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2/The Blue Banner/Thursday, Sept. 19, 1985 Cheers and jeers Cheers: To President Friday and the UNC General Assembly for helping snag $25.9 million for major UNCA improvements including renovating Lipinsky Auditorium, building a baseball field and expanding Rhoades Science Building. Jeers: To the book store for making a $27,800 profit in book sales last year. A school store should not be making a profit at students' expense. In the past book store profits have gone toward student scholarships, but the univeristy has discontinued this practice. With the high price of tuition and day-to-day living expenses, students cannot continue to pay the out rageous book prices, especially for the benefit of the university. Qieers: To soccer players Steve Magoon and Mark Magee for making all-toumament team at the Metro politan Shoot-out. Magoon kicked a goal with two seconds left to claim a Bulldog win against UT-Chatannooga, 3-2. Cheers: To student Margaret Powell for her long battle with cancer. Powell has persevered through years of pain and medical bills, attending college and even earning a place on the honors roll. We're pulling for you Margaret! Jeers: To the university and the housing office for crowding Village dormitories to capacity. Not only are the majority of comer rooms doubled, but the hallways are now walled in to squeeze in an additional person. Although the university purchased $40,000 of new furniture, it does not compensate for the cramped conditions. Cheers: To Student Government Association for sponoring the Red Cross Blood Drive on Sept. 24. In the hectic world of university life, it's easy to forget about those less fortunate than ourselves. Taking times out to give blood is one small way we can show our appreciation for life. Jeers: To all those people who proposed the new "X” grade for students who do not attend class. The new grade would replace the administrative ”F." This obvious ploy to keep students at UNCA is more of an insult to the student body than anything else. Come on — by the time students are 18 years old, they have a pretty good idea v^ether or not they are attending class and what consequences will result if they do not. The Blue Banner thinks it is time administration realized they are dealing with adults, not a bunch of children who need to be led by the hand through their duties. , TJjQll 5 Editor Penny Krjmp ^News...,.,; Editor David Proffitt •Sports Editor loanSterk ^ Features Editor Anne May Entertainment Editor Anna Wilson Photography Editor... Jonna McGrath 'Circulation Manager Debbie Bucknet Advertising Manager Karen Noffsinger Busir^ess Manager jolfne Mt>odv Advisor Greg Lisby tPatCabe Celeste Cox Melanie Floyd STAFF Don Hardin Scott Luc:l^a€ioo Jennifer Fleglar Mike Norris Michele Samuel Tiffany Thum Juiie Tilka ‘ BANNER is the Universily of Norfh Carolina at Ashewille jtudent newspaper. We eoch Thursday «xeept luring summer sessiisn*, firrtili week, pnd holikiy breoks. Office: Cormkhaet HumQmtiei8Jilding,mA. Phone= (704) 258-6586 or 258^91. mimn repfweni only »iew» of their o basis of Mterest. space. other rekrt»on*iptoUNCA. Please indwieo Ai BANNER tegret* it omot ^wrontee the return of College Press Service We tftRfe! to Sfta «IY BUCKS Parking ticket blues Bv Anna Wilson I*ll give them all a ti give them all a ticket. Now I wouldn't be so mad if deserved that warning. But hey, just trying to squeeze in where I By Anna Wilson O.K. *Fess up. Who has gotten one of those stupid little traffic warnings or worse, a ticket from campus police? I got a warning ticket two weeks ago. Not for parking in handicapped. Not for parking in front of a fire hydrant. And not even for taking a faculty space. Get this...I received a ticket for taking more than one space. Granted in this day of inadequate parking, taking an extra space is a crime. But it just so happens when I pulled in, there was hardly room for me to get out. Down the row on either side of me white tickets fluttered obnoxiously. I guess "traffic control" couldn’t decide who started parking wrong in the first place and said "Oh, what the heck, uk raciiitles did. A call for freshman advising Ru WoQt Tiirlfor I ha' I cotil' so I wouldn't have to park down on Weaver. I tell you what, if I ever get a ticket for this same thing, you can your bottom dollar I'll take it to tl’’. appeals court. Grantied parking in handicapped wrong and a ticket should be given. , same goes for parking in front of a hydrant. Ditto for taking a facu^^ space. But please spare us these lit*^^' notes. We didn’t create the parl^*^ problem. Administration did for the university population to grow bef^^ the facilities did. By West Tucker A bizarre and unfair set of circum stances confronts each incoming fresh man. The first year students are not issued an advisor; they are issued an advisor nuaber. This is an important distinc tion, because many of the teachers don't know their own number and certainly none of the freshman know which number goes to which advisor. This presents the next set of problems. First of all, none of the students are instructed as to who to call to deter mine his advisor. Secondly, if he is fortunate enough to run into a person who knows where to get that information, you are likely to encounter further problems. For example, I ran into two profes sors. They told me to get my schedule and call the Academic Testing and Ad vising Office, where there they would match my number to my advisor’s name. The advising office told me that my number wasn’t available and she couldn’t help. What does this mean? It means that my advisor, Mr. 1110, hadn’t registered in the computer list- iiig. After that rebuff, I asked for ^ friend’s advisor name (I had no number*) "Her advisor is Dr. Rackham," came prompt reply. Just for fun, I asked Rackham*s number was. "His number is 1110," she said. Are you beginning to understand I confusion?. Clearly something did f compute in that office. So why all the fuss? Well, all dents are granted one week to drop/a^J^ V courses. This is a reasonable amount time if the student can receive guidanc^ during that week. , k To drop or add a course, you need advisor's signature. Not having a as to whose signature to get is no stumbling block. Ml These are the obvious problems cre^t^^* by this confusion. But what of the concrete troubles this can cause? students come to UNCA for its small^^ V. size and more personal approach, other words, to avoid,being lost in , shuffle. Would you believe several freshi®^J weren’t aware of the entire concept? the freshman, the small school can rapidly with a few similar incidents. \
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