Fourth Trivia Trap' winner announced
. This week's Blue Boiiner Trivia Trap winner is Hteroture major Tracy Thompson^ The questions were: Give the
chemicol name for aspirin, (Acfetysalicylic acid or C9H8O4) Who wrote the |>oem "'Passage to India"? (Walt Whitman)
What do George Armstrong Custer, Benedict Arnold, and Jimmy Stewart have in common? (All three held the rank of
!5rigadierGenerol in the U.S. Army.)
To win $5 in this week's Trap, students must bring correct answers to the following questions to Th« Blue Banner
office, Ch 208A, by noon Monday. A drawing will choose between multiple correct entries.
1 * How many times 4o th« hands of a dock (hour hand bitd minute hand) cross each other in
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,2. The average of ten positive inte9ers is ten. Whot i$ the largest possible value for one of the
. 3. The first known ru^rs of the medieval Russton state of Kiev were of what nationality?
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Trac7 Thoopsoo is
the new $5 wliiiier in the
Mae Banner Trivia Trap.
He now is eligible to
cnqpete for $50 in April's
Trivia Trap playoff. Play
off details will appear in
next few weeks in the Ban
ner.
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Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Volume VI, Number VIII
Thursday, March 21,1985
Proposed cuts
could slash aid
By Cothy James
President Reagan’s pro
posed budget cuts for fis
cal 1986 will slash educa
tional financial aid, both
public and private, from
approximately $23 billion
to $15.5 billion, accord
ing to V. Carol3m McEl-
rath, director of UNCA fi
nancial aid,
”1985 is pretty much in
place, but the cuts will
effect the '86-'87 school
year," said McElrath.
The NDSL (Nattional Di
rect Student Loan), SBOG
(Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant), State
Student Grants and Work
Study all have funding for
1985.
According to McElirath,
Reagan's proposal for '86
is to completely wipe out
the money available for
the SEOG.
However, the proposal
also reconnnends that $850
million should fund the
Work Study program com
pletely, or the university
split the funds between
work study and the SEOG
program, added McElrath.
The Guaranteed Student
Loans will become availa
ble for students' families
whose adjusted gross in
come does not exceed
$30,000.
Yet, the Guaranteed Stu
dent Loans will not become
available to families
whose adjusted gross in
comes exceed $32,500, said
McElrath.
"Private colleges are up
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SPRHC SUHBER: Frank Gosta, Beth Anderson (front) and
Ta^ Ifarpfay (back) take advantage of Ifednesday's want
teaperatures.
Staff photo by Sylvia Hawkins
Appeals
board
unused
By Jennifer Heglar
The Academic Appeals
Board, a comnittee de
signed to voice and re
solve student-faculty
grade disputes, has tried
only three cases in the
past two years, according
to Student Government
president and board mem
ber Neal Rhodes.
For this reason, Rhodes
said he would like to see
the ^peals Board men
tioned on every UNCA syl
labus .
"We could pass a reso
lution in the Senate to
recommend that the facul
ty study it (the idea),"
Rhodes said.
"However, there may be
a problem with that if
the faculty doesn't want
to do it," said Rhoades.
Continued on page 3
Check cashing presents problems for students
PEEKS throuigh a tree on the Blue Ridge Paxk-
Staff photo by Sylvia Hawkins
By Joan Sterk
As most students proba
bly know, making purchases
without cold, hard cash is
often not easy.
Many businesses in Ashe
ville are a bit wary of
accepting checks, especial
ly out of state checks.
Some general rules in
cashing checks are:
•If a local check is for
the amount of purchase on
ly, then the chances of it
being accepted are better
than writing it for over
the amount.
• Businesses prefer a va
lid driver's license and
major credit card when
accepting checks.
#If the check is not lo
cal, rejection is proba
ble. Many of the busi
nesses interviewed have a
policy of not accepting
out-of-state checks.
K-Mart, Roses, and Eck-
erd Drugs are three stores
that abide by this policy.
Winn Dixie and Ingle*s
will take out-of-state
checks but only after the
manager makes a few phone
calls to ensure contacting
the person if the check
"bounces."
Eckerd Drqgs on Merrimon
Avenue would not reveal
its check policy. A mana
ger said, "We aren't al
lowed to give out informa
tion about our policy. We
just can’t do it."
He did give the name and
number of the superinten
dent, but was not avail
able for comment.
Eckerd Drugs on Patton
Avenue said they do not
accept two-party checks,
payroll checks, out-of-
state checks, or new ac
count checks with no name,
account number, or the ci
ty printed somewhere on
the check.
This Eckerd store will
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