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Western Carolinian Volume 70 Number 13

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  • WCnewsmagazine 13 Ineetna! GEL TESS: affect WCU student Photo Credit: Hilary Lindler In America, we're expected to abide by a set of laws that were written through elections, voting and hearings. When voters feel that one law isn't treating everyone fairly or being used with the intent other than it was invented for, rallies are held. When protests continue because politicians aren't getting the message, rallies can develop into violent riots. This is the current experience of WCU student Hilary Lindler. Hilary is an exchange student from Wester studying at Rennes University in France. Currently, she isn't attending class because protestors went on strike about two months ago and have barricaded classrooms and University buildings. Why is school shut down? Schoo! isn't in session because the students are the ones on strike. French students, even professors, have gone on strike by not attending classes to get theit point across. Their argument is this: in France, employees are on a contract for one year and anyone under the age of 26 can be fired for any reason. The bulk of those affected are college students. Hilary says that she's optimistic about the school sessions getting underway again. Since she can't attend classes, the regular school year may be extended into the summer to make up for the lost time. As Hilary works toward her degree in visual arts with a concentration in photography, these protests and riots have inspired her to paint and really take in the French culture. Despite classes being cancelled, | stil do my work and I'l still get the credits for it Hilary said. Since the riots and protests, the French government has retracted the law and instituted a new one in its place; however, the new law is simply the same law with a few minor changes. As for Hilary, she's going to continue her coursework in France and return to Western as soon as shes done in the summer of this year. Campus Police Sets Up Shop in Residence Hall By Gary Takacs WGnewsmagazine Has anyone noticed two new parking spaces on campus lately? How about in front of the west wing of Leatherwood? Two spaces have been designated to University Police vehicles. Want to know why? In January of this year, the University police converted a first floor apartment suite in Leatherwood Residence Hall into a substation. As part of a two-fold process, Lt. Kent Davis says that the firstreason for the substation is to become more of a presence in the residence halls and to be more convenient to the students. As the campus shifts to a walking campus (complete with three new hazardous crosswalks and a CatTran shuttle service...so you don't have to walk) the police would like to become more accessible in the heart of campus, rather than having to play hide-and-seek with the police station/traffic office that remains in place on the outskirts of campus behind the Outreach Center. The second reason is the new location offers more space for officers to run their patrols and file paperwork. Although the new substation is not manned 24 hours a day, the emergency dispatcher is still available around the clock from the Outreach Center. More substations are on the drawing board for as early as this summer. Possible locations are Harrill Residence Hall and Central Drive Hall in order to keep a presence for the upper campus.
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