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  • March 23, 2012 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 2 NEWS Chancellors Installation will bea full week of celebration Caleb Gray, Copy Editor Western Carolina Univer- sity will officially install its 11th Chancellor, David O. Belcher, at an event that has not taken place at WCU in 16 years. The installation ceremo-. ny will occur at 10 a.m. on March 29 at the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. However, the univer- sity will celebrate the installa- tion with many activities and events starting on March 24 revolving around the theme Defining. Our Future in Pur- suit of Distinction. March 24 .marks WCU Cares: A Day of Service, which will encourage stu- dents to get involved with lo- cal charities and organizations to perform service work. The day will be devoted to better- ing the Cullowhee, Sylva and Dillsboro areas through com- munity service. Three main events will take place on March 25: The Fount-astic? Festival, Belcher - Open (Disc Golf Tournament) and The Whee Hours. Fount- - astic Festival will start a new tradition at WCU by turning on the fountain in the central plaza for the spring season. The event will feature per- formances by the Catamount Singers and Electric Soul and a surprise from the Student Government Association. _ Belcher Open is a SGA-spon- sored event, and the winners will be recognized during an event the next day. The Whee Hours occurs in Sylva and Dillsboro focusing around lo- cal businesses that stay open later and offer special cas for the car Events on March 27 will lead up to the WCU vs. Kennesaw State base- ball game. The first event will be a breakfast with Chancellor Belcher and his wife, Susan Belcher, in the upstairs dining hall. In the afternoon, there will be pregame activities in the central plaza before the baseball game, featur- ing activities like Corn- hole and Ladderball. Also, music will be provided by 90.5 FM. More activities include inflatables, food and the reveal of Belchers signature flavor of ice cream. The event will end with a march with the drum line to the baseball field at 4 p.m. where Su- san Belcher will sing the national anthem and. Dr. Belcher will throw the first pitch. r. Belchers -installa- tion.is on March 29, and it will end with many free events throughout the day under the Community on Campus: Discover WCU, several events that demon- strate the different aspects of the university and the local mountain heritage. The follow is a list of all event dates and times for the installation week: Students are encouraged -to visit the website www. weu.edu/installation for more details on all events. Also, if students want to attend the Chancellors In- stallation Ceremony, they are encouraged to. email InstallationCeremony@ weu.edu with their first name, last name and num- ber of people in their party. PILE PHOTO BY JUSTIN CAL oe, Chancellor David O. Belcher will officially be Manas as WCU} Ky chancellor next week, ah Alcohol in Cullowhee: The good, the bad and the tipsy , Tyler Auffhammer, Katy Williams WC Staff _ Last October, The Jackson County Board of Commis- sioners decided to include an ' alcohol referendum in Mays ballot, which would allow businesses in Cullowhee to - serve beer, wine and/or mixed drinks). a The ballot will have four options for voters to choose from: Option one would permit on and off premise beer sales. On premise means places where customers would be dining while drinking the beer, such as a restaurant. Off premise means places where beer would be sold to- go, such as a gas station or grocery Store. Option two would permit -on and off premise wine sales. Option three would permit the operation of an ABC store. An ABC store would permit off premise liquor sales. Option four would permit the sale of on premise mixed beverages in places such as, restaurants, theaters, conven- tion centers, hotels, etc. Dwight Winchester, who runs the family-owned Exxon station located at the ' Catamount Travel Center, at- tended Western Carolina Uni- versity, and so did his father. Winchester supports alcohol in Cullowhee, plans to sell it at his location and believes that Jackson County has needed alcohol in Cullowhee for a long time. The closer you can keep the alcohol to people, the saf- er it would be. We advocate responsible driving, said - Winchester. Any time you force kids to drive, youre putting their lives in danger. Even if you have a sober driv- er, the people in the car with them might not be sober. Along with its help in pro- tecting students, Winchester believes that alcohol will at- tract a whole new class of businesses and help to stimu- late the local economy. It will increase my busi- ness, said Winchester, but its hard to tell how much. I know its going to allow me to hire two more people. Its going to allow me to hire five total, since we have another location in Jackson County. I'd say maybe minimum 25 percent increase. Robin Lang, manager of Cats Nip Caf, is torn be-. tween her concern for people driving to Sylva for alcohol and the fact that Cullowhee has no defined Paulie diss. trict. I did support it, said Lang. My hesitation is that Cullowhee has no boundar- ies, meaning you can set up anything anywhere. Im not sure how much I support it. Lang worries it will make Cullowhee vulnerable from not having a defined business district. But my other concern is people driving to Sylva. In that aspect, I support it, said Lang. Pride oP the Mountains Carvan Craft, Contributing Writer David Starnes, assistant professor of music and direc- tor of athletic bands at WCU, is one of seven members to be named to a committee at Florida A&M University that will develop recommen- dations to end the culture of hazing on campus. A member of FAMUs marching band, Robert Champion, died in 2011 after involvement in a hazing incident. The national board plans to hold two or three meetings at the beginning of the 2012- Jeannette Evans, who owns and operates the Mad Batter Bakery and Caf, thinks that alcohol could help make Cullowhee more dy- namic. T feel that its the right thing to do to ask voters what they. feel like doing, said Ev- , ans, who thinks that selling beer and wine could help her business. Obviously local business- es are currently torn between advocating the safety of driv- ers and the well-being of the community. On one hand, alcohol in Cullowhee could mean in- creased business for estab- lished, companies, new busi- ' nesses in the future and would increase the safety of the resi- dents of Cullowhee. However, like Cats Nip Caf manager Robin Lang stated, not having a defined business district could make Cullowhee vulnerable. Latig also pointed out that the problem with no zoning is that it may be a slippery slope. Another problem with al- cohol in Cullowhee is that many are. concerned with public health issues, especial- ly relating to WCU students. . The drive to Sylva for alcohol may give students time to re- consider their nightly plans, but having it conveniently "FILE PHOTO BY KALEN QUINN PIT Og a es Sa eit enjoy a beer at O'Malley's Pub and Grill. Soon, Cullowhee restaurants may be able to serve beer located off campus, the in- centive to drink is greatly in- creased. y - With the alcohol referen- dum coming up quick, Cullo- Whee residents must begin reseatching the possible out- comes of their vote and de- cide which is more important to them: the safety of alcohol consumers living in Cullo- whee or the convenience of having alcohol sold in Cullo- whee: Starnes beamed to FAMU anti- -hazing committee 13 academic year. Starnes talks about the committee and what it repre- sents in saying, My philoso- phy on it is that this organiza- tion starts from the top. The dont ask dont tell policy is. the issue in which the kids are afraid to say anything. Speaking of Westeth Car- olinas band, the Pride of the Mountains, Starnes said haz- ing is nonexistent. _ Our philosophy here is there is no tolerance of it. We dont have that issue here, Starnes said. There is a respect level that comes with the respect of the orga- nization. We are not in this to eam your spot, we are in this to create a complete and safe environment. Comparing other pro- grams to WCU, Starnes said, In some programs where hazing is evident, its about individuals proving ee selves to the membership. Here, we accept them for themselves, not for what they should prove. We accept them for the basis of their talent and for the level of self respect, he added. i 1
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