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Western Carolinian Volume 60 Number 08

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October 6, 1994 Western Carolinian Editorial Cairo'. Blake Frizzell Edito r-in- Ch ief Associate Editors Neal Braswell / • Stephanie Trammell- Classifieds • Elizabeth Cullinan / Samantha Fox - Copy •Justin Menickelli - Photography • Amy Moss - Advertising & Design •Lynn Jones - Sports •Earle Wheeler- Features • Colleen Vasconcellos -News Layout • Carter Brown • Andrey Evsukov Designers Joe Shiver Photographers Noah Brackett •Jennifer Lewis Gabe Nelson • Randy Stell Revorters • Frank Becvar • David Driscoll • Scott Francis •James Gray • Kevin Newman •Jafaar Nyang'oro • Michelle Parapian • Autumn Putnam • Will Sullivan • Scott Swift • Amy Wells • Dave Williams Student "Disgruntled Come Decembe it • Kristin Dumas • Lee Hopper Distribution Jamie Baize tn-1111 Dirpcti Webster Lyons Advisor John Moore •The Western Carolinian is the student newspaper of Western Carolina University, produced entirely by students. • Deadlines for all sections are the Thursday preceding publication. 'Office personnel may i i -• vyn-Tihl Dear Editor, When a student at Western has completed 90 credit hours, thereby reaching senior status, he or she is expected to complete an "application for graduation" to initiate the paper-work process of receiving a degree the following year. At this point, the proverbial ball starts rolling. Various checks involving transcripts, transfer credits, core requirements, etc., are performed by the student's advisor, Dean's office, Dept. Head, and the Registrar's Office. Just before the student's final semester, a copy of the graduation application is mailed to the student with approval signatures and completed requirements listed. This is to serve as a checklist for the student to use in evaluating the courses during his or her final semester and make sure that any remaining requirements or discrepancies are resolved or completed. Bureaucracy not withstanding, this process seems pretty efficient, right? Well, if you should happen to complete the requirements for graduation in December, you can toss it out the fucking window! It's a well known fact that, unlike spring and summer, no Commencement is held at the end of fall semester. Those students who fulfill their degree requirements in December must wait until May to participate in any form of recognition of their acheivement. Students finishing school in December must also wait until May to receive their degree, even though once May arrives, he or she has every right to waive participation in the ceremony and have their degree mailed to them. Therefore, any job-seeking one might do during this five month waiting period is further hindered, because technically, no degree has been awarded. If a perspective employer were to call the school to follow up on a resume, who knows what they will be told about graduation status. The only form of written proof one can offer an employer is a copy of one's transcript from Western. The most potentially dangerous effects are the end results of the graduation process mentioned earlier. Technically, (also read: according to the computer) the student cannot graduate until May, so the spring semester is considered the student's last, regardless of completion in December, and the announcement pertaining to graduation is mailed in January, one month after the student believes that he or she has nothing left to do but wait! Suppose there's a problem? Oops ... sorry! Giving the benefit of the doubt, there may be legitimate reasons for the absence of a Commencement ceremony for fall semester, but... it seems to me that a Commencement in August caters to those who could not complete everything in time for spring graduation, while students who finish in December, seemingly ahead of schedule, are rewarded with a five month wait in honor of their achievement. I crossed the 90 credit hour line this past spring and with an endless sea of waivers and signatures I was able to squeeze 32 hours into summer and fall semesters and finish early. No checklist has come in the mail, so I have antagonized both my advisor and the Dean's Office with questions and concerns about my graduation process. Maybe the fact that finishing a semester early will cost the school about $1000 dollars in lost tuition and services next spring, has made my graduation a low priority. The only restitution I am willing to provide them with is, once again, oops ... sorry! "I've worked damn hard for that piece of paper, and if it can be mailed to me in May without the benefit of a ceremony, then it can be mailed to me in December when I've earned it!" Disgruntled come December Praying About WC Liberal Tastes We are students here at Western and are concerned about the views expressed in our paper. The first page states "The Voice of the Catamounts." However, this does not necessarily reflect the voice of all of us. We are Christians and we know that most people on this campus do not have the same views about life as we do. However, we believe that there are ways for both of us to express our opinions without offending the other. Some examples are the use of your vocabulary, and the radical worldly view you take on the majority of the issues here at Western especially, "The Smoking Section," and the liberal editorials. We both have the right to express our own opinions but can accept our right to freedom of speech without offending the other through foul language and tasteless subject matter. There are other issues to write about besides homosexuals and male body parts. We appreciate the hard work that you all put into our paper because it is important to be informed about what goes on here at WCU. I wish I personally had the fime to answer your ad needing writers, but because of my busy schedule I can't even find enough time to sleep. May God bless you and if it is his Will, I pray that someone would step in and give a little different perspective, such as another Christian like myself. If non-Christians find that offensive, then maybe they could see how we've felt since the beginning of this school year. In Christ, Cynthia Renee Webb Traci Shelton To The WCU Greeks Support For Editor, WC This is just a brief letter of support to the editor. Not that she needs it. It is obvious she is a capable and strong editor who has opinions and is not afraid to voice them. Open-mindedness and patience is necessary to keep freedom of the press really free. I am not a student, but I still look forward to each printing of the Western Carolinian and I'd like to extend a big "Thank you" to all who contribute to the best free paper I know of. To those who criticize, I would like to say If you don't like it, don't read it. To those who put great amounts of time and effort in the paper please carry on Your work does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Blake keep up the ballsy attitude. Don't let anyone get you down. The paper as a whole is fine with me and "The Smoking Section" is a real pleasure to read. B. Positive, Kelly Jewell As a former "Greek" from another college, there are a few things I would like to say to the "Greeks" at WCU. There is an attitude here that frats and sororities are the best thing since Columbus. Having gone to other schools I can say that I've never seen such an arrogant, narrow-minded college society as WCU "Greeks." It's almost like seeing a lot of misplaced high school kids. Get a grip folks. Frats and sororities aren't important to anything. In effect, they are useless. Picking up a few cans off the highway, and rolling drunk in the mud for charity are thin excuses to justify the existence of party clubs whose high in life is wearing meaningless letters on their clothes, and drinking to excess most of the week. Let's get to the basics, children. You tell everybody you joined up for brotherhood or sisterhood, and because (this is a real joke) it looks good on a job application. Lets be realistic; guys join to be supercool and meet lots of women (freshmen girls love frat boys), and girls join to feel socially superior and most important, to be a part of the "in" crowd. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the most basic form of an insecure, childish, high school mentality. 1 hope that all of these arrogant spoiled brat "Greeks" grow up one day and realize that it isn't what group you're in, but who you are that's important. Sincerely, Disgusted The opinions expressed on the Editorial pages are not the opinions of the Western Carolinian, the Carolinian staff, or Western Carolina University. The Western Carolinian welcomes editorial input, news tips, article ideas, etc. Please address correspondence to: Editor Western Carolinian P.O. Box 66 Cullowhee, NC 28723 All submissions will be considered, but the Western Carolinian reserves the right to edit for brevity and clarity. All editorial letters must be no longer than 250 words, typed and signed. ' However, names can be withheld from publication at the request of the author to the Editor.

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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 original: 1994-10-06
  - Date digitized: 2019-11-06
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  - Dimension: 14" x 11.25"
  - Pages: 20 pages
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
  - Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  - Western Carolina University
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  - WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  - HL_WesternCarolinian_1994-10-06_Vol60_No08
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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