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Page 10 The Banner March 20,1997 News Public Safety Reports By Adrien Sanders Staff Writer Between March 1 and March 6, the Department of Public Safety filed six incident reports. On March 1 around 11:45 p.m., Officer John Huffsticlder, while on routine patrol, noticed that the stop sign at the main entrance to campus was missing. Apparently, someone pulled the sign out of the ground sometime between 11:15p.m. and the time it was noticed missing. Physical plant personnel said that to their knowledge the re moval had not been authorized, and they had not taken it. Two days later, close to mid night, Resident Assistant Greg Boswell reported a strong smell of marijuana coming from room 202 in Moore Hall. Andrew Delpino, the resident of that room had not responded when Boswell tried to get him to open the door. Officer Steve Metcalf came to the room, knocked on the door, and identified himself as a police officer. Still, Delpino did not answer the door. Metcalf checked further on Delpino and found he had prior drug arrests, and he had been involved in incidents on campus involving drugs. Shortly after that, Metcalf was called to Dante’s by Lemuel Daniel Jones. A customer came into Dante’s looking for his double cheeseburger combo, but someone else had either eaten it or taken it to the customer. Jones could not cook another one be cause he had already put chemi cals on the grill. The customer demanded his money back, but since he did not have a receipt, nothing could be done. The customer refused to leave, so Jones called the Depart ment of Public Safety. The customer left before Metcalf arrived at Dante’s. Officer Bruce Martin reported on March 4 that he had found several items on UNCA prop erty off of North Street that is leased to the U.S. Forest Service. Most of the items were found inside a tent that had been set up for several weeks without per mission. The items can be claimed at the Department of Public Safety. The next day, UNCA student Maria Whitson reported that her book bag had been taken from the lobby area of the cafeteria. Whitson left the book bag there while she went inside to eat lunch. , Dorothy Sulock, lecturer in mathematics, reported to Officer Martin on March 6 a case of larceny from the day before. On the'day of the incident, she left her office briefly. She left her purse on a chair by her desk, and she also left her door open. When she came back, she no ticed that her pocketbook was somewhat open, but was still in the chair. Later she noticed her wallet was gone. Credit cards, her checkbook, and driver’s li cense were some of the items taken. Organized religion on campus By Shelley Eller Staff Writer Students at UNCA have a variety of options available when choosing a religious association to join, be cause many faiths and beliefs are represented among the different groups on campus. According to Grant Hardy, assis tant professor of history, one of the newest religious groups on campus is the Latter-day Saints Student As sociation. Hardy helped found the group at the beginning of spring semester. The group is currently comprised of eight members. “There is a weekly scripture study group on Tuesday evenings,” said Hardy. “The group also tries to provide social and educational op portunities for students.” The Baha’i faith is the newest of the world religions. It was founded by Baha’u’llah in the 19th century. The main mission of the faith is to unify the entire planet and the reli gions that occupy it. The Baha’i faith also promotes the idea that mankind is one and that people of all races, nations, economic groups, and religious backgrounds are equal in the sight of God. The Baha’i Association on campus is comprised of about 10 members. “We hold several activities such as a weekly study group,” said Eric Horton, ajunior literature and edu cation major. “Recently the asso ciation held a dialogue called ‘The Color of Fear,’ which dealt with ‘DlotieS I TICttT TMPOK I Ml Nominations for Employee of the Quarter are now being accepted in the Human Re sources Office. Letters should give an explana tion of why that person should receive the award and must be signed. Submit nomina tions by March 24. racism, a problem the association fights actively against.” “We’re working on giving a talk about Judaism as opposed to the Baha’i Faith,” said Horton. The Baha’i Association is also active with other groups on cam pus such as the African-American Student Association and WAIL, a women’s liberation group. The United Methodist Campus Ministry is a group that partici pates in different service projects such as Habitat for Humanity. In addition, the group recently held a luncheon honoring Women’s His tory Month. “Our association is made up of around 20 members,” said Todd Hagans, president of the associa tion and a senior mass communi cation major. “Many of our mem bers are Methodist bur the group is open to anyone on campus.” The Jewish Student Association is a group formed last year by Michele Sussman, a junior psy chology major. “We do a lot of activities with the Center for Jewish Studies,” said Sussman. “The center gives a lot of academic talks.” Richard Chess, an associate pro fessor of literature and language, is the group’s advisor as well as the director for the Center of Jewish in the group,” said Sussman. “This includes people from neighboring colleges since there aren’t that many Jewish students at UNCA.” The group doesn’t meet on a regular basis, but sends out a letter PHOTO BY BONNER BUTLER Student Jonathan Jones paints a new piece of furniture for the Baptist Student Union house. to inform members of Jewish activi ties going on in the community. These activities often include syna gogues or guest speakers at the Jew ish Community Center. The group also has get-togethers, dinners and brunches for members. Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a national organization located on many high school and college cam puses around the country. Accord ing to Chris Swayngim, president of FCA at UNCA, the group is a ministry reaching out to students at UNCA. “The mission of FCA is to present athletes and coaches and all whom they influence the challenges and adventures of receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, serving Him in See RELIGION page 12 National fraternity bans alcohol OXFORD,Ohio—(Business Wire)—Phi Delta Theta, an in ternational college fraternity with 180 chapters and 7,500 under graduate members, will ban all alcoholic beverages from its houses as of July 1, 2000. “We want to give renewed strength to the core principles of our founders,” said Robert B. Deloian, president of Phi Delta Theta’s General Council. “Our objectives are friendship, encouragement of academic achievement, development of leadership,and community service. Abuse of alcohol among college undergraduates endangers these principles.” Phi Delta Theta already has 11 chapters with residences in the United States that are alcohol-free. “We find academic achievement improves and that we are attract- ingyoung men with excellent lead ership qualities,” Deloian said. Phi Delta Theta’s General Coun cil adopted the substance-free policy by a unanimous vote at its recent winter meeting in Lexing ton, Ky. The fraternity has put together a program of education and incen tives to achieve the July 1, 2000 implementation date. Chapters that volunteer to take the lead in remov ing alcohol from their residence fa cilities will receive such incentives such as grants to upgrade their edu cational capabilities and to make structural improvements to their houses. Phi Delta Theta said research showed the seriousness of alcohol abuse among undergraduates. A study by the Center on Addic tion and Substance Abuse at Co lumbia University found alcohol is a factor in 40 percent of all academic problems and 28 percent of drop outs. The same study reported that 42 percent of all students have en gaged in binge drinking in a two- week period. At the same time,-the Astin Study, conducted annually over the past 25 years with incoming freshmen at 460 colleges and universities, has found that the number of freshmen who do not drink increased to 47 percent in 1994 from 21 percent in 1981. The Fund for the Improve ment of Post-Secondary Educa tion has reported that 33 percent of entering college students would like to live in a substance-free envi ronment. Approximately 130 Phi Delta Theta chapters have a residence facility. There are 169 chapters in the United States and 11 in Canada. The 11 alcohol-free chapters are at Ashland University in Ohio, Ari zona State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University, Hanover College in Indiana, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Univer sity of Montana, Oklahoma State University, UniversityofVermont, ^ and Westminster College in Mis- souri. Phi Delta Theta was founded at Miami University ofOhio in 1848. Its international headquarters is in Oxford , Ohio. Wednesday: Blue Plate Special for LUNCH and Premium Dinner ^ Thursday: Hot Dog Bar for Dinner > 'en V’ ,6» UNCA BOOKSTORE GRADUATE SALUTE The Class of 1997 ATTENTION! A One - Stop graduation preparation event in Highsmith Center Lounge Wed., March 19 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thur., March 20 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sponsored by: Registrar's Office, Alumni Office and the Bookstore 1
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