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. Volume 24, Number 2 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE September 6, 1995
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled by James Hertsch
■Search for vice chancellor
UNCA is conducting a search for a
new assistant vice chancellor for devel
opment.
The assistant vice chancellor’s job in
volves obtaining university handing from
outside sources, according to Beverly
Modlin, vice chancellor for university
relations.
“Everything we do in fundraising is
geared around making UNCA an even
better teaching institution,” Modlin said.
“This includes more money for student
enrichment activities, faculty develop
ment, and scholarships.”
Modlin and Mary Chakales are cur
rently sharing the responsibilities of the
position. Modlin and Chakales said they
are focusing their efforts on student
scholarships.
“Scholarships are our biggest focus right
now, and this position is critical to cap
turing financial aid for our students,”
said Modlin.
Beginning Sept. 22, Modlin and a
Man held in jail for 24 hours after disturbance in dorm
Andrea Lawson
News Editor
A man visiting a UNCA resident was
taken to the Buncombe County jail
Friday night, after allegedly harassing
a female student.
The incident occurred at 8 p.m.,
according to UNCA safety reports.
Staci Postel, a resident of Gardner
Hall, said a man approached her win
dow and called her name. She said the
man appeared “extremely intoxicated. ”
Postel said the man came into the
building, walked through her open
door, and refused to leave. Then, the
man returned a second time, accord
ing to Postel. »
After the man left, Postel said that
she tried to find the resident assistant
[RA] in the building. The RA was not
in the building, so Postel said she went
to four different Governor’s Village
residence halls before she located an
assistant in Ashe Hall.
According to Postel, the RA at
tempted to contact the Public Safety
Office for more than 40 minutes, but
no one answered the phone. Postel
said she waited in front of the office
until she saw a patrol car drive by, then
she attempted to wave the car down.
Postel said the officer in the car smiled
and waved at her, then drove by. After
reaching Mills Hall, the officer turned
around and approached her.
According to public safety reports.
Officers Metcalf and Miller searched
Governor’s Village, but were unable
to locate the man. At 9 p.m., Officer
Huffstickler arrived on campus and
spotted the subject, Casey Alan
Johnson.
The man told officers he was on
campus visiting a UNCA student,
and he went to Postel’s room to say
hello, according to safety reports.
DISTURBANCE cont. on pg. 10
SEARCH continues on page 7
■ Forum falls short
Not a single student, except for the
student mediator, attended last week’s
forum on the search for a new vice
chancellor for academic affairs.
The next student forum will be held on
Sep. 11 in the afternoon, and the com
mittee wanted to give difi^erent options
for students who wished to attend fo
rums, according to Dhaval “Doc” Patel,
the student mediator.
Patel said he may resign from the com
mittee because of other obligations.
The office of the vice chancellor for
academic affairs is responsible for fac
ulty, curriculums and academic support
programs, such as the library and com
puter center, said Shirley Browning, the
chair of the search committee.
“This particular individual is the per
son whose primary responsibility is the
internal administration of the institu
tion,” Browning said. “The chief aca
demic officer is sort of the lead vice
chancellor.”
FORUM continues on page 7
■ New position established
A UNCA professor has been named
to the newly-created post of dean of
faculty development.
Merritt Mosely said he will create a
faculty development center for UNCA,
consisting of materials designed to assist
faculty in developing their teaching
methods. Materials will be indexed in
the future for easier access, Moseley
said.
“Eventually, I’m going to have a bibli
ography and a database which will en
able faculty members [to access infor
mation], kind of like the regular library
collection,” Moseley said.
Moseley said he would like to publish
a newsletter through the office, as well
as conduct a number of workshops for
the faculty.
“Instead of my deciding what we need
a workshop in, and then compelling
people to come to it, which I have no
power to do, I hope to find out from
faculty members what it is they would
like to know more about,” Moseley
said.
Moseley will continue to teach classes
in the literature department and main
tain office hours as both a teaching
NCSL votes on parking privileges^ graduation gowns
POSITION continues on page 71
Paul Buttles
Staff Writer
The UNCA delegation to the North
Carolina Student Legislature (NCSL)
held their weekly debate last Thursday
evening at the Side Door in the
Highsmith Center. The group voted
unanimously to recommend that open
parking hour privileges be extended to
resident students and that sashes in
school colors be added to graduation
gowns.
NCSL is the oldest active student
legislature in the country, according to
its literature. It was founded in 1937,
and lists as alumni North Carolina
Gov. Jim Hunt, the Rev. Jesse Jackson,
and Senator Jesse Helms.
NCSL, which has delegations at 26
colleges around North Carolina, mir
rors the state legislature. “We have a
governor, and lieutenant governor, a
secretary of state, an attorney general
and a treasurer,” said Shawn McKee,
NCSL delegation chairperson.
Individual delegations meet weekly
to prepare for statewide meetings, and
once a month, September through
April, all the schools come together for
an Interim Council, at which resolu
tions are passed and prominent speak
ers heard.
“The organization really has a good
reputation nationally,” said Dwight
Mullen, chairman and associate pro
fessor of political science. “The NCSL
really does well in terms ofwhat it does
when it meets at a state level conven
tion. I don’t know why that’s not trans
lating here locally.”
According to McKee, the UNCA
delegation to the NCSL is made up of
12 core members, and the membership
is predominately male and white. “Un
fortunately, right now it is just about
entirely white,” said McKee. “You can’t
NCSL members voted to recommend the extension of parking privileges to residents and to changegraduation attire last Thursday.
Plioto by Marti Parson
make anybody join anything they don’t
want to.”
Four of the past five governors of the
NCSL have been women. “We think
maybe since there are fewer women in
the organization, they tend to be more
driven,” said McKee. “Last year the
governor was from UNCA, but she
unfortunately had to leave in the middle
of the year.”
“I think that one of the issues is just
informing people ofwhat it [the NCSL]
is, and how important it can be,” said
Mullen. “I don’t think that information
is really well disseminated on campus.”
Mullen said that in the past, the NCSL
has been associated more with the po
litical science department and the stu
dent government association.
“I think because of that, it has been
very limited,” said Mullen.
According to Peter Franklin, vice del
egation chairperson, efforts are under
way to attract more students to the
NCSL, in order to make it more repre
sentative of the makeup of the campus.
A flyer has been posted on campus
bulletin boards emphasizing the fun
aspects of NCSL membership to help
NCSL continues on page 10
SGA president resigns; vice president prepares to take the lead
Renee Slayton
Staff Writer
Denise Tomlinson officially resigned
as UNCA’s SGA president last
Wednesday evening due to leg inj uries
sustained in a recent car accident.
In addition, Tomlinson will also be
receiving treatments for a separate un
disclosed minor health problem.
“The combination of the two just
made it really hard for me to stay,” said
Tomlinson.
Tomlinson had just returned to
Asheville to attend a board of trustees
meeting in July when the accident
occurred. The housing office made
special accommodations for
Tomlinson by putting her in a ground
level apartment on Sevier Street.
But after attending a week of classes,
Tomlinson made the final decision to
leave UNCA for the remainder of the
semester. “It was very hard to decide to
leave, but sometimes you just have to
do what’s right for you,” said
Tomlinson.
A lack of proper handicap facilities
on campus made walking to class dif
ficult for Tomlinson. She has urged
SGA to look into implementing bet
ter and more equipped facilities for
the handicapped.
Former vice president Dhaval “Doc”
Patel has assumed duties as SGA presi
dent. Former senior senator Robbie
Combs has moved into the vice presi
dential slot.
“He was senior senator and also sen
ate pro tem,” Patel said. “The way our
constitution is run is if our vice presi
dential position is vacated, the senate
pro tem takes over that position. Since
I’ve moved up to president, he be
comes vice president.”
In addition to the new SGA posi
tion, Patel also currently holds the
presidential position for UNCA’s
Underdog Productions. “As of right
now I’m planning to do both,” said
Patel.
Patel said he enjoys sitting in on
other organizational meetings, but
holds no other executive positions.
Although Patel has taken up to 22
credit hours a semester in the past, he
is now enrolled with 13 hours. Patel,
a senior double majoring in biology
and chemistry, will hold the presiden
tial post until he graduates this spring.
For the present, Patel said he plans to
focus on filling the approximately 80
positions that are now open in the
student government association. There
vacant positions for student court jus
tices and other committee and cabinet
members.
“My main focus is to strengthen
SGA,” said Patel.
“There are lots of positions open.
The best way to make sure things are
going well
Tomlinson.
to get involved,” said
According to Tomlinson, there have
been a few anonymous notes from
students who do not support her
decision to leave the office.
“There’s been a lot of negative ten
sion. There have been several nasty
notes left on the student government
door,” said Tomlinson.
Apparently, some of the tension be
gan when Tomlinson failed to attend
an SGA meeting last Thursday. After
having just resigned from the office,
Tomlinson forgot about the meeting.
One note was in regards to her absence
and unappreciative attitude toward
the guest speaker of that meeting, said
Tomlinson.
Patel, who learned of Tomlinson’s
resignation last Tuesday evening, was
TOMLINSON cont. on pg. 10