vol. 8 no. 7 — the university of north Carolina at asheville — nov. 30, 1972
Morrison’s Plans
Improvements
On November 9, Mr. Garland,
District Superintendent for
Morrison Food Service, Inc., Mr.
Lovins, vice-president of the
company, and Mr. Pell, who is
in charge of cafeteria design
visited the UNC-A campus.
They met with Mr. Elmer Alex
ander and members of the Food
Service Committee to discuss
the food service arrangements
here. Several positive decisions
were made at this meeting: 1)
from now on Sunday lunch is
to be the biggest meal, 2) there
will a variety of vegetables
served at each meal, 3) new facili
ties to serve the students will
possibly be purchased (bun
warmer, etc.), 4) food prepara
tion will improve.
As soon as arrangements can
be made, Morrison’s traveling
chef will be sent to UNC-A to
spend a week to ten days with
the UNC-A chef. This should
improve loou prcpuiation. iViur-
rison’s also utilizes a question
naire for the purpose of obtain
ing food preferences of indi
viduals. These will be distribut
ed by food service representa
tives.
Plans are being made for the
purchasing of kitchen equipment
and for improving service in both
the snack shop and the cafeteria.
It is hoped that these plans will
stablize and produce results by
the beginning of spring semester.
Students will also be glad to
know that the cafeteria and snack
bar have regained their health
rating of “A”. It should also
be pointed out that the lower “B”
rating was due to lack of screen
covering on pastry shelves in
the store room and use of shelves
which were not two inches from
the floor. After conforming to
these rules the rating of “Grade
A” was restored in less than two
weeks.
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Ridgerunner Sues DBG
The RIDGERUNNER spent
Thursday, November 16 in court
because of a suit lodged against
Discount Beverage Center on
Merrimon Avenue for $227. This
money, the RIDGERUNNER
contended, is for payment of
solicited advertising.
The RIDGERUNNER, repre
sented by Asheville attorney,
Michael Vaughn, produced two
bounced checks that DBC sent
during the summer of 1972 in
payment for advertising. Busi
ness Manager, Lynn Hyde,
testified that she received the
bounced checks. The defendent,
Thomas Eller, DBC registered
agent, said that he had not solicit
ed advertising since the first
issue but that someone in the
store may have.
Magistrate Otto DeBruhl elect
ed to consider the case over night
before making judgement but
decided in favor of the RIDGE
RUNNER. However, DBC lias
stated that they will appeal
Magistrate DeBruhl’s ruling.
The RIDGERUNNER began
using formal contracts in solicit
ing advertising this fall.
— News Of General Interest —
Student Government Asso
ciation President Ray Gasperson,
Vice-President Frank Dosier,
Justice Commissioner Pat Gainey,
and Dean of Students Tom
Deason recently ventured south
to Athens, Georgia for a meeting
of judicial representatives from
Americas Colleges and Univer
sities. The three day event was
designed to study individual
rights and institutional needs
in today’s academic environment.
Students rights, guaranteed imder
the Constitution, were studied in
detail with emphasis on campus
events in recent years that have
led to a variety of key decisions
by the U. S. Supreme Court.
Liggett and Myers Interviews
Representatives from the
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Com
pany will be on campus Friday,
December 8 for interviews with
UNC-A Seniors. Interviews will
take place in the Financial Aid
Office from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Seniors interested in the inter
views may register at the Financial
Aid Office.
Justice Commission Meets
The Justice Commission met
recently and has taken under
advisement a complaint issued
concerning the financial aid
given to the girls 'basketball team
by the Student Government
Association. The Commission
plans to conduct an extensive
review of the complaint and
intends to issue a ruling on the
matter in the future. In other
Justice Commission business,
members of the Commission
reviewed the SGA 'Constitution
and ruled that a Residence Court
is needed in the present student
judicial system. In a letter to the
Inter-dormitory Council, the
Justice Commission allied for a
review of rules established by
Inter-Dorm and the writing of
new rules where needed. The
Inter-Dormitory Council was
also requested to clarify their
rules regarding dormitories and
was asked to recommend the
jurisdiction of those rules.
Constitution Work Planned
The Student Government
Association has taken steps to
review the existing Student
Constitution and to write a ney\;
Constitution. Action on the
Constitution is expected to begin
shortly under the chairmanship
of SGA Vice-President Frank
Dosier.
Ecology Club Forms
An informal meeting of students
and faculty members interested
in forming an ecology club was
held recently in the Snack Shop.
Plans were discussed for projects
designed to aid community envir
onmental groups with their work.
Future meetings will be announced.
more activities for Black Students.
Full support and cooperation
has been given by Mr. Deason,
Dean of Students in the achieve
ments of these goals.
Wave Of Vandalism Hits UNC-A
A recent wave of vandalism
has hit the UNC-A campus.
According to SGA President,
Ray Gasperson, a pinball machine
in the student center has been
broken into three times in the past
week and a half. President
Gasperson said that due to the
robberies, the money from the
machines would be removed at
least once a day and if vandalism
persists, the machines would be
locked up earlier in the afternoon
and entirely on weekends.
Along with the machine break
in's, various forms of vandalism
have occurred on campus and in
the dorms. These range from
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Black Students Meet
The Black Students of UNC-A
are now in the process of form
ulating plans for the benefit of
Black Students at UNC-A. This
includes more information on
financial aids, job placement and
$75 worth of pool equipment
being stolen to telephones being
torn off the walls and ceiling
tiles being knocked out and
broken.
I'he vandalism is being looked
into by the S(iA. the Universitv,
and the Asheville Police Depart
ment and a solution to the problem
should be soon forthcoming.
Students’ Rights Protected
A new committee has been
appointed by the Student Senate
to protect students’ rights. One
of the main purposes is to get
students more involved in Student
Government. Although the com
mittee has six permanent members,
any stiident who wishes to serve
in a specific investigation may.
The Students’ Rights Committee
has no real powers. It serves as
a fact finding body. It will in
vestigate any legitimate com
plaint brought to it either by the
Student Senate or a student.
After all information has been
gathered, it will report back to
the Senate where a decision will
be made as to the use of such
information. Such things as rules
and regulations and various
university institutions might be
brought under investigation by
this commission. Kenneth Wright
has been appointed chairman of
the committee. ,The bill was
passed on November 12 for the
committees formation, but as yet,
no guidelines have been drawn
up for the committee by the
Student Senate. The Senate has
till the end of the term to create
guidelines.
Board Of Trustees Meet
The confirmation of Thomas
Deason as Dean of Students and
the appointment oi Mrs. Alice
Wutschel as Associate Dean of
Students highlighted the Nov
ember 21 meeting of the UNC-A
Board of Trustees.
Deason, who had been serving
as director of student services
since August of 1971, replaces
Thomas C. Dula who resigned in
1971. N
Ms. Wutschel had been serving
as Dean of Women since July' 1,
1967. Both of the appointments
are effective immediately.
The board also heard discussion
on the proposel to abolish the
oath policy, which requires every
full state employee to take an
oath of allegiance to the state of
North Carolina. The proposel was
referred to the Committee on
Educational Progress for con
sideration.
Vice-Chancellor of Finance
William Pott, Vice-Chancellor
of Finance, gave a report to the
board on the financial situation
of the dormitories and outlined
possible dorm improvements.
Chancellor Highsmith informed
the board that Western Carolina
University’s and UNC-A’s co
operative will not occur if programs
will contradict with the purpose
of UNC-A.
CAMPUS GOVERNANCE
COMMITTEE FORMED
A new committee has been
formed to initiate all campus
governance. This committee will
be composed of four students
chosen by the Student Senate and
four faculty members chosen by
the Faculty Senate. In addition,
the student representatives will
choose a faculty member and the
faculty members will choose a
student member to round out the
total number of committee mem-
l^rs to ten. The Student Senate
has chosen Kenneth Wright,
Ray Gasperson, Bernice McNair,
and Nancy Horak as student
representatives. The Faculty
Senate has not made a decision
concerning who will represent
the faculty, but in the November
17 faculty meeting, the senate
agreed that their representatives
should reflect faculty sentiments
concerning all campus governance.
This new committee was
formed after Chancellor High
smith talked to students and
faculty members and the respec
tive student and faculty senates.