Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Volume V, Number XIII
Wednesday, December 5,1984
Staff photo by Phil Ross
JXaOHG THE MLLS: Pat Cabe and, Ken Hand^
decorate the student center's Chrlstaas tree Monday *
'Ritin/'rithmetic reviewed
New station pulls
students from airways
By Penny Kramp
By Chris Streppa
More than 20 faculty
members attended Satui^-
day*s General Education
Hearing to respond to the
proposed three-credit
mathematics requirement
as well as to reconniend
changes in the current
six-credit English wri
ting requirement•
Debate centered, once
again, on content, hours,
and educational goals.
Currently, there is no
mathematics course re
quired of all UNCA stu
dents. But the Task Force
proposed a three-credit
freshman level course
combining ccxaq>onents of
basic math and algebra,
and aiming to "overcome
fear of and prejudice a-
gainst mathematics."
Professor David Kay,
chairman of the mathema
tics department, ex
plained that a general
education requirement
should strengthen stu
dents' basic arithmetic,
geometry, algebra, and
conqputation skills.
He added that it's e-
qually inq)ortant to en
hance their appreciation
for math as a means of
solving real-life prob
lems.
Kay argued in favor of
an eight-credit alterna
tive combining the cur
rent Basic Math 104
course with one focusing
on reasoning skills.
"It*s a math course
that would get at the
connection between the
written word (or real
world problems) and math
S3^bols,*' said Dorotliy
Sulock, lecturer in math
ematics. It would help
students develop mechani
cal as well as analytical
skills, she explained.
"There is a strong con-
A vital part of caiq)us
life vanished this semes
ter. Don't bother looking
around canq)us, just tune
the radio to 88.1 FM.
WUNF, the UNCA student-
operated radio station, is
gone.
In its place is a new,
public station, unrelated
to the university. The on
ly connection is the hous
ing of the station on the
third floor of Lipinsky.
WCQS-FM (Western Caro
lina's Quality Sound) be
gan broadcasting in early
October after UNCA turned
WUNF's license over to the
community station.
The station features a
predominately classical
and jazz format.
"There is a little more
classical, a little more
jazz, and a little less
rock," said new General
Manager Tim Warner.
However the new schedule
shows rock squeezed into a
11 p.m. to 1 a.m. time
slot on Saturday.
Student participation in
the station has gone the
route of rock—practically
eliminated.
Warner said the station
may, in the future, offer
one or two student intem-
By Caroline Brown
"There's just not e-
nough time. I can't seem
to meet the end of the
semester deadlines. I am
having a lot of head
aches lately, and I just
don't have any energy."
With exams beginning in
one week, students and
teachers may be hearing
similar laments around
campus. And they may be
e^>eriencing the same
frustrations themselves.
These complaints of
headaches and
ships a semester, but no
on-the-air positions would
be available.
"We can offer students
better experience by being
a good, professionally run
station," said Warner.
Warner came to WCQS two
weeks ago from WUNC, a
university operated sta
tion in Chapel Hill.
WUNF began airplay in
1980 as a student run sta
tion. The previous station
had not functioned for two
years.
Patricia Davies was a
commimity volunteer at
WUNF for two years.
"WUNF was a training ex
perience. The students had
anxiety reveal a common
ailment among students
and faculty—stress.
Dr. Carol Navsky of
UNCA's Health Services,
agreed "stress is a nor
mal physiological re
sponse to a perceived
threat or problem."
Even though, Navslqr
said, stress is a normal
and "healthy" reaction
because pressure moti
vates people to function
in their daily lives;
Still, she explained
"dis-stress" is what
everyone needs to avoid.
fun and learned. It is a
shame not to have it as a
teaching tool," said
Davies.
As for now, UNCA stu
dents have no facilities
to get broadcast experi
ence. Because of this the
conminications department
is planning to drop the
radio workshop from its
program, making the pro
gram almost entirely print
oriented.
"What we have lost is a
proximate station where
students can go and say
whatever they want to,"
said Chancellor David
Brown. "WUNF was a low-
power, locally programmed
Dis-stress is when
someone begins to feel
out of control of the
situation, according to
Navsl^.
To avoid dis-stress,
she said, one needs to
develop an attitude which
is more calm and produc
tive. In other words, one
shouldn't let trivial
things upset the day.
"We all have stress in
our lives. We want to
strive for reducing the
dis-stress and being able
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I
lew WOQS Geoecal Manager Tim Warner.
Staff photo by Penny Kramp
Combating semester-end stress