Wednesday, October 10, 1984/THE BLUE BANNER/2
Who rules UNCA?
During last Thursday’s General Education Review
session a student arose, waved her checkbook at the
assembly, and proceeded, as she claimed, to speak for
the entire student body..
She said student fees pay the faculty salaries,
therefore students are in charge, in coomand, the
bosses, at UNCA.
She said UNCA students are adults and as such
should be able to choose for themselves what courses
to take or not take; they should not have to meet any
requirements for graduation other than passing class
es totaling a certain number of credit hours.
This student may in fact represent a segment of
UNCA's student body. However, she by no means repre
sents the entire student thinking on campus.
For example, any aware student realizes that his
or her UNCA tuition is miniscule conq>ared to fees at
private universities. Perhaps teachers' salaries at
private institutions are paid largely by students.
However, at state universities approximately 85 per
cent of the total operating budget, which includes
faculty salaries, comes from state funding.
As to whether UNCA students are adults, those
over 21 might think back to when they were 17 and 18
years old and decide whether or not they were then
making truly adult decisions. Undoubtedly some were.
Undoubtedly others were not.
And all students, age aside, should consider whe
ther college freshmen of any age have the necessary
knowledge to choose those courses that will turn a
highschool graduate into a well-rounded, well-educa
ted college graduate.
Afterall, one usually takes driver's ed before
hitting the hi^iways. But what course prepares one to
hit the canpus?
A university has a vested interest in the success
and reputation of its graduates. If it turns out mo
rons or lop-sided individuals, versed in one disci
pline, but illiterate in most others, it is a failure
as a liberal arts institution.
UNCA describes itself as a liberal arts insti
tution. Therefore it must require its students to
acquire at least a general facility in a broad spec
trum of disciplines. If students want to concentrate
their learning efforts exclusively in one area, they
should attend a technical school, not a liberal arts
university.
I.
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Pi Lambda Phi
A fraternity of good guys’
By Don Hardin
When I arrived at UNCA
in the fall of 1983, I was
slightly disappointed.
I thought there would be
more going on. Everyone
just stayed in their rooms
and kept to themselves.
I had no idea that I
would be joining a frater
nity. In fact, I had ny
mind set against it before
I even came to college.
After about two weeks of
going to class and doing
nothing else, I decided to
get involved.
In high school I had a
pretty good time, but only
because I was involved.
At UNCA I saw nothing to
get involved in.
It was then that I found
out about Pi Lambda Phi.
I stayed in the dorm one
weekend because I heard
that a fraternity was
giving a party. I met
most of the brothers and,
to ny surprise, they
turned out to be genuinely
good guys.
I thought nothing more
about it until I received
an invitation to pledge
the fraternity.
Then, I didn't know what
to think. Three of my
friends also received
bids.
We were all a bit skep
tical at first, but then
we found out that Pi
Lambda Phi allowed no
hazing during initiation
or otherwise.
My friends and I then
accepted the bids to join
Pi Lambda Phi.
Every fraternity has its
secrets and Pi Lambda Phi
is no exception. There
are some things that only
a brother or a pledge of
Pi Lambda Phi should know.
I can say that there is
no physical abuse or pun
ishment involved in ini
tiation or pledging. I
can also say that no alco
hol or drugs of any kind
are involved.
Pi Lambda Phi, founded
at Yale University in
1895, is called the "first
non-sectarian fraternity."
Other fraternities at
that time, as they still
do today, discriminated on
the basis of race, creed,
national origin, and even,
religion.
Pi Lambda Phi does not.
I am proud to be a mem
ber of this organization
and I am also glad to say
that we follow through
with our main objective:
to be non-sectarian in
choosing our pledges.
The UNCA chapter of Pi
Lambda Phi has initiated
brothers from such diverse
places as Holland, Eng
land, Japan, and Guam, and
currently have pledges
from Bermuda smd Belgium.
Last year we added our
Little Sisters, who have
been a great help to us.
The Little Sisters are a
group of hard-working, en
ergetic young ladies that
give the fraternity much
needed help in organizing
social and fund-raising
functions.
Many famous men have
been brothers in the more
than 40 chapters of Pi
Lambda Phi Fraternity.
They include: Sandy
Koufax, former profession
al baseball star; Artis
Gilmore, professional bas
ketball star; Richard
Rogers and Oscar Hamner-
stein, famous conq)osing
team; Rafer Johnson,
Olympic decathlon cham
pion, and torchbearer for
the 1984 Olympics; and
Howard Cosell, who needs
no description.
Pi Lambda Phi means
social activities, road
trips, togetherness, bro
therhood, and sister
hood, but most of all, it
means a good time.