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Western Carolinian Volume 44 Number 22

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  • FEBRUARY 22, 1979/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/PAGE 19 Special programs for NC campuses to retain uniqueness DURHAM. N.C. (AP)—The federal government mas require specialized program! on predominantly black campuses in the University of North Carolina system to "ensure the uniqueness" of each campus, a top official of the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare said today. "Strengthening and enhancement are tin- best way to ensure they, thi; black campuses, participate in the educational system," David S. Tatel, director of HEW's Office for Civil Rights, said. "We may, in fact. have to go into specialized programs on each campus to ensure uniqueness." Tatel led a team of HEW officials visiting North Carolina Central University in Durham today. The officials will visit six other UNC campuses this week as part of HEW's evaluation of the state's desegregation plan for the 16-campus UNC system. ompanying Tatel wen rty, assistant (location for td ., civil Rights; t olleen O'Connor, HEW director ot public aftairs, and at least two HEW counsels. "Our purpose here, as l understand it. is to look at tin- educational resources available to students here. including the teaching programs. Laboratories, the state ot equimenl and Irving conditions," Berry said. "In doing this. I might be able to assess the quality of education here and determine the need for enhance ment." At the heart of the dispute over desegregation of the UNC system is what HI W tecls is unnei .ssar\ duplication of programs between predominantly black and white campuses. But Tatel said the duplication issue, was only "a part of the general strengthening of the desegregation process" to make sure programs on the campuses are unique. Tatel said federal officials would like to have a negoriatd settlement, rather than go to court. I in- tour ot ihe UNC system was prompted DJ a meeting in Washington two weeks ago involving five chancellors ol the predominantly black campuses and federal officials, rate) described the meetii giKKt ami said he hoped to continue the discussions during his three das visit North Carolina Central, which has an enrollment ot about 5,000, is one of three predominantly black campuses HEW officials wiO tour this week. The officials planned to tour Fayetteville State University and Winston-Salem State University this afternoon. Thursday, they are expected to visit the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and North Carolina State University. On Friday, the officials are scheduled to meet with UNC President William C. Friday and tour the campuses of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Elizabeth City State Universitv. WHY PAY THE PRICE OF UNLEADED? 18 new Datsuns run on regular gas. Ihe cheapest, most available gas you can buy. i7.i.i;:i jfenga 800 N. MAIN ST. 19 A/23 BY PASS WAYNESVILLE, NC 28786 Lloeff ler presiding convention Dr. Donald L. Lloeffler, head of the department of speech and theatre arts at Western and president of the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC), will preside at that organization's 30th annual convention at the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta Feb. 28-March 4. Some 2,000 delegates are expectd to attend from the 10 states in the Southeast, plus representatives from theatre groups as far away as Vermont and New Mexico. Director and television personality John Houseman heads the list of nationally known theatre people who will participate in the program. Others include Broadway director William Martin, Costume designer Carie Robbins, Ray Parks of the National Theatre of the Deaf, and Danny Newman, author of Subscribe Now!" The convention will include a Children's Theate Festival, a Community Theatre Festival, and a Secondary School Festival. Approximately 70 theatre directors will be at the convention to audition 650 actors, singers and dancers for summer and full-time employment. Auditionees come from all SO states and several foreign countries. Other WCU faculty members who will attend the conference include Oscar Patterson III, who will serve as auditions chairman, Carolyn Rauch, adjudicator for the secondary school festival, and Richard Beam. Lloeffler has been a member of the WCU faculty since 1%9. A graduate of the University of Dayton, he holds the master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, and the Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Loeffler has formerly served as chairman and as secretary-comptroller for the University and College Theatre Association, and as a member of the board of the American Theatre Association. 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