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THE VOICE OF WILtCES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 3
WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
JANUARY 16, 1995
^^Have A Good Year**
Note New Year
Customs
The New Year has been celebrated
as a holy festival since early times.
The Jews kept the Feast of Trum
pets; the Druids made sacrifices, some
times human, to their gods. In many
counties gifts were exchanged on the
New Year, and in Scotland it used to
be allowable to ask for a gift on that
day.
The open house custom is English.
The doors of all houses were opened
at midnight on New Year’s Eve so that
the spirit of the Old Year might go
out, taking old habits and foolish mis
takes, and the spirit of the New Year
might come in with bright new
resolutions.
Dean’s List
Wilkes Community College’s
dean’s list for fall quarter includes 153
students.
To qualify, full-time students must
earn a 3.5 grade point average or more
out of a possible 4.0. Students who
qualified are as follows:
North Wilkesboro
Mary Elizabeth Absher, Lora Joanne
Adams, Crystal Dawn Barbour,
Sherry Braswell Barrier, Christy Dar
lene Blevins, Sherrie Lee Boggs, Billie
Jo Bullard, Melinda Cherice Elledge,
Patricia Jennings Freeman, William
Edward Hall, Matthew David Hog
gins, Pamela D. Huffman, Amanda
Jean Johnson, Lance Eugene Love,
Jason Paul Maloney, Henrietta Mar
tin, Brian Vincent Mathis, Robin
Aliena Nance, Norma Jean Osborne,
Rajeshwari Pravin Patel, Stephen
Wayne Patrick, Sosandra Arietta
Roberts, Barbara Kemp Shatley, Kris-
tee Leigh Shumate, Tina Sue Smith,
Rebecca M. Taylor, Christopher Dee
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This Christmas 1 went to Barcelona, Spain and 1 visited one particular church
that gave us the word gaudy, Mr. Gaudy designed it and needless to say his name
describes it. There were many colors on the steeple such as blue, pink and green.
The church has designs with many people and pine trees with doves on them.
Among other things there was a magic square on the wall which 1 learned how to
complete in my Precalculus class.
Attention: Students
Planning to Graduate
From WCC In 1995
The 1995 Commencement Ceremony is set for Friday, May 26, 1995 at 5:00
p.m. in the JAWCC Van Every Auditorium. Planning is already underway for
the many details to be executed.
Please keep the following checklist nearby as a reminder:
Feb. 2-6 Spring Quarter schedules to be mailed to all residents in our
service area and other appropriate students.
Feb. 14-17 Early Registration Spring Quarter
Complete Application for Graduation and Pay Graduation Fee
March 6 Spring Quarter Registration Day
Complete Application for Graduation and Pay Graduation Fee
March 7 Spring Quarter First Day of Classes
March 13 Deadline for Payment of Graduation Fees
May 26 1995 WCC Commencement Ceremony
Chechnya
Affairs
In late 1991 Chechnya declared its
independence from the democractic
Russia. This move, which was led by
Chechen president Jokher Vydayer,
was overshadowed by Russia’s con
version to democracy after the col
lapse of the Soviet Union. Chechnya,
a providence of Russia, is a small
country at the southwestern tip of
Russia which makes up about 1% of
the Russian Federation. Chechnya’s
first efforts to secede itself from the
Russian Federation began in the last
century with Czarist Russia, which
launched a 47 year war. In 1991
Chechny proclaimed its independence
from Democratic Russia. Negotiations
to disrupt the bid for independence
have remained peaceful.
But last fall Moscow began to med
dle in Chechen affairs, which led to 21
Russian soldiers’ capture. After che-
chen forces threatened to execute the
soldiers Moscow threatened to inter
vene. On December 11 Yeltsin sent in
as many as 40,000 troops, into
Chechnya. After both sides appeared
to be retreating due to the blood-
soaked battles, Yeltsin issued an
ultimatum for the Chechens to sur
render their weapons or he would
issue missle strikes on strategic targets
in Grozny, the Chechen capital. On
December 16 Chechen president
Dudayen agreed to reopen negotia
tions. But not a single weapon had
been surrendered and the missile
strikes began.
Yeltsn had significant motives for
ordering the invasion. Chechnya is
vital to the unstable Russian econ
omy. An essential oil pipeline and
railroad line run through the center of
Chechnya. It is also the center of the
Russian mafia which controls the
army and drug flow into Russia, which
will have to be terminated. But Yeltsin
also probably saw this as an opportun
ity to boost his popularity with the
Russian people, which had dropped
from 61% approval to 40%. Yeltsin’s
move has ultimately backfired.
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