INDEX Editorial and Letters...... 2 Features 3 Sports. 495 Entertainment... . ......... ....697 Serving The Students Of The University of North Carolina at Asheville since 1982 Volume 3. Number 14 Thursday, December 1, 1983 Search committee to hold forums By Anna Paulette Witt The Chancellor's Search Committee is holding two open forums to allow students, a- lumni, faculty and friends of the univer sity to express their viewpoints, concerns and suggestions about the choice of UNCA's next chancellor. The forums will be Dec. 8 from 7-9 p.m. in the Owen Conference Center, and Dec. 9 from 12-3 p.m. in the Human ities Lecture HaU, an nounced Chairman of the Chancellor's Search Committee and Chairman of the UNCA Board of Trustees Thomas C. Arnold. "We plan to complete the search process and name the new chancellor prior to Chancellor Highsmith retiring to teach in June of 1984," he said. Chancellor William E. Highsmith announced last spring that he will retire in the spring of 1984 after serving as UNCA chan cellor for 22 years. Arnold said the com mittee is now accepting nominations for chan cellor. Deadline for nominations is Jan. 31, 1984. Arnold, a partner in the investment counsel ing firm. The G. Waring Boys Co., of Asheville, has been a UNCA Board of Trustees member since July 1981. He said the search committee is following The Code of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina in its search procedures. Basically, the com mittee solicits nomin ations , evaluates them, and narrows the choices to five candidates whom they consider excellent possibiUtesu. They present these five to the entire board of trustees who then choose two or three to present to UNC President William Fri day. Friday choses one cind presents him or her to the UNC Board of Gover nors for final accep tance or rejection. "A letter is being sent to UNCA faculty inviting them to make nominations," said Arnold. He said the Nov. 23 issue of The Chronicle af Higher Education is carrying an advertise ment for applicants for the chancellorship. "We also plan to con tact by letter some 400 college and university chancellors, inviting nominations of indivi duals in their insti tutions whom they feel would make good candi dates," Arnold said. Nominations, comments and suggestions may be mailed to the committee at: Chancellor Search Committee, P.O. Box 18813, Asheville,N.C. 28814. He said "all UNCA vice-chancellors are automatically among the nominees." The three UNCA vice chancellors are: Lau rence A. Dorr, Ph.D., vice chancellor for a- Continued on page 8 Catalog creates confusion By Leigh Kelly UNCA students who go to the registrar's or admissions offices to get a 1983-84 UNCA Catalog now find it in tabloid instead of the previous bookbound paperback form. The reason for the switch is the tabloid is cheaper to produce than the paperback, says Dr. Laurence Dorr, vice-chancellor for academic affairs. "To make the Catalog any bigger the adminis tration would have had to take money away from other campus supplies and we could not do that," he said. Ken Rice, Director of Enrollment Services, says,"Four or five tab loids can be produced for the cost of one hard-bound Catalog." It also costs ap proximately $20,000 to mail out bound Catalogs which is just too ex pensive, says Rice. Rice and Dorr say the university will contin ue to put out both Ca talog forms but there are qualifications for who recBives what form. "Faculty need the bound ones because they are constantly refer ring to them when ad vising students 'and updating programs," Dorr says. "Libraries, colleges and career counselors from high schools and other colleges need the bound Catalogs," said Rice. However, "Students use the things but not to the extent that would warrant giving them the bound editions," says Dorr. Even in tabloid form. Catalogs have been hard to come by this semes ter. Student Victor Se- Continued on page 8 Streater stresses sobriety Photo by David La Pour By Ramona Huggins In North Carolina 295 deaths occur each year due to drunk driving. These accidents usually happen between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. said Steve Streater, former all Atlantic Conference defensive back for the University of North Carolina. Streater spoke in the Student Center Nov. 16 at a Bacchus society sponsored meeting. A paraplegic from a car accident, Streater is now touring with SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) . He speaks at high schools and colleges about the dangers of mixing drinking and driving. "President Reagan is trying to get a law passed to prohibit dri vers between ages 16 and 18 from driving from 6 p.m. Friday until midnight Satur day," Streater said. "If it's going to save lives I agree with it," he said. During the holidays Streater suggests "par ty goers" designate a driver, someone who won't drink, to take them home. Or, "If it's not too far, walk; it's good exercise," he said.