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  • . August 19th, 2011 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 4 CAMPUS VIEWS. -OurTake - Find out whats going on around campus = Incoming and transfer students on Western Carolina Universitys campus should keep the following informa- tion handy to obtain information about whats going on: around campus and learn about up-to-date news. Students can pick up a copy of The Western Carolin-, ian or visit www.westerncarolinian.com, listen to 90.5FM and/or Channel 22, and watch TV62. They can also use online profiles and Internet sites - Facebook is one way to do this. : Many students only use Facebook as a social network- ing site, but it can actually be used to share information, pictures and videos. Organizations on campus have Face- book groups and send out event invitations to members. | By befriending The Western Carolinian, Last Minute Pro- . ductions, athletic coaches and other groups, students can keep track of events happening on and off campus, Another social networking site exploding on the web ' right now is Twitter. As a student, if you do not have Twitter by now then you need to get one. a Twitter may appear to be similar to Facebook status up-. __ dates, but its so much more. Twitter allows people to fol- . low national news organizations and WCU news outlets. - You can even change your profile settings and get tweets '. sent directly to your phone. he If tweets are a little too invasive for your taste, then - send direct messages that only you and the respondent can . read on Twitter. If you are ahead of the pack and already have a Twitter _ : account, consider following these WCU outlets: @WCUs- - NeWspaper, @Catamounts, @wcustudentmedia, @WCU, @PotMBand and @WCUCampusDining. Times are changing and these sites provide a new way to not only keep in contact with friends, but to keep up with whats going on in the world and on your college campus. _ Get involved with us - Interested in journalism? Work with us at The Western -Carolinian. We are a nationally award-winning newspaper, -having won three Associated Colleigate Press awards in the 201 0- 2011 school year. Western Carolina University students write, edit, and produce The Western Carolinian _as a bi-monthly printed publication and as an online Inter- het site to serve the information needs of WCU students and others interested in or involved with campus activities. Students make all editorial decisions. The Western Carolinian print edition is distributed twice a month during every academic semester, including the summer session. The Western Carolinian website is up- _ dated as news breaks. i : Justin Caudell, Editor-in-Chief 103 Old Student Union - Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 wc@email.wcu.edu a 828-227-2694 Katherine Duff Smith, Advisor 109A Old Student Union Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 : smithk@email.wcu.edu 828-227-2195 Lauren Gray, Staff Writer Caleb Gray, Staff Writer Ryan Alexander, Staff Writer Katelyn Cooper, Staff Writer | Ryan Michaud, Staff Writer Mike Hill, Staff Writer Tyler Auffhammer, Staff Writer ~ David Myers, Designer Cory Radosevic, Distribution Back to School Issue Designed By Justin Caudell The Western Carolinian P.0. Box 66 Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 www.westerncarolinian.com IN This isn't back +0 Schoo] . , Tex's back to Wal Mart], Tips for new college students at WCU WCEditorial Board New WCU Catamounts, - chances are you have hun- dreds of questions, and you may not have anyone to ask. To help you transition from high school to col- lege, The Western Carolin- ian staff, comprised, of col- lege students ourselves and many of whom are about to graduate, would like to pass _ along some of the things that we wish someone had told us before we ever got to college. 1. Go to class. Its col- lege, and no one is going to tell you to go to class. No _ one is going to yell at you, call your parents, or give you detention. However, many professors (and al- most all classes, even large ones) have attendance poli- cies. You can take a pretty big hit to your grade just because of absences. Also, every day that you: miss class means that you have missed information, and this makes it much more difficult to do well on ex- ams, as most professors .do not teach solely from the book. Every time that you miss class, you are also more likely to skip: class the next time, until you suddenly realize that you havent been to philosophy in a month and you have no idea if there were two papers or three due be- fore Christmas. It happens, trust us. Go to class, and _dont skip unless you have a legitimate reason. Limit . yourself to one personal skip (such as the first nice. day of spring) per semester, and try to keep sick skips toa minimum. 2. Meet people. With- out friends, college will be pretty boring. However, there are thousands of other people who would simply - love to meet you. Join a few. clubs. The best mix, probably, is as follows: one recreational activity sort of club, such as ski team or poker club; one educational sort of club, like a poetry reading group; and one po- litical or issue-based club, such as Student Govern- ment, College Democrats, of a womens rights group. You can obviously join _ more clubs than this, but its a delicate balance. You dont want to overwhelm yourself, but you want to provide yourself. with lots of different people to meet and you want things to put on resumes. There are alot of other ways to meet peo- ple, but most of them can be summed up simply by saying Walk up to people and say -hello. Dont be shy. 3, Get to know the peo- ple in charge. Talk to your: professors, your RAs, your hall director, and the mem- bers of student government or the resident student as- sociation. If people know you, they are more likely to help you. Your professors will be more likely to help you with difficult concepts or give you the benefit of the doubt when your grade is in the balance if youve stopped in at their office and talked with them. Your RA is less likely to write you up for a noise violation if youre on friendly terms, and the same goes for your hall director. If you dont intend to join something like student government or. the resident student asso- ciation, make friends who are in these groups. These: sorts of groups are the ones who make decisions about things like what bands will perform at your school or what student fees will be, and they usually have a lot of money and power at their disposal. If you have an idea for something that you would like to change on campus, these groups might be able to help you, and having friends will be a great advantage. 4. Get a job. Even if ~ you dont think you need ' ,one, get a part-time job. There are an awful lot of jobs in college that will work around your sched- ule, require minimal hours, and not actually require you to do much of anything. Working in college gives you a more serious men- tality about your life, gives you extra money to spend, and makes you feel much more self-sufficient and confident. Perhaps most importantly, almost all col- LETTERS POLICY Quotable | Tt is stilf early in this hurri- cane season and we know it can ~ take only one storm to devastate communities and families. - FEMA deputy administrator Rich Serino. lege jobs will hire people with no experience. It will be a.lot more difficult to get a first job away from the university, especially if you want that first job to actu- ally be a career. _ 5. Take care of your body. Take up some kind of exercise, even if its just walking quickly to class. Eat well (in fact, just make sure that you eat in your first few weeks). Get a decent amount of sleep. Take vitamins. Wash your handsbasically _ every- thing that youre mom told you as a kid, but ignored. In college, you suddenly take responsibility for your own health, and its something that you need to be aware ofespecially if you want, to avoid that Freshman 15. 6. Use the resources of the university. West- em Carolina has a gym, a health clinic, a career center, and counseling services. WCU also sets aside money for student organizations, as well as scholarships for individual students. Use all of the re- sources available, because we assure you that you are paying for them. This. is the sort of thing that your tuition and student fees are paying for, and you should be aware of such opportu- nities. : We welcome letters from our readers. We urge brevity, both for the sake of effectiveness and the demands of space; letters should be no longer than 500 words, All letters are subject to the same editing for clarity applied to our staff | contributions. We will not publish anonymous letters; letters praising or criticizing professors by name; letters mak- ing personal attacks or personally hurtful statements; endorsements of or letters from political candidates; or copies | of letters to other publications. Because we want to provide access to a variety of viewpoints, each letter writer will be limited to one letter every four weeks. All letters should be signed, and writers should enclose their addresses and daytime phone numbers. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published but will be used to verify letters. We reserve the right not to print any letter.
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