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.” continued on page 8 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 continued on page 8 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. continued on page 8

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