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THE RIDGERUNNER September 25, 1975 Page 5 ibe Mml Ph.D. Slaves Continue ...FROM Pg. 4 before a rock may be purchased. Under the before stated provisions, perhaps the Ridge- runner would have some reason for rebu- tal in the event that the Rock incident is repeated. A parting thought: Perhaps the writer of the article in ques tion did not realize how ridiculous he sounded, or how un necessary the publi cation was. Was he "stoned"? Please excuse me if I have "Rocked" the boat. When Rocks are outlawed... Only outlaws will have Rocks John Bargin To the Editor: Furst, I wood like too congradulate the papur for appeering regalarlie. Secund, your going to haff to improove you're spel- 1ng and grammer (ore prufreeding). Goetz Wolff Correction A letter to the editor appeared in this space last issue which was unsigned. Actually, the letter was signed, but came unglued in transpor ting the paper to the printers. This year"s Ridqe runner has a policy of only printing those letters to the editor which are sign ed. Names will be withheld upon the written request of the author of the let ter. Apologies are in order to the readers of the last issue. The letter in ques tion appears below and is signed by its author, and a brief response follows. To the Editor: The supposed right to refuse publication of an opinion is a suppression. It is a denial of my freedom of expression. The responsibility of "publication con sideration" should not be in your hands alone. Shelia Hannan Granted, the right to refuse publication of an opinion is a suppression. However it is a necessary one in the interest of efficeincy and "good taste." Convention ally, the responsibi lity of "publication consideration" lies wiith the editor, as it does in the case of the Ridqerunner. The Ridgerunner Policy Statement makes no mention of an ap peals route if pub lication is refused by the editor. That is only one of many things wrong with the Statement. This year's Ridqe runner will publish all contributions from the university and community at large. Refusal will only be due to lack of space, or lack of "good taste" in the contri bution, as defined by the editor. The Editor Faculty Senate Meets The first Faculty Senate meeting of the year was called to or der by Chairman Shir ley Browning at 3:25 on Tuesday, September 9. The meeting, at tended by 12 regular members and Dr. Roy Riggs, ex officio mem ber, was held in the new Social Science Building. The election of a new Secretary, due to Dr. Charlotte O'Kel ley's recent depart ure from UNCA, began the meeting. On the third ballot, Dr. Mike Gillum, not at tending, was elected Secretary. The lighthearted meeting heard reports from Dr. Jim Vincent of the Academic Pol icies Committee and Dr. Lloyd Remmington of Institutional Dev- CONT. Pg. 10... ney expects to com plete his disserta tion either in Decem ber or January and to receive his doctorate from the New School for Social Research in New York. Mr. Car ney has a three year contract with UNCA and will be an added doctorate personage on campus for at least three years. Goetz Wolff, an other aspiring Ph.D'er hopes to complete his dissertation entitled. The Salience of the State in the Federal System: A Compara tive Analysis of Lo cal Elite Orienta- tions in California by either June or Aug ust. Mr. Wolff has completed two chapters of his six chapter dissertation to which he has devoted his summer hours. Mr. Wolff has had untold obstacles to overcome in his effort to ob tain his Ph.D. from Yale. They include a full working course load, and his advisor at Yale resigning to accept a position at Duke University. His new advisor has stated that Mr. Wolff's dis sertation is definite ly publishable "which is nice," said Goetz Wolff with a gleam in his eye. Although legally this is Mr. Wolff's last year at UNCA, should he com plete his disserta^ tion, "perhaps" his . contract will be re considered. Two new aspiring Ph.D.'s have joined UNCA's faculty. In the Philosophy depart ment, Ms. Gramm ex pects to complete her dissertation entitled Why An Insanity De- - fense: Investiqation into the Rational and Function of the In sanity Defense in Criminal Law sometime in early spring. Ex pecting to receive her Ph.D. from George town University, Ms. Gramm has a one year contract here at UNCA. However, had Ms. Gramms completed her Ph.D. before coming to UNCA, she would have been offered a three year contract. The remaining Ph. D. hopeful has settl ed in the Economics department. Mr. Su- lock's dissertation entitled: Community Colleqes is completed. When interviewed, Mr. Sulock stated that he wouldn't have taken a job unless he had completed his disser tation. Mr. Sulock, also working with a one year contract here at UNCA stated that in his opinion the current trend to wards Ph.D.'s was understandable from an administrator's viewpoint. It looks nice to have a long list of Ph.D.s when asking for grants and various funds. Perhaps Ph.D.s do look nice when an administrator is re questing funds for ...FROM Pg. 4 his or her college but unfortunately, at UNCA there seems to be a tendency to equate the Phr.D. with aca demic competence. Perhaps it would be more advisable for all instructors to be addressed as Mr. or Ms. as has been done at other univer sities. A Ph.D. de notes scholastic com petence but if one can't teach the stu dent suffers, despite having the priviledge of receiving a degree from an all Ph.D. college. A Ph.D. is nice to have but a Ph.D..doth not a good professor make. Dissension Among Vets Not Cleared Up BY AMY During the week of registration at UNCA all Veterans on campus received a notice in the mail that Keith Kirton, the Veteran's Association Office in the Student Center to the Registrar's Office in the Administration Building. No previous notice was given to the Veterans. Accord ing to Kirton, the move was made for two reasons. First, the records of the Vets must, by law, be kept under lock and key in the Administration Building. These re cords are often needed by Kirton in his con sultations with Vets, and are not easily ac cessible from the Vet eran's Association Off ice. The second rea son is that the Office is a "lounge-type" sit uation with no privacy for counseling. Kir ton made it clear that he had nothing against the Veteran's Associa tions but found the situation in the Off ice to be disruptive to counseling. A petition was drawn up by Chris Smith, a Vet, protesting the move. Smith could not produce the petition: which he i;aid had ap proximately 2 dozen names, because it had been accidently filed and could not be found. He had two main rea sons for wanting Kir ton back in the Vet Offi ce. Accordi ng to Smith, the majority of Vets are not familiar with the Administra- ARNOLD tion Building; they rarely go there (hav ing little reason to do so). On the other hand, most Vets al ready know where the Office is, if for no other reason than that they pass by it on their way to lunch. Smith felt that Kir- ton's need for privacy was "not an objection!' If he needed privacy, he could ask the other Vets to please leave. Smith said that he had made no definite com mitment with his peti tion. He felt the is sue of the Vet Repre sentative was "becom ing moot." Fred Tone, Presi dent of the Veteran's Association, agreed with Smith that Kirton would be "more easily accessible to Veterans in the Office than in the Registrar's Of fice." Both he Smith mentioned new VCIP man as ther reason for to stay in the Office. They both stated that it would be best if Kirton and the new man worked together, with Kirton in the Vet Of fice, although the VCIP man v/ill probably have a desk in each office. Gary Aiken, Presi dent of the Student Body and former Presi dent of the Veteran's Association, felt the problem to be of a more personal nature. As for the problem of privacy, Aiken felt) CONT. Pg. 7... and the ano- Ki rton
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