volume 8 no. 16
University of North Carolina at Asheville
friday, april 13, 1973
New Ridgerunner Staff Chosen
Next years RIDGERUNNER
staff was selected on Monday,
April 2, by a joint committee
composed of faculty and students.
The committee chose Ray
mond Patrick Gainey, Jr. of Tay
lorsville as editor.
Gainey has previously served
the RIDGERUNNER in the
capacities of news editor and
managing editor.
He formerly edited the Cald
well Community College news
paper.
Gainey is a junior literature
major.
The committee chose Pamela
Thompson, a transfer freshman
from Clemson University, as
managing editor.
Thompson was on the features
and news staff at Clemson.
She is an Asheville native and
is majoring in political science.
Bernita Kinney and Claudette
Gilreath were selected as co
business managers.
Kinney is a junior drama
Old RIDGERUNNER staff, left to right, Claudette Gilreath, Pat
Gainey, Lynn Hyde and Zollie Stevenson.
New RIDGERUNNER staff, left to right, Pam Thompson,
Claudette Gilreath, Pat Gainey and Bernita Kinney
major Irom Brevard.
She formerly attended Brevard
College before entering UNC-A
in 1972.
Kinney will keep the finan
cial records and will bill adver
tisers.
Gilreath is a junior literature
major from Vail.
She will solicit advertising
Intensive Courses Offered
Three new intensive courses
consisting of eight to nine sem
ester hours each will be offered
next fall.
According to Mr. Stan Kelley,
intensive courses arc those in
which student and professor
will be doing only one thing at
a time. One intensive course
will occupy one term’s load of
nine semester hours.
Kelley feels that, “if people
can concentrate on one thing
at a time, then they can concen
trate on that thing more intensly.
Working with one instructor at
a time establishes closer relation
ships between the faculty member
and the student.”
The motive for establishing
the intensive courses goes back to
the proposals made by the Cur
ricular Reforms Committee, of
which one recommendation delt
with intensive courses.
The committee felt that since a
student would have only one
course, the course could offer a
more broad educational exper
ience.
The three courses being of
fered are, Elementray ant Inter
mediate Latin, under Dr. ihur-
man. Survey of European History,
under Dr. Trullinger, and The
United States in World Affairs,
under Dr. Rainey.
Dr. Thurman, when questioned
about his intensive course, im
mediately stated that the time
listed in the schedule for the
course was incorrect.
Thurman calls the intensive
course, “. . . an experiment in
learning and living.”
Dr. Trullinger feels that the
intensive course will allow stu
dents to get into European his
tory in depth. “I see history as
a movement,” says Trullinger.
Using this movement, students
will be able to trace the develop
ments of institutions, countries,
and the like with clarity and
detail.
Rainey feels that the intensive
courses allow professors to,
“Repackage (their) traditional
subject matter and just throw out
all that (they) have done in the
past.”
Interest in the courses next
fall will determine whether or
not the intensive courses will
be discontinued or expanded.
Science Department
Receives Grant
The National Science Founda
tion has awarded UNC-A a
$14,370 grant to study the
biology of a once-dead river that
is returning to life.
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
announced the grant recently
and said that it is the only grant
going to a North Carolina uni
versity in a program that is slated
for 44 states and will award
more than $1 million in grants..
James O. Scott, a sophomore
biology-chemistry major from
Asheville, will serve as project
director with the major portion
of the study planned for this
summer.
Charles James, senior chemistry
major from Charlotte; David
M. Cody, junior biology major
from Candler; Otto M. Tysland,
sophomore chemistry major
from Green Mountain, Lane
Buckner, junior biology major
from Spruce Pine, Paul Bick
ford, sophomore chemistry major
from Asheville, Gene Spears,
junior biology major from Ashe
ville, Lisa Johnston, junior bi
ology major from Asheville, and
Dwain Godfrey, freshman
chemistry major from Asheville
comprise the UNC-A students
who will be participating in the
program.
John Bernhardt Jr., assistant
professor of biology, will serve
as faculty coordinator for the
study.
locally in her capacity as ad
salesperson.
Gilreath gained experience
as ad salesperson for the RIDGE
RUNNER during this semester.
She fromerly attended Warren
Wilson College in Swannanoa.
The new staff was chosen by
Dr. Robert Trullinger, RIDGE
RUNNER advisor, Zollie Steven
son, former RIDGERUNNER
editor, Lynn Hyde, former
RIDGERUNNER co-business
manager, and Chuck Campbell,
SGA communications commis
sioner.
The Grass Roots appear in concert at UNC-A on Sunday April 15,
at 2 o'clock. Tickets from UNC-A students are only two dollars.
Board of Trustees
Trustees Hear Dorm Problems
The UNC-A Board of Trustees,
in its regular monthly meeting,
this week heard reports con
cerning dormitory life and the
food situation in the UNC-A
cafeteria.
The Board of Trustees approved
a resolution to request an increase
in dormitory rental rates for next
year. Citing increased salary
costs and material costs, William
Pott, vice-chancellor for financial
affairs said the increase was
“unfortunate but necessary.”
Final approval of an increase
rental rate will rome from Dr.
William Friday, president of the
University of North Carolina.
Next years dormitory rental for
a double room is expected to
increase to $400 from the $380
currently being changed.
Mr. Pott discussed the UNC-A
food plan with members of the
Baord of Trustees and said sales
in both the cafeteria and snack
shop have dropped 20 percent
during the week and 75 percent
during weekends since students
were given the opportunity to
go off the required food plan.
Chancellor William High-
smith informed the Board of
Trustees that the proposed
programs endorsed by the mem
bers earlier had been sent to
President Friday and will be
reviewed in the near future by
members of the Board of Gover
nors.
Constitution
Approved
The proposed student consti
tution eas approved 86 to 10
in a referendum on Tuesday.
There were 820 registered
full time students eligible to
vote.
The new constitution will
become effective on May 10.
However, the section on
elections takes effect im
mediately.
dLn.slcl.e:
the last editor’s review Page 2
Carolyn mcelrath Page 3
volleyball Page 4
Gainey and his staff will pro
duce the remaining issue of the
RIDGERUNNER.
He plans to continue the same
format presently used until the
fall of 1973 when changes will
be made.
One of Gainey’s plans will
be to publish the RIDGERUN
NER on a weekly basis next year.
Debaters Win
Third Place
UNC-A’s Debate Team won
third place in the state at a
debate tournament at East
Carolina University.
Jose Arago and Jon Williams
represented UNC-A at the tour
nament.
The team won three com
petitions and lost two. They beat
Duke twice and North Carolina
State once.
UNC-A bowed to Davidson
and Catawba.
Catawba won the tournament.
Jon Williams felt that UNC-A
should have beat Davidson.
“We lost to the Davidson team
unfairly because one of the judges
from North Carolina State didn’t
know debate theory.”
First ranked Catawba just
recently started their debate
club as did uUNC-A.
Williams said, “The UNC-A
team’s future looks good if
necessary commitments are made
and generated.”
In action on March 31, UNC-A
won third place in a tournament
at Davidson.
UNC-A entered debaters in
only two of the ten competitions.
Jose Arago and Jon Williams
represented UNC-A in the
Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Lynn Hyde, Betsy Davidson,
Janie Fishbourne and Ginger
Olson entered the oral inter
pretation contest.
Arago won second place over
all as a most outstanding de
bater in that tournament.