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Thursday, Xo\-ember 20, 2008
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ESPN ptured the frenzied crowd packed into the student section. Despite losing several star players, the Bulldogs found their footing and went on to win three games this week.
Freshman J.P. Primm scores 21 as men’s basketball improves to 3-0 record with 84-56 win over Liberty
Ryan Burtner
Staff Writer
RRBURTNE@UNCA.EDU
After rolling to a 2-0 start
to open the season, the Jus
tice center went prime time
Tuesday afternoon, as sports
broadcasting giant ESPN
came to town to televise UNC
Asheville’s 84-56 rout against
Liberty University.
“I couldn’t be happier right
now,” Head Coach Eddie Bie-
denbach said. “The student
body was great with their
sixth man T-shirts. It’s starting
to become an atmosphere here
that’s conducive to having a
consistently good team.”
According to him, this
game marked the beginning of
something special.
“We’re starting to build a
tradition here,” Biedenbach
said. “The Justice center is a
very cozy place for us and I’m
real pleased with where we
are.”
But despite getting a big
win over a Big South Confer
ence rival on national televi
sion, he said he won’t let it go
to his or his team’s heads.
“In all fairness, it’s a home
game and Liberty has a really
good team, but six of their
eight players tonight were
freshmen,” Biedenbach said.
“I’m really excited bout
this win, but I don’t want to
get carried away with it,” Bie
denbach said. “We had a big
TV win and we’re 3-0 over
all, but now we get to go on
the road with a young team
against Campbell.”
According to freshman
guard J.P. Primm, he and his
team could not have asked for
a better atmosphere than the
one found in the Justice Cen
ter on Tuesday.
"The crowd was fantastic,”
Primm said. “We couldn’t
have done it without them.”
“They looked like a big,
blue sea out there,” Primm
said. “It was packed today, and
this was our chance to buckle
down, live up to our standards
and do what we do best.”
Primm was the star of the
show, finishing 6-11 from the
field with a career high 21
points and seven rebounds. He
was a perfect 8-8 at the foul
line.
“Coach told us to play
and execute the offense like
we talked about,” Primm
said. "We went through our
plays before the game and he
stressed how important it was
to execute and be smart about
running the game and that's
exactly what we did. We ex
ecuted, we played well and
we made the shots we needed
to.”
Biedenbach said he could
not be any happier for his up-
and-coming freshman guard.
“Primm is a quality guard
with unusual maturity for a
freshman,” Biedenbach said.
"He plays hard for us and I’m
real pleased with that.”
To Biedenbach, this game
helped his young team take
an important step towards fill
ing some big shoes left by last
years team.
“This game we grew up
some,” Biedenbach said. “It’s
going to make us a little more
confident and a better team
overall as we keep going.”
The Bulldogs play Saturday
at Camphell. The game starts
at d:l5 p.m.
Student fee forum stirs debate
Cassidy Culbertson
Staff Writer
CJCULBER@UNCA.EDU
Increasing student fees may
burden students in the current
economic situation, but they
support a higher quality of
student life, according to of
ficials.
Student fees fund student
activities, student health ser
vices, athletics, computer
equipment and scientific
equipment needs. This portion
of students’ payment to the
University stocks the campus
with up-to-date tools that can
enhance learning and on-cam
pus operations.
“(Current funding) is not
providing you with what (your
professors) feel is the quality
you deserve.” Pat Catterfeld,
Assistant Provost of Budget
ing, said. “They basically ask
for what you need, across the
disciplines.”
Increasing student fees by a
few dollars per person in any
given fee division can greatly
improve the quality of resourc
es in that division.
“The cost of chemicals
has skyrocketed,” Catterfield
said. Chemicals and other lab
supplies, while vital to many
courses, require significant
funding.
Student fees also fund new
computers, art supplies and
health services, according to
Catterfield.
Each year, a committee col
laborates to recommend where
every penny of student fees
should go. The committee
consists of staff, faculty and
students.
“I can’t give the exact dol
lars and cents today,” Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs
Bill Haggard said Tuesday, af
ter a fee committee meeting. “It
is very important to remember
that the decisions made to the
committee are a recommenda
tion to the Chancellor’s Senior
Staff, which then recommends
the Board of Trustees and goes
to the UNC system Board of
Governors.”
Last week’s Open Fees Fo
rum gave students a chance to
voice ideas and concerns about
tuition and fee increases (to
university officials).
The Student Government
Association passed a bill last
week that explained how they
want officials to distribute next
years’ student fee increase.
The Mountains to the World
grant finances international
service learning projects, but a
one-time grant funds the pro
gram. The SGA bill proposes
an increase in the Education
and Technology portion of
fees by $10 to support the MW
program, which terminates in
SUSAN TERRY- STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
William Spellman, dean of humanities, speaks at the student
fee forum last Wednesday in Karpen Hall.
2009-2010 without additional
funding.
The bill also proposes add
ing $1 to the current $30 trans
portation fee to support giving
all students three free emergen
cy rides home from campus.
Tuesday the Fee Commit
tee met to finalize their recom
mendation for fee increases.
“The recommendations for
the Student Activities, Athletic
and Health fees were approved
as proposed. Then there will
be a recommendation for addi
tional increase to the education
and technology fee. The com
mittee approved the one dollar
increa.se in transportation fee
for the purpose of extending
the emergency ride program,”
Haggard said.
Tuition increases, while sep
arate from fees, also enhance
student learning. About half of
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Conference focuses
on campus diversity
Annika Reinert
Staff Writer
ANNIKA.REINERT@GMAIL.COM
Participants in the “Living
in. Living with. Diversity”
conference, on Friday and
Saturday in the Highsmith
University Union, will take
part in panel and round table
discussions focusing on how
to increase diversity at UNC
Asheville.
“We want to find out
more about what has been
done, what is being done and
what should be done for di
versity at UNC Asheville,”
said Volker Frank, sociol
ogy chair and conference
organizer. “This conference
gives us a platform for con
versation and clarification on
issues related to diversity.”
Among the groups to
participate are the Student
Government Association,
the Hispanic student organi
zation HOLA, and UNCA’s
literature department.
“Our goal is to establish
an open dialogue between
all the participants of the
conference,” Frank said.
Frank, who moved to the
United States from Germa
ny, came up with the idea of
holding the conference, the
first of its kind.
“I came here 13 years
ago,” Frank .said. “UNCA
is a very diverse campus in
some respects, and in others
it is not. Diversity is a subject
many people here talk a lot
about, .so I saw the possibil
ity and also the need for an
event like this conferenee.”
Throughout the confer
ence, .student groups exhibit
posters and displays in the
Pinnacle Room in High
smith. Among the groups to
contribute posters is the In
ternational .Student Associa
tion.
“I think we are definite
ly one of the most diverse
groups on this campus,” said
ISA member Leslie Smith.
“Therefore, participating in
that conference in any way
was a good way to show that
international students are
present and involved in the
campus.”
UNCA’s size affected
Frank’s decision to organize
the conference.
“UNCA is a small cam
pus, so we can make this
conference a campus-wide
event,” Frank said. “But
UNCA is also big enough to
successfully back the confer
ence intellectually - so many
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