The Banner
Volume XI, Number 13
Proudly serving the UNCA community since 1982
December 3, 1987
News in brief
College Republicans split
College Press Service
The bitterness that has rocked the College Republican
National Committee in recent months has split some state
and campus Republican groups as well.
Student Republicans at the University of Vermont, Ohio
State, Michigan State and in the large statewide Florida
and California chapters are all engaged in ongoing internal
disputes.
And, as at the national level, the disputes center less
on which candidates to back in the 1988 primary season
approaching in two months than on who gets to control
the party’s campus affairs.
School denies gay rights
Cc^ege Press Service
In what has long been seen as a major case for
coll^iate gays, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
ruled Nov. 20 that Catholic Georgetown University (wes
not have to grant student gay groups official recognition.
The court did say that G^rgetown must give
homosexual groups the same privileges—generally, use of
campus meeting rooms— it gives other student groups.
Gay groups sued Georgetown for recognition in 1980,
after Georgetown officials refused to give them official
status because Catholic doctrine condemns homosexuality.
Money keys dropouts
Collie Press Service
About a third of the students who drop out of college
leave for money reasons, a five-year examination of
dropout patterns by the University of Maryland concluded
last wedc.
Some of the dropouts might have graduated "if they had
received the benefits of existing programs or services,"
Student Affairs Vice Chancellor Richard Stimson said.
Trying to discover why students left college before
graduating, Maryland’s Student Affairs Office started
following the progress of some 800 1980 freshmen, divided
into a "representative group* of students from varied
backgrounds and a "minority group" of black students.
Student ‘chasing’ down
College Preis Sorke
Students just aren’t pursuing the opposite sex the way
they used to. University of Wisconsin journalism students
have found.
In response to a journalism department survey, a
majority of Wisconsin-Madison students said fear of AIDS
had convinced them to change their sexual habits.
Fifty-sex percent of the students said they used
condoms more than they used to, and two-thirds of the
students who said they’d had multiple sexual partners
during the last year said they’d decrease the number.
Prof. Sharon Dimwoody, who supervised the survey of 438
undergrads, rq)orted.
Inside...
Debate has re-opened on the Humanities program
and other required courses following a story in the
Banner two wedcs ago discussing Dr. Ed Brotak’s
proposal for the general education requirements. In a
letter to the editor. Dr. Sandra Obergfell says the
goal of the Humaniti^ program is for students to
become more familiar with the integrated world in
which they live. In his letter. Dr. David Kay clarifies
the concept of a college education and its relevance
to students’ futures.
Weather
Friday: A chance of light snow in the morning. Clearing by
late in the day. Very cold and windy. Temperatures in
the 30s all day.
Saturday: Mostly sunny and cold. Morning lows in the low to mid
20s. Afternoon highs in the low 40s.
Sunday: Mostly sunny and not as cold. Morning lows around 20.
Afternoon highs in the upper 40s.
The UNCA Atmospheric Science department provides
this information to the campus community weekly in
the Banner. The 24-hour weatherline service is also
available at 251-6435.
Masters program set for 1988
By Phil Alexander
Staff Writer
The fall of 1988 will mark a
new milestone for UNCA, as
the school will open its doors
to graduates seeking a Master
of Liberal Arts degree.
The MLA program will be an
interdisciplinary study
comprised of 33 semester hours
of course work. The program is
planned for part-time students,
with most courses being offered
as evening classes, according to
Ted Uldricks, MLA chairman.
Five classes will be
mandatory for all students in
the program. These courses
include The Human Condition
(MLA 500), Contemporary
Issues (MLA 600), The Human
Experience (MLA 520), The
Individual and Society (MLA
UNCA
students
honored
540) and Science and Human
Values (MLA 560). Also
■ included in the 33-hour
requirement is the option
between a six-hour master’s
thesis or a three-hour project.
The remainder of the
requirement will be met by
elective credits.
"I believe this is something
the university is entering into
with proper care and
deliberation," said Tom Byers,
special assistant to the
chancellor. 'What has continued
to push the MLA program
forward is the conviction that
this program will reinforce
some of the traditional
emphases of the campus."
The program is currently
awaiting sanction by the UNC
system graduate council,
according to Uldricks. "They’re
going to sanction it," said
Uldricks, adding that the
council must be called together
in a special meeting to
consider the program, which
means, among other things,
finding an appropriate date for
all involved to attend.
The MLA program is not
designed to provide training in
a specific profession or
vocation, nor to prepare
students for doctoral study,
according to Uldricks.
"The purpose of an MLA
program," Uldricks said, "is
essentially intellectual
stimulation.” He said that some
people, such as teachers, may
benefit directly in their fields,
however.
Larry Wilson, vice chancellor
for academic eiffairs, agreed.
"Some teachers, secondary
school teachers in particular,
will find it to be really useful
for them in their teaching and
personal advancement," said
Wilson, adding that a current
drive in the corporate field for
liberally educated managers
might also provoke response to
the program from lower-level
corporate managers.
Wilson said the program
would provide managers who do
not have a liberal arts
background "a chance to study
what they didn’t at the
undergraduate level." He
speculated that this would offer
a chance to move up into
higher management.
MLA program committee
member Alan Comer said that
the degree itself would be
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By Maria Horton
Staff Writer
The 1988 edition of "Who’s
Who Among Students in
American Universities and
Colleges" will contain the
names of 45 students from the
UNCA senior class, according
to John Quigley, program
coordinator for the university.
'We sent in 45 nominations
this year, and all were
accepted," Quigley said. "The
number of nominations is
dependent upon the number of
students erurolled at a par
ticular school," he added.
To ■ qualify for this honor,
Quigley said that a student
must have a grade point
average of 3.0 or belter,
participate in extracurricular
activities at the university and
be actively involved in
community projects as well.
"In the past we have had -
students nominate fellow
students for this recognition,
but this year the nominations
were all from faculty or staff,"
he said.
Winter preview
Winter makes its appearance in Western North Carolina as snow dusts the
Asheville. The recent cold snap gives us a taste of what’s to come.
I—Chris Allison
mountains of
Campus security understaffed
By Julie Tilka
alike.
all times. That way, he said.
The 30 women and 15 men Staff Writer
who were chosen this year will irKT/-iA> _ ”“** ...v**
Campus Police handle incidenls on campus.
Charles Carreno, said. They
I am very xmcomfortable while one officer is off campus
with our lack of manpower," then another officer could
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Carreno said his office
undermanned and under-
equipped, according to both nainimum, and receives complaints constantly
students and administrators when something happens, from students about the amount
they expect the maximum....Re
sources don’t meet expectat
ions," he said.
' •% ■
j i_ . t j Staff Photo—Adam Brooks
Above the crowd
Bulldog Ricky Chatman goes up for two of his 24 points ir
UNCA’s 85-72 victory over the Citadel Wednesday night.
(fee related story on page 4)
of time it takes for an officer
to respond to a call.
Police officer Dennis
In the past 10 years the Gregory, an eight-year veteran
campus has doubled in size— of campus security, said that
from 130 resident students to many times while working alone
700 —but the staff has he must prioritize his calls
remauned the same, according "and maybe that third person
to Carreno.
in line doesn’t understand why
Campus security has a staff he had to wait."
of eight: a director,
assistant, and six officers.
There are also several part-
"I myself wouldn’t want to
wait 30 to 45 minutes for
someone to respond,” he said.
time student assistants who "ft’s an inconvenience."
perform many of routine duties,
including unlocking buildings.
Vice Chancellor of Student
Affairs Eric lovacchini also
administrative duties.
The new staff
writing parking tickets and recognizes the need for more
security on campus. "I wish we
had double coverage on every
added last year, have helped shift," said lovacchini. He said
reduce the workload, but these ft is a goal of his office to get
students still cannot perform double coverage on campus at
many of the duties security is times in the near future.
responsible for, Carreno said.
Carreno is primarily con
cerned about single coverage—
times when there is only one
He plans to make a proposal
to the university for an
increase in security personnel
this spring as a part of the
officer on duty for the entire university budget, he said,
campus. There is especially a Joanne Moore, a sophomore
need for coverage during the commuter student in engineer-
late night and early morning mg, thinks that having on*
hours, he said. According to officer on duty at night is
Carreno, many nights he can "absurd" in light of the recent
only schedule one officer.
He said there needs to be at
least two officers on duty at
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