RUTH HARRISON AND KURT EHRSAM, winners of The Blue Banner Trivia Trap Playoff.
Staff photo by Penny Kramp
Ehrsam wins playoff
History^political science major Kurt Ehrsam, along
with his partner Ruth Harrison, won the SLae Banner
Trivia Trap Playoff in 50 minutes Sunday in the UNCA
Highsmith Center.
Ehrsam, who won the March 7 Trivia Trap, competed
for the $50 prize against Trivia Trap winners Linda
Hoffman and Tracy Thompson along with their partners.
Ehrsam split the prize evenly with Harrison.
The players answered questions from the Genus edi
tion of Trivial Pursuit. "Everybody got the last wedge
in pie at the same time, so it was pretty even," said
Donna Jarrett, circulation and promotions manager for
the Banner,
Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Volume VI, Number XIV
Thursday, May 2,1985
Chancellor
compromises
By Jennifer Heglar
Today marks the end of
housing’s room sign-up for
the 1985 - 86 academic
year and the resolution of
s tuden t-administration
controversy over dorm
changes.
Chancellor David Brown,
who originally proposed
doubling 74 comer Village
rooms to meet university
housing debts, reconsider
ed this decision at the
prodding of UNCA students.
The chancellor, admit
ting the administration
did not at first consult
students "as broadly as we
should have" on the issue,
credited Neal Rhoades,
student government presi
dent, and Pat Cabe, vice-
president. Both worked
with Cindy Lamm, housing
director, on finding a so
lution to the problem.
At an April 17 meeting
with Brown, Rhoades and
Cabe proposed housing crem
ate 28 additional private
rooms by closing in lounge
spaces in six Village
dorms.
Under this plan, the
university will double on
ly 42 comer rooms.
According to Rhoades,
"Out of that meeting, the
fact came up that he
(Brown) had never seen a
Village room."
Therefore, Rhoades and
Cabe invited the chancel
lor to tour the Village
with them.
Rhoades said virtien Brown
saw the Village, his reac
tion was, "Wow...we’ve got
a lot of space here, don't
we?"
""The fact came up
that Brown
had never seen a
Village room.''
Neal Rhoades
Brown agreed upon seeing
the Village, he was more
inclined to agree with
Student Government's plan.
"When I went into the
Village, I had a sense
that it' s a marvelous
place," he said.
"It's not pretty, but it
is really neat. I had not
invisioned that, so that's
a big change in my atti
tude as a result of the
tour."
Rhoades, calling Brown
"facilitating, accomodat
ing and flexible," said
the chancellor was "very,
very nice" about adjusting
his proposal according to
student input.
Cabe echoed this senti
ment , saying the admini
stration worked well with
student government because
the students had re
searched the issue well,
were willing to compro
mise, and proposed "legit
imate alternatives" to
Brown's plan.
"We weren't just pulling
strings out of the air,"
she said.
ROQCMONT ROCKS: Kim Adans and James Davenport laugh it
up at the annual ead-of-the-year smash. (See related
photo spread on page 10.) Staffpho,o by Betsy Phillips
Drugs: "running rampant"
By Penny Kramp
"I could within three
minutes walk out and come
back with a handful of
drugs. Drugs are running
rampant now."
This is how Suzanne Bow
ers, counselor at Appala
chian Hall, describes
Asheville's drug communi
ty.
Bowers, a former drug
addict herself, said Ashe
ville's drug network is
"outstanding. Asheville
has more Narcotics Anonym
mous meetings than any
town this size in the Uni
ted States. There are at
least 10 to 15 meetings
every week."
"Currently cocaine is
really widespread. College
students like it because
continued on page 3
Commencement
still mandatory
By Joan Sterk
The pomp and circum
stance surrounding gradua
tion ceremonies are part
of a ritual some graduates
would rather do without;
but attending the ceremony
is mandatory.
Surprised? Many seniors
were unaware of this fact
before receiving the let
ter from Dr. Tom Cochran,
assistant vice chancellor
of academic affairs, stat
ing that attendence of the
ceremonies is mandatory
unless there was a valid,
approved excuse.
This has always been the
procedure, according to
Dorr. "Part of the experi
ence of going to school is
participating in the cere
mony," Dorr said.
"You can't be exempt
from real world things,"
said Dorr, concerning the
reason for making attend
ance mandatory.
Cochran said, "We want
to encourage students to
participate. It's part of
your whole college experi
ence.**
Cochran said they do not
make any issue out of at
tendance, and will accept
excuses such as conflict
with being out ot town,
health, or religious con
flicts.
Of this year's class of
approximately 220, only
150 will show up for the
ceremony, according to
Cochran. "Most of them
(the absentees) I will
never hear from," Cochran
said.
continued on page 4