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Season opener ends in 48-0 rout of WCU in Athens Myra¥jfc»ireniTT» Story on page 9 Political Forum: Head to head debate from Republicans and Democrats column on page 5 The Western Carolinian lyaron i^llSUSt] State of the Campus...3 Public Safety Reports.^ Student on the Street..5 Political Forum _ 5 Counselor's Comer...6 Sports Scoreboard...9 Out of Bounds 9 Intramural News 9 Volume 57, Number 4 Thursday, September 5, 1991 Cullowhee, North Carolina THURSDAY, Septembers, 1991 Briefly Campus Watch Leadership conference scheduled for Sept. 14 The third annual leadership conference will be Saturday, Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. There will be students attending from Appalachian, Brevard, Catawba, Lees-McRae, Lenoir-Rhyne, Mars Hill, Montreat Anderson, UNC- Asheville, Warren Wilson, and Western. The cost to attend is $15 and includes lunch and surprise gifts. For more information and to sign up, call Steve Baxley at 227-4469 or Jennifer Williams at 227-7234. The deadline to sign up is Sept. 11 by noon. BSU sign stolen! The BSU "Go Cats" sign was stolen this past weekend. It is valued at $300 because it was specially made. If it is returned, there will be no charges pressed. « Out of Bounds That "Out of Bounds" columnist, Robert Robertson, is at it again. This week he complains about when the Cat's went down to Georgia last Saturday, and offers helpful suggestions in combatting Whitewater rafters. Column on page 9. Art Happenings The first of a series of exhibitions at Chelsea gallery in the U.C. is reviewed. The show will be up until the 19th, and the review is on Features page 6. State of the Campus John and Cole offer ways for students to get involved on campus, and suggest solutions to the parking problem. Column on page 2. Intramurals Preseason pics for intramural softball, along with deadlines for sign-ups are on page 9. Clubs and Organizations Several campus clubs and organizations have already submittedweekly information. We are eagerly waiting for others to follow. List on page 2. t Counselor's Corner This week's counselor offers suggestions for getting along with that new roommate. Tips for resolving conflicts on page 6. WCU suffers $2.6 million budget cut Jennifer Mann News Editor Times are tight these days because of the recession and everyone is having to dig a little deeper in their pockets for that last dime. Western Carolina University is no exception with the University's appropriation for the 1991-92 budget suffering a reduction of $2,644,139! "We were officially notified about the budget reduction from the state on July 16,1991," said George Wooten, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Business Affairs. The total requirements for WCU's 1991-92 budget were $44,548,361. Western generates $9,596,650 of this total sum and the remaining $34,951,711 comes from the General Fund Appropriation. Wooten said the budget cut from the state came as no surprise to him or his colleagues. "The amount of the reduction was what we had expected because of the state budget problems which are related to the country's recession," Wooten said. The reduction included the elimination of nearly 30 positions of which four were faculty positions. Major reduction areas include a $355,733 cut in faculty paid positions and a $519,695 cut in paid staff positions. Wooten said they made the cuts in the faculty and staff positions by taking positions that were already vacant. Another major reduction was in the area of community service programs, with a cut of $726,877. Wooten said the two big programs that lost money were The Western North Carolina for Tomorrow Program and the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. The University also decided to reduce State's Contribution to Teachers and State Em ployees Retirement System by a total of $481,785. A reduction was made in operational expenditures, which includes data processing equipment, contracted services, and printing by $163,129. More than $ 15 thousand was taken out of athletic tuition remissions. Wooten said this fund is used to offset the out-of-state tuition cost for WCU athletes. "Because of the cut, athletes either had to pay extra this year or the athletic department increased their scholarship money," he said. The last $381,007 cut was assigned to a category titled "other." Wooten said this constituted the raise in tuition for students and other miscellaneous items. "This was a reduction in appropriation of which part of it was offset by requiring the university to make necessary allocations," said Wooten. Developing a two year budget for an entire university is not an easy task. Wooten said his department begins working on an upcoming budget a year and a half in advance. "We'll start working on the 1993-94 budget early this fall. Our work is an ongoing cycle," said Wooten. Driving range to be ready in two weeks Karen Sovick News Writer The Physical Education Department along with the help of university-hired students, is scheduled to open a new driving range for the students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community, near the running track on campus. Tentative plans, rules and regulations, and specific hours for the range are currently in progress but according to Dr. Robert G. Ray Head of the Physical Education Department, the range should be in full swing in two weeks. "The main purpose of the golf range is for the instructional, recreational, and athletic use mainly for university students but open to the faculty, staff, and community also," Ray said. The range tentatively will be open on Monday-Friday from 4 p.m. until dark, Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. "The weekend hours will allow those students who are unable to practice during the week, ample opportunity to practice on the weekend," Ray added. The range will feature one large section for woods, and a second, smaller section for irons. There will bea putting green, golf club rentals at approximately $1.00 per club, and both small and large buckets of balls for hitting. A small bucket with 35^40 balls will cost a non-university student $2.00, and $3.00 for a large bucket with 55-60 balls. WCU students, faculty, and staff will pay $ 1.50 for a small bucket, and $2.50 for a large bucket. Not only will the driving range offer a place to practice See "Range" PAGE 3 !■;■■■■■. -■■■■ Wm mmm Carolinian photo by Hunter Pope "Fore!" Ron Yowell, who works at the Smoky Mountain Mental Health Clinic, takes a few swings on the not yet completed driving range. The range should be finished in two weeks. Madison now accomodates female students Mischa Baker News Writer Another dormitory has opened for female residents. Madison Residence Hall.a male dorm last year during the renovation of Reynolds Hall, was scheduled to remain male for the academic year of 1991-1992. However, with the increase of female freshmen and the addition of private room requests, the dormitory had to be used for females. The Housing Office honored about 80% of private room requests. "Since a large number of women requested private rooms, an effort to honor those private assignments were based on the no-show factor after the Rice of Housing. The "no-show factor" is where a person has signed up for a room and does not claim it by noon on the first day of classes. "We had 35 women apply late this summer that we didn't have space for, so they were assigned with a Resident Assistant until an open ing," he added. The housing situation for the females is operating at 100%, therefore few rooms are open for women requesting private rooms. The room situation for the men, however, is different. Any male interested in a private room must file an application with the Area Coordinator by Sept. 6. After September 6 no rooms will be available even if there are rooms unoccu- call the Housing Office at 227- 7303. The ratio of male to female incoming fluctuates each year. For example, this year the female portion was larger than the male, but during the academic years of 1983-1984 and 1984- 1985 the men were the larger part of the freshmen class. During those two years, Harrill Dorm's study rooms were transformed into student rooms due to the large influx of males to the school. The Housing Office combines 10 years of room assignments with the current room sign-ups from on-campus residents to determine what type of housing will be needed for the following academic year. Much work goes into setting up the 3300 rooms for the cur- rentand new residents at WCU. Although some of the assignments are temporary, the Housing Office assures students that a room will become available once the no-show factor is considered. Goals, direction and speed stressed at Freshman Convocation first day of classes," said Randy pied. If you have any questions, Second annual Faculty Recital Series slated to begin Sept. 10 Western Carolina University's department of music is gearing up for its second annual Faculty Recital Series to help raise money to provide scholarships for music students. The series of nine performances featuring members of the WCU music faculty will begin with a "potpourri" recital Tuesday, Sept. 10. The Faculty Recital Series is designed to showcase the talents of members of Western's music department faculty, and will benefit an endowed music student scholarship fund. Proceeds for ticket sales are placed into the fund, which was established last year. When the fund reaches the initial goal of $20,000, interest earned from the fund will be used to support music performance scholarships. The 1991-92 series opener, the "potpourri" recital, will feature several music faculty members performing in solo and ensemble settings. The recital will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the recital hall of the WCU Music-English Building. The remaining schedule is: •Oct. 1-Lillian Pearson, keyboards. •Oct. 3 - Artist-in-resi- dence Scott Berry, tenor. See "Recital" page 3 Western Carolina University's vice chancellor for academic affairs told more than 1,000 freshmen at WCU's Freshman Convocation on on Aug. 27 that the learning process - - especially throughout a college career - - involves many challenges and life changes. "The goal of learning is to change," John Wakeley, WCU vice chancellor for academic affairs, said at the second annual convocation in Ramsey Regional Activity Center. "The challenge is to set goals, to set directions and to set speeds. "Learning is not something that you complete; it is a process of living," Wakeley said. "Learning is the only change process that I know of where you have control of the changes." The university will offer challenges to students, and students must set their own challenges, he said. "We will challenge you to leave here a better reader, a better writer, a better speaker, a better thinker," he said in the convocation address. "We will challenge you to be a person who has a better understanding of science, of quantification, of the world, its peoples and arts; and of the values and perspectives that give meaning to your life." Students must wrestle with their strengths and weaknesses and make decisions about whether to "strengthen strengths or improve on weakness," he said. "We can help once you have made your decisions, but they are your decisions." The university expects commitment from students, who should spend at least two hours preparing and reviewing for every hour spent in class, he said. Besides the academic challenges that students will encounter during their college educations, there will be the challenges of human diversity, autonomy, and success and failure, Wakeley said. "These are challenges that you have met before. They are lifelong challenges, not challenges to be met and overcome, but challenges to be lived with and learned about," he said. "Learning will change you. Whether you turn out a better person or poorer person is the risk you take when you undertake to learn anything. Learning is dangerous, but it is your primary key to becoming better." The Freshman Convocation opened with a procession of faculty in academic dress, presentation of the colors and singing of the national anthem. Chancellor Myron L. Coulter greeted the assembly. "This convocation has called together you, the freshman class and representatives of the academic community, to celebrate your mutual roles in Western Carolina University's community of scholarship," Coulter said. "I cannot think of a better way to acknowledge your new life as college students." Judith Stillion, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, presided at the convocation.

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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