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CREDIT OPEC FOR CURBING
OIL APPETITE
An Editorial
By Michael F. Ochsenreiter
Student Editor
Despite harrowing economic
forecasts for 1980, I advance, with
temerity, an ambivalent perspective on
recent OPEC oil price increases. That
is: America's prodigal consumption of
oil will begin to abate only when
petroleum prices reach the economic
threshold of pain.
OF’EC price hikes, as galling as we
proud Americans find them, are the
only restraining force I have been able
to discern at work on the national
energy scene. Therefore, I aver that
Americans should credit OPEC, albeit
grudgingly, with providing increasing
incentives to curb our voracious ap
petite for oil.
In popular discussions of America's
energy plight, the starting point is often
the same — the OPEC cartel is blamed
for doing us in when the villain is ac
tually the average American. Such an
attitude smacks of scapegoatism.
Market decisions on petroleum pur
chases are ours to make. OPEC does
not ask us to buy their oil; they simply
supply it (for now).
Thus, Americans face two limpid and
ineluctable choices. We can continue
to subject the commonweal to the
whims of the OPEC cartel, or we can
exercise national restraint by diligently
practicing sound conservation
measures. For rational and patriotic
reasons, I opt for the latter choice. Is
there really any other?
ART FOR SALE
An exhibition and sale of original
graphic art will be held Tuesday,
January 29, in the lobby of Carmichael
Humanities Building from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Marson Graphics, of Baltimore,
specializes in original etchings, wood
cuts, lithographs and serigraphs.
Featured will be works by Chagall,
Daumier, Fantin-Latour, Maillol,
Rouault and Whistler.
A selection of works by contem
porary artists such as Baskin,
Coughlin, O'Connor, Kacsmarek and
Eggers will also be included.
The collection is priced with prints
beginning at $5. A representative will
be present to answer questions about
the work, the artists and the various
graphic techniques employed. The
prints are shown in open portfolios in
an informal atmosphere.
EDUC^TIONfiL BflRGfllN
FOR UNC-fl FflMILY
The University of North Carolina at
Asheville participates in two separate
programs providing tuition free
courses for eligible employees.
The Educational Assistance Program
is authorized by the N.C. Office of
State Personnel. The details of this pro
gram are available in the State Person
nel manual which is on file in our Per
sonnel Office. Under this program on
ly full-time permanent employees who
have completed six months of con
tinuous service with the institution are
eligible to participate.
Part-time permanent employees are
also eligible if they work half-time or
more and if they have had one year of
continuous service.
The eligible employee may take a
course at any of the accredited high
schools, business schools, community
colleges, technical institutes, or col
leges or universities or cor
respondence schools.
The course taken must be directly
job-related. Courses taken purely for
cultural or personal enrichment do not
qualify.
Under this program the employee is
expected to obtain the advance writ
ten approval from our personnel
department and is expected to pay for
all the necessary expenses of the
course. Following successful comple
tion of the course the employee may
request reimbursement for tuition,
registration fees and laboratory fees.
The second program that we par
ticipate in is the Tuition Remission Pro
gram as authorized by the Board of
Governors of the University of North
Carolina. This program allows eligible
full-time employees to take a course
tuition-free during the period of their
normal employment. This free tuition
privilege must be requested, and ap
proval is not automatic. It can be
allowed for only one course in each
academic term. The application form
for taking a course under this program
is available in the Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Finance.
Employees who have obtained this
form and have received written ap
proval will not be expected to pay the
tuition at the time of registration. If ap
proval has not been received at that
time, the employee is expected to pay
for all costs and will receive a refund if
and when subsequent approval is ob
tained.
Under this program, only tuition is
provided. The employee must pay for
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BUDGET REQUESTS
DUE FOR STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS
Recognized student organizations
and activities who are requesting
funds from the Campus Commission
on Student Services Funds for Second
Semester activities are reminded that
budgets are due on January 23, 1980.
Budget Request forms and instructions
may be obtained in the Office of Stu
dent Affairs or the Office of Student
Activities. They are to be returned to
the Office of Student Affairs no later
than 4 p.m., Wednesday, January 23.
Budgets from student organizations
who were not recognized during First
Semester are due in the Office of Stu
dent Affairs no later than 4 p.m. on
January 30.
The Campus Commission is charged
with the responsibility of receiving re
quests for funds from student
organizations and activities for the
purpose of financing programs or ac
tivities of general student interest not
provided for by standing committees,
organizations, or other functions. Any
student organization even a Type I,
may request funds for a specific activi
ty which is of general student interest.
The Campus Commission has over
sight responsibilities for the financial
integrity of all programs that it funds
and provides for regular and a proper
accounting for funds awarded to each
function or program. On occasion the
Campus Commission calls for special
reports or audits of programs that it
funds.
As a matter of policy the Commis
sion will not fund requests for the
following;
1. Travel which specifically benefits
the members of a particular stu
dent organization or activity.
2. Regular office supplies which
may be received through the
Inter-Organizational Council.
3. Telephones.
4. Registration fees for conferences
or conventions which specifically
benefit the members of a par
ticular student organization.
5. Food purchases which specifical
ly benefit the members of a par
ticular student organization.
6. Alcoholic beverages.
7. Equipment which specifically
benefits the members of a par
ticular student organization.
8. Jewelry or clothing which
specifically benefits the members
of a particular student organiza
tion.
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