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Tipper Gore speaks in Asheville
By Emma Jones
Editor-in-Chief
and the dedica
tion of your governor,” said Gore.
“We are very, very grateful to have
the support of Jim Hunt.”
Part of the Gore campaign is en
couraging people who have not been
involved in politics to become in-
Tipper Gore, wife of A1 Gore, volved at any level in this year’s
current vice president and Demo- election, according to Gore,
cratic presidential candidate, advo- “We want especially to invite
cated her husband’s economic and people who have not participated
educational plans in a speech made to come and be a part of a winning
about 350 people in A-B Tech’s campaign that will choose the way
Laurel Building on April 25. wedefineourselves, as caring, com-
‘HelpelectAlGoretobethepresi- passionate, patriotic people who
dent, and he will take the model of care about our country,” said Gore.'
what you have
done in the great
of North
Carolina and be
able to imple
ment it nation
wide,” said Gore.
“We thank you
for the work you
have done.”
A roomful of
gnitaries and
legislators, in
cluding Asheville
mayor Leni
Sitnick, Senator
Charles Carter,
Adelaide Key,
“In the year 2000,
we’re going to
carry North Caro
lina again for a
neighbor of this
state over in Ten
nessee — Al
Gore.”
-Governor Jim
Hunt.
Asheville mayor
Leni Sitnick said
she agreed with
the Gores’wishes
to increase pub
lic participation
in local political
arenas as well as
nationally.
“No matter
what age you are,
what’s important
is caring about
the issues that
Tipper Gore just
enunciated so
well, and that her
husband has
many years
who funded the UNCA Key Cen- worked
ter for Service Learning and Ray education, environment and
Bailey, president of A-B Tech, economy,” said Sitnick.
joined N.C. governor Jim Hunt in Sitnick said that the young voters
welcoming Gore to Asheville.
‘One of the things that excites nn
about this year is the fact that Vice ing.
of Asheville are important in keep
ing the democaratic process mov-
President Al Gore, more than any
candidate in history, is for educa-
1, and he believes that
ment ought to do so
about it,” said Hunt.
As governor for the last four con- that doesn’t motivate them, noth-
secutive terms. Hunt has imple- ing will.”
mented education programs and Gore also spoke about her own
improvements throughout the state, agends as Mental Health Policy
1 model that Gore said is an inspi-
ration to her and her husband.
“You all can be a model because of See GORE page 8
Vandals deface
UNCA exhibit
By Kathryn Krouse
staff Writer
On April 10, a public safety inci
dent report was filed concerning
damage done to art pieces
pus, particularly (
cording to Jerry
Adams, public
safety investiga-
ri the quad, ;
Vandalism and
biggest problems
We have here
Adams, “We have
a pretty good
types of
crimes, but it all
depends if some-
comes for
ward with the in
formation we
need.”
‘Those are the things that are
iportant to young and old. Obvi-
isly, young people have greater
:thing stake, because hopefully they’ll be
around longer,” said Sitnick. “If
filing grants with the two non-profit
campus organizations to bring
pieces of art to the UNCA campus.
“In the four years we did it (prior)
we had over twenty pieces on cam
pus and never had a single incident
of vandalism,” said Millspaugh,
“This is the first time that anything
has been painted or drawn on.”
The recent
pieces were
funded in part by
the UNCA Foun
dation and the
Alumni Associa
tion, which is
money given to
the university be
cause state funds
could not be used,
according to
Millspaugh.
“I was looking
for work that was
able to withstand
the weather and
said Millspaugh.
The piece outside
PHOTO BY JASON GRAHAM
The statue “Grand
Doctor Seuss Doll” was
vandalized on April 10.
The pieces on campus are part of of Lipinsky Hall, “My Star, My
in on-going project that began in
1992 by Dan Millspaugh, an asso- ^
ciate professor of art. He began See VANDALS page 8
Students arrested at protest
Protestors demonstrate against the International Monetary
Washington D.C.
By Sarah Wilkins
News Editor
Several UNCA students were ar
rested for demonstrating without
a permit at the International Mon
etary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
protests in Washington D.C. on
April 15.
“None of us that got arrested
regret it at all,” said Heidi Plowe,
a sophomore environmental Sci
ence major. “We look at it as an
empowering experience that gave
us strength.”
The motivation of the protest
was to prevent delegates from at
tending the IMF spring meeting.
The protesters did not succeed
since the delegates arrived early
under police escort, according to
the Asheville Global Report.
“We wanted to shut down the
IMF and World Bank; however,
we knew that wasn't going to be
feasible,” said Plowe. “Although
many of us Went in mind that this
wasn’t going to happen, we wanted
to go just to increase public aware
ness about the issue.”
The IMF lends funds to third
world countries, especially those
in Africa and Central America, to
help them pay off debts; however,
environmental, health and educa
tion programs’ funding is cut to
pay the interest on the loan, ac
cording to the report.
“It is really detrimental to the
country (involved) because social
programs are cut and (the people)
are basically paying back their
debts at the expense of their coun
try,” said Plowe. “They don’t have
the best interests of the people in
PHOTO BY CANDICE CARR
Fund and the World Bank in
About 20 UNCA students were
organized to go to the protest by
Active Students for a Healthy En
vironment.
“A lot of people decided to do
this because it does cover so many
environmental issues,” said Plowe.
“It was an amazing experience of
people that cared getting to
gether,” said Justus D’Addarib, a
sophomore political science ma
jor. “It was just like a huge party.”
On April 14, Plowe and around
a thousand others were peacefully
protesting when police barricaded
the majority of them on the street,
handcuffed them and then put
them on school buses that would
cake them to a holding facility,
according to Plowe.
“It was really ridiculous because
it was a completely peaceful pro
test,” said Plowe. “Everybody re
ally listened to what the cops were
saying, and in return we got treated
like violent criminals.”
The standard custom of police in
dealing with protests is to give the
demonstrators an opportunity to
disperse, according to Plowe.
The police claimed that the pro
testors were ordered to disperse
and they failed to do so, according
to the report. However, Plowe said
that the police did not allow them
to disperse, even after they were
asked several times by the protest-
“We were never given the op
tion” to disperse, said Plowe.
The protestors were kept on the
bus for about nine hours, while
their hands were cuffed behind
their back, before they were taken
to jail around 4:30 a.m., according
to Plowe.
“People’s hands were turning
blue,” said Plowe.
The police also never informed
them of their Miranda rights, ac
cording to Plowe.
“I never, at any point, had my
rights read to me,” said Plowe.
The police failed to tell the pro
testors why they were being ar
rested, give them access to an at
torney, let them off the bus to use
the bathroom or give them water
for several hours, according to
Plowe.
“There is a class-action lawsuit
being filed for the way it was
handled by the D.C. police de
partment and because they sup
posedly had a permit,” said Plowe.
Around 600 protestors were ar
rested and most were not released
until around 4 p.m. the next day,
which was planned by the organiz
ers to be the main protest.
One “reason they kept us so long
was to ‘teach us a lesson,’ and to try
See PROTEST page 8
AIDS Quilt comes to UNCA
By Alison Watson
Staff Writer
Kappa Delta Rho, a fraternity on
campus, will present the NAMES
Project Foundation AIDS Memo
rial Quilt on April 28. The quilt is
an international memorial to those
whd have died of AIDS.
“I think it will be an eye opening
experience for those who have not
seen it,” said Jay Johnson, a senior
business management major and
member of Kappa Delta Rho.
The group decided to bring the
AIDS quilt to UNCA after attend
ing the fraternity’s national con-
“It was brought up at the conven
tion, and we decided it was a good
idea,” said Johnson. “Once we got
more in formation on it and secured
some money, it came together.”
The fraternity wants the campus
and community to realize how
much AIDS affects the United
States and the world, according to
Johnson.
The display will feature eight three-
foot by six-foot panels with the
names of AIDS victims. The quilt
in its entirety includes over 27,000
panels.
The NAMES Project AIDS Me
morial Foundation started in 1987
in San Francisco. The goal was to
keep alive the memory of loved
ones who had died from the dis-
mi
AIDS MEMORIAL
GRAPHIC CONTRIBUTED BY NAMES PROJECT FOUNDATION
The NAMES Project Foundation AIDS Memorial Quilt will
be presented by the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity at UNCA.
ease, according to Luke Fastenburg, stay in the minds of others all over
member of NAMES.
“We really wanted their lives and
the impact AIDS has on people tc
See QUILT page 8
Commuters advocate car pool
By Davon Heath
staff Writer
UNCA students are organizing a
car-pool service as part of the Hu
manities 414 service project require-
The motivation behind this
project “has been based on envi
ronmental issues, air quality being
PHOTO BY WAQERFYLER „
Jennifer Ward, a junior Ward, a junior mathematics major
mathematics major, created and creator of the project. “By car
the car-pool project. pooling we can also conserve on
parking.”
Ultimately, the efforts are to put
the service on a Web page to be
added to the UNCA home page.
Students can then enter their infor
mation and get a list of students
who match their requirements, ac
cording to Ward.
“Until then we have secured a
phone line on campus where stu
dents may leave their phone num
ber, e-mail address and other infor
mation,” said Ward. “We will sort
out the schedules manually and
contact people accordingly.”
“Commuters may be able to coor
dinate directly with each other by
listing their e-mail addresses,” said
Carol Diamond, a senior literature
major and leader of the project.
The team hopes to have the Web
page in effect for the fall 2000 se
mester, according to Diamond.
“In commuting, one does give up
certain freedoms that we all have
grown accustomed to,” said Ward.
“With a little planning and com
mitment, (car-pooling) can be very
rewarding.”
The project is designed to accbm-
See COMMUTERS page 8