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Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Volume VI, Number VII
UNCA Celebrates Second Annual Women's Week
Thursday, March 7,1985
Sex, race still factors
in university hiring
By Penny Kromp
The outlook for women
and minorities has inprov
ed at UNCA since Dr. Mech-
thild Cranston sued the u-
niversity for sexual dis
crimination in 1977, but
the picture for female and
black faculty members is
still not rosy.
• Today women make up 27
percent of the UNCA facul
ty; black professors make
up less than four percent.
•Sevep UNCA women profes
sors, (three in education)
have tenure. Presently 42
men have tenure (perma
nence of position).
• Dr. Verna Bergemann,
professor of education, is
UNCA*s only female depart
ment chairman and full
professor.
•At least five depart
ments lack female profes
sors .
• Women professors make,
on the average, at least
$1000 . less per year than
inale professors, according
to 83-84 statistics.
Cranston, former associ
ate professor of French,
filed a $750,000 suit
against the university in
November 1977 when UNCA
Rhoades outlines plans
denied her tenure and full
professorship.
At that time, UNCA had
only two tenured women
faculty members.
In a related suit. Dr.
Phillip Walker, professor
of history, sued because
the school removed him as
chairman of his department
after he testifed in Cran
ston's behalf to a U.S.
Health, Education and Wel
fare investigating com
mittee .
HEW upheld both suits,
and the parties settled
out of court in 1980.
Cranston, who is now
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NBHLT SEfClED SGA ISESZDENI Neal Rhoades
Sfoff photo by Sylvia Hawkinf
By Joan Sterk
Neal Rhoades and Pat
Cabe won uncorites ted vic
tories in UNCA Student
Government Elections yes
terday.
Rhoades will assume the
office of SGA president
that Ken Cagle held for
two y^ars. Cabe will re
tain her semester-long
position as SGA vice-
president.
Both Rhoades and , Cabe
have formerly served in
SGA. Rhoades was the at
torney general for two
years. Cabe assumed the
vice president position
mid-semester after Doug
Miller became ineligible
last fall.
Running uncontested is a
c(nmon occurrence on most
caucuses, according to
Rhoades.
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SFRIMG ARRIVES. Daffodils U.oo« ootside lulk Theatre.
Staff photo by Sylvia Hawkins
Four requirements added
By Chris Streppa
last
new
the
cur-
In two meetings, both
characterized by a gen
eral consensus, the Fac
ulty Senate voted
week to add four
requirements to
general education
riculum as well ^s to re
define the existing writ
ing requirement.
Thursday the senators
focused on the social sci
ences , mathematics and
foreign languages pro
posals.
They voted to adopt a
sixrcredit social sciences
requirement consisting of
two courses chosen from
the following social sci
ence disciplines: psychol
ogy, political science,
economics, sociology, or
proposed interdisciplinary
courses.
Students whose majors
already require them to
take two social science
courses will be able to
apply cMoe of them toward
the general education re
quirement .
Dr. Henry Stem, chair
man of the foreign lan
guages department and Sen
ate member, voted for the
proposal because he feels
"people should be exposed
to social sciences." He
adds that "the specifics
[of the adopted proposal]
were also very good."
The Senate also moved
to include a mathematics
con?)onent in the core cur-
riculum. Students will be
able to fulfill the^^re-
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