3 SEPTEMBER 1996 THE COUGAR CRY
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President's Welcome cont'd...
in attaining your educational goals.
There are some changes un
derway on our campus; the most ob
vious of which is the construction of
our new Learning Resources and Stu
dent Center. We apologize for the
resulting inconveniences in parking
and ask for your cooperation. Another
less obvious but also important
change underway is that of the
reengineering of all of our curricula
and the preparation for converting to
the semester system by the Fall of‘97.
Beginning Fall 1997, you will also
find it easier to transfer credits be
tween community colleges and uni
versities as a result of a statewide
Comprehensive Transfer Agreement
currently being written. We believe
that these changes will ultimately ben
efit you, the student, and rest assured
that any changes will not jeopardize
your previous course work. We at
WCC pledge our every effort to help
make the transition as smooth as pos
sible.
Again, I welcome you. It is
great to have you here at WCC and
best wishes for a great year!
Gordon Bums
PARKING CONTINUED...
for its students. Some colleges don’t
have near enough parking to accom
modate their students. Sometimes
freshmen and sophomores aren’t al
lowed to park on campus at all be
cause of the lack of parking spaces.
Their parking fees are an outrageous
amount of money, and you still have
to walk a mile to class. Wilkes Com
munity College will have enough
parking for the students this year, but
you may have to walk a good bit if
you don’t get here early.
Additional parking will be
available to the students of WCC this
year. Security will be directing traf
fic the first few days of classes so
you will be able to find out where
you can and should park. Additional
parking areas will be the two gravel
lots between the Walker Center
building and the Beacon building, the
graveled spot from the caboose to the
Watson Cabin, and the marked park
ing spaces in front of the Power Me-
chanics building. Don’t be too
stressed out over this; a new parking
lot will be ready before the building
is finished. This lot will allow park
ing for faculty and staff, so that we
will have more parking spaces freed
up for the students’ use.
Security would advise all stu
dents to have proper parking stickers.
These stickers, purchased during reg
istration, should be displayed on the
rear driver's side of your vehicle.
Without the stickers, students will get
tickets. If your vehicle happens to be
in the shop, and you have to drive your
parent's car, PLEASE DON’T PARK
IN THE VISITORS' PARKING! This
will cost you a $7 fine. In this case,
place a note in the window of the car
with your parking sticker number and
the reason you’re not displaying a
sticker. This will save you a lot of
hassle. Also, security advises all stu
dents to observe the 15 mph speed
limit while on campus. People, this
is a must. Pedestrians will be cross
ing the streets more than ever, so be
careful. Finally, please do not park
on curbs or streets. You wouldn’t
want your vehicle sideswiped, would
you?
If we would please be patient
with this parking situation, we will all
be less stressed about it. Please
carpool when you can, and when you
can’t, park and stay there. Walking
is very good for you! BP
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