Cafeteria told ‘clean up act’
By Donna McCown Kirby
In response to student
protests against cafeteria
service. Dr. Eric lovac-
chlnl, vice-chancellor for
student affairs, Issued
a warning to Professional
Food Service Management
Regional Director, Steve
Bucko, Sr.
*‘I told him that they
had 30 days to clean up
their act or they'd be re
placed," said lovacchlnl.
Referring to the quality
of the food, lovacchlnl
said, "the contract speci
fications were not being
met PFM, until Bucko's
recent Inspection visit.
"From now on they will
be."
With advance notice of
Bucko's visit to caiqpus,
Doug Griffin, Student Gov
ernment Association senior
senator, prepared a three-
page questionnaire to sur
vey student attitudes con
cerning PFM's service.
During a meeting with
Keith Ray's student lead
ership development class
and at a meeting later
with the SGA, Griffin con
fronted both Bucko and
UNCA's Cafeteria Director,
Rick Vogel, with the res
ponses of the 224 students
who filled out the survey.
Bucko Insisted the cafe
teria is providing nutri
tionally sound meals. "You
can't force students to
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The Rise and Fall of Cafeteria Fare
Staff photo by Sylvia Hawkins
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Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Volume V, Number V
Formerly KALEIDOSCOPE
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1984
State’s first lady campaigns on campus
By Penny Kramp
News Editor
Caring about people-
that is the biggest dif
ference in Governor Jim
Hunt and Senator Jesse
Helms, according to Caro
lyn Hunt, wife of the Dem
ocratic senate hopeful.
Ms. Hunt visited UNCA
Saturday while on the cam
paign trail endorsing her
husband.
"Ify husband cares about
the people of North Caro
lina and he is willing to
work with them. Jim cares
about the future also. We
want to keep North Caro
lina moving ahead," said
Ms. Hunt.
Carolyn Hunt raMpaigim 3^
Honecoalqg. Staff photo by Penny Kramp
Ms. Hunt arrived on the
soccer field in the midst
of Homecoming festivities.
She mingled among on
lookers, pausing to intro
duce herself to each per
son. She even took time
to purchase a hot dog from
the Literature Club. (ev
erything but onions).
Ms. Hunt then proceeded
to the Hlghsmlth Student
Center for a reception
sponsored by the College
Democrats and the Black
Student Association of
UNCA.
Governor Hunt has a
special message for col
lege students said Ms.
Hunt.
"Young people should
know how hard nay husband
has worked to improve edu-
graduate center opens
An M. A. from UNCA
By Cathy James
UWOA is no longer ex
clusively an undergraduate
institution.
Students seeking degrees
beyond a Bachelor of Arts
or Bachelor of Science de
gree now have the option
of taking post-graduate
courses on the UNCA canr
pus.
UNCA's Graduate C-^ter,
which opened June 1, will
enable students to stay In
Asheville while pursuing a
master's or, doctorate de
gree.
University of North Car
olina President, William
C. Friday, established the
center to help bring need
ed programs to this area
according to Dr. Eugene E.
McDowell, Director of the
Graduate Center.
Prior to the establish
ment of the center. West
ern Carolina University
delivered all the graduate
Instruction in the Ashe
ville area.
"More programs can be
offered due to the new
center," McDowell said.
"I think the Graduate
Center is one of the
greatest things to come to
UNCA in a decade," said
UNCA Chancellor David
Brown.
The most recent addition
to the curriculum is a
doctoral program adminis
tered by UNC-Greensboro in
Educational Administra
tion. The Center ^so" of
fers a Master of Science
Degree in Engineering from
NC State.
WNC offers the following
programs: Business Admin
istration, Elementary Edu
cation, Guidance and Coun
seling, Math Education,
Mental Retardation, Public
Affairs, Social Science,
School Administration,
School Psychology and
School Supervision.
"Currently all three u-
nlversities offering pro
grams at the Graduate Cen
ter use their own faculty.
However, we are open to
using UNCA faculty when
appropriate, said McDow
ell.
"As director for the
center, I want to use UNCA
faculty more fully," con
tinued McDowell.
McDowell helped in dev
eloping the budget for the
Center, which includes:
Continued on page 8
cation in North Carolinay of the canqpaign was unfor-
from kindergarten to col-
"It tends to make people
on name-calling
lege. He has also worked
to create jobs so when you
get an education you can
have a career
said Ms.
Hunt.
Young people need a
spokesman and Hunt can
fulfill that need, said
Mrs. Hunt.
During his tenure as
governor. Hunt Increased
base pay for teachers, in
troduced the minium compe
tency test for high school
graduates, and reduced the
high school dropout rate
by 5000 students.
Hunt said the nasty turn
than the Issues.
We've tried to run a fair
campaign," said Ms. Hunt.
"If you stop and look at
both sides, you can see
Helms has practically no
record of accoiq)lishment8.
Helms does not say what he
has done," said Ms. Hunt.
Ms. Hunt expressed ex
citement over Democratic
vice presidential hopeful
Geraldine Ferraro's visit
to North Carolina Monday.
"We met her at the Demo
cratic Convention v San
Continued on page 8
The UNCA Bulldog revs up for Satui^day's hoaeooniiig
Photo by Leslie McCbllon^.