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Page 3 WESTERN CAROLINIAN NEWS : 24 5009 December !!. ZK Ingles Limits Salvation | Railsback a Finalist By Adam Crisp Staff Writer This holiday season, Ingles su- permarkets will limit the Salvation Army bell ringers that greet shop- pers. Because of a strained economy, Ingles wants an atmosphere free of solicitors, even if it is for a good cause. However, after negotiations, Ingles agreed to havmg unmanned kettles inside stores as well as let- ting the Salvation Army man their kettles from December 21 -24. The decision has not been with- out, its controversy. Many..people By Justin Caudell Editor-in-Chief Western Carolina Universitys board of trustees on Wed. Dec. 2 approved proposed tuition and fees for 2010-11, including a 6.5 percent increase in campus-based tuition that would fund programs providing additional support to students dur- ing their freshman and sophomore years to help keep them on track to | graduate. Approval is subject to concur- rence by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. The General Assembly. earlier this year called for increases of 8 percent or $200, whichever is less, at UNC campuses next year, with all revenue raised from the tuition hike - to go to the states General Fund. UNC system President Erskine Bowles plans to ask legislators to allow universities to keep revenue generated by the tuition increases. If approved: by the UNC board and endorsed by subsequent legisla- tive action rescinding the previously approved statewide tuition increase, the local tuition charge would en- able WCU to develop strategies to meet a systemwide priority of improving student retention and graduation rates. Western Carolina would form structures that would provide more rigorous orientation, academic advising, service learning programming and other support ser- vices for students during their first have expressed their feelings that _ the Salvation Army, especially dur- ing the current national unemploy- ment rates, should be able to solicit funds throughout the month. T think that the Salvation Army does a lot of really good stuff, and theyre raisthg money for a lot of good causes. As part of the com- munity, Ingles should be willing to contribute to that by letting them use their [storefronts}, said Lauren Harris. _ Erin Tesseneer, former Ingles employee, said, I think thats pretty ludicrous because the Salya- tion Army has been ringing the bell for years, and they should be able two-years of higher education. Although it would benefit all WCU freshmen and sophomores, the concept would especially sup- port those who have not yet de-. clared a major by providing them with a greater sense of community. Half of the local tuition increase would be used for need-based finan- cial aid. . The proposed increase in cam- pus-based tuition also would enable WCU to continue implementing an institutional enhancement plan ap- proved by a national accrediting body. Called the Quality Enhance- ment Plan, it is designed to improve the quality of undergraduate educa- tion by helping students link aca- demic and co-curricular activities, and synthesize experiences to dem- onstrate higher-level learning by applying in real-world settings what they have learned in the classroom. We want our students to have the best. They deserve the best, said Steve Warren, chairman of the board of trustees. Yet we also must be mindful of our state constitution, which requires us to provide public higher education as free from costs as possible. The task is to find that delicate balance. Board member Josh Cotton, president of the WCU Student Goy- ernment Association, cast the lone dissenting vote and asked trustees to consider a smaller increase, perhaps between 5 and 6 percent. y Bell Ringers Photo Courtesy of the Salvation Army to ring it through the entire Christ- mas season. | think when. some- body walks out and sees a person standing there and not just a pot to put the change in, theyd probably make more money that way. I know how Ingles is, so 1 know how they operate and sometimes they can be jerks. think that's S*" 7". They re raising money to help people. Why would you not want them to do that? said Tori Singleton. The Salvation Army encour- ages those who want to help to go. to www.onlineredkettle.org to raise funds. eu Chancellor John Bardo said that WCUs tuition proposal represents a better option for students and families. We are going to argue with the Legislature that this is a better solu- tion, Bardo said. This plan direct- ly affects the quality of education for students, and it does not cost the students as much as the General As- semblys plan. Western Carolina sets fees for ~ the next academic year as early as possible to give students and. their families time to prepare for the fi- nancial requirements of attending the university, said Chuck Wooten, vice chancellor for administration and finance, who presented the pro- posed schedule of fees to the trust- ees. With the proposed increases, costs to attend WCU in 2010-11 would total $10,027.50 per year for a typical in-state student living on campus and choosing the most-pop- ular food service plan, an increase of 4,39 percent or $421.50 a year. Western Carolina would remain among the least-expensive institu- _ tions in the UNC system even with this modest increase, Wooten said. Our proposed schedule of tuition and fees reflects a desire across the system to keep the costs of higher education as low as possible and our WCU tradition of offering a high-quality education at a reason- - able cost. Brian Railsback (center), dean of the Honors College, greets visitors to * the colleges new office space in Balsam Hall earlier this semester. By Justin Caudell position of Vice President for Stu- make a final decision. Oy A WCU Approves Proposed Tuition and Fee Incr for Missouri Western Position Archive Photo Railsback by the Western Carolin- ian was not returned as of press time. Ue In addition to Railsback, the fi- nalists for the position are the fol- lowing according to the report retrieved by the newspaper, in no particular order: Esther Peralez; former vice president for student affairs at the City College of New York; Jim Settle, vice president for student affairs at Shawnee State University; and Scott Walter, dean of students at the University of Ala -bama in Huntsville. a Railsback was founding dean of, _WCUs Honors College in 1997) resigned, to be Department Head: of English in 2000, and was called* back to The Honors College as dean in 2004. oan Missouri Western hopes to have the Vice President for Student Af: fairs position fill request com! ad Das obit Editor-in-Chief Brian Railsback, dean of the honors college at Western Carolina, is a finalist for the newly-created dent Affairs at Missouri Western State University, according to the schools student newspaper, The Griffon News. _ The Griffon News received a copy of the final report that the di- rector of external relations and chair of the search committee completed and gave to President Robert Vart- abedian, outlining the four finalists strengths and concerns, for him to Missouri Westerns President. is Robert Vartabedian, who served as Dean of Western Carolinas College of Arts and Sciences between 1999 and 2005. O98, we cabal ases Figures from the College Board reveal- that the average cost to attend a U.S. public four-year. institution in 2009-10 is $19,388, including tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and board, and other out-of-pocket expenses. That compares to $12,3 64 at WCU, when additional living expenses are included, : ee Among other proposed fee increases: A $20 increase in the student activity fee (from $506 to $526 per year) for equipment and opera- tion expenses at the recently opened Campus Rec- reation Center, and operating funds for a number of other student programs and activities. : ma An increase of $66.50 in the athletics fee (from * $567 to $633.50) to provide funds to meet the ris- ing cost of fielding intercollegiate athletics pro- * grams, including scholarships for student-athletes. * A $20 increase in the education and technology 4 fee, from $343 a year to $363, for technology up- grades in classrooms, computer laboratories and. residence halls, including expansion of the capac- 4 ity of the campus computer network and improve- ments to student e-mail service. A $7 increase in the transportation fee, from $53 per year to $60, to provide funds to operate a cam- + pus shuttle service that began in fall 2004, includ- * ing vehicle maintenance, construction of shelters _and rising fuel costs, and to gear up for the ex- ~ pansion of shuttle service to Millennial Initiative property on the west side of N.C. Highway 107, where a new health sciences building is scheduled ~ to open in 2012.

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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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