THE RIDGERUNNER November 6, 1975 Page 5
EDITORIAL
Life of A Commuting Freshman Is Full
of Unending Excitement and Pleasure
PR More Important
Than Students?
Universities are established for
the purpose of, among other things,
providing a service to the students
who attend it. That service, obvious
ly, is educating. In order to provide
this service, a minimum of supporting
facilities must be available. At UNCA,
at least one of these facilities is in
short supply-parking space.
According to Business Office offi
cial John Neuse, a total of 1832 park
ing stickers have been di-stributed
thus far this year. Sam Millar, head
of the Maintenance Department^reports
a total of 780 parking spaces on cam
pus including 12 handicapped spaces.
Not all the cars to which the 1832
parking stickers are attached will be
on campus at any one time, but these
figures do indicate a severe parking
space shortage.
Tne problem is bad enough as it is,
without the administration making it
worse, as they have done recently.
Within the last month, the UNCA campus
has seen no less than four conferences,
programs, or events for people other
than UNCA students. Masses of non-stu
dents have swarmed the campus, wander
ing into classrooms while students are
attempting to take tests, blocking stu
dents in parking lots, and/or parking
in student designated spaces. At two
of the events, the administration has
had the gall to instruct the UNCA secu
rity force to prohibit students from
parking in student parking lots-a
right paid for by the students.
Someone in the building opposite
the library obviously has his priori
ties wrong. Public relations schemes
for the university should not be at
the expense and inconvenience of.those
the university exists to serve.
Ridgerunner Staff
the university of north corolino
at Qsheville
EDITOR-David Ramseur
Managing Editor-Len Crowley
Acting Business Manager-Bob Lehman
Faculty Advisor-Bob Farzanegan
Staff:
Lay-out Editor-Amy Arnold
Writers/Reporters-Brynn Brown, Allison
Phillips, Forrest Reid, Jackie Stephen
son, Tim Thielke, Tom Wernike
Sports Writer-Randy Ernst
Cartoonist-David Cohen
Artist-Joan Adams
Typists-Becky Brown, Gail Smith
Photographers-Everette Corn, Wayne Johnson
By TIM THIELKE
I find that life
as a commuting col
lege freshman 1s most
exciting. I go to
bed every mght be
tween ten o'clock and
midnight. Typically,
the following morning
sees me roll drunken-
ly from bed at six-
thirty to grope for
my clanging alarm
clock. This is the
first thing that I do
every day. The next
thing I do is return
to bed and go back to
sleep. A person can
tel I that I'm really
anxious to start the
day.
I live in Oteen.
My Datsun truck and
I, as welI as the
many other commuters
from my side of town,
have memorized every
hole, bump, quick
food joint, and red
light on Tunnel Road.
Speaking of red lights,
there are no less
than eight of them be
tween me and UNCA.
They alI turn red
when I'm late. If
I'm reaI late, they
stay red longer.
I have math class
at eight o'clock
every day of the week.
Studying such things as
exponential notation,
polynomials, and quad
ratic equations so
early in the morning
IS a good way to stunt
your brain. Some
mornings I walk a-
round in a daze mum
bling things like "x"
is equal to the neg
ative of b plus or
minus the square root
of b squared plus
4ac..."
I have a speech
class at 10:20. I
like everything about
speech but making
speeches. I like
speeches too, but
only when they're
over.
On Tuesdays and
Thursdays I attend a
Humanities discussion
session right after
my 10:20 speech class.
Every day I have to
ask myself, "Is
Today a Tuesday or
Thursday?" Sometimes
I can't even remember
if I've eaten lunch,
much less what day it
is.
Nearly all fresh
men have a Humanities
lecture at one o’clock
Some of the lectures
are very interesting.
Some of them are very
boring, too. One time
I went to sleep and
drooled on my shirt.
In the afternoon 1
study in the library.
The library is a very
quiet place. It’s easy
to go to sleep in the
library, and its hard
for a person to study
when he's asleep. So
sometimes I study at
home. I know that I
won't go to sleep at
home. I have two sis
ters, a brother, and
a mom and dad. My
brother likes "Batman,"
"Gilligan's," "I Love
Lucy," "Hogan's Heroes,"
and "The FIintstones."
My sisters like "Cher,"
"Tony Orlando and Dawn,"
and "Hee Haw." Mom
and Dad like "The
Rockford Files,"
"Streets of San Fran
cisco," "Baretta," and
"Saturday, Sunday, Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday and Fri
day Night at the Mov
ies." I like it bet
ter when I study in
the library.
So as one exiting
day ends, another be
gins. I go to bed
every night between
ten o'clock and mid
night. Typically, the
following morning sees
me roll drunkenly from
bed at 6:30 to grope
for my clanging alarm...
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two in some areas.
Others will be incom
plete, due to lack of
"expertise" in certain
fields. The Steering
Committee will make an
analysis of these re
ports and formulate re
commendations to give
to the Chancellor.
Deason said he would
like to get "immediate
recommendations so the
Chancellor can give
some immediate respon
ses."
The Sub-Committees
are "now moving fairly
well." The Specia-T.
Progarms Committee had
problems getting start
ed, although it is now
functional, and the
Publications and Broad
casting Committee al
ready released their
final report. Title IX,
a federal law that pro
hibits sex discrimina
tion in any federally
financed education pro
gram or activity, will
receive analysis from
the Athletic Committee.
According to Deason,
the faculty has been
very cooperative in
their work on the com
mittees, although they
are, of course, being
paid to serve. Two
complaints by the fac
ulty are: 1) that
many of them are in
fields in which they
have no expertise, and
2) the students are
not participating
enough by often miss
ing meetings.
The final recommend
ations of the Five
Year Plan on Student
Services are due at
the end of this semes
ter.