Kaleidoscope
Volume IV, Number X
Serving the Students of UNC-Asheville Since 1982
Thursday .March 29 1984
Students electing new
SGA officers today
Voting explanation: Deborah Wilson gives John
Falvo a briefing on new voting procedures in the
Carmichael lobby Wednesday. Students now have the
privacy of a "booth" in which to make their
choices. Photo by Pam Walker
By Anne Snuffer
Polls opened yester
day for student govern
ment elections, and vo
ter turnout for the day
was in the hundreds.
Tonight at approxima
tely 9 p.m. Mike Hag-
garty, SGA elections
commissioner, plans
to post the winners in
the Student Center.
But as of now, the
elections are still
going strong, as they
have been all week.
Monday and Tuesday,
above the noise of
video games, a tele
vision, and students in
the cafeteria, candi
dates for the SGA de
livered lunch hour
speeches in the Student
Center.
Incumbent president
Ken Cagle spoke of his
accomplishments during
1983-84.
He said the SGA "has
built a solid founda
tion" for students at
UNCA.
He added that during
his presidency "a new
constitution was adopt
ed, and a new judicial
code was proposed."
He went on to say "I
will stand for what you -
(the students) believe
in."
Cagle added that his
campaign "is built on
(the) experience of
three years in student
government."
Also giving a speech
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Student Center becoming Highsmith
University Center in Sunday ceremony
Anna Paulette Witt
The UNCA Student
Center will become the
Chancellor William E.
Highsmith University
Center in a 4 p.m.
outdoor ceremony on the
center's plaza, said
Dr. Alf Canon, director
of university rela
tions, Tuesday.
"We sent 3,000 invi
tations to this event
honoring Chancellor and
Mrs. Highsmigh," Canon
said.
The written invita
tions went to UNCA
alumni, faculty, staff.
trustees, tormer trus
tees, and to UNC Presi
dent Wiiliam Friday.
"Students are also in
vited and will be noti
fied by campus flyers
this week," Canon said.
Taking part in the
ceremony are: Dr. James
A Stewart, UNCA profes
sor emeritus of philos
ophy; Dr. Jeff Rackhara,
chairman, department of
literature and chair
man, faculty senate;
Gordon Greenwood of
Black Mountain, repre
sentative to the North
Carolina General Assem
bly, who was instrumen
tal in Ashevdle-Bilt-
more College becoming
part of the UNC system.
Also participating
are: Betty Kdan, pre
sident of the UNCA
Alumni Association: Ken
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William E. Highsmith
Cool day coming
for pool sharks
What's in a name?: The Student Center Photo by Pam Walker
By Cathy James
Relief is on the way
for Student Center pool
players, video addicts,
diners, and others who
suffer from the cen
ter's stifling late
summer heat.
After approximately
two years with no air
conditioning, students
can enjoy the Student
Center in comfort by
'84 fall semester, said
Sam Millar, plant eng
ineer.
"The building was
originally designed for
air conditioning, but
it had to be left out
for lack of funds,"
said Millar.
The Board of Trus
tees, Board of Gover
nors and the Advisory
Budget Commission
recently approved an
$80,000 appropriation
for the air condition
ing.
"A design contract is
being prepared and will
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