Serving The Students Of The University of North Carolina at AsheviDe anoe 198^ iVolume 3. Number 9 Thursday, October 20, 19831 'tr "Stm Life With...": UNCA art student Scott Lowery won the $500 first prize for his pastel abstract entry in the Asheville Art Museum's Annual Octo ber Show on Monday. Fifty-three other Western North Carolina artists competed for the honor. Ann Shen- gold , director of the Knight Gallery of Spi rit Square Art Center in Charlotte, judged the 61—work exhibit which remains at the gallery until Nov. 20. The Asheville Art Mu seum in the lower level of the Asheville Civic Center is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sun day from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Photo by Pam Walker Inadequate lighting makes campus frightening By Ramona Huggins The North Carolina Crime Commission esti mates a rape occurs in the state every three hours and nationwide every six minutes. "Last year the Ashe- ville-Buncombe Law Enforcement department said 38 rapes were re ported," said Cassandra Pavone, director of the Rape Crisis Center of Asheville- Pavone is concerned with the lighting on the UNCA campus. "I was a student there until last semester and I felt uncomfortable be cause of the inadequate lighting where I parked." She said she also felt uncomfortable in the wcxxled areas of the campus, especially in the area around the li brary. "I had someone men tion something about presenting a petition to the school board, but I don't know what became of it," said Pavone. Chancellor William Highsmith said, "We can't put lighting up with a petition. We have to havo money. It takes several years for something to pass through the legislative process necessary to get appropriations." "I'd like to know where the problems are and we c:an see what (»n be done about it." Pavone said one per son reported being ap proached recently on campus in a violent manner, but she didn't say whether there was sufficient light in the area or not. Charles J. Carreno, chief of UNCA campus police, explained, "No rapes or muggings have been reported to us, but we have had a fight reported. We've had no thing directly associ ated with the light ing." However, he added, "I hope you get your lights." Pavone said the Asheville City Police Department received reports of six rapes this year. Twenty-two were reported to the Buncombe County Sher iffs Department. Sheriff Tom Morrissey is concerned. He says rape is going up at a rate outstripping other crimes. "We feel that women are becoming more apt to report rapes, so the crime may not be in creasing, just the num ber of reports," Pavone said. "The Rape Crisis Cen ter is a 24-hour ser vice that can be reach ed through a hotline," said Pavone. An answering service takes the name and num ber of the victim. "A counselor then contacts that person," Pavone said. Bditor's Note: The Rape Crisis Center offers information to a rape victim regarding alternatives and op tions and will support a victim in her deci sions. In an emergency, the center provides temporary clothing, food and transportatkHr for a victim. The Rape Crisis Cent er also deals in cases of incest and other sexual offenses.

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