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Page 8 The Banner February 12,199S News Code Continued From Page 1 review violations,” saicl lovacchini. “Should a student deny the viola tion, he or she will have a chance to be heard, and to see the evidence against them.” Jones said that the proposed UNCA honor code is similar to the one currently in place at other uni versities. “1 noticed that a lot of other insti tutions that we regard as our peers have similar honor codes. The first part of the code says ‘1 will uphold a high standard of academic integ rity and honesty’, which will cover plagiarism and most of the other things covered by the student’s creed now,” said Jones. Many collegiate honor codes, such as the one in place at UNC-Chapel Hill, have provisions which require students to report any incidence of cheating which they witness to the proper authority. “.Sometimes part of the responsi bility of having an honor code is that individuals must help monitor their fellow students, which is harder said than done,” said lovacchini. lovacchini said that the code must have the support of both the stu dents and faculty in order to be successful. “The key to an honor code is going to be working with the fac ulty and getting the involvement of the key faculty leaders to get it established,” said lovacchini. Many professors welcome the es tablishment of an honor code at UNCA. “I think an honor code will add weight to the level of behavior that we expect students to achieve here at UNCA,” said Gene Rainey, pro fessor of political science. “It will set a standard which will result in an increase in guilt in terms of what is going on and will permit legal action against a stu dent who breaks the code,” Rainey said. “I think an honor code gives col lege students a common base of morality, which will carry you for the rest of your life,” said Robert Yearout, associate professor of man agement and accounting. “We spend money investing in learning which becomes capital in the future. When you cheat you are not realizing your full intellectual capital,” said Yearout. Jones said that he hopes that the honor code is will cover all aspects of university life, and not just student’s academic work. “1 would like the honor code to be for everyone to sign not just for students, but also for faculty,” said Jones. “It will puteveryoneon equal footing and will hold the faculty to same levels of honesty as the stu dents.” Baha'i performers will re-enact faith's history By Catharine Sutherland Contributing Writer UNCA’s Baha’i Association and the Baha’i Communities of Asheville and Buncombe County will sponsor Asheville’s premiere performance of “The Kingfisher’s Wing” at 8 p.m., Feb. 16, in the Humanities Lecture Hall. The play, a two-person perfor mance featuring shadow images, monologues, puppetry, and music, recounts an historical episode dur ing the turbulent years of the birth of the Baha’i faith in which over 20,000 believers in this new reli- • gion were mart)'ted by corrupt secu lar and religious authorities. The story follows the conversion ol a rebellious 17-year-old Persian youth, Aqa Buzurg, who travels 1,600 miles on toot to deliver a “sacred " message to the Persian monarch in 1869, and is subse quently tortured and killed. Written and performed by actor Bill (leorge with musician partner •Styve Homnick, both members of the Baha i faith from Pennsylvania, the performance will benefit UNCA students by expanding their cul tural experiences, said UNCA Baha'i Association secretary Eric Horton, a senior literature and edu cation major. “In an increasingly global society, we can all benefit by learning about the similarities in different cultures and religions, so I think it would really be beneficial for UNCA stu dents to learn about Baha’i faith,” Horton said. rhis global perspective parallels the beliefs of the Baha’i faith. Founded in 1844 with the coming ot Baha’u’llah, “a new messenger from God,” the religion promotes the unity of the world’s many spiri tual traditions, and the idea of one humanity, regardless of race, reli gion, or gender, Horton said. The 72-minute play is directed by Augustine Ripa, a member of the Department of Theater at Lehigh University who was immediately struck by the story of the Baha i martyr. “I recalled Antigone, who broke civil law in order to give her fallen brother a proper burial, and paid dearly; the artists who would not ‘name names’ for Joe McCarthy, and Rosa Parks, who just sat still. Our story of Badi speaks to me as these do. If we do it justice, then perhaps it can speak to you too,” Ripa said. George, who received his MPA in Theater from the Dallas Theater Center and studied mime in New York City, founded Touchstone Theater in 1981. He received the Edinburgh Fringe Festival award for outstanding new work in 1981, and was the 1995 Pennsylvania Solo Theater Artist Fellowship recipient. Homnick is a drummer, har monica player, and composer from New YorkCitywho has toured and recorded with many big-name musicians and has also written music for feature films and documenta ries. In 1995, Homnick co-produced a video documentary for the Mescalero Apache Tribe, and was recently awarded a Rockefeller Foundation Grant to study Apache rhythms. Due to serious content, atten dance by children is not advised. Bela Fleck rocks Pack Place m Vo c PHOTO BY PRESTON GANNAWAY Ti costs area 99 £ univ Vii fairs dent high tern, four ter f( Th incre dato empi from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones performed at Pack Place on Feb. 8 to kick off the UNCA homecoming festivities. Campaign- that the university create several new staffing positions devoted en tirely to university fundraising. They suggested a full-time senior development officer to coordinate annual fundraising activities and assist with major gift prospects, a part-time development researcher to enlarge the pool of major gift prospects, a part-time writer to write grant proposals and provide other writing and communications sup port, and a full-time director of communications, whose emphasis would be on marketing. Reed said that the university will try to create these positions, but that coming up with funding for four new posts is difficult. “We have to figure out a way to fund the positions, and we are ex ploring several things,” said Reed. “At this point we have not decided on a way to fund them. We are exploring mostly through the UNCA Foundation Board.” “Personnel is helping us draft up those job descriptions. I do not know how we are going to fund those,” said Modlin. “There is no hiring that is going to happen im mediately.” The consultants went on to sug gest a merger of the offices of pub lications and public information. “We have not addressed that spe cifically at this point, but we will look at it,” said Reed. “1 think it is a good idea, those directors think it could be a good idea, but we need to have more dialogue and I have not had time to do that yet,” Modlin said of the proposed merger. The consultants report also sug gested that Reed devote as much as Continued From Page 1 50 percent of her time working on the fundraising campaign. “From a fundraising standpoint, I know that for campaigns to be suc cessful, she will need to spend the majority of her time doing fundraising,” said Modlin. “People give to people. They do not really give to the organization. [Reed] is tremendously effective.” Reed said that as she is able to slow down on the Highsmith project, she will put more time into the fundraising campaign. She said that she will rely more on the vice chancellors to run the campus when she must be away on the fundraising project. “Dr. Pitts is the next in command. He assumes responsibility for the campus when I am gone and 1 have the utmost confidence in him and all the vice chancellors,” said Reed. “So yes, I will have to juggle some things, but I do not think that it is something that is not doable. I am looking forward to it.” “It is going to mean that she is going to have to rely on her vicc chancellors more and it is going to mean that the campus culture is going to have to change, Modlin said. “The chancellor may not beat every basketball game, she may not be at every faculty meeting, sht may not be as visible around cam pus.” Reed and Modlin say that there is room for student and faculty in volvement in the fundraising cam paign, such as writing letters anJ the making phone calls. FREE INTERNET ONLINE COURSE Did you know that there is a great demand for webmaster & site designers, and they make great money! Our website design soft ware makes it easy. ... Just get on the 'net! WWW.admaxcity.com Click on free internet course -- it's vours! To sample our web-building software, click on platinum demo (WYSIWYG). Any questions, call: (704) 658-9486. HOMECOMING ‘98 THIS WEEKEND’S EXCITING EVENTS: THURSDAY: Harlem Rockets vs. UNCA Faculty/Staft^udents/Ahim^^ 7:30prnr1n Justice Gym FREE/SttTden^ FREE/5 and undt isiaoms $3i Cand Cruisin^ Deeres pep Hi in the 1- Lounge de! oats, Free \ CA'STc^m^nri u n it ustice Homecoming hing Bands, Parade d much more from g Hal 45p FREE/ E)^rypn ep Kally and Come cheer on yo their big games BasketbafPEearns before arty with the band! UNCA UNCA Bull ^i^€veryon vs. IJMBC 2 & 4pm Justice Gym FREE/Students, FREE/under 5 $4/Alumni, $6/others (for BOTH games) HOMECOMING PARTY!!! “Through the Decades” Semi-Formal 9:30pm - 1am Deerpark Restaurant on the Biltmore Estate Shuttles Provided outside Dining Hall $5/Students, $7/faculty&staff, $10/guests For more information: call 251-6674 ( Th, anu ties] refle fere( “T proj and said
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