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Weekend Weather: Parti/ cloud/ with scaffered showers on Safurda/ lows in the 40s, highs in the 60s Ben andJerry visit campus 8 Holocaust survivor coming to UNCA 4 "Halky's Comet". Page 4 UMBC slips by men’s team 6 The Blue BANNER Volume 24, Number 18 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE February 22, 1996 ■ Homecoming events Homecoming events begin Friday, with an alumni reception with Chan cellor Reed from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Laurel Forum. An opening reception for an ex hibit of work by UNCA art alumni will also be held Friday, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the Owen Gallery. Several theater productions will oc cur for Homecoming. "Hailey's Comet," a one-man show by John Amos, will be performed Friday at 8 p.m. The TheaterUNCA production of "Lysistrata" will also be held Fri day at 8 p.m. On Saturday, a tour of the campus will be given, followed by an alumni brunch. At 2 p.m., the men's basket ball team will play Radford Univer sity at the Justice Center. On Saturday night, an alumni re ception will be held from 8 to 9:30 at the S&W Cafeteria and a Home coming party will be held from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Cornerhouse. Master Planning sessions An open session with campus facil ity master planners will be held March 5 at 7 p.m. in the Owen Conference Center. This meeting is the third in a series of public meetings to be held duing the development of the campus mas ter plan. This plan will address as pects ofland use, building usage and siting, open space, traffic and pedes trian flow, and landscaping and park ing. The process began in November and is expected to take nine to 12 months. The firm of Wallace, Roberts, and Todd of Coral Gables, Florida, will be assisting with the plan. At the community meeting, con sultants will present a series of sug gestions for short-range and long- range campus development. The public will be given the opportunity to comment on the alternatives pre sented. A fourth round of meetings with the planning firm will held later in the spring. Leadership Roundtable In celebration of Black History Month, an African-American Lead ership Roundtable will be held at 5 p.m. today in the private dining room. Minority business owners from the community will be present to talk about their experiences as black business owners. ■ Lecture series continues The Great Decisions Lecture Series will present "Economic Cooperation in the Asian Pacific: Openings for the U.S." at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the Owen Conference Center. The talk will be given by James Lenburg, from the Mars Hill College history department. The lecture is the fourth in a series of eight talks, targeting U.S. foreign policy issues. The series is sponsored by UNCA and the World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina. Lenburg will give the same lecture at four other Great Decisions lecture sites during the week. Fire in dorm room causes student evacuation Andrea Lawson News Editor A candle left burning unattended caused a fire in Highrise Hall Tuesday. The fire caused heavy smoke and the evacuation of the building. “I was in the study lounge and I heard the alarm go off, and I think it went off automatically,” said Hooper Turner, a resident of the third floor of Highrise, where the fire occurred. “I came back out and there was smoke billowing into the hallway and you couldn’t tell where it was coming from. By that time, we just ran out of the building and they brought the burned surfboard (the cause of the fire) out. According to Pete Williams, director of housing, the fire alarm went off in the building and resident assistants ran up to the third floor, along with members of the maintenance crew, to see where the fire was coming from. The fire started after wax from a burning candle dripped onto a surfboard. Williams said a member of maintenance took the burning surfboard out of the building and the building was evacuated. Public safety reports stated that a resident of room 304, Michael Poole, had left the candle burning while he went down the hall. Poole said he was gone for 10 to 15 minutes, and no one else had been in the room. After seeing the smoke, housing officials dialed 911 and the Asheville Fire department was dis patched. The only damage was from smoke and a small burn hole in the carpet of the room, according to safety reports. Nancy Williams, assistant director of housing, said students were very cooperative during the inci dent. “The hallways were very smoky,” said Williams. “People evacuated very quickly and the fire depart ment came very quickly as well.” According to university regulations, candles are not permitted in the residence halls. Health and safety inspections are performed by resident assis tants every semester to check for objects that could be fire hazards. Michael DeLorm, the resident assis tant on Poole’s hall, said it was ironic that the fire started that day, since health and safety inspections were held Tuesday night. According to safety reports, Poole told officers that he knew open flames were not permitted in the resident halls, but he often had a candle burning in his room. Housing officials said they don’t know if the students will be punished for the incident. “It was just a candle, just an accident,” Poole said. Photos by William Davis Public Safety officers search the dorm room of Michael Poole and Daniel Wilcox (above) after the fire Tues day. According to Pete Williams, director of hous ing, the search was routine. The fire started after wax from a burning candle dripped onto a surfboard (left). The surfboard was removed from the room by maintenance workers and was left outside the building until public safety officers took it to the office as evidence. Nationally-known journalist and writer to speak at commencement Kenneth Corn Staff Writer Retired CBS broadcast journalist and writer Charles Kuralt will give this year’s commencement speech on the steps of Ramsey Library May 11. A camera crew from the University of North Carolina Public Television will film the event for a later broadcast. Last week Leigh Svenson, manager of audio-visual service, and others from the Media Center met with five represen tatives from UNC-TV to discuss the event. “They are talking about doing a multiple camera remote shoot,” said Svenson. “Their objective is to put together a 30-minute piece for a pro gram.” Svenson said the station wants to make a 10-minute promotional piece on UNCA for their show, then fill the body of the show with 20 minutes of Kuralt’s speech. He said the station would possibly air the show the next day. The idea of making the 10 minute promotional piece was strictly UNC- TV’s, said Svenson. The station volun teered to come to UNCA and no money will be involved in' this event. According to Tom Byers, special as sistant to the chancellor, UNC-TV con tacted UNCA first about filming Kuralt’s speech. He feels the station found out about Kuralt’s speech from contacts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He said Kuralt was a graduate of the university and is an active alumni member. Byers also said this would not WRITER cont. on pg. 10 Largest women’s organization on campus works with local homeless shelter Susan Sertain Staff Writer The sororities of UNCA’s Greek Council will begin a “Feed the Homeless” service project Thursday, February 22, for the Asheville-Bun- combe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM). “We love it!” said Donnita Dicus, the interim crisis co ordinator at ABCCM. “They will work in the food pantry bagging up groceries for cli ents, helping in the clothing area or serving food.” The project was initiated by Beth Daniels, the presi dent of UNCA’s Panhellenic Association, the largest or ganization for women on campus. “One of the things we focus on in Panhellenic is service to the community and to the campus.” Daniels said. “Sometimes we think of phi raism lanthropy as just money and giving money to something. Well, this is giv ing your time, and I think that is just as important if not more.” Panhellenic is a national or ganization that is made up of 27 sisterhoods of different so rorities. The three sororities on campus, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Phi, and Alpha Xi Delta, have delegates repre sented at Panhellenic, and the g officers are chosen from each sorority. Panhellenic is where “the sororities can come together on even ground with com mon ground rules that they go by,” said Daniels, a mem ber of Gamma Phi Beta so rority. Panhellenic sets the guidelines of Rush, when members are recruited. There are common rules and common budgets. The Panhellenic money comes from dues from the sororities, she said. No money comes from the uni versity or from student fees. “Each sorority also raises money for their organiza tion,” said Daniels. The “Feed the Homeless” project is planned to be on going and there are many volunteers within each so rority. “Most of our volun- WOMEN cont. on pg.8
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