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Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Vol. VII, Number 13
Thursday, Dec. 5, 1985
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Photo by Phil Ross
OF APPROACHING WINim: and jackets quickly replaced
Students David Carter and shorts and T-shirts around
^enny Bracanovich sport campus as the season's first
®carves and gloves on their cold weather breezed into
intb the Highsmith Uni- western North Carolina.
^®rsity Center. Long pants
Groundbreaking held
for new residence hall
By Jennifer Heglar
UNCA held the groundbreak
ing ceremony Nov. 21 for the
new $4.38 million residence
hall that will be constructed
next to the Highsmith Center.
The hall is part of major
expansions scheduled at UNCA,
North Carolina National Bank
will finance the project dur
ing the two-year construction
period, after which bonds
will be sold to pay off the
bank loan. Student fees and
dormitory rentals will gene
rate revenues needed to pay
off the bonds over a 30-year
period.
Expected to raise UNCA’s
campus population to 800 stu
dents, the 300-bed, carpeted,
air-conditioned facility is
scheduled to open in fall,
1987, said Dr. Eric lovachin-
ni, vice chancellor for stu
dent affairs.
The hall, designed by the
Asheville architectural firm
Padgett and Freeman, will
fill the two acres beside the
Highsmith Center. The gene
ral contractor will be Bun
combe Construction Co.
The building will serve as
a conference and convention
facility in the summer.
"We think this will be an
extremely popular building
with students because its
design is similar to one of
UNC-Charlotte's most popular
dormitories," lovachinni
said.
The residence hall will be
continued on pg. 5
Health Promotions assists
YMI in designing health plan
By Scott Luckadoo
UNCAPS Health Promotion
Program has begun a proposed
merger between the Young
Men’s Institute (YMI) and the
new Minority Health Program.
The new program, establish
ed by an advisory committee
set up to design a black
health plan, will be headed
by Asheville native B. J.
Bryson.
Bryson, 26, holds a masters
degree in social work from
the University of Georgia.
According to Bryson, the
advisory committee, chaired
by UNCA's Health Promotions
Program Coordinator Dr.
"Buck" Buckalew, chose her
from 45 applicants this
summer.
The $87,000 project will be
funded through a grant from
the Z. Smith Reynolds Founda
tion.
"The funds for the project
are administered through the
UNCA Health Promotions Pro
gram," Bryson said.
However, Bryson noted that
the university itself had
little to do with the pro
gram.
"There is no real connec
tion between the university
and the program, but we do
get support from the UNCA
Health Promotions staff,"
Bryson said.
The Minority Health Program
has already located its of
fice in the YMI Cultural
Center at 39 S. Market St.
"We plan to develop a
partnership with YMI. Then
continued on pg. 5
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