AAUP-SGA Stirs Communication
At a recent meeting, the local chap
ter of the American Association of
University Professors discussed the pos
sibility of appointing a committee to
meet with a.committee of student gov
ernment to explore questions mutually
interesting to sutdents and faculty.
No formal action was taken at that
meeting, but two days later the ex=
ecutive committee of the local chapter
appointed Dr. Wood, Dr. Speir, Dean
Parsons, Mr. Trullinger and Mr. Sco
field to meet with students and ex
plore the need for a committee such as
the one discussed in the AAUP meeting.
Student members include Marcia
Davis, Donna Goodwin, Mary Lorraine
Campbell, and Pantha Penley.
The faculty members of the group have
explained that they were not representr
ing the general faculty. They made
it clear that they could ]not speak as
an official committee of the faculty
and did not purport to do so. They
also emphasized that they did not de
termine policy for the local chapter of
the AAUP.
Purpose
The purpose of the organization is to
permit faculty-student interaction
concerning the various areas of college
life. It can establish a direct line
of communication between professors and
students and can be of assistance in
making both faculty and students aware
of academic problems.
The AAUP-SGA will permit any student
to attend its weekly meetings. It
will thus provide a type of forum for
any student-faculty problems that
might arise. Any problems of concern
to the student body at large or the
faculty will be heard during regular
sessions of this committee.
At the first meeting, the committee
discussed aspects of a pass-fail gra
ding system for courses other than
tnose required or within the student’s
major.
Interested Students
Anyone interested in attending any
of these sessions is encouraged to con
tact one of the committee members.
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Vol. 4 No. 3
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Ridgerunner
Asheville-Biltmore College
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OCTOBER 21, 1968
Social Science
New Major
Is Possible
The A-B faculty has again proven
their concern with the interests and
demands of the student body by examining
the prospect of establishing a new ma
jor on campus.
Since a sufficient number of inquiries
indicated that there is student in
terest in a Sociology major, the
Social Science Division has started
taking the series of steps which may
accomplish this goal.
Meeting Held
In a meeting with interested people,
Dr. Speir and Instructors Brunk and
Bell informed the 20 students present
of the two courses of action which the
school might take in order to provide
a major consistent with the apparent
needs and interests of the students.
One method would be to simply pro
pose a Sociology major similar in re
quirement structure to majors in other
fields,
The alternative would be to establish
an interdepartmental major in Social
Sciences with a concentration in
Sociology and Anthropology,
When a survey was taken, it was de
cided by a large majority of the stu
dents involved that the best or pre
ferred course of action would be the
establishment of an interdepartmental
major in Social Science.
Areas of Concentration
Such a major in Social Science would
be interdepartmental with concentration
areas in Sociology and Anthropology
or any of the other three Social Sci
ence course areas offered at A-B.
The requirements for a major in
Social Sciences would include approx
imately 39 hours, about nine hours
over the usual requirement. Under this
Cont. on Page 5
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO THE ASHEVILLE-BILTMORE CAMPUS WAS EASY TO MISS.
Physical Growth Of A-B Campus
The swirling dirt,^the incessant
noise, the layers of red mud, the pre
sence of strange men on campus—all re
present two and one-half million dollars.
This sum, which Asheville-Biltmore is
investing in a series of construction
programs, illustrates the perpetual dev
elopment of the modern facilities on the
A-B campus.
More Dorms
With the Governor’s Dormitory Village
just a year old, the ground is now being
broken for the construction of two
additional dorms. One, to be completed
next fall, will house 250 women students.
The other will be saaller and built in
the present dormitory village.
Another upcoming project is the Science
Building Tower, This will be an addi-1
tion to one of the oldest buildings on
campus. The tower will provide space
for advanced laboratories and a plane
tarium.
The gymnasium will also acquire an
additional wing. Included in this
building v;5:ll be four offices, a multi
purpose instruction studio, an academic
classroom, a seminar room, and a stu
dent lounge overlooking an Olympic
swimming pool. There will also be a
gymnastic room for horizonal bars, par
allel bars, rope climbs, rings, and a
trampoline.
An outdoor sports area will consist
of a soccer field surrounded by a
quarter mile track.
NOriCE
The Editor reserves the right to re
fuse publication to any article, parti
cularly those articlds to be printed
unsigned, of questionable significance
or having questionable content as de
fined by the bounds of ethical taste
and sensitivity.
The Editor