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Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Hot STUFF: UNCA instnidicr
IXan Mfflspaugh poors mctten
(Photo by Casey Baluss)
lead into a mold to make a
sculpture in the Owen
building.
Board to decide
Thurman’s status
The University of North
Carolina Board of Governors
^ust decide if UNCA Classics
Professor William Thurman
J^ill lose his job after fi
lling his candidacy for the
general Assemby in the 51st
“ouse District race.
Thurman, one of four Re
publicans seeking office in a
four-seat race, filed for the
^ampaign just minutes before
the Feb. 1 deadline.
He said he pledged to UNCA
officials that he would not
let politics interfere with
his duties.
He also said he didn't re
ceive information on the uni
versity policy for employees
seeking public office until
Jan. 31.
The UNC Board of Governors
will meet Friday to make
their decision.
Dick Robinson, assistant to
UNC President Bill Friday,
continued on pg. 5
Weekend Weather
The UNCA Atmospheric Science department provides this
information to the campus community each week in the Blue
Banner.
Thursday:' Mostly sunny. High in the upper 30s.
Friday: Increasing clouds and warmer. High in the
mid-40s and low in the low 40s.
Saturday: Showers early with clearing skies in the
afternoon. High in the low 50s and low in the
mid-30s.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High in the mid-50s and low in
the upper 20s.
Chinese Professor
recalls Mao’s reign
By John Coutlakis
A Chinese professor who
lived during former Chairman
Mao Tse-tung’s intense at
tempt to remold Chinese so
ciety is visiting UNCA as
part of a formal exchange
program between the Univer-
sitv of North Carolina and
Nanjing University in China.
Dr. Mao Min Chu is one of
three visiting Chinese pro
fessors. Dr. Niu Junning and
Dr. Fu Yongling are her col
leagues.
The first person Mao met
frc«n UNCA was Dr. John Ste
vens, a chemistry professor
whose Mossbauer Effect Data
Center has attracted inter
national attention. Stevens
was in China to give lectures
on scientific research at
Naniing University.
Mao teaches English and
American literature in China.
She is teaching an introduc
tory course in Chinese cul
ture and language at UNCA.
’’All my Western friends
want to know about the Cul
tural Revolution.” she said.
’’The principle was to get rid
of the rotten ideas and keep
the good ideas.”
Mao emphasized that she is
not an official government
spokesperson and so her opi
nions relate only to her per
sonal experience.
"But at the same time, the
good ideas were thrown away.
At that time, everything was
in chaos,” Mao said. "The
outcome was a catastrophe.
Our people suffered a lot,
especially the intellectu
als."
During that period intel
lectuals were forced to work
on farms, Mao said, "in order
to have their ideology re
molded."
They were also required to
attend meetings where ideolo
gical readings from Chairman
Mao's "little Red Book" were
stressed, and an attempt made
to change their minds about
the policies of the Gang of
Four.
The Gang of Four, headed by
Jiang Qing, assumed some po
wer during the political up
heaval of the Cultural Revo
lution when Chairman Mao be
came increasingly ill.
continued on pg. 5
(Photo by Jonna McGrath)
WX)K OUT KAREBM! This tody
shed her coat and shoes at
the Mars Hill basketball
game Feb. 6-to compete in
the "Apple Tree Honda
Shootout." Contestants
chosen from a drawing had
to make four shots In J5
seconds to win a Honda
Civic: a lay-up. a foul
shot, a shot from the top
of the key and a shot fraife
half court. She made the
layup, but missed the foid
shot. No one won a car tlMit
night.