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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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