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Vol. VII, Numbers
Serving the studena of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
» Campus police have no leads
Thursday, Sept. 12, 1985
Stereo thefts investigated
By Jennifer Heglar
UNCA’s Department of Security
^ Services is investigating
seven thefts or attempted thefts
ot stereos from students’ vehi
cles in campus parking lots from
Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, said chief
of security Charles Carreno.
Six Highrise residents and one
Village resident reported the
incidents throughout the four
days.
investigating
AshevlUe S/Tv
y Police, said
chances of finding the culprits
are "slim to none."
He believes the thefts may
have occurred on Aug. 30, the
night of the first dance at UNGA
this semester.
The large number of cars on
campus provided ample opportuni
ties for such thefts, said Car
reno.
"If I were going to steal
something, that’s when I would
have done it," he said.
However, since students re
turned to their cars at diffe
rent times throughout the week
Carreno said there is no way of
determining the exact times the
stereos were stolen.
According to one victim, Wayne
Peacock, who had parked his ’ ^ ^
Volkswagen van In the Highrise -
parking lot, he discovered his .• • ••'
cassette deck missing about 8
p.m. Sept. 2.
"They punched out the latch on
one of the vent windows," he
said.
Peacock added that, when he
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contii
Book prices continue to soar
% Mike Norris
returning to UNCA
s all found the usual array
. awaiting them:
g registration lines, closed
asses, and parking hassles.
pricer® P>^oblen,s, book
P ces rank near the top of
veryone’s frustration list.
u. they’re ridiculously
nigh, said sophomore student
aenn Suhy. "The book companies
toow we have to have books, and.
believe me, they charge us for
them."
Other students merely accept
the book prices as another ex
pected expense of acquiring a
college degree'.
wha? but
wnat do you expect?" askpH
senior Beth Anderson.
I mean, nobody’s going to
give you any books."
said'^^%1’^'^^^"’ ® sophomore,
said, I m sure there must be
them.
But then again, there are a lot
continued on page 12
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Photo by Jonna McGrath
WAITING FOR A FRIEND: A stu
dent's best pal waits patiently
for his naster outside a class-
tooni ifednesday aft~«>ipnry)fi,
nrk r room Ifednesda
p4U^000 furniture purchase
Dorms get look
BvPatCflhp
FURNITURE:
^»rth
Billy Joel
of the $40,000
furniture purchased
Photo by Jonna McGrath
this seaester for use In
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By PatCabe
„ Appjoxl^tely $40,000 worth of
new furniture helps to compen
sate for crowded conditions tWs
semester in s»^ rooms of Si
Governor's Village dormltoriesr
Due to an increased demand for
nL'Tf'^ housing, two people
Ive in a space previously
occupied by only one person.
Despite cramped space In the
approximately 37 comer dorml^
Director Pete Vtllllams said,
A few students have complained,
but overall we've had very
^orable reactions to the new
tumiture so far."
Gwen Zimmerman, a freshman
Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, lives in a doubled
1“ Gardner dorm.
The lack of space isn't a
problem for me," she said, “but
that s because I get along great
With my rocBunate.
"Hie rooms are small," Zlmner-
nian added.
The new furniture was a shock
tecause the first tiine I came up
furniture was
old and dirty."
According to Ittlllams, doubled
^^r rooms received “two ward
robes, bunk beds, two desks and
continued on pg. 4