the
RiDeeiaiDD6R.
'ASCENT
of
MAN^
course
to be otfere
Leslie Deane
In conjunction with
the University of \’
North Carolina Telev
vision, UMCA will pre
sent "The Ascent Of
Man” startina January
7,1974, at 8:30 p.m.
An interdiscipli
nary course for uni
versity credit,"The
Ascent of Man" will
consist of 13 broad
cast secrments based
on the BBC-TV series
on the cultural evo
lution of man.
Dr. Jacob Bronow-
ski, historian and
philosopher, a Fel
low of the Royal So
ciety of Literature,
and author of the
series, will narrate
the programs.
The common bonds be
tween science and the
humanities, and their
resultinq influence
n^)on both society and
future cultures will
be presented by Bro-
nowski.
In addition to the
televised lectures,
participants in "The
Ascent of Man" will
attend two conveni
ently scheduled two-
hour discussion ses
sions at tIfJCA. One to
three semester hours
credit may be earned,
continaent upon the
program elected bv
FACULTY AWARDS
the student.
Students unable to
receive channel 33
can viev; the course
on a television set
in the library which
will be provided by
Learnina Resources.
Coordinator of the
course at TJNCA is
Dr. Robert S. Trul-
linqer,Jr., of the
Department of His
tory .
"This will be an
interestina and fair
ly convenient way for
students to pick up
three hours credit,"
he explained.
Lecturers in the
course will include
Dr.Jim Vinson, Dr.
Arnold Saan, and Dr.
Richard Reed. The
text for the course,
also entitled "The
Ascent of Man," is
actually a transcrint
of the series. Those
student able to watch
the procrram each v;eek
may find the text to
be unnecessary. The
study guide is essen
tial, hov;ever.
For further infor
mation on "The Ascent
of Man" write or tele-
nhone Dr. Trullinger
care of the History
Department at UNCA.
1974-75 yearbooks on sale
This year the new
policy set down by the
Summit staff involves
additional expenditure
by the students for
the publication. How
ever, the book costs
no more than last
years's annual,$10.00.
The reason for the
$5.00 charge to stu
dents is two-fold.
In the past, diffi
culties have evolved
from under or over
ordering annuals.
Either students were
turned away empty-
handed, or the sur
plus lay stacked and
mildev;ed in the Sum
mit office.
. Students have al
ready paid only half
of the fee for the
annual instead of the
full amount as in
year's past. To re
ceive a copy, a stu
dent must place an
order with a Summit
staff member, with
the other $5.00. In
this way, the staff
will know exactly how
many to order, and no
student who is en
titled to the publi
cation will be turned
away. But since the
students have already
paid for half of the
annual out of their
activities fee, they
should take advantage
of this and order
their annual now.
Dr. John G. Stevens,
associate professor
of chemistry at UNCA
has received a grant
from the National
Bureau of Standards
for $10,400. This
arant is to facili
tate nublication of
the 1974 edition of
the Mossbauer Effect
Data Index, an inter
nationally circulated
journal.
An additional grant
of $5,000 av;arded by
the board of directors
of Research Corpora-?
tion of New York City,
was also received by
UT'ICA for the support
of Dr. Stevens’ re
search.
The proposed research
is estimated to take
about a year to com
plete , and should con
tribute in two areas.
The first is the
advancement in Moss
bauer instrumentation
by attemptincr to con
struct a resonance
detector for use in
antimony Mossbauer
spectroscopy.
"Such a detector
should imnrove the
signal and allow ex
periments not pre-
viouslv possible,*
stated Dr. Stevens.
The,second contri
bution should be a
better understandina
of "the bondina and
structure of antimony
compounds.
Dr. Stevens joined
the faculty in 1960
after earning his BS
and Doctor of Philo-
sonhy derrrees at NC
State.
********
Associate Professor
of Political Science
Drv Barham Farzaneaan
vras av;arded a North
Carolina Educational
Computina Service
errant for the develop
ment of a computer-
based simulation in
international rela-c .
tions.
For the past three
years, Dr. Farzanegan
has been the coordi
nator of TJNCA simula
tion programs for the
Asheville-Buncombe
high school area.
********
Assistant Drofessor
of art, S. Tucker Cooke
received a purchase
prize from the N.C.
Council of the Arts at
the Realism, in North
Carolina Fxhibition
held in Charlotte's
Mint Museum of Art;'
The av;ard-v;inning
niece v;as entitled:
"The Safari Lady's
Party at the Primavera
Ball."
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Christmas
1974
outing
club*
Veterans’ Benefits Increased
On December 4,1974
Congress approved
H.R. 12628, "Viet
nam Era Veterans'
Readjustment Assis
tance Act fo 1974."
This action over
rode an earlier veto
bv ^resident i='ord,
and naved the way for
veterans currently
attendina school to
beain receiving '
these benefits soon.
At the same time, it •
offers the onnortunitv
for veterans not cur
rently receivinr bene
fits the means to at
tend school and main
tain a household.
These benefits are
as follov;s:
1) 23% increase in
reoular education
benefits; 18% increase
for vocational reha
bilitation.
2) Student ioans in
the sum of $600.00
durina the academic
year effective 1/1/74
3) Authorized Voca
tional Rehabilitation
for 10% disabilitv or
more.
4) Allov/s an addi
tional 9 months of
schooling for an un
dergraduate dearee.
(Increased from 36
months to 45 months.)
^or further infor
mation, contact the
Office of Veterans'
Affairs, dovmstairs
in Lipinsky.
UNCA's Outina Club,
The Middle Earth So
ciety, has announced
a schedule for its
meetings. On the
first and third
Tuesdays of every
month at 5:00 pm,
the outing club will
meet in the Ridge-
runner Office in the
Lipinsky Student
Center.
Upcoming projects
will be planned at
this time, as well as
special programs and
projects.
A wide variety of
activites such as
canoeing, caving, and
camping are now un
der consideration and
anyone interested in
the great outdoors
owes it to himself to
check into this easi-
Iv available oppor
tunity.
New members are
v/elcome, and no ex
perience is neces-
sarv. Contact Robert
Fudge for further
information.
TABLE FOR INCREASE
WAS
NOW
Slrigle Veteran
t220.00
^|270.00
Married Veteran
|26l.00
1312.00
with one child
^298,00
$366.00
Each additional
de pendent
t22.00