Cagle appoints new officers lairing the past two weeks tsD student gpvemment senators resigned, and stodent govemnent declared Fonner Vice President Doug Miller Ineligible to retain his office. To fill these vacancies, SGA President Ken Cagle appointed tiiree new officers last week. They are (LH8.) Glndy Rogers, vice-president pro tespore; Kathy Gardner, junior senator; and Pat Cabe, vice president. Welcoadng tlie vem officers Is President Cagle. Staff photo by Phil Ross I Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982 Volume V, Number XI Wednesday, November 21,1984 Strangers battle students Brawl bloodies Highrise By Penny Kramp A Student brawl stained the Highrise lobby with blood Stmday morning. Five Asheville police squad cars dispersed a fight between a crowd of UNCA students and scxne unidentifed off-can^us men about 1:30 a.m. The fight broke out af ter an after-game social in the student center. "Some UNCA guys were walking back from the dance and 10 to 15 guys jumped them," said Melinda Graves, senior resident hall assistant. Byron Samuels was one of the students who helped break up the disturbance. Samuels said the first altercation began around midnight when one of the off-can^is Intruders shov ed a girl, which upset some members of the Mud 500 club. That scuffle was broken up by students and "every thing appeared to cool down," according to Samuels. "Then about 1 a.m. I saw a rush of people running to the Highrise. It was a free-for-all," Samuels said. No arrests were made, according to Sgt. Richard Greene of the Asheville Police Department. "When the officers ar rived the fight was over. The officers told the stu dents to disperse. No ar rests were made because it was in^osslble to tell who was at fault," said Greene. Samuels said the actual fight lasted about 20 min utes, but Graves said it took at least an hour to calm things down. Several UNCA students received minor injuries, mostly in the way of "bus ted" noses and bruised knuckles. One student, Calvin "Cam" Mallotte, needed four stitches for an in jury to his lip. Another female student began hy perventilating . Students were not the only ones who were roughed up. A Domino Pizza deliv^ ery person had a pizza snatched as she atten^>ted to deliver it to the High- rise. Delivery person Stella Parker said, "I didn't realize anything was wrong until I got out of the delivery truck. S«ie guy came ' running up and slam-dunked the pizza on the ground. I ran after him and he began yelling at the other guys to get the pizza. Then they began yelling, 'Get the girl' so I locked myself in the truck." Parker said the thief Clot only stole the pizza but also a $50 insulated case for the pizza- Continued on page 8 S Staff Photo by Sylvia Hawkins THE UNBBAXEN BOUDOGS* J^f Jones (24) and lyrani Sw uels (40) try to stiqp the Perfwmkei attack on Moadaj, SGA passes new alcohol resolutions By Phil Ross person Doug Griffin draft ed four bills that deal In response to wide- yagyg "unenforce- spread criticiaii of the new alcohol policy on cam pus, the SGA passed a ser ies of resolutions de signed to modify the existing policy at the SGA Senate meeting Nov. 15, Rules committee chair- able" sections of the new alcohol polity. According to Griffin, the a(nuxnistrati(»i passed the new rules during the summer, a period of limit ed student r^resentation. Neal Rhoades, SGA Attor ney General, said that when the administration formulated the new alcohol policy, they invited stu dent input but largely ig nored the students' conr cems. "There was a lot of pressure for a new policy. The input was appreciated "The more the adminl- but I don't know how ef- stratlon allows In terms fectlve it was," said of alcohol consuii5)tion on Rhoades. campus," Ray said. "The Keith Ray, director of more liable the university stnident development, said is in terms of students fear played a large part violating statutes rela in the administration's ting to alcohol consump- decislon to change the tion." policy. Ray added that the uni- Continued on page 8

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