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The Week's News Campus This Week in the SGA Senate The Student Senate was called to order at 5:00 in the Catamount Room on February 12, 1987 The following business occurred: OLD BUSINESS: SR. 1172 Sponsored by: The Office of Vice- President Chris Ge/s and Senator Mark Weaver. "Being an act to allow students living on campus the option of buying the ten meal plan." This resolution was passed by voice vote. Dr. Stillion stated that there is a good possibility that the University Cafeteria system could implement this proposal. S.R. 11 7? Sponsored by: The Office of Vice- President Chris Geis. "Being an act to establish a central Lost and Found at the University Center." This resolution was passed by voice vote. S.R. 1177 Sponsored by: Senator Grace Ramirez. "Being an act to adequately light the entrance to Helder dormitory." This resolution was passed by voice vote. S.R. 1178 Sponsored by: Senator Grace Ramirez. "Being an act to set forth a policy for continuing classes that are interrupted by bomb threats to academic buildings." This resolution was defeated. S.R. 1179 Sponsored by: The Executive Office. "Being an act to approve the followingappointments in the executive office for the 1987 spring semester." President Chris Geis. "Being an act to approve dormitory and commuter election results from February 4, 1987." This resolution was passed by voice vote. The following students were elected: Leatherwood: Tim Corey Harrill: Carl Colozzi Dan Breen Commuters: Chip Fisher Bob Clark Jeff Gibson Catherine Collins Pat Trammel I Jeff Graham Mark Wells Richard Griffin S.R. 1184 Sponsored by: The Committee on Clubs and Organizations. "Being an act to approve the constitution of the College Democrats organization." This resolution was passed by voice vote. S.R. 1185 Sponsored by: The Committee on Clubs and Organizations. "Being an act to approve the constitution of the WCU 'W Monogram Club." This resolution was referred back to the Clubs and Organization committee to see if the club is discriminatory in any way. S.R. 1186 Sponsored by: Senator Mike Byrd. "Being an act requesting that the WCU Athletic Departmentand the Ramsey Activity Center staff not close or limit recreational facilities in Reid Gym and the Ramsey Center because of athletic events." This resolution was referred to the Student Affairs Committee. The following were named as Committee chair for the 1987 Spring Semester: Judicial Assistant: Senate Secretary: Assistant Comptroller: Leslie Lawson Tammy Hord Kurt Hopper These people were approved by voice vote. S.R. 1180 Sponsored by: Senator Greg Horn. "Being an act to recommend to the Western Carolina University Housing Office that it evaluate Reynolds dormitory to see if its fire-prevention and fire- protection devices are up to standards and in accordance with state fire codes." This resolution was passed by voice vote. S.R. 1182 Sponsored by: Senator Mark Weaver. "Being an act to establish the first Wednesday in April for the Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections and the second Wednesday for any other elections." This resolution was passed by voice vote. NEW BUSINESS: S.R. Ji85 Sponsored by: The Office of Vice Rules: Finance: Academic Affairs: University Services: Student Affairs: Clubs and Organizations: Student Government Services: Commuter Affairs: Advancement of the University: Mary Hager Mark Weaver Mike Byrd Regina McDaniel Cathy Pace Bob Clark Davis Orebaugh Paul Zullo Paula Manczuk Any student interested in knowing more about the SGA Senate, feel free to come every Thursday at 5:00 to our meeting held in the Catamount Room. The Student Senate is an effective part of the SGA system. The resolutions introduced prove this. Mark Weaver is a SGA senator Army ROTC has full tuition, 3- and 2- year scholarships available for qualified students, according to Lieutenant Colonel Donald A. Carter, Professor of MilitaryScience here at Western. These scholarships are awarded soley on merit. To be eligible, students should have at least a 2.5 grade point average. Any extracurricular activities they may have on their high school and college records will greatly enhance their chance in selection. The Armyis looking for well rounded young men and women that have leadership potential. You don't have to be enrolled in ROTC to apply. "Army ROTC scholarships are just about the best you'll find anywhere," LTC Carter said. "Besides full tuition and educational fees, you will also receive an amount for text books, supplies, and equipment, and up to $1,000 cash per year for each year the scholarship is in effect." "Currently we have 12 cadets on Army ROTC sc holarships here at Western," LTC Carter said. "Over the past several years we have seen an increasing interest in the scholarships offered by Army ROTC. There are scholarships and financial aid available to students who can document a pressing financial need. However, ROTC scholarships are awafaed on merit alone, and that has caused many students to taker a closer look at what Army ROTC has to offer," LTC Carter explained." Apparently they like what they see, judging by the thousands of nationwide scholarship applicants each year. Students interested in finding out more about the two and three year scholarships offered by Army ROTC should call LTC Carter or Major Leo French, at 227-7438 or stop by the ROTC Department in the Still well Building. : the Tourtee Center of National Broadcast, the Pat Carmedi fund (former AERho Pres.); and to scholarship funds and national conventions. AIR BAND '87 will be held Monday, March 2 at 8:00PM in the Ramsey Activity Center. A familiar DJ. from Power 91 FM, Jim Paskert, will be hosting the show. The deadline for applications is Feb. 20. Seven to ten bands are expected to perform. Tickets may be purchased at the University Center, Power 91, or from any AERho or LMP member. Price--$1.50 for non-students $1.00 for WCU students- The Western Carolinian 4 Thursday, February 19, 1987 outlines ror preparing nominations, may be obtained! from Lavonia Andrews in the Registrar's Office. Nominations should be submitted to Ms. Harriet Parker in the same office. Brigadier General Tom Carney, assistant division commander for operations, 82nd Airborne Division, was special guest speaker at the Department of Military Science's 8th annual Military Ball, held on Saturday, February 7 intheGrandroomofthe Hinds University Center. The evening was called a success by the organizers. Last Minute Productions(LMP) along with Alpha Epsilon Rho(AERho) bring Air Band '87 to Cullowhee. LMP is Western's "activity connection." Trips, hiking, concerts; and now-AIR BAND '87!! AERho has been on Western's campus for six years. Senior, Zilphia Thomas, is President of this national broadcast club. AIR BAND '87 is their biggest fund raiser for the year. Proceeds are donated to Nominations for the 1987 Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Awards are now being accepted. The awards, established in 1978 by an endowment from former WCU president Paul A. Reid, annually honor a member of thefaculty and administrative staff for their outstanding service. Nominees for the distinguished service awards are evaluated on "the extent and quality of service that contributes to the general welfare of WCU and enhances its reputation as a regional institution of higher education." Previous recipients of the award include: Helen Hartshorn and Tyree Kiser (1978); Roger Lumb and Bob Waters (1979); Robert Rigdon and Douglas Reed (1980); Jane Schultz and Jesse Flake (1981); Joel Milner and Colleen Jakes (1982); RobertStoltz ana Judith Stillion (1983); Marilyn Jody and Cecil Ward (1984); J.C. Alexander and Aaron Hyatt (1985); and Dan Southern and Harriet Parker (1986). Information, including The Parks and Recreation Management Department will be holding its second annual Hospitality and Tourism Conference on March 3. Topics being discussed at the conference include: Travel and Tourism Industries, Tour and Convention Planning, Hospitality Management and Liability in the Tourism Industry. The conference planners are expecting students from Clemson and other area universities to attend the conference. All interested persons are invited to attend this informative forum. Pre-registration fees (prior to February 20) for students are $5 and $7 for faculty members. Late registration fees (after February 20) will be $7 for students and $9 for faculty. The conference will be herb in the Grandroom of the University Center. For more infromation about the conference contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 227-7435 or stop by their office on the third floor of the Stillwell Building. Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, in conjunction with Budweiser, First Union, and Continental Telephone, are sponsoring a Road Race to benefit St. Judes Children's Hospital. The first annual Run for the Children '8 7 consists of a 5-mile run and 1-mile fun run. FreeT-Shirts to thefirst 100 runners- $6 entry fee. Prizes and awards for outstanding male and female runner, 18 and over and 18 and under. Free refreshments. For further info contact Randy Spencer - P.O. Box 482, 293-9171. State and National A South Florida youth has scientific proof to back up the advantages of eating junk food. Ezra Wise of Clearwater, recently completed a science project in which "Jerry the Rat" was fed a healthy diet and then promptly died Interestingly enough, "Tom", Jerry's counterpart, is still enjoying a "rats life" after being fed an assortment of brownies, ice cream and pizza. Wise has determined that Jerry's death was due to natural causes. "Even though that sounds weird," added the 12-year-old, commenting on the projects outcome, Wise said that while "he thinks healthy food is better, I am still going fo eat a lot of junkfood." An all-white federal court jury in Mobile, Alabama has ruled against the Ku Klux Klan's United Klans of America. The jury has awarded $7 M in damages to the family of a black teen-ager beaten and strangled by Klan members in 1981. The verdict is expected to give Michael Donald's family title to the United Klan's national headquarters building in Tuscaloosa. Donald's mother says she's glad justice was done and that the guilty were caught and brought to trial, but Beulah Mae Donald says the money doesn't mean a thing to her, saying "It won't bring my child back." Two Klansmen had been convicted in connection with the murder. people don't want to think about it, but a Raleigh bartender says that among the bar's regulars, fear of the disease seems to have tamed sexual styles. The bartender told the News and Observer of Raleigh that "People are definitely getting pickier." Across the nation, AIDS has hit the hardest at gay men and drug abusers, but even in North Carolina, the fatal disease has reached the mainstream. It has infected men, women, and even babies in North Carolina. US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop is waging an anti-AIDs campaign around the country to warn heterosexuals against promiscuous sex. For those who do not foolw that advice, Koop urges the use of condoms and "safe sex" practices to avoid the exchange of body fluids. On the same day an opinion research corporation survey indicated most Americans are very concerned about medical costs, The Reagan administration proposed a plan to protect the elderly from the costs of major illness. President Reagan is recommending the government cover all hospital and doctor expenses under Medicare — after a patient has paid two-thousand dollars of his own. The extra coverage would add a little less than five dollars a month to Medicare recipients' part "B" premium, which now costs 17 dollars and 90 cents a month. The plan won't cover long-term nursing home care or expenses such as prescription drugs. The President says the plan helps protect those whom he said would otherwise have had to choose between financial ruin and death, and he overruled opposition from members of his own cabinet in proposing the plan authored by Health and Human Services Secretary Otis Bowen. Attorney General Ed Meese and Budget Director James Miller had let conservative opposition to the plan, arguing it relied too heavily on government. The ranking Republican member of a senate subcommittee on health says the most serious criticism of the plan is that it doesn't do enough, but David Durenburger of Minnesota says the plan is "by far a better way" to protect the people from the expense of catastophic illness. The White House is playing down reports of friction with the Tower Commission that's probing the Iran-Contra affair. Spokesman Martin Fitzwater insists the White House has a good relationship with the panel, but acknowledged there was suprise over the panel's request that two former presidential aides be ordered fo testify. GASTONIA - A Gastonia man has filed suit for more than a million dollars in damages. Claiming that he was wrongfully held in the Gaston County Jail for 30 days in 1984 while awaiting trial on a charge of being drunk and disruptive, Jesse Cobb also has filed a second suit seeking 100 thousand dollars from his landlord for evicting him on the day he was charged with drunk and disruptive behavior. Cobb pleaded not guilty to the charges and was found innocent in March 1984. GREENSBORO - The Greensboro News and Record reported today that 63 percent of North Carolinians believe that Republican GovernorJim Martin is doing a good or excellent job, with 36 percent giving the same rating to Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bob Jordan. The survey by Mason-Dixon Opinion Research done for the newspaper also showed that Martin would defeat Jordan if the two met today in a gubernatorial election. When 805 registered voters were asked if they would cast ballots for Martin or Jordan, 43 percent chose the incumbent Republican and 29 percent chose Jordan. Eighteen percent were undecided. International A Soviet official says the Kremlin has granted an unconditional pardon to jailed Jewish dissident Josef Begun. His release has been rumored for days now. But it's still not clear just when he will be freed. traced the path of arms to Iran and begun tracing the flow of profits from the sale to the Nicaraguan rebels. The Kremlin says another Soviet dissident - Christian religious acitivist Alexander Ogorodnikov - has been ordered released from prison earlier today. A government spokesman announced plans to lee a dissident psychiatrist and the "likely" release of a Jewish activist. Meanwhile, the Tower Commission will carry its investigation into the Iran-Contra Affair to Bethesda Naval Hospital tomorrow. A spokesman for the panel says members will question former national security adviser Robert McFarlane, who was hospitalized following what police describe as a suicide attempt. Federal prosecutors say the Jonathan Pollard spy case has dealt as serious a blow to U.S. national security as any other reported spy case in U.S. history. In court papers prosecutors say the amount of U.S. information Pollard sold to Israel was "enormous". And Israel will provide the Congressional panels probing the Iran-Contra scandal with written answers to their questions. The disclosure came after Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir met today with the lawmakers heading the special committees. RALEIGH — Some people are shying away from casual sex as AIDS hits the heterosexual mainstream, but experts say some are ignoring the threat of the fatal disease. State AIDS Health Director David Jolly says ignorance of the disease is widespread and many Baby M from page one babies for money," said ArthurJ Caplan, director of the Bio Medical Ethics Center at the| University of Minnesota. Norman Robbins, a Birmingham, Michigan attorney, argues that "children can not be bought or sold by parents." One fear is that the poorest American or Third World women would become human incubators for prosperous couples who prefer not to gestate their own offspring. As Dr. Richard Marrs of Cedars-Sinia Hospital in Los Angeles stated,'We have real concerns about the widespread use of surrogacy until more study is done. We have to reserve our ethical judgement until we see the data.' No aid to the Contras. That's the message the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is sending to President Reagan. The panel voted to cut the aid off. But even Contra opponents say Reagan will veto the cutoff if it ever reaches his desk. The head of the Federal Railroad Administration is asking Congress for authority to punish railroad workers who tamper with safety equipment. John Riley told a Congressional panel today that such tampering is widespread, and the government can't do anything to curb it. Riley says federal investigators have found at least eighteen cases of tampering with safety devices since sixteen people died when a Conrail freight train collided with an Amtrak passenger train on January 4. In Ireland, Prime Minister Garret Fitzgerald has virtually conceded defeat in yesterday's general election. Fitzgerald told Irish state television the stage had been set for his opponent, Charles Haughey, to become the next Prime Minister. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger says he was right not to notify Congress of the arms transfers to Iran. In testimony today before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Weinberger also said that the U.S. has supplied intelligence information to both Iran and Iraq - bitter enemies locked in a border war. And a new classified report may answer some key questions about the Iran- Contra affair. The General Accounting Office says it has A developer who quit smoking after 37 years says he's planning to build a non-smoking office building. James Hylema, a developer in suburban Buffalo, New York, says it would be the first office building in the nation to guarantee tenants a smoke-free workplace. He says he's aware he risks driving away prospective tenants who smoke - but says "We're determined to stick to our guns." United States government ordering all American citizens to leave Lebanon by early March. A Southern Baptist Convention executive says the missionaries should let their conscience be their guide. Pregnant women living near the Soviet Chernobyl nuclear plant when it leaked radiation last year are 50 percent more likely to give birth to a mentally retarded child, said Dr. Robert Gale, USA physician who treated Chernobyl victims. He estimated 39 of the 300 babies born to such women will have some form of mental retardation — compared with 26 cases expected among any 300 other infants. Presidents of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvadorand Costa Rica met in Costa Rica to discuss how to end regional conflicts. But Nicaragua — considered an obstacle to peace by two of the leaders with close US ties - wasn't invited. Vatican envoys will meet with Soviet atheists in Leningrad in 1988 — 1,000th anniversary of Christianity in Russia — for an unprecedented debate about whether God is dead, reported Roman newspaper II Messaggero. Vatican spokesmen weren't available Sunday to comment on the report. Foreign Missions Board president Keith Parks says missionaries should be able to stay in Lebanon if they want to. Parks mentioned nine missionaries who might be affected by a directive from the BEIRUT, Lebanon - Druse militia leader WalidJumblatt said Sunday he believes the Iran-backed Shiite Moslem group called Hezbollah holds Terry Waite captive Meanwhile, British Foreign secretary Geoffrey Howe met with Lebanese President Amin feemayel in London to discuss the Anglican church envoy, missing since Jan. 20. Gemayel promised to help. The British government said it was upgrading diplomatic contacts with Syria. Britian cut off relations with Syria in Octoberaftercharging it was behind an attempted airline bombing. Britain's contacts in Damascus are through the Australian Embassy

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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  • Date original: 1987-02-19
  • Date digitized: 2019-04-09
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  • Pages: 12 pages
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