13he Bitserutmer
November 3,1977
U.N.C-Asheville, 28804
Volume XIII, Number 10
Jules Bergman
Jules Bergman, science editor
for ABC-TV, was recently at
UNC-A to address tfie Asheville
public and to hold a science semi
nar which covered various topics.
Mr. Bergman’s documentary work
encompasses all the latest deve
lopments in science, health, tech
nology, and industry. His film
documentaries for ABC have cov
ered computers, health problems,
cities, oil, sports, injuries, auto
mobiles, the SST, earthquakes, and
US aims and security.
On Friday evening, October
28, Mr. Bergman addressed the
Asheville public in the Carmichael
Humanities Lecture Hall on the
topic of “2000 AD: The Way It
Will Be.” Stating that the year
“2000 can be either interrogative,
declarative, presumptious, or in
sane,” he added that in order to
reach 2000 AD “We need a new
kind of humanistic technology.”
Mr. Bergman speculated diat
by the year 2000,we wiU have put
the genetic code to work, thus
eliminating many congenital birth
defects, and that preventive work
will have begun, minimizing heart
attacks and cancer. He further ob
served that the average life span will
be eighty-five to ninty years, hence
allowing the possibUity of one re
turning to school at the age of forty
Senate Meeting
Committee
Appointments
to prepare for a second career.
In the area of science, Bergman
cited solar energy as being our
saviour, but added diat it would
have to be more efficient and less
expensive before it really becomes
competitive. On the subject of
nuclear warfare, Bergman said that
“we should give nuclear weapons
to all countries, and then nuclear
warfare could be ended because
no one would use them except
some radical like Idi Amin and he
should be assassinated.” He also
predicted the use of laser weapons,
but said it would be quite a while
before they would become prac
tical.
As we reach the year 2000 AD,
Bergman felt that the central
point ^ould be that “man must
prevail, if we lose track of that,
then we lose everything else.”
He further asserted that “we too
often avoid using our best‘brains
and instruments,” and that ‘^tech-
nology is neutral; it is man diat
controls it.” Additionally, Berg
man touched on such topics as the
Vietnam War, aviation, energy, the
possibility of Hydrogen being a
power source, genetics, and medi
cal and scientific advancements.
Referring to his job, Bei^an said
at time it was “baloney, sickening,
and a pain.”
-Allison Phillips
The UNC-A Student Senate
met Tuesday, November 1 at
3:30 in the Student Government
Office in Lipinsky Student Cen
ter. Senators present were: Par
ham, Skeele, Reed, Reynolds, Kent,
Brown, Finley, Williams, Putnam,
Keesler, Harvey, Smith, Neuschafer,
Saunders. Senator Penland enter
ed at 3:35. Roll was called and last
week’s minutes were read and ap
proved. Others present were Bran
ham, Bigelow, Crowley, Greeson,
Parker, Eller, and Stuart.
Our two new senators, Steve
Finley, Junior Senator and Kay
Reynolds, Doim Senator, were re
cognized and welcomed to the
senate. Dale Saunders, expressing
the views of the BSA, said tiiat the
BSA funds for Ruth Jones would
be donated independendy of the
Hardship Relief Fund >^ich was
set up in the Oct. 25 meeting.
Bill No. 18 was introduced to
be voted on at the next regular
meeting. Bill No. 18 reads as
follows: I hereby appoint the fol
lowing people to die Committee
on Recreation and Intramurals:
Donna Brown, John Clarke, Gary
Stone, Liz Harris, Bill Adams.
President Branham stated that this
bfll replaces a former commit
tee called Recreational Facilities
Committee.
The senate then moved on to
the introduction of Bill No. 19.
Bill No. 19 states: As an Execu
tive Appointment, I hereby appoint
Leonard Crowley to the l^bli-
cations Board. There was a short
discussion with Mr. Crowley on
his qualifications for the Publi
cations Board. Senator Kent made
the motion, seconded by Par
ham, to suspend the rules and vote
on Bill No. 19. The motion passed
unanimously. With no ftirther
discussion brougjit up, Mr. Crowley
was asked to leave the room and
a vote was called. Bill No. 19
was passed with Senators Williams,
Putnam, and Penland abstaining,
and Senator Smith voting nay.
After a short discussion on the
promotion of tfie upcoming con
cert, Senator Keesler made the
motion, seconded by Reed, to ad
journ. The motion passed unani
mously since everyone was al
ready out of the door.
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EDITORL\LS
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COMMISSION
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REVIEWS
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CAMOUFLAGE
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CLASSIFIED ADS
Theatre UNC-Asheville will
^pen the 1977 Forum Theatre
series with John Millington Synge’s
“In the Shadow of the Glen” on
November 3 at 4:00 p.m. in the
Carol Belk Theatre.
The play, an Irish Folk Come
dy, is directed by H. Byron Ballard.
It centers on a man’s attempt to
catch his faithless vvife by playing
dead. The cast include Valerie
Stewart, Max Reagon, Fred Jones,
and Michael Hyatt.
Ibesday, November 8, Forum
Theatre presents “All Saint’s Day”
by Marian Winters an off-Broad-
Photo by Gene Jones
way playwright. Directed by
Julie Guemple, this tragic drama
involves the lives of two vagabonds
who are ovvTtaken by an omin
ous presence on Halloween, the eve
of All Saint’s Day. Fred Jones and
Tom Lee are in the cast.
Forum Theatre is a series of
student directed one act plays.
Refreshments will be served in
the theatre lobby at 3:30 p.m.
Each performance will be at 4:00
p.m. The audience is asked to stay
after the show for discussion with
the director and cast.
Rape
Series Begins
^ Melissa Winfrey
This article is to be the first in
a series of articles concerning the
subject of sexual assault (RAPE).
Due to class conflicts many stu
dents were unable to attend the
seminar held in September. There
fore, we are trying to give them an
opportunity to acquire the know
ledge missed dirough print.
“It is the fantasies of rape, or
perhaps we should say the myths,
that have formed our ideas of rape
because they are all we hear about
it.”
Medea & Thompson. Against
Rape
Myth No. I: Rape is an impul
sive act of passion.
FACT: 71% of all rapes are plan
ned. The place arranged, entice
ment was used, or the victim was
deliberately sou^t and a plan made
to coerce her into sexual relations.
Myth No. 2: Women cry “RAPE”
as a form of revenge against former
male friends.
FACT: Of adult victims (over 18)
the vast majority were raped by
strangers. Children who are raped
are more likely to know their as
sailant. Unfounded rapes make up
.4% of complaints.
Myth No. 3: Only women who
dress provocatively and are in
places where they should not be
are raped. In other words, women
who are raped are asking for it in
one way or the other.
FACT: Women of all ages, races,
and economic backgrounds get
raped. Only 16% are explosive
acts. Rape is a crime of violence.
Myth No. 4: If you are going to be
raped you might as well relax and
enjoy it.
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