Volume VI, Number IV
Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
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Thursday, February 14,1985
Weather causes
cancellation
By Penny Kramp
Five Inches of snow fell
on Asheville ^ion(lay and
Tuesday, turning the UNCA
canqnis into a beautiful
but deadly winter won
derland and causing
cancellation of a day of
classes for the third
consecutive week*
Dr. Laurence Dorr, vice
chancellor of academic af
fairs, announced the clos-
iilg early Ibesday morning.
He said he based the
decision on the extreme
weather conditions, not
the recent flood of snow
policy protests.
**rhe roads were close to
Impassable. Most people
could not have made it
here," said Dorr.
"I think Dorr made the
right decision, but
Wednesday classes should
also have been closed. I
live in Haywood County and
it took 50 minutes to get
here," said student Kathy
Mason.
Dorr said he received a
number of similar com
plaints Ifednesdc^ morning.
"Most of these com
plaints were ill-advised.
The sun was out and the
snow was already melting,"
said Dorr.
Dr. Ed Brotak, assistant
professor of atmospheric
science, said the cause of
tte recent precipitation
is a major storm coming
out of the Rocky Moun
tains.
It isn't just a coinci
dence that snow falls on
Mondays, according to Bro
tak.
"The weather is in an
atmospheric cycle. But it
is inq>ossible to predict
when the pattern will
change or whether or not
we will be hit with more
snow," said Brotak.
The bad weather cancel
lations have created aca
demic concerns for many
professors.
Dr. Merritt Moseley, as
sistant professor of lit
erature, said his Ttiesday
humanities class has not
met in four weeks.
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Staff photo by Sylvia Hawkins
GOING TO THE DOGS: Dr. Mazgaiet Cleek's Alaskan Nala-
■otes ShflmlrA 0*) and Kyle (R) enjoy T^MSsday’s shcnt*
"Students will have to
try to recover with the
help of their professors.
You just have to try to
squeeze the material in,"
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said Moseley.
"There are no easy an
swers. You either close
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UNCASG
requests
drinking law
hearings
By Jennifer Heglar
The Ifadversity of North
Carolina Association of
Student Government (UNCASG)
unanimously passed Satur
day an act to hold hear
ings on raising the state
drinking age to 21.
Twelve of the sixteen
state universities sent
representatives to the
UNCASG meeting hosted by
UNCA Friday and Saturday.
UNCA Student Government
president Ken Cagle, who
is also president of the
UNCASG, said the major is
sue of the conference was
an act to call for hear
ings on the' proposed rais
ing of the North Carolina
state drinking age to 21
years.
The act, composed by
Paul Parker, UNC-Chapel
Hill student government
president, states, "...the
UNCASG speaks on behalf of
the students of the public
universities of North Ca
rolina. ..to request that
the state...establish open
hearings on this proposed
law across the state, in-
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Vandals mar campus
SNOGGLE BEARS: Ghris Keith (L) and Cynthia ^iDale (R)
fled friend.
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Staff photo by Lelsie McCullough
By Joan Sterk
The results of vandalism
are not a pretty sight.
But they are becoming a
comowm sight on UNCA*s
canqms.
During this school year,
vandalism and littering
have been rapidly increas
ing.
Most attempts to explain
the increase focus on al
cohol. Despite a new, more
restrictive alcohol poli
cy, canqpus vandalism is
definitely on the rise.
"Any of it (vandalism)
is ridiculous. It should
not occur," said Cindy
Lamm, housing director.
"There's graffiti and
trash beyond belief. It
seems like it picked up
mid-semester," Lamm said.
Sharyn McDonald, Highr
smith University Center
director, said, "The major
vandalism is being done
around times dances are
scheduled in the Highsmith
Center."
Although the frequency
of fights is decreasing
this year, the high rate
of vandalism is still a
major problem.
"Vfe assume it's alcohol
related. Most of the dam
ages are in the men's
bathroom in the Highsmith
Center," McDonald said.
"They've punched holes
in the walls almost every
time there is an event in
the center," McDonald
said.
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