SGA Vice President charged with drug fraud
By Kerri Pace
UNCA Student Government Vice
President, Carl R. Atkinson, 22, of
109 Griffing Blvd., was arrested
Nov. 21 and charged with obtaining
a drug, Demerol, by fraud at a local
pharmacy and simple possession of
marijuana, police reports show.
According to Detective Jerry
Lambert of the Asheville City Police
Department, “He (Atkinson) went
to K-mart with a forged prescription
and had it filled. The pharmacist
recognized the prescription as
forged and called the police.” Accor
ding to Lambert, “The charge is a
felony, y
Demerol is a Schedule II Con
trolled Substance, listed along with
morphine, codeine, barbituates and
cocaine, and is used mainly as a pain
reliever.
Atkinson is free on $1,000 bond
pending his first appearance in
court.
Kaleidoscope spoke with Student
Government President, James
“Biff” Guilmartin concerning
Atkinson’s position with Student
Government since the reported ar
rest.
By 6 p.m., Nov. 30, Guilmartin had
asked for Atkinson’s resignation.
Atkinson could not be reached for
comment. Guilmartin told
Kaleidoscope, “If he does not want
to resign someone on campus would
probably want to impeach him
"because people have expressed it.”
Beth Williams, Student Govern
ment Secretary-Treasurer com
mented, “If he is convicted, we can’t
have someone representing the en
tire student body who has been con
victed of a felony offense.”
Guilmartin says the arrest is “the
tip of the iceberg, the arrest is a part
of a list of grievances.”
Of Atkinson, Guilmartin says, “I
have encouraged him to assist me,
and he hasn’t. There is not a day to
day contact between Carl and this
office.” He also added, “There is no
reciprocation in the exchange of
ideas. What I mean by reciproca
tion is...there has to be a link be
tween the two leaders to come out
with an overall kind of policy, a kind
of consensus.”
“Kris Robinson, whom I appoint
ed as Attorney General-Elections
Commissioner has been acting in
some ways as the Vice president,”
said Guilmartin. He added, “I do
not operate without a full ship. I’ve
got to have a full team; otherwise
the representation is lacking and it
just doesn’t work. It has made my
job very difficult not to have his
help.”
serving the students of the University of No^th Carolina at Asheville
Volume 1, Number 12
Thursday, December 2, 1982
Patients lose patience over privacy problem
terms of space,” he said.
Nurse Marjorie Shorb, feels there
is a definite problem with privacy.
“It is unsanitary to have this much
traffic where sick people are,” she
said. “It is prohibitive to have them
come through here constantly.”'
Shorb has been involved with stu
dent health care since it began in one
room in Vance Hall.
Shorb admits there was an excess
of room before, but now she feels
there is not enough, particularly
where patient care rooms are con
cerned. She points out that the en
tire operation of the infirmary is
self-supporting, with the expenses
being paid out of student fees.
Therefore, “the students have a big
stake” in the operation of the infirm
ary and their needs must be con
sidered first.
lovacchini said he visited six stu
dent health service facilities in the
past three weeks trying to deter
mine how to best integrate health
care and health promotions.
In all cases the facilities are cut
ting beds, finding it too expensive to
provide hospital facilities. “If good
medical facilities are available in the
community, I don’t beheve there is a
need for overnight facilities,” lovac
chini said. By rearranging the ex-
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Flora Taylor, R.N., shown taking temperature of patient Joe Curl, in the
campus infirmary. Photo by Karen Klumb
By Elise Henshaw
Marson LTD. Exhibit
Student complaints about a lack
of privacy in the campus infirmary
prompted the appointment of two
committees to investigate and
recommend solutions to the prob
lem.
Dr. Eric lovacchini, vice
chancellor for student affairs,
established a committee to deter
mine the best way to utilize space in
the infirmary. The members of the
committee are: 'chairman.. Dr.
Lisnerski, of the management
department; Dr. Leonard Roach,
director of student health services;
Dr. Richard Walton, of the Moun
tain Area Health Education Center;
and Dr. William Bruce, director of
the health promotions program.
Student Government Association
President Biff Guilmartin appointed
senior SGA senators Terry Smith
and Craig Goforth to study the
situation after receiving several stu
dent complaints.
One of the problems is that
locating the new health promotions
program offices in the infirmary has
increased traffic flow. Bruce ex
plained that it is necessary to walk
through the clinical care area of the
infirmary to reach the portion of the
building being utilized by the health
promotions program. “We need to
find a way to get people in and out
without interferring with the clinical
care,” he said.
Bruce emphasized that the main
consideration is providing good care
to the students and he doesn’t want
to interfere with that. However, he
feels it is important “to integrate all
the health related services in that
building.” This includes health care,
counseling and health promotions.
lovacchini said he is convinced
there is plenty of room for
everybody in the infirmary building.
“During the past ten years the
infirmary has been under-utilized in
V
This original signed color Intaglio
by Haku Maki - Japan (1924) is one
of the many original prints to be
shown by Marson Ltd. in the Owen
Gallery Friday.
There will be a special exhibition
and sale of original Oriental art on
Dec. 3 in the Owen Gallery from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Marson Ltd. of Baltimore,
Maryland specializes in exhibiting a
collection of oriental art from Japan,
China, India, Tibet and Thailand.
The oldest prints date from the
18th and 19th centuries, and include
Japanese woodcuts, Indian
miniature paintings, and
manuscripts.
The modern pieces include a large
p-oup of original woodcuts, etch
ings, lithographs and serigraphs,
and a varied selection of contem
porary Chinese works.
A representative from Marson
Ltd. will be present to answer ques
tions about the works, artists, and
various graphic techniques.
Prints are shown in open port
folios, and Marson Ltd. invites the
public to browse through the collec
tion.