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The Blue Banner/Thursday, Nov. 7, 1985/13 Shepherd out for season %Joan Sterk When ttie men's basket- team opens its season ^gainst UNC-Charlotte Nov. » they will do so with- three-^ear starter •^ndy Shepherd. Shepherd has withdrawn rom UNCA to undergo reatment for an injury sustained from a game last ®®ason. The athletic de partment would not comment the specifics of the iiijury. The seriousness of the ’^jury did not come to the ^ttention of Coach Jerry until two months ago a family conference Shepherd's family, to Green. We will miss him a gfeat deal," Green said, and it is unfortunate for ® to be in half a semes- and not being able to but we are concerned his health. *We will do vdiat he and family dictate to do," ^^een added. Green's immediate task ® to find someone to re- P^ace Shepherd and to take time. Shepherd ot 84 percent from the line and was a ierce competitor." ^Without Shepherd, Green 1 rely on three players *4 m BaDdy Shepherd goes for two in a gaae last season. Sheptiezd ^11 ■Lira the 85-86 season due to an injury. Shepherd withdrev from school to undergo treataent and his return for the 86^-87 season is uncertain. to take more playing time: Van Wilkins, Greg Jones, and Richie Jeffcoat. Green is uncertain of Shepherd's returning to UNCA for the next season. "It will depend on how well he responds to treat ment," Green said. &all, blood and beer oo Tjoll ac niir tiwtrhes at War ^''PatCabe ^‘legant the violence" is , phrase that rugby ^^ayers use to describe ^ sport according to ^®ine and John Sex- roembers of the Ashe- ^le Rugby Football Club, en ^ political sci- raajor at UNCA, said, ^^ere's never a game ^ ^out a little blood, s as rough as most peo- ® imagine. To have to be The '^thi It be good aggres- ;^'^tbali tov Asheville Rugby Club, which was 198?^^ in the fall of > is a member of the Carolina Rugby compete against 0^^ from Georgia, North Tennessee and Carolina," said the Th* hotK conqpetes during g a fall and spring te playing eight to batches during each season, as well as compet ing in sumner touraments. Heine said that rugby is "no more aggressive than football, but it can be dirty if it's played wrong. We play quality “Ifs the blood that makes it fun.” — John Sexton rugby, however." Sexton agreed that "rug by teams average the same amount of injuries as football teams, ** adding, "there's a real sport be hind all the hitting. Skill is just as important as aggression. But it's the blood that makes it fun." Heine added, "We play our matches at Warren Wilson College. Many of our players are from local colleges. We get good par ticipation from them, but we need to expand." UNCA students that are members of the club are John Sexton, Keith Hege, Marc Anderson, Frank Siedl, Lee Harwell, Dennis Young and Alex James. Sexton said, "Rugby has been called the biggest fraternity in the world. After you're through beat ing your opponent up dur ing a match you drink a beer with him. "Th6 host team is sup posed to supply the keg after the match. If they don't, the visiting team will never go back." Two more games remain in the club's fall season. On Nov. 16 the club faces a team from Raleigh, and on Nov. 23 their opponent is from Atlanta. Both games are at Warren Wilson Col lege. Out of bounds By Joan Sterk What does it take to get students involved in campus activities? I realize the majority of the students are commuters and that means UNCA does not have the "typical" college student whose main occupation is to attend classes. The "typical" UNCA student goes to classes, work, cooks for the family, then devotes a few hours to studies. This agenda does not allow much free time to attend UNCA events, but what about those of us who are "typical?" When The Second City came to Justice Gym, there was a big crowd, but I estimated 75 percent of the crowd to be people from the community, not students. Maybe the $1 admission fee was too steep for students, but surely there are more rich students than the turn-out indicated. Free events, such as athletic games, do not get a very iii5)ressive turn out either. What's it all about? Apathy. It's not a pretty word. To professors it means lecturing to blank faces. To students it means extra sleep or more time to "relax." In the world of sports it means playing before empty seats. I've been here three years and for those three years I played volleyball, a sport where apathy seems to have been bom on this campus. This year I was a fan and had a new perception on sports. I became more aware of how apathetic UNCA students can be. I will say that there was a higher turn out for the volleyball games than when I played (is there a correlation?), but I still think we could do better on showing some school spirit and being athletic supporters. I'm not limiting this to attendence of games, but am including the low level of participation in intramural events. The recreation department lines up activities that they feel will interest college students, but the response is comparable to cities requesting a nuclear waste repository to replace the Chamber of Commerce. Case in point. The recreation department scheduled an overnight horseback camping trip for $25. No one signed up for the trip and the athletic department had to cancel the trip. The deposit of $460 the recreation department put down for the trip came from student activity fees. Fortunately, the money was returned to the recreation department. The recreation department also arranged for its fifth annual rafting trip, making it an overnight trip this year. There were four people who signed up for the trip. In the past they have had to turn people away. This year they probably couldn't even have paid people ta go. Of course the problem may be that students don't hear of the events, but the recreation department puts notices up on bulletin boards to inform students. Maybe apathy has gotten so bad that people don't even read the bulletin boards anymore. I don't know what the solution is, if there even is one, but I feel a little better just using ny First Amendment right to do a little bitching. Maybe Don Henley's philosophy that has taken root at UNCA isn't so bad after all. Sure we're going NCAA and recently had a national championship women's basketball team, but "meanwhile, have another beer" and see if apathy carries us to NCAA Division I. A K
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