I am a member of an Intramural CoEd Softball team. Recently our team was playing in the Playoffs. The team we were playing had one extra player they wanted to let hit, so they stuck him in at the 11th postion in the batting order. The umpire (we will not […]
Day: April 24, 2001
Ill-Planned War On Drugs Ruins More Lives
The menacing sound of a helicopter made its way through the Cullowhee valley Sunday night, furthering, no doubt, the looming power of the US government’s war on drugs. This happened just as a reporter on TV told how Peruvian planes shot down a plane carrying two American missionaries. The plane […]
WCU Responds to State Budget Crunch
WCU was recently asked to submit a plan to the state for a potential budget reduction that reflected a seven percent cut in the budget for the years 2001-2003. These cuts are only WCU’s response to the state’s request to formulate a budget cut plan; no cuts are definite at […]
Potential Budget Reductions
Members of the Campus Community: In correspondence to you earlier today, I pledged to keep you informed as the University deals with the very difficult state budget situation. Western, along with all UNC institutions, was required to submit to a Legislative subcommittee a potential budget reduction plan based on a […]
Bond Projects to Begin in August
Plans for the $98.1 million that WCU received under the bond referendum approved last November are spread out over the next six years and will begin with the construction of the Fine and Performing Arts Building. Andrew Comrie, director of WCU’s Physical Plant, said the plans for the building will […]
_________Chancellor Announces Important Budget Information
Members of the Campus Community: Last week, Vice Chancellor Chuck Wooten informed you that we have received word of a significant, potential budget cut. Weare in the process of preparing a plan for a possible cut of 7 percent. If implemented, this budget reduction would take placeJuly 1. Planning for […]
Fire Alarms Undermine Significance of Warning
When the fire alarm sounds in a residence hall in the middle of the night, sending students out of their beds and outside the building, many students wonder what could have caused the alarm. So what are the reasons behind the incessant squawking and blinking of the alarms that are […]
Chancellor’s Teaching Award Nominees Announced
Four faculty members were recently nominated for the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an educator at WCU. The 168 faculty members who were initially nominated for the award were narrowed to a field of four by a committee which examined each nominee’s teaching […]
