VOTE November 2nd
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October 22, 1976
Asheville, MC 20304
Volume XII Mo. 5
Simulation
Conference
Two University of North Carolina at
Asheville faculty members will have key
roles in the 15th annual North American
Simulation & Gaming Association Con
ference this Friday in Raleigh.
They are Dr. Bartiam Farzanegan, asso
ciate professor of political science, and
Dr. JohnT.’Braggio, assistant professor of
psychology.
Dr. Farzahegan will present a demon
stration of Intemation Simulation in Time-
Sharing Basic, a program developed by
him and Ron Paricer, a 1976 UNC-A
graduate now employed by the North Car
olina Educational Computing Service.
(NCECS).
The Intemation Simulation, used in the
competition of area high schools spon
sored annually by UNC-A, was recently
delivered to CONDUIT, a national organi
zation sponsored by the National Science
Foundation to package and disseminate
computer packages. CONDUIT is com
posed of computer networks at the Univer
sity of Texas, Iowa, Oregon State, Dart
mouth and NCECS.
Intemation Simulation (INS 2) allows
students to assume government positions
in hypothetical nations, making decisions
on budget, trade, military power and war.
Dr. Farzanegan, a leading authority on
simulation games, has received numerous
grants from NCECS and the N.C. Depart
ment of Public Instmction to develop com
puter-based materials in classroom teach
ing. He eamed his A.B. at Lafayette and
his Ph, D. from American University be
fore joining the UNC-A faculty 10 years
ago.
Dr. Braggio, who joined the UNC-A
faculty in 1974, will discuss Simulations
in Psychology, noting the six simulations
currently available in EXPERSIM, a
system of experimental design for
psychology.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CONTROVERSY ERUPTS
ENERGY
FORUM
Carolinians for Safe Energy and The
Siernt Club, Joseph Le Conte Chapter as
co-sponsors announce a FORUM ON
ENERGY OPTIONS. This fomm will be
held October 23, 1976 at the Humanities
Auditorium, University of North Carolina
at Asheville. Registration will begin at
8:30 A.M. and the meeting will start at
9:30. The public is invited. There is no
admission^ charge. There will be a baby
sitting service at no charge.
One of the features of this program will
be a color slide presentation of existing
solar heated homes by Dr. Robert Cole.
These slides were gathered over a period
of three years in travels from Vermont to
New Mexico. Dr. Cole, Assistant Pro
fessor at U.N.C.A. is one of the leading
authorities on solar energy in Western
North Carolina. Those who attended his
enthusiastically received course on Solar
Design last year will be interested in see
ing the latest additions to this collection.
Those who have not seen this exciting and
By RANDY LUQUIRE
A scandal rocked the Kindley Adminis
tration as controversy exploded when
President Randal Kindley demanded the
resignation of Finance Commissioner
Raye Brown on Sunday, October 10 in a
letter citing Raye’s “letter to the editor’ ’ in
the last issue of the Ridgerunner. Raye
refused to resign.
The news traveled so rapidly that on
Monday, October 11, Randal called a
meeting held at 3 P.M. to discuss the
matter and clear the air. Present at the
meeting were Kindley, Brown, Ridge
runner Editor Ramona Griffin, Managing
Editor Randy Luguire, Media Commis
sioner Len Crowley, Attorney General
Tom Zumberge and Vice President John
Fusek as well as Dean of Students Tom
Deason.
The meeting opened as Dean Deason
expressed alarm that Raye would be asked
to resign over the letter in the Ridgerunner
blasting Tom Zumberge as Attomey Gen
eral. Dean Deason felt this to be a violation
of the constitutional rights of freedom of
speech and freedom of the press. President
Kindley then saic» that Raye had not been
asked to resign but suspended for further
duty until an investigation could be made.
His emphasis will be on the Etiology of
Schizophrenia, but he also will cite the
simulations on Imprinting, Motivation,
Drug Observations, Social Facilitation
and Demonstration Model.
Dr. Braggio is a graduate of Coe Col
lege who eamed his Ph. D. at Georgia
State lUniversity.
The conference is set in Raleigh’s Sher
aton Crabtree Hotel Thursday through
Saturday with demonstration workshops
sponsored by NCECS.
OPTIONS
SLATED
excellent presentation will have an oppor
tunity to do so by attending this Forum.
In addition to Dr. Cole’s presentation,
the Fomm will present an impressive
group of speakers on various aspects of the
energy problem. Dr. Miles O. Bidwell, a
micro-economist from Wake Forest Uni
versity, will examine, the demand for
energy in terms of econometrics and indi
vidual behavior. Dr. Raymond L. Murray,
Burlington Professor of Physics at North
Carolina State University and a nationally ’
recognized authority of nuclear technol
ogy, will speak on the role of nuclear
energy in meeting the needs in the near
future. Dr. G.W. Meisner, U.N.C.—
Greensboro will discuss nuclear energy
not only as a technical, but also a social
problem. Jesse L. Riley, President of
North Carolina Environmental Study
Group, has been active in opposition to
nuclear installations in the Charlotte area.
He will speak on the latest developments,
both legal and environmental. Following
the talks, a panel discussion will be held.
When it became apparent that the investi
gation would be made by Kindley and
Zumberge, Raye became outraged at the
low possibility of a fair inquiry.
As the meeting progressed, Tom also
pointed out that not only the letter but also
an article discussing his “Aiken recom
mendations” were, as Tom put it, “False
and malicious.” Tomiatter admitted that
the meeting did review the Summit books
and that the Aiken matter had been dis
cussed. (Aiken’s bill to the Summit for
artwork last year.) Tom added that the
meeting was unofficial, and that this was
not reported in the article.
Dean Deason pointed out that the matter
.was extratopical, and should be presented
to the Publicatipns Board or dropped. All
agreed. All also agreed that the matter
should be settled at the meeting, after
which there was a break for recess.
When the meeting resumed, a solution
looked to be in sight as Len Crowley tried
to mediate a compromise. Kindley nor
Raye would budge, so the attempt failed.
Tom then reported that his unofficial in
vestigation of the Summit Budget revealed
a discrepancy that should be investigated,
and that was the reason for Raye’s
suspension.
E)ean Deason then demanded to know
the topic of the meeting. He was under the
impression that the meeting dealt with the
suspension of Raye Brown resulting from
his letter in the Ridgerunner. If there were
questions of misspent funds, charges
should be made and the proper committees
should investigate, not Tom.
Randy Kindley then presented his resig
nation, dated October 12, and left the
room. The meeting ended with more prob
lems than it met to solve.
The next day, Oct. 12, Kindley re
tracted his resignation letter. Also, Dean
Deason required that all funds spent by SG
must be approved by his office first, with
Zollie Stevenson acting as liaison. The
understanding is that funds directly ap
proved by the senate will encounter mimi-
mum red tape, but office and miscel
laneous expenditures will encounter more
difficulty. Also, scholarships approved by
the Senate have already encountered red
tape.
Also, the records of Summit and SG
expenditures have been impounded by the
administration, according to reliable
sources. Sources also report that the im
pounding should be retracted after the
storm is over.
On the following Monday, (October 18)
Raye and Randy finally cooled off enough
to sit down and discuss the matter. Reports
say they have agreed to “bury the hat
chet” and get back to business as usual.
(The significance of these actions is dis
cussed in the editorial on the same subject.
Give Blood
Election Day
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit
UNCA Election Day, November 2. It will be
in the lobby of Lipinsky Student Genter
all day.
Our goal is one hundred much need
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