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The
^ol IX, Number 1
Thursday, September 4, 1986
RESIDENT STUDENTS RETURNED
TO CAMPUS last week for the
fall semester. These
students are making a long
(Photo by Jonna McGrath)
journey from the ramp
outside of the Highsmith
Center to the Village
residence halls.
Residents overflow
campus housing
By Robin Sexton
Staff writer
Fall semester student en
rollment is at an all-time
high at UNCA and housing woes
appear to be high on the list
of growing pains.
A total of 564 students,
including approximately 275
freshmen and transfers, are
living on campus and in the
Mountain Trace apartment com
plex on Edgewood Road, ac
cording to Housing Director
Pete Williams.
Th^re is a waiting list of
20 people unable to get sin
gle rooms, but the Housing
Office accommodated everyone
else, Williams said.
UNCA rented seven apart
ments in Section A of Moun
tain Trace for the first time
this semester to handle
overflow students.
Security at the off-campus
site is provided by regular
\.campus police patrols and
Tammy Graves, resident assis
tant at Mountain Trace.
Graves said most students
in the complex have cars, and
she encourages everyone not
to walk alone between campus
and the apartments.
"Security has been very
good about working with us,"
she said. "They provide an
escort service anytime we
call so nobody has to walk
alone."
Graves was also given a
radio so she can contact cam
pus police quickly in an em
ergency. . . 11
Of the 27 people originally
placed at the new location,
four have already moved back
into on-campus housing.
MThey will be moving back
when space becomes available.
Possibly with December grad
uations, we'll have everybody
back on campus," Williams
said.
The students living in the
apartments pay the same fees
as other resident students.
Please turn to page 8
Police arrest
rape suspect
By Scott Luckadoo
News editor
An Asheville man previously
convicted of rape has been
charged with the rape and the
. attempted rape of two UNCA
students.
Asheville Police Capt. Will
R. Annarino said Tuesday that
Stanley William Ramsuer, 24,
of 474 Broadway was also
charged with kidnapping with
attempt to commit rape of
another Asheville woman.
Police arrested Ramsuer
about 4:30 p.m. Monday after
they spotted a blue car
described by each of the
victims, according to
Annarino. (See related story
on page 8.) The car was
parked on North Street near
Broadway.
Ramsuer had previously
served a prison sentence for
a 1978 rape conviction. He
was released in June, police
said.
Police charged Ramsuer with
kidnapping with intent to
commit rape and assault with
a deadly weapon in Monday's
incident.
After being identified in
photographs by two of the
victims, Ramsuer was charged
with two counts of first
degree rape and common law
robbery in the rape of
another UNCA student on Aug.
24, Annarino said.
This previous attack,
occurring about 70 yards from
the scene of Monday's
incident (which took place
near the intersection of
Edgewood Road and University
Heights), involved a young
woman who was dragged into
nearby woods and raped twice.
Ramsuer was also charged
with intent to commit rape of
a woman walking along Mount
Clare Avenue Friday. Annarino
said the suspect may also be
^nked to the rape of a woman
at Nu-Way Dry Cleaners on
Hendersonville
Tuesday.
Ramsuer is
the Buncombe
without bond.
"Each of
identified the
lineup and had seen
car," Annarino said.
Carreno said the campus
police are providing
transportation to and from
campus for students living in
the Mountain Trace apartment
complex.
Road last
being held in
County jail
the victims
suspect in a
a blue
TAMMY TAYLOR, ANTHONY ANGEL
and CHUCK TAFT recently
discussed upcoming classes
outside Carmichael Hall last
week. A record number of
students were enrolled in
classes that began last
Wednesday.