Ridgerunner
Vol. 4 No. 1
Asheville-Biltmore College
Seotember 9, 1968
Formal Study Of Affiliation
Between A-B And UNC Underway
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THIS IS THE INNOVATIVE CAMPUS WHICH IS ASHEVILLE-BILTMORE COLLEGE
Saga Foods Works Miracle
The three most exciting things ever
to happen in Asheville-Biltmore’s his
tory occurred last fourth term: pos
sible affiliation with the University
of North Carolina, the enrollment of
Mickey Gibson and Saga Food Service.
The latter has certainly had the most
immediate attention. If all goes affi&
matively, the affiliation can not pos
sibly take place until sometime in the
spring, and basketball season does not
begin until Thanksgiving.
This is not tp say that Saga is the
least important of the three. Ask any
of the returning students or faculty.
They will tell it like it is, and they
will tell it like it was, too. Those
who had been to A-B last year were a-
md,zed at the mere change in the appear
ance of the Cafeteria and Snack Bar.
Gary M. Douglas, star of "Saturday
Nights and Saga." (In flaming color.)
The most prevalent question asked on
the first day of school was "Is the
food really as good as they say?" The
affirmative answer usually went into
great details.
One cannot get used to hearing cynical
A-B students speak fondly of the food
served in the Cafeteria. This is un
heard of at Asheville-Biltmore College.
Responsible for the drastic change is
Saga Food Service. Their intentions
stated in the contract they have with
A-B is enough to take one's breath a-
way—"we are trying to run and maintain
high satisfaction rating among students
and faculty."
Obviously Saga is successful. The
company services over 300 colleges and
hospitals. Saga was founded in 1948 by
three students at Hobart College in
Geneva, N. Y. During their senior year
they, probably under conditions similar
Cont'd. page 7
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Greek Rushes
Scheduled
Rush week for the campus sororities
and fraternities extends from Monday,
Sept. 9 through Saturday, Sept. 14 and
bids will be issued during the follow
ing week.
Sigma Delta Upsilon kicks things off
with a campus smoker for interested men
on Monday.
Kappa Delta Tau gives a tea for pro
spective sisters on Tuesday.
Alpha Nu Lambda holds a tea on Wedes-
day, Sept. 11. Sigma Lambda Chi also
plans a smoker for that date.
On Friday Kappa Delta Tau and Sigma
Delta Upsilon sponsor seperate dances.
Alpha Nu Lambda and Sigma Lambda Chi
follow suit with dances on Saturday.
The eyes of Asheville-Biltmore are
upon Raleigh and Chapel Hill as study
of affiliation between A-B and the
Consolidated University of North
Carolina continues.
The usual fourth-term "numbness** at
Asheville-Biltmore was shattered last
spring by President William Highsmith's
announcement of possible affiliation.
At a May assembly Dr. Highsmith in
formed students that a temporary com
mittee of the UNC Board of Trustees had
reported favorably to the entire board
regarding possible UNC and A-B affilia
tion.
The report followed a visit by the
committee, with J. Aaron Prevost of
Waynesville as chairman, to the A-B
campus in April. The visit and subse
quent favorable report were the first
steps along a road which may end in the
General Assembly next spring.
Result of the committee report was the
establishment of a formal study on the
possible affiliation of Asheville-
Biltmore with UNC. Dr. Arnold King,
a Unc vice president, is directing the
study which has been underway all
summer. A final report and recommen
dation is due at the October meeting of
the Consolidated UNC Board.
If approved by UNC, the plans move to
the State Board of Higher Education
and acceptance at this point would send
the affiliation plan to the General
Assembly for final action.
The affiliation proposal originated
in 1967 when the Board of Trustees of
Asheville-Biltmore College unanimously
passed a resolution in which it stated
its members were "convinced of the neec
in Western North Carolina for a campus
of the Consolidated University of
North Carolina."
The A-B trustees requested the UNC
Board and the State Board of Higher
Education to "examine the need for con
tinued expansion of higher education
facilities in Western North Carolina
and to consider the advisability of
converting Asheville-Biltmore College
into a campus of the Consolidated
University, which campus would be named
the University of North Carolina at
Asheville."
Cont’d. page 7
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