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  • Medical Marijuana Legislation Proposed in North Carolina By Catherine Butterfield Staff Writer On April 9, North Carolina House Bill 1380, titled the North Carolina Medical Marijuana Act Introduction, was drafted. It is sponsored by Representatives Earl Jones and Pricey Harrison of. Guilford County, and Representative Nick Mackey of Mecklenburg County. House: Bill 1380 aims to exempt medical cannabis patients from arrest and prosecution if they are found using marijuana and it would also allow for the possession of cannabis for medical purposes provided that the amount in possession is not excessive. Western sophomore Whitney Bridges says, My grandmother is suffering from cancer. My grandmother does not smoke marijuana, but if medical marijuana can help ease her pain or encourage her appetite in any way, then I. would be in favor of House Bill 1380. House Bill 1380 would allow her access to it without the constant fear of criminal repercussions and __ penalties. The bill; co-sponsored. by Representative | Susan Fisher of Buncombe Cour reading in the House on April 13, 2009 and has been referred to the Committee on Health, A long way from becoming a law, House Bill 1380 would make North Carolina the fourteenth state, following states such as New Mexico, Maine, Vermont and California, to allow > ,, passed the first e marijuana for medical purposes. Also introduced was House Bill 1383, sponsored by Representative Jones, calling for a vote from the citizens. In response to the proposed, legislation, the Marijuana Policy Project has given a grant to the North Carolina Cannabis Patients Network to allow them to lobby legislators in the General Assembly and build support for this medical marijuana legislation in the communities of North Carolina. The Marijuana Policy Project also provides a free legislative alert service subscription. The goal of the North Carolina Cannabis. Patients Network is to educate the citizens of NorthCarolina about medical marijuana on the need for led slavion that regulates it. be aoeaniag at the North Carolina Cannabis Compassion Project at |. the Mecklenburg County Court |. House in Charlotte, NC from lpm to 4:30pm. This event will also include a march on city hall. Locally at WCU, student Ben (Continued on ae 2) Whats In a Name: The Future By Cory Spaugh Sports Writer (Editors Note: The following is the sixth and final part of a series where Western Carolinian writers profiled why athletic events are named what they are.) All year long, the Western Carolinian has been researching and visiting all of the Catamount athletic facilities to discover the | history surrounding the complex and why they were named after who they are. Two facilities remain on campus to be looked at, the softball and soccer complexes, but they are currently unnamed. The two complexes, although young in age, do have fich histories though. So what does the future hold, will they be named? - According to WCU. athletic Catamount Softball a ae director Chip Smith, the athletic facilities are just like any other building on campus that is being named, that is, a process starts with a recommendation and then moves on to the Board of Trustees. When a recommendation is made, whether it is for a stadium to be named after an influential program leader or a financial donor, it moves up the University channels until it gets to the Advancement Office, which handles a lot of the contributions and gifts to the University. When the advancement office passes the recommendation along, it goes to the Board of Trustees to vote on the \ approval of the name. If an athletic facility is being named, the athletics department is heavily involved in the process of passing along the name and performing research on the individual or individuals involved. If a stadium is to be named after a person, or people, the party it is to be named after usually has to allow the University permission to use their name. The softball field is the newest addition to the facilities at Western, being only four years old. The Catamount softball program also is the youngest program and. will graduate their first recruiting class in May. The soccer program is also young and is just now coming into their own, winning their first conference championship last season. The stadium they play in is ten years old. Ce There are currently no plans for either facilities to be named; however as. both programs develop and continue to improve, undoubtedly they will be named. e k Haskett WCU Has Record Number of Freshman Ae ___ How Increased Enrollment Will Effect Upper Classmen By Carrie Eidson WC Intern | WCU has received a record number of freshman applications for Fall 2009, leading the admissions department to implement a wait list as a way to evaluate the over 11,500 prospective students applying to the approximately 1,500. allotted spaces. According to Dr. Fred Hinson, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, WCU has raised admissions requirements as a means of coping with the increased numbers. Freshman applicants are now encouraged to have a high school GPA of 3.5 or better. The minimum accepted SAT score went up 16 points last year to 1038, and was further increased this year to 1042, showeh incon stated that that number may increase another three to four points as the admissions process continues. Applicants falling just below the new admissions standards will be placed on the waitlist and some will be*accepted to the Academic Success Program, a program designed to help new students make the transition to college. ASP participants will begin taking courses in summer 2009 and will be required to maintain a GPA of 2.0 betore enrolling in fall 2009 classes. For'non-freshman, the biggest noticeable impact of WCUs increasing admissions, in combination with state-mandated budget cuts, will be changes to class size. Size of classes will increase and sections will decrease, Hinson said. In the past, freshman-level courses averaged 20 to 22 students, where as fall 2009 classes will hold 25 to 30 students. Hinson stated that the increase will be no more than : five or ten more as class size is still limited by the number of desks that will fit into WCU class rooms. In comparison to other state institutions, that is still a small class, Hinson said. Hinson does not anticipate that upper classmen needing freshman- level courses to graduate will have any difficulty getting a seat, stating that in the past, it has not been a _ problem. Upper classman trying to get into freshman classes are encouraged to pre-register and to go by the One Stop if they encounter problems. N ~ Come by the One Stop; come see me. Ask questions so we can help you. This is the place to come if you have any problem, Hinson said, adding that he feels some students do not come to the One Stop with their concerns, leaving him unable to help. - In the event that an upper classman needs to be added to a full freshman-level class, the student is advised to visit One Stop as soon as possible. The department head for the course will survey the registry for lower classmen who do not require the class for that semester. A lower classman may be removed and given a guaranteed spot for the next semester. This is a system that requires students to help other students and I think thats one of the things that makes WCU the place that it is, Hinson said. Hinson did acknowledge that campus. parking will be affected by the increased enrollment. While expressing sympathy for the parking: situation, Hinson stated that WCU does not have a parking problem on the level of other state institutions, particularly UNC- Chapel Hill or N.C. State where students are often required to take public buses to reach campus. We have been so spoiled here, Hinson said. We are used to parking next to resident halls and buildings, but we do not have a parking problem. We have excess ry spaces. Spaces are just not where we want them to be. Hinson advocated that students (Continued on Page 2) Threats to Tuckasegee River PAGE 8 Per eer eee ee ee Harper Leaves WCU for N.C. State PAGE 10. Catamounts Rally to Upset Georgia Tech PAGE 11
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