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  • October 25, 2000 EDITORIALS Politicians are Humans After All... Maybe It is seldom that we actually have the chance to meet the men who hide behind the political advertisements we see every November. Sometimes they talk to large groups of people at social functions or special $100-a-plate dinners, but for must of us, the average everyday voter, the men and women of the political world remain mysterious beings who seem more like abstractions than homo sapiens. Yes, seldom do we really meet these people. Notice I said seldom. Last Saturday I met the Republican candidate for Governor of North Carolina, Richard Vinroot. I can hear you saying to yourself, "big deal." There was a time when I would have agreed with you. Some of you may have even met him before, too. But I bet no one really met him like I did. I didn't attend a special dinner. I did not buy a ticket to a big social event nor did I go listen to him speak to a group at some retirement village or Shrinen's hall. No, when I met Richard Vinroot he was not in political mode. He was not out canvassing. He was not shaking hands or filling voters ears with policy pipedreams. I met him at work. Allow me to clarify. On the weekends, I work at a small radio station in Franklin. Basically, I am a simple board operator. I do Western football games on Saturdays and NASCAR races on Sunday afternoons. No jokes please. We are housed in a little building just off Highway 441. During political season, candidates for everything from school board to Lt. Governor stop by to record commercials. It just so happened that last Saturday, Richard Vinroot decided to stop by and record an advertisment. He was in the area and just popped in to "do a spot." I arrived at work around noon and it was then that the station manager informed me that we would be having a special guest that afternoon. I was really excited. In my mind I pictured how the afternoon would go. This guy would walk in, all smiles, and talk to everyone like he was their best friend from long ago just returned home and aching to hear about your life. I was really excited. As I sat in my chair listening to Western pound UT-Chattanooga, I wondered when our guest was going to arrive. He showed up around 2 o'clock in the afternoon in a nice car with his advisors and some fellow candidates from the local area who were enjoying spending the day with one of their poster boys. I watched them get out of their cars and wondered how they looked so much alike. Some genetic experiment gone terribly wrong, I thought. I never saw so much tan khaki in all my life. 1 wasn't paying attention when he walked into the studio. I was reading a book and then I looked up and there was a very tall, striking man standing there looking down at me. We locked eyes for a minute. He looked very tired. He said, "Hello." I said,"Hi." Then he walked out and started discussing things with his fellow GOPers. I was stunned. No probing questions, no fake handshakes. Was this guy for real? Vinroot hung around for about an hour, recorded his advertisements, and then left. As he was leaving he looked through the studio glass, gave a short wave and walked out of the office. It took me a little while to sort out my thoughts about what had happened. In the background I could hear the Cats trying their darndest to blow a 20 point lead, but 1 was still thinking about what had just happened. I wanted to run out of the office, hop in my car, chase him down and thank him for being honest. I wanted to say thanks for not being a politician to me—thanks for being human Chances are, I may not vote for the man. I don't agree with all his platforms. But for one moment, this political abstraction became just a guy who took a minute to say hi to just another guy. Maybe they really are human after all. Alex Esmon Managing Editor Is the University Falling Apart? The bond referendum has, no doubt, been drilled into the minds of college students across North Carolina. In the last few months, it has also been drilled into the minds of the voters. On November 7, voters in North Carolina will have the opportunity to approve or disapprove the bond referendum. If voters approve, the money will be held prior to the rest of the state's financial planning, so that the state can't dig into it when they form their budget. If this happens, which it should and probably will, WCU will receive $98.4 million for funding infrastructure renovations in several on-campus buildings, and the building of the brand new Fine and Performing Arts Center. The renovations scheduled to take place will help tremendously, offering new and better opportunities in the science labs in Stillwell. The steam which gives all the buildings heat will be greatly improved, and will reduce the risk of any building ever having to go without heat during cold Cullowhee winters. The money from the bond will help WCU prepare for the projected increase of 3,000 students at WCU in upcoming years. A total of $15.2 million will be used to build a new residence hall which will have 300 beds. Renovations to some buildings will not only improve current programs but also create new ones. All of this makes WCU better, and the money going to other universities and community colleges will improve them and prepare them just as well. However, the building of the Fine and Performing Arts Center is somewhat of a problem, and is the only portion of WCU's plans that can be argued to be a waste of money. When WCU first got money for the center, they were given $5 million dollars to raise the land above flood level, a lesson learned the hard way with the Ramsey Center. Like the Ramsey Center, the Fine and Performing Arts Center has no real practical, educational use. The center was supposed to only cost $17 million more after the initial work was complete, but now we are told that it will cost over $26 million more to complete the center. Let's hope the other proposed changes aren't this fuzzy. While it is educational for the experience it gives to students that may see fine performances, or works of art that they may not see normally living in Cullowhee, and the advantage that new practice areas or studios could possibly give music majors, it does not have actual classrooms or justifiably fulfill the university's main mission: the education of WCU's students. WCU has unfortunately planned the most expensive project to fulfill their secondary goal of serving the surrounding community. As important as this is, the $26 million of the bond money going to the completion of the Fine and Performing Arts Center should honestly and ethically go to the building of centers that will directly work towards the education of WCU students, or to the renovations WCU needs above and beyond those already planned. Just look around. This campus is literally falling apart. We have to accept the fact that the Fine and Performing Arts Center is something we are going to have to choke down if we are to receive the necessary cosmetic and infrastructure maintenance we so badly need and deserve. After all, it is us, the students, who make this big business work. We want to get the most for our money and right now the best way to achieve that goal is to support the bond referendum and bring this University to the highest level is can sustain.
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