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VOL. XI No. 10
January 15, 1976
University of North Carolina at Asheville
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S. G. Surplus Revealed
Although no one
knows how much. Stu
dent Government has a
surplus of unspent
student fee monies
from first semester.
This news was first
made public last week
by S.G. Finance Com
missioner Johnny Wick
er.
According to ini
tial reports from
Wicker, S.G. had a
surplus of at least
$19,000. As the week
progressed and the
matter was further
studied, the size of
the surplus decreased
from $14,000 to
$11,000. As of Tues
day, Jan.13, the sur
plus was around
$6,000 according to
S.6. President Gary
Aiken.
Aiken, who had un
kind words for Wick
er's massive surplus
statements, said S.G.
received about
$32,000 from student
fees for first semes
ter. He said over
$26,000 was budgeted
by the Senate, but as
of second semester,
only $18,000 had been
spent by all organiza
tions receiving funds.
Aiken said the
$8,000 budgeted but
not spent, would re
main in the respective
accounts of the orga
nizations originally
receiving the money.
Organizations with un
spent funds include
the Summit with $3,000
at least $1,000 for
homecoming in the so
cial budget, legal
services, and student
organizations.
The new $6,000 sur
plus figure will be
added to S.G. second
semester revenues
from student fees.
According to business
office official John
Neuse, those revenues
will be at least as
much as they were
last year for the
same period. Last year
the total second se
mester revenues for
Student Govermment
was over $26,000.
S.G. President
Aiken said the surplus
"is what we worked
for." Aiken explained
Five Year Plan
Report Released
A tentative report
of the Five Year Plan
on Student Services
was released by Plan
chairman Dean Deason
at the Tuesday, Jan.
13 meeting. The
planj, commissioned
by the chancellor
last academic year,
involved studying
some seven areas of
student services.
According to the
Chancellor, the plan
will be sent to a
Board of Trustees
committee. Upon
their reccommenda-
tion, the final re
port will be adapted
by the Board as "of
ficial university po
licy."
The 18 page re
port contains recom
mendations from five
subcommittees. The
Special Programs sub
committee was deleted’
on a request from
its chairman. The
subcommittee on the
Student Center, Dorm
itories, and Food,
chaired by Nora Ai
ken, is incomplete
due to incoming re
ports from outside
consultants.
Steering Committee
chairman Deason said
there are three im- |
portant recommenda- |
tions made by many |
of the subcommittees. |
He said several called|
for: (1) a direc- |
tor of student activ- |
ities, (2) a direc- |
tor of recreation =
and sports, and (3) |
a new student center. |
Subcommittee |
chairmen are to dis- =
trtoute copies of the |
report to their memb- §
ers. Final sugges- |
tions are to be made |
to Dean Deason who §
wm compile the |
first draft for pre- 1
sentation to the |
Chancel lor. |
Highlights of the |
recommendations are |
as follows: I
--Student Govern- |
ment: (1) more S.G. |
funds be invested in |
permanent recreation- 1
al facilities, (2) |
"the growing adver- |
sary relationship be- |
tween S.G and admin- |
istrati on be discuss- |
ed," (3) information |
about S.G. be better |
and more widely pub- |
licized, (4) qualif- |
ications for S.G. of- I
ficers be "tightened.
CONT. Pg. 5, Col. 5.
lOn the Second Floori
A move of offices is being anticipated =
on the first and second floor of the stu- |
dent center. Last year during the Student |
Government elections, one of presidential |
candidate Gary Aiken's reported campaign |
promises was to make Student Government |
closer to the students. Aiken's plan then |
was to move S.G. offices down-stairs into |
the gameroom, located across from the Cof- |
feehouse. |
Last week S.G. legal Services Coordina- |
tor and close Aiken administration advi- |
sor Tom Zumberge brought the matter up |
for discussion. Zumberge feels the lit- |
tie office space that is in the student |
center is not being used efficently. Pre- |
sumably, he also feels, as does Aiken, |
that moving downstairs will improve S.G. |
student relations. |
Two meetings were held last week by |
most of the student organization heads |
involved. The most popular plan for the |
move was suggested by radio station man- =
ager Larry Warren. It calls for S.G. to |
move downstairs into the gameroom pre- |
sently occupied by the Black Students |
Association. The BSA will move upstairs |
into Warren's office. The station man- |
ager will move into the Ridgerunner of- |
fice. The Ridgerunner will go across the |
hall into what is now S.G. offices. The I
Veteran's Association, presently in a |
small room off the gameroom downstairs |
will move upstairs into the Finance Com- s
missioner's office. The Finance Commis- |
si oner will move into the gameroom with I
S.G. All other offices will stay where |
they are. ' |
Zumberge has already had the gameroom i
surveyed for partitions. Minor complica- |
tions at this point include a debate {
over the location of the BSA and Vet of- |
fices. The veterans insist on the larger |
office presently occupied by Warren while |
the BSA has failed to show at the meet- |
ings to represent their views. The Mon- |
day, Jan.12 meeting ended with all orga- |
nizations involved requested to prepare |
financial estimates of the move for a |
later meeting. |
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With spring S.G. elections a little |
over a month away, the presidential con- |
test is shaping up. Junior Forrest Reid |
formally placed himself in the race last I
week. Tom Zumberge, also a junior said |
last week he is seriously considering the 1
S.G. presidency. Other likely candidates I
at this time are sophomore Pete Austin, |
_ and juniors Chris Smith and Randy Kindley.s
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that he is attempting
to maintain a surplus
"to avoid any future
increase in fees."
According to Aiken
the $32,000 Student
Government will have
second semester will
be spent in several
ways. He said he is
looking into an S.G.
financed gameroom,
possibly to be located
where the snackbar is
presently.
Regular allocations
will take a sizable
portion of the amount.
Aiken said at least
$2,000 should remain
for the summer for S.G.
Aiken is also investi
gating the possibili
ties of investing a
part of the money.
Finance Commissioner
Wicker feels it is not
a good idea to hold
the money in surplus.
He said, "I think the
money should be spent
like the students want
it to be spent-its
their money."
Dorm
Students
Gripe
By ALLISON PHILLIPS
Having toured the
dorms, I can under
stand why some students
think they are living
at the almshouse.
There are broken mir
rors and windows, chip
ping paint, broken door
knobs, and a list of
other casualities.
However, the major
gripe of dorm students
is that their rooms
aren't large enough to
house a cat, or rather
their roommates. One
student expressed,"The
room is too small. It
really isn't sanitary
for two people to be
cramped together like
this." Her roommate
added that there isn't
enough maid service,
if any.
Another major ha
rangue, according to
one student is that,
"The heat is all screw
ed up. There is heat
when it is hot anyway
and when it is freez
ing outside, the room
CONT. Pg. 2, Col. 1-