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• -v!;. Academy Awards preview See Page 5 Condom machines on campus? The Banner See Page 3 Volume Xn. 6 Students protest CIA Uy Joan Scfmyder News Editor Protestors and counter-pro testors braved the cold and huddled together in two groups outside the UNCA’s Career and Counseling Center yesterday to voice their opinions about the presence of the CIA on campus. The protestors came out to voice their disagreements with the CIA and its recruitment on the UNCA campus. Coimter- protestors came with the pur pose of defending the right to have on campus and work for the CIA or any other group. CIA representatives inter viewed 13 people at the Career and Counseling Center yester day, according to David John ston, director of the career center. The most unanimous opinion of the protest was that more than anything else it was a learning experience. "I think the protest is won derful. These people ought to learn from each other," said Keith Thompson, a sophomore majoring in conflict studies. Johnston said, "I think this protest is healthy. I think this is what a liberal arts education is all about — to debate values and principles." "I think everyone here should be commended just because they had enough ner’ e to come out and show their opinions," said Jerry Robbins, an environ mental science major. The demonstrators voiced a variety of opinions about the CIA. One group of protestors said they believe the CIA is an un desirable organization that should not be allowed to re cruit on campus. "I think there is no need for covert activities, so I don’t see any need for the CLA. The group should not be able to recruit on campus," said Michael Vergot, a senior litera ture major. Please see PROTEST page 4 Proudly serving the UNCA community since 1982 February 25, 19HH Chancellor’s wife is on UNCA payroll Staff Photo—Sarah Gottfried UNCA students gathered outside the Career and Counseling Center to voice their opinions about the pr^ence of the CIA on campus. By Joy Flatley Staff Writer Many faculty members have raised the question: Is it ethi cal for Lin Brown, the chan cellor’s wife, to work for UNCA? One anonymous faculty mem ber summed up his opinion of the arrangement by saying, "It smells." However, whether it smells or not is irrelevant. Dick Ro binson, assistant to the Pres ident of the University of North Carolina, said that the Board of Governors at UNCA has a referendum defining the rules concerning spouses work ing together at an institution of higher learning. "The key consideration," said Robinson, "is if a spouse di rectly reports to another spouse. Also, spouses can’t be responsible for hiring each other, determining salary, and other things to that nature." In this case, Lin Brown, who is an employee of the Center for Creative Retirement (CCR), does not report to her husband. There is one supervisor. Dr. Ben Holden, director of the Creative Retirement Center, that stands between the couple. The CCR was established to enrich the lives of retirees and "improve the quality of life for retirees," according to a CCR brochure. The Center involves several programs, such as the College for Seniors. Although the arrangement seems legal, faculty members have raised ethical concerns about the situation. William Pott, vice chancellor for finance, would not comment on the ethics of the situation, but he did indicate that the Please see BROWN page 10 CIA recruitment raises ethical issue By Joan Schnyder News Editor The CIA controversy came to UNCA this week as two dif ferent groups of students gathered Monday and Tuesday to hear very different views of the organization. A group of over 50 students gathered Monday in the Snack Shop of the Highsmith Center for a faculty forum to discuss the implications of the organi zation’s recruitment on campus. Another group of over 30 gathered Tuesday in Highsmith Center for a CIA information session given by CIA personal recruiter Robert Peterson. The faculty forum included a panel of five UNCA professors Dr. Phyllis Betts, Keith Bram- lett, Richard Janikowski, Dr. Marketta A. Laurila and Dr. Ann Weber. The focus of the Monday forum was whether or not the CIA should be allowed to re cruit students on campus. Weather Friday; Fair. Morning lows in the 20s. Afternoon highs near 50 Saturday: Mostly sunny. Morning lows in the 20s. Afternoon highs in the low 50s. Sunday: Fair. Partly cloudy, breezy and colder. Morning lows in the 20s. Afternoon highs in the low 40s. The UNCA Atmospheric Sciences department provides this information to the campus community weekly in The Banner. The 24-hour weatherline is also available at 251- 6435. Inside It’s that time of year again. The posters have come up, and the speeches are ready. Yes, it’s Student Government election time, and three UNCA students are campaigning this week for the job of' SGA president. Announcements ,8 Classifieds. 8 Comics ,8 Crossword 9 Editorial 2 Entertainment 5 Letters 2 Sports .6 Although he was critical of the covert activities of the CIA, Richard Janikowski, direc tor of the paralegal program at Cecil’s Junior College and UNCA instructor said, "1 would not advocate a ban of CIA re cruiters. There is a problem with picking a particular organization and banning it. Once you’ve started the pro cess, I’m not sure where you can end the process." A way of dealing with the CIA recruiting on campus that would be more effective than banning them would be to let the recruiters come on campus and then protest them, said Dr. Phyllis Betts, associate profes sor of sociology. However, some students and other faculty members disagreed. "I think we ought to have the right to say who can come on campus. What the CIA illustrates is a real dilemma. We don’t seem to be able to make hard moral choices," said Dr. Bill Sabo, Arts 310 draws criticism By Jerri Henderson ~~ Staff Writer assistant professor of political science. Janakowski responded to this by saying, "I think one of the hard choices is that we will tolerate something opposite from our own opinion." Several members of the audience said because of its covert activities the CIA should not have the right to recruit on this campus. "You judge an organization not by the norm or best of what it does, but by the worst of what it does," said Paul Gurewitz, a political science major. A great deal of discussion also occrirred over the distinc tion between being allowed to recmit on campus and being allowed to speak on campus. "A line should be drawn be tween an organization’s ability to come on campus and voice its opinion, and that same organization’s ability to recruit on campus. I think this distinc tion should be a group deci sion", said Gurewitz. Janikowski said, "1 think the line between recruiting and speech is too fine to be drawn. The whole area of speech is so critical it must be left alone because once you start imping ing you don’t know where it will end up." One UNCA student responded to Gurewitz suggestion by saying, "how are we going to get people together to vote whether or not people can come on campus to recruit if we can’t even get them to vote for their SGA officials." In the information session, the CIA representative discussed the collection of in formation as the major respon sibility of the CIA. This col lection occurs in several ways, according to Robert Peterson, CIA spokesman. One of the departments of the intelligence branch of the CIA deals solely with the col lection of published informa tion. This information is drawn from the media, said Peterson. "We look at all overt infor mation and try to get all of the information that we can. however, there is a lot of in formation we caimot get from journals," said Peterson. "To use this we use all of the available technology. This is where our large science and technology department comes in," said Peterson. "We do very well with tech nology if we can see it or hear it (information), but when we can’t we have to make contact with someone, a member of a terrorist group, for example. We can’t get from technology what is going on in someone’s head. We have to recruit some one for that access and that is what we need spies for," said Peterson. "The kind of information that we are interested in is that for some reason or another the government does not want to Please see CIA p^e 4 Arts 310, the new general education requirement, has met challenges and criticisms in its first semester at UNCA. The class is defined in the catalogue as "a study of the arts and their relationship to society and the individual." There were problems getting the course started, said Dr. Douglas Ovens, assistant pro fessor of music and coordinator of Arts 310. "A lot of preparatory work was involved," said Ovens. "A lot of work has gone into every aspect of the course." The pacing of the course has been somewhat of a problem, said Arnold Wengrow, chair man of the drama department. "Some things take more time than we first thought," said Wengrow. Please see ARTS page 10 Staff Photos—Sarah Gottfried Jesse Jackson appeared in Asheville yesterday at the Quality Inn On the Plaza luncheon.
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