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The
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Thursday, April 17, 1986
VIII, Number 11
Serving the students of the University of North Carolina Asheville since 1982
Gymnastic equipment
hauled to local dump
'^Hashed equipment: Bine
^^nner reporter John Coutla-
stands besides some of
(Photo bv Sarah Gottfried)
the gymnastic equipment the
maintenance departoent hauled
to a local dump.
Study says Red Man is
harder to kick than cigs
--•A ft V«cairl t
Sherry Cathcart
For those who use smokdess
^ohacco and for those who are
thinking of starting, here’s
Something interesting to
^hink about :
A recent study by an Eas
tern Carolina professor says
that one out of every five
^ale collegians dip or chew
tobacco.
And other preliminary data
^^^dicates that kicking the
^abit of smokeless tobacco is
harder than quitting regular
cigarettes.
Eastern Carolina Professor
^bert Glover and three asso
ciates asked 5,500 students
Nationwide about their tobac
co habits. They concluded
that 22 percent of male col-
^®ge students and 2 percent
female college students
'ise smokeless tobacco.
In a related study, Glover
attempted to get 41 students
an unnamed Christian col-
to quit smokeless tob
acco.
"They certainly had incen
tive to quit," he said, be
cause the school threatened
to expel them if they failed.
None could quit. Only one
student managed to go more
than four hours without dip-
ning or chewing, and he us^
nicotine gum, Glover report-
Glover and his cohorts also
found campus use of smokes
tobacco varied by region. Th
rate was highest—28 percent
-among men at southwestern
campuses. A relativdy low 15
percent of the men at north
eastern colleges chewed or
dipped, the nation's lowest
rate.
Last month, the surgeon ge
neral, the American Cancer
Society and the New England
I ntercollegiate Baseball As
sociation joined coinci
dental unison to call for a
ban on all advertising for
shewing tobacco.
Such a ban already exists
for advertising cigarettes
via a broadcast medium.
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By John Coutlakis
Workers from the mainte
nance department recently
hauled four pieces of gym
nastic equipment to Asheville
Auto Salvage and Disposal on
Riverside Drive.
The equipment consisted of
a trampoline, parallel bars,
a vault and a balance beam,
and according to companies
that sell such equipment, the
replacement cost is about
$4,700.
Helen Carroll, assistant to
the director of recreation
and intramurals, said the
equipment was removed from
the main gym because it was
an "attractive nuisance"
which could attract people to
use the unsupervised equip
ment.
Thus it was a "tremendous
insurance liability" if left
unattended, said Carroll.
Athletic department person
nel first stored the equip
ment in the boiler room under
the pool last fall, but the
maintenance department de«ned
it a fire hazard.
”We gave it to them. There
was nothing else we could do
with it. We couldn’t sell it
to the high schools, because
if you sell it to them it has
to go on a state contract and
all that.
”I don’t think that I’m
professional enough in the
area of gymnastics to say
whether that equipment was
safe or not. All that equip
ment was at least ten years
old," Carroll said.
Lawrence Hudson, an attend
ant at AsheyHle Auto Salvage
and Disposal said Wednesday
that company owner Herbert
Hodge had personally removed
the trampoline from their
disposal yard.
"The boss took it home for
his little boy to play on
last weekend," he said.
Bob Criminger, director of
the physical plant since Ap
ril 1, said records show that
athletic director Ed Farrell
issued a work order on Sept.
2, 1985, asking maintenance
to remove the gym equipment
to the physical plant for
storage.
The order also asked that
maintenance place the equip
ment on the state surplus
list.
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