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Ramsuer
pleads
guilty
By Scott Luckadoo
Editor
A man accused of attacking two
UNCA students last August received
a life prison sentence Monday after
pleading guilty to rape and other
charges. Judge Robert D. Lewis ac
cepted the guilty pleas and handed
down the sentence in Buncombe
County Superior Court.
Stanley William Ramsuer, 24, of
274 Broadway St., pleaded guilty to
charges of first-degree rape; two
counts of second-degree rape; one
count of first-degree sexual offense,
three counts of first-degree kidnap
ping; and other related offenses.
Some of the charges stenmied from
an assault of a dry cleaners employ
ee on Hendersonville Road.
Police had charged Ramsuer with
the attacks on the UNCA students
after one student said that a man
dragged her into the woods near the
intersection of Edgewood Road and
University Heights and raped her
twice.
The other victim, also attacked
near the intersection, said a man
pushed her into the trunk of his car
after he asked her to see if the
car’s brake lights were working. The
man held a knife to her throat and
tried to close the trunk lid, but she
managed to take the knife away
from him. The assailant let her go
when another car approached.
"Fm just glad it’s over with," the
victim said after Ramsuer received
the sentence.
Ramsuer could have been sent
enced to a total of 264 years in
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Parking solution?
Construction crews recently began clearing
trees to make way for a new parking lot. The
lot will be located beside Carmichael Hall at the
Staff Photo—Tracy Moore
entrance of UNCA.
The new lot should ease some of the parking
problems students are experiencing because of
the expansion of UNCA.
Council considers expansion
By Julie Ball
News Editor
The administration is currently
taking steps to ease the need for
space in the Highsmith Center.
The recently formed Highsmith
Center Planning Council is now ac
cepting proposals from different
groups who use the Highsmith Cen
ter, said Sharyn McDonald, director
of the Highsmith Center and head of
the coimcil.
The proposals will be used in
making recommendations as to the
possible expansion of the Highsmith
Center.
The council will then evaluate the
proposals and make its recommenda
tion based on them, she said.
The council is sending letters to
all "user groups," according to Mc
Donald. These are groups who are
using the center now or wish to use
it in the future. These include the
faculty senate as well as student
organizations.
The deadline for submitting pro
posals to the council is March 2.
The council may ask some groups to
come before the council and clarify
their proposals, according to Mc
Donald.
They expected to make a recom
mendation at the end of this se
mester.
After the council develops us
recommendations, they will be sent
to Dr. Eric lovacchini, vice chancel
lor for student affairs. lovacchini
will evaluate the plan along with
William Pott, vice chancellor for
finance, to determine the funding
process.
"Mr. Pott and I will get together
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