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Serving the students of the University of Nonh Carolina Asheville since 1982
VII, Number 4
Thursday, Sept. 19, 1985
Bookstore nets $27,800
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WE'RE
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Seidel,
FEELING PRETTY
Denise Patton,
Kathy Gardner,
Photo by Jonna McGrath
Geoff Cantrell, and Keith Hege
party at the MOD 500 Fall Fest
at Fat Cat's IXiesday night.
Board reviewing'x’ grade policy
ScottLuckadoo
A UNCA student who fails to
ttend class without dropping
the final withdrawal date
®oon may not receive an academic
(failing) for the course.
^ The UNCA Academic Policies
oard is currently reviewing a
®licy change in which the stu
dent will receive an "X" grade
instead of a failing mark, ac
cording to Dr. Alan Combs.
Combs, associate professor of
psychology, serves as chairman
of the Academic Policies Board.
The »X' will simply show that
a person has withdrawn from the
course without (the professor)
continued onpg. 3
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^eep bursts into flames
By Scott Luckadoo
The UNCA bookstore reported a
net profit from operations of
$46,745 during the past fiscal
year, according to William Pott,
vice chancellor of finance.
This figure was incorrect,
however, and was adjusted to
$27,800 by Pott.
There was a bookkeeping error
of $18,945 In the '83-'84 year
which was added to the ’84-’85
year," Pott said Wednesday.
Last year’s gross income of
the bookstore was $517,000,
according to Pott. The *book-
store’s net profit rate for the
year was 5 percent,
Pott said the bookstore mana
ger (Joyce Williamson) sets
bookstore prices with his con
sultation. These prices follow
the publisher’s suggested list
price.
The bookstore sales produce a
gross profit between 20 and 25
percent.
Book sales, however, consti
tute only 65 percent of the
bookstore sales. Other items
such as school supplies and
gifts make up the remaining 35
percent of sales.
So where does that $27,600
profit from the bookstore go?
In the past, profit from the
bookstore has gone toward stu
dent scholarships," Pott stated.
He noted that no scholarships
were offered from bookstore pro
fits during the past two school
years.
Pott cited low cash flow and
the savings of funds to build up
the bookstore inventory as two
reasons that the scholarships
were discontinued.
*’We hope to offer these scho
larships again in the fall of
’87," Pott said.
These scholarships are for
students with high academic
achievements such as superior
Scholastic Aptitude Test scores.
They are not offered for student
employment in the campus book
store, according to Pott.
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intn Jeep Cherokee sparked
! Tuesday afternoon
bmi-i Phillips Administration
Uding.
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tet Amy Hyatt, a sec-
Admissions office
..owner of the Jeep.
b 1 thought it was going to
people
ding around. I’m thankful no
^ got hurt," she said.
' backed out of
parking space when she no-
‘ the flames.
When I backed up, I saw fire;
toy. In the rearview mlr-
she said.
threw it
and got out," said
"I'd started toward the
administration building when
some guy passed rae and got the
fire extinguisher. Then some
other people brought some more
tire extinguishers.
"They weren't able to get the
hood latch open, but by spraying
through the grille and under the
engine, they managed to salvage
the engine," she said.
Asheville firefighter Cornell
Burts attributed the fire at the
time to "a short in the wiring."
but Hyatt later said "a bad fuel
pump started spraying some gaso
line all over the place."
Once they start burning there
s nothing much you can do,"
said Burts, as Hyatt discovered
firsthand TXiesday.
Cheryl North, a student at
continued on pg. 10
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JEEP FIRE: An Asheville fire
fighter prepares to wrap up the
equipment -niesday afternoon
Photo by Jonna McGrath
after extiqgulshing a bla*e
caused by a faulty fuel punp.