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Page 8 The Banner News February 20,1997 Fraternity create diversity,” said Jones. Despite the fact that these issues led to UNCA banning Theta Chi, “the central issue behind the five- year penalty was the painting over the letters and the confrontation that happened,” said Jones. None of the member’s in the current Theta Chi chapter be longed to the fraternity when these incidents occurred, said Ken Hartley, a junior history educa tion major and member of Theta Chi. “There were several processes that we had to go through to get back on,” said Reed. “Basically, we had to serve out most of our probation sentence.” The university suspended the fraternity for five years and then they could appeal, said East. “They wrote out a petition to appeal. They appealed early to be considered for reinstatement, and the chancellor agreed to hear that one year early,” said East. East worked as a reader for Theta Chi’s document, and she reviewed the contents of their petition. The chancellor granted Theta Chi’s reinstatement after the or ganization worked for about a year continued from page one on their appeal, said East. “It was a written appeal to the chancellor, and she reviewed it, and they came back this spring,” said East. Because of this early process, Theta Chi returned one semester charter status nationally. “We are the only chapter in Theta Chi’s history to be kicked off campus but retained our char ter nationally. Nationals backed us 100 percent, and they were 1856 M Theta Chi flag earlier than expected, said Jones. “From what I recall from the petition that they wrote, the stu dents really demonstrated that they were interested in being an active part of the community, and that they wanted to be a part of UNCA. They didn’t want to be an unrecognized group,” said East. Despite the fact that the frater nity lacked a host institution, Theta Chi retained their national COURTESY OF THETA CHI FRATERNITY very resourceful in getting us back on campus,” said Reed. “It’s unusual. In fact I’ve never heard of a national fraternity or sorority continuing to recognize one of their chapters without a host institution,” said East, who believes this helped Theta Chi have a strong comeback. “We actually grew when we got kicked off campus, our numbers tripled, and we’re the largest that we’ve ever been,” said Reed. The organization did not ignore service projects while on proba tion either, said Hartley. Hartley said that “part of being a frater nity is doing a service.” Theta Chi worked with the American Heart and Lung Asso ciations, they participated in charities for the Rape Crisis Cen ter, and members donated clothes to Eliada Home. Now that UNCA again acknowl edges the fraternity, Theta Chi hopes to extend their services to the school, said Reed. “We’re willing to extend every thing we can for the Greek com munity on campus,” said Reed. “I know everybody stereotypes fraternities, but we’re trying to erase that image. We’re trying to ■ erase the image that we had be fore—Theta Chi as being racial, as the bad guys," said Reed. UNCA poets Tracy Wilson and Blake Smith will participate in a poetry reading at 7 p.m. at Urthona Gallery, 91 Patton Ave., on Feb. 21. Books pggg one Currently they use the space adjacent to the Highsmith Cen ter lounge and will likely con tinue to do so until the new stu dent center is built, Drummond said. Beyond that, there is also dis cussion of putting co-op infor mation on-line, so that students can buy and sell books through a virtual co-op. “I think this will start a whole new generation of book sales here,” Drummond said. “In about three semesters, this co-op will really start to boom.” Because it is a system of supply and demand, the co-op cannot guarantee that all books will sell. They work from a list supplied by the bookstore and only accept books that teachers have speci fied for their classes that semes ter. Since they only deal with one semester at a time, inventory is not kept on hand. While there are still some details yet to be worked out, Mariaca has pro nounced the program a success. “I’ve heard a lot of positive com ments about the co-op and I know students are looking forward to it next semester,” he said. “Hope fully it’ll continue to evolve until it works perfectly and becomes a part of UNCA.” Drummond estimates that “80 to 90 percent” of books sold through the co-op this semester, but she says there are still about 30 or 40 that nobody purchased. ' She encourages students want ing to retrieve their unsold books to contact her or Mariaca, and make an appointment. The books are being stored in the SGA of fice. In Search of an Off-Campus Boojcstore ^ If neither the campus bookstore nor the co-op appeals to students, there are other alternatives. But be warned, they do come with complications. Although commercial book stores in Asheville don’t generally stock the latest editions of most text books, they can order many of them directly from the publish ers. A recent survey of employees with Malaprop’s Bookstore on Haywood Street and Books-A- Million on Tunnel Road revealed that these retail outlets can fre quently get textbooks and sell them significantly below UNCA bookstore prices. The problem is delivery time. Special orders take as much as four to eight weeks to receive. While students who know their schedules well in advance could operate within these time de mands, others will not be able to do so. One more warning: Cus tomers who special-order books are often asked to pay in advance, and some stores will not issue cash refunds on these purchases. A second option that some stu dents use is to borrow a book from a classmate and photo-copy the material. Local companies that offer copy services charge between seven and 10 cents per page, mean ing that copying 200 pages from a book could likely cost between $14 and $20. Students choosing this alterna tive may want to familiarize them selves with existing copyright laws first. UNCA bookstore manager Mike Small admitted that text books are expensive. After all, he said, an academic publisher has to recoup their in vestment costs and profits from a much smaller clientele (students) than they do in cases of other pop-culture material aimed at the general reading population. Fur thermore, text books often have higher royalty fees because of the technical nature of the informa tion. Here at UNCA, Small said, the main adversity he faces is misin formation about the way books are priced. “This is an issue and a problem that really does concern me,” he said. “The prices that we charge are in line with other schools. “Even though the price seems high, the profit margin is low.” Small said book prices are set according to the publisher’s sug gested retail price. If there is no suggested price, he added, then they mark up the book price 30 percent from the initial cost to the bookstore. For example, a book that costs the bookstore $33.75 will be sold retail for $48.25, said Small. Be cause there are no local off-cam- pus bookstores dealing with aca demic texts. Small said, students feel like UNCA has a monopoly on the market and unfairly sets prices. “There is no private competition so a lot of students think we re ripping them off,” he said. “If there were other stores, at least, then students could see that these kinds of books are expensive ev erywhere.” JIOIA Theta Chi Theta Chi Fraternity would like to thank the many individuals and organizations for helping us over the years. Thank You Bfue^ec’! Rejulai- Cu?to(Tier! khow Wat tl>e FREE* ouv FREEQUENCyCAROSMeah. Qf (.kJ W >wu'!f sso( AtShiy hxiw. puhcli CaW foi- a FREE wsv/nviiW | BEUEGGER'S BAGELS' BMEGGER’S BAGELS Public Safety Reports Compiled by Adrien Sanders Regular Contributor Between Friday, Feb. 7, and Friday, Feb. 14, the Department of Public Safety filed six incident reports. The following information came from those reports. On Feb. 7, Susan E. Johnson left her laundry in the Mills Hall laundry room while she went to the cafeteria. When she returned, she noticed her clothes were missing. The estimated value of the stolen items came to $250. Another incident of larceny was filed two days later, Feb. 9, by public safety officer Steve Metcalf. Michael J. Vidmar put his coat on the back of a seat in Dante’s. While he was working, someone stole it. The estimated value of the coat was $350. Also on Feb. 9, Metcalf responded to a call in the early morning hours in reference to a domestic dispute after the homecoming dance. UNCA student Tracy L. Walker said her boyfriend, not a UNCA student, had drunk too much, and she wanted him to leave her room. Walker’s boyfriend went to the Department of Public Safety office with Metcalf, who called someone to pick her boy friend up. Walker said her boyfriend had not assaulted her in any way. That same day, the Asheville Fire Department responded to the fire alarm sounding in the parking deck. The fire alarm panel indicated that sensors from one of the elevators activated the alarm. The Asheville Fire Department cleared the elevators, and found no apparent signs of fire. Public safety officer Lewis reset the alarms. On Feb. 10, Danita Murray-Larry left her book bag in the back of a classroom in Robinson Hall. After she drove home, she noticed four items missing from her wallet, which was still in her book bag. These included her UNCA student identification card and a credit card. On Feb. 12, Justina L. Brown left her pocketbook in the first floor bathroom of Carmichael Hall. When she realized tkis, she found that certain such as her copy cards, money, and her driver’s license items had been taken. In my family, learning is everything. The Payroll Savings Plan from U.S. Savings Bonds lets us put aside something every payday for our children’s college education. 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