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Professor, class tackle cold triple murder case from 1966
By Sara Pardys
Staff Writer
By Lisa Gillespie
Managing Editor
J dropped
for racist
emarks
MSNBC cable network can-
teled Don Imus’ radio show,
vhich has aired since 1971, a
veek after he referred to the
tutgers women’s basketball
earn as, “nappy-headed hos,”
fter their defeat in the NCAA
rnals.
CBS has yet to announce if it
discontinue the Imus radio
Ihow.
MSNBC originally suspended
Imus for two weeks from
ISNBC and CBS Radio, but
aey removed him from the
table TV network after a series
' protests called for his firing.
Staples, General Motors Corp.
tnd Procter & Gamble Co. have
Reportedly pulled advertising
fom the Imus program.
More than 70 stations aired
mus’ show, which has a history
bf making racist, homophobic
tnd sexist comments. Eight out
10 of the players on Rutgers
Jre black.
NBC called the comments
^‘deplorable,” and the Rutgers
earn decided not to let the com-
nents slide after reading the
bnscript, according to the New
|fork Times.
The program’s executive pro-
|ucer Bernard McGuirk charac-
Eiized the women’s eollegiate
tasketball championship
ruesday night, between Rutgers
ad the University of Tennessee,
ks “the Jigaboos versus the
Wannabes.”
UNC Asheville psychology students
receive the chance to reopen a 41-year-old
cold murder case as part of their class.
“This is kind of a strange semester for the
class,” said Pamela Laughon, associate pro
fessor of psychology who decided to
approach her practicum in death penalty
class a little differently.
The class, which usually focuses on
reviewing and appealing death penalty
cases, recently took a trip to
Hendersonville,, to visit the crime scene of a
triple murder, which took place in July
1966.
While disposing of garbage at a trash
dump in Hendersonville, power company
workers discovered the bodies of Vernon
Shipman, 43, and Charles Glass, 36, of
Hendersonville and Louise Davis Shumate,
62, of Asheville.
While Shipman and Glass knew each
other, it is unclear whether they knew
Shumate, according to Sandra Miller, junior
psychology student. Although Shipman and
Glass were known to be gay, no one is cer
tain whether or not they were romantically
involved.
Due to film and photographic evidence,
authorities do know the two frequently
threw lavish parties together, and it is possi
ble that Shumate attended these parties,
according to Miller.
“We Just learned so many new things
about the female victim,” Laughon said.
“We’ve spent the whole semester thinking
she was a certain person, and in two minutes
we learned something entirely different.”
This is one of the few bits of information
the class uncovered this semester.
“The biggest thing we've been able to do
is to say, ‘It’s not this rumor, it’s not that
rumor,”’ said Siu'ah Clark, senior psycholo
gy student.
Laugon, Miller and Clark all said one of
the most rewarding aspects of working on
this case is not just finding new information,
but using that information to dispel rumors.
“(Shumate) was not a drug mule, and she
Slit: Cold Casi; i>a;k. 2 |
Birth control prices on the rise
By Neal Brown
Staff Writer
Birth control prices will double,
and in some case triple, on college
campuses nationwide, upsetting
many UNC Asheville students and
causing them to switch methods or
abandon use all together.
“In the federal government’s
attempt to make up their deficit,
one of the angles they took was to
amend the Medicaid Rehate Law,”
said Linda Pyeritz, registered
nurse at Student
Health Services. ( (
Pharmaceutical
could cause people to make reck
less choices regarding their sexual
ity, according to Patrick Kalk, sen
ior drama student.
“The rise in price is unreason
able,” Kalk said. “People will still
have sex and just not use contra
ception.”
A study done in 2002 by the
Alan Guttmacher Institute, an
agency responsible for advancing
sexual and reproductive health,
said for women under 30 years of
age, the pill is the
99 most preferred
choice of contra-
companies were Ear students on a tight budg- caption,
able to sell oral price increase in
hormones to a general term for
variety of health
Duke players
acquitted of
rape charges
North Carolina’s attorney gen-
mKral declared three former Duke
U^niversity lacrosse players
^■ccused of sexually assaulting a
^Btripper innocent of all charges
yesterday.
I The attorney general Roy A.
Cooper rejected the idea of
'ringing criminal charges
(gainst the accuser, who made a
feries of different statements
ibout what happened on March
13-14, 2006 at a Duke lacrosse
!am party where they hired her
to dance.
care providers
way under then-
cost because they
received a reim-
bursement from
Medicaid, who, in turn, received a
reimbursement from the federal
government. The amendment to
the Medicaid Rebate Law allows
the federal government to refuse to
reimburse Medicaid, causing
Medicaid to stop reimbursing
pharmaceutical companies for
their monetary losses, making the
companies hesitant to sell then-
products cheaper, according to
Pyeritz.
“Now they are saying, ‘No, we
won’t sell these medications at a
discounted price,”’
Pyeritz said.
In the past, the
Kim (^uicK
Junior Environmental
Studies Student
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any form of oral
contraceptive
containing hor
mones to prevent
pregnancy, and if
used consistently
and correctly, only one in 100
women will become pregnant,
making it one of the safest and
most effective forms of hormonal
birth control available, according
to Planned Parenthood.
The rising cost of birth control is
not just an issue for women,
according to Andy Ritchie, junior
political science student.
‘This equally affects men and
women in different ways, however
women will obviously be the most
directly impacted,” Ritchie said.
While the rise
A student holds a package of Desogen, one of the brands of birth control Student Health Services will
replace with a more expensive generic in the next few months. While most forms of birth control offered
by Health Services will double or triple in price, tbe NuvaRing and Ortbo Tri-Cyclen will be discontinued.
m pnce is not
unreasonable
average cost of 1 had to change my birth con- for some, it
birth control on trol, and I did not want to do might be for
others, accord
ing to Kim
Christy Clevenger Quick, junior
Junior Environmental
Studies Student
UNC Asheville’s that.
campus ranged
from about $7 to
$10, according to
Pyeritz.
“We were in the
$7 to $10 range
environmental
studies student
who has taken
birth control for
and we are now in the $12 to $15
range,” Pyeritz said.
With about 43 to 45 percent of
women on campus going to health
services for birth control, the ris
ing costs are unnecessary and
about seven years.
“Luckily, I’m fortunate enough
to have a well paying job so I can
afford the monthly expense,”
Quick said. “But, for students on a
tight budget, this price increase is
unreasonable.”
Pyeritz said the rise in price does
concern her.
“I do not support this at all,”
Pyeritz said. “Anytime prices go
up, it effects college students.”
Health Services will stop carry
ing two types of birth control
because of the rise in price: the
NuvaRing, a small, flexible ring of
hormones that is inserted into the
vagina, and any Ortho Tri-Cyclen
products.
Though no comprehensive stud
ies have been published on the
NuvaRing’s effectiveness. Planned
Parenthood estimates it is more
effective than the pill, with fewer
than one out of 100 women
becoming pregnant with perfect
use, according to a study.
‘The thing that we lost that we
really hate is the NuvaRing,”
Pyeritz said. ‘The students love it,
we’ve loved it and because we
have lost some of these, I think
that it is making the impact seem
even worse.”
Some students were unhappy
about the loss of the NuvaRing and
Health Services’ lack of communi
cation about the change, according
to Christy Clevenger, junior envi
ronmental studies student who
used the NuvaRing.
“I had to change my birth control
and I did not want to do that,”
Clevenger said. “It is really impor
tant for me to control my fertility
and at that point, when the nurse
told me they no longer offered the
NuvaRing, I thought that I might
not be able to.”
Quick, who used to take Ortho
Tri-Cyclen Lo, said she tried a new
birth control pill, but decided
Ortho Tri-Cyclen is the right pill
for her.
“If there are no brands similar to
Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, 1 will proba
bly start getting it from Planned
Parenthood,” Quick said. “This is
going to limit my choices while
simultaneously increasing the
direct costs to me.”
Pharmaceutical companies are
able to sell birth control to college
health services at a price less than
what they would sell to other
providers, according to Pyeritz.
While students are angry about
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fcampus Commission divvies out funds to student organizations
By Aaron Dahlstrom
Staff Writer
The Campus Commission held
ts annual deliberations last week,
^ith nearly 100 student clubs and
irganizations requesting the fund-
ng that determines their program-
tiing for the entire school year.
“UNCA is not just about aca-
i lemics. It is about
Tomoting a good 66
tudent life,” said
deliberation and discuss how we
can make all of the pieces of the
pie work for everybody.”
At the deliberations. Campus
Commission decides the amount
of funding each organization
receives. Over 80 organizations
applied for funding, according to
Chakales.
The money
comes from the
student activities
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tnca
executive
Little the i . fee each student
Lime, is not just about aca-
r 7 . - . 1 pays along wiui
rganizational about promoting {yj^ion. The fee
kfairs of the a good student life.
tudent
u d e n
[Government
jAssociation.
Every March,
I tudent organiza-
ions apply for
unding to support their pro^ams.
he amount of funding varies per
Tganization and depends larply
'n the activities the organizations
plan, according to Little.
1 “We have had requests from
$500 to around $30,000,” said
Nair Chakales, associate director
for student activities and integral
Erica Little
varies from year
to year, she said.
“This year.
Executive for Organizational $574.50 is what
Affairs, SGA students will pay
for student activ
ities,” Chakales
can t give out extra money.
Some organizations receive
large amounts of money.
“I believe the highest we have
given out so far is around $1,900,”
Little said.
While not all organizations
receive the funding they ask for, it
usually is enough to perform most
events, said Alex
Bower, who runs
both The Blue
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Students, faculty and staff mem
bers comprise the Campus
Commission. Students join the
commission by appointment from
SGA or by self-nomination,
according to Chakales. Current
faculty members include Michael
Gouge, mass communication lec
turer; Chris Herron and Jim
McGlinn, educa-
tion professors;
and Gary Ettari,
Echo radio sta- It is the excitement of organiz- assistant professor
tion and the something for a peer. The
Multiniedia Arts students know what other stu
dents want to see and hear.
KJTfXJRAPHER
;d learning. “So we will have our
said. “That includes money that
goes to recreation, sustainability,
special student programs, home
coming, multicultural program
ming, cultural and special events
and welcome week. Student activ
ity funds pay all that. Part of that is
Campus Commission money.”
The student activity fee
increased from $373 to $574 since
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Mary Chakales, associate director for student activities and integrated
learning, sits with Jon Barnes, senior environmental studies student,
and discusses student organization budgets for next year.
2002, nearly a 50 percent increase,
according to university statistics.
Not every organization gets the
funding its leaders desire. The
commission needs a detailed budg
et presented to them by the time
deliberations are held, according
to Little.
“The funds that you want, you
need to already have listed,
because that is what we go by,” she
said. “We only have a set amount
of money to give to each student
organization, so by saying, ‘Oh,
well, we need more,’ you should
have put that down because we
Council
“We asked for
between $ 1,000
and $2,000, and
we got like
$1,300, and it
was enough to
bring all the speakers we wanted,”
he said. “I know a lot of organiza
tions complain about funding and
say they don’t have enough
money, and I am sure that is prob
ably the case. A lot of organiza
tions need more money than they
have. It is distributed pretty well,
but there are always going to be
people complaining.”
Mary CnAKAi.ES
As.sistant Director for
Student Activities
in the literature
department. The
two staff mem
bers are Chakales
and Patricia
T o m b e r I i n ,
accounting tech
nician in the
budget office.
Organizations choose what to
spend their funds on, but the event
must be open to the entire campus,
Chakales said.
“One of the requirements is
whatever campus commission
money they use, it needs to be for
the whole UNCA campus,” she
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