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iB SRN HS SS Page 3 WESTERN CAROLINIAN November 22nd, 2011 NEWS CVS Pharmacy relocating to expand and better serve customers Jared Gant, Contributing Writer As motorists enter Sylva on Highway 107 North, new construction is evident in front of the Ingles Supermar- ket near the intersection of Highway 107 and East Web- ster Rd. Construction on the new CVS Pharmacy is progress- ing rapidly, and will soon be complete. CVS Pharmacy will be moving from its cur- rent location beside Ingles in the.shopping center to a new outparcel closer to the road. Sarah Plaster, an employee at CVS, said that the move is an attempt to provide more _ variety and better service to CVS customers, adding that the current store is an older, Reveo style store, and the new store will update with more space, as well as an up- dated pharmacy. > PHOTO SUBMITTED The CVS IS Pharmigey pica is similar to the one ee is ahs construction now in syiva qT The new store will featihe several new amentities. . When asked about new job creation, she responded that a couple of positions may be created, but the majority of the staff will be those who are employed at the current location. Plaster said that the hours of operation are deter- mined by corporate manage- ment, and are the major rea- son why few new jobs will be offered. - We project that construc- tion will be completed some- time around April of next year, Plaster said. The new store enables CVS to better. compete with the Rite-Aid at the intersec- tion of Highway 107 and Asheville Highway. The new store will also feature several new ame- nities, including a. drive- through pharmacy to provide more convenient service to CVS customers. wcu moving to electronic mailing options as postage increases Jared Gant, Contributing Writer The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced last month new increases to postal service rates nation- wide. These new increases include a new price for first- class Forever stamps, with a price increase to 45 cents - per stamp. This is a 1 cent in- crease from the 44 cent first- - class stamp that has been in use for 2.1/2 years. Other increases to postal service rates include a 3 cent _ imerease on postcards, to 20 cents, and a 5 cent increase on letters mailed to Canada or Mexico, for a new price of 85 cents. The average USPS rate increase on various ser- _, Vices is 2.1 percent. . : _... The increase affects: first- ~ class Mail, Standard Mail, Periodicals, and Package Ser- vices. While actual percentage price increases for various products and services varies, the overall average price in- crease across all mailing ser- _ vices 1S capped iy law at vd) percent, the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index, the USPS said in a press release. tauren Gray, Staff Writer UNC Chapel Hill might charge their students for In- ternet usage that does not pertain to their academic studies. This means UNC would charge. for usage on sites like Facebook, online gaming and streaming video to offset their technology costs. According to WRAL in Raleigh, students use a smaller percentage of on- campus phone lines, but students account for a large _ growth in network usage, said Mike Barker, UNCs chief Lohanloay officer. The basic principal here is just trying td be fair to all of our constituents, Barker said of the proposed Internet fee for students. There are several con- flicting views of the pro- posed charge. For instance, a student could be down- loading a movie from Net- flix or watching YouTube videos for class work, so Barker said officials plan to consult with UNCs Student Government Association on the issue. Barker said of- ficials will evaluate what current technology fees are The new changes take ef- fect Jah: 22,2012. Bobby Justice, Associate Vice Chancellor of Financial Services at Western Carolina University said that the in- creases would affect a num- ber of offices at the Pave sity. We dont have the luxury of getting additional funds from Raleigh to cover the in- crease, he said, adding that . the institution will have to ad- dress the changes within the existing budget. He also. said that the Uni- * versity is moving to as many electronic options as possible ' to minimize mailing costs. - Though the impact on the average consumer is slight, analysts believe many large corporations must reevaluate their use of widespread mail- ings and are examine new - options for electronic mar-* keting that may be more cost effective. Larger corporations who do much of their mar- | keting via catalog or printed mailings are seeing a large increase in mailing costs, sometimes in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The increase is the first for Postal Service rates in 2 1/2 years, and the Postal Service expects to be able to continue offering the new rates for an extended period of time. _ Historically, the Postal Service has raised rates ev- ery 1 to 4 years to match with inflation and the Consumer Price Index. UNC Chapel Hill may begin charging for personal Internet usage being used for to Heternine if they could cover network costs with the existing fees. If UNC does institute an In- ternet fee for students, uni- versity funds would cover the remainder of the network costs, according to WRAL. The committee suggested the Internet fee could be es- timated between $40 and $60 a year for each student added on.to an already ris- ing tuition. Could Western Carolina start charging for personal Internet usage? Each UNC campus uses different funding models to cover various operating costs, including those related to information technology, said Craig A. Fowler, Chief Information Officer. The data network funding model at Western Carolina is dif- ferent than the one at UNC Chapel Hill. Although the world of information tech- nology is a coristantly evolv- ing environment, WCU cur- -rently has no plans to change its approach or to charge students for non-academic usage of the data network. Should WCU charge for personal Internet usage in the future, students vocal- ized their opinions about in- creased university fees. Andrew Capatino, a freshman, said, I think that would go against what we do here at WCU because we pay to live on campus and we give all our money to go to this school. Our personal Internet usage should be in- cluded in the charges we al- ready pay. If they take the charge out of the $400 plus for ath- letics that is included in our tuition and fees, then I would be all for it, said TShana McClain, a sophomore. Erik: Hale also raised a point about what types of Internet should be ieee Tf there is an emergency and parents need to contact their kids via email, they might not be able to check their email because they couldnt afford additional charges, he said. va T think that students would find ways around having to pay. They most likely would break the rules and buy their own Wi-Fi t6 save money. Facebook isnt something people are will- ing to give up. People will find a way to keep it, with- out paying, said freshman Robyn Kenyon. WCU's new doctor of physical therapy program gets under way From Staff Reports Western Carolina Univer- sitys second doctoral-level academic program got under way this fall semester when _ 32 students began course work toward receiving their doctor of physical therapy de- gree. A total of 386 prospective students applied for the 32 slots available to start the pro- ~ gram this semester, said Kar- en Lunnen, head of WCUs physical therapy department. The other students on WCUs campus working toward doc- toral degrees are taking class- es to earn their doctor of edu- cation degree in educational leadership. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors gave its permission in April 2010 for WCU to expand its masters degree program in physical therapy to a doctoral program to allow the program to meet long-term goals of the American Physical Therapy Association and to comply with accreditation standards, Lunnen said, va WCUs physical therapy program was originally devel- oped to help the states rural western counties deal with a shortage of physical thera- pists. Our goal of helping to address manpower shortages in the region, along with the: programs commitment to ser- vice-learning and integration of engaged learning oppor- tunities throughout the cur- riculum, aligns our program with the mandates of UNC Tomorrow, the UNC systems 20-year strategic plan, Lun- nen said, Students enrolling in the DPT program must already possess a bachelors degree, but the degree doesnt neces- sarily have to be in a health- related field. We have a broad range of educational and work experience represented in this first group of doctoral stu- dents, Lunnen said. Students in the DPT pro- . gram must already have com- pleted prerequisite courses such as human anatomy and physiology, chemistry, phys- ics, statistics and related courses in the social sciences. With the move to a doctoral- level program, the curriculum has been expanded from 24- months to 33 months, and the clinical education component of the program has increased from 26 weeks to 34 weeks. With more time allocated to the program, we have been able to expand the breadth of existing courses and add new courses that will better pre- pare students for their roles in an increasingly challeng- ing health care environment, Lunnen said. As. the DPT begins at WCU, construction on the universitys new Health and Human Sciences Building is entering its final phases. The four-story, $46 million build: ing is the first structure on 344 acres WCU acquired across _N.C. 107 from the main cam- pus as part of the Millennial Initiative. WCUs physical therapy ptogram and other programs of the College of Health and Human Sciences that : are currently located across four buildings will relocate to the new. facility when it opens. ' Space is now cramped in WCUs Moore Building when students in the physical ther- apy program need to practice hands-on skills, but the new building will have spacious laboratories and many more areas for collaborative study and practice, Lunnen said. The first floor of the new building will have a fully staffed physical therapy clinic where students will have op- portunities for supervised clinical experience as an inte- grated part of the curriculum, she said. The potential to col- laborate with other disciplines and community partners to provide needed health care. services to the region and to involve students in the plan- ning and delivery of those services is. the most exciting aspect of the new building to me. The new facility also will house WCUs Human Move- ment Science Laboratory, . which is currently located in the Center for Applied Tech- nology, and a new Balance and Fall Prevention Center. __ WCUs masters degree program in physical therapy graduated its first class in 1998, and students currently in the program will be eligible to take the National Physical Therapy Examination and be licensed to practice physical therapy, Lunnen said.

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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