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Volume Xn, Number 12
Proudly serving the UNCA community since 19H2.
April 21, 1988
Conference starts
today at UNCA
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More than 1,000 top student
researchers and faculty mem
bers from 180 colleges and
universities in 40 states will
convene April 21 through April
23 at the UNCA for the second
annual National Conference on
Undergraduate Research.
The conference is the only
forum in the United States
where undergraduate research
ers in both the arts and scien
ces can present their original
research findings, according to
UNCA officials.
UNCA will be well represen
ted at the conference, said Dr.
Charles Prokop, chairman of
the Undergraduate Research
Program Committee and associ
ate professor of psychology at
UNCA.
The student presentations
will be open, and students are
encouraged to come, said Dr.
Merritt Moseley associate pro
fessor of literatme.
"1 think students should come
to hear the results of the re
search in their area and also
to support their fellow
students," said Moseley.
"1 think students who are not
involved in the conference
should attend as many events
as they can because of the
excellent educational oppor
tunity it is," said John Bern
hardt, lecturer in biology.
"I thought last year’s con
ference was the most exciting
academic thing I have seen in
■ the 20 years I have been at
UNCA," said Bernhardt.
Of the 500 undergraduate
papers that were accepted to
the Conference, 23 were from
UNCA students, said Prokop.
Other schools sending stu
dents and faculty include Stan
ford
University, MIT, Caltech, Ken
yon College, Bowdoin College,
Macalester College, Bryn Mawr,
Holy Cross, Cornell, Davidson,
Duke, the University of Wis
consin, and the University of
Minnesota.
More than 500 research pa
pers will be read while more
than 100 research displays will
be exhibited. The research ex
hibitions in Lipinsky Hall are
open to the public at no
charge. Chemistry research will
be ^splayed Friday from 9 a.m.
to 11 a.m., while other biologi
cal and physical sciences will
be exhibited from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. Friday. Social sciences and
humanities research will be
exhibited Saturday from 9 a.m.
to 11 a.m.
The best research of the
conference will be published in
the UNCA Journal of Under
graduate Research, the nation’s
only journal devoted to student
research in the arts and scien
ces.
The conference begins at 1
p.m. Thursday with a welcome
by UNCA Chancellor David G.
Brown and a keynote address
entitled 'Research: Privileges,
Risks and Obligations" by Mar
garet L.A. Macvicar, dean of
undergraduate education at
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and founding direc
tor of MIT’s Undergraduate
Research Opportunities Pro
gram.
Other talks include "Science,
AIDS and Society: A Report"
at 11:15 a.m. Friday by Richard
Goldsby, the Amanda and Lisa
Cross Professor of Biology at
Amherst College. Goldsby is the
author of two books. 'Race and
Races" and "Cells and Energy."
"Science and Human Values"
will be discussed at 7 p.m.
Friday by Paul Saltman, profes
sor of biology at the Univer
sity of California, San Diego. A
nationally-known nutrition re
searcher, Saltman holds a doc
torate in biochemistry from
Caltech.
The conference concludes
Saturday with an 11:15 a.m.
presentation entitled "The Vir
tues of Research" by Robert P.
Sharp, a veteran researcher at
Caltech’s Division of Geological
and Planetary Sciences and one
of the nation’s leading experts
on the geology of planets.
The conference also features
three faculty symposia Friday
and Saturday on "Why and How
Researchers Do What They Do,"
"The Undergraduate’s Role in
Research," and "Building Brid
ges Between Research Disci
plines."
Fifteen faculty researchers
are scheduled to speak during
the symposia, including UNCA
Chancellor David G. Brown on
"Building a Tradition of Under
graduate Research," IBM senior
engineer Douglas Antonelli on
"Research and Product Usabi
lity," and Columbia University
Assistant Dean Blake Thurman
on "Stoking the Fires: Stimu
lating Students to Thrive."
Awards for the conference’s
top research will be presented
Saturday in Lipinsky Auditorium
following the 11:15 a.m. closing
address.
SECOND national CONFERENCE
ON undergraduate research
University of North Carolina at. Asheville
April 21-23, 1988
UNCA STUDENT
PRESENTATIONS
1 Robert L. Asher
Chemistry
Friday
8 a.m.
Ijulie Ball
Mass Commimications
Thursday
4:15 p.m.
llisa Bartlett
Biology
Thiusday
4:15 p.m.
Ijeffrcy Bi^erstaff
Computer Science
Saturday
10:10 a.m.
1 Sherry Cathcart
Mass Communications
Thursday
4:45 p.m.
IChun Kong Chan
Mathematics
Friday
3:45 p.m
[Anne Coddington
Histon"
Thursday
5 p.m
Ijoaim Drake
Physics
Friday
2:45 p.m.
1 Catherine Eaton
Education
Saturday
10:25 a.m.
1 Tracy Fagan
Mass Communications
Thursday
4 p.m.
jwilliam T. Fimderburk
Physics
Friday
9:55 a.m.
1 Shelley Gaddy
Biology 11
Friday
10:40 a.m.
lAmy Holcombe
Physics
Friday
3:30 p.m.
[Dennis Hueber
Chemistry
Friday
9 a.m
Ann Joyner
Social Sciences
Saturday
2 p.m.
Roger Keesee
Biology
Friday
4 p.m. I
George M. hammers
Atmospheric Science
Friday
1:30 p.m 1
Deborah Libro
Physics
Friday
2:30 p-m.
Deena Martin
History
Friday
10:20 p.nJ
Wayne Peacock
Literature
Thursday
2 p.m
Ruth Polak
Psychology
Thursday
5 p.m.
David A. Roberts
Literature
Thursday
2:40 p.ml
Michelle Sands
Literature
Friday
3:15 p-m.
1 Hobart Whitman TV
Fine Art
Saturday
8:40 a.m
Founded last year as an out- conference will continue to Trinity University in San An-
growth of UNCA’s Undergrad- broaden its national scope in tonio in 1989 and to the Uni-
uate Research Program, the coming years by moving to versity of Minnesota in 1990.
Weather
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning lows in the 50’s. Afternoon highs in
the upper 60’s.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Becoming
windy. Lows in the 50’s. Afternoon highs in the
60’s.
Sunday: Clearing Windy and cooler. Morning lows in the
low 40s. Afternoon highs only around 60.
The UNCA Atmospheric Sciences department provides
this information to the campus community weekly in The
Baimer. The 24-houT weatherline is also available at 251-
6435.
Inside
Underdog Productions will soon offer a cure for
the post-spring break blues and pre-final exam
trauma with the year-end celebration of Rockmont
XIV on Saturday, May 2.
This year’s Rockmont will involve many changes,
ineluding new activities and entertainment. Music,
comedy, games, eontests, raffles, and food will
provide enjoyment for all who attend, said Paige
Pedii, special events chairperson for Underdog Pro
ductions. (Please see story, page 4)
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Classifieds 7
Comics. 7
Editorial 2
Entertainment 4
Letters 2
Sports 5,
Freshmen Honor Society chartered
iJy Sharon Joyce
Staff Writer
The charter of a nationally
recognized scholastic honor
society for freshmen on the
UNCA campus has sparked
hopes for promoting scholarship
among beginning students, said
Christ! Harbour, student pre
sident of the UNCA chapter of
Phi Eta Sigma.
"Phi Eta Sigma is dedicated
to encouraging scholarship
among freshmen, with the hope
that they will continue to excel
academically," Harbour said.
According to information
from the Phi Eta Sigma natio
nal office, all freshman men
and women are eligible to join
who have a cumulative grade
point average (GPA) of 3.5 on
a scale of 4.0 at the close of
any semester during their first
year.
Phi Eta Sigma boasts over
230 chapters nationwide, and
over 372,000 members. UNCA
added 44 student members and
four honorary faculty and ad
ministrative members to the
organization in ‘ an induction
ceremony last week.
Dr. James Foy, grand secre
tary-treasurer for the Phi Eta
Sigma nationally, conducted the
induction.
The organization is "a fine,
outstanding group that will
enhance UNCA’s reputation
both on campus and nationally,"
said Dr. Cissy Petty, director
of student development ana
faculty advisor for Phi Eta
Sigma at UNCA.
Phi Eta Sigma was founded
at the University of Illinois in
1923, and has been a member
of the Association of College
Honor Societies since 1937.
"We want to provide service
to the university and the com
munity," said Harbour. 'We are
brainstorming at our meetings
to design projects to begin in
the fall."
"We look forward to being a
presence on campus and to
recognizing many more fresh
men in the future," said Har
bour.
Men dominate administration
liy Kris Beddingtleld
Assistant News Editor
The prospects of becoming a
university president for minori
ties and women are bad, ac
cording to a recent report.
The lack of women in these
positions reflects the lack of
women and minorities in ad
ministrative positions from
which most university presi
dents are chosen.
The typical president of a
college is a white, 53-year-old
male. The American Council on
Education (ACE) conducted a
survey of who runs U.S. cam
puses and formd that "the pro
spects for more minorities or
women ascending to campus
presidents, moreover, are dim,"
according to a College Press
Service (CPS) report.
The statistics at UNCA re
garding the number of women
and minorities in administrative
positions mirror the national
findings.
Thirty percent of the direc
tors within administration at
UNCA are women and three out
of 26 department head positions
are held by women, said Dr.
Tom Cochran, associate vice
chancellor for academic affairs.
At UNCA, the chancellor’s
cabinet consists of seven men
and one woman, all of which
are white, said Cochran.
There are currently 130
full-time teaching positions at
UNCA. Ninety-four of these
positions are filled by men and
36 by women, according Caro
line Miller, director of person
nel.
All of the full professors at^
UNCA are men. Seventy-seven
percent of all associate profes
sors are men. This is 27 out of
the total number of 35.
Less than half of the assis
tant professors are men; out of
the total of 55, 26 are men.
Forty-seven percent of the
full-time male teachers at
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