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September 19, J 996 The Blue Banner Page 9 Classifieds EVENTS The Original Craft Fair of the South ern Highlands will be here this fall at the Asheville Civic Center. For 49 years, the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands has showcased the finest regional craftsmanship from the mountains of nine southern states. This year, it will be held Thursday through Sunday, October 17-20, from 6-10 p.m. each day. The price of admission is $5 and includes all music, demonstrations and workshops. Children under 12 are admitted free with parent. The Civic Center is located on Haywood Street in downtown Asheville, just off 1-240.For more information, call (704) 298-7928. The first general meeting of Psi Chi will be held on Thursday, September 26 from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. and Fri day, Sept. 27 from 2:15 to 3 p.m. All students interested in psychology and related issues are invited to attend. The meetings will be held at the psy chology lab, Zageir 231. Any ques tions? Contact Tyra or Sandi by email: tblanton@unca.edu or snannone@bulldog.unca.edu. AIRPLANE RIDES OVER SCENIC WNC! Share cost with experienced private pilot. One-hour flight covers Biltmore Estate, Asheville, Grove Park Inn, UNCA campus and spectacular mountain flying. Cost is $16, $24, and $48 for 3, 2 and 1 passenger(s), respectively. Ride to airport from campus included, if needed. Flexible scheduling. Call 253-3390 today! The President’s Interagency Coun cil on Women invites you to join people across the United States inter ested in the advancement of women and girls in a national conference via satellite. Robinson Hall, Room 129 Saturday, Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for only $10. Registration fee includes break, lunch, and confer ence materials. Conference only is $5. A limited number of scholarships are available. Regional women leaders will join in pre-teleconference discussions of how the UN Women’s Conference can be wrought home to Western North Carolina. Discussions will focus on women’s health, violence against women, education and legislative is sues. Carolyn Wallace will present a slide presentation on the 1995 UN Conference. RSVP by Sept.. 23, call J:uiia Reeves at 251-6169. Make checks payable to WCWC Send to: NC Council for Women 46 Haywood Street, Suite 357 Asheville NC 28801 The Circle of Life Health Care Cen ter wants volunteers! Do you want to work with energy medicine? We’re looking for volunteers who preferably have background in biological and rhedical sciences to do research into homeopathic medicine, botanicals, microbiology, biochemistry, espe cially toxic chemicals, pesticides, and herbicides in our environment. You must have some computer and word processing experience. We are also willing to trade time for treat ment. CallMarkE. Davidson at 251- 2142. The First Night Asheville ‘96 Enter tainment Committee announces that applications are now available to area entertainers interested in performing at this year’s First Night celebration. Applications and additional infor mation can be obtained by calling 258-0710. ACADEMIC The Mid-Atlantic Newspaper Ad vertising and Marketing Executives will award $4500 in scholarships to five deserving students interested in newspaper advertising. Qualified ap plicants should be rising juniors or seniors. One $2000, one $1000 and three $500 scholarships will be awarded. The $2000 scholarship winner will be invited to attend the mid-Atlantic Summer Convention. The deadline to apply is March 1, 1997. Come by the Financial Aid Office, LH 221. 2+2 Engineering students interested in transferring to NC State Univer sity, College of Engineering in Ra leigh, to begin January 1997 should come to the NCSU Engineering Pro grams Office promptly (Room 303, RBH). Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship Award 1997-98 Awards are made to women for gradu ate study in aerospace-related science related engineering. Awards are not made for aviation-related study such as flying lessons or for study to be come an air traffic controller or other airline or airport personnel. Awards must be used for a course of study leading to a graduate degree (MS/Ph.D.) and for the program out lined in the application under “Aca demic Plans” and “Professional Infor mation and Goals.” Applications are accepted from May through November for award in the following academic year. Deadline to apply is November 1. For an application, contact the Finan cial Aid Office, LH 221. The Mary Morrow-Edna Richards Scholarship is awarded to college jun iors for use in the senior year. Applicants must be North Carolina residents enrolled in a teacher-educa- tion program. They must be in the junior year of college and willing to teach in the public schools of North Carolina for at least two years follow ing graduation. All applications should be made through a college or university. The head of the department of education in teacher training institutions is re quested by the State NCAE President to select two juniors to receive appli cation forms. Preference will be given to children of NCAE members as part of the selection process. Other selec tion criteria will be based on charac ter, personality, scholastic achieve ment, evidence of promise as a teacher, and the financial need of the appli cant. Other individuals rneeting the above qualifications may request ap plication forms from the Financial Aid Office, LH221. National College Poetry Contest open to all college and university students desiring to have their poetry antholo gized. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top five poems. Deadline is Octo ber 31. For contest rules, send SASE to International Publications, PO Box 44044-L, Los Angeles, CA 90044 The Undergraduate Research Pro gram upcoming deadlines are as fol lows: Sept. 20—Soars Grant Applications and Fall Research Grant Applications due Oct. 11—Intent to Submit form due for the UNCA Journal Nov. 1 —NCUR Travel Grant Form and Research Scholar Nomination Form due Nov. 8—Fall Submission for UNCA Journal due and abstracts for the Fall Symposium due Nov. 26—Spring Grant Research Applications due ACADEMIC Twelve Fellowships will be awarded for three years of full-time study to ward the Ph.D. in an area related to integrated systems of manufacturing, including, but not limited to, large scale systems and integration of prod uct design with manufacturing pro cesses. Fellowship awards provide an annual stipend of $20,000 and a cost- of-education allowance of up to $15,000. Applicants must possess a master’s degree by the beginning of the fall 1997 term, or have been admitted to a doctoral program prior to the fall 1997 term, or have professional in dustrial experience equivalent to a master’s degree. Applicants must intend to work to ward a Ph.D. degree at an academic institution that offers Ph.D. degree programs, in which study related di rectly to an integrated approach to manufacturing can be pursued. Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent resident aliens of the U.S. Application deadline is December 6, 1996. Call (202) 334- 2872 or fax (202) 334-3419. Our web site is http://fellowships.nas.edu WWW Help Desk. Need help build ing your Home Page? CHIPS and the UNCA Computer Center are here to help you with a WWW Help Desk Monday through Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in RBH 005. Free (of course). No appointment neccessary. For further information e-mail chips@cs.uncs.edu Do you have a problem with your professors? If you do, please contact the faculty conciliator. He can help you try to solve your problems with faculty and staff. Call J. W. Miller at 251-6441 or come by Rhoades 200. Opening Doors: A dialogue on orga nizational racism will be an eight- session program offering a dialogue on the issues of racism and race rela tions in workplace and educational settings. Participants include faculty, staff, administrators and students from UNCA and other local organizations. The sessions will take place Monday evenings starting September 30 and going through November 18. Meet at MAHEC Bridge Building, 501 Biltmore Avenue from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Got a problem? Need advice? The Blue Banner is proud to an nounce a new advice column! Using your questions, your problems and your campus, we will give advice and keep your identity private. Send us your questions anonymously. Our address is : 208A Carmichael Hall 1 University Heights Asheville NC 28804-3299 Free Software! Free Food! Come to CHIPS’ (Computer Hardware and Information Processing Society) first meeting of the semester. We will distribute and demonstrate a GIF ani mation program—great for use on your home page. Anyone interested in computers is invited to attend Thursday, September 19, 3:15-4:05 p.m., 217RBH. For more informa tion, e-mail chips@cs.unca.edu or look for the bright pink flyers. Christian child care center currently has openings for three year olds. The Children’s Place at Trinity United Methodist Church is located at 27 Balm Grove Avenue in Asheville. Call Kim Isley, director, at 232-0650. JOB OPPORTUNITIES SPRING BREAK 1997! SELL TRIPS, EARN CASH, AND GO FREE! STS is hiring campus reps/Group Organizers to promote trips to Cancun, Jamaica and Florida. Call 800-648-4849 for information on joining America’s number one stu dent tour operator. Mother’s helper needed two after noons a week around 4-8 p.m. for a twelve and fourteen year old. This includes picking them up from ac tivities, supervising homework, and cooking dinner. $6.50 per hour, call 254-0363 in the evening hours. An education major is a plus. Babysitter needed in our home for two kids ages 8 and 10 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. We will pay $4.50 per hour. Experience and own transportation necessary. Call 628-0302. Community Service: Looking for eligible financial aid students. Each year we make assignments to local area non-profit agencies to place our students at area elementary and middle schools, the YMCA, YWCA, Boy Scouts of America, or some thing which may be related to your major. You will be paid $5.00 per hour. Students eligible for financial aid may request consideration for these positions. To apply, contact the Financial Aid Office at LH221. FUNDRAISER- Motivated groups needed to earn $500+ promoting AT&T, Discover, gas and retail cards. Since 1969, we’ve helped thousands of groups raise the money they need. Call Gina at (800) 592-2121 exten sion 110. Free CD to qualified call ers. Be part of an innovative, highly successful in-home, preschool edu cational intervention program in Marshall. Receive ongoing profes sional training while helping a devel- opmentally delayed child through an applied behavioral approach. Some light physical therapy. Enthusiastic working environment. Part-time, weekday and/or weekend mornings. One evening per week a possibility. Dependability critical, telephone es sential. Must be energetic and cre ative. Excellent compensation. Call Mrs. Hughes at 682-2111 weekday mornings or Mrs. Rohth at 649-9103 on afternoons and weekends. Please, no calls after 7:30 p.m. Babysitter wanted near UNCA for 2, 7 and 9 year old. Usually Friday night from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $6 per hour, call 255-8662 before 9 p.m. Personalized Hair Designs by Pierre Pierre’s offers personalized homestyle haircuts for men and women. He’s licensed by the state of North Caro lina to perform all types of haircuts and styling. Pierre’s stylings and hair cuts were in such demand at J. C. & Co. Hair Studio that he decided to venture off on his own! Now with a brand new location (at the top of Eagle Street), Pierre is poised for suc cess. This being his first entrepreneurial venture, Pierre is open to business suggestion. Feel free to drop by, get a cut, and offer your expertise. Max’s Deli is now accepting applica tions for lunchtime wait staff. Apply in person at 130 College Street be tween 2-4 p.m. Call 258-1162. OPPORTUNITIES Primarily after-school child care needed in exchange for private living space in large Montford home on two acres. Call 254-4055. Needed: a room to rent. If you have one, please call 658-3377. A lecture on hypertension (high blood pressure) will be presented by The Helen Powers Women’s Health Cen ter, a program of the Mission + St. Joseph’s Health System, on Sept. 24. Gust speaker is Ronald Caldwell, M.D., ofthe WNC Hypertension Pre vention and Treatment Center. For more information, please call the Women’s Center at (704) 259-3159. Nanny needed to care for my eight- month-old in my house on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pay is $4.75 per hour, short-term or long-term employment. Please call Pamela from 251-5239 for details or to set up an interview. The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County will hold a rummage sale Saturday, September 21, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 184 East Chestnut Street in north Asheville. To donate items for the sale, and for further information, call (704) 628-3864. Attention Poets The National Library of Poetry has announced that $48,000 in prizes will be awarded this year to over 250 poets in the North American Open Poetry Contest. The deadline for the contest is September 30, 1996. The contest is open to everyone and entry is free. Any poet, whether previously pub lished or not, can be a winner. Poets from the Asheville area have success fully competed in past competitions. Every poem entered also has a chance to be published in a deluxe, hardbound anthology. To enter, send one original poem, any subject and any style, to: The National Library of Poetry, 1 Poetry Plaza, Suite 1989, Owings Mills, MD 21117-6282. The poem should be no more than 20 lines, and the poet’s name and address sho^ld appear on the top of the page. Entries must be postmarked by September 30, 1996. A new contest opens October 1,1996. The National Library of Poetry, founded in 1982, is the largest poetry organization in the world. Lighten Up! Yoga Center located at 60 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville will offer 12 FREETiiA Yoga Classes the week of September 23 to begin the fall semester. The classes offered will include be ginner, pre-natal, Kundalini, and therapeutic yoga for bad backs. A twelve minute video will be shown, as well as information provided, on how you can improve your general health and well-being through yoga. Come prepared to participate. En joy one of several FREE classes with the various teachers at Lighten Up! For more information call 254-7756. Child care needed in the East Asheville area for a 10-year-old in home from 3-9 p.m. on some Satur days. Call Kim 299-9006 as soon as possible. Dynamic company now hiring moti vated students to fill management positions for next summer. Call 1- 800-393-4521 for more infortnation and to schedule an interview.
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