THE RIDGERUNNER
VOL. 5, rsJO. 14
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
May 27, 1970
NEWS BRIEFS;
DORMITORY
INNOVATIONS
On Monday, May 1, the
dornnitory residents of UNC-A
attended a required meeting to
discuss changes in the existing
food plan and possible
innovations for the coming
years.
The food plan decided upon
allows the student to make £
choice between two different
arrangements. One plan offer:
the student fourteen meals foi
seven days. The other plan offers
fifteen meals for five days of the
week, both for the same price
the changes were initiated ir
response to an earlier meeting oi
the same nature in which
students requested greater
variety and flexibility in the
food plans.
W
in Memoriam
UNC-A students gathered May 6 on the quadrangle at a memorial service for the four dead Kent State students. Over 300 colleges and
universities across the nation were reported closed or striking in the aftermath of violence at Kent State.
POPULATION STABILIZATION
"Population Stabilization”,
an information agency for the
WNC area began organizing its
first meeting May 11.
According to Bob Kelso, one
of the first organizers, PS is
''designed to be a
community-oriented
organization to educate
Asheville and the surrounding
areas to the critical effects of
over population. We are trying
to stabilize the population in
order to overcome the
underlying factor of all
environmental problems, too
many people."
The idea for Population
Stabilization was the result of a
project in Ecology for a Social
Science Seminar. Ken Wright
and Bob Kelso began the project
and both expressed hopes that
PS would continue into next
year.
Kelso said "We're going to try
to get financial aid from the
Administration and maybe the
SGA." He added that the group
wants to begin programs that
will perpetuate themselves
because the problem is a large
one and will not be solved in
twenty years, much less one.
PS has already begun an
effort to inform the community
by sending letters to many of
the churches in the area.
Any students, interested in
working with "Population
Stabilization" should contact
Ken Wright or Bob Kelso.
Cambodia Bums as an Issue
on the Nations' Campuses
SHarON, FRICKE, DOSIER
NAMED IN PRESIDENTIAL CONTESTS
Campus disorders and strikes
closed more than 300 colleges
and universities following
protests of President Nixon's
Cambodian action of May 5 and
6. The protests reached
explosive intensity with the
killing of four Kent State
University students by the
National Guard.
That weekend, Washington D.
C. was the scene of mass protests
and non-violent demonstrations.
On the UNC—A campus. May
6 was the day for a memorial
service for the four Kent State
students. Beginning at noon, the
service consisted of several
prayers by local clergy, some
singing, and a smattering of
speeches.
The service, > organized
primarily by Tom Silva and John
Lipscomb, lasted a little less
than an hour with a turn out
numbering upwards of a
hundred students and faculty.
Readings from the
Declaration of Independence,
the Bill of Rights and
"Revolution Against War" by
Robert S. Hartman, constituted
the bulk of the speech making.
The purpose of the service
was non-partisan. It was a
memorial service dedicated to
the dead at Kent State.
On a national scene, President
Nixon was quoted as saying,
"This should remind us all once
again, that when dissent turns to
violence, it invited tragedy".
Investigations were unable to
substantiate whether sniper fire
actually precipitated the Kent
State incident or not.
Student strikes were called
nationwide by the National
Student Association and many
other arouDS. An information
center set up at Brandeis
University set the number of
striking universities at over 300.
By the next week, however,
the number had dropped to half.
A statement released by
the NSA said, "Mr. Nixon is
asking for silent support of h'is
new policy. But while the war
continues to destroy our
country, we cannot remain
silent. Mr. Nixon's coalition of
silence will be defeated, not by
students alone, but by a new
coalition representing all
segments of the population, a
nationwide coalition of
conscience."
On several campuses, suits
were brought against the
administrations by students
protesting the closing of the
schools.
On' campuses throughout the
nation, opinion is badly split.
Wayne Shelton, Steve Fricke
and Frank Dosier were elected
class officers in the class
elections for UNC-A Thursday,
May 14.
Shelton, a Senior Philosophy
major from Asheville was named
Senior President after a run-off
election Friday. The first
balloting for that post had left
Shelton and Gene Ochsenreiter
tied for the presidency.
Leigh McBride, a Spanish
major from Columbia, S. C. was
elected Senior vice-president and
Mary Lorraine Campbell,
Economics major of Asheville
was named Senior secretary.
Both ran unopposed.
In the Junior Class, Stephen
J. Fricke of Jacksonville, Florida
won the presicency while Mike
Zimmer of Evansville, Ind. and
lars Petersen of Sparta, N. Y.
took the places of Junior
vice-president and secretary
respectively, the latter officers
also unopposed.
Sophomore class elections
left Frank Dosier of Asheville as
president, Mike Rogers as
vice-president and Jackie Napoli
as secretary, again the last two
ran unopposed. ^
Freshman class elections will
be held a week after the J
beginning of first term next
year.
SHELTON
FRICKE
DOSIER