Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Volume VI, Number XII
Thursday, April 18, 1985
"BOY LANE" BOLLIFIEU) cavorts before the caaera.
HdLLlfiAld pat on the drag to eiK:ee the ONCA Taloit
Showcase Satimlay night (See related story page 8).
Staff photo by Sylvia Hawkins
Reading Day
pushes exams back
By Joan Sterk
Exam week will always be
a hectic time for students
and faculty, but this year
we have one day reprieve
before exams begin.
The reading day, as it
is called, is the result
of the work of Student
Government Association
Senators Melissa Beavers,
Athena Fox, and Cindy Rog
ers.
The reading policy
causes some minor changes
in the exam schedule. The
original beginning of exam
week, May 7, is now the
reading day, pushing the
exams scheduled for this
day to May 14, the last
day of the spring semes
ter.
Commencement will remain
as scheduled, 8 p.m. May
17.
The first day of exams
is May 8. The exam periods
remain the same with the
exception of the May 7 to
14 switch.
The SGA Senate discussed
possible problems posed by
postponing the original
exam week starting date to
the last day of the se
mester, but they decided
they were small compared (
to the advantages of a
reading day.
I think we discussed
the pros and cons, and the
pros outweighed the cons,"
said Fox.
The policy is effective
for this semester only. In
the future, exam week will
begin on a hfonday, allow
ing a weekend for rest and
preparation prior to ex
ams.
Dr. Laurence Dorr, vice
chancellor for academic
affairs, approved the SGA
resolution, making the ne
cessary calendar adjust
ments before passing it on
to the faculty senate.
Dr. Alan Comer, faculty
senate chairman, approved
the proposal March 10.
Students implicated
in Highrise Fire
By Penny Kramp
The Asheville Magis
trate’s office issued war
rants yesterday for two
UNCA students in connec
tion with an April 5 High-
rise fire.
The students involved
are 6th floor Highrise
residents James Barringer,
freshman from Bessemer
City, and Augustine "Gus"
Tucker, sophomore from
Asheville.
The magistrate will
charge the men with burn
ing a public building, a
felony punishable by a
fine or up to 30 years in
prison.
The UNCA Department of
Security and Services said
the Jackson County magis
trate's office will charge
a Cullowhee man, also in
volved in the incident, at
a later date.
Security said prelimina
ry investigations led them
to suspect Barringer's in
volvement.
On April 11 Barringer
confessed to security that
he took part, along with
Tucker and a Cullowhee
friend, in setting the
fires, according to Dennis
Gregory, security officer.
However, Barringer
claims he never confessed
to initiating the fire. "I
didn't do it. I was only a
witness," said Barriiiger.
The fire in question
started at approximately
3:30 a.m. April 5 on the
4th floor of the Highrise.
Officials discovered two
trashcans on fire. "We had
to place one in a bathtub
and one outside the build
ing," said Gregory.
ITie combined fire and
smoke damage caused be
tween $500 and $700 dam
age, according to Gregory.
The heavy smoke forced
students to evacuate the
building for 45 minutes.
The Student Judicial
System will alsp try the
students after the state
concludes its prosecution.
"It will probably be in
the fall," said Roxanne
Smith, assistant public
defender.
Trashcan fires and false
alarms have plagued the
Highrise throughout the
semester, but Gregory said
he did not know at this
time if Barringer and
Tucker were responsible
for these previous inci
dents .
RAINDKOPS KEEP FAIUNG ON M7 CAR: Jaaes Davenport and Ilaxamie Stalth got
caught in an April dofmpour last week. ^ ^
^ ^ Staff photo by Betsy Phillips
Senate increases curriculum
By Chris Streppa
Despite objections
voiced by one student and
several faculty members
concerning the increased
number of hours, the Fac
ulty Senate voted 13-2
last Thursday in favor of
a 52-hour general educa
tion curriculum.
Dr. Michael Gillum, pro
fessor of literature, ar
gued in favor of fewer re
quired hours. "I fear
we*re in danger of beating
our students to death with
our good intentions," he
said.
Chemistry major George
Hudson charged the Senate
with "trying to make stu
dents a mile wide and an
inch deep."
The Senate did vote to
eliminate the three cred-
it-hour Critical Thinking
requirement from the final
package. Their concern
centered more on the lack
of faculty support for the
proposed course than on a
need to reduce the total
number of general educa
tion hours.
The Senate originally
continued on page 9