Who is
Gary Larson?
10
Rackham to
next vice chancell^
Pa^e 5
Are new laws
affecting UNCA?
Pa^e 3
VIII, Number 9
Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 7 982
'Thursday, April 3, 1986
Hardy wins runoff
for SGA president
(Photo by Jonna McGrath)
^J^OtlNMREAKING C^fOKItK: Gar- tiates groundbreaking at the
Greenwood, former UNCA new baseball and soccer
^^seball player when the iini~ fields* Construction began
^ersity was known as Ashe- Blarch 25# (See related story
^^Ue-BuncOTdbe College, ini- on page 13 •)
Gramm-^udman Act
having limited effect
By Julie Ball «•»•«»»« ktt r^no—thiT*H nhipfiv
'The federal budget cuts
^^sed by the Gramm-Rudman-
ollings Act will have little
^Snificant effect on stu-
fnts who receive financial
gram by one-third, chiefly by
requiring students to pay
interest while they’re in
college. The government now
pays the interest until the
student starts repaying the
loan.
• merging work-study and
at UNCA, according to • merging work-study and
^^'•olyn McElrath, UNCA dir- supplemental opportunity
of financial aid. and giving them $400
, Student aid funding was cut million, which is half the
4.3 percent on March 1. fm^s now spent on them. Fui-
, Momrath said she is more
>oerned about President Pay-f"ly
Sgan's proposed budget cuts dent-s wages, down from 80
^ the 1987 fiscal year. His percent.
^ 11^ •. eliminating students
H t>udget ca whose families earn more than
deeper cuts in financial eligibility for
McElra"th'said it is impor-
'^8lng." sa1d‘’S“thl e nTTaws
‘"‘^^Tar includT must be approv-
C • Slashing the cost of the . ed by Congress.
'^^nteed Student Loan pro- continued on pa^e 7
By Julie Ball
In a close runoff election,
UNCA students elected Ken
• ' .Hardy as 1986-87 president of
the Student Government Asso-
ciation by a margin of only
X eight votes.
The election was held March
26 in the Highsmith Center.
SGA Elections Commissioner
Jack Gardin called the runoff
IS on March 13 after Steve Ma-
goon and Hardy were the top
two vote-getters in the gen^
ral election.
The two failed to receive a
maiority of the total vote,
which is required by the SGA
constitution.
According to the results,
Hardy received 130 votes
while Magoon obtained 122
votes.
Upon his victory. Hardy
said his primary goal as pre
sident is to improve communi
cations between commuters and
the SGA.
He cited the elections as
an example of problems in
communication.
"If they (students) don’t
know what’s going on, how can
you represent them?," asked
Hardy.
He said for the next elec
tion he hopes there will be
more debates between candi
dates.
He said he wants to "try to
make students more aware of
candidates goals."
Hardy added that he wants
.to continue the Guardian
Bulldog Escort System and the
Designated Drivers program.
He is also interested in
setting up a Volunteer Action
Center.
Students would volunteer,
and local agencies would have
a pool of volunteers to draw
from when they needed them.
These agencies include Big
Brothers and the Red Cross
according to Hardy.
As president, Hardy must ap
point six students to fill
the empty senate seats in the
SGA. These seats are vacant
because not enough candidates
ran for the posts.
He said he already has se
veral candidates in mind.
"We’ve got a list of about
12 and we’ve got six seats."
said Hardy.
The senate must approve the
appointments.
Gardin said the turnout was
’’real good for a runoff elec
tion," although some student
said lack of time and limited
voting facilities may have
contributed to the lack of
participation by the majority
of students.
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