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December 1, 1988
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Soviet citizens
will arrive today
by Scarlet Bell
Features Editor
Four private Soviet citizens
will visit Western North
Carolina December 1-5 as
part of a "Soviets meet
American" program
sponsored by the Center for
US-USSR Initiatives and the
Soviet Peace Committee.
The visit is sponsored
locally by the UNC/V Global
Perspectives Committee.
Asheville is one of 240
American communities
selected for the visits.
The visit is "a people-to-
people exchange to recognize
each other as human beings
and to explore our common
interests and our common
future," said Ellie Kincade,
assistant director of the
counseling center and local
coordinator of the event.
What people all ove^r the
country are realizing from
these visits is that Russians
and Americans have far more
commonalities than
differences, said Kincade.
"We (Russians and
Americans) all grew up
believing that the other
country was the enemy. The
purpose of this visit is to
allow us to let go of this
definition of each other as
the enemy," she said.
Another important thing
that has come from this is an
increase of community
feeling, she said.
"The reason we create
enemies out there is to create
a strong feeling of
nationalism. But the
interesting thing is that the
same sense of internal
community comes from
making friends out there as
creating a common enemy,"
Kincade said.
Preparing for the visit has
brought the UNCA and
Asheville communities
together, according to
Kincade.
The four-day visit will begin
at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5
with a public forum in
UNCA’s Owen Conference
Center. The forum, which is
sponsored by UNCA’s
Management Club, will give
people the chance to interact
with the Russians, said Karen
Williams, secretary of the
club.
"We had to organize an
open forum (with a
moderator) to give a formal
structure to the program. But,
we’re hoping to have an
informal atmosphere to make
the Russians comfortable—
to see American people as
they really are," said
Williams.
"We though it would be
advantageous for the Soviet .
citizens to meet the students
and to see that there are
more similarities than
contrasts (between the two
cultures)," said Williams.
In preparation for the open
forum, the Management club
has been offering lectures
in the Private Dining Room
Please see SOVIETS, page 10
by Kris Beddingfleld
Assistant News Editor
Students, staff and faculty
can join community leaders
for a lunchtime program on
humor entitled "Don’t Let
Your Turkeys Get '.ou
Down" in the Owen
Conference Center,
December 6 from 12 noon
to 2 p.m.
The purpose of the program
is to show people how humor
has many health benefits and
is a good way to relieve
tension, said Maralee
Gollberg, who designed the
program.
"Humor has more power to
it than people think. There
is proven evidence that if you
get a group of people to do
a project, their creativity level
is higher if they laugh first,"
she said.
The lunchtime program is
also a preview for a humor
conference, "Laugh for the
Health of It," to be held May
19. Dr. Joel Goodman, a
nationally acclaimed speaker,
author and researcher on the
creative power of humor and
laughter, will conduct the
one-day seminar in the Owen
Conference Center.
"He’s extremely effective.
He’s worked with large
companies and has seen a
change in the corporate
structure because of the use
of humor. He’s a little Woody
I
Humor program
to address health
Go Dogs!!
While the Bulldog temporarily remains unnamed, he could still be seen on duty at a recent
game against East Kentucky in the Asheville Civic Center.
Allen," Gollberg said.
People can bring a lunch to
the December 6 program or
they can purchase a box
lunch for $5. Anyone
interested in further
information or wishing to
reserve a lunch should call
the Department of Health
and Fitness at 251-6513 or'
Life After Cancer (10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.) at 252-4106.
Reservations must be made
no later than December 1,
Gollberg said.
Topics being presented at
the luncheon are "The
Healing Power of Humor" by
Dr. Rick Pyeritz, UNCA
Health Services Director;
"Coping Creatively with the
Fowl-ups in Your Life" by
Ellie Kincade and Dr.
Kathleen Donald, UNCA
Counseling Center; and "The
Magic of Humor: Managing
with Mirth" by Dr. A1
Altimus, UNCA management
department chairman.
Gollberg said she is
expecting a fairly large
turnout for the program. "So
far we have between 150 and
200 reservations. The
conference room holds 300
and we just may fill it to
capacity," she said.
The humor conference in
May will be sponsored by
UNCA’s Department of
Please see HUMOR, page 10
UNCA is not overrun with
academic dishonesty cases
by Maria Horton
News Editor
A recent controversy at
Appalachian State University
has arisen over the question
of the academic honesty of
two students and the right of
a faculty member to
question that honesty,
according to a report in the
Asheville Citizen.
Dr. Eric lovacchini, vice
chancellor for student
affairs, said while academic
dishonesty is a fact of life, it
does not pose a great
problem at UNCA.
"I’m sure a lot may go on
that we will never know
about, but we just don’t have
a number of cases being
reported here," lovacchini
said.
The procedure for
handling academic
dishonesty or grievances on
the part of the students
varies at institutions,
according to lovicchini, with
UNCA favoring a system
that falls under the
jurisdiction of the faculty
rather than a student judicial
court, he said.
"The faculty preferred to
keep it under their domain
and as long as the student
has due process, I don’t
think it really matters how
it is handled," he said.
The policy in university
catalog states that an act of
plagiarism or cheating is
considered as academic
said many students are not
aware of their right to the
appeal system or how the
process works.
The Faculty Conciliator’s
job is to serve as a student
advocate and to help the
student whenever there is a
^rievance^according^^^
"A student accused of academic misconduct has the
right to a hearing before the Academic Appeals Board."
University policy
misconduct. A person who
knowingly assists another in
cheating is likewise guilty of
cheating.
A student accused of
academic misconduct has the
right to a hearing before the
Academic Appeals Board. A
request for this hearing
should be made to the
Faculty Conciliator who will
advise the student further of
his or her rights and will
make the arrangements for
the hearing.
The request must be made
within ten days of the
accusation.
Dr. Margaret Downes, a
former Faculty Conciliator,
Downes.
"Sometimes it’s just enough
that the student has a
chance to gripe and express
his indignation. Other times,
it’s a matter of setting up an
appointment for the student
and instructor to talk over
the situation," she said.
"Only twice that I can
remember has a case gone
before the board for a
hearing," Downes added.
Students are free to go up
the chain of command and
if they do not feel they have
received satisfaction, they
can go off campus,
lovacchini said.
"Most students, when
confronted with the question
of cheating, either admit it
or accept it because we just
don’t have the cases being
reported to the Appeals
Board," he said.
The faculty is aware of the
students’ rights and tend not
to accuse anyone of cheating
unless they think they can
prove it, lovacchini said.
Dr. Charlotte Soedsche,
current chair of the Academic
Appeals Board, agreed with
Downes that students are not
aware of their rights with
regards to cheating or
grievances even though it is
published in the catalogue
and the student guide.
"It’s like when you buy a
new car, you don’t always
read the whole manual,"
Goedsche said.
Some of the faculty have
said that it is a good idea to
tell the students so they can
be aware of their rights, she
said.
Faculty members agree that
cheating is not a large
problem at UNCA.