The Pros and Cons of WCC
Recently, members of the staff, faculty, and student body were asked to tell what they liked and disliked about Wilkes Community College. Here’s the results:
PROS VS, CONS
Gail Waugh - all buildings are easily accessible
Tamera Grayson • teachers are genuinely interested in students, the students
are enthusiastic, and the campus is beautiful
Lura Myers • teachers are easily accessible for conferences, WCC is a good
place to start if one is not sure of one’s major, and WCC offers a good variety of
programs including the fine arts
Alida Cardo • the small atmosphere
Angela Holbrook - friendly people
David McMillian - lots of women
Heather Semen - the intellectual and personal freedom you have at WCC
compared to high school
Michael Woodruff - the teacher’s willingness to help students
Greg Boyle - table tennis.
Beverly Thompion > small classes
Jenny Moretz • you can leave after you finish taking your tests
Rajan Patel - the girls
Erika Hunt - all the pretty flowers
Cassie Ooten - the teachers are cool
Becky Mann - the students are friendly and easy to teach, and the campus is
beautiful
As this survey shows, the pros outweigh the cons by a considerable amount. Most people seem to like it here at the college. Some people couldn’t even think of
anything bad to say about it, so even though nothing’s perfect, WCC may not be far from it.
■Amber Burgess
-not enough cultural events
-equipment is outdated, campus isn’t handicap friendly and need better climate
control
obsolete equipment
-not enough technology
-not enough student involvement in extracurricular activities
-not enough student involvement
-expensive books you have to buy
-not enough support for athletics financially
-8 o’clock classes
-can’t think of any
-none
-can’t think of one
-none
-can’t think of one
-can’t think of one
How Promote Peace,
Contentment, Joy?
Once upon that proverbial time, a powerful king, rich in land and gold and
silver, longed for humankind’s most precious treasure: happiness.
"Why am I so sad, so dissatisfied with my life?” he wondered. "With all my
wealth, why can I not find joy, peace, contentment?’’
He consulted his counselors, and they offered many suggestions, several
briefly noted below:
•Import savory foods to sharpen the palate. With Your Majesty’s appetite
sated, you will be content.
*Order a new suit of.regal clothing. Clothes make the man or the king.
•Create gambling fever. Open a casino and let the fools lose. Only the royal
coffers will profit. Extra gold always makes one joyful.
•Raise taxes and add more gold to the royal coffers.
•Judge a beauty contest. Your Majesty. That’s always exciting and good for
lots of laughs.
•Combine that contest with a tourttament featuring the best jousters. Nothing
like beauty and a litde blood to create interest and joy.
•Find an excuse to invade that ridiculous kingdom on our borders.
Experience the excitement of battle and profit from the spoils of victory. After
subjugating the enemy, Your Majesty can enjoy true peace.
There were many other bits of "professional” advice, but the king dismissed
his cousenlors and their proposals.
Then, he had an idea: "I must have a new castle,” he thought, "a lavish
structure ten times the size of my present stronghold. Within its environs, I will
find contentment, happiness.”
He summoned his architect and ordered "an enchanted palace as pleasing to
the eye as to the heart. Can you provide so glorious an edifice?”
"Most assuredly, Your Majesty,” bowed the architect. "I can create the
world’s most magnificent palace complete with the grandest interiors.”
"Excellent! Start immediately and employ whatever builders and artisans you
require. Spare no gold on the project.
"And mind this, architect: I would have high ceilings with stout oak beams
and intricately carved doors and lush drapes and colorful tapestries. I must have
the best of everything. Am I understood?”
"Perfectly, Your Majesty.”
"One last demand: My new palace, my home, must inspire peace and
oontentment. Joy must reign supreme.”
The architect hesitated before he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, 1 fear I have
neither the means nor the knowledge to inspire such rare, if not priceless, gifts.
Only you, Sire, can promote such valuables.”
What Plans?
School has just started and many
people are just now getting into the
groove of college. Even though it is the
beginning of school, many people are
already planning for the future. Every
one’s schedule is probably set for the
entirety of the year due to most classes
taking three quarters to complete. But
what then? TTiere is another year to
plan for. While I was walking around
the college I gathered some different
plans concerning the next year. Sopho
more Daniel Settle plans to transfer to
Appalachian and major in Infor
mation Systems in the Business Pro
gram. Sophomore Scotty Sparks also
plans to enter the Business Program at
Appalachian and major in Finance,
Insurance, and Risk. Freshman Jimmy
Hincher plans to attend another year
at Wilkes and complete die basics
before transferring to a four-year insti
tution. Freshman Trent Wright also
plans to return to Wilkes to complete
his associate degree in Business Manage
ment. Sophomore Tommy Rhodes
plans to start working for the Wilkes-
boro Police Department while attend
ing Wilkes on a part-time level. Fresh
man Jason Shumate plans on attend
ing another year at Wilkes to achieve
his basics before entering a four-year
institution, while having a good time
in the process. I plan on transferring
to Appalachian where I will major in
the Sales Representation part of the
Business Program and minor in Music.
-Eric Nathan Harris
Answer Halloween’s
Big Question
Whether you’re going trick-or-
treating or just partying this October
31, one question will haunt your mind
sure as Casper until it is firmly .an
swered: "What shall I go as this year?”
These few precautions and sug
gestions from a hauntingly good
staff...
Ghosts don’t stand a ^ost of a
chance with all those ghostbusters
about. Boos just don’t scare them off
these days.
That lean and hungry look is the
key to a skeleton’s boniness. A crash
diet is definitely in order.
Standard witches sweeping along
on brooms shouldn’t be caught dead
without their seat belts fastened. They
do make brooms more costly, how
ever.
Good witches, like Samantha of
Bewitched, cast spells and transport
themselves with nose twitches. A little
mirror practice is highly recom
mended.
Black cats run enough risks for
almost all nine lives, i.e., becoming
someone’s cat’s-paw, taking a cat nap
and missing all the fun, getting caught
in catty remarks, or annoying humans
by crossing their paths and being
shunned.
Final suggestion: If you’re insisting
on going traditional, it might be as
well to scare up at least a nodding
acquaintance with Batman and
Robin (sure to be patrolling all night)
for some extra protection.
Whatever you decide, be sure to
boo, rattle, cackle, twitch or
meow/purr your way to a good haunt,
anyway.