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  • August 30,2000 EDITORIAL WESTERN CAROLINIAN Lawyers and God Complexes: Coincidence or a Simple Power Trip? by Seth R. Sams Editor-in-Chief To sit on a witness stand is indeed an interesting occupation for a day. From a chair in a courtroom in a building, named for its polished justice and regarded for its perfectly molded power, you learn the real meaning behind the "witness stand." From this chair, the term "witness stand" takes on a whole new meaning. You are there to provide the court with your account of an event or a series of facts as you stand at the stand. You are a witness. And as you stand at your stand you become, once again, a witness. You become a witness to the rather ceremonial and all too intimidating courtroom and the justice it serves. Seeing court cases from the booths behind the lawyers is an easy way to view a judge, and see their fairness, or their lack their of. But from the witness stand it is easier to see the moods of the lawyers and catch the flaws that they try so hard to restrain. Recently, when a former WCU student was to appear to court for a traffic violation a charge of resisting arrest, the witness stand took this new meaning. While the judge in this instance was as fair as they come, the assistant DA and the officer who were involved acted very unprofessional. After verdicts of not guilty were entered by the judge, and the judge gave the defendant a moment of prayer, the assistant DA decided it was her turn to play God. She began to tell the defendant that her office would "remember her name," and that this wouldn't happen again. I'm sorry!? Did I take a wrong turn somewhere around Siberia? While the defendant's councel did his part to silence the very disrespectful ranting and ravings of the assistant DA, she continued to yell at the counselor. At one instance, her voice began to waver with a wave of anger, as she told the counselor that he should tell his client that she (the DA) "would be around for a very long time," and that she wouldn't get away with something like this again. What kind of lawyers do they hire to do this assistant DA stuff? Oh, it must be graduates of the Center for Career Studies. You can get their toll free number during most airings of the Up All Night movie on USA networks. What country are we in, folks? 0> tt Here We Go Again! Xfl by Seth R. Sams Editor-in-Chief A tip for all freshmen here at WCU-land: never go into anything with any expectations, because you'll either be disappointed or blown away. When I joined the staff of the Western Carolinian over four years ago, I expected to be well received, and to be ahead of the game. I was well received, but I was way, way behind the game. The high school paper I was editor of before arriving at Western had prepared me for a lot of things, but my ways as a journalist and a writer were immediately remolded by the editor at the time. And now it's my turn, finally. Once again I made the expectation that I was prepared, I would be well received and was ahead of the game. Well, this time I'm still ahead of the game, I don't know how you, the WCU public, will receive me, but I know I wasn't near as prepared as I thought I was. During the course of the next year, I will do my best to serve WCU and the surrounding community as editor-in-chief of the Western Carolinian. I want to encourage all to read it. It's free, it's available most every week, and there's no excuse not to pick one up. You're student fees pay in part for its printing, so get your money's worth. Read it every week, and respond to us. Letters to the editor DO get printed. I can't count the letters we've printed over the years that have started with, "You probably won't even print this, but...." If a letter to the editor has a name on it, we'll print it. Furthermore, they get printed as is. This is good to those who have a good point to make, that some papers might prefer to edit, but it does have a downside. You wouldn't shoot a bullet you know is a dud, so don't send a newspaper a letter with misspellings and extremely obvious grammar problems. No one is perfect, but let someone check over it, because mistakes will get printed in the letters to the editor section. This is just as much your newspaper as it is ours. Use it. Albert Camus, a French author, stated in 1955 that, "Liberty is the right not to lie." Through the Western Carolinian you will get the best possible coverage of news, sports and features that we as students can possibly give, and they will be credible. It is our right to tell you the truth about what goes on in YOUR community, and it's your right to know. We're Lucky to be Here at the Western World by Alex Esmon Managing Editor Welcome to Western Carolina University. You are lucky to be here. "My but he's brash", you may be saying to yourselves. So be it. The truth is it's the truth—you are all lucky to be here. Now I know that there are those of you who sent your applications to those other state schools upstate where the city folk live and everyone bleeds a disgusting color of blue. Many of you were probably even accepted to those schools. But you chose to come here instead. Or perhaps your parents wanted to send you far. far away, i.e. you were forced to come here. Either way. here you are, in Cullowhee, NC, 300 miles from the RTP, 400 miles from DC, and a whopping 700 miles from NYC. Not to sound silly, but why are you here? Is it the fact that Western Carolina University is the "most wired small town in NC?" I doubt it. Most incoming freshman think the word "wired" refers to a state of being attained after ingesting copious amounts of certain substances. So, is it the beautiful mountains and quiet streams surrounding our little hamlet that attract so many people? Probably not. Most of you probably despise the windy roads and, thanks to a bundle of horror flicks, you think these mountains are home to murderous hillbilly witch people. Is it the Western 'Standard of excellence' that lured you here? Obviously not. Last year's Freshmen class lost over 30% of it's total by years end. So just why are you here? Are you here to get an education? I know that sounds silly, but you'd be surprised. Many people rank "getting education" right after "clean out the garage" on the list of important things to do. What is your plan? Do you have one? Are you here just to spend four years on a bender? The answer is that no matter why you are here, you are lucky to be here. You are all lucky to be at an institution of higher learning with the chance to attain a degree in a field of your choice. Yes, that's right — your choice! This isn't Cuba — you can choose what you want to study. You can change your mind more frequently than you change your underpants — but 1 wouldn't advise it. The ten year plan is not recommended. You are all lucky to be able to better your situation. You have the chance to make a break from previous ties and start on your own path. But there is a catch: you have to want it. Sounds pretty hokey, right? Well, understand this: you are in complete control of your education at WCU. Think of it like this: You (or your parents) are paying a group of people to teach you what you need to know in order to get a nice job, a big house and a comfortable life. Most of you are paying more than $4000 a year to increase your knowledge. It's an investment, no more and no less. You are making a small investment in the front end in hopes of getting a big return down the road. The whole thing relies on how willing you are to make it work. Would you be happy if you spent $ 16,000 over four years and got a return of nothing? Want some more statistics? Here's one for you: someone with a college undergraduate degree stands to make $600,000 more than someone with just a high school degree over their lifetime. A Master's Degree will yield $900,000 more and here's the kicker: a Ph.D. will possibly yield more than $1.2 million over the course of a lifetime. A few weeks ago, in his address to the faculty, Chancellor Bardo blasted the professors here for the low retention rate of last year's Freshmen class. The blame was unfounded. The chancellor should have called all those lost students and asked them just how often they chose to come to class or how often they did the homework. The fact is, there is no one to blame but the students. A teacher can tell you everything you need to know but if you don't do your part — crack a book, do the homework, show up to class — they might as well be shouting at a brick wall. No one is going to hold your hand here, but no one is out to get you either. Contrary to popular belief, teachers don't delight in tailing students. 1 have yet to speak to a professor who was giddy with joy about tailing a student. It's important that someone be straight with you. So I'm being straight. You are the only one to blame if you fail. But you are also the primary person to congratulate should you succeed. So here we are at the Western world. We are our own community and we have our own problems and our own strengths. Which one do you want to be?
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