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I Summit A Surprise
for the "Images'
a similar bent.
"Even though
by her, I don't
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Film Society’s Demise
Due To Lack of Support
it may have been approved
think it was in proper
taste for the yearbook," Homolka said in
reference to the "Images" picture in which
a female student at UHCA appears in the
nude.
Other students objected to the presenta
tion of campus controversies, complete
with editorializing by the Summit staff.
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“Well, it told it like it was," Doug Ballard
a dorm student, recollected, "but I think if
they want to voice their opinions, the annual
is not the place to do it. They should put
controversy in the Ridgerunner during the year
before it's too late to do anything about it."
How would a student who had never experi
enced UNCA life before react to the '75 Summit?
"I thought it was a great annual," said Gary
Parham. "I don't see what everyone's griping
about, I liked the way it was presented," he
added. To many, the non-traditional format
was a welcome relief.
There was an excellent turn-out of inter
ested students at a recent organizational
meeting held by the Summit staff on September
3. This year's annual will have a different
theme, and perhaps will not have the staff
and financial problems that impeded progress
in 1974.
Another student, who asked to remain anon
ymous, conceded that the '75 Summit may not
have been technically excellent, and was even
a bit over-done in places. "As far as I'm
concerned," she said, "the annual has lots
of drawbacks to it. But then, so does UNCA.
I think the Summit really is a pretty accurate
representation of UNCA. I wouldn't want my
mother to see either of them."
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Index
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Editorials
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Letters and Features
Page 6
Sports
Page 7
Printing Press
Page 7
Fall Festival
Page 10
Newsbriefs
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The UNCA Film So
ciety, which brought
to Asheville films by
such directors as Berg
man, Bertolucci, Tru
ffaut and Fellini, has
been disbanded.
The UNCA Film Soci
ety was a cooperative
venture of Mr. Goetz
Wolff, of the Polit
ical Science Depart
ment, and Mr. Arnold
K. Wengrow, in Drama.
Initiated in the
Spring of 1971, the
UNCA Film Society pre
sented five top cal
iber films per semes
ter. The purpose of
the society (as delin
eated by Professor
Wolff) was three
fold:
First, the society
was designed to pro
vide UNCA Students
with a-cultural exper
ience which should be
an Integral part of a
liberal arts educa
tion.
Second, it was in
tended to serve those
UNCA faculty members
who enjoy foreign
films.
And third, it was
hoped that the socie
ty would reach out to
the greater Asheville
Community.
When interviewed.
Professor Wolff cited
the following rea
sons for the socie
ty's collapse:
(1) the increas
ing costs of renting
quality foreign films,
(2) inadequate
audiovisual services
related to the pro
jection of the films,
(3) the inability
of the sponsors (Pro
fessors Wolff and Wen
grow) to consistently
gauge and assess the
tastes of foreign
film buffs, or in Pro
fessor Wolff's words
"critically acclaimed
films were not cer
tain box office suc
cesses." As a result
these expensive films
could not be paid for
because of inadequate
attendance and box
office receipt."
(Arnold Wengrow was
unable to be reached
for comment by the
deadline.)
In addition to the
reasons cited above.
student response to
the program proved
negligible. Profess
or Wolff attributed
this lack of student
response in part to
the necessary en
trance fee, in part
to the increased qua
lity of Student Gov
ernment-sponsored
films, and "partially
to the underdeveloped
appreciation by our
students for foreign
films."
Faculty support
of the program, while
initially encourag
ing, gradually dwin
dled away.
Suprisingly, it
was in the members
of the greater Ashe
ville conmunity that
the society found its
greatest support.
But this too was
BY FORREST REID
eventually lost due
to what Professor
Wolff termed "their
understandable impa
tience with inferior
projection equipment
which often resulted
in less than fortuH
nate breakdowns."
Faced with massive
revenue losses in the
final season. Spring
Semester '75, and
^despite a solid sel
ection of quality
films, the sponsors
were forced to recog
nize the apparent
futility of continu
ing on with the Soc
iety at this time.
Like so many worth
while undertakings
at UNCA, the Film
Society has fallen
prey to the apathy
of those the program
was designed to
reach.
Swimming, Hiking Are
Highlights of Trip
Saturday, August
30, eight people re
presenting the Mid
dle Earth Society
left Vance Hall for
the Linville Gorge
Trail at about 11
A.M. on a beautiful,
warm day. At the
top of ihis trail,
which leads into the
northern end of the
gorge, the group en
countered a ranger.
He checked the day
permits and comment
ed, "Y'all have an
awful lot of gear
for a day hike..."
The party assured
him that they would
be out of the Wilder
ness Area before
dark and left in a
hurry. After about
a mile and a half
of rapid backpacking
all were hot and hun
gry, so a lunchbreak
rather spontaneously
occured. During
lunch several of the
group went swimming
in a cold pool of
the river, below a
rapids.
After lunch the
group continued on
the Gorge Trail along
the river, ascending
the Babe! Tower for
mation, from which
there was an incredi
ble view of miles of
trie gorge and Table
Rock Mt. to the south,
At that point two of
the party left the
group and ascended
the Babel Tower Trail
in order to pick up
one of the cars.
They drove it around
to where the group
intended to end the
day's hike and camp.
The torrential
§pring floods had
washed out the bridge
at the beginning of
the Spence Ridge
Trail, so after hop
ping rocks across the
river, everyone went
swimming and got wet
anyway.
After the swim
they hiked the lencith
of the Spence Ridge
Trail, met the two
party members who had
by then driven the
car around and settl
ed down for the night.
It was a strenous af
ternoon.
Early Sunday mor
ning the Middle Earth-
ers hiked up to Table
Rock and watched the
shadows retreat as
the sun spilled into
the gorge. Eventual
ly everyone returned
to pack up and begin
the trip back to Ashe
ville.
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