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VOL. XI No. 1 August 28,1975 University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville,N.C.28804
Ramseur
Selected
Editor
Amid controversy and
confusion, David Ramseur,
a senior political
science major, was chosen
editor of the Ridge-
runner, for the 1975-76
academic year. Ramseur
was selected over two
other applicants by a
joint student-faculty-
administration committee
May 1 of last year.
A committee selected
early in the year was to
have drafted a new
Ridgerunner Policy State
ment replacing the one
adopted in 1964. A
variety of factors pre
vented the accomplishment
CHANCELLOR Highsmith addresses new students during orientation in H.L.H.
Also on stage (L to R) are Dean Deason, Dean Wutschel, and Dr. Rosenblatt,
Director of T.C.&A.
photo by Dean Hines
Conceived in 1969
WUNF-FM Broadcasting
To Asheville Area
DAVID RAMSEUR
of this task, necessi
tating the quick appoint
ment of the ad hoc selec
tion committee.
The major debate was
the method of staff
selection, some support
ing a general student
election of the editor,
and others in favor of a
committee-type appoint
ment. The culmination
was the request by Dr,
Robert Trullinger. Chair
man of the Five Year Plan
Subcommittee on Broad
casting and Publications,
for a moratorium on all
policy statement changes.
No action has been taken
up to this point.
Ramseur, active in
Student Government as
Student Senator and last
year's Vice-President,
contributed to the 1974-
75 Ridgerunner. He
intends to begin weekly
publication of the campus
paper as soon as permanent
staff members are selec
ted.
Anyone interested in
working with the Ridge
runner is urged to contact
David in the Ridgerunner
office, upstairs in the
Student Center.
Thursday, August 21,
WUNF received a telegram
from the Federal Communi
cations Commission, The
telegram read, "author
ity granted (to) conduct
program tests operating
with (the) new FM facil
ities." In other words,
the station is on the
air
In the works since
1969, the station will
broadcast at 88.1 on the
FM dial. The ten watt
signal can be heard up
to eight miles in some
areas, with a minimum of
about two miles.
An educational FM
station, WUNF has cost
over $18,000 in student
monies appropriated by
the Student Senate since
1972, Larry Warren,
station manager since
last year, has watched
WUNF grow from an inaudi
ble buzz .transmitted
through the light fix-^
tures in the dorms to its
culmination last week.
He said the official
license should arrive
from the FCC in about
ten days, at which time
the station will begin
broadcasting 16 hours a
day.
According to Warren,
a staff of 31, some 23 of
which are new recruitees,
are being trained to go
on the air. Broadcasters
on an educational station
the size of WUNF do not
require a license but
seven of the staff do
have their third class
licenses. Warren said
non-renewable provisional
licenses, good for one
year, would be obtained
for most of the staff from
the FCC.
As an educational sta
tion, WUNF agrees to run
educational programing
at least 25 hours a week.
Some ambiguity exists as
to what exact^ly is educa
tional, but station mana
ger Warren said pre
recorded material such as
sports, interviews with
professors, and classical
music packages, all qua
lify. The station pres
ently has almost 40 hours
of pre-recorded program
ing. It includes rock
documentaries about Hen
drix and Donovan, and
interviews with contempo
rary author Ken Kesey.
Two serials, in the tradi
tion of the "Fireside
Theatre," the " Fourth
Tower of Inverness" and
"Moon Over Morocco" will
be aired regularly. The
station will devote most
of its time, however, to
its 2000 album "progres
sive rock" collection.
Warren expressed obvi
ous "mental and physical
relief" at the station
finally going FM. He
said, "I am looking for
ward to this year because
its a proving year--we've
got to prove ourselves to
the students first. We
need the help of the
students—input about
programing--what they want
to hear," Warren expres
sed thanks to the 1974-75
Student Senate "because
without them it wouldn't
have been possible,"
Anyone interested in
'working with the station
is urged to drop in any
time, upstairs in the
^tudent Center, or call
254-1057
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8 8.1 ^
Student
Orientation
Is
Successful
Orientation for new
students formally began
at 9:00 Wednesday morn
ing, August 20. The two
and a half hour program
in the Humanities lec
ture Hall began with
welcome addresses from
Chancellor Highsmith and
Student Government Pres
ident Gary Aiken. Dr.
Highsmith briefly re
viewed UNCA's relatively
short history, while
Aiken urged the new stu
dents to become involved
in more than the aca
demic aspects of campus
life.
Other speakers in
cluded Dr. Thomas Dula,
substituting for Vice-
Chancellor Riggs, and
Mr. Tom Deason,'Dean of
Students. Mrs. Alice
Wutschel introduced the
heads of the various
campus organizations,
who each made brief re
cruitment appeals.
Following a needed
coffee break and more
speakers, the new stu
dents, accompanied by
their respective stu
dent advisors, enjoydd
a Student Government
sponsored lunch. The
afternoon en'ied »'.’ith
group sessions in the
new Zageir Social
Sciences Building where
faculty and student ad
visors prepared the new
students for life at
UNCA.
Arriving on campus
Monday, dorm students
found the rest of the
week scattered with en-
tertai nment, Thursday
evening's activities on
the soccer field saw
about 150 students,
while Friday's attempt
at a skit satirizing
life as a dorm student,
drew far less.
The "get to know
each other dance" Sat
urday in the cafeteria
was reasonably well at
tended and after con
suming three kegs of
beer, some students
were beginning to "get
to know each other".
The week culminated
with the movie "The
Point" Sunday evening
and the search for
class cards to be turn
ed in the next day.
WELCOME BACK TO U.N.C.-A.