Western Carolinian Volume 40 Number 26

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VOL. XL
NO. 26     TUESDAY    JANUARY 14, 1975,
WESTERN  CAROLINA   UNIVERSITY
CULLOWHEE,     NORTH CAROLINA
Hartbarger resigns as coach
Jim Hartbarger said Sunday he was resigning immediately as
head basketball coach here. See story on Page 7. (Danny Hirt
photo).
Albright - Benton
suffers $500 loss
Theives carted off a 100-
pound Foosball table along with
the money inside it, from Albright-Benton Hall last Friday.
The total loss was about $500,
according to Don Smith, hall
co-ordinator.
The theft occured between
Midnight and 8 a0m. ana an
investigation has found no witnesses to the crime. Albright-
Benton's Hall Council is offer-
ring S50 reward for any information about the theft or the
location of the foosball table,
Smith said.
Friday night's break-in was
not the first of the quarter for
Albright-Benton, Smith said.
Previously, the mail room, o-
ther machines, and the telephones have been broken into
or badly damaged.
Smith said anyone could enter Albright-Benton at any time,
because  the  lobby doors have
no locks on them. "Weordered
locks 5 1,2 months ago, but
they are not here yet," said
Snrth.
I^oss of the $500 is a severe blow to both Albright-Benton and Harrill Hall which co-
sponsor many activites and programs together. Albright-Ben-
to.i had planned to award a
scholarship this quarter with
part of the money, but now will
not be able to. "I really
wanted to see that scholarship
given," said Smith.
Several hall students expressed disgust with the campus  Security  Patrol   which   to,
aate has been unable to stop
the thefts. "Parking tickets
and panty raids - that's all
the) do," was the way hall
vice president Toby Hardin pjt
it
Campus   Security   officials
were unavailable for coirment.
Chancellor appoints
A&S School dean
Dr. John D. McCrone, associate vice president for educational development and research of the University of
Iowa, has been named dean
of the Western Carolina
University School of Arts and
Sciences by Dr. H.F.Robinson,
WCU chancellor.
McCrone's appointment,
which will be effective July 1,
was approved Friday by the University of North Carolina Board
of Governors in Chapel Hill
upon the recommendation of
President William Friday,
"I am very pleased that
Dr. McCrone, a man of high
scholarly abilities and proven
administrative talents, will be
joining Western Carolina University,"    Dr.   Robinson   said.
McCrone also will become
professor  of  biology at  WCU.
He attended Northeastern
University and received the
bachelor of science and Ph. D,
degrees from the University
of Florida. He has published
extensively in scientific journals.
Prior to joining the University of Iowa as director of
agency liaison in 1971 .McCrone
was associate dean of the grad"
uate school and director of re«
search of the University of the
Pacific.
Earlier, he was a member of
the faculties of the University
of Florida, Florida Presbyterian College, and Fairleigh Dickinson University. His professional memberships include the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the
British Arachnological Society,
Sigma Xi, the National Council of University Research Administrators, and others.
Many of Dr. McCrone's scientific articles have reflected
his research on black widow
and other venomous spiders.
He has been visiting scientist
to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Mu-
scum of Natural History in
Mexico City. He was chairman of the committee on communications with the public of
the Association of Graduate
Schools   in   the  Association of
American Universities and currently is chairman of the committee on governmental affairs
of the American College Public
Relations Association. Much
of his research activity has been
supported by the National Institutes of Health,
As   dean   of   the   School  of
Arts and Sciences at WCU,
McCrone will head the largest
of the four undergraduate
schools on the campus. It has
a faculty of some 170 members,
15 departments, and three o-
ther academic areas not organized as departments.
The school has been with=
out a permanent head for the
past two years when Dr. J.
Gerald Eller resigned when
Jack K, Carlton was chancellor,
Dr, Clifford Lovin,assistant
dean at that time, served as
acting dean until June when he
resigned, Carlton then made
Dr. lames K, Dooley acting dean
despite protests within the
school,
Dr. McCrone will succeed
Dooley, head of the Department
of Music.
Resolution recognizes 'skills'
by Jim Davidson
The student senate last night
passed a number of resolutions,
ranging from internal matters
to Chancellor Robinson,
The most controversial resolution recognizes the many-
professional skills of Dr, Robinson. Passed by a unanimous
consensus, this resolution
states that:
"Dr, H. F. Robinson, whose
most eminent qualities as an
administrator and educator, and
his undeniable devotion to welfare and progress, should not
deny the students and faculty
of North Carolina State University the enjoyment of the
qualities which the students of
WCU have so long enjoyed.
Therefore, the senate reluctantly suggests thatDr, Robinson should not dismiss quickly offers of the position of
Chancellor at NCSU,"
The resolution was drawn
up in view of the recent disclosure that Dr, Robinson is
one of five people in the running for NC State's Chancellorship,
Sources close to Raleigh say
Robinson is using the chancellorship at WCU to get to the
vacancy at State, They also
say Robinson only accepted the
chancellorship at Western be
cause he knew State's Chancellorship was going to resign
soon.
In other senate business,
three resolutions were passed
which will make slight changes
to the present SGA Constitution.
Also, a fourth resolution will
set up a computered counting
of ballots in future SGA elections.
In the past, the compiling of
election results was at times
inaccurate, slow, and subject
to numerable disputes. The
intent of this resolution was to
eliminate many of these past
problems, and to also authenticate the election results in
a    less   questionable   manner.
This new balloting system
will first be used on Jan. 28,
when the SGA attempts to fill
two senator-at-large vacancies,
two senator-at-large vacancies,
Filing for elections will be
from today through January 21,
Any interested students should
stop by the SGA offices for more
details,
Before closing, a letter was
read from the general manager of WCAT stating that the
station will resume broadcasting on January 20. The reason
WCAT has been off-the-air is
because it presently is undergoing a reconstruction of their
old facilities,
UCB tubing contest
to be held Saturday
If you think that "tubing--
floating down a river on an
inflated inner tube--is just a
pleasant summertime activity,
there're some hardy students
at Western Carolina University
who arc ready to prove you
wrong.
And they plan to do just
that this Saturday at 1 p.m.,
when about 30 students take to
the   icy  waters  of the  Tuck
aseigee River to compete in the
fifth annual WCU winter quarter
tubing race.
The race, over a 1 1/2 mile
course filled with rapids and
shallows, is sponsored by the
University Center Board, a
WCU student organization.
Contestants, who must wear
wet   suits,   will   vie   for  prize
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