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Volume Xn, Number 11
Proudly serving the UNCA community since 1982 November n, 1988
lovacchini
acknowledges
problems
by Scarlet Bell
Features EcUtor
The UNCA Campus
Commission, a group which
controls $126,900 of student
fee money, has been
operating under a defunct
policy signed in 1976 by Dr.
William Highsmith "for
years," said Dr. Eric
lovacchini, vice-chancellor for
student affairs.
"As a commission member, ^
I will take at least my
responsibility for not moving
this thing along - for not
changing it a long time ago,"
he said.
But, until the chancellor of
UNCA approves an updated
policy, the commission will
have to rely on the policy,
signed by Highsmith in 1976,
for its guidelines.
'This is the only document
we have to operate under,"
said lovacchini.
According to Highsmith’s
"out-dated" policy, the five
student representatives that
serve on the commission
should be appointed jointly
by the dean of students and
the student government
association president, and
have the approval of the
chancellor.
However, lovacchini said,
"We haven’t been doing that
for years. My practice is,
anybody that the student
government people want to
appoint is fine with me. My
primary criteria is, are they
interested in the subject, and
will they show up at the
meetings. I’m not going to
Please see PROBLEMS, page 5
Lines call for change
Photo by 5^ Duncan
Spirits soar as the UNCA Bulldog basketball team prepares to open the season. Both the
Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs are previewed on page four.
Directory is now available
by Kris Beddingfield
Assistant News Editor
A new student directory,
issued by the Office of the
Vice Chancellor of Finance,
will make addresses and
telephone numbers of faculty,
staff and students at UNCA
available to those in the
university community.
William Pott, vice-
chancellor of finance, said the
idea of a student directory
has been going on for sever^
years.
"We had internal
publications, but nothing for
students. We were the second
smallest school in the system
and we couldn’t afford it.
Then we became the third
smallest and I started looking
into it," he said.
Pott said he was
approached by Collegiate
Directories, a minority
company which published
phone books, about a student
directory.
"The company was just
starting out, and as a state
funded institution, we are
obligated to invest in minority
companies. We took a risk
with a one year commitment,"
he said.
The company hired some
students to sell ads, which
paid for the directory, Pott
said. "UNCA put no money
into it," he added.
Phone numbers and
addresses were published of
all UNCA students, faculty
and staff. Student information
came from the registrar’s
office.
"All information we have,
except academic, can be
published. Students who
didn’t want their phone
numbers and addresses
printed should have filled out
a form at pre-registration last
fall," said Dr. Joanne Garrett,
registrar.
Both Pott and Garrett feel
the directory will not cause
any problems. "It will
probably be a great
convenience for students to
be able to contact each
other," Garrett said.
However, not all students
are happy having their phone
numbers published.
"I have an unlisted number
that will be published," said
Linda Hoxit, a UNCA
student. "The university broke
my trust. I thought they
would keep that information
confidentid. They should pay
for me to change my phone
number," she said.
Hoxit, who also works at
Campus Security, said she
foresees major problems with
the directory. "I see problems
when guys get drunk and start
calling girls and harassing
them. It’s a policy never to
give out a student’s phone
number or address at C^pus
Security because of such
problems," she said.
Hoxit said she never saw a
form at registration to keep
her number confidential.
However, Garrett said most
students did not read the
information available at
registration. "The information
about the directories and
publishing information are
now printed in the catalog.
More students tend to read
it," Garrett said.
Every student had the
opportunity to see the notice,
Garrett said.
"The notice is at the final
checkout at registration.
Students have the first two
weeks of the fall semester to
notify us if they don’t want
to have their numbers
published. New students are
informed of the directory at
orientation," Garrett said.
"We went overboard to
protect students. I can
understand some people
being upset, especially if they
have an unlisted number.
But people who didn’t want
Please see NOW, page 8
by Michael Gouge
Staff Writer
by Maria Horton
Joan Schnyder
Last week’s pre-registration
left students waiting hours in
line for closed classes
university administrators
questioning the whole process
with an eye to scraping the
current system if necessary.
"It was obvious that it took
too long to get too little," said
Dr. Larry Wilson, vice-
chancellor of academic
affairs. "We knew by
Wednesday that we had a
real problem."
"The only problems
occurred Wednesday during
freshmen registration when
the classes closed and the
restructuring of schedules had
to occur," said Dr. C. Joanne
Garrett, registrar.
"At that point instead of
being the mechanics of
registration, we were doing
the mechanics of counseling,"
she said.
Another problem that
contributed to the problem
was a power failure on
Wednesday, and this,
combined with the closing of
classes, made for long lines,
said Garrett.
Dr. Charles Prokop,
chairman of the Faculty
Senate, said the problems
were addressed Thursday at
the Faculty Senate with "a
resolution that the executive
committee would meet with
Wilson. Wilson said there
were three factors at work
which caused some students
to wait as much as four hours
to get through the lines and
receive their spring
schedules," Prokop said.
"There was a computer
breakdown on Wednesday,
but that only added to the
problem created by the time
it took to handle the billing
and the high number of
closed classes," he said.
"The lines were not only
people waiting to get in the
door during their
appointment period. The
major problem was the fact
that people were waiting in
line for their appointment
period to come up."
"For example there were
people who had an
appointment time from 1:00-
3:00 who were waiting in line
at nine o’clock in the
morning," said Garrett.
"I don’t think you can count
this waiting time as
registration time," she said.
Students,'who found that
the class they needed was
already filled, were reluctant
to get out of line and go to
an advisor, Wilson said.
"It’s only human nature that
a student who has waited in
line for several hours would
go ahead and take whatever
is available rather than go for
advice and lose a place in
line," Wilson said.
The loss of class time added
insult to injury for many who
chose to wait it out rather
than risk the opportunity to
get certain classes.
"We want to look for a way
to handle registration so
there will be a minimal wait,
no more than 30 minutes,"
Wilson said.
He added that the current
system worked against
students by forcing a decision
between class or waiting in
line.
"I waited an hour and a half
for registration and just about
missed all of my class, and
I was in line early," said
sophomore art major Pauline
Tennant.
Please see LINES, page 8
Heallhheat
Eating disorders linked to self image
Eating disorders, such as
Anorexia Nervosa and
Bulimia, are a problem many
college age women, and some
men face. The statistics on
the number of people who
suffer from eating disorders
are vague.
Some reports provided by
the UNCA Counseling
Center say one in ten female
college students may have
Bulimia. Other reports claim
as many as 20 percent of the
female college population
suffer from this disorder. As
many as 80,000 Americans
are anorexic.
Maggie Weshner, director
of the Counseling Center,
said the scope of the problem
is unclear. "It’s really hard to
measure. Percentages change,
they grow all the time,"
Weshner said.
It is apparent that eating
disorders are a problem faced
by many. "It is very
widespread. People are so
ashamed and embarrassed
that it is hard for people to
seek help," she said.
Eating disorders are not
about food. Information from
the Anorexia Nervosa and
Related Eating Disorders.
Inc. (ANRED), states that
"Anorexia Nervosa and
Bulimia are evidence of other
problems such as poor self
esteem, perfectionism,
feelings of inadequacy, non
nourishing relationships and
inability to deal with loss and
change."
Ellie Kincade, assistant
director of the Counseling
Center, also sees the
pressures of society as a
factor. "The messages in our
culture that you should be
thin, and the tremendous
focus on food, diets..." present
many people with a negative
self image that, "you’re not
o.k.," she said.
Weshner added, "It’s a
problem that the culture
really doesn’t empathize
with." Our society presents
the image that all attractive
women must be thin, she
commented.
According to ANRED,
'Typically the anorexic begins
to diet when she feels
insecure and anxious." An
anorexic feels successful when
she loses weight.
'Terrified of gaining weight,
anorexics starve themselves
in spite of constant hunger
and obsessive thoughts about
food. They value losing
weight more than anything
else in the world - more than
friends, school work, careers,
family harmony and fun,"
according to ANRED.
Anorexics are often
compulsive exercisers, often
fanatical, and despite
starvation, they feel
overweight and continue to
try and reach a lower weight,
according to ANRED.
Bulimia is an eating
disorder that is characterized
by binge/purge eating. Like
anorexics, bulimics fear
weight gain but gorge
themselves on whatever foods
they feel they must give up
by dieting. ‘After bingeing,
bulimics purge themselves
through vomiting or using
laxatives, according to
ANRED.
"She binges in response to
hunger and other stresses
such as anger, anxiety,
rejection, physical exhaustion
and feelings of failure and
despair," according to
ANRED. Purging allows
bulimics to eat without
gaming weight while also
relieving their stress and
tension.
Weshner said people with,
bulimia, "are stuffing
Please see EATING, page S