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Western Carolinian Volume 62 Number 01

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  • CJje NEWS IN BRIEF Issue 1, Vol. 62 June 17,1996 extern Carolinian Page 2 UR}£ Tftmtz of fh£ (Uatamntmta Page 3 Page 5 Insert Frankie King: Gearing (In For The NBA in Cullowhee PHOTO TERRY K. ROBERTS/WC TONY TAYLOR EDITOR Frankie King has just finished two fast-paced, run-and- gun, basketball games that resembled the scene at a concrete Brooklyn playground more than a gym in Cullowhee in mid-June. As he wipes the sweat from his brow and prepares to give an interview, he calls out to the few players who have stuck around. " You guys aren't leaving are you" He says." Stick around and we'll play some 21. One of the participants says, "Full Court," and King retorts "I don't care." King's ferocious work ethic and his devotion to WCU basketball have made him a legend in Cullowhee. Currently, King is visiting with his friends on WCU's Southern Conference Championship basketball team and gearing up for his upcoming tryout with the Los Angeles Lakers. King was the Laker's second-round pick in last year's draft and their first pick overall. And while being drafted was a tremendous accomplishment, King failed to see action during the regular season. "It was a slow season for me," King said. "I came on a stacked team, and everybody was healthy. Maybe if someone had gotten injured during the late run of the season, I probably would have got a chance to play—that is if it was a guard and if they missed five or more games. I could have been activated off of injured reserve," King said. King was a member of the Lakers. He practiced and traveled with the team, but he never dressed out on game day. King signed a one-year contract last year, and in order to rejoin the Lakers, he must once again make the team, which is why he is on campus working out with the Catamounts. The NBA summer league begins on July 5, and until then he plans on practicing with his formerteam mates on a daily basis in order to sharpen his skills and insure that he gains a place on the Laker's roster. When asked if he felt his chances of remaking the team were good, King replied: "Yeah, I feel that way. Of course, I would feel like that if I were trying out for the Bulls. I'm always going to stay confident. You've always got to have confidence in yourself." Confidence was sometning that King displayed every time he suited up for the Cats. He was the MVP of the Southern Conference twice, and he was the nation's second leader scorer his senior season behind Glenn Robinson. King also led the conference in rebounding both years despite the fact that he is only 6'3". King is an aggressive, re lentless rebounder, who has a knack for knowing which way the ball will bounce. His rebounding style is similar to that of Dennis Rodman. King manages to tap the ball away from taller players until he can secure it. Despite all of these attributes, King said that he is unsure how coach Del Harris feels about his skills. "I really don't know how he rates me as a player," King said. "But he did tell me that he thought I was a good player." One of the perks of being a rookie on an NBA team is getting to play against some of your idols. King had the opportunity to play and practice with Earvin "Magic" Johnson, while he was with the Lakers last season. "It was like a dream come true. It was already a dream come true getting drafted, it was like a plus, a dream on top of a dream to get to play with Earvin," King said. "The only thing that I can say that would be better than that would be playing with Michael." Even though King racked up countless accolades with the Catamounts, the Southern Conference title was something that eluded him during his tenure at Western, which is why he is so proud of his former teammates accomplishments last season. "I think that its great just great," King said with a laugh "King" continued on page 5 WCU Looking for Space MICHAEL GATES CRISP STAFF WRITER Since the closure of the Hinds University Center in December last year, students and faculty at Western have had to face the problem of finding sufficient space to conduct meetings and lectures. Malcolm Loughlin, the acting dean of summer school and continuing education, said that dealing with the problem of having enough space for all the programs being offered is a problem. "This is one of the most difficult summers ever." Over 2,000 regular students are attending summer school this year," Loughlin said. To add to that, there will be between 550 and 700 high school students residing on campus while they attend different camps and educational programs at Western. Laughlin said that the problems were anticipated. The summer school staff met three times to plan for the inevitable space crunch. Building coordinators were asked to work together to provide continual access to rooms and computers. Loughlin has asked students and staff to please be patient and understanding when trying to use these resources. After the University Center closed, the staff and some of the facilities were relocated to the Camp Lab building. Tim Jacobs, the director of the UC said, "There is more space available here [Camp Lab] than there was at the University Center." At least nine rooms have been set aside for meetings and lectures. Still, the problem exists because no one is using these facilities, he said. Fewer than ten rooms were rented the entire spring semester, and the game room brought in less than a tenth of the revenue it did when it was at the UC. "Space" continued on page 5 Who is the SGA President? TONY TAYLOR EDITOR Who won the SGA presidential election? No one. The Student Supreme Court invalidated the April 25th runoff election between Jessica Laverty and Paul Locklear after the Senate passed a resolution disqualifying Locklear from the election, which occurred after he was sworn into office. Locklear defeated Laverty in the runoff election by a vote count of 326 to 265. Locklear was then sworn in as President at the SGA ball, on April, 25th, only to be relieved of his duties two days later. The Supreme Court ruled that since he pled guilty to the charge of improper campaigning, and the Senate did not approve the election, it was never official. The court took it upon themselves to hear the complaint. The ruling stated that the court wanted to guarantee that all parties had a chance to express their opinions and concerns in front of a judical body. Locklear was disqualified from the election for improper campaigning. The court ruled on April 28, that Locklear was in violation of Article II, section 2, subsection B, which deals with campaigning by the candidate or supporters of the candidate within forty feet of the election area. The court also said that Locklear did receive due process and that his guilty plea in the second offense left him no grounds for an appeal. The incident in question occurred on April 25th, when Robert Getty, an associate of Locklear, was in the voting area wearing a "Vote Paul Locklear shirt". The election committee penalized Locklear with fifteen hours of community service for the offense. "SGA" continued on page 2 Bardo Gives Western Facelift Incorporates New Battle Flag and Progressive Cat Bardo unveiled Western's new look for 1996. PHOTO TERRY K. ROBERTS/WC TONY TAYLOR EDITOR Chancellor Bardo unveiled the new university seal, Catamount mascot logo, a new band flag and proposed renovations to the football stadium— projects that he said were designed to improve the overall image of the university—at a Catamount Club board meeting held on June, 18 in the Hospitality room, located in the Ramsey Center. The new seal will feature the Alumni Tower. Bardo said that the university will begin using the tower as the image of the campus. He also said that the new seal will incorporate more purple and gold in its design. Bardo said that when designers asked him what he wanted the new Cat design to look like he said, " I want it to look like it would take a chunk out of you, whether or not we win the game. That's the Cat we went after," Bardo said. Bardo said that those people who had been at the university since 1981 were familiar with only one Cat, when in fact, Western has had many variations of the Catamount. "The Catamount has changed with every change and time frame in the history of the campus,' Bardo said. During the '30s the cat looked similar to the way it does now. In the forties, the design went away from the Bobcat design to a design that resembled a panther. The sixties featured a more lighthearted cat. The current Catamount design has existed since 1981. Bardo said that the design fits the new image of the university. " Western Carolina University is becoming a much, much more aggressive university," Bardo said. " We are becoming more aggressive on the athletic field and more aggressive in general. We're trying to raise our academic standards, we're trying to push the university for- "faceiitr continued on page 2
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