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Caucus News
Biologist awarded grant
UNCA biologist Gregg
Kormanik has been awarded
a $141,525 National Science
Foundation grant to conduct a
physiological study of mother-
fetus relations in vertebrate
animals.
Kormanik will investigate
how sharks sustain their living
young in the womb by oxygen
delivery and by the removal of
carbon dioxide and nitrogen
wastes.
Attracting minorities
Despite efforts by most
colleges and universities to
attract and retain more
minority students, few are
successful, says "Campus
Trends ’89," a report from the
American Council on
Education (ACE).
Eight in 10 administrators
who responded to an ACE
survey reported either "a lot"
or "some" activity toward
attracting and retaining
minority students, but a
pa Itry one in four said
minority enrollment had
increased last year.
In the forefront
"Women on the Forefront of
Change" is the topic of a
conference to be held Sept. 16
at the Grove Park Inn.
Patricia Aburdene will be the
keynote speaker. The
conference will explore the
changing role of women in
the workplace of the 1990’s.
The day-long conference is
sponsored by UNCA’s
Women in Management
Program. Deadline for
registration is Sept. 6.
National service bill
Students may be encouraged
to volunteer for some kind of
"national service" job, but
probably won’t be required to
do so in order to get financial
aid for college, if a U.S.
Senate compromise bill
becomes law.
The compromise, adopted
July 27 and due to be debated
when senators return to
Washington, D.C. later this
fall, blends elements of
several rival national service
bills, but excludes Sen. Sam
Nunn’s (D-Ga.) proposal to
force students to serve in the
armed forces or a civilian
volunteer corps to get college
grants.
No pesticide found
A UNCA research study of
pesticides in N.C. mountain
wells and springs adjacent to
Christmas tree production
areas found none of the
controversial pesticide
disulfoton in any of the 61
samples taken as part of the
study.
Jointly conducted by Dr.
Richard Maas, Dr. Debra
Van Engelen and Dr. Steven
C. Patch, the study attempted
to determine whether
disulfoton and other
chemicals used in Christmas
tree production were leaking
into springs or wells
immediately downhill.
Variably cloudy
through the weekend
with a chance of
showers and
thunderstorms Friday.
Increased chances of
thunderstorms on
Saturday and Sunday.
However, these
showers will be
scattered, so the
weekend will not be a
total washout.
Highs will reach the
mjd to upper 80s with
lows at night in the low
to mid 60’s.
Jim Owen
Atmospheric Sciences
The Blue Banner
Volume XV, Number 1
Serving the students and faculty of UNCA
August 31, 1989
UNCA gets
condom machines
by Michael E. Gouge
News Editor
The SGA and the
Student Health Advisory
Council (SHAG)
announced Monday the
arrival of four condom
machines for the UNCA
campus.
In an official press
statement, the SGA said
the four machines will be
installed in "both the
public men’s and women’s
restrooms in Vance Hall ...
and in D. Hiden Ramsey
Library."
Chancellor David Brown
said the locations of the
machines were selected in
an effort to "balance the
medical necessity of having
condoms accessible, the
social desirability of having
them accessible privately,
and the general community
attitudes about having
condom machines on
campus."
UNCA is the second
UNC school to install
condom machines. UNC-
Chapel Hill will install
machines sometime during
the first week of school,
according to the SGA.
"These particular
locations meet the medical
necessity (of being
available) 24 hours a day,
meets the criterion of
privacy, and places the
machines in locations
which are least likely to be
offensive," Brown said.
Marcus Roeders, SGA
president, said the SGA is
very pleased with the
administrations action, but,
"We feel somewhat
disappointed that we were
not included in the
decision."
The administration
decided on the location of
the machines without
consulting either the SGA
or SHAC.
Milena Vari, co
chairperson of SHAC, is
pleased with the arrival of
the machines. "It couldn’t
have been accomplished if
not for the condom survey
last semester."
The survey, conducted by
SHAC, questioned 500
people. Of those surveyed,
93.3 percent did not object
to having/seeing condom
machines in campus
restrooms, 70.3 percent
said they would be more
inclined to use the
machines than go to the
Heath Center for condoms,
and 87.3 percent did not
think the presence of
condom machines would
promote sexual activity.
Both the SGA and
SHAC say they will work
See Condoms, page 8
Teleconference
Daryl Ghent, of ASU’s
SGA, along with Chris
Brown, Hugh Williams,
and Marcus Roeders of
UNCA’s SGA, attend a
live teleconference in
the Steelcase
Teleconference Center
in Robinson Hall with
other UNC schools.
Student government
leaders from UNCC,
NCSU, UNC-CH, and
ASU were able to
exchange views over the
live television hook-up.
Mullen named assistant vice-chancellor
by Benny Smith
Staff Writer
On August 1, 1989, Dr.
Dwight Mullen officially
assumed the
position of assistant vice-
chancellor for academic
affairs.
"In the Spring ’89 term,
the faculty senate approved
the new position for an
assistant vice-chancellor of
academic affairs on the
UNCA campus," said Larry
Wilson, vice-chancellor of
academic affairs.
Dwight Mullen
"Dwight’s appointment is
going to help improve
faculty development on the
UNCA campus, and I’m
sure that this is a terrific
chance for him as well,"
said Wilson.
"It also gave us the
opportunity to add his
wife, Dolly Mullen, to the
list as a full-time faculty
member in the department
of political science," said
Wilson. Last year, Dolly
was employed part-time.
Currently in his sixth year
at UNCA, Mullen is
looking forward to working
with the administration this
fall.
"The position of assistant
vice-chancellor of
academic affairs gives me
the chance to work with
the administration without
giving up teaching,"
said Mullen.
Mullen received his
bachelor of arts degree in
political science and
history at Loma Linda
University, located in
Riverside, Calif.
He received both his
master’s and doctorate
degrees in political science
at Atlanta University.
Later, he taught at
Ahmadabello University in
Nigeria, Africa. There he
was a professor in the
department of local
government.
Teaching two courses this
See Mullen, page 3
Foley named to head
financial affairs
New addition Photo by Diane Maney
Construction continues on the addition to
Ramsey Library. Work is scheduled to be
completed in the spring of 1990.
by Vicki McCoy
Assistant News Hditor
On Friday, Aug. 25, the
University of North
Carolina Board of
Governors approved the
appointment of Arthur P.
Foley as the new vice-
chancellor of financial
affairs at UNCA.
Foley will assume his
responsibilities on Oct. 1.
He succeeds the retiring
William H. Pott, who
became UNCA’s chief
financial officer in 1969.
A native of Salem, Va .,
Foley, 42, has a masters
degree in public
administration from the
University of West
Virginia’s College of
Graduate Studies.
UNCA Chancellor David
G. Brown called the
appointment a "good
match" between Foley’s
skills and experience and
UNCA’s need for
continued strong financial
management.
"Arthur has been at a
public college that is, like
UNCA, committed to
remaining small,
emphasizing general
education,'and attracting
some of the strong
students in his state,"
Brown said.
Foley comes to UNCA
from Shepherd College,
located in the eastern
panhandle of West
Virginia along the
Potomac River. According
to Barron’s Profiles of
American Colleges,
Shepherd is the most
competitive college in
West Virginia. Foley was
named acting president of
Shepherd last year.
Foley is also the former
financial research
coordinator for the West
Virginia Board of Regents,
the state’s governing body
for higher education.
Foley said the appeal of
the mountains of the
Asheville area and the
professional opportunities
provided by the UNC
system as major reasons
for leaving Shepherd and
Arthur P. Foley
coming to UNCA.
"Of particular importance
to me is the humanities
core curriculum and the
strong academic traditions
that make UNCA a very
special liberal arts
institution in the public
realm," Foley said.
See Foley, page 8