- Campaign: Geology professor starts scholarship
- WCU promotes student voting with Campus Compact Initiative grant
- WCU shoreline program opens coastal station at USC Beaufort
- Concert/jam session series to kick off Nov. 6 at Mountain Heritage Center
- WCU Students present at N.C. Campus Compact Conference Nov. 8
- Novelist who went from crime labs to crime fiction to visit WCU Nov. 18
- WCU to offer Stained Glass Workshop Nov. 6-Dec.18
- Nov. 17 info session set in Asheville for doctor of education program
- Political science professor elected president of international honor society
- Starnes appointed to N.C. Historical Commission
The charges come after seven students who admitted to being involved were interviewed by campus police, N.C. Wildlife Resources officers and the U.S. Secret Service, which is authorized to protect presidential candidates.
Investigators reported that they found no political or racial motives behind the students’ actions. The bear was discovered Monday, Oct. 20, with two Barack Obama campaign posters on its head.
Findings were provided to the district attorney, who prosecutes all criminal cases filed in the district and advises law enforcement on whether criminal charges are warranted.
Independently, university officials are reviewing the incident with regard to possible violations of the Student Code of Conduct. The code includes a process for handling possible violations, and proceedings that arise from possible code violations are confidential. Disciplinary actions can range from a warning to expulsion from all University of North Carolina institutions. For information about the student code, go to the Department of Student Community Ethics’ Web site at http://dsce.wcu.edu/.
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Last modified: Friday, Oct. 24, 2008