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2000 March 2, 2000 The Banner Perspectives ty , preconcep- delusions. “Your Most imented, ,de our heads ve/’There , ironically jntext of the ementations hiat language ntrols what ; think about lich in tui es further j Peering what : see and how : see it, go iat,how,and ly we relate things the Will UNCA be constructing environmentally? Candice Carr columnist : done? Good iestion. ancing the ance that LOst resembles umbling fee- le dark. And 1, “Teaching Jces learning ir, for the lave switched led us with nnitive, defec- netheless. IS oflanguage merely a map itself, saWa- Power concedes nothing ivithout a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out : what people will submit and you have found the ;xact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of ty rants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass, letter to an aboli tionist associate, 1849 What is even more impor tant than what our university can tell us? It is what they can show us. Actions speak louder than words. If UNCA wants to turn out students who have a positive impact on the world, a good start would be creating a positive impact on the world here at UNCA. “We want students to gradu ate more environmentally lit erate, equipped to understand these issues and their implica tions in their everyday lives and how to live in a more environmentally aware man ner,” said Dr. Maas, professor and director of en vironmental stud- How will we rise to the occasion? We should first lift our proverbial foot and look at the the print left there. Our energy use is rising with our bills, and our paper consump tion is huge. There are sen sible, cost-efiFective solutions to these unsustainable facts. Last week, we all recieved an email from Chancellor Mullen about the three new dorms and new road entrance to be built on campus. The designs are not completed, but it was said in an article in Asheville Citizen-Times that the plans are to build three buildings similar to the newest dorms on campus. The chancellor also mentioned that “student input will be an important priority as the design process moves forward.” Let’s input! Wouldn’t it be incredible if South Ridge had southfacing windows, which brought in so much luscious sunlight that the heat didn’t kick on until midnight? What if it had a simple evaporative air cooler instead of air conditioning, which uses more energy than heat? These technologies are not only simple, but save money. It may take more initial in vestment to put in something like photovoltaic solar energy panels, but the beauty of sus tainable energy sources is that the invested money is made back in just a few years. The expensive alternative is retro fitting all of the buildings in a few years and wishing we’d done it right the first time. For numbers and projections, I suggest talking to Maas, whose “Energy and Society” course has sent many of us to the store for compact fluores cent lightbulbs and insulation. In his email, Mullen also mentioned a new entrance to be built, and a new parking deck as well. That new en trance better have a bike path next to it! The new Highsmith Center has been designed, but the design is not final. Is this some thing we care about as stu dents? How much sunlight does it get? Ask the architect. Go look at the plans in the Housing office. My friend Elizabeth did. She wondered why they don’t just turn the whole building plan to face south. Down the road, we are going to be building a new math and science building. Will we look at what Oberlin, Southampton and other col leges have done, and use the superior technologies, like phytoremediation (plants clean the water) that make money instead of spending money? Has this research been done for other buildings on our campus, either existing or planned? There are resources right in our own library on how to design buildings for cheaper heating, cooling and lighting, reducing energy use by 90 percent. Not half an hour away, at Warren Wilson Col lege, they are in the process of building an ecodorm. There are other things we can do to make our campus a better place. To briefly name a few, all departments have the option of ordering bright white, printer- and copier- friendly 100 percent post-con- sumer content. It’s in the ware house. Please order it! There are other post-con sumer products we could sup port, too. Wouldn’t it be great if UNCA’s buying habits matched their recycling capa bilities? What do we do with all of the #6 recyclables? Land fill. What if we didn’t have walk through clouds of leaf blower fumeson the way to class? (Whatever happened to brooms anyway? Those leaf blowers are loud.) What if the quad was not sprayed with poison that we sit in, lie on and to which we expose our animals? There are alternatives that are cheaper and less harm ful for all of us. Already, UNCA has taken the initiative on some awe some projects like composting the salads in the cafeteria, and having trash audit days to show us what is and is not recyclable and that people do care about your trash. These great programs are thanks to our fabulous recycling co ordinator, Zig, who deserves to be the head of a whole crew of recycling folks. The initiative to get green is just getting underway, and there is much room for in volvement in all areas of our campus community. Letters to the Editor Repeated defacing Dear Editor, What do you think when you see images of people that have been slashed, or whose eyes have been gouged out with a pencil or similar instrument? What do you feel when happens twice? Approximately two weeks ago, we discovered that a poster displayed the Spanish bulletin board on the second floor of Carmichael had been badly defaced. The poster was one promoting participatation in the Census. Spon sored by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, it featured Hispanics ofvarious ages and appearances, and had a caption in both Spanish (“Hagase contar”) and English (“Make Yourself Count”). We removed the poster and put up an identical one. Last week, we found the second one defaced even more violently. Property and educational materi als should never be defaced. Such action is more disgusting and unac ceptable when the agents of de struction attack symbols of a mi nority group. Both on and off this campus, many people are actively and passionately involved in help ing members of various diverse groups become accepted, contrib uting citizens of our community. Cowardly and anonymous actions like the poster defacement under cut such efforts, and make UNCA a less safe place for everyone. In this case, such an action undermines the urgent and necessary publicity for Census participation. Please jom me in opposing such racist or classist actions prompted by ignorance and fear of that which is perceived as different. Alice Weldon Assistant professor of Spanish iic that could to reality, but unter simply i he said they I think a man :d at this, en- t they were all blockade me. nind hurt. A ke a muezzin 5W nice that oudly and rid me his name proceeded 1 : between Al- Zairo, he told people in by night : million, how odd that tplain that LOO^S UKt W\lt OUGHT mrs Go\^ mm ng city on the moist. I clunj y only provi- ition I found :e end, he left ur, I boarded ad back in the es, griping that I had to that nothing esponded ii lothing. I just a —12 hour . But you ge' ly the minJ Letters to the editor may be submitted to The Banner at One University Heigtits, 208A Carmichael Hall, Asheville, NC 28804, e-mailed to banner@unca.edu, or submitted via The Banner Online. Letters should be typed, single-spaced and limited to 300 words or less. Submissions may be edited for space and content. Letters to the editor must be signed and include the author’s classification and major or other rela tionship to UNCA. No anonymous letters will be published. Editorial Board Emma Jones Sarah Wilkins Meghan Cummings Krystel Lucas Jason Graham Lauren Deal Matt Hunt Zach Dill Editor-in-Chief News Editor Features Editor Sports Editor Photo Editor Copy Editor Online Editor Asst. 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Letters, columns, cartoons and reviews represent only the opinions of their respective authors. The Banner welcomes submissions of letters and articles for publication'. All submissions are subject to editing for clarity, content and length and are considered on the basis of interest, space, taste and timeliness. Letters should be typed, single-spaced, and should not ex ceed 300 words. Letters for publication should also contain the author's signature, classification, major or other relation ship with UNCA. The deadline for letters is noon on Tuesday. If you have a submission, you can send it to The Banner, 208A Carmichael Hall, One University Heights, Asheville NC 28804. The deadline for display ads and the FYI calendar is Monday at 2 p.m. Classified ads are due at 5 p.m. on Monday.
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