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"Where there is an. open mind, there will always be a frontier. ”
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Volume XVIII Number 10
The University of North Carolina Asheville
April 4, 1991
Actions of Search Committee questioned
Memo announcing Carroll’s withdrawal, page 10
Victoria McCkjy
Editor
As the Search Committee narrows the number of
candidates for the chancellorship, some members of
the university community still question the exclusion
of Roy Carroll, interim chancellor, as a finalist for the
position.
In a memo dated Mar. 13, Carroll said he had
notified the committee in writing two weeks earlier
that he was formally withdrawing his name from
consideration as a candidate.
"I assured the Search Committee that I would
respect their judgment and accept graciously whatever
decision they reached. I do, and I have," the memo
read.
According to Carroll, he officially withdrew his
name after learning he was not one of the three
finalists, which were announced by the committee on
Feb. 25,
Yet, according to Jack Cecil, who chairs both the
Search Committee and UNCA’s Board of Trustees,
Carroll voluntarily chose to withdraw his name from
consideration before the announcement of the
finalists.
"Dr. Carroll withdrew his name on his own free
will," Cecil said. "As he said in his memo he sent to
the faculty, he was no longer a candidate for the
position."
On March 6, 28 senior faculty members signed a
petition requesting a meeting with the Board of
Trustees to discuss the candidacy of Carroll for the
position. In response, Cecil chose to meet with
UNCA’s faculty senate to address any additional
concerns of the university.
At the March 21 meeting, Cecil said the committee
had done its best to find acceptable candidates for the
chancellor’s position.
"We’ve tried to be objective. We’ve tried to be a
consensus-builder," he said. "We’ve tried to find
candidates who fit the (university) mission statement.
We’ve thrown the net as wide as possible."
At the meeting, Malcolm Blowers, university
librarian, said there is no sense of agreement among
staff and faculty members on the worthiness of the
candidates.
"I have yet to detect any consensus," Blowers said.
"We should look at least at two more candidates. The
actual number of three was inadequate."
According to Deryl Howard, chairman of the
philosophy department, the faculty senate meeting did
not sufficiently address the candidacy of Carroll for
the chancellor’s position.
"There is a great sentiment on campus to have Roy
Carroll seen as a final candidate, not that he be the
final candidate, but to compare him to other people,"
said Howard, who was also a member of the
committee who brought David Brown to the campus
seven years ago.
"It seemed that he (Carroll) was elbowed out of the
running from the beginning," he said.
Please see Carroll, page 10
Carroll
King addresses
cultural diversity
Steve Peake
Staff Writer
The notion of America as a
great "melting pot" of cultures is
only a myth, according to Yolanda
King.
King, eldest daughter of late civil
rights pioneer and Nobel laureate
Martin Luther King, Jr., told an
audience in Lipinsky Auditorium
April 2 the myth lies within the
social fabric of our culture.
"It (the myth) is the notion that
being on American shores allows
people coming from throughout
the world to forget - or reject --
their unique ancestries and
traditions,'* said King.
King said the United States has
a tradition of cultural diversity that
dates back to early days. She said
that tradition endures because
people want to retain their cultural
heritage. "America has always
been home to settlers from many
different countries, different
languages, religions, political
outlooks, manners, and customs.
"The vast majority of those
settlers - contrary to the ‘melting
pot’ theory - made determined
efforts to maintain as many of
those traditions as they could,"
said King.
Underdog Productions produced
King’s appearance in Asheville,
her second in the past'five years.
An earlier February appearance
was canceled because of snow.
The African American Student
Association, Encore, the Office of
Academic Affairs, the Office of
Multicultural Student Affairs, and
the Student Government
Association jointly sponsored the
event.
King’s campus appearance came
in the midst of Diversity
Awareness Month. Diversity, said
King, has given America a unique
cultural perspective.
"In my view, there is no
universally accepted American
cultural tradition," said King.
"After all, as countries go, we are '
still relatively young. Perhaps we
simply have not had lime yet to
transform our collective
experiences in this country into a-
Please see King, page 10
Campus receives
‘substantial’ grant
from donor
Susan Woody
Staff Writer
Photo by LeeAnn Donnelly
Yolanda King brings her message to an audience in
Lipinsky Tuesday night.
UNCA recently received a gift
from an anonymous donor. Roy
Carroll, interim chancellor, sent a
memo about the donation March
22, said Alex Miller, director of
development and alumni relations.
The memo discussed the fact
that the donors gave a substantial
amount and that they wanted to
remain anonymous, said Miller.
"Their names will go on the New
Classroom Building, so it will be
pretty obvious who it is," said
Miller.
"They are folks who are very
close to the university and very
involved in its life," said Miller.
Although Miler said he knew the
amount of the gift, he did not
release it.
The donation will be used in two
parts, said Miller.
One part will name the NCB
and set up an endowment. "You
have to have a minimum of $5,000
New general education
science courses offered
Renee Rallos
Staff Writer
For the Fall 1991 semester,
UNCA will offer three more
courses to satisfy the five-hour
general education requirement.
The new courses will be
Astronomy 105, Geology 105 and
Atmospheric Science 105.
"I think the problem that we ran
into was that it still seemed like
Biology 105 had the most students
and Chemistry 105 and Physics 105
weren’t very popular. You sort of
want something that is popular for
the general education students. So
in the past year the Faculty Senate
and the administration decided to
try and open up the general
education science requirements
and include three more five-hour
courses," said Randy Booker,
assistant professor of physics.
"I think a lot of students feel
compelled to take Biology 105
because the other two alternatives
aren’t very attractive. The
Chemistry 105 and Physics 105
have both been developed so that
there is minimal math. So really
students shouldn’t be afraid of
those, but they have been," said
Booker.
These new courses will not affect
those students who have fulfilled
their five-hour general education
requirement.
"Now we have sbe to choose
from. Chemistry 105 and Physics
105 will still be there. And
hopefully this will just give more
options to people who have to
take the five-hour in the future,"
said Booker.
The Faculty Senate passed these
courses last fall.
"It certainly seems like there is a
lot of interest for astronomy.
Geology, I know has gotten a
pretty good draw the past
semester. The atmospheric
science [course], I think, that’s a
new one also, but it certainly
seems to invoke some interest.
Hopefully, a lot of students will be
taking this," said Booker.
Booker will be teaching the
astronomy course.
This course will include the
history of astronomy and some
philosophical questions about the
universe, said Booker.
'Dr. Ruiz is also going to be
helping me with the astronomy
course. He is teaching the
recitation section and doing some
of the lab sections. He has taught
it here before at UNCA. It will be
team taught," said Booker.
The physics department will not
be reducing the number of physics
courses offered because of
astronomy, said Booker.
"The astronomy course has been
on the books, but it really is a new
course for us because it’s been a
while since we taught it," said
Booker.
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Photo by Miranda Wyatt
Spring scenery
Spring blossoms decorate a tree on the Quad across
from the New Classroom Building.
to set up an endowed fund," said
Miller,
A second portion of the money
will renovate and complete the
Honors Library, said Miller.
’ll will no longer be called the
Honors Library," said Miller. "It
will actually have a name of its
own,"
The new library will be
something like an Oxford reading
room, said Miller.
"It’s going to be a fine place,"
said Miller, "The new library will
have book-lined walls, comfortable
furniture, a kitchen, a built-in
fireplace, and an outdoor terrace,"
said Miller.
Miller said the final agreement
on the gift is in the process of
being signed.
"Commitment has been made.
We are in the process of getting
signatures," said Miller.
The process requires the
signatures of the donor and the
chancellor, said Miller.
Bowen
says
culture
affects
media
Stacy Libby
Staff Writer
Americans often forget that the
media is a product of the
American culture, said Wally
Bowen, director of public
information, at the April 1 Great
Decisions lecture held in the
Owen Conference Center. The
eighth lecture in the Great
Decisions series was titled "How
Media is an Instrument of United
States Policy."
"American journalists are
products of their culture. Try as
they might to be objective,
skeptical and analytical, they are
still. subject to fundamental
cultural assumptions about the
United State’s role in world
affairs," said Bowen.
Please see Lecture, page 10