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Vol. 8. no. 8
university of north Carolina • ashcville
december 14, 1972
Judicial Commission
Rules On Basketball
Students, faculty and guests enjoy the bon cuisine et vin
of France at a dinner sponsored * and produced by french
speaking students.
Work Begun
On Constitution
The'Student Government As
sociations Constitution Com
mittee under the Chairmanship
of SGA Vice-President, Frank
Dosier is to begin meeting this
week to work on rewriting the
present SGA constitution. The
Ridgerunner in an interview with
Dosier attempted to get his views
on which direction the new
constitution is to take.
According to Dosier, the basic
questions presently ai=e: What
is the purpose of thp SGA, will
it be the same under the new
constitution and if not, what
direction wilUt take.
Dosier feels that the new con
stitution is “full 'of loopholes”
and fs unclear. In some areas the
constitution can be interpreted
in many ways.. Dosier hopes this
can be corrected in the new
constitution. Dosier also feels
that the new constitution should
represent wider student views.
For instance, the present way of
Grade Policy
Changed
Dr. Roy Riggs,-Vice-Chancellor
for Academic Affairs told THE
RIDGERUNNER in a recent
interview that effective January
3, 1973 UNC-A will begin to ac
cept “D” grades on the tran
scripts of students earned at other
institutions. This new policy will
apply to those students who enter
UNC-A after January 8, 1973 and
will not apply to students who ’
have previously entered UNC-A.
The new policy concerning “D”
grades was a result of the new
governance system for 16 univer
sity campuses. In the past UNC-A
has accepted “D” grades only
from the six campuses tliat
previously composed the univer
sity system.
continued page 4
classifying senators should be
modified. Class officers should
be done away with because the
galmor of running for President
of a class attracts more able
bodied students than the office
of Secretary. Doseir stated how'-
ever, that care must be taken
in this area to prevent domi
nance in the senate elections of
more well known upper classmen
against unknown freshmen.
Another area for improvement
continued page 3
- In a unanimous decision, the
Judicial Comrnission has recom
mended to the Athletic Com
mission “that the UNC-A girls
basketball .team be fully recog
nized as intercollegiate and
that all future funds for that
organization be drawn from the
•Intercollegiate Athletic Fund.”
This action was- taken because
of the lack of jurisdiction invested
in the Judicial Commission where
the Athletic Department of UNC-
A is concerned. This case was
brought before the Judicial Com
mission in October.
On the subject of the legality
of the matter the commission
found that the appropriation was
not illegal within the framework
of the Student Government As
sociation Constitution. This was
based on part of Section Eleven
of that document.
The question pertaining, to
whether the girls’ basketball
team is ah intercollegiate
athletic organization or not was
based on interviews with Coach
Hartman and with Mr. Duer,
Executive Secretary of. the Nat
ional Association of Intercol-.
legiate Athletics. Coach Hart
man defined “intercollegiate
athletics” as “any athletic or
ganization affiliated with the
UNC-A Athletic Department and
the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics.” Mr.
Duer defined it as “any athletic
event between two colleges
or .universities.” The resulting
decision of the Judicial Com
mission on this aspect was“that
the ■ girls basketball team or
ganized on the campus of the
University of North Carolina-
Asheville was indeed an inter
collegiate athletic organization.
Upon reviewing the two de
cisions reached by the Judicial
Commission it was decided that
“the Student Government As
sociation expenditure was legal
but that the Student Government
Association Senate should have
questioned the status of the
team.”
What will happen now is that
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Campus Store Study,
Report Completed
Et
by Michael Hawkins
The senate committee assigned
to investigate the campus store
has concluded that the 'faculty
is largely responsible for the
poor service many students are
having in obtaining the proper
text books.
A bill to have the campus store
investigated was approved by the
student senate on October 24.
A committee made up of Chuck
King, Ken Wright, and Donna
Glick were assigned ' to investi
gate the matter.
The committee was assigned
four particular areas of concern
to investigate and they are as
1. The cost or overcost
ofbooks
2. The resale value of books
3. The use of hard back
'. and paper back books
4. Recommendations for ^
improvinganyand all of the
above.
After two meetings with Joyce
Williamson, operator of the
campus store and one meeting
with Vice-Chancellor Roy Riggs,
the commute made the following
recommendations:
A. That faculty members be
required to turn in their
requisition cards on time.
When a’ book is late,' it
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is most often because a
faculty member has over
looked the fact that his
or her requistion is three
or four weeks late.
B. That faculty members be
required to type their
requisition cards, and to
fill in all information need
ed on the requisition.
C. The committee recom
mends .that the depart
ment chairmen take a more
commanding role in their
departments where book
requisitions and text se
lection for major courses are
involved
D. The committee recom-
continued page 3
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A representative from Zena is interviewed by camera crew at INS
Simulation. An awards banquet will be given for -participants on
Saturday night.
editor’s review p. 2
a Christmas story p. 3
features P- 3
basketball p. 4