Wl)e l^bserunner
Voice of the Students
Vol. IX No. XII
The University of North Carolina at Asheville
November 9, 1973
Weekend Food Service Abolished
14 Unsolved Murders in WNC
Searches Widen,
Rewards Mount,
But No Arrests
The number of unsol
ved slayings in the
Asheville and Western
North Carolina area
has risen recently,
and these brutal
deaths, when added to
others in recent memo
ry, have by logic in
creased the number of
killers who walk free.
The cases are as
baffling and mysterious
ous as they are num
erous .
Virginia Marie Ol
son, the 19-year-old
UNC-A sophomore from
Lexington, was killed
April 15 on a bright
and sunny Sunday af
ternoon on a hill a-
bove University Gar
dens. The gardens were
full of people that
afternoon, yet no one
apparently saw or
heard one thing from
the hill.
Sally Bell Moffitt,
the 18-year-old Mars
Hill College sophomore
from High Point whose
body was found near a
heavily traveled hiah-
way near the quiet
Baptist campus Oct.
12, died from a se
vere blow to her body
which cracked a rib
and sent it piercina
through a pulmonary
arterv-a very myster
ious death.
Two other recent
slayings-both still
unsolved-involve Glenn
Z. Zachery, the 54-
year-old Sheraton flo-
tor Inn night clerk
who was shot in the
back at the Asheville
motel on the night of
Aug. 28, and the al
most forgotten death
of Lawrence Locran, the
35-year-old black man
whose nude body was
Ground Breaking Ceremonies
A crowd of approximately 50 students, faculty members, admini
strators, and friends of the university were on hand Oct. 29 for
the ground breaking ceremonies at the new social sciences building.
Those casting the ceremonial silver snade were: (L-R) Dr. John Bar-
•thel. Dr. Gene Rainey, Professor Larry Carnev, Dr. Rov A. Riggs,
Hoyle Blanton of the Board of Trustees, and Dr. Ted Seitz. (Staff
Photo by Jane Nicholson)
Renovations Planned
To Aid Handicapped
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In wake of UIIC-A be-
ina desianated as the
western campus for the
handicapped, plans
are currently underwav
to install snecial
facilities for handi
capped persons in
..every building on cam-
nus.
Renovation of toi
let and drinkino fa
cilities in each buil-
dina along with des-
ionated parking faci
lities for all handi
capped persons is a-
mong the many changes.
A beveled entrance
alona with an external
elevator are planned
changes for the Phil
lips Administration
Building.
An elevator fron the
cafeteria to the se-
•cond floor, is plan
ned for Lipinsky Stu
dent Center. Ramps to
the second , floors of
one men's and one wo
men 's dormitory are
planned, along with
renovation of the
bathrooms and fount
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Concert Slated Friday
The undisputed king
of blue grass music,
Hoc Hatson, together
with Hot Dipped, Steve
Tavlor and Morrison
and Swann Plus will
appear in concert at
7 p.m. Fridav in the
UIIC-A avm.
V’atson, 50, and
blind since birth,
is a native of Deep
Gap, where friend and
fellov/ artist Earl
Scruggs can often be
found visiting. VUtn
his son. Merle on
acoustical guitar.
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Who^s Who
Nominated
The followina stu
dents have been nomi
nated for 1972-73
Who' s V-^ho among stu
dents in American Uni
versities and Colleg
es :
Lack of Use
Cited As
Reason
The food service
proaram at the cafe
teria and snack shop
on weekends has been
discontinued. This
move was implemented
on Nov. 3 due to the
lack of use of the
food service facili
ties on weekends.
Provisions have been
made to furnish a car
twice daily on Satur
day and Sunday to
transport students
without transportation
to a local restaurant
within a tv;o-mile ra
dius. A car leaves
Vance Hall at noon and
at 5:30 p.m. and re
turns for the students
at 1:30 and at 6:30
p.m. .
According to a mem
ber of the security
staff, only three stu
dents took advantaae
of the free transpor
tation last v;eekend.
According to Mrs.
Alice Wutschel, as
sociate dean of stu
dents , the shuting
down of the food ser
vice program, on week
ends was prompted bv
a lack of usage by
dormitory students.
It is reported that on
the weekend prior to
the discontinuation
of the food service
proararfi on weekends
that only $26
v7orth of business was
done.
Mrs. V’utschel cites
the non-mandatory food
service svstem and
the usage of refri
gerators by dorm stu
dents in their rooms
as possible reasons
for the low student
usage of the food
service program.
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