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Volume IX, Number 9
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November 6, 1986
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Staff photo-Sarah Gottfried
Chemical confusion?
Chemistry professor Leo Bares shaved visiting students
the equipment in the chemistry laboratory as part of the
Science Day present at ions on campus last Wednesday.
GNCA’s recruitment
helps enrollment
By John Coutialls
Staff Writer
Although many universities
around the country are los/ing
students due to a shrinking
number of high school gradu
ates, recruitment efforts at
UNCA have helped increase
enrollment during the past
five years, admissions office
officials say.
Many schools have launched
extensive "recruiting wars"
to delay the huge enrollment
drop that college admissions
directors nationwide had pre
dicted for the 1980s, accord
ing to a report by the Educa
tional Testing Service.
One UNCA admissions offi
cial said that UNCA didn't
need to engage in a recruit
ing war to attract students.
"We're not in any recruit
ing war," said Fran Jones,
associate director of admis
sions. "We try to open our-
Please turn to page 16
Democrats dominate
Tuesday’s elections
By Scott Luckadoo
Neivs Editor
Despite close races for
most offices, Democratic can
didates dominated local and
state elections on Tuesday.
On the state level, former
N.C. Gov. Terry Sanford de
feated Republican incumbent
Jim Broyhill in the U.S. Se
nate race. Gov. Jim Martin
had appointed Broyhill to the
post after the death of Sen.
John East in June.
The Democratic Party also
claimed victories in local
elections. All six incumbent
Democratic state legislaors
from Buncombe County won
their re-election bids. Bill
Thurman, classics professor
at UNCA, lost his effort to
gain a seat for the 51st Dis
trict of the N.C. House.
Four Democratic incumbents
defeated Thurman and three
other Republicans in the
four-seat race. Thurman com
mented on the loss yesterday.
"There were 24,193 voters
in 3 counties that voted for
me," said Thurman. He fin
ished second among the Repu
blicans .
"To the best of my know
ledge, my campaign spent the
least amount of money, be
sides maybe John Schafer's,"
added Thurman. Schafer re
ceived the least number of
votes in the race.
John McNeil, treasurer for
the Thurman for House commit
tee, said last week that they
had spent less than $3,000 on
the campaign.
Of the campaign, he said "I
think' the' ’’AsheyXlXej 'Citijsp^^
could have handled it much
more fairly." The 'Citizen'
didn't send reporters to ev
ents where the candidates
compared their views, accord
ing to Thurman.
The 'Hendersonville Times-
News' did cover such events
and "was very fair in their
coverage," said Thurman.
Thurman was the second
highest vote-getter in Hen
derson County.
Thurman, who took a salary
cut in order to campaign this
fall, said he planned to re
turn to full-time teaching in
the spring.
"Since I lost, it doesn't
look like there is a threat"
'XS
U.S. Rep.-elect Jamie Clarke
(See related story on
page 16.)
of losing my job, he said.
Despite the defeats at the
hands of the Democrats, Repu
blican C.V. "Buck" Lyda upset
16-year veteran Tom Morrissey
in the; Buncombe County Sher
iff »s contest.. \