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volume 8 no. 10 — university of north Carolina at asheville — February 1, 1973 Homecoming Queen Ms. Sandra Kilgore was crowned the 1972-’73 Homecoming Queen in ceremonies held recently at the Greek Community Center. The crowning of the new Queen capped a week-end of fes- , tivities held on campus. Ms. Kilgore was elected by the UNC-A student body. She is a freshman and a resident of Asheville. Ms. Ann McMullen was first runner-up in thevoting. Twelve UNC-A lasses vied for the crown. Changes Expected Dorm Plans Revealed Improved security, more pri vate rooms, and the desire to see students govern themselves are the main areas of concern in dor mitory life, as outlined by Tom Deason, Dean of Students. Plans are currently underway to make six of the dormitories into private room dorms. Tena- tive plans call for two of the dormitories to be made into pri vate room dorms this summer or fall. However, the final decision rests with the North CaroliVia Board of Governors.' UNC-A is requesting funds in order to implement these dormitory chang es. The board’s decision is not expected until this July. Plans are also underway to bring a chief of security to the campus. This would be a person specially trained in campus security and would have his of fice on campus. “We want more security to protect the students not to catch them,” states Deason. This will also be last semester that linen services will’ be pro vided to the dorm students. Stu dents in the future will be re quired to furnish their own lin ens. Students if they desire may use the coin operated machines to do their laundry. Improvements are being made in the food service area as well as the dorms. Due to student requests the food is less greasy and the cafeteria no longer serves artificial steaks. The opening of the door between the cafeteria and the snack shop is under con sideration for next fall. Deason goes on to commend the Inter-Dorm Council for the splendid job they have done in governing the dormitories and hopes that their fine work will continue. Mr. Deason encourages all students to come to Dean Wut- schel or himself anytime they have any complaints or suggestions to better improve the dorms or UNC-A in general. $25,000 Goal Chancellor Announces Scholarship Drive Chancellor William Highsmith outlined a proposal to raise $25,000 in scholarship funds in a drive slated for this April. The proposal was made at a recent meeting of the UNC-A Foundation. Chancellor Highsmith stated that the purpose of the drive is to raise funds for new programs for the university and for ad- ditional scholarship money. The ^ goal is a long range program to begin this spring with a drive for $25,000 and will become a yearly program. The proposal came from a meeting of the Capital Funds Committee of the United Fund. The proposal of raising $25,000 per year in new money came after a number preferred the contributions be on a non-, restricted basis. Restricted scholarship funds offered by firms are usually employee re lated. The drive for new funds will be conducted by members of the UNC-A Foundation with members divided into teams to raise the money. The Foundation will select a General Chairman' and a Central Committee and will hire a secretary to handle correspond ence during the drive. In other business conducted by the Foundation, Highsmith announced that a check in the amount of $5,120 had been re ceived from Congressman Roy A. Taylor for the purpose of setting up an endowment fund. High smith announced that a check in the amount of $5,120 had been received from Congressman Roy A. Taylor .for the purpose of setting up an endowment fund. Highsmith also announced that the sum of $2,000 had been re- received from an anonymous member of the Board of Directors of the UNG-A'Foundation. The money will be used to pay a secretary, print brochures, postage, and other expenses of the campaign. Most of the scholarships that will be sought by members of the Foundation during the drive will be $600 to $1,000 in size and will be awarded by the donor or by the UNC-A Foundation or the University. The additional scholarship funds would greatly increase the amount of money available to the University to be used to financially aid both current and future UNC-A stu dents. At an earlier meeting held -this year. Chancellor High smith announced his tentative plans for raising the scholarship funds. The plans were taken to the Capital Funds Committee of the United Fund for review and consideration. The Capital Funds Committee reviewed the pro posal for a Spring campaign to raise $25,000. That proposal was adopted by the Board of Directors of the UNC-A foundation. Inc. New Programs Plans Reviewed At I Truf iees Meeting UNC-A must broaden its cur riculum in order to become a more true representation of a college of arts and sciences. This was the main proposal made by Chan cellor William E. Highsmith at the Board of Trustees meeting on January 22. The board also heard about the progress of the UNC-A - Western Carolina joint evening programs plus a series of talks given by those individuals involved with student personel services. The new {H*ograms as proposed by Highsmith would be in the areas of management, environ mental studies, urban affairs, and music. Highsniith said that the Educational Programs Committee must meet to organize ideas to present to the board of governors. “Music,” Highsmith said, “cannot be presented untill we have appropriate facilities such as a fine arts center. To do so we must begin now. We can now look to new areas.” High smith also stated that UNC-A must be thinking of its contri bution in the fields of health and education. The chancellor also briefed the board on the progress of the UNC-A - Western Carolina joint evening programs. The chancellor reached the conclusion that 1. “We cannot go into a cooperative arrangement unless we have joint control of it.” 2. “Since we are equipped in liberal arts, continued on page 3 Co-ed Capers UNC-A students are seen participating in one of many events held at Co-Ed Capers during Home coming Festivities last week. The Capers were sponsored by the Social Commission of the Stu dent Government Association. Among events held were ice cream eating, egg throwing, tug- of-wars, and a chicken chase. Co-Ed Capers is an annual event held during Homecoming Week at UNC-A. Students, faculty, and memers of the Administration were on hand for the fes tivities.
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