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April 13, 1989
1,000 condom surveys
distributed this week
by Michael Gouge
Assistant News Editor
A survey asking UNCA
students for their views on
condom machines is being
distributed in classrooms this
week.
The SGA along with the
Student Health Advisory
Council (SHAC) has
compiled 1,000 copies of the
survey and begun
distributing them in order to
collect data to take to
Chancellor Brown.
"The survey serves many
purposes It’s not just for
condom machines on campus.
It’s to get an idea of what the
true knowledge of the
students are and their
feelings," said Milena Vari,
co-chairperson of the SHAC.
The survey would also
inquire how parents and
faculty feel towards this issue,
said Vari. SHAC and the
SGA are encouraging other
campus organizations to help
in the distribution of the
survey.
Vari said other
organizations would make the
distribution much easier and
also encompass a wide range
of students. "It doesn’t take
much of their time to take it
to their class"five minutes at
the end of class, and another
ten minutes to bring them
back to us next Thursday."
Chris Sampson of the SGA
said the condom machines
would benefit students by
"increasing the anonymity and
availability of them. Right
now, the heath center closes
at five, and you can’t get
them (condoms) after that."
The survey is being
conducted in order to present
Chancellor Brown with the
consensus opinion of the
campus on condom machines.
"We want to meet with him
and find out exactly why he
does not want condom
machines on campus, and
what his feelings are towards
this issue," said Vari.
Delacy Bradsher, a member
of the BSA, feels condom
machines are needed when
students are dropping out
because of pregnancies. "The
administration focuses on
enrollment, and by having
condoms in the bathrooms"
unwanted pregnancies could
be prevented. "There are a
drastic amount of people who
have dropped because they
became pregnant. That’s
something the administration
should keep in mind."
Bradsher said.
Page Jerzak of Underdog
Productions said, "I think
there’s such a social stigma
with STD’s and pregnancy
that I don’t see how the
chancellor could not put
condoms on this campus."
Jeff Clontz,
secretary/treasurer of the
SHAC, said the age group of
those already surveyed ranged
"from 17 to 51." Clontz said
so far, "Practically everyone
said they wouldn’t mind
condom machines at all."
Clontz said, "The chancellor
said the public reaction would
be negative." The survey,
Clontz said, is designed to
find out exactly what the
public reaction would be.
"I think if we promote it
(condom use) the right way,
as a safety measure, not as
promoting sex and decadence,
it can only help the
university," Vari said.
Chancellor Brown has
objected to the installation
of condom machines because
he feels the machines would
create an inappropriate image
to parents and visitors to the
university. With the
availability of condoms at the
health center, the
administration feels the needs
of the students are
adequately served, SHAC
members said.
The campaign to bring
condom machines to UNCA
has been organized almost
entirely by students. "We
wanted it to be a student
effort. We want the
administration to see we care,
and this is what we’ve done
to show it," said Vari.
For further information on
the condom machine/safe sex
survey, contact the Student
Health Advisory Council,
located in the Wejzenblatt
Health Center, 251-6513.
Staff Photo-Susan Dryman
Workmen began re-roofing Carmichael Hall this week due to
severe leakage in several offices and classrooms. Facilities Planner
Jim Efland said the new roof was a "desperately needed project,"
for which the university received emergency funds to complete.
Proposed lot not recommended by committee
by Scarlet Bell
News Editor
A Faculty Senate committee
has complied a report, to be
presented to the entire
faculty senate this afternoon,
that recommends the
proposed parking lot below
the Highrise dormitory not
be built at this time.
Dorothy Sulock, member of
the Faculty Senate committee
and mathematics lecturer,
said though the final draft of
the report will not be
completed until all three
members of the committee
have made their final
revisions, the substance of the
report completed by
Wednesday afternoon would
be basically the same as the
final report they will present.
The draft recomfnends that
the administration should not
proceed with the parking lot,
under the rationale that "the
needs met by this lot can be
satisfied in other ways that
provide more conservative
protection for the Botanical
Gardens. The adjacent
Gardens are a unique and
irreplaceable asset of UNCA
that will grow increasingly
precious as Asheville
develops into a larger and
less green urban center."
However, the Student
Government Association
passed a formal resolution on
April 11, initiated by Dorm
Senator Kevan Frazier, in
favor of building the
proposed parking lot.
Arguments supporting the
construction of the parking
lot contained in the bill
include the issue of accessible
parking being a necessity for
the safety of resident
students.
In addition, the bill says
that no alternative parking lot
sites on the south end of the
campus are as safe or as
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aesthetically beautiful as the
proposed lot. And, due to the
projected increase in student
population for the 1989 fall
semester, additional parking
will be needed at that time,
according to the bill.
The draft compiled by the
Faculty Senate committee
recommends that an
alternative lot be built across
the access street from the
proposed lot and residential
parking for students be
reallocated.
Moreover, the committee
recommends that the
administration set up a
parking system under three
categories, which includes
residential, central and
perimeter parking. They
suggested increasing parking
fees for "central" parking
permits, which they say
would "decrease (parking lot)
See LOT, page 8
UNCA to tighten belt
on operating costs
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Staff Photo--Susan Dryman
UNCA copy machines will not see very much action, due to recent
state budget cuts.
by Scarlet Bell
News Hditor
Due to budget reductions
by the state of North
Carolina, UNCA will be
forced to cut its operating
expenses by one-third until
the end of the semester,
according to Dr. Thomas
Cochran, associate vice-
chancellor for academic
affairs.
UNCA was aware in
January that the state would
make budget reductions,
according to Cochran, and at
that time, the university set
aside $175,000 to cover the
cuts.
However, the state is now
requiring UNCA to cut its
budget by $375,000, which
leaves a $200,000 budget
deficit, Cochran said.
"We’ll get through the
semester, but it won’t be fun,"
he said.
The cuts will affect items
such as xerox paper,
stationery, equipment
have a budget surplus to
carryover to the next year, so
that they can raise state
salaries and have capital for
building.
”It’s jerking people around
is what it’s doing."
purchases and printing ribbon
for computers, according to
Dr. Phyllis Betts, director of
the University Scholars
Program.
Cochran said that all
operating supplies would be
distributed frugally because
"there is no room for waste.
Smaller institutions do not
have a lot of extra fat."
Betts said the state makes
budget reductions in order to
Dr. Phyllis Betts
Though Betts said that the
state "does this kind of thing
all the time," she said the
budget cut was more than
usud.
"It’s jerking people around
is what it’s doing," Betts said.
Cochran said that though
the state does not allow
appeals on the budget cuts,
UNCA plans to appeal the
state action.