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2/The Blue Banner/Thursday, Feb. 13,1986 Student motivation Any businessman will agree that motivation is a key factor in any profession. As college students, our: profession is to learn as much as we can while here at UNCA. Learning re quires motivation on the. part of the student and the teacher. And students often look to professors to give us extra motivation. However, we frequently find that instructors lack motivation. This disturbing reality, addressed by a study done by Carnegie Founda tion for the Advancement of Teaching, illus trates how widespread feelings of discontent are within the teaching profession. The survey, published in Parade magazine, surveyed 5,000 college teachers and found some disturbing resiilts. The survey found that 75 percent of the professors expressed that the salaries have lagged behind the rates of in flation. This dissatisfaction with salaries may be attributable to the 21 percent who said they would not choose teaching if they had to make a career choice again. And 38 percent ad mitted they were thinking seriously of depart ing the teaching profession within the next five years. With such high percentages of discontented instructors, the issue arises of what effect and how much effect their feelings of dissat isfaction has on their students. The quality of the professor is bound to suffer if the professor feels his salary is inadequate or is constantly looking for other job opportuni ties. The professor needs to remember that while here at UNCA, the job of teaching is to be their main priority. One UNCA professor has the definition of a student on the office door that summarizes the importance of the student and the role we play in relation to the teachers. The definition reminds teachers that stu dents are the reason they are here and we are not to be merely tolerated, but appreciated. When students come by for assistance during office hours, teachers need to consider it an effort on the student’s part to learn more, not as an inconvenience to the teacher. If this definition is put into practice, the result will be a mutual respect between the teacher and the student that will enhance the conditions for both parties. The Blue Banner Joan Sterk News Editor David Proffitt Assistant News Editor Scott Luckadoo Sports Editor John Gill Entertainment Editor Michele Samuel Photography Editor jonna McGrath Business Manager Jolene Moody Circulation Manager . , Michele Samuel Advisor Greg |_isby STAFF Philip Alexander Paul Brock Leslie McCullough Don Hardin Christopher Allison Pat Cabe Tracy Moore Kenneth Hardy Julie Ball Sherry Cathcart Angela Pickelsin^ier Donna McCown Kirby Casey Baluss John Coutlakis Margaret Powell John Leon Monica Bonikowski Christina Deyton Kelly Smith The BLUE BANNER is the University of North Carolina at Asheville student newspaper. We publish each Thursday Nothing or opinion sections necessarily represents the position of the entire BANNER staff, the staff Association, administration or faculty. Editorials repre«snt the opinion of a ib^”It^CA “ Public forum for s I 'f’? *** con«deri them for publication on the basis of interest, timelines., letters and articles should be typed double-spoced, or printed legibly. They should '■>' I” " “i-. » UNC. „ *• "t--' •3% K06 College Press Service Dueling Terminals Editor’s note: Dueling Terminals is an attempt to present opposing sides of an issue. The columnist may or may not be arguing a particular viewpoint with which he/she agrees. Open Parking Pro By Jonna McGrath ' What if UNCA had cjompletely open park ing*? Except for handi capped spaces, we would be free to park on campus anywhere we pleased—green curbs and red curbs would mean nothing. And the administration and staff would learn what it is like to leave for work half an hour early to find a space. The administration doesn’t know what it is like not to have a space v/ith their names on it. V/hen their spaces are tak en or the administra tion is moved, as was the case when the asbestos had to be removed from the Phillips Building and the offices were moved to Lipinski, spaces in the parking lot across from the Village were changed jFrom resident parking to fa cult v/staff parking. After the asbestos crew cleaned phillips and the administra tion was settled into their offices, the parking places re mained marked for the faculty for the re mainder of the semes ter. What a waste! With an open park ing system, the race would be on each morning, but at least everyone would be facing the same sad situation. Con By Joan Sterk Unless UNCA adopts the Enwright Associates Plan soon to convert UNCA to a "walking campus,” UNCA’s parking problem will not be resolved any time soon. Students are going to continue to be shafted by the inadequate park ing on campus. Students, especially commuters, realize the challenge of finding a decent space on campus. They are trying to find a compromise between arriving early and/or paying fines for park ing in reserved areas. However, there is a good reason for marking spaces off for only faculty, administration or service spaces. The faculty at UNCA are not receiving enormously high salaries so the reserved spaces are a fringe benefit that they deserve. The spaces reserved for the administration ensure them of being able to get close to the building thev work in. During the course of the day when errands need to be made, the members of the admini stration can have easy access to their cars. And to keep the cam" pus running smoothly» the yellow spaces access for the Cushmans maintainence operatf’ should remain. They de' liver the mail and to buildings on camp^^® to make necessary pairs. They play an portant part in the day-to-day operations of UNCA. So students will hav^ to continue to fight for the limited spaces or try their luck witl^ campus security their tickets. At least until the Enwright Plfl*^ becomes reality.
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