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Volume XllI, Number 3
Proudly serving the UNCA community since 1982.
September 8,1988
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Boys will be hoys
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Michael Flowers uses the UNCA quad as a practice field.
Staff Photos—Joan Schnyder,
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Two intramural flag football teams battle it out.
New health club
formed at UNCA
by Susan Dryman
Staff Writer
Members of the UNCA com
munity will soon be able to
participate in a club which will
utilize, what'many fitness ex
perts are calling, one of the
safest exercises available.
The Weizenblatt Health Cen
ter has formed The Heartwalk
Club," a club for anyone in the
UNCA community interested in
the relatively new sport of
walking.
Maralee Gollberg, assistant to
the director of the health pro
motion department, said about
25 interested members met last
Wednesday and ironed out a
few of the group’s objectives.
Members of the group have
decided to meet at least two,
possibly three, times each week
to walk at least a mile of the
campus. Members want to walk
for at least 12 minutes at their
respective target heart rates,
which is the recomended level
to acheive maximum cardiovas
cular benefits, Gollberg added.
Most of the members who
attended Wednesday’s meeting
wanted to walk as a group, she
added. "It’s very easy to start
a fitness program by yourself
and let it fall by the wayside.
But, by being in a group,
everyone will have a set time
to meet, and other people to
depend on for motivation," she
said.
According to Gollberg, most
members said they prefer to
walk on the various pathways
of the campus, but that the
track at Justice Center is
available for those walkers who
would rather not tackle
UNCA’s topography.
Members will also meet
monthly to pool their resources
and stay abreast of the dif
ferent developments associated
with the sport of walking.
"We want to discuss diets,
motivation, events of interest
to walkers, resources for ath
letic equipment like special
shoes made for walking and
pedometers, arid any other
loose ends," Gollberg said.
Those who attended the
meeting were most concerned
with staying motivated about
walking.
Members of the Heartwalk
Please see CLUB page 6
SGA scraps ’Monday
Morning’ publication
by Maria Horton
News Editor
Stress is what people make it
by Kris Beddingfield
Assistant News Editor
Stress is a factor all people,
especially college students,
must learn to deal with or it
can cause serious health prob
lems including death.
"Stress can make you sick
and can even be life threaten
ing," Dr. Tracy Brown, of the
psychology department, said.
"We’re fairly confident stress
has a suppressive effect on the
body."
Brown said studies have
shown that stress can cause
ulcers, allergies and a break
down in the immune system,
which can lead to tumors and
death.
"What you see is a general
increase in the pace of bodily
functions, such as heart rate
and respiration, which causes
complications. Other warning
signs of stress are sleep dis
turbances, trembling, loss or
gain of appetite and strong
changes in mood," Brown said.
Dr. Maggie Weshner, director
of the Counseling Center, also
mentioned negative thoughts,
Counseling Center is having selves. They push themselves
problems dealing with stress, until they have a stroke or
They’re usually overloaded from heart attack," Brown added.
too many classes, homesick or
facing grade and career pres
sures. They're asking ■^^at’s
my purpose in life?’and ’Who
am I?’," Weshner said. •
"A great deal of our stress
comes from how we see the
world. What might be stressful
to one person, might not be to
another. It depends on the
individual and how he or she
has defined their world," Brown
ridgedness and withdrawal from said,
people as signs of stress. "Some people have a ridged
"Everyone who comes to the view of their world and them-
The Counseling Center pro
vides group and individual
counseling for students needing
help with stress. "We have
tapes that can be checked out
and we also have a small li
brary students can use," Dr.
Kathleen Donald, a part-time
counselor at the Counseling
Center, said.
Donald went on to say that
exercise, especially aerobics,
and a healthy diet can help
Please see STRESS page 6
Rob Young described the
recent distribution of "Monday
Morning at UNCA" in attempt
to improve communication on
campus as "worthwhile even if
0!ily 200 students were better
informed as to what is happen
ing here."
"Monday Morning at UNCA"
a weekly publication of the
public information office for
the faculty and staff. The Stu
dent Government Association
(SGA) paid for an additional
500 copies of the publication
and distributed them to stu
dents as well.
"We had lots of support for
the idea," Young said, "Money
was the problem, not support."
Young used his own funds to
finance the first three weeks
circulation. ‘ "I used my
senatorial - stipend from the
SGA because it was already
there, but they just wouldn’t
let me continue to pay for it,"
he said."
Young added that the project
was.inlially going to be cut
back to print only 300 copies,
but SGA decided to scrap it
totally.
Young also blamed the short
time given to the project as
part of the problem. "We didn’t
do it long enough to see if it
would reSly be successful.
Dr. Cissj!^ Petty, advisor for
SGA, said doubts about circula
tion were a factor in the
decision to discontinue the
venture. "We were not sure it
was being .circulated the way
we had hoped it would be,"
Petty said.
Petty added that a strategy
was needed for the program to
work, and it had not totally
been ruled out by SGA.
"Monday Morning at UNCA*
was available to students in
"high traffic areas," according
to Young. He said he had also
talked to Sharyn McDonald,
director of the Highsmith Cen
ter, about distribution, but "it
just never got that far."
Brown offers cash incentive for minorities increase
by Michael Gouge
Staff Writer
No progress has been made
to improve the percentage of
minority students in the past
four years at UNCA, according
to Chancellor David Brown,
who spoke to faculty members
recently.
"It’s time that we do some
thing that works to identify
and attract qualified minori
ties," he stated.
So strong is his desire to
bring a wider diversity of stu
dents to the campus, that
Brown has offered "a $1,000
prize to the department or unit
which, in the judgement of
Affirmative Action Officer Car
oline Miller, does the most to
successfully promote a greater
minority presence at UNCA
between now and April 1."
This prize is part of the
chancellor’s discretionary funds
and can be used for any valid
state function by the direction
of the winning department’s
chairperson, Brown said.
In the past, efforts to re
cruit minority students have
not been very successful, Steve
Wilbom, Assistant Director of
Admissions, said. However,
today, "the admissions office
has increased efforts in trying
to recruit more black students,"
he said.
More calls have been made
and more grants are being
offered to prospective students.
But, recruiting the black stu
dent is harder, according to
Wilbom, because of the com
petition with other schools and
the Armed Forces.
The problem seems to be that
the smaller number of college-
bound blacks and the larger
number of options they have to
choose from makes it more
difficult to attract the prospec
tive minority student, Wilbom
said.
These other options can
sometimes offer more financial
aid, wider cultural diversity, or
simply the notoriety of a cer
tain school, Wilbom expressed.
But it appears that UNCA
has been improving over the
past few years. The number of
black graduates has increased
steadily in the past four years.
Wilbom noted that for the
'88 fall semester the school
received 125 black applicants.
This number was up from 116
for the ’87 fall semester.
However, Wilbom emphasized
that much improvement is
needed for UNCA to catch up
with the majority of other
UNC schools.
"A comprehensive plan is
needed," which includes some
one to focus on promoting the
school to prospective college
students. As the situation is
now, no one can concentrate
on that aspect of admissions.
Campus demographics
spring ’88
Students Staff
2628 white
% black
55 other
2779 total
318 white
42 black
3 Asian
3 Hispanic
1 American
Indian
367 total
Wilbom said.
Caroline Miller, Director of
Personnel, has a similar prob
lem attracting minority faculty
applicants. Miller mentioned
that efforts to reach more
interested black professionals
include "widening the advertis
ing base" and "working with
local employers to help with
spouse placement" for new
faculty members.
"The pool of black profes
sionals is relatively small. And
the state sets the salaries for
small universities, which makes
recruiting minority faculty dif
ficult," Miller said.
With larger universities
offering more incentives for
minority professionals, it is not
easy to attract qualified
applicants. Miller added.
The effort to attract more
minorities is important to the
university because of the di
versity it would provide. Dr.
Eric lovacchini, vice-chancellor
for student affairs, expressed
that there are not enough min
orities on campus for students
to build cultural relationships
with.
And for faculty, lovacchini
said there is not enough facul
ty and staff to provide role
models for students. More
diverse cultures would "foster a
healthy learning environment"
by broadening the experiences
of the members of the class
room.
Carolyn Briggs, Coordinator
of Multicultural Affairs, also
felt there was not a sufficient
amount of minority students
and faculty to represent "living
in the real world." For her, the
diversity that more minority
and international students bring
helps to enhance the whole
school.
Brown said his aspiration to
make UNCA a more prominent
statewide school includes in
creasing the "geographic and
ethnic diversity."