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Western Carolina to Receive Benefits By Jada Bratton Sports Editor _ Western Carolina University recently switched from Coca- Cola products to providing Pepsi products exclusively. This contract was entered on May 11: after state regulations required WCU to allow new bids for its next beverage, provider contract. WCU had a prior working relationship with Coca-Cola that led to many decades of the college supplying Coke products. Many factors played in the decision to make the change to Pepsi after so many years of providing Coca- Cola products. The main deciding factors were financially based, such as requesting guaranteed commission and sponsorship, due to the economic situations that have evolved in the last year. We had to make a business decision that was a win-win situation, said Mr. Jeff Bewsey, WCU business officer. Pepsi won this years bid after they met more of the requirements than Coca Cola. Bewsey commented that Pepsi had been a good partner in the past on recent bids. The financial package was best "tee with Pepsi and had the best interest of Western Carolina University, said Bewsey regarding the new contract, The most prominent offer will come in the form of scholarships for students; Pepsi will provide half of WCUs scholarship funds in the upcoming years. This will consist. of $100,000 per year for the first five years of the contract, and an additional $125,000 per year for the remaining five years of the contract. These funds will be apart from the funds provided to the athletics department Pepsi has also placed a bid for the athletics department for a new scoreboard at the football stadium. They have given $500,000 for the first year of this process which requires another bid and request proposal. The athletics department Western Carolina Senior Injured at Area Waterfall By Justin Caudell Editor-in-Chief A Western Carolina University senior was injured on Sunday, July 19 after falling off a Macon County waterfall. Gioia Holland was __ hiking with friends at Glen Falls two- miles outside of Highlands when she slipped. According to Highlands EMS . reports, the 21]-year- old student from Marion _ fell about 80 feet on Sunday evening. Highland rescue workers received the call at about 7:15pm and it took about 45 minutes for them to hike in and carry Holland out. She was airlifted to Mission Hospital in Asheville and was placed in the critical condition. Gina Holland, Gioias mother, said Gioia suffered a compound fracture of her right ankle, a severe laceration to her groin down to her pelvic bone, a broken jaw requiring the placement of two titanium plates, two lacerations to her face, four lacerations to her scalp, two broken bones on her spine, a partially collapsed lung, one tooth knocked out and another knocked Energy-star rated Pepsi vending machines, such as this from Going Exclusive Pepsi Photo by Shelby Harrell on in Central Dorm, have been installed throughout the summer on campus, will also receive $640,000 over the next LO years along with promotional products such as coolers, towels, lcose requiring a root canal. In addition, most of her fingernails were torn off when she tried to catch the ledge as she fell. Gina said that Gioia was hiking with a friend and trying to climb to a place behind the falls so they could look out through the waterfall, which is when she slipped. She tore most of her fingernails loose trying to grab on and then when she fell it broke her fingernails off, said Gina. Theyre all pointy and jagged, but we cant filethem smooth until the swelling goes down. Gioia was downgraded to stable condition on Monday, July 20 and doctors operated on her ankle that morning, Another operation is scheduled in the near future once the swelling goes down. Gina added that doctors said the broken bones on her spine would not cause any permanent damage. As of Tuesday July 21, Gina said Gioia was doing better. She's in good spirits, said Gina. When her friend visited yesterday, Gioia said Im. still kicking, then pretended to kick her friend. Shes still got a sense of humor, but every time she looks at us she says shes sorry. and Gatorade supplies. As the university strives to become (Continued on Page 2) Gioia is majoring in information . technology at Western Carolina and works as a leasing agent for Catamount Peaks Apartments, Her advisor at Catamount Peaks, Adam Blanton, visited Gioia in the hospital. She was in good spirits, said Blanton. I went to visit her on Monday, July 20, and the first thing she said was sorry for missing work. Blanton said it was difficult for her to speak because of the titanium plates in her broken jaw and the pain medication she was on at the time of his visit. He added that Gioia is an avid hiker and always takes precautions before a trip into the woods. Gioias fall was the second at Glen Falls in a month. A 16-year- old boy was injured after falling at the same spot on June 16. Highlands. Fire Chief James Manley said the incident between Gioia and the boy is_ similar. It was almost the same spot as the young man fell, said Manley. She loves the outdoors and goes hiking almost every weekend, said Blanton. She is definitely safety conscious. by going with friends and always bringing a cell phone. By Adam Crisp Even as signs that the recession may be slowing, the North Carolina General Assembly has gone past their July 1 deadline to pass a funding bill. Staff and students alike are waiting for the General Assembly to pass the State Senate Bill 202, which will set the budget among other North Carolina university system. Most students in the North Carolina university system are waiting to hear if an additional charge in August will be levied, but until the bill passes it is unknown what the charges, if any, will be. There is talk of limiting or eliminating out of state scholarships, in which the out of state student attends school, and the state will only receive an amount of money that equals in state tuition. North Carolina residents receive the lower rate because they have presumably paid taxes that help offset the additional fees required to educate the student. The problem is, | the student or the parents that have. lived out of state may have never paid North Carolina state taxes; this to them is unfair and costly. They also Tuition and Taxes | Possibly On The Rise claim that this mostly only benefits schools with a large sports program. If the Senate bill passes with its current figures Western Carolina University will receive over $91,800,000. while North Carolina State University, a much larger school, will receive over $400,000,000 in academic affairs alone. ' Also dependent on the passing of the budget is the EARN grant, which gives money to students who are 200% below the federal, . poverty... level. If the bill is passed in its current form, movie-goers will see increased taxes on movie tickets, increased sales tax, internet sales tax, and an increased tax on liquor, Among the bills passed on July | is House Bill 97 which allows active duty military or reservists on leave in North Carolina to be able to obtain a hunting or fishing license for free, Senate Bill 204 that lets retirees of the teachers. and state employees retirement system to return to employment as nursing instructors without losing retirement benefits, and Senate Bill 1089, which allows: parole officers to transfer low-risk individuals on probation to an unsupervised probation. Whats Inside... Outside Excursions on Pages 10 and 11 ae 86408 ce awh ad Photo by Justin Caudell

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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