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November 1980 THE RAG 82. BONE Serving the University of North Carolina at Asheville SG Reform Proposed by John Quigley While Student Government met in a closed session on Oct. 30, to discuss the actions of President Bret Pangle the Ac tivities Planning Committee (APC) met to discuss the actions of SG. The result of the meeting was to ap point a committee to investigate charges that Pangle had over-spent the budget for stationary. The weekly meeting of SG scheduled for Nov. 6 was cancelled. The appointed committee has yet to announce its findings-or its existence. The APC, which has been meeting on an irregular basis since March of 1980, was established by Chancellor William Highsmith to examine problem areas on campus and formulate solutions. It is com posed of students, faculty and staff and is loosely directed by Dr. Eric lovacchini. “The members of the Activities Plann ing Committee were drawn from a cross- representation of as many identifiable groups on campus as we could find,” said lovacchini. Each of these groups had con ferred with Chancellor Highsmith during the ‘79-‘80 school year. lovacchini said, “The common com plaint of all the groups was that it seemed like top much money was going into stu dent government and too little was com ing out in the way of activities. The Ac tivities Planning Committee was formed to resolve the dissatisfaction with the ef fectiveness of Student Government and review the expenditure of student fee funds.’’ The solution which the ACP is propos ing is a revision of the SG constitution which will concentrate the activities of SG into the capacity of an advisory source on faculty or administration proposals involv ing student concerns and a problem solving body which can pursue and pro pose suggestions to problems involving student concerns. Student concerns are defined as matters where students can provide useful advice, information and insight into specific pro blems. If the faculty or administration were formally considering a student concern, S.G. would have the opportunity to in dependently investigate the same matter. Its suggestions and recommendations would be incorporated into the formal decision process. This concept sees stu dent government as a student pressure group. The social functions now attended to by S.G. would be delegated to another organization tentatively named the University Union of the University of North Carolina at Asheville. General membership in the “Union” would include all students currently enroll ed in the university. Any registered stu dent could be active in initiating and im plementing programs of the Union. The associate membership would in clude all members of the administration, faculty and alumni. The Union’s purposes would be to cen tralize and integrate cultural, educational, recreational and social programs for all members of the university community and to provide opportunities for learning out side of the classroom through participa tion in all aspects of the Union program, continued on p 2 Shelter Controversy Continues by Susan Marschalk \ The Buncombe County Animal Shelter is a waste of taxpayers’ money, said Ed win Armstrong, member for the Concerned Citizens for Animals in a telephone in terview Nov. 4. “We’re going to push until something is done,” he said. “They (CCA) don’t know what they are talking about,” said Harold Patton, tem porary director of the shelter. “I don’t see why they’re so concerned at all,” said a member for the North Carolina Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NCSPCA). The remarks came after county commissioners failed to pass a CCA-backed pro posal Oct. 28 that would create a supervisory committee for the shelter. “They just passed the buck,” Armstrong said. “The Democrats blamed the Republicans and the Republicans blamed the Democrats...In turn, the animals suffer.” The CCA plans to push the proposal gain the first Tuesday after the new commis sioners elected Nov. 4 are seated, he said. The county manages the shelter but the SPCA has 24-hour access to see that things are befng run properly, according to Patton. He was glad to see the proposal fail, he said. “They (CCA) just want a hold on the shelter--they want to be the direc tor,” he said. The SPCA member said there “always can be some improvement,” but that the society was satisfied with measures taken in the past few weeks, such as painting the facilities, “There are no serious problems, she said. “What they need now is a direc tor. They’ll get one soon.” The CCA is not affiliated with the SPCA, which handles investigation of cruelty cases, according to Armstrong. “The SPCA is doing an inadequate job in Buncombe County and never has done a proper job,” he said. “We have a common goal, bui we disagree with how to reach that goal.” Armstrong said the CCA members want a distemper prevention plan and overall improvement of shelter facilities put into effect immediately, qualified and compe tent shelter employees hired, and an advisory board set up between county commis sioners and the shelter to make recommendations. / PICK OUT a lovable pet for yourself or a ball of fur for a friend to cuddle with this Christmas. The Buncombe County Animal Shelter on Lee's Creek Rood in Leicester has a bet for you. to adopt from 1-5 pm daily. Fees: Cats $3; Siamese $5. Dogs-City(with tax and tag), male, $16.50; female, $18.50. County, $13.50. Puppies, $7.5a Dogs with papers. $25. ^ continued on p. 5
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