serving the students of the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Volume 2, Number 11
Thursday, April 14, 1983
Newly elected S.G.A. President Ken Cagle plans revision of current con
stitution as well as many other changes in student government.
__ Staff photo by Pam Walker
Computer degree
still on hold
By Leigh Kelley
This is an update of a story that
ran in the February 10 issue of the
Kaleidoscope. The 1983-84 fall class
schedule lists Computer Science
141.03, 141.06 and 141.09 as , sec
tions for computer science majors.
However, there is presently no
degree program for UNCA students
interested in majoring in computer
science. They will still have to wait,
but hopefully, not much longer, says
Phillip Carson, member of the
UNCA Board of Governors.
There was some speculation a few
months ago that the Consent Decree
was responsible for the delay of
UNCA’s computer science program.
The Consent Decree instituted into
the UNCA system in 1981 requires
that half of all new degree programs
go to black universities and half go
to white universities. Some people
thought this decree would make it
impossible for UNCA to get a degree
program until a predominately black
university first offered the same ma
jor.
“The Consent Decree doesn’t
work like that at all,” says Carson.
“The university agreed to imple
ment a substantial amount of money
to black institutions. This is to be
sure they get their programs on line.
We don’t want them to be left out in
the cold but there’s no stipulation as
to who gets money for programs
first,” he says.
Carson says he doesn’t know how
much money the board approves for
black universities. He says the
board tries to equalize the amount
approved for both black and white
universities. “We don’t want to
spend any more of the state’s
money, or the taxpayer’s money,
than we have to,” he says.
“The approval of the computer
science program is part of a long
range plan,” Carson says. “UNCA'
has been given permission to plan
for a program and after its approval
by the board, it will be instituted in
the school.”
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Cleaning up current
constitution is
Cagle’s top priority
By Elise Henshaw
Newly elected Student Govern
ment Association President, Ken
Cagle, said a revision of the SGA
constitution is a top priority in his
plans for next year.
Cagle said, “I am very pleased
with the decision of the Judicial
Board, of course.” He added that he
feels, “things like this happen as a
result of an out-dated constitution
and the proper procedures not being
followed.”
Cagle’s reference was to the confu
sion over the outcome of the SGA
elections. A decision to have a
runoff was reversed by the Judicial
Board at a meeting the night of
April 5.
_ The election of Cagle and vice-
presidential candidate, Mike Dom-
browski was questioned on the basis
of a 1980 guideline which said
runoffs would be held if the second
place candidate attained 50% plus
one votes of the total amassed by
the first place candidate.
The Judicial Board of the Student
Government interpreted the guide
line to apply only if no candidate
won by a simple majority and if
there was a multi-candidate race for
the office in question. Both Cagle
and Dombrowski won by simple ma
jorities.
The meeting of the Judicial Board
was another in a series of confusing
events that marked this year’s SGA
elections. The board was originally
scheduled to meet on Friday night
immediately following the elections,
but not enough members could be
found on campus to constitute a ma
jority. '
The seven members appointed to
the board last year by SGA presi
dent, Biff Guilmartin, were never
approved by the senate. Guilmartin
said he didn’t know why the senate
never acted on his appointments.
Cagle said he believed the proper
steps were never taken to obtain
action on the appointments.
Four past members of the board
whose appointments vrere still valid,
served on the Judicial Board that
met April 5. They were David
Bradley, Janie Long, Tony Hyde
and Tom Taylor.
Another point of confusion in the
elections arose from the fact that
there was no method for determin
ing class rank of the students
voting, a potential problem in the
senate races where students must
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lovacchini takes a
journey to Japan
i
Helen K. lovacchini, assistant direc
tor of the counseling center, has
been chosen to spend four months in
Japan.
Assistant director of the UNCA
counseling center, Helen K. lovac
chini, will spend four months in
Japan beginning in August, as a
Fellow of the North Carolina Japan
Center.
The program was promoted
throughout the state, and 11 people
were chosen to go, according to
lovacchini. She is the only one in
the counseling field among the
North Carohna participants. “I con
sider myself really lucky,” said
lovadchini.
The trip is an effort to strengthen
the state’s ties with Japan. “The
North Carolina Japan Center was
established by the governor to pro
mote North Carolina/Japanese rela
tions,” said lovacchini.
lovacchini will work with univer
sities, business, and government
observing and studying the culture
of Japan.
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