Former midwife speaks out for home births
By Oonna Obrecht
Being a
is illegal
Carolina,
bmith is
studying
lay midwife
in North
so Terry
at UiMCA
psychology
Staff Photo by Sylvia Hawkins
iiome Births: becoining
less ol ail option.
with the hopes of some
day doing research in
the psychology of
childbirth.
Smith had been a iiome
iDirth attendant off and
on for the past ten
years. She became in
terested in midwifery
in the early seventies
when a friena planning
a liome birth asked her
to be there along with
two other women who had
some knowledge of
deliveries.
At the time, mid
wifery in the United
States was almost a
lost art. As more
people became
interested, Smith got
together with several
women to form a support
group of mid wives.
At first the group
had only books and the
experience gained as
each new baby was born.
Later they attended
seminars and learned
from sympathetic doc
tors.
Smith speaks of the
magic of women reali
zing their full poten
tial through natural
chilabirtn. ^Vith equal
but opposite emotion,
she tells of the fru
stration of having that
experience taKen out of
the mother's hands in
the hospital.
Smith has personally
gone through both ends
of this spectrum in
having her own five
children.
"i'r eg nancy is not an
illness, and birth is
not a surgical proce
dure," Smith pointed
out, "so why shouldn't
the birthing couple re
main in control?"
She also believes
"it is within the reach
of the average couple
to acquire the
knowledge they need to
make informed decisions
about normal child
birth."
In a hospital the
control is taken over
by the doctor.
For example, doctors
may "allow" a mother to
hold her baby, or get
up and walk around, but
in a home delivery the
parents call the shots
and the attendants are
just there to help and
advise.
Having babies at home
revived in popularity
partly because hospi
tals aid not allow hus
bands in the delivery
room and the newborn
infant was taken away
tor long periods of
time.
I’his procedure delay
ed tiie emotional bond
ing between the parents
and the child, ana the
emotional support be
tween the parents. In
the last few years,
many hospitals have
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Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Volume V, Number II
Formerly KALEIDOSCOPE
Wednesday. September 12, 1984
former PSA officer charged
Hinebaugh pleads guilty
to bad check rap
By Penny Kramp
News £ditor
Lee iiinebaugh, lormer
vice president of the
UivUA Political Science
Association, has plead"
ed guilty to two counts
of passing wortiiless
checks, according to
court records.
In May iiinebaugh,
using his own money, o-
pened a checking ac
count in the name of
the PSA with First Com
mercial Bank of Ashe”
ville.
Ur. Bob Farzanegan,
PSA faculty advisor,
stated "that iiinebaugh
did not have his or
anyone else*s authority
to open an off campus
checking account in tiie
name of UNCA Political
Science Association, nor
did he have the author
ity to charge items in
that name."
Police records state
iiinebaugh wrote approx
imately 24 worthless
checks on the PSA ac
count totalling
iDll4y.bl.
Ihe checks were to
various area merchants,
including The Flower
House, Hose's Depart
ment Store, Citizen's
iiome Center, and Sip n'
uip.
According to bank re
cords, a person named
Flu Thursbury signed
one of the checks. Lir.
iiric lovacchini, vice
chancellor for UinICA
student affairs, saia
Flu Thursbury is un
known to anyone on
campus.
As of now only one
merchant has filed a
complaint against iiine
baugh, according to
police records.
liinebaugii appeared in
court on Aug. 3U, where
he pleaded guilty to
both charges of passing
bad checks to Sip n'
Dip. The court ordered
Iiinebaugh to pay the
stor e ip4 b. b y r estit u-
tion according to court
records.
According to court
records, iiinebaugh was
on probation for 24
previous counts of
wortiiless ciieck writing
in 1953.
lie submitted a guilty
plea to all charges and
was given a one year
suspended sentence on
uec. 2, 19^3. The court
ordered iiinebaugh to
pay ip36bb.3U in court
fees and restitution at
that time.
Farzanegan said the
incident "has devastat
ed PSA. Wefre just try-
Continued on page 8
Lee Hinebaugh •Pan. wa. .fr
SGA nominations due Friday
Staff Photo by Sylvia Hawkins
SGA President: i\en
Cagle.
By Deborah W. Meeks
"Student Government
can make the difference
in students' educa
tion," saia UisiCA Chan
cellor, i)r. David Brown
while in attendance at
the first Student Gov
ernment Association
meeting held on Sep
tember 4.
Brown added, "that
the SGA's influence on
the environment can de
termine how long stu
dents stay around, how
hard they study and to
what extent they enjoy
college life."
Following Brown's
speech, the SGA began
the organization of
activities and up-com
ing events for the fall
semester at Ui^CA.
A special election
and voter registration
will be lield September
25 and 2b, following a
week long campaign per
iod.
Fleeted positions
needed in the SGA in
clude tfiree freshmen
Senators, and one Dorm
Senator. Other appoint
ed positions available
are an election commis
sioner, executive sec
retary and three fresh
men Judicial Justices.
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