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The Blue Banner Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982 Vol. Vll, Number 14 Thursday, Dec. 12, 1985 Atmosphere Science Program to get New Director By Mike Norris The vice chancellor for Academic affairs has decided to replace Dr. Edward Brotak director of the Atmospher ic Sciences department in or- ^Gr to bring "outside blood" into the program, but Brotak said he has done a good job ^nd attributed much of the growth of the program to his ability, Dr. Laurence Dorr, vice chancellor for academic af- fairs, said last week that the administration has placed ^ds for the position in the Chronicle of Higher Education ^nd the American Meteorologi cal Society Employment An nouncements. ’’The supposition is that we giving Ed Brotak a kick," said Dorr, "but we aren’t. He still be here. ’’Brotak is a good teacher, ®nd he has built up the pro- gram well. It is just sensi- that the program evolve the school changes and gPows," said Dorr. Michael Ruiz, chairman of ne physics department of '^'^hich the Atmospheric Sci ences program is a part, ^greed with Dorr and said the decision was due merely to expansion and development. Some of the students in the Meteorology program, however, the decision to replace ^otak as a mistake, and said hat many students came to ^CA to study under him. Dorr said he decided to put Someone else in the direc- position because he J'^ould "like the opportunity ^ get outside blood and tal- ®^t into the program." Bi'otak, however, doesnH ^ink this is sufficient rea- ®on foj. removing him from a Position he has held for four a half years. "As director, I have been doing the same things (as a program director) that a de partment chairman would, and I've been doing them for a program as large as half of the departments on campus," he said. (There are now 30 Atmospheric Science majors at UNCA.) "I feel I have done a good job running the program. Why else would it have doubled in size over the last few years? All of this growth has taken place under my leadership," said Brotak. Jim Rasor, president of the local student chapter of the American Meteorological Soci ety, recently sent a letter to Dorr expressing both his concerns and that of his fellow club members. "I came from a much larger university," said Rasor, "and the program there was not run nearly as well as the one here." According to Ruiz, the pro gram was administered through the Climatic Center when Bro tak came to UNCA. Brotak added another dimen sion, the forecasting track, and the program grew. Most of the present majors are in forecasting. "The new guy will be in climatology. We are simply developing the program," said Ruiz. He said Brotak is on the search committee and "will have a say in who is chosen. I really don’t see a pro blem," said Ruiz. Dorr maintains that too much is being made of the issue. "The concerns expressed by Brotak and his students are legitimate, but I really have no intention of changing the program," he said. RUSSIAN CLOWN Tanya Mov performed last Thursday at noon in the Highsmith Center. She and her husband emignited from the Soviet Union in 1981. Their performance at UNCA was in conjuction with the "Light Up the Hdidays” celebration at Pack Square, where they also performed. Meal CardsCited as Necessary By Jennifer Heglar The fees every student who attends a public university pays often fund services and programs that the student may use only a little, or not even at all. Such services include athletic events, lec ture or film series attended by a relatively small number of students, and the meal tickets that every dorm stu dent must buy. Students living on campus must purchase meal cards be cause the cafeteria would go out of business if meal plans weren’t required, according to William Pott, vice chan cellor for finance. Last year, UNCA’S cafeteria lost $32,480. Those revenues are separate from housing revenues, said Pott. However, he said that the cafeteria does try to raise funds "sufficient to buy all equipment necessary, pay ex penses... and generate enough profit each year" to plan for continued on pg. 5 Begins Pages Editor Resigns page 4 ExamSurvival Guide 10
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