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Volume 34 Issue 10
Committee
helps the
disabled
Lana Coffey
Staff Reporter
A committee set up to help dis
abled students on the UNCA cam
pus will look into the problems with
the automatic door openers and
possibly add new handicapped park
ing spaces to several parking lots
around the campus, according to
Heidi Kelley, director ofliberal arts
learning and disabilities services.
“The Karpen (Hall) and Robinson
(Hall) parking lots do not have door
openers, and we discussed it with
Steve Baxley, the director of facili
ties management and planning. He
is aware,” said Kelley. “It’s a real
problem. On nice days, the stu
dents who use wheelchairs don’t
mind going around the building.
But, if it’s raining or snowing, it’s
not good.”
People who qualify as disabled can
be pi^«ically, emotionally or learn
ing disabled. This means they may
have difficulties with visual and spa
tial abilities, memory, verbal and
nonverbal reasoning and attention
and perception, according to the
learning disability documentation
guidelines.
“Colleges are primarily interested
in whether or not a student’s learn
ing disability is impacting oral lan
guage, or if a separate speech disor
der is also present,” according to the
documentation guidelines.
Under the Americans with Dis
abilities Act of 1990, students who
request support services because of
their disability are required to sub
mit documentation to verify eligi
bility, according to the learning dis
ability documentation guidelines.
All documentation is confidential.
“Most of our disabled students are
learning disabled,” said Kelley.
Currently, 77 students are served by
the disability services office.
A student organization called Equal
Access has been set up to provide
support to students with all types of
disabilities, according to Sharon
Behn, the president of Equal Ac
cess. Kelley acts as the advisor for
the organization.
“Equal Access is for everybody who
cares about the disabled,” said Behn.
The group meets for lunch between
11:30 a.m. and noon on Wednes
days in the private dining room at
the cafeteria.
This semester Kelley will priori
tize issues on the campus that are
important to disabled students, fac
ulty and staff
The administration has been help
ful in making UNCA more acces
sible to students with disabilities,
according to Kelley.
“Our Chancellor is most concerned
about accessibility and he charged
me with forming a student commit
tee to prioritize the issues. I know
that to be completely accessible it’s
going to be costly and every year we
may pick three or four or five items
really push for,” said Kelley.
“The most important things are
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The University Of North Carolina At Asheville
Men’s soccer team clinches top seed in
Big South Conference tournament
■ see page 5
Also inside:
Features
Dining at local restaurant Province 620
■ see page 3
Opinions
An effort to save the village people,
by Brian Smith
■ see page 2
November 8, 2001
^^tbrley wins Asheville mayoral race
Peterson
denies
allegations
Rae Stephens
Staff Reporter
WALTER FYLER/PHOTO EDITOR
Charles Worley, the new mayor of Asheville, talks with junior psychology major Lori Long and other students in the Glasshouse.
In close election, Worley ‘elated’ after triumph over Peterson
Rae Stephens
Staff Reporter
The new mayor of Asheville is Charles W orley,
who won by a little more than 500 votes.
Immediately following the election results,
Worley gave credit to advertising for his win,
calling it the “major factor” in his victory over
Brian Peterson.
“I’m elated and I’m exhausted,” said Worley
in an interview with the Asheville Citizen-
Times.
Worley’s declared contributions amount to
$17,239.99 compared to Peterson’s $8,225,
according to the Board of Elections.
“I look forward to working with all the new
members of city council and the members
that are already there,” said Worley.
Joe Dunn, Hollyjones and Carl Mumpower
are the new Asheville city council members.
The council, including the mayor, now in
cludes two doctors, two lawyers, the Director
of YWCA and the marketing/development
Manager for mountain housing opportuni-
\)t A R b Y LER/PHOTO EDITOR
Worley won the election by 500 votes.
All three new members are new to politics.
Terry Bellamy remains on city council, and
Worley’s council member position is now avail-
MAYOR RACE
Charles Worley (7,936 votes)
Brian Peterson (7,399 votes)
CITY COUNCIL RACE
WINNERS
Carl Mumpower
Holly Jones
Joe Dunn
able. That seat will not be filled through
public elections. The city council members
will vote to fill the vacancy.
About 32 percent of registered voters in
Asheville voted in Tuesday’s elections, ac
cording to Election Board officials. The turn
out has increased since the 1999 elections
which included the citywide zoning issue. In
1999, 28 percent of the registered voters in
Asheville voted.
COURTESY OF
CITIZEN-TIMES
“Vm disap
pointed the
campaign
took that
turn”
-Brian
Peterson
The Asheville Guardian, a local
tabloid, published a story last month
claiming that mayoral candidate
Brian Peterson solicited sex from a
Madison county woman last March.
Peterson denied the accusation.
The woman was
paid to give her
account of the
story. Her cred
ibility has been
questioned, due
to her long crimi
nal record.
“It’s sad and
desperate,” said
Peterson. “I'm
disappointed the
campaign took
that turn.”
Opposing can
didate Charles
Worley came
out against the
article.
In a television
commercial,
Worley stated ——
that he did not
condone the
publication and wished it had not
been printed.
“I am indignant that, despite my
efforts to deter negative attacks, my
opponent and others have contin
ued to try to link my name with
actions I did not cause, do not con
done and will not tolerate.”
Peterson blames “supporters of
Worley” for the article. The pub
lisher of the tabloid is a member
Citizens for New Leadership, a
pro-business group that supported
Worley.
“It's really regrettable that (the
article) has become such a focus of
the campaign,” said Worley. “I
think it was unsettling for Brian
and me the last week, but I look
forward to continuing to work with
Brian.”
Candidates for city council have
also had problems with negative
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Microsoft criticized for flaws in Windows XP
Ed Fickle
Staff Reporter
Microsoft officially released its
next-generation operating system,
Windows XP, in New York Oct.
25 amid accusations of consumer
privacy abuse, which may add
another chapter to the ongoing
antitrust suit against the software
giant.
“I think [the mixed response] is
fairly characteristic of any com
pany that’s trying to innovate and
add new stuff to the operating
system,” said Mike Honeycutt,
UNCA academic computing ser
vices manager.
Groundbreaking features like the
expansion of Microsoft’s Passport
Persona! Identification Service and
a built in software firewall are pio
neered in Windows XP. How
ever, pervasive coverage of flaws and
weaknesses in XP has generated a
skeptical response from many indus
try professionals. Registration and
activation of XP are two areas that
have received criticism from con
sumer privacy groups.
“I don’t like the idea of Microsoft
keeping a record of my computer
setup and my personal information
on their servers. It’s like Orwell’s
‘1984,’ right here in 2001.” said Adam
Durons, a networking service techni-
“Ifs like OrwelVs
'1984,* right here in
200ir
-Adam Durons,
networking service technician
cian in Asheville and surrounding
areas.
Mike Slemko, a Seattle based re
searcher and member of the Apache
Software Foundation located a flaw
in Microsoft’s Passport that could
be exploited easily. The security
gap Slemko discovered was so sig
nificant that on Oct. 26, only one
day after the official release ofXP,
Microsoft shut down their Passport
servers for long enough to place a
patch for the security hole.
“The damage someone could in-
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