The Banner
Volume XI, Number 9
Proudly serving the UNCA community since 1982
November 5, 1987
News in brief
Colleges still segregate
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CPS) — The Reagan
administration is refusing to punish states that
violate civil rights laws by failing to desegregate
their colleges and universities, a congressional report
released last month charges.
In 1969 and 1970, the federal government found
Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and
West Virginia in violation of the Civil Rights Act.
In 1973, a federal court ordered the government to
try to make them desegregate.
The Government told the states to reduce
disparities between black and white college
enrollment and hiring. The congressional report said
no progress was made on many fronts, and had
worsened on some.
Rep, Ted Weiss, D-NY, chairman of the Government
Operations subcommittee on human resources, said
the Education Department has had this information
for more than a year, "yet it refuses to enforce the
law."
Minority groups protest
URBANA, ILL. (CPS) — University of Illinois
officials apologized recently for publishing a
brochure that offended UI minority students.
The counseling office printed 1,200 brochures to
advertise a workshop called "Loving in Long-Distance
relationships," and for the cover, approved using a
section of a map that, in turn, showed a place called
"Nigger Mtn."
A campus minority group felt the illustration was
connected with recent racist incidents on the UI
campus.
"It’s one of those unfortunate things that happen,"
said Assistant Dean of Students Ronald Woolfok, who
added the man responsible for the brochure,
counseling director Ralph Trimble, issued an
immediate, embarrassed apology.
Book prices may rise
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CPS) — The price students pay
for greeting cards, textbooks and supplies at campus
bookstores may be rising again soon, perhaps, as
much as 20 percent, college store managers say.
The U.S. Treasury wants to change a small part of
the tax code, and, if it’s subsequently endorsed by
Congress, campus bookstores will lose the special
advantages that let them charge less for the items
they sell.
"Congress smells money. But, if colleges have to
pay taxes on anything, they’ll have to pass the costs
on to students at a time when the Secretary of
Education is complaining about the increasing costs
of an education," said Dr. Caspa Harris of the
National Association of College and University
Business Officers.
Inside. . .
A lot of long, lonely miles have been traveled by the
members of UNCA’s cross country teams since the start of
their fall season. That training paid off, however, as both
the men’s and women’s squads finished the year with
winning records.
Individual runners also grabbed their share of the glory,
with two Bulldogs capturing All-Conference honors in
Saturday’s Big South Conference meet.
Other UNCA squads wrapped up their seasons this week,
closing out campaigns filled with triumphs and downfalls.
For more on the Bulldog sports scene, see Page 5.
Weather
Friday: Mostly sunny-breezy and chilly. Morning lows around
30. Afternoon highs in the low 50s.
Saturday: Fair and cool. Morning lows in the low to mid 20s-
Afternoon highs in the 50s.
Sunday: Fair. Morning lows in the 20s. Afternoon highs near
60.
The UNCA Atmospheric Science department provides
this information to the campus community weekly in
the Barmer. The 24-hour weatherline service is also
available at 251-6435.
UNC president recommends
new entrance for campus
By Sherry Cathcart
Staff Writer
The University of North Carolina
system President, C.D. Spangler, said
yesterday that UNCA’s campus is growing
well, but the entrance to the campus
needs to be enhanced.
President Spangler told members of the
UNCA Faculty Senate that Broadway must
be widened into a four-lane boulevard.
Spangler said the other 15 campuses in
the UNC system have beautiful entries,
and UNCA should have one, too.
"I’m astounded that the state has this
$200 million investment in this beautiful
campus, and all we have is a cow path
leading to it,” said Spangler.
leading to it," said Spangler.
Spangler said work on the constructiori
of a boulevard has to be done right away
because of the trafficking problem that
now exists.
"This is the time to cure this problem,"
"Pm astounded that the
state has this $200 million
investment in this beautiful
campus, and all we have is
a cow path leading to it"
C.D. Spangler
said Spangler, before further commercial
development takes place that would
increase right-of-way acquisition costs.
But, the university’s traffic problem is
not the only issue that Spangler
addressed. Spangler also met with
members of the Chancellor’s Colloquium,
members of the Banner staff, and other
students.
Spangler began the ineeting by saying
he was here to "hear concerns about the
UNCA system."
SGA President, Monica Bonikowski,
voiced her concern over the parking
facilities, which is something that has
become a ^ajor issue at UNCA.
Bonikowski was interested in
Please see SPANGLER page 8
Banner
takes
first
By Sarah Allison
Staff Writer
For the third consecutive
year, the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association has awarded
the Blue Baimer a first place
classification in its annual
College Newspaper Critique.
The CSPA, a department of
Columbia University, reviewed
issues from the 1987 Spring
Semester in its evaluation
before awarding the -first .place
rating.
"The Blue Banner is a fine
newspaper, especially in its
role as a deliverer of
information," read one of the
comments made by the CSPA’s
Board of Judges in the critique.
The paper was recognized for
its features and depth in
creating a complete publication,
as well as the "Corner
Comments" section. The
association also praised the
Blue Banner for being self-
productive; that is. ail
production steps are performed
by the newspaper staff.
With the first place
classification, hopes are that
the Blue Banner will receive
more recognition from staff
and students, according to
advisor Greg Lisby.
"This first place classification
is a reminder to students and
faculty that UNCA has a good
student newspaper." Lisby said.
"Sometimes, I think the paper
is taken for granted. This
classification recognizes all the
hard work that the staff puts
into its publication."
The Columbia Scholastic
Press Association in New York
was established in 1924 to help
improve student publications.
The entire content and makeup
of the newspaper is evaluated
by a single judge.
Classification of a student
paper is determined by the
frequency of publication (26-34
issues a year for the Blue
Banner). It is also determined
by the enrollment size of the
school and whether the
newspaper is from a two-year
or four-year institution.
The judges, generally, praised
the newspaper’s efforts,
although some comments did
offer constructive criticisms for
the paper.
Areas that needed
improvement, according to the
evaluation, were photography
reproduction, the prevention of
typographical errors and more
coverage of intramural sports.
The judges also felt that the
sports section needed to be
stronger, with more interviews,
personality profiles and sports
features.
Staff Photo—Sarah Gottfried
Up in the air
Joe Briggs, a student from Mountain Heritage High School, performs a juggling act as
students watch. Briggs was one of the many high school students on campus last week for
the 11 th annual Science Day.
AIDS is misunderstood
By Michele Samuel
Managing Editor
Questions and misunderstood
answers shroud the AIDS virus.
But there are organizations
that are trying to provide clear
answers to the questions.
One of the most pressing
questions deals with how the
disease is transmitted.
The American College Health
Association (ACHA) reported
that, from their knowledge
about AIDS, there are safe and
unsafe activities that may
determine if an individual
would be at risk of getting the
virus.
Some safe activities include;
mutual masturbation, light
kissing, body massage, light
S&M activities (without
bruising or bleeding), hugging,
body-to-body rubbing, and
showering together.
Possible safe activities
include: deeper kissing, anal
and vaginal intercourse with
condoms, fellatio interruptus
(oral sex stopping before
climax), cunnilingus (oral/vag
inal contact) and urine contact
("water sports") on intact skin.
Unsafe activities listed by
the ACHA include; anal and
vaginal intercourse without
condoms, manual/anal inter
course (fisting), oral/anal
contact (rimming) and shared
sex toys.
According to the ACHA, safe
sex reduces risk for anyone—
gay or straight — from getting
the AIDS virus.
Anyone can be tested for the
virus, but there is the risk of
a false positive.
"The test for AIDS is very
sensitive. If you have the AIDS
virus in your blood, most likely
it will pick it up. However, the
test, even though it is very
specific, still has some false
positives." said Dr. Eric
Pyeritz, director of UNCA
health services.
"If you have a population of
4 million people, it’s presumed
that the incidence of AIDS in a
population might be 1 percent.
So, it’s going to pick up most
of those 400 people that have
the AIDS virus. It might miss
16." said Pyeritz.
"There are about 3,900,0(X)
that don’t have AIDS. Out of
thosq, there might be almost
16,000 that are going to test
Please see AIDS page 8