—H FRIDAY'S CCM1II ItE—Chancellor Highsmith confers wrihcbrimittee members. Dr. Dean Colvard, Dr. James Ferguson, and Dr. Winfred Godwin during their recent visit to UNCA. Photo by David LaPour Committee CNCA/WCa By Anna Paulette Witt A committee commissioned by UNC chancellor Dr. William Friday spent three days recently examining the relationship between UNCA and Western Carolina University along with the entire higher education pic ture in Western North Carolina. “This is a good time to take a look at both campuses since both Chancellor Highsmith and Chancellor Robinson will be retiring at the end of the 1983-84 school year,” said Dr. Laurence Dorr, UNCA chancellor for academic af fairs. Dr. Harold F. Robinson is the chancellor of WCU. The three committee members examines relationship were; Dr. Dean Colvard, ex chancellor of UNC-Charlotte; Dr. James Ferguson, ex-chancellor of UNC-Greensboro and Dr. Winfred Godwin, a member of the Southern Regional Education Board. The members of the committee said they were not available for in terviews by Kaleidoscope staff. The committee spent a day-and-a- half in Asheville talking to members of UNCA’s faculty and administra tion, said Dorr. He said they also spoke with people in the community and with members of UNCA’s board of trustees. continued on page 8 Kaleidoscope Volume 3, Number 3 September 8, 1983 Newsroom computer conversion By David ProffItt The new word processing equip ment recently purchased for use in the production of the Kaleidoscope will both save money formerly spent on typesetting fees and give students experience in using one of the latest innovations in the newsroom, said Cathy Mitchell, head of the Communications program Funds for the purchase came from student activities fees, and the $12,000 price tag includes three video display terminals, keyboards, and disc drive systems, one printer, furniture for the equipment and basic supplies, said Mitchell. Dr. John Stevens, professor of Chemistry, recommended the pur chase of the Decmate II, which is compatible with the larger computer in the science building since both are products of Digital Equipment Co. The system is simple to use although some of the options can become more complex. The basic advantage of the Dec- mate II over a t3q)ewriter is that copy can be corrected quickly and easily on the video screen while be ing written, then stored on a disc and printed nearly as rapidly on the sytem’s printer. The DECniate can also perform neat tricks like: --swapping two characters with the touch of one key; -automatically moving a word that crosses the right margin to the continued on page 8 ■ !■ * ONE NIGHT STAND PERFORMANCE— The rock and swing band Heartwood performed at the UNCA Coffee house, August 31. To drink or not to drink By Leigh Kelley A policy stating that UNCA students 18 and older cannot con sume alcoholic beverages on campus except in dormitory rooms goes into effect Oct. 1, says UNCA Student Government president Ken Cagle. A student government committee met with the Vice Chancellor of Stu dent Affairs Eric lovacchini, and Chancellor William Highsmith to draw up the bill for the policy. “We felt that a bill like this was needed for the improvement of college life here at UNCA,” says Cagle. The policy also states that students 17 and under cannot have alcoholic beverages anywhere on campus. Cagle says enforcement of the policy will mean tighter I.D. checks at school social functions. “We can have beer and wine at events like dances with written permission of Chancellor Highsmith but no one under 18 will be served alcohol primarily because it’s a state law,” Cagle says. Cagle says he knows problems will result from the policy. “It’s going to be a tussle because people have l^n used to drinking here for a year now and aU of a sudden it’s being taken INSIDE Editorials 2 Letters & Crossword... 3 Sports ...4-5 Entertainnnent ...6-7 Classifieds 8 away from them,” he says. “The big gest problem will be with frater nities, clubs, and other organiza tions who abuse the privilege by ser ving beer on campus to their in- continued on page 8

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