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September 10 Asheville, N.C. 28804 Volume XII No. 2 Fourteen New Faculty Members Are Appointed KIDD, a local band,performs in Coffehouse during Orientation. ( Related stories on page four ) Title IX Greivance Procedure Outlined A Title IX Greivance procedure is being established to handle any complaints of discrimination on the basis of race, col or, national origin, religion, sex, age, or handicap. Dean Wutschel is the Title IX Com pliance Officer. Upon receiving a com plaint, Dean Wutschel will investigate the circumstances and within ten daj's, it the complaint is found to be legitimate, pro pose a resolution. The resolution will be considered binding unless either party ap peals the decision. Appeals will be considered by the Title IX Committee, which includes: Vice Chancellor Roy A. Riggs, Director of Ad ministration Thomas C.Dula, Dean of Stu dents Paul T. Deason, Associate Dean of Students Alice S. Wutschel, Vice Chancel- PSA MEETS by Brynn Brown The Political Science Association (P.S.A.) held its first meeting September 1, at 8 p.m. at the Bavarian Cellar. The meeting was called to order at 8:25 after merry-making and acquainting new mem bers with the association members. The business on the agenda was that of P.S.A. A president pro tem, Don Alexander, and a vice-president pro tem, Hassan Farazian, were selected. The future projects of P.S.A. were discussed. Among them is the straw vote for the presidential election, which will be conducted in conjunction with the Stu dent Government of UNC-A and the NC- ASG. Goetz Wolff, a political science pro fessor, suggested that third party nomina tions also be included in roder to provide 'a wider range of candidates. Other plans include complete night coverage of the presidential election for dorm students with commentaries by po litical science professors. Following the election date, Novem ber 5, a four week lecture series will be offered, emphasizing such facets as the political theory, foreign policy, compara tive politics, and international relations of the newly elected administration. Also suggested were public forums concerning various aspects of political science provid ed by senior political science majors. lor for Finance William Pott, Dr. Verna Bergemann, Mrs. Jo D. Cadle, and Mrs. Mary Miller. The Committee will establish whe ther a complaint issues from an individual action or a result of University policy. The Committee has the authority to make binding decisions. The policy decisions will be carried out through the normal in stitutional channels. If either party should appeal the Committee’s decision. Chancellor William E. Highsmith will consider the case. His decision will be final. Complete records will be kept on all complaints and appeals. An analysis was made this summer of seven academic areas, invesitgating pos sibly discriminatory policy. According to Dr. Riggs, the Greivance Procedure was es tablished in order to insure that UNC-A is in compliance with Federlil directives. Al though Title IX refers only to sex discri mination, it was recommended that the procedure be used to deal with any type of discrimination. The Athletics program of all state supported institutions have been given a three year extension on complete compli ance with Title IX, because of financial complexities. Nora Aiken, the editor of the SUM MIT, for the academic year 1976-77 re signed her post during Orientation Week. A complaint had been filed with Dean Hines, SUMMIT advisor for the year 1975- 76, by several of the former staff. They had requested Ms. Aiken’s removal from office because she had hot attended any of the yearbook workshops during the summer. Since the policy statement for the SUMMIT is no longer in effect, last year’s staff had chosen the editor for the acade mic year 1976-77 period. However, since the staff has disbanded and Ms. Aiken had not appointed another, there is no proce dure for choosing an editor to fill the va cancy According to Dean Deason, Chan cellor Highsmith decided to organize (he Fourteen full-time faculty members have joined the University this year. The ap pointments, announced by Dr. Roy A. Riggs, include: Mr. William R. Booth, Jr., in Management; Dr. James P. Buchanan, in Psychology; Mr. Thomas D. Grind staff, in Management; Mr. William J. Green, in Education; Dr. Maben D. Herring, in Li terature and Languages; Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hunt, in Education; Mr. Robert P. Maas, in Chemistry; Mr. Edward L. Knight, in Sociology; Dr. Margaret G. O’Donnell, in Economics; Mrs. Phyllis B. Otti, in Soci ology; Mr. Larry W. Rowlett, in Biology; Mr. John B. Stoughton, in Mathematics; Mrs. Dorothy B. Sulock, in Mathematics; and Mr, Jozef A. Vandermeer, in Art. Mr. William Russell Booth, Jr., lec turer in management, is a native of Harts- ville, S. C., and earned both his B.S. and M.B.A. from the Citadel. He has served as an assistant basketball coach and as a substitute teacher. Dr. James Porter Buchanan, visiting assistant professor of psychology, received hisB.A. from Johns Hopkins, graduating with departmental and general honors. He earned his M.A. at UC-LA, and a Ph.D. at San Diego State University, specializing in developmental psychology. Dr. Buchanan is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development and a member of the American Psychiatric Association. He taught at the University of California at Riverside and San Diego State University prior to coming to UNC-A. Mr. William Jerry Green, lecturer in physical education, graduated from Appa lachian State with a B.S. in physical edu cation. He received an M.A. in P.E. and administrative education from East Ten nessee State. He played basketball at UNC-A in the 1964-65 and 1965-66 sea sons. He has coached basketball and ten nis at Charleston High and Ashe Central, as well as serving as Athletic Director and teaching heajth education.' Mr. Green will be involved in scouting, recruiting, assis tant coaching, and lecturing in physical education. Publications Board which was part ol the Five-Year Plan passed by the Board of Trustees. The Board will include three full-time students named by the Student Senate, two full-time faculty or staff named by the Faculty Senate, and the Dean of Students, a total of six people. The Board’s responsibilities will be the naming the editors of the Ridgerunner, the Summit, and Images, approving the bud gets, and overseeing the policies and pub lication schedules. They will also be re sponsible for removing an editor from of fice on grounds of “malfeasance and non feasance in office.” The first job of the Publications Board will be choosing an editor for the Summit. If a permanent editor cannot be found, an interim editor will be appointed. Mr. Thomas Daniel Grindstaff has been appointed lecturer in management, and director of management sci vires and the internship program. He received his B.S. from Western Carolina, majoring in administration. He has worked at Western Carolina Industries as manager of training services. He has also served as personnel manager for Mountain Manpower, Inc. Dr. Maben Dixon Herring, associate professor of literature and languages, is from Asheville. She majored in English and History at Johnson C. Smith Universi ty, earning a B.A. degree. She received an M.A.T. and a Ph.D. from the Universi ty of Notre Dame in education and En glish. Dr. Herring has taught education and English at UNC-A on a part-time ba sis. Miss Elizabeth E. Hunt, lecturer in education, has served as consultant and lecturer in Washington, Georgia, and North Carolina. She received her A.B. from Berea College in Kentucky, majoring in psy chology and minoring in sociology. She earned an M.A.from State University Col lege in Oswego, N. Y., with a major in in dustrial arts. Miss Hunt is a doctoral can didate at the University of Maryland .'Her speciality is elementary education. Mr. Edward LeRoy Knight, visiting assistant professor of sociology, attended the University of Michigan, where he earn ed a B.A. degree in sociology. He received an M.A, from the University at Detroit. Mr. Knight is a doctoral candidate at the New School for Social Research in New York. He has served as assistant profes sor of sociology at the University of Flor ida. Mr. Richard Precton Maas, lecturer in chemistry,is replacing Dr. Stevens, who is on research leave. Mr. Maas received an A.B. in chemistry from Bucknell Universi ty, and an M.S. from Western Carolina with a minor in science education. He has also earned an M.A. in education. Mr. Maas specializes in general chemistry, en vironmental science, and aquatic chemis- try. Dr. Margaret Ganucheau O’Donnell, assistant professor of economics, received her B.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso, with a major in history and a mi nor in economics. She earned-an M.A. in economics at the LSU-New Orleans and her doctorate from Texas A & M. She was a graduate assistant at Texas A & M and assistant professor at the University of Southern Louisianna. Mrs. Phyllis Betts Otti, visiting as-- sistant professor of sociology, graduated from Southern Illinois University witi» a B.A. in sociology. She received her M.A. from the University of Chicago and is a doctoral candidate. She has served as a teaching assistant and as a research assis tant at the University of Chicago. Mr, Liirry W. Rowlett, lecturer in biology, earned his B.S. degree from East Tennessee State with a major in biology and a minor in general science. He received an M.S.froi^i ETUwith a major in biology. con't on page 3 Siimnit Editor Rasigns Publications Board Formed
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