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Serving the students of th Volume VI, Number XI Doubling protested By Penny Kramp Over 60 students gath ered at an open forum in Highsmith Center's private dining room yesterday to protest the proposed dou ble occupancy of comer rooms in the Village Dor mitories . Dr. Eric lovacchini, vice chancellor for stu dent affairs, and Cindy Lamm, director of housing, explained the need for the change and listened as students aired their grievances• lovacchini explained that in an attempt to meet the rising number of on- campus students, housing will in the fall assign two occupants to the Vil lage comer rooms, creat ing 74 needed spaces. Originally, the Village had doubled rooms, but three years ago, when the the Highrise opened, the administration converted the village rocxns to sin gles. "We wanted to stay away from an overcrowded High- rise, so we looked for an option that would tide us over for a two-year period until a new residence hall is built," said lovac chini. He said the university investigated a number of options before making the decision to double. These options included: 1. Purchasing off canqius property for residence hoosljag: According to lovacchini, UNCA attempted to buy Bryn Mawr apart ments last year but a South Carolina-based com pany outbid them. 2. Renting off campus property: "Vfe looked to rent a number of apartment complexes. Vfe also looked at motels, such as the Carolina Court, but no one wants to take in 100 college students," said lovacchini. 3. Making minor modifi cations and renovations of current residence facili ties: "We considered wall ing in Village lounge are I olina Asheville since 1982 Thursday, April 11,1985 Board tries DOGHOC»S IN BLOOM as and making rooms, but this would give us only 25 spaces. We also felt it was a permanent modifica tion and one we wanted to stay away from," said lovacchini. 4. Lottery: Many other institutions utilize a lottery system in which upper classmen draw num bers for an alloted number of rooms, leaving space for freshnen. 5. Area limit: Students who live within a certain distance from campus would be ineligible for resi dence housing. All of these alterna tives seemed inappropri V' , I SlUMEKTS 1/3RRIE JIXIES, Henee O'Neil, Diane Sebastlon, and Charles Pearson , (L-R) tAe time oat from books to relax on the steps of Ramsey Library. , , . . : , Staffphoto by Sylvia Hawkins Staff photo by Sylvia Hawkins ate, according to lova cchini . However, Neil Rhoades, studept government presi dent, said the housing of fice needs to take a clos er look at closing in lounge areas. Bill Greene, senior senator, agreed. "Wouldn’t it be good to make sepa rate rooms rather than double up small rooms? If not it looks like this will be a recurring thing every few years." "Craig Dorm doesn't have any lounge area. It is already used for rooms," said Marina Howell, sopho more senator. "What do we have to look forward to?" One thing students xaky anticipate is new furni ture and renovations. "Everyone knows the vil lage is a disaster area. We will be going through and making repairs. We will do as much as we can with the money we have to work with," said Lamm. The university will also provide more parking space to accommodate the extra students. "A new parking lot is planned for this summer but it's where you won't like it," said lovacchini. The new lot will run along Weaver Boulevard. Officials will also con sider separating commuter and resident parking. In addition to the doub ling up issue, the sub stantial price for room and board angered many students. Next year total Continued on page 8 student cases By Joan Sterk So a dorm student gets a little wild after quiet hours, cranks his stereo up and later receives a write-up slip from his resident hall assistant. He may think it is the end of his perfect record and he'll never land a job, but there is hope. The student judicial board is ready to accept his case to try and get him out of hot water. According to George Hud son, the board's public defender, students may appeal any case to this body. Even if the student pleads guilty to a vio lation but does not feel the sanction CiiKiy Lamm, director of housing and residence life, or Keith Ray, director of student development, gives is jus tified , the student may soon be able to appeal the case. Currently the system goes into effect only if the student pleads inno** cent or does not feel the sanction given after pleading guilty is approp riate. But next year the tentative plan is for all write-ups and cases to go straight to the board. "If all goes according to plan, all cases will come before student judic iary, not to Cindy Lamm or Keith Ray," said Hudson. Presently if the stu dent wants to appeal a sanction or pleads inno cent, Lamm or Ray refers the write-up to the attor ney general, Leslie McCul lough, who then issues a charge sheet to the stu dent. The student then has four days to meet with Hudson, the public defend er. Hudson will begin in vestigating to form a case. For instance, if the offense was a violation of quiet hours in the dormi- Continued on page 8
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