mDeemmen
VOL. XI No. 3
September- 25, 1975
University of North Carolina at Asheville
AsheVi11e,N.C.28804
1974-7% Summit A
Surprise To Most
Some say it's immoral. Certainly they
wouldn't let their children read it, or
their parents for that matter. Others have
called it unique and innovative. It has hu
mor, satire, candor, and sarcasm. It even
shows a little flesh jiere and there. In
case you're a freshman or an upper classman
who has one but didn't recognize it, I'm re
ferring to the 1974-75 Summit.
No one except a few staff members can de
ny that the Summit was a surprise. That in
itself makes the annual somewhat commend
able; Summits of years past have shown lit
tle deviation from the traditional mug-shot
and pom-pom format. But the 1974-75 annu
al 's theme employed several popular maga
zines as the section divisions: "National
Lampoon", "North Carolina Wildlife", "Enteifi.
tainment", "Sports Illustrated", "Peoples",
and "Rolling Stone". This is not a new ir
dea; the concept has been used at the Uni
versity of South Carolina for fifteen years,
and the University of Texas for twenty.
Nevertheless, it was a change, and one of
many that have been both lauded and condemn
ed by various factions at UNCA.
Some of the criticism is valid, while
some is perhaps a bit too conservative.
Jackie Stephenson, editor of the '75 edi
tion, as well as present editor for 1976,
stated her philosophy behind the annual was
to achieve a more inclusive perspective of
life at UNCA.
"A yearbook should not be just the good
things that have occurred in a year. It
should represent a year at school as a
whole, complete with the bad things, the
funny things, and the sad things, and the
good things," she explained.
In the '75 Summit, some of the bad
things are campus guards, waiting in long
lines, the game with N.C. State, and cer
tain aspects of campus festivities. Funny
things include some candid pictures of fa
culty, administration, and comrades. Sad
things perhaps are the athletic priorities;
and of course, there are lots of pictures
of the good times.
Technically speaking there is valid crit
icism of some of the photographs. Many
seemed washed of detail, whether the fault
of photographer or printer. And there does
appear to be a lot of wasted space. But
the objections that have recently been rais
ed by discontented students are^deeper than
technical. They question whether the 1974-
75 Summit fulfilled the true purpose of a
yearbook.
"Personally, I don't think that they
(objections) were just technical, because I
found that even though there were some good
things in it, basically to me they were
things that we don't care to remember over
a period of years. There were things in it
like the particular article of a diary of a
dope addict t;hat were sort of irrelevant as
far as I'm concerned to what happened in
the year. Of course it might represent a
lot to people here who smoke dope, but how
do you know they're going to smoke dope in
ten years and how do you know that every
body who smokes dope wants something pub
lished about it?"
Dennis Homolka, a dorm student at UN
CA found much of the Summit irrelevant and
of poor technical quality. He and another
student, Lauri Altieri, expressed distaste
CONT. Pg. 2...
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Chancellor Highsmith addresses Board of Trustees last Wednesday.
Photo by Wayne Johnson
At Board Meeting
Support Asked For
Woman’s Athletics
student Government
President Gary Aiken
asked for a resolution
of support for women's
athletics at the first
Board of Trustees
meeting of the 1975-76
fiscal year. Aiken,
a voting ex officio
member of the Board,
requested a resolution
"of support for equal
emphasis in terms of
facilities and finan
ces" for UNCA women's
athletics.
Chancellor William
Highsmith responded
by explaining the fi
nances of UNCA athle
tics. He said men's
basketball received
30% of the total ath
letic budget. Dr.
Highsmith recognized
that little emphasis
has been placed on
women's athletics, but
said "until last year
there had been few re
quests for it."
Aiken cited only a
$371 allocation to wom
en's basketball last
year. He suggested
problems exist where
the Athletic Director,
who makes final deci
sions about where
funds are allocated,
is also the men's bas
ketball coach.
On a suggestion by
Chancellor Highsmith,
the Board reaffirmed
its support of the
Five Year Plan on Stu
dent Services, espec-*'
ially the Subcommittee
on Intercollegiate Ath
letics.
The Board of Trus
tees meeting, held
Wednesday Sept. 17,
began with the swear
ing in of six members.
District Court Chief
Judge C. Walter Allen
swore in three new and
three returning mem
bers. New members in
cluded Robert P. Carr,
Dave Felmet, and Karl
Straus, while return
ing mehibers are Dr.
Frell Owl, Mrs. Charles
CONT. Pg. 3...
Aiken Threatens to Veto
Media Budget Requests
Student Government
President Gary Aiken
threatened to veto all
budgets passed by the
Student Senate at a
meeting Thursday, Sept.
IS. Aiken said that
Student Government had
not yet received an
estimate on its reven
ue for first semester.
He warned the Senate
that it was spending
money it did not have.
The meeting was the
second of the year. It
was called to order at
5:10 by Senior Senator
Pam Adams, who tempor
arily chaired the meet
ing until Vice-Presi
dent Pete Austin arr
ived. The heads of
the^various campus med
ia were present at the
meeting attended by
ten Senators.
The main purpose of
the meeting was the
consideration of the
Summit, radio station,
and Ridqerunner bud
gets introduced last
week. Following an
nouncements by Finan
ce Commissioner John
ny Wicker, who report
ed that the Ginger Ol
son Memorial Fund con
tained over $2000,. the
Senate took up the
Summit budget request.
An amendemnt by Com
muter Seantor Chris
Smith to repeal past
Bills regulating the
amount of money allo
cated to the yearbook
passed. His amendment
cleared the way for
the Senate to allocate
as much money as it
desired to the Summit.
The Summit budget re
quest of $5971 for the
1975-76 academic year
passed with four ayes
and five abstentions.
On a motion by Jun
ior Senator Terry John
son, the Ridqerunner
budget request was con
sidered next. Sopho
more Senator Randy
CONT. Pg. 3...