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RiDeemnoeR. VOL. XI NO. 2 September 11. 19/5 University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville,N.C.28804 r Freshmen Comment on Campus Life "I like it," was the frequent comment when fresh men were asked their impressions of UNCA. Many peo ple like the personal atmosphere of a small school. Instead of being a number, each student is a person where "the professors are willing to work with you." One chronic sleeper expressed his fppii nnc r\-f in Staying awake in all of his classes. Emphasis was put on the amount of personal free dom college offers in comparison to high school. Students enjoy being able to "come^-and go as you please." They like the relaxed feeling of taking it easy between classes. One problem commuters expressed was the difficul ty in getting to know other students, since most come for classes, and then go back home. One student, who came from a high school where everyone knew one an other, felt UNCA is "not as friendly as it could be." Positive comments were made about several differ ent things. Students like the "wonderful course offerings," the new radio station, and the campus. One freshman enjoys drinking the free beer offered at Student Government functions. On the negative side, students were frustrated at having to wait weeks for books to arrive at the book store. Registration and the Admissions Department are both considered too disorganized. A comment was made on the terrible jokes all professors seem to in flict upon their classes. But how do most freshman, (who haven't really form ed an opinion yet}, feel? As ene student so eloquent ly put it, "Its all right, I reckon." Faculty Tenure Policy Presently Being Revised ^Tive Year Plan"' Steering Committee Purposes Reviewed The second meeting of the Steering Committee of the "Five Year Plan on Student Services" vms held Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4 in the Adminis tration Conference Room. The 45 minute long meet- was intended to re-organ ize the Committee which only met once last year. Chancellor Highsmith, iniator of the Plan, opened the meeting with a review of its purposes. He said that in light of UNCA's past emphasis on academics, "not much has been done for the stud ents as human beings." "Student services have taken a backseat to aca demics," the Chancellor reported. He said the purpose of this Five Year Plan is to improve student services on cam pus in the future. The Plan grew out of a Board of Governors re quest to all 16 campuses in the North Carolina public unviersity system.. Last year the Board re- ' quired a plan for the fu ture of each institution, especially those areas related to academic de velopment. UNCA's plan, presented last October, is still awaiting action by the Board. This new Plan, dealing solely with student ser vices at UNCA, was sanc tioned by the Board of Trustees. Once adopted by them, the Plan will become "official univer sity policy." Comple tion date for the Plan is December 1975. The Five Year Plan on Student Services is bro ken into seven subcom mittees, each dealing with a different subject area. Attending the meet ing were: Fred Tone-Inter- collegiate Athletics', Kim Manning-Special Programs; Marlyn Powel1-Student Gov ernment; David Ramseur- Student Organizations; Ed Harris-Intramurals and Recreation; Nora Aiker.- Student Center, Dorms, and Food; and Dr. Andrade- Broadcasting and Publica tions. Dean of Students Tom Deason chaired the meeting. Dr. Highsmith identified three specific questions each Subcommittee should address in its particular area; "(1) what do we now have, (2) what do we want in the future, and (3) what will it take to get what we want." In completing his re marks, the Chancellor em phasized the importance of the development of the Plan. He said that although designed to al leviate difficulities in the long run, immediate solutions to pressing problems were encouraged. Short range solutions, he said, should be brought to the Steering Coirmittee and forwarded to him for implementation. Mr. Deason announced several areas of progress since the Committee last met May 6. He reported the recent appointment of a Director of Intra murals and Recreation, Mr. Lancaster. At a dinner meeting between Dr. Dula, Director of Administra tion; S. G.President Gary Aiken; Mr. Hartman, Dir ector of Athletics; and himself, Mr. Deason said cooperation was encourag ed in reference to UNCA's CONT. Pg. 3... An ad hoc faculty com mittee is presently in the process of updating UNCA's document on faculty tenure. The seven man committee met Friday, Sept. 5 to dis cuss the several working drafts of the document to be presented to the Board of Governors by Nov. 1. The committee is chaired by Dr. Phil Walker, and its other members include Dr. Harry Johnston, Dr. Jim Vincent, Dr. Shirley Browning, Dr. Arnold Sgan, Dr. Walt Boland, and Dr. George Kramer. The com mittee was originally ap pointed by Chancellor High smith in 1973 to draw up the first statement on faculty tenure. The 1973 document was _ adopted by UNCA's Board " of Trustees in December " of that year. It was for warded to the Board of Governors who never took official action on it. The main reason for inaction by the,Board was their revision of a state-wide document upon which the UNCA plan was not based. The "Academic Freedom and Tenure Code," common ly refered to as "Chapter 6," was adopted by the Board of Governors in June of this year. This docu ment sets down general guidelines to which all 16 campuses in the North Car olina university system must conform. It dictates certain standardized areas which the individual doc uments of each campus must share In corranon (except N. C. School of the Arts). In response to a direc tive from the central ad ministration in Chapel Hill UNCA is developing a ten ure document to conform to Chapter 6. The Chancellor ire-activated the originall 1973 committee on tenure to preform the task. The committee met several times during the summer. Chapter 6 represents a considerable change in philosophy by the central administration. ' It fails to be specific in most areas, but rather is a general statement open to various interpretations. In addition to Chapter 6, UNCA's document should con form to a list of "sugges tions" drafted by two mem bers of President Friday's staff, Vice-President Daw son and Mr. Phay, a legal advisor. These suggestions re-emphaize the generali ties desired by Chapel Hill A tentative first draft of a UNCA tenure document was the subject of a meet ing in Chapel Hill Aug. 20. Attended by Doctors Riggs, Vincent, Browning, and Wal ker, the central adminis tration strongly advised against the specificity of the document. Last Fri day's meeting was an att empt to mesh the sugges tions with the reality of UNCA. The general con sensus of the committee was that little deviation from the Chapel Hill dir ectives was the best route Chapter 6 and the cen tral administration's list of suggestions seem to provide local administra tions with more power to grant tenure and fire faculty. According to one member of the committee, the Chancellor will be able to fire faculty for reasons of changing pro grams at UNCA. Chapel Hill maintains that spec ificity often grants more rights to non-tenured fac ulty than they actually have. For example, non- tenured faculty have cer tain time periods of re appointment. Specifing certain safeguards and appeals routes, as does the present UNCA document, may prolong these periods, thus allowing more posi- billty for tenure receipt. Another incentive for the committee to make the new tenure document gen eral is time involved in amending it.. Once adopt ed by the Board of Gover nors, any amendment, more likely in a very detailed document, could easily take a year. One committee member said the "committee is baffled at the (requested) changes, but not necess arily rebelling against it." He said there is, "no feeling of forcing something down people's throats." Another felt the Chapel Hill proposals were as much a surprise to the UNCA administra tion, as to the members of the conmittee. The committee is to fin ish its work by the end of September, when its recommendations will be presented to the Board of Governors. Closed meetings, at least to students, will continue for the next few weeks on this important matter. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 12. Student Senate Receives Large Budget Requests The first Student Sen ate meeting of the 1975- 76 academic year was call ed to order by S. G. Vice- President Pete Austin at 9:07, Tuesday evening, Sept. 9. The meeting was attended by nine of 16 possible Senators. Following an announce ment by Chairman Austin ,disallowing proxy votes. Senator Aiken requested the floor. She express ed her desire to see the Bill presently regulating financing procedures for the Summit "killed." Ms. Aiken claimed the Bill causes full-time students to pay more for the an nual than part-time.stu dents. The approval of sever al executive appointments of Commissioners was the next item on the agenda. The following students were confirmed by the Senate for their respec tive positions: Joan Ad ams and Bob Lehman-Soc ial Commissioners, J. C. Hyatt-Intramurals Commi ssioner, Pat McCraw-Ele- ctions Commissioner, Johnny Wicker-FInance .Commissioner. Byron Ballard was ap proved as Co-Commission er of Publicity and Com munications following suspension of the rules of procedure to vote on her Bill. Normally Bills must be Introduced one week before they may be voted on. The greatest amount of the hour long meeting was the introduction of the budgets of the cam pus media. The Summit budget of $5971 for the year met some opposition. Senators Leguire and Ai ken expressed displeas ure with the present fi nancing process of the Summit. The annual Ridgerunner budget request was a to tal of $6114.50. It in cluded itemized requests for printing costs($4500), office expenses including mailings($445) and money for equipment purchases ($894.50). The radio station re quest of .V3728.50 is for first semester only. It includes allocation re quests for engineering, music, scholarships, and telephones. All three budgets are eligible to be voted on at the next Senate meeting. Inform al budget hearings will be held during the week of the 8th. A resolution calling for the relaxation of the visitation regualtions in the dorms was intro duced. It was tabled pending an inquiry into the legalities of some of its phraseology. A 15 minute debate over the date and time of the next meeting ended the official business of the first Student Senate meeting of the year.
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