Kaleidoscope
Volume IV, Number XII Serving the Students of UNC-Asheville Since 1982
Thursday, April 12, 1984
Scientist still learning at 77
Give me peace! Winsome Willow Johnson
quiet spot on the Lipinsky Auditorium
P
found a
floor at
Friday's Peace Rally.
Photo by Pam Walker
By Penny Kramp
At the age of 77,
most people are enjoy
ing their retirement,
but Robert Townley is
busy taking classes
and contributing to
campus life.
Townley's most re
cent project was dis
playing his collection
of Western art in Car
michael Humanities
building last week.
The art display was
a project for American
West, one of Townley's
two classes this se
mester.
Dr. Milton Ready,
chairperson of the
UNCA history depart
ment, teaches the
class.
Ready said Townley
is an excellent role
model for everyone.
"He has a great vital
ity and spirit not
seen in most people 50
or 60 years younger,"
said Ready.
Townley does all the
assignments, takes all
examinations and never
misses a class said
Ready.
"I think it is ex
cellent for younger
students to interact
with older people,"
continued Ready.
Most of the pictures
in Townley's project
display are by his son
Clive. They are mainly
of Texas and Oregon.
Townley spent over
35 years of his life
in Texas and the West.
"Once people get in
fected with the West
they want to go back.
Westerners are rugged
individuals," he said.
Townley says he is
attending UNCA for his
own personal enjoy
ment.
"I have plenty of
degrees," said Townley
who graduated from the
University of Texas
with degrees in chem
istry and science.
He's been a working
scientist most of his
life.
"The paper isn't big
enpugh for all my sto-
r4qs,"“he said.
He pointed to a pic
ture he'd just hung of
a majestic chestnut
horse.
"In 1915 this horse
was a companion horse
Continued on page 8
Students involved in campus discipline
By Anne Snuffer
Resolutions of campus
disputes and disciplin
ary problems may soon
include recommendations
of a student court,
said Neal Rhoades, SGA
attorney general.
Establishment of the
court depends on ap
proval of a proposed
UNCA judicial code,"
said Rhoades.
Rhoades said the code
is ready for approval
by the chancellor, the
board of trustees, and
the student senate.
With the assistance
of Dr. Eric lovacchini,
UNCA vice chancellor
for student affairs,
and Keith Ray, director
of student development,
Rhoades formulated a
code which he feels
"will suit the needs of
the students."
He said the proposed
code is "an in-depth
book of laws which will
replace the current 10
page disciplinary
guidelines in the
student handbook."
Under the proposed
code, lovacchini would
review judgements made
by a university court.
He would either ap
prove or dissaprove
sanctions or disciplin
ary measures imposed by
student members of the
court, ruling if they
were harsh or too leni
ent.
"In the past, stu
dents (who got in
trouble) never knew
what would happen to
them. Under the new
code, all the rules
would be specific,"
Rhoades said.
Rhoades went on to
say the proposed code
"was initiated by the
students because some
students felt a need
for more student in-
volvement" in the dis
ciplinary process.
Rhoades feels the
code "is good because
studies show that stu
dents are a lot harder
(on other students)
than administration
officials."
Under the proposed
system, defendants
would have access to an
appointed public defen
der. Decisions of the
student court could be
appealed under appel
late procedures stated
in the code.
Rhoades said the code
"would be effective be
cause it is the policy
of the administration
and the students, and
the precise rights of
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Peaceful registration: When the weather moved last Friday's Peace Rally, sceduled for the UNCT^
Quad, into Lipinsky Auditorium, raUy-goers ended up sharing quarters with Buncombe County's vote:
registration team, shown here in the foreground. Student government sponsored both events.
Photo by Pam Walkei