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the RjE>eeiaiDD€R THE UKimSITY OF NORTH CAROLIMA AT ASHEVIILE - T 2^-HOUR COMIOTER SERVICE AVAIUBLE by Larry Hill UNC-A has Installed Computers, Games, and a new minl-computer Simulations« will be of- system which will be fered next term for two dedicated to education- credit hours. This c;* al uses. It Is de* course will be designed signed to be easy to introduce elementary use and will enable all students and fa culty to have access to a computer termi nal 24 hours a day. Here is a brief description o£ the mini-computer sys tem now on campus: 1)Capability fo support 16 terminals. 2)Interactive pro gramming using the basic language. 3)System will sup port ^various pro gram packages con taining commonly used routines. programming and use of the computer, with edu cational uses being stressed. The first part of this course could serve as a work shop for interested fa ct ;ty; and UNC-A facul ty interested in having their students become familiar with the use ot the new computer should encourage them to take this course. A similar course will be offered in the evet- ning next semester which will introduce students of any disci- The KIXGERVNHER is your paper. Any comments or criticism is not only helpful, but welcome. The office is open from 11:00 to 2:00 p.m. every day, or if an appointment is desired, call 254-7415, or extension 343. OBAHCEILOR FIVE YEAR PLABT by Bill Cable Chancellor Highsmith graduate category, and 4)Simulations and pro- pline to computer uses, recently released cop- teaching, arts, and grams can be stored on system for use by persons with little or no programming skill. 5)Students may store their own individual programs on These classes> will be held on MOndays and Wednesdays between ^ presented to four and five o clock, board of trustees Practice sessions will of Gov- THS STV9SHT AND THE STAMP There is a question on campus today cdsout whether or not the US Goverhment actually intends to treat the students of our uni versity like the rest of the citizenry. Well dearly beloved, they just might. The miracle of food stamps, manna from heaven, freebies, et. ai., these little goodies, if you can pick up on them, can stretch your survival funds over quite a while, even leaving enough for a couple of six packs. You ask, dear heeurt, how might I gain the grace of the Feds? Easy. You must be the head of a household, (so far, dorm rooms qualify), you must not make more than $]95 a month, (deductions are be arranged at the stu- ernors. The sixty- ies of a five-year plan management on the grad- ^ade for medical and for the university whichuate level. scholastic expenses). With the expected in- swear faithfully that crease in enrollment you will store emd those additional pro grams should bring to the UNCA campus, the University would hope three page statement you will store eat separately the food you purchase with your stands,(you cannot even slip some to provide expanded and to your room mate who improved services for blew his on Baby Ruth dents* convenience. Students and faculty '"ovides^a brief his- There are three ter- are urged to communi- school, a mlnals now on campus cate any ideas or sug- comprehensive look at for general use; a gestions concerning the current status, and students. The state- ^nd if you are teletype terminal in c computer system to a startling propo- ment calls for convert- residing in the dorms the library on the member of the Commit- g^j^g the future of ing the present Dormi- the University must second floor, a tele- tee on Computer Planningyfhile it is true tory Village to single verify that you can type terminal in the and Use. Members of the that the new proposals rooms housing graduate stove the food in Social Science buildlng>committee are: Mr.Jim will require addition- and advanced undergrad- your room. al funding and approv- uate students only, (continued,p.3.) al from the Board of with a new dormitory Governors, it appears complex constructed the next five years maintained by a could involve a change private corporation for in direction for the the remaining undergrad- University of North uate students. The Carolina at Asheville, plans for the facility The Chancellor re- include a food service Vinson,chairman, Mr. John Bernhardt, Mr. F. Coyle, Mr.B. Farzane- gan, Mr. Milton Ready, Mr. George Kramer, Mr. in room 212, and a cathode ray terminal in the Science Tower, room 101. These ter minals are available for use by all students Goetz Wolff, and Pat and faculty at any time Hickey and Katharine with directions for Poovey. using the computer This committee is present at each of the responsible for the plans and policies for the computing activi ties. At the present time, Asheville Country Day School and Newfound locations. A fourth terminal in the compu ter will be used pri- marilly for systems management. A new full-time programmer has been ap- School are connected pointed bythe compu- with UNC-A* s system, ting center. Mr. Bill together with McDowall peatedly emphasizes in the statement his de sire to see UNCA re main a liberal arts college while at the same time expanding its curriculum to include {continued,p.4) Pocket Wilderness -the area is rugge? and Bowater Carolina Cor- tedious, but is the "undergraduate programs poration President Rob- only development in the with professional and grt Herdman has invited entire wilderness area. the public to take part Boundaries are marked in the dedication cere- ©n the ground, with mony of over 500 acres side trails leading to of land as the fifth waterfalls and over area in the Bowater looks. An alternate Pocket Wilderness pro- loop trail of four gram. The dedication miles can be done in career orientation" and "graduate work Fuller will, after an High School in Marion, initial period of train-N.C., to have been con- leading to degrees at ing begin various pro- nected by mid October. the master's level." gramming projects plus These on campus ter- T^e implications of manage the dally opera- minals resulted in quite such an expansion are tions of the center. heavy use in the first substantial and a con- Any instructor or month of operation, with siderable amount of ev- ^e on November 2, about four hours. user wanting immediate an average connect time instruction lA the use of 22.6 hours per day, of the new system shoulcjwhich is quite a good contact Jim Vinson so average considering that whatever demon strations or workshops wanted can be ar ranged . idence is presented in an attempt to justify the expansion proposal The proposed new areas of study include music, management, nurs-pj-otection in its natu- the public relations raged to find and become ing and health scien- p^^i state by Bowater. department, Bowaters acquainted with the ter- ces, and environmental eight mile loop Carolina Corporation, how new our system is. Students are encou- at 9:30 AM. Location maps and The area, seven miles additional details on south of Marion near the Bob's Creek dedi- Glenwood, is one of the cation hike may be largest set aside for obtained by writing to A course. Science 200 minals, and use them. studies in the under- trail established in Catawba, SC,29704.
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