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  • February 25th, 2011 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 4 Our Take Be safe during Spring Break With Spring Break only-a matter of hours away, we thought . we would provide some tips for students to be safe. After all, we want to see everyone return to Cullowhee on March 7, ' On the road.. Buckle up, disso dancers! Also take turns behind the wheel, and whoever sits shotgun should stay awake to keep the driver company. Make sure everyone has a valid drivers license and the vehicle ena a is in the car before driving off. In hotels.. Reserve a room thats above the Ist floor but below the 6th floor. Why? First floor rooms are easier to break into, and rooms above the sixth floor are sometimes too high for fire lad- ders to reach. If safes are provided, definitely use them for any _ valuables you may have. Keep doors and sliding doors locked, and dont let anyone into your room unless you can trust them. Make a mental note of where the nearest fire exits and stair- wells are located in case you need to evacuate. While drinkin. Do us all a favor tinclitiibg yourself) and party smart. Be responsible. Pace yourself if you choose to drink, and avoid hard alcohol or other drinks that are powerful and have fast effects, (And remember that drunks = easy targets.) Also be aware of alcohol poisoning. According to a University of Wisconsin study, 75 percent of college males and 43 percent of females reported being intoxicated on a daily basis during spring break. If you do decide to drink, know the liquor laws of wherever you'll be vacationing. Drinking & driving is al- ways a dangerous situation, so avoid this by having your safe mode of transportation home planned before you go out. Click here for more tips and facts about drinking alcohol at the BAC- CHUS website. Access a helpful tool right from j your cell phone by visiting B4UDrink.Mobi and estimate BAC (Blood Alcohol Concen- tration) levels anywhere and ee you ee your mobile phone. On the beach... Drinking + sun can equal a bad sunburn and an even worse hangover. Sun can maximize the effects of alcohol so keep this in mind if you party on the beach. Take it slow and stay hy- _ drated by drinking lots of water. If you start feeling faint or light headed, get shade and water immediately. And dont be : a lobster. suse sunscreen of at least SPF 15 and reapply often. ; Pay extra special attention to ears, nose, face and shoulders. Fair skinned friends should wear- sunglasses and even a hat. ' Avoid sun exposure during the hottest hours.of the suns rays and remember you can burn even when its cloudy. While swimming... Jumping into the water without a lifeguard is putting your- self at risk. Even the most experienced swimmer can get caught in an undertow. In case you get caught in a rip current, dont bother swimming against it. Instead, swim parallel to shore un- til the rip passes. Try to stay within the designated swimming area and always swim with a Sen Also know the fps nen for Water safety. Our Staff Justin Caudell, Editor-in-Chief 103 Old Student Union Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 wc@email.wcu.edu 828-227-2694 Katherine Duff Smith, Advisor 109A Old Student Union Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 smithk@email.wcu.edu 828-227-2195 | Lex Menz, News Editor Shelby Harrell, Arts and Entertainment Editor Nathan Hunzaker, Lead Designer Lauren Gray, Staff Writer | _ Ryan Alexander, Staff Writer ! Katelyn Cooper, Staff Writer Ryan Michaud, Staff Writer Mike Hill, Staff Writer Cory Radosevic, Distribution - APPLY NOW FOR Features Editor, Sports Editor, Webmaster The Western Carolinian P.0, Box 66 Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 www.westerncarolinian.com CAMPUS VIEWS (Cartoon Quotable All of the challenges will not be known until the first examinations are scored and results analyzed. - Scott Higgins, Dean of Graduate School and Research, on the new | -. Graduate Record Exam. Off Campus Housing 101 Lex mene WC Editor ane many ee of checking Catamount email for cancelled classes due to snow, spring is starting to return to Cullowhee. Hope- fully, it will stay. . In the past week, tem- peratures rose and the sun . emerged behind the thick mountain clouds. to shine down on the Intramural Fields, Cullowhee Creeks icy water, and the half of the UC lawn not surrounded by chain link fence. Honestly, -- J am more than grateful. It _ means I can stop worrying about one of the biggest concerns of my school day because I can bike in the warm breeze. I am referring to parking! Parking is one of those diseases Western Carolina cannot get rid of. All the commuters complain that they can never find a space (at least not one thats close to their classes). All the freshmen complain that their cars are too far away. The parking situation is literally a mess, and both commut- ers and residents suffer from odd, out-of-the-way park- ing spots and never oi heet spaces. Whats the point in even having a car here if it is such a hassle?. Have you looked around Cullowhee lately? You need a car to survive up here! Most people I know hate the walk from Reyn- olds to the dining hall. Now, imagine you did not have a car. Folks, it is a long walk from here to Wal-Mart. And, as an off campus student, I may not need a car to drive to school because my home ' is across the highway. But, I need groceries and money orders for my rent! Without a car, I would have checked out months ago! Commuters do have a few options to get them through the school day if parking is a problem. The Jackson County Community 2 Transit bus rolls through the - nearby off campus housing sites every school day, many times a day. Fare is free after - flashing your Cat Card, and _ if you catch it right, the bus will get you to class on time. Another way is to make your friends wrestle with parking for you. Got a class together? Car pool and be free of parking duty thanks to your awesome pals. On the other hand, West- erm Carolina makes parking more difficult than it has to be. When it snows, several parking spaces are eliminat- ed for commuters because that is where the cleared off | snow is dumped for the lot. Specifically, I am referring to the commuter lot next to Hunter Library. 1 have pulled into the lot to see over 20 spaces gone due to the lot was not cleared or cleared. _ snow was dumped into the spaces. There have been com- plaints this school year that commuter lots have not been cleared at all even though classes are still in session. It is dangerous to drive on these crazy, curvy roads to get to class. If 1 am going to risk my life, I would at least like a snow-free parking space when I get there. Speaking of dangerous, have you noticed strange, contradictory emails from the University? One was sent in February saying how there was black ice and snow on the ground, and travelers should take extreme caution. Directly under that, chang- es to the university schedule have not been made. In December of last se- mester, a snow storm hit Cullowhee during the week of final exams. Classes were not cancelled, prob- ably because it was exams, i \ Renita and commuters were forced to: a) drive and risk their lives in the snow and ice, b) "take an incomplete on their exams and complete them in January, or c) resched- ule their exams for another date before grades had to be submitted. I bundled up and > walked through the snow and ice to take my exam. A 20-minute walk became ten minutes longer in. the icy wind and slick sidewalks. Already suffering from - mono, I risked my personal health to take an exam be- cause the University was unaccommodating for their off campus students, Why would Western do that? Is the off campus pop- ulation that small? Accord- ing to a representative at the Admissions Office, about 50 percent live in residence halls. However, the gap is even bigger when looking at Western Carolinas website. On one page, Western post- ed the General Weather Pol- icy that reads, Since West- ern Carolina University is a residential university with more. than 3,000 students in residence halls, the uni- versity does not... close its * operations or cancel classes in Cullowhee because of bad weather. Aduertise in the Western Conclinian a It sounds like the major- ity of students live on cam- pus and everyone else will . have to suck it up. But then if you tead the About WCU page, there is a different vibe, A member of the Uni- versity of North Carolina system, WCU now provides an education to more than 9,000 students... 9,000 . students! That means that there are 6,000 - students who live off cam- pus, take online courses, take classes at a different campus, or are studying abroad. Out of the four, two of these categories are af- fected by adverse weather and snow. While Western Carolina recommends that commut- ers stay home if road con- ditions are bad, I for one cannot afford to miss the majority of my classes either because of their content or because they only meet once a week. Every class is vi- tal, and if Western Carolina does not cancel university activity during a bad winter storm, then Little Honda and I will just have to skid down the mountain to cam- pus. Hopefully, there will be - a parking space somewhere in all that snow!
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