Interpreter Brown's new ’’Honey." Mac and Shoos show Czechs real live American girls. Players meet Paul, a native Czech.
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Vol. 4 No. 6
Asheville-Biltmore College February 14, 1969
Student Involvement
LLOYD SyPPORTS FflCOLTy SENATE
With President Jim Lloyd at the con«
trols, this yearns SGA is interested in
securing a more meaningful role for A«B
students in the determining of general
college policies and in the development
of A-B’s academic programs.
As Lloyd has repeatedly pointed out,
the A-B students are not now able to
participate effectively in the formula^
tion of basic college policies which are
Students Evaluate
Faculty s Ability
Acting on the basis of their own
interest and initiative, a group ofstu«
dentSj headed by Marcia Davis and sanc«
tioned by the SGA, is attempting to comr^
pile a questionnaire which would
enable students to evaluate the Asheville
Biltmore faculty.
Dr, Roy A. Riggs, Dean of the faculty,
has appointed three faculty members to
work with the student committee in an
advisory capacity. They are Robert
S. Brunk, John G. Stevens, and Richard
A, Reed. Also, Donald A, McCrimmon will
serve as the group's chief statistical
advisor.
According to members of the commit
tee, the purpose of the faculty evalua
tion is two«fold. It is hoped that
the survey could provide an instructor
with constructive student criticism
intended to help him in evaluating the
success or failure, the strength or
weakness of his teaching methods and
patterns,
Also much of the survey will re
late to material designed to give
prospective students heretofor un«
catalogued information about the con«
tent, objectives, and perspective of
a particular course.
In order to conduct a meaningful
survey, the committee is trying to
become familiar with some of the re
cent academic«scientific publications
dealing with the fast developing
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directly relevant to the'ultimata worth
of their college experience. There are
for example, no student members or ob
servers on most faculty committees.
This conspicuous lack of student mem
bers on faculty committees indicates
that neither the A-B Administration nor
the Faculty as a whole have much respect
for either the Joint Statement on
Rights and Freedoms of Students as it
appeared in the AAUP Bulletin, Summer
1968 or the Statement on Government of
Colleges and Universities which was
published jointly by the American
Association of University Professors,
the American Council on Education, and
the Association of Governing Boards of
Universities and Colleges,
The first statement stresses that
"As constituents of the academic
community, students should be free,
individually and collectively, to
express their views on issues of in
stitutional policy and on matters of
general interest to the student body.
The student body should have clearly
defined means to participate in the
formulation and application of insti
tutional policy affecting academic and
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WCU at A-B
Hectic Days
CZECH INVASION
The Czechoslovakian invasion occur
red Friday, January 18, at approximately
16:30, They came, they saw, and they
conquered—but just barely.
It all originated when Bulldog coach.
Bob Hartman, offered to take on the
Czech National basketball team in an
exibition game. It must be made clear
that the Bulldogs were not devastated.
They only lost by eight points, the
closest game that the Czechs had played
in America. It was obvious that in
the first plunge in international af
fairs, the Bulldogs exercised admira«
ble diplomacy and did not embarass the
Czechs by beating them.
It was not simply a basketball game
against some Europeans, the effects
of their visitation were far-reaching.
And, at an institution such as A-B,
it is appropos that it was so highly
educational. The Czechs' five day
stay on campus involved a suprisingly
diversified amount of people of this
campus. Not only were coaches Hart
man and Daughton and public relations
director Pete Gilpin directly involved,
but since few of the Czech players
were able to speak English (only French
and German), several of A-B's bold
German majors participated as inter
preters.
Terry Merriman sat on the Czech bench
during the game and attempted to trans
late the officiating of the referees
to the Czech coaches—a feat found
difficult even by English-speaking
basketball fans, Connie Brown es
corted several of the Czechs to a
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How Now, Pal POW
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In a 15 page press release on
January 23, President Alex Pow of
Western Carolina University at Cul-
lowhee came out against the proposed
merger of Asheville-Biltmore College
with the University of North Carolina,
Earlier in the day, newly installed
Governor Bob Scott released a state
ment in Raleigh in which he gave his
total support to the proposed merger.
President Pow, who has been at WCU
less than a year, made three major
points in his statment,
First, he said that WCU was opposed
to the proposed UNC-A-B affiliation
because such an affiliation would be
neither academically or economically
wise.
Second, he proposed that A-B should
merge with WCU and that if this could
not be done, the two institutions
should become more closely affiliated.
Third, President Pow indicated
that WCU mi|^t establish a branch
campus in the immediate Asheville
area.
Just as Pow is clearly against
A«B»s present plans. Gov, Scott
is clearly in favor of those plans.
He definitely believes that the
Western part of the state needs and
could benefit from a consolidated
university campus at Asheville.
With his statement Gov. Scott
allied himself with numerous other
supporters of an UNC-A-B merger.
In contrast. President Pow is almost
alone in his camp.