Wednesday, Decembers, 1984/THE BLUE BANNER/3
Ice hockey:
Migrating south
By Donna Obrecht
Ice Hockey is tradi
tionally a northern
sport. But it ’ s a sport
that's migrating south
this winter.
UNGA. students will get
a chance to see North
Carolina’s Pinebridge
Bucks play . ice hockey on
student night, Dec. 8 in
Spruce Pine, N.C.
Robert Bailey, owner of
Buck Stoves, started the
Pinebridge Bucks two
years ago.
Mike Tompkins and Scott
Robins, two rookies from
the Bucks, came to campus
last Wednesday to promote
this game.
Ton^kins, who is from
northern Illinois, said
' "not one person on our
team is from North
Carolina." , Both Tonkins
and Robins think the
Bucks are the southern
most professional team
existing.
They think the reason
for this is the lack of
opportunity for Southern
children, including North
Carolina youngsters, to
leam ice skating.
"I started playing ice
hockey when I was five,"
said Tompkins. And
Robins, who is from
Detroit, began playing
when he was four in a
bacl^ard rink his father
built.
The Pinebridge Cotiplex,
where the team is based,
may change all this how
ever, as it also contains
facilities for public ice
skating.
The Bucks will play the
Salem, Vir. team at the
Pinebridge Coinplex on
student night. Both teams
Atlantic Coast
are part of the
Hockey League.
Robins and Ton?)kins hope playing with the
Bucks will be a stepping stone to playing
in other leagues. UNCA's Student Government
Association is promoting the event and will
be providing transportation. Tickets are a-
vailable at the SGA office—$3 for 18 and
under; $5 for over 18.
Besides the game, there will be: a tail
gate party; an ice skating demonstration by
gold medal winner Janice Moran; door prizes
and free skating after the game (skate ren
tals are $1.25).
Melissa Beavers, a SGA freshman senator,
said, "I believe we will have a large turn
out," though few people, have expressed in
terest so far.
Beavers said ads have been placed in the
Asheville Citizen and on radio stations.
Students from 18 wes-
1 *
tem North Carolina ^ \
schools, elementary to .
university level, are
expected to attend. Par- • ^
ticipating schools will
conpete for prizes based
on school spirit.
Earn while learning at home and abroad
By Anna Wilson
UNGA students interested
in expanding their hori
zons , expressing their
talents, excelling in
their field and earning
money have a number of
opportunities to do so.
The following are a few
examples of these op^^r-
tunities.
Would you like to work
in Scandinavia summer/fall
of 1985? The American-
Scandinavian Foundation is
seeking qualified students
for is training program in
the five Scandinavian
countries: Denmark, Fin
land, Iceland, Norway and
Sweden.
The Foundation offers
more than 100 positions
for students majoring in
agriculture, business,
chemistry, computer sci
ence, engineering, food
technology, forestry, geo
thermal science, horticul
ture, or physics.
Student trainees work
with Scandinavian firms
for two months or longer,
May though December 1985,
to gain practical work
Pranksters on a roll at UNCA
By Debbie Weeks
Early canpus comers who
were not quite awake Fri
day morning surely must
have blinked a few times
at the sights on the Quad.
Was it this year*s first
snow or misguided leaflets
dropped from an airplane?
After focusing, one
could tell that it was
none of the above, but in-
Staff photo by Penny Kramp
THIS ISI*T EXACTLY vhat students bad In ■rfTMl for a
white Christaas!
stead that old familiar
bathroom buddy—toilet
paper.
In fact, some Village
dormitory dwellers may
have found themselves in a
very unccanfortable posi
tion due to their loss of
one of life’s little
necessities.
In addition, one special
tree sparkled with the
pastels of several items
of ladies ’ intimate ap
parel.
Who were those vandals;
those desecrating hood
lums; those disrespectful
thieves; those students?
Rumors flew as the day
passed and more and more
people viewed the "decor
ations." ,
Of course, no one con
fessed. That would be high
treason. Fellow students
could only appreciate the
need for "recreation" be
fore the day(s) of reckon
ing.
A popular philosophy a-
mong students is the more
stress and pressure a per
son is experiencing, the
more need there is for re
laxation and fun.
Surely no one really
needs to be reminded that
term papers are due, fi
nals are around the cor
ner, and there is more to
do in the next two weeks
than there was all semes
ter.
Is it any wonder that
evidence of tension is not
only thick in the air, but
£ilso hanging from the
trees?
experience while living in
a Scandinavian community.
The trainee receives
sufficient income to meet
living expenses during
training. English is suf
ficient; no foreign lan
guage requirement needed.
An applicant should be;
a full-time student major
ing in the field in which
training is sought, with a
minimum grade point aver
age of 2.5 or G+ in major;
at least a junior by sum
mer 1985 with some previ
ous, related work experi
ence; able to meet round-
trip airfare; and a US
citizen or permanent resi
dent.
Deadline for applica
tion: Dec. 15, 1984. Ap
plication fee: $35 at time
of application. For more
information and applica-
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