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Page 10 The Blue Banner November 1,2001 News r NEWS Jrom the Outside World U.S. searches for Soviet weapons The United States has spent as much as $5 billion since 1991 to help secure the former Soviet Union's vast nuclear, chemical and biological arsenal, but U.S. officials say they still can't account for all the weapons. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist at tacks, the U.S. should be very con cerned that some of these Soviet weapons of mass destruction may have slipped into the wrong hands, according to Sen. Dick Lugar, R- Ind. “That is the worst-case scenario,” said Lugar. “That is the one thing we must make certain did not hap pen.” Since the political, economic and social chaos that surrounded the dissolution of the Soviet Union, roughly half the Soviet nuclear war heads have been destroyed. The secure disposal of the materi als which the weapons use for nuclear explosions -plutonium and highly enriched uranium-is still dif ficult, and the progress of securing the chemical and biological stock piles has proceeded far more slowly than the destruction program, ac cording to Lugar. Suspects found in church shooting Twelve suspected Islamic militants were detained for questioning Oct. 30 in a weekend shooting at a Chris tian church in Pakistan that killed 16 people, according to authori ties. Arif Ikram, police superinten dent in Behawalpur, a town in south-central Pakistan, said the 12 were detained during several raids in different areas of Punjab prov ince. He said none of them had yet been charged. He said the men belonged to at least three different Islamic mili tant groups, though he would not identify them or the men. Authori ties expressed confidence they were on the right track. U.S. Airways loses more revenue US Airways, the sixth-largest air line carrier in the United States, reported a third-quarter net loss of $766 million Oct. 30. The com pany was battered by the lingering economic slump, labor costs and the sharp decline in travel after the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. Airways said the loss amounted to $ 11.42 per share, com pared with a loss of $30 million, or 45 cents per share, in the third quarter. Before unusual items, U.S. Air ways reported a loss for the latest quarter of $433 million, or $6.45 per share. Wall Street analysts polled by research firm Thomson Finan cial/First Call had expected the air line to post a quarterly loss of 57 cents to $5.75 per share, with a consensus forecast of $3.94. The carrier said quarterly operat ing revenues fell 16.5 percent, to $1.99 billion from $2.38 billion a year earlier. U.S. Airways said it had taken an additional charge of $309 million related to the attacks. COURTESY OF JOHN COUTLAKIS/ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES The fire began around 3:30 p.m. near the Bihmore Estate. It did very Uttle damage. Fire extinguished near BUtmore Rae Stephens Staff Reporter A fire burned 35 acres of a Biltmore Estate corn field around 3:30 p.m. Oct. 26. No one was injured or evacu ated, and no buildings were af fected, according to Elizabeth Sims, marketing and communi cations director for the Biltmore Estate. “The emergency responders were wonderful. They were quick to respond and quickly got it under control,” said Kathleen Mosher, public relations supervisor for the Biltmore Estate. “None of our structures were ever in any dan ger. It was in an area that guests don’t have access to so there were never any safety issues.” Neither the firefighters nor the Estate are entirely certain what caused the fire. The fire began in a dead corn field where workers were taking down the dried stalks. A combine, a large piece of farm equipment most often used to harvest crops, was near the source COURTESY OF JOHN COUTLAKIS/ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES A firefighter battles the fire, which is currently under investigation. of the fire. “We’re not sure, but the combine was the only thing out there that could have ignited it,” said Asheville Fire Department Division Chief Gary Cornett. According to Mosher, the 8,000 acre Biltmore Estate has never had a fire in the main house, and very rarely has brush fires like this one. Despite this fire, representatives of the Estate considered themselves for tunate. “Luckily, theywerejust taking down dead stalks when the fire began, and no real damage was done,” said Mosher. When the firefighters arrived, the fire had already spread to 10 acres of the corn field. Another 25 acres burned before the firefighters could get it under control, according to Cornett. “We had a lot of strong, shifi:ing winds, so the fire was very hard to control,” Cornett said. “It would turn in several different directions.” Biltmore Estate representatives believe it was the combine that lit the blaze, and no investigation will take place further into the matter. “I don’t know what caused the fire and I don’t think anybody else does,” said Mosher. “But, it’s over.” Highsmith — long as they are within the Asheville Pizza Company’s delivery zone,” said Frazier. The new building will be over two and a half times the size of the cur rent building. It will be three sto ries tall and have a total gross area of 73,920 square feet, accord-ing to Williams. “So, you’re go ing to have the plaza level, where you are now, and the bridge level that is going to be even with Loop Rd./University Heights and there’s going to be a mezzanine level above that. It’s go ing to fill up the courtyard area in front of the pre-existing building and Mills Hall parallel to the Loop Rd.,” said Williams. The new building will have many things that are not in the current Highsmith Center. Some of these things will include space for four fast continuedfrom page 1 food restraunts in the new food court, a larger bookstore, a conveince store like one you would find at a gas station office space for There will be many organiza tions on cam pus, including those that are currently lo cated in Highsmith and some additions. The Blue Ban ner will have an office space in this new build ing as well as a darkroom, ac cording to Frazier. The residents of Founders Hall will experience the most problems during the construction. These stu dents will have to walk around the construction site to get anywhere on campus, however, the residents of Mills Hall need not worry too much, the stairs directly in front of this building will still be accessible, according to Williams WALTER FYLER/PHOTO EDITOR Students take a break from studying to play pool. I c h Budget The University is expected to know more about where specific cuts will be made by Nov. 8. “I think that it’s bad for me, and the people that I work with,” said Evan Schafer a junior multimedia arts and sciencesmajoratUNCA. “Thevideo lab that we work with already has dated equipment, and it makes do ing projects very difficult. It’s no good when they take away the money that we so badly need.” Approximately 65 percent of UNCA’s annual budget is allocated for academics, according to McDevitt. “I think that it’s silly that we have to give up a million dollars, said David Childers, an undeclared sophmore at UNCA. “For a campus like Duke, NC State, or Chapel Hill that kind of cut wouldn’t hurt them as badly. But for us, that’s fiver per cent of our budget.” Chancellor Mullen is working closely with faculty, students, staff and the Board of Trustees to best identify how to manage this budget. “First, we have to maintain the integrity of our academic enterprise. In particular, we must preserve the continued from page 1 ability for professors to teach effec tively,” said Mullen. “Second, we need to continue to set the stu dents as our highest priority. We will insure that they receive a first- rate liberal arts experience “Third, we need to manage this situation in a way that recognizes and respects all the members of the UNCA family.” The school will also try and iden tify monies from other sources, such as bonds, to offset the impaci of this one-time reversion of stat( funding, according to McDevitt, “It doesn’t mean that people wil lose their jobs,” said McDevitt. “1 means a computer that you havi been waiting to get for three years may take a fourth year. Or thai blackboard that has to be replaced may not arrive until next year.” “I think that it is unfortunate that the state is cutting our budget. It seems that education always seems to get cut first,” said Adrienne Stork, a junior environmental stud ies and French major. “We really need this money because it is oui future. These are the students who will be running our country.” Bill continued from page 1 four years, unless Congress de cides to renew the law,” according to the Times. The administration had wanted to make the authority permanent, according to the New York Times. Senator Patrick Leahy, a Demo crat from Vermont and head of the Judiciary Committee argued in favor of the new bill. The Sen ate made sure the bill restricted as little speech as possible, according to Leahy. “We took the time to look at it and we took the time to read it and we took the time to remove those parts that were unconstitutional and those parts that would have actually hurt the rights of all Ameri cans,” said Leahy. Many civil liberties advocates op posed the bill, according to the Times. Advocates argued that the new law “jeopardizes fundamental rights and would require vigilant oversight to keep authorities in line,” said the Times. Bush talked about the implica tions of the new bill, which in creases the power of the govern ment in surveillance of possible terrorists. “Current statutes deal more se verely with drug-traffickers than with terrorists,” said President Bush. “That changes today.” A able' pus’ the poss ing arou Hei lean “Tf (Ha opei Stev ties 1 is a\ pro! deni min But, not Pei bep, ing have rial non and lean guid “C( n w ing( guaj deri doci Ui abili reqt thei: We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes! - John F. Kennedy As we begin to pursue our hopes again, let’s remember to support the merchants in our region who are a vital thread in the fabric of our communities. Serving UNCA Since 1982 WWW. unca. edu!banner i/ 1
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