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The Banner February 3,2000 News NEWS from the Outside World Alaska Airlines plane crashes; no survivors On Feb. 1, the remains of four plane crash victims were found off the coast of California following the crash of Alaska Airlines flight 261. Of the 88 passengers, no sur vivors have been found. The search continues, despite cold tempera tures and depths of up to 700 feet. The plane crashed after losing con trol of its stablizer trim, resulting in a 17,000 foot nose-dive. McCain has sur prising victory over Bush Senator John McCain emerged tvictorius in the New Hampshire Republican Primary over Gover nor George W. Bush with a surpris ing double-digit lead. However, as of Feb. 2, the Democratic Race between V.P. A1 Gore and Bill Bra dley is still in the air, with numbers too close together foreither to claim victory. Middle-East leaders will con tinue talks Leaders of Israel and the Arab world will continue stalled talks on cooperation in the Middle- East. These talks could bring the region closer to solving vital issues like water shortages, refugees, and economic problems. Russia and the United States, who have co sponsored the talks, look forward to posterity and peace. The talks will take place in April and May. New building at Governors Village By Susan McCord staff Writer The construction of a new resi dence hall immediately south of Governors Village will replace part of the village with modern student housing and increase student resi dency, yet there will be a decrease in single room capacity, according to a representative of UNCA. “As soon as students leave after the spring semester of2002, Swain Hall, Aycock Hall and Craig Hall will be torn down,” said Ron Reagan, university architect. Stu dents returning in the fall of 2002 will have a new residence to move The new residence will be com posed of one-third double rooms and two-thirds singles, in suites of two single rooms and one double, sharing a bath. The first phase of the construction will add 144 new beds. Governors Village is in need of costly renovations and repairs, mak ing it cheaper and more effective to demolish and rebuild rather than repair, according to ^the campus master plan. “Funds for the Governor’s Vil lage replacement residence halls will be provided by a UNC Asheville housing and dining system revenue bond sale,” said Arthur Foley, vice- chancellor of financial affairs, in an e-mail. “UNCA will borrow funds to build the new residence halls with repayment secured by a pledge of net revenues from the housing and dining system.” “All UNCA residence halls were built through debt incurred by the housing and dining system. Stu dent room rents and board charges are pledged to pay the operating expenses of the system, to keep the system facilites repaired and main- (VERNORS RESIDENCE HA The new residence hall will modernize Governors Village and will be finished by 2002. Assess - as well as academically, according to Hunnicutt. Corrigan’s visit will provide the steps needed for UNCA to look at the athletic program and continue to strengthen it, according to tained and to pay the debt associ ated with financing the contruction of the residence halls and dining hall,” said Foley in an e-mail. Construction will begin in Febru ary 2001 and the building will lie east-west in the service drive be tween the prdsent Governors Vil lage and the Physical Plant. To avoid a net decrease in on- campus housing, the new hall will be built adjacent to Swain and Aycock while students are still in residence there, according to Reagan. The new structure will near completion in the spring of 2002. Construction of new housing is Phase I of the 1997 UNCA campus master plan, a campus-wide pro gram of development for land use, traffic circulation, academic sup port, and recreation facilities. continued from page 1 IS developed The maste through a series of meetings, an “interactive process of dialogue between the planners and the cam pus constituents,” according to the campus master plan docu- Goals of the plan are to expand on-campus activity by increasing student housing to 1,200-1,500 beds, and to locate new housing adjacent to existing housing, near the academic buildings. A key feature of the new village, and an important goal of the plan, is the maintenance of a village at mosphere by retaining an open green space within the village. “One of the things that carrie out of the programming phase of the PHOTO BY JASON GRAHAM Governors Village master pla that students wanted to have a gath ering space,” said Reagan. The design of the new village shows such a space, located north of the new hall. The service drive will be reduced to a single lane to the Physical Plant, with no through traffic beside the new village. Hunnicutt. His experience with small Divi sion I athletic programs will help UNCA to gain a more significant reputation in college athletics, ac cording to Gore. Cancer patients get “marijuana patch” A grant of $361,000 was given to the Albany College of Pharmacy by the American Cancer Society to develop a “marijuana patch” simi lar to what cigarette smokers slap on to curb the urge. The patch would be given to cancer patients to ease the pain, nausea and vomiting that often accompany chemotherapy. Those who endorse medical marijuana have already been critical, saying that it won’t be as effective as smoking the drug. Prize for on-line art equal to Oscars To stimulate interest in an emerg ing genre, the San Francisco Mu seum of Modern Art has estab lished the Webby Prize for Excel lence in Online Art. The award will go to digital artists for their overall work, not for specific projects. A $50,000 prize will be divided among up to three winners each year, and will be awarded for the first May 11 at the Webby awards cer emony in San Francisco, billed as the Internet’s version of the Oscars. Jobs continued from page 1 Discount Tickets With g vgli4 L/NCA ID, you may purchase tickets to: ideal position to track economic trends,” according to the release. “Graduates need to come through the UNCA Career Center to sign up with Jobtrak,” said Keller. “It will also be a way for graduating seniors to pre-arrange for the West ern North Carolina job fair. Vari ous colleges are coming together. It’s sort of like one-stop shopping for employers and job seekers. “Because many schools take part in the job fair, our students get a head start,” said Keller. “Our stu dents submit: their resumes in ad vance. We then forward those re sumes onto the employers. Employ ers will then pre-arrange interviews. “Networking is the key,” said Keller. “People to people network ing is really where the job connec- will be made.” I® Cataloochee Ski Area ^ Asheville Art Museum, ^ Asheville Smoke Hockey, |4- 0 Biltmof-e House, |22 ^ chimney Rock, |6 ^ Ice skating, |5 (ticketsgvgllgbleat Civic CenteF-) ^ Love Letters, |10 2/14- 0 lynitect Artists Movie Theatres, |4- Climit 2/student) 0 Wolf Laui-el Ski Lift Vouchei-s, |12 ^ ftPMIT ONE~^l Ticket office open in Highsmith 27 - 10am-4pm Fof more information c^ll 251-6584. F Dai Auj the still N U The gram\ ing c The: ings 1 been ] thy o Chess L will b Ch, readii expre those writii writii were couk Maggie Vailey, North Carolma • 1-800-768-0385
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