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  • { t | ' 337 ey May 27th, 2011 WESTERN C AROLINIAN Page 6 : Forest City resident graduates from Western Carolina at 18 3 WCU News Services S.C., Burke was raised in School of Law asa part-time taught the capstone course * Chesnee, S.C., and just over student beginning in August, for my major, has influenced = At an age when many the North Carolina border with long-range plans of be- _me greatly this semester and Young people are preparing fo go to college, 18-year- old Brittany Amber Nicole Burke has graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelors degree: The daughter of Tim and Wendy Burke of Forest City Completed her academic requirements last spring se- mester to earn her degree in. criminal justice. Her parents, three siblings, fianc and extended family and friends were in Cullowhee on the afternoon of Saturday, May 7, to watch her walk across the stage as commencement ceremonies are held for W CUs College of Business, ollege of Health and Hu- man Sciences, and the Kim- mel School of Construction Management and Technol- ogy. __A native of Spartanburg, 6 Hannah Bunbury Contributing Writer oe - Have you ever been hus- fling to class when you look up, only to make eye contact With that person you have Hever seen before in your ~ Within seconds, they look away, but something catches your eye. A pig. Youre hooked. What does ut his shirt say? ~ You cant help but chuck- fe, Canadian bacon: Just <. paving: an identity cri- : Sis. : T-shirts are an easy mode of expression. Not only are they temporary, but you can also wear a different expres-. sion on your shirt every day. Some shirts are as simple as a solid word with the word PETA and a phrase below that reads people eating tasty animals. Other shirts are elaborate with designs. that cover the front and back. - With t-shirts being so easy to come by, and more ' people wanting to express themselves, the industry is increasingly growing. Ac~ cording to Clive Thomp- sons atticle on creative- commons. org, T-shirts, the t-shirt industry brings in over $40 billion a year in revenue. wie in the Forest City area. She graduated in 2009 from Chase High School and en- rolled at WCU in August 2009 as a 17-year-old. T decided to attend WCU because I was looking for something close to home and I heard the university has a great criminal justice pro- gram, she said. Burke came to WCU with 24 hours of. college credit she earned as a. high school student enrolled in an Isothermal Community College dual-enrollment _ program, and she took six to seven courses every semes- ter at WCU, including over the summer of2010. A deans list student, Burke has been enrolled in WCUs Honors Col- lege since spring 2010. She , plans to attend the Charlotte But there can sometimes be a problem with t-shirts about how far is too far. Shirts like Could you come back after too many beers? or Say hi to your mom for me, can be offensive. T-shirts are very popular at Western Carolina Univer- sity. i Senior Kale Jeffords shirt with a Warner Broth- ers symbol placed in the center of a black shirt. The logo says, If you see da po- lice, Warna Brotha. Clever. Sophomore Katie Minie coniss shirt with a tricycle reads, Thats how I roll. x Cute. Thursday Nights at 7pm on the UC Lawn, Brittany Burke graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree i in Criminal Justice at age 18. As more and more t- shirts went by, they just kept. getting funnier and more bazaar. One said, Proud of my ancestry, with a picture of a chimp on it.: Other t-shirts around the sidewalks create a blur: Under new management, Just Married, The man behind the belly, Meat is murder, tasty tasty murder, and I am not forty, I am 21 with 19 years of experi- ence. The funniest shirt? Dont hassle me, Im lo- cal. What does your t- shirt say about . you? coming an attorney working in family law or banking and finance. She minored in business administration and finance at WCU. Burke says she found herself to be much younger than her classmates in most of her classes at Cullowhee, but that age difference hasnt been a hindrance. We all interact the same, she said. Burke said she has partic- ularly enjoyed classes taught by criminal justice faculty members Jamie Vaske and Lisa Briggs, and business law faculty members Bruce Berger and Debra Burke. All these professors have been wonderful and . have taught me things that I will carry with me through- out my career, she said. In particular, Dr. Vaske, who has made a huge impact on my life, educationally and personally. I cant express enough gratitude to her for - all that she has done. While on WCUs cam- pus, Burke has worked as an office assistant in the Ac- counts Payable Department: Leaving my friends in accounts payable will be like leaving my second fam- ~ ily and home-away-from- home, she said. Also, Judy Garner, a WCU staff member who works in another campus of- fice, Student Accounts, has really been wonderful and like a second mother to me, she added, Burkes graduation isnt the only big event'on her ap- _ pointment calendar. She also will be getting married in a couple weeks. : JOIN become an splc member today DONATE support the student press FOLLOW on Twitter and Facebook Bring Chairs and Blankets! , For more information, visit: www.weu.edu/17
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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 Carolin...

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