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CAMPUS VIEWS Our Take Parking at Western Carolina University has various issues, as can be expected on a college campus, and com- plaints have been made by residents and commuters, alike. To combat the issues, Western Carolinas Student Gov- ernment Association (SGA) aided in the creation of an en- tirely new parking map that is planned to be enforced this upcoming fall 2016 semester. The new map includes changes to commuter, residential and metered parking lots. There is already one metered lot that gives direct access to the Forsyth and Coulter buildings, as well as the Univer- sity Plaza in the middle of campus. The problem is that this lot is not used very often. In my two years here at Western Carolina, I have never seen the lot completely or even close to full. It seems to be a waste of parking spaces, and now there is going to be an entire additional lot with the same purpose. Many students, including myself, feel that this lot should be given a different purpose (either residential or commuter) because it will get more use that way. Iam a commuter who lives an hour away from campus - and Ihave an opinion on the commuter lot changes as well. While it is obvious that the meetings regarding the parking changes were open to everyone and I could have attended them in order to voice my opinion, I was not informed of them and was unable to do so. Therefore, I am going to briefly discuss my concerns here in a hope that more changes will be made to better accommodate everyone in - the future. i The first concern I have about the new commuter lots (which have all been moved away from the middle of campus and more towards the outskirts) is safety. Safety, particularly after dark, has been a recurring campus issue. Itis common for students to feel uncomfortable walking around campus after dark alone. With the new placement of the commuter lots, it will be impossible for me (and other commuters) to walk to my vehicle and feel safe if I need to stay on campus after dark because all of the lots are located a fairly long walking distance from the main academic - buildings. Another main concern I have is the additional time now added to the commutes of individuals who live off-campus. I live an hour away from campus and if I am going to park * on campus I normally add an additional thirty minutes so - thatIam not late to class due to difficulty finding a parking * space. I do not know if the wait time on a parking space will become longer with these new changes, but there will defi- : nitely be added time for commuters to either walk to class : from their vehicles or wait for the proposed shuttle. For * students with early morning classes, this will likely result * inmany miserable starts to their days. A third main concern is the raised price of acommuter - parking pass for the upcoming fall 2016 semester. I fully * understand that the price of a parking pass rises every se- mester, but due to the upcoming parking changes I feel like they should have either stayed the same or been increased slightly. I do not know how comfortable I feel about paying close to $300 to park fairly far away from the main academic buildings on campus and having to walk to and from my vehicle, maybe after dark, at least once every day. _ Thave other concerns about these changes, but these are the main three that I wanted to share. I am not arguing that SGA and the university made terrible decisions with the . new map and need to change them, I am simply voicing my concerns with these changes as. a commuter so that future decisions may take them into account. Our Staff Emily Dorsey, Editor-in-Chief 203 A&B A.K. Hinds University Center Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 828-783-0093 Sete tet gh at el a8 ot Bat Bk nt hin Lex Menz, Journalism Adviser Imenz@westerncarolinian.com Dr. Mary Adams, Faculty Adviser Jordan Freeman, Junior Editor Madeline Moore, Junior Editor Kristina Tingler, Copy Editor Jake Browning, Staff Writer Anna Crisp, Staff Writer Ronnie Davia, Staff Writer Jessica Potter, Staff Writer Matt Whalen, Staff Writer Emily Ashton, Photographer Breanna Taylor, Volunteer Photographer Kristen Lund, Volunteer Cartoonist Camden Massey, Designer Abbie Findley, Designer The Western Carolinian P.0. Box 66 Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 emilymdorsey@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/wcunews www.thewesterncarolinian.com - Cartoon A Plea from the Mountains Dillon Jeffrey Submission In an attempt equal- ly brazen and misguid- ed, I here attempt to cease the paving over of our once-secluded, beauteous campus, through the only way I know how. Certain as the gla- ciers preceded us, I realize the changes I have witnessed to this campus are far from the first. In fact, nearly all of the campus I see before me today is far from original. It would be blind of me to assume otherwise, and stubborn bliss is not the way I wish to proceed. Thad the pleasure of being instructed, dur- ing my first semester at this industrializing campus, by a professor being as long in the tooth as he was in the wind. That is to say, he, as all men sooner or later become, was a man of many nostalgic words. In the midst of one of his twice- daily ramblings, he bestowed upon us the knowledge that he was present and teaching at this university when it consisted of 1,000 students. He knew the names of every person he saw. I can but long for those days. Those days when this school was not simply in the moun- tains, it was of the ~ mountains. Those days captured by the pho- tographs now painted over in the dining hall; replaced by pictures of nature that serve only to remind people of the time when they did not have to travel off-campus to view the real thing. When Bobs was the dominant store; now, incoming freshmen will not rec- ognize the name of an establishment that has stood by Westerns side nearly since its incep- tion. A newer, bigger, better building has taken its place, or will, shortly. An eyesore Bobs was only to those who have no under- standing of history. When I searched for colleges, I saw that Western had just hit 10,000 students and I thought: this is the time to go. Oh how wrong my youthful heart has proven to be! The time to go has come and gone; I missed the mark by 20 years at the least, more realistically 50. Many would say this institution is in its hay day. I would strongly disagree. Western Caro- lina University is not, should not, be a busi- ness, making deci- sions based solely off of monetary values. Western Carolina University is a place for a different breed of student to escape the upscale world in which they were born and to experience the fullness of the natural world while receiv- ing an education both enthralling and prac- tical. But Fate goes ever as fate must. If that was not quite to your fancy, palate this instead: Sic Transit Gloria. Regardless, both are true, and both will be forgotten. I chose this college because of the campus. I loved it the way it was: downtown Cullo- whee with its burned- down Subway, Bobs, the T-shirt store, and that hairdresser. I even loved the shady ATM. Now the grind of bulldozers has bur- ied the tribute to the Cullowhee Lily, as well as the continuity of in- dividual, nature-kids enrollment. With the defacing of landscape which is occurring, hopeful attendees will see concrete instead of pine, glass instead of avian variety, pave- ment instead of wild- flowers. It is difficult for me to imagine what this campus will look like when all of these renovations are com- plete, but I pray this place I call home will not be replaced with a Boone-mirror. Had I wished for the met- ropolitan feel I would have gone to State. In LETTERS POLICY 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- fact, when I told my high school advisor | I planned to attend Western, she looked almost offended and told me I could do far better. I can proudly say that I could not have done any better than Western Carolina University. Be this fact as it may, I fear, nay, I know ensuing genera- tions will not be able to experience the full meaning of Western Carolina. They will get an urbanized, over- flowing, gilded shell of the University I loved, and still love. That is why I plead, on hands and knees, with watered eyes and a heart burdened with realism, for the end of construction on this campus. The counter- argument is clearly that we as a university are growing, and we must accommodate our incoming students. And yes, I fully grasp that as we grow we will be able to assist our ailing community in greater ways. But it is not from selfish means that I make this plea. I beg for the mountains, which can- not beg for themselves, I dictate what I see as I traverse this once- great campus; and when I see trees felled and stacked by the wayside, to be replaced with spiritless gray matter, I cry tears from Emerson. 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 wil] 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. A cS EER EE IIL EOI EEE ET TOL I 1 ag NR NO

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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 Carolinian in 1933.
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