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  • Page 4 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Thursday November 29, 1973 Justice Outraged The Carlton Controversy has been over for three months now, and the wounds seem to be healing nicely in all but one aspect of the university body, the foreign language department. The way things stand now, WCU's only German teacher, Ronald Morgan, will not be returning to teach in the fall because he was not granted tenure last June by Jack K. Carlton's administration. After Morgan's five and a half years of dedicated service to the university, we can't believe that the current administration is letting the Carlton decision stand. Acting chancellor W. Hugh McEniry told Morgan in a letter that the decision would not be reversed because Morgan did not have the doctorate. We'd like to see them hire a Ph.D. in German to take over the entire program and teach 18 hours a quarter, as Morgan is doing now. When Morgan was being considered for tenure last winter, there was no Ph.D. requisite listed in the Faculty Administration Handbook. And, in the past, emphasis has always been placed on excellence in teaching rather than publications or a terminal degree. The clincher is that there was no apparent consistency in the tenure approvals last year. Of the eight receiving tenure in arts and sciences, one instructor, Ralph H. Willis in mathematics was granted tenure with only his M.A. degree. Without any definite criteria for granting tenure, it is an outrage that the former administration did not care to keep such a dedicated man as Morgan on the teaching staff and an even worse injury to WCU that the present administration has not yet reversed the decision. Morgan, with the backing of the local teachers union, is planning to appeal the decision through all channels, and if necessary, take the case to court. We support his efforts and urge all WCU students to stand behind him on this issue. Tte Wesme^fci ClAqnLiMi am Published twice weekly through the academic year and weekly during the summer by the students of Western Carolina University, Member: Collegiate Press Service, Intercollegiate Service. Editor-in-Chief Alice Harrill Business Manager Mike Killam Associate Editor . . . . Jim Barden Desk Editor Dwight Sparks Sports Editor Hank Komodowski Staff Writers . Julia Corbett, Marlicia Gout, Chuck Kirtley.Erik Kirzinger, Beth Thomas, David Venable, Gay White Copy Editor Phyllis Pechman Graphic Arts Manager . . . Michael Rhodes Graphic Arts Assistant Amy Beck Typist Judi Harriger, Claudia Worley Cartoonist . Neil Davis Distribution Engineer W. C. Drury Accountant G. W. Poplin Photographers . Steven Cook, Bill Mclntyre, R. Paul Smith, Statistician S. D. Pharr Editor Emeritus Brooks Sanders Advisor Gerry Schwartz Editorials are from the Editor's aesx unless otherwise indicated by the author's initials. Opinions expressed by the columnists do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. Address correspondence to P. O. Box 66, Cullowhee, N. C. 28723. RATE H*k£ yy^^jV\ j, MUHKi A New Oliver Twist Perhaps we are becoming too cynical, but it seems that nearly every week brings with it a new Administration scheme to mismanage the University. It's like Watergate, with each succeeding wave of news uncovering yet another facet of the conspiracy. Dr. Glenn Stillion, vice-chancellor for student affairs, revealed Wednesday the latest package of bureaucratic proposals, each one of which is economically unjustifiable and any one of which could prove dangerous to students and institution alike. First, and most insidious, is the plan to reduce the number of hours for full-time status from twelve to nine. (The VA says that 14 hours normally constitutes a full-time load.) At the same time, part-time student fees would be raised next fall by about fifty percent. The present low part-time fees are already offset to a great extent by increased living costs (for the greater length of time in school) and the opportunity costs of staying out of work for a longer period. To take more money from part-time students would be to drive many of them away. We fail to see why the University needs to raise fees to the "state-wide" level unless it intends to raise the quality of instruction to that point. This is, of course, unlikely. Next, the Administration plans to raise the price of meal tickets by $25 per quarter. Reportedly, the cafeterias will lose $129,000 this year because of rising food costs. Although it was pointed out that the last meal ticket increase was in 1969, it might also be mentioned that the cafeterias piled up enough of a surplus after that to finance a large chunk of the new stadium. Food prices have ex-, perienced a noticeable downturn in recent weeks and we believe that this trend will be accelerated by the coming economic recession. If this is so, then raising the price of meal tickets is inexcusable. Last, but not least, is the $13 per quarter hike in dormitory room rates planned for next fall. The additional $196,000 the University hopes to receive from this would go, among other things, to a new $10,000-a-year coordinator for Reynolds Hall, the remodeling of Reynolds Hall and of the Scott Hall lounge, and new furniture for all the dorms. Now, as any sophomore business major knows, prices are not determined by the producer's costs but by the juxtaposition of the supply of and the demand for the product. As the price increases, the amount of the product (dorm rooms) demanded by consumers (students) will decrease. Students will simply move off-campus, that is, unless even upperclassmen are required to live in the dorms. We believe that WCU will be stuck with an empty, refurbished residence hall, a lot of stolen or broken furniture, and a $10,000-a-year coordinator with little to do. WCU is already over-priced. The clientele which it once attracted with low tuition rates is slowly drifting away. The end of the draft and the predicted economic recession will surely aggravate the problem. To pile on new costs to the students would be economic suicide for the University. For this reason we must conclude that the new proposals are ill-conceived, dangerous, uid incredibly stupid.—JWB Response To Shive Dear Editor: In response to Jim Shives' letter to the readers of the Western Carolinian last Thursday, I believe that Mr. Shives totally avoided the most imperative issue concerning his seat in the Student Senate. I am speaking of the required 2.00 academic qualifications. Throughout his letter, Mr. Shives dwelled upon how he won the election in Reynolds Hall by a majority, how he was approved of by the Senate, and how he correctly followed all the proper procedures involved in the election. As a concerned member of the Student Body, it matters most to me the issue concerning his Q.P.R. because this is the issue in question. In voting for a representative, I believe that most students want quality—someone who passes all the required qualifications. I don't believe the academic standards of Western Carolina have been unfairly set and thus it seems that one should at least have a reasonable command of their school work. So instead of worrying about politics, I should think Mr, Shives should worry about his own academic standings - not only for the sake of meeting qualifications (such as those established by not only the SGA constitution but by most organizations on campus,) but for his own sake. Name Withheld by Request. Sparks Replies Dear Editor, I never make it a habit to respond to every litUe false or misleading statement that is made about me, but Brainard Cummins' charge concerning my "incompetency" was hilarious,, The reason I only spent "two minutes" in his office was that I asked him about a particular expenditure by SGP for Si2 worth of hotdogs, french fries, cheeseburgers, etc. over the summer. He said he had no copy of the bill and did not know for sure what it was for. He showed me his ledgers, but I had already gotten the same copies from the accounting office. There was only one difference, mine was about a month ahead of his0 I could only conclude that Butch's records couldn't help me very much3 I think the investigation is "going well" since I had the university accountant check on a S30 expenditure that went for materials for the education department. The accountant discovered that through a bookkeeping error the money had been taken out of the wrong account, and has since returned it. Sincerely, Dwight Sparks
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