and fail method in their assigned task, learning from their mistakes and benefiting from their successes. "Readership began to pick up. I think shock value had a lot to do with that," individualistic personality of the student body." Representing, informing, entertaining, and airing the views of the students, in a professional style, is the objective of the paper and student participation is very important for its success. The Western Carolinian is 100% student operated, but greater student input is needed. According to a recent poll there is a big difference in the number of people who look forward to reading The Western Carolinian and the number of people who "The Western Carolinian a first class rating, the second highest honor in the ACP's national evaluation of campus newspapers." realize what last year's staff encountered in assuming the responsibilities of producing the paper. The 1984-85 editor had been states Rosenthal. "The paper was becoming broader, more open-minded, and expressing new ideas. People weren't use to that and it brought us attention." would like to become involved in the publication. Current and future improvements being undertaken include modernizing "Representing, informing, entertaining, and airing the views of the students, in a professional style, is the objective of the paper and student participation is very important for its success." impeached in a political power struggle with the SGA, which then had control ofThe Western Carolinian. Control of the paper was then assumed by the University's Publication Board who appointed the 1985-86 editor, and business manager, and this year's editor and business manager on the basis of merit, and ability. During this transition, and for the first time in the newspaper's history, control of operations and editorial policy was given to the student editor with the Publication Board only retaining financial authority. One of the first ideas of the new Editor was in joining the Associated Collegiate Press, which not only evaluates, but critiques college publications and offers suggestions in problem areas. Rosenthal, who has been appointed the 1986-87 business manager, is looking forward to more improvements in the content and operations of The Western Carolinian. "We have very lofty ideals on what we want the newspaper to represent," Rosenthal said. "We are building a foundation and want a fresh individual took for the paper that represents the operations through computerizing the business functions and bringing the newspaper up to date with technological advances and journalistic style. Learning from past, and present mistakes, being openminded as far as editorial policy is concerned, and trying new ideas with the objective of achieving the highest honor rating that ACP has to offer-AH-American-are some of the aims of the current editor Andrew Dawkins. He summed up their goals for the 1986-87 year by sayina/'We are aiming to turn The Western Carolinian into a vital force on campus, one that people read, talk about, and contribute to." wcu Welcomes 1500 New Students WCU opened the 1986/87 school year amid a weeks hectic schedule of activities for staff, faculty and students. WCU welcomed approximately 1500 freshman and transfer students to its campus and began orientation and registration for these students last Thursday. Registration for returning students began Friday and continued through Saturday with August 25 being the first day of classes. Late registration and schedule changes are continuing for students during most of this week. Other activities that kicked off the new school year were: The Cullowhee Capers, a get to-gether and barbeque for faculty and staff; "Meet the Cats Night," the annual introduction of the Catamount football team: A reception honoring thefacultyand staff held at the Chancellor's home; and adinnerfor for new faculty members. Registration at WCU's Cherokee centers began August 25 with classes beginning on September 2. "Hey! How you doing. Had a good summer. Hov/d you do in Math?" seems to be what these Coeds are asking our roving photographer. Mike Doerner pM North Carolina Drinking Age Raised to Twenty-One Erin Millner News Editor Ninteen year-olds m North Carolina once had the privilege of purchasing beer and wine. However, as of September 1, North Carolina will join the ranks of many states who have already raised the legal drinking age to 21. This legislation is aimed a* combatting the nationwide problem of alcohol abuse by young adults, and at fighting the tragedy of death and injury caused by drivers who are intoxicated. Stiff penalties will be enforced to insure adherence to this new law. Anyone who provides alcohol to persons under 21, as well as the underage drinker will be prosecuted. The western cARouNiAN-Reaching New Heights Alcohol is Worst Drug Problem on Campuses. The worst drug problem on campuses is alcohol abuse, not cocaine, according to a letter sent to the Education Department by American Univeristy administrators. According to a recent poll by the National Association of Student Councils, 66% of the students surveyed said drinking is a "significant problem." Only 48% said the same for marijuana, and 21% for cocaine. Curiosity is a willing, a proud, an eager confession of ignorance! ■ S. Leonard Rubinstein
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