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  • THE WESTERN, CAROLINI i Volume 78, Issue 4 1 O33 For Up To- Date Ne i CLINE WS.COM March 23, 2012 Alcohol in Cullowhee: The Before They Were Educators: - Western Carolina parties for a , WCU to implement good, the bad and the tipsy Dr. Leonardo Bobadilla good cause new credit card fees See Read more on Page 2 Read more on Page B-6 Read more on Page 6 RPE ECU NT ON UR A AE aL RR Re ar Ta a OS an oe gar arcana tenet Rr anes. uc (UE eR ek ACEP RA ' Tyler Auffhammer, Staff Writer : Starting on July 2, Western Carolina Uni- versity will implement new fees that will affect _ Many students. Announced earlier this month, the Universi- ty will no longer accept Visa debit/credit cards and will charge a 2.75 percent nonrefund- _ able convenience fee on MasterCard, Ameri- can Express and Discover card payments for | general payments on students accounts in ' Bill+Payment through MyCat. In years prior, Western Carolina has ab- sorbed the costs associated with tuition and fee ' payments made by credit cards. However, due Campus, located way 107 across from. : ae main campus, entirely tobacco free. The petition, currently being circulated by an association of students from the College of Health and Human Sciences, aims to have the. health campus serve as a role model for the afea by banning the use of harmful tobacco products. Amy Putnam, assistant professor for the school of nursing, is the faculty member aiding the students in heading the project. .t. This building is representative of health promotion in Western North Carolina, Put- nam said. We want the building and the peo- ple in it to,represent healthy living. The flagship building promises to offer interdisciplinary clinics, a number of state-of- the-art labs, as well as opportunities for stu- dents to work with. private health care provid- ers. The building will open this fall. Julie Lester, nursing student at WCU and one of the student leaders of the petition, said she feels it would be the right move for West ampus to be made smoke-free. ~. The health of students is impottant to me; thats what got me involved in the project, oe Said. : Students are advocating that WCUS West Campus, which h uses the new oak Health and Human acre Dr. there, Seestedt-Stanford will consult with the Chancellor, and a decision will be. made. Lester estimates the current number of sig- natures as close to 100. - _ According to the Americans For Non- Smokers Rights Foundation, an educational nonprofit organization, all North Carolina acute care hospitals are 100 percent smoke- free, so the goal of the petition is certainly not without precedent. Additionally, some univer- sities and community colleges in North Caro- lina have proceeded to ban arene across the board. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh are two of some 48 colleges and community colleges within North Carolina to completely ban smoking on the premises of their campuses. Each of these institutions has enacted their bans in reaction to the climbing mountain of scientific research and evidence into the health risks of tobacco smoke inhala- tion. Piexander Meny take over . Western Carolinian Staff Reports. Veteran Western Carolinian staff members Ryan Alexander and Lex Menz were named Co-Editor-in-Chiefs of the newspaper March Ly, _The two Western Carolina University ju- niors replace: Justin Caudell, who stepped down as Editor-in-Chief after three years at the ~ end of February to take a job in Georgia. ~ Alexander and Menz have each been with the Western Carolinian for 19 months and Worked their way up the newspaper leadership ladder after starting as contributing writers. NAME: ADDRESS: OILY: STATE: PHONE: Jointhe Conversation: Twitter: @WCUsNewspaper .. They later transitioned to staff writers ond were promoted to section editors. Menz was named news editor in January 2011 and Alexander was named sports editor last summer. Both have been a part of Western Carolin- ian staffs that received a general excellence award from the North Carolina College Media Association and Associated Collegiate Press. Ryan and Lex impressed me early on when they started at the newspaper. 1 saw potential in each of them and am glad I was able to see them learn and grow as journalists during my time as their Editor-in-Chief, Caudell said. J have no doubt they will continue to serve Zr. edt-Stanford with the completed petition. From PHOTO BY CEILLIE SIMKISS However, desp 2 the health Berean stu- dent opinion of the petition remains divided. program, supports the petition. : By having that part of campus smoke fice, _ new convenience fee model will not extremely _ affect students, reaction to the change has not _ been positive among students. we can be one step closer to healthy living, she said. : Michael Brennan, a junior, disagrees. Tm not happy about it. I like to smoke. People are always trying to take away other _ to say about the changes, I disagree with the _ decision. I usually make my payments through If theyre going to have a no smoking rule MyCat because of the inconvenience of office they should have a support group, freshman hours, and my parents usually make the pay- Katie Marshall said. Something like...Whee _ : ' them and find time to go and make the pay- Putnam says the students are not shooting ment in a department that has office hours and for a specific number of signatures, but that : they are soliciting signatures from faculty, staff _ and students because they want the petition to ; _ convenience many, but other students, like peoples rights, he said. Quit! she added. be as open and broad-ranged as possible. Everyone has the right to feel what they feel and do what they do, but they should also | respect the rules and well Ene of others, said they have Visa cards. Putnam.. timely, factual, important news. As Co-Editor-in-Chiefs, that reports the news and events of the West- peyepaney and an online website. Alexander and Menz can be reached at edi- tor@westerncarolinian.com, 828-227-2694 or by visiting the newspaper office. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $30 for North Carolina addresses $45 for other addresses MAIL PAYMENT TO _ The Western Carolinian PO Box 66, Cullowhee NC 28723 Facebook: www.facebook.com/wcunews _ to recent budget cuts executed by the state, the : University can no longer take up these costs for: _ students. Nancy Brendell, Bursar with WCU Admin- _ istration & Finance, related that the University _ Spent $285,903 last year covering credit. card processing fees and with the new budget cuts, they could no longer afford to do so. A Credit Card Acceptance Committee, ' chaired by Craig Fowler in iT, had been meet- : ing since last September to discuss the credit _ card fees, the ongoing budget cuts, and to de- termine the best way to go about reducing the _ expenditures while keeping students in mind. Along with Brendell and Fowler, the Com- mittee includes: Stan Hammer of iT; Tammy Haskett of orientation; Bobby Justice of ad-: ministration and finance; Mike Razdrh of One- Stop; Sarah Speed of iT; David Steinbicker of . administration and finance; Shawna Young of >). | student affairs; Robert Edwards, vice chan- ~ _ cellor of administration and finance and Sam oe Miller, vice chancellor of student affairs. and UNC School pie Ars. pe eee We contacted all of them and asked a ft affected enrollment; and the answer was. no, Rachel Rabb, a sophomore in the nursing _ said Brendel. People mest igi by ie _ ing with WebCheck. While the University seems sure that the Freshman Chelsey Rains had the following ments. It is a process to get the money from its hours do not correspond with my schedule. Obviously, the new convenience fees as- sociated with credit card payments will in- sophomore Chris Downey, will have to find a. completely new method of payment because 1 believe that a lot of people will be affect- | ed negatively by this because they use a Visa + card, said Downey. I personally use Visa and as as Co-Editor-in-Chiefs : will have to find another source to fund my stu- - dent account when necessary. The fact that the : ee ' school is no longer accepting it seems to be a the Western Carolina University and Cullo- | wh 8 i id g d : ie : ee : bit outrageous, considering the increase in tu- whee communities well by using the Western y Mie : : _ ition payment as well. Carolinian newspaper as a medium to deliver For other students, the changes by the Uni- versity are just a continuation of the ude eg ee ey ae, experienced in the past. Menz will be responsible for overseeing a P P eiealy 21 Perens sapkee tye peut - mous, said, I understand why they have to em, Carolina University, and Cullowhee: area make these changes, but I find it hard to feel ne ; _ comfortable sending in a check when Ive through a newstand and subscription delivered held figerble things Updar the Universi los: ing stuff. One student, who chose to remain anony- PELAN EERE ERODE Roden erm ves anes Aven eenanreereraearerenees Change to newspaper delivery schedule. Due to the time of Western Carolina Uni- " yersitys spring break, the next issue of the Western Carolinian will not be on newsstands _ until April 20. The Western Carolinian staff _ _-will post breaking news and other stories on _ www.weunews.com during the break in print _ newspaper editions. The staff apologizes for _ any inconvience. soon www.westerncarolinian.com y think people are going to be inconve- : uke
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