Southern Appalachian Digital Collections

Western Carolina University (21) View all

Western Carolinian Volume 76 Number 10

items 11 of 20 items
  • hl_westerncarolinian_2010-08-20_vol76_no10_11.jpg
Item
?

Item’s are ‘child’ level descriptions to ‘parent’ objects, (e.g. one page of a whole book).

  • Page 11 ESTERN CAROLINIAN August 20, 2010 FEAT URES A look at WCUs dorms, what they offer and what to remember Lex Menz | Staff Writer Here are some impor- tant facts to remember: Intimidating. | Daunting. Scary. Exciting. Nerve- - Mail can be gathered at the wracking. These are all UCMailRoomnotyourdorm. words to describe a students first time moving intoadorm. ~- Resident Assistants (RA) For nine months, you will be are your friends. If you get shacking up with more than a bad example of an RA, tell likely a complete stranger someone in charge. Your col- who may have different lege experience should not tastes, bed times, wake up suffer because they hired calls, habits, and pet peeves the wrong guy or girl. And, than you. What was your you are not ratting them huge bedroom with two win- out. You are helping your- dows back at home is now . self and your hall mates. a small cement block on a nameless floor shared with - Local telephone ser- another human being. vices are available in ev- Folks, that is a small ery room across campus. Space to be sharing with an- other person. Not a small - Room decorations may house, | said, a small space. not be hung from the ceiling But it is not all horror sto- or the pipes, It is a fire hazard. ries. Sometimes, roommates become friends for life, con- - Burning candles, any tinuing their friendship into type of open flame, and the greater adventures of real smoking is not allowed in life. However, there can al- the dormitories. Smoking ways be a bad egg, but luck- is permitted fifty feet from ily, Western has provided any building on campus. many places to escape, like the floor study, the library, - Pets, except fish that fit the UC, and other facilities in under a ten gallon tank, for studying, hanging out, are not allowed in the dorms. getting away, or soaking up some air conditioning (yes, - If locked out, first con- freshmen, say good bye to air tact your roommate then conditioning!). Check out the find your RA. $10 will be adjacent chart to see which charged to your account for cool features your dormitory each time you go through has or check out the other the lock out process with an dorms on campus in case you. RA. Hopefully, your troom- want to make a move. mate will not charge you! No matter where you are living, some things remain - If you are unhappy with the same. Here are some tips your roommate, you cannot from last years freshmen: just move out. Roommate Make sure you have a changes are done during cer- fan before moving in. be ause,.. tai d._ involve. your Residential Li a within the first ho "Talk to your RA, Assistant man Move-in Day... actually. Resident Director, or your have everything you need Resident Director if you have because Wal-Mart clears out a problem with your room- of most everything within the mate or your living situation. first hour. Lisa Maddox They are there to help you. Bring a video game sys- tem or a lot of DVDs be- - Laundry machines take cause there ishardly anything your Cat Card or coins to op- to do in Cullowhee. Cory erate. Shropshire Get your notebooks and For more information other stuff like that before about living on campus, you move in because the check out http://(www.wcu. campus bookstore charges edu/WebFiles/PDFs/08-270_ way too much. Mary Kate ResidentGuide dl.pdf for a Roberts full look into what Residen- Nine out of ten women _ tial Living is all about. that flirt with you dont want It is a lot to remember, but anything to do with you. The RAs and their superiors are one that does is going tosleep forgiving and will give you with her were just friends time to learn all the rules. friends as soon as your back Like all of Western Caro- is turned. Nik Rutherford lima, they are there to assist Everyone has a different you and help you learn not to experience when they come point fingers and scold. Pro- to college. Some find Cullo- grams like Western PEAKS whee boring and others find are going to set you on the women to be back-stabbing, right track and make sure you but each experience is unlike finish with the degree of your anyone elses so do not fear choice in your hand. Now, the trash talk, tall tales, and get through Move-in Day When I was a college stu- and get ready for an experi- dent... stories because most _ ence like you have never and likely they will not apply to never will live again. you.
Object
?

Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).