Chancellor Suspends Pageants Indefinitely
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'To Report The News Accurately And Without Bias" The University Echo The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 1886 1986: Celebrating 100 Years of Higher Education Volume Al/lssue 10 The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga October 31, 1986 $\p Chancellor Suspends Pageants Indefinitely After careful review of the from the student body. A small group circumstances surrounding the Miss of students are involved in the event. UTC Pageant, I have decided to No more than 300 students actually suspend indefinitely any further attended the 1986 pageant—less than pageants until it can be fully 4 percent of our student body—and the determined whether or not this majority of those were from groups traditional annual event should be demonstrating special interest in or reinstated as a regular part of student affiliation with one or another of the activity programming. candidates. The unfortunate problem caused by This indefinite suspension of the a human error of the recorders in the pageant will remain in effect until: inaccurate tabulation of judges' scores 1) a program format and operation at this year's event required the can be developed which will guarantee transfer of the title from one student to that procedural problems will be another. This was an embarrassment significantly reduced if not entirely to the campus and to the students eliminated, involved, although legally the recount 2) an event can be designed and was valid and the student with the executed that will be unifying to the highest vote count was legitimately campus rather than divisive, and determined to be the pageant winner. 3) a series of criteria can be In deciding to discontinue this event, established that are more compatible I also noted that the Miss UTC Pageant with the educational mission of this has not attracted widespread interest institution. Chancellor Obear at Monday's Open Forum with students. Issues addressed Included the Wortham/Hyder debate vouchersDecembe r graduation postponement and a more centrally located student lounge. by Drew Wright Echo News Editor the cause for a great deal of the decline from state and federal sources. recognized by law nationally. With Dr. Anne Wortham describing in American education, Wortham Fourth, Wortham attacked the lack of Wortham cited two states, Minnesota the current education system as a suggested American education should competition in public education. Citing con't. to p.5 "rising tide of mediocrity" and Dr. be fundamentally changed. inherent contradictions in a system of Charles Hyder describing vouchers as Short of an exclusively private school merit and the systematic protection of a "Trojan horse" the 1986 Burkett system, which she admitted is not teachers from competition by granting Miller Distinguished Lecture Series on viable politically, Wortham advocated them tenure, she advocated placing Economic Education debated Monday a new system in which both public and teachers in a competitive situation. "The Case for Educational Vouchers." private education are "controlled by Fifth, Wortham noted that schools Wortham, visiting scholar from the consumer choice." are currently a political institution, not Hoover Institution at Stanford Wortham gave five reasons the little red "building with a bell on urc University, argued for educational supporting change in the currrent top" that most think of. She noted that vouchers—basically rebates to parents system. First, she cited fairness, currently "political interest groups are of elementary and secondary students specifically asking why a parent tempting other interest groups" to fight for tuition, transportation, and other sending a child to a private school in the schools over issues such as sex inherent costs of education. Hyder, should have to pay, through taxes, for education, racial mixtures, prayer and Guerry professor of education at UTC, public schools as well. evolution versus creationism. The Monkees opposed a voucher system. Second, Wortham said American Because of these problems "our The present "education quality education, a system in which public school system cannot deliver —see p. 8 bandwagon" is virtually full now and is "consumers (parents and students) are what we want," Wortham stressed, unlikely to go far without basic changes pitted against producers (teachers and advocating a system of educational Moc(k) Issue in how we think about education, administrators)," provides no incentive vouchers which would recognize the Wortham said, describing most current for production. rights of parents to choose their £ —see insert reforms as working under the Third, she noted that in education children's education and would allow assumption that the "education system consumers have little influence the control of consumers, both parents Greenway itself is beyond reproach." because the tax burden is so diffuse: and students, over the process. She Concluding the system should not be although education is in some ways added that this idea of consumer —see p. 15 'beyond reproach' and identifying it as controlled locally, tax money comes control is being increasingly 2 The University Echo/October 31, 1986 Centennial Visitor's Series Begins Hamrick designs logo by Karen Prosser job in graphic services at UTC. He then Terry Hamrick creates ideas that received his job with University come to life in graphic design at UTC. Relations in 1981. The official Centennial logo was University Relations is responsible designed by Hamrick. This can be seen for writing the specifications for many in publications, and on many objects University publications including including banners, stationary, bumper admissions catalogs and the stickers, badges and pins. His work on chancellor's annual report. the logo took about six months and If University Relations is producing went through approximately 10 something for a department, they will versions. Hamrick does graphic design, production managing, writing, dealing with printers, the bid process and purchase orders for University Relations. He has done approximately 10 to 15 pieces for the Centennial atone. He worked on the overall design on Centennial publications such as: the hold a meeting with the department annual report, the Perlman concert, where ideas for the publication will be convocation program and the discussed often based on observations Centennial visitors brochure series. of students at UTC and what has been "It's good to have a variety of people successful for other schools. An overall doing the writing so you don't get into plan for the publication will then be i a writing rut where you're just going made. o through the motions," Hamrick said. "It Hamrick gets things started by § brings new ideas and perspectives." coming up with a design concept Hamrick, 30, is publications and/or a photography concept. His Leo Molinaro, Centennial visitor, was on campus this week. Molinaro's specialized field coordinator for University Relations. A ideas for graphic presentations are is urban development. 1978 UTC graduate, he majored in intended to capture readers' interest English. His job experience began after and reinforce the writer's message. graduation with a part-time paste-up con't. to p.5 Crime Busters A reward of $25 is being offered by emptied onto the floor contents from Crimebusters for information leading to several unlocked lockers. Taken were the arrest and conviction of the party several assorted items including j(M>/iaiti<Hi& aixu/a/^& for- or parties responsible for the following watches, clothing, sunglasses and crimes: money. On Oct. 7 at approximately 1 p.m. an On Oct. 22 between noon and 2 Fall 1986 unidentified black male was seen p.m., someone went into the Maclellan taking a wallet from a pair of trousers gym men's P.E. room and removed a in the Maclellan gym men's locker wallet from a gym bag in an unlocked SGA room, then exiting out of the gym to locker. Douglas St. He was last seen heading Anyone having information regarding towards Vine St. these crimes is asked to call On Oct. 8 between 11 a.m. and Crimebusters at 755-4074. Senate Elections noon, someone went into the Maclellan All callers will remain anonymous. gym men's locker room, entered and (!l/t'c//<>M to />e //<'/</ HOW TO GET HELP TO Monday and Tuesday PAYOFF YOUR GOVERNMENT November 17th and 18th INSURED COLLEGE LOAN. By serving in a nearby Army Reserve unit, you can get your National Direct Student Loan or Guaranteed Q?)ea{////fe to ufa/v Student Loan made after October 1,1975, paid off at the rate of 15% per year or $500, whichever is greater. November 7th at 5 pm Your loan cannot be in arrears. That's the only catch. You'll serve one weekend a month (usually two 8-hour days) plus two weeks annua! training, earning over $75 per weekend. And getting your loan paid off. Applications available For Details To find out about Army Reserve training, stop by Room 216 Call or call: University Center 755-4534 Sgt. Mansell at 894-9228 ARMY RESERVE. BE ALL YOU CAN BE. October 31, 1986/The University Echo 3 Meacham Workshop brought writers and students together by Angle Argabrlte conference. One of Laura Gunnells' Echo Staff Writer "[UTC] must be the best place in the poems was accepted by Mark Jarman, country for undergraduate creative a poet from Vanderbilt, for publication writing," said Alan Wier, fiction writer in the national poetry magazine The from the University of Alabama. Wier Reaper. Sandra Moore, Boyd White was one of several prose and poetry and other students were encouraged writers visiting UTC for the Ellis by Ed Hirsch of the University of Meacham Writers' Conference Oct. Houston and Tom Rabbitt of the 23-25. University of Alabama to pursue The conference benefitted all graduate programs in creative writing. involved. In three separate readings, Dr. Richard Jackson, UC Foundation visiting writers presented their prose Associate professor of English and and poetry.