THE RIDGERUNNER
VOL. 5, NO. 7 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1969
Meyers Issue Sent
To Judicial Board
One still might ask who the
SGA president is and get a blank
stare.
The last issue of this paper
reported that by the decision of
the Judicial Board of Nov. 17,
Ron Goodwin was president.
But as was also reported,
nothing is certain. As it stands
right now, nothing will be
certain until Dec. 16 when the
Judicial Board makes a third
decision (first official) on the
Don Meyers issue. i
For those readers who have !
been asleep for the last two
weeks, this is what happened at
the Executive Council meeting
of Nov. 18. The (then) chairman
of the Judicial Board, Lee
Shuster presented the decision
of the board to the SGA officials
in which Meyers was found in
violation of the constitution and
the Judicial Board "vested by
the constitution" threw Meyers
out of office.
At that time, a two hour
hassle took place on whether or
not the board had the power to
remove an official. Finally about
9:30 p.m., Meyers said that he
only had two things to say. One
was that he had legal right to sue
the SGA if the Judicial Board
did kick him out. The other was
that according to the
constitution, the Judicial Board
members were to be appointed
by the president and approved
by the Executive Council. The
approval was never made. So,
the Judicial Board did not
legally exist.
In the two weeks following
this meeting, an impeachment
process was implemented against
Meyers, Meyers was put on
probation by the Executive
Council, Mike Durner was
appointed (and approved) to fill
the vice president position
vacated by Ron Goodwin, a new
Judicial Board was appointed
and approved by a vote of eight
to three, by the student
government, and Meyers was
taken off probation and his case
was turned over to the official
Judicial Board.
The controversy will be
resolved by the new Judicial
Board and their decision will be
presented to the Executive
Council on Dec. 16.
The Judicial Board is now
composed of Lee Shuster, Bob
Bell, Jeff Adams, Ann Wutschel,
Iris Bartlett, Ron Cappella and
James Cole.
Meyers is presently presiding
pending the Judicial Board
decision and action to be taken
on that decision by the
Executive Council.
GERC Suggests Revamping
The General Education
Review Committee (GERC)
seems to be making significant
progress in the work of
evaluating the general education
requirements of this campus.
In a recent meeting the
committee, headed by Dr.
Edwin G. Speir, associate
professor of economics, voted to
suggest that the following
changes be made in required
course work: math to be
dropped as a requirement,
Humanities V to be dropped,
and to reduce the number of
social science courses required
from 12 hours to six.
The committee voted to keep
bibliography as a requirement
and tabled a proposal to reduce
the hours credit for Humanities
from four to three hours.
Other proposals before the
committee are possible
elimination of the foreign
language requirement and the
science requirement.
What few people realize,
however, is that after the
proposals are passed by GERC,
it is only the beginning of a long
process which includes
ratification ‘.by the Academic
Policies Committee and the
faculty and student senate, and
possible approval by the head
men of UNC.
In the case of the curriculum
changes, the process has just
begun and it must be completed
and approved before the middle
of January to meet the
publication date of the new
UNC*A catalogue.
photo by Dennis Howard
Today s President Is...In the Middle
I
Seated left to right are the SGA officers, newly appointed vice president, Mike Durner,
president Don Meyers, and secretary Barbara Brookshire. Meyers is presiding pending the decision
of th« Judicial Board which will be delivered to the Executive Council on Dec. 16.
I
P
Sure Shot
Surrounded by Berry College cagers, Chris Lee indicates the
action that went on in the Tip-Off Tournement as he goes in
for two points. For the story on the Bulldogs' first home
games, see page 8.
'Images'' to Host
Leading NC Poets
The University of North
Carolina at Asheville will be one
of 10 North Carolina colleges to
be visited by three of the state's
leading poets.
The North Carolina Fine Arts
Council is working in
conjunction with the "Images"
staff, UNC-A's fine arts
magazine. The program will
include readings by three widly
published poets and a UNC-A
student.
Joe Loughmiller, co-editor of
"Images" in charge of the
literary aspect, says that the
Council wishes to stimulate
student participation in the
readings by awarding a $50
honorarium to the student poet
included in the program. This
student will be chosen by the
"Images" staff on the basis of
work submitted to "Images" by
Dec. 12, 1969.
Loughmiller said that the
"Images" staff had requested
that the Council send Jonathan
Williams, Guy Owen, author of
"The Flim-Flam Man," and
Charleen Whisnant, editor of the
"Red Clay Reader."
Tenative schedule calls for
their appearence on campus
sometime during third or fourth
term.