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  • CH \J January 21, 1998 Volume 62, Issue 18 western Carolina university's independent student voice Accident Injures Two Students by James Carter and Terry K. Roberts Two WCU students were seriously injured Thursday evening, January 15, in an accident on Highway 107 near the Ramsey Center. Sebastiaan Michiel Noorlander, 23, and Valerie Suzanne Barnoin, 22, were taken to Asheville's Mission St. Joseph's Hospital by helicopter after their 1976 Buick collided with a 1990 Chevrolet pickup truck. On Tuesday, January 20, a hospital spokesperson said Noorlander was listed in "fair condition" and Bamoin's condition was listed as "serious but stable." According to the accident report filed by State Trooper S. K. Bowers, the Buick driven by Noorlander failed to yield the right-of-way when attempting to cross Highway 107 and was hit by a southbound pickup truck driven by 18-year-old Jason Alton Lee Extine of Whittier. Noorlander, Barnoin, and Extine were taken to Harris Regional Hospital. Extine was treated and released, but Noorlander and Barnoin were transported to Asheville later. An 18-year-old passenger in Extine's vehicle was not injured. The incident is under investigation, but both the accident report and the Public Safety report said alcohol may have been involved. No charges had been filed before this issue went to press. Noorlander is from The Netherlands and Barnoin is from France. Both are part of WCU's international program that brings foreign students to Cullowhee for study. WCU Restores One-Day Fall Break Truck driven by Jason Alton Lee Extine. Photo by T.K. Roberts. by Jaime Hodorovick In the fall of 1997, fall break was canceled. Due to all of the complaints voiced by the faculty and students, the fall of 1998 will bring back at least some of this desired and needed vacation. Every year, students stress out about their classes and their work load during the middle of the semester. This is where fall break fits in. But this past fall the students and the faculty had no break to lessen the pressure put on them. Last semester, all anyone could talk about was the fact that the semester was too long not to have a break. The students were not the only ones saying this, either. For example, Dr. Kathy Wright would often say to her classes that it was time for a break. Many people found themselves to be stressed out about the long fall semester. According to Adam Love, a senior, "Both teachers and students realized that fall break was necessary for maintaining their sanity and productivity. Fall break, even a brief one, is necessary because it gives the students a break from their classes." Rachel Beverly, a Resident Assistant, also had something to say about a semester without fall break. "I noticed that the girls in the residence hall were at each other's throats, and they were more argumentative than normal. We definitely need a fall break!" This was the common feeling throughout the WCU campus. So, why was fall break taken away from us last semester? Dr. Fred Hinson explained why this occurred. The General Administration for the school system decided that there had to be an extension of the academic year. There now had to be 75 days in the new curriculum. In order to do this, fall break had to be taken away. There were just not enough school days to accommodate this extension. But with the requests from the faculty and the students, there has been a reconsideration. Another contributing factor that lead to the reinstatement of fall break was a resolution from SGA. Senate Resolution 1829, sponsored by Justin Holmes on October 29, 1997, stated: "Last year WCU decided to cancel Fall Break, and currently there is not a break in between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Students are starting to feel burned out from not receiving a break to get relaxed, and some students cannot go home on the normal two-day weekend, be it therefore that WCU reinstates Fall Break to the fall academic schedule." Fall break is being reinstated to "stop the madness" and give students a rest from "raising the bar." Photo by Seth Sams. All of these factors helped to reinstate a downsized version of the autumn vacation. Now, the most important information must be told. When is fall break? Fall break will only be a one-day break, but it is definitely better than nothing. Fall break will be Monday, October 5. The reason that it will only be a one-day break is because the WCU administration has decided to extend the Thanksgiving Break instead. Thanksgiving Break will now begin after classes on Tuesday, November 24, and continue November 25-29. This decision was considered for the safety of the students. Most students have to travel over Thanksgiving so that they can spend this holiday with their families. Most of them leave on Wednesday afternoon, after their classes, so that they can be home on time. Now the students will have an extra day to travel without having to rush home for the festivities. This will make everyone's break a little less stressful. MLK Celebration [its lome by Brandi S. Honeycutt and Stacey Ruiz The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was greeted at WCU with celebration and emotion. Classes were canceled on Monday, January 19, and various celebrations were held the work before to honor the man who many say embodies the quest for civil liberties. One event was a candlelight vigil held at the Alumni Tower Thursday evening, January 15, in honor of Dr. King and others who contributed to and died in the fight for racial justice. Brian Bridges, director of Minority Students, acted as facilitator for the vigil. He led the audience in the Litany of Commemoration for Dr. King. Afterwards, Kela Hunt, a senior art major at WCU, read a list of 15 people whose efforts to stop racial discrimination put their names in the history hooks. Candles were lit in recognition of these names, which included Malcolm X, Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman. Audience members then lit candles for people not mentioned on the list whose souls were taken in the fight for equal rights. Acandle was lit in recognition of four little girls killed in a 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Ala. Another was lit in recognition of the success that people of all ethnicities came to celebrate Dr. King's dream. Bridges stated that he was "encouraged to see students of all races participating in the vigil." The candlelight vigil was just one of a series of events scheduled to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dedication to live in a nation where people "will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Also on Thursday night, Rosalind Fuse Hall, secretary of the university for the University of North Carolina, delivered a speech entitled "Dreaming: What Does the Future Hold?" in the Coulter recital hall. The event was sponsored by the Office of the Chancel lor. The WCU Inspirational Choir also par- "King" Continued on Page 2
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