Kaleidoscope
Volume IV. Number XlII Serving the Students of UNC-Asheville Since 1982
Thursday, April 19. 1984
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Christ Crucified: In an awe inspiring reenactment
of Christ's ordeal, Dick Trotman hung for over
three hours oh a wall-mounted cross in Owen as
art students drew, painted and sculpted the scene
during the art department's yearly Crucifixion
Workshop, April 10. Photo by Caroline Brown
Chancellor search narrows
By Anne Snuffer
As the 1983-84 school
year nears an end, one
ef the thoughts cross
ing many minds at UNCA
is - who will be chan
cellor next year?
After months of deli
beration the possibili
ties now center on four
final candidates.
"We will announce the
names of the candidates
to Kaleidoscope next
Wednesday," said Thomas
Arnold, chairman of the
UNCA Board of Trustees.
Each of these indi
viduals has a strong
record in liberal arts,
holds a Ph.D., and has
taught, researched, and
published extensively,
said literature profes
sor Jeff Rackham, head
of the search commit
tee.
All of the candidates
are visiting UNCA's
campus this month. The
third one left campus
Tuesday, and the fourth
candidate will be here
the first part of next
week, said Arnold.
The process of choos
ing the new chancellor
began last fall with
letters to at least 400
colleges and universi
ties announcing the
opening and the requ
irements for the posi
tion .
"A lot of hard work
and heavy pressure " go
into making the selec
tion, said Rackham, who
is also chairman of the
faculty senate.
The Chancellor Search
Committee screened
nearly 200 applica
tions before narrowing
the field to four.
This committee, com
posed of appointed fa
culty, alumni, stu
dents, and board of
trustee members, spent
hours interviewing and
examining candidates.
Rackham said candi
dates "were researched
through phone calls,
contacts, and in every
possible way by which
we could get insights
into their back
grounds."
The committee looked
for basic qualities in
each candidate.
These included abso
lute commitment to the
liberal arts tradition,
and a "proven ability
to sell us (UNCA),"said
Rackham.
He added that candi
dates would need to
pull together UNCA's
various professional
programs with the lib
eral arts program.
"We need to find
someone who can deal
with all the constit
uencies a chancellor
has to deal with," he
said.
"He'll have to be
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Prowler sought
By David Proffitt
An unidentified man
brazenly strolled
through the Highrise
early Monday iriorning
and campus police be
lieve he attempted to
rob sleeping tenants,
said Police Chief
Charles Carreno.
"He carried a plastic
trashbag and tried the
doors and if they were
unlocked, he simply
walked in.
"Evidently, if the
person inside was a-
wake, he just excused
himself and asked for
the time or something
else like that and then
quickly left the room,"
said Carreno.
Barry Mann and Clint
Nelon, residents of the
sixth floor of the
south wing, reported
the incident to campus
police Monday after
noon.
"I'd spent the night
at home," said Barry
Mann, "and when I re
turned that morning I
saw a black male coming
out of a room (on,the
sixth floor) carrying a
plastic trashbag.
"I went on to my
room, and when I looked
down the hall a few
minutes later, he head
ed for the stairs."
Mann and his room
mate, Nelon, followed
the man out a fire
exit, and saw him drive
away.
Police described the
suspect as a black male
dressed in blue jeans
and a yellow T-shirt,
18-20 years old, be
tween 5 foot 6 inches
and 6 feet tall, and
about 150-160 pounds.
"He was seen driving
away in a three to
five-year-old, blue and
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Student eating provides food for thought
By Penny Kramp
If there is one com
mon complaint among
students it has to be
cafeteria food. Just
the mention of the
cafeteria is enough to
bring a chorus of
snickers and snide
comments.
The man who receives
most of these com
plaints is Bill Flynn,
food service manager.
Flynn said students do
not take into consider
ation the difficulty of
producing mass quanti
ties of food.
"I am provided with
$3.75 for student per
day-$1.25 per meal. I
have to come up with a
balanced meal that stu
dents will like and
still make a profit,"
said Flynn.
The cafeteria re
ceives no government
subsidies. Its income
is provided solely by
the students' fees for
the meal plan.
Flynn said a number
of other factors deter
mine food quality, in
cluding the number of
students.
"UNCA has only 397
people on the meal
plan. UNC-Charlotte has
a deli and four service
lines but they also
have 2700 people on the
meal plan," said Flynn.
Time is another con
sideration. Flynn said
breakfast is from 7:15
to 9 a.m. which leaves
only two and a half
hours for lunch prep
arations.
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