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Volume XIII, Number 4
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September 22, 1988
rowdy audience
Band forced to
halt concert
by Maria Horton
News Editor
Illegal drinking may have
causeti a "brawl" that forced a
premaure end to the Drivin’ n’
Ctyin’ concert last weekend in
Lipinsky Auditorium, according
to students attending the con
cert.
Fights were going on during
the performance, but the
trouble became more intense
later in the evening, said Jim
Spratling, a UNCA sophomore.
The band stopped the per
formance because "they said
the audience was too violent,"
he continued.
These guys were drinking
and like to fight. Tve seen this
happen and heard about these
guys before," he said.
John Quigley, advisor for
Underdog Productions, called
the disturbance a "scuffle" that
may have been caused by
drinking.
"We’re not policemen. We
don’t check purses or frisk
people," Quigley said. "It’s a
certainty that there is drinking
at campus events, but this was
the first time there was a
fight."
There were security people at
the concert, but they did not
try to break up the fight until
the band stopped playing, ac
cording to Spratling.
Spratling said.
Two Underdog staff members
were on hand for the concert
along with two off-duty secur
ity people hired by Underdog,
according to Quigley.
Paul Simmons and Bernard
Carman, officers of Underdog
Productions, said they were
concerned that a few roudy
students could ruin tilings for
others by the type of behavior
that was displayed at the con
cert.
"This all happened in about
five or ten minutes at the end
of the concert," Carman said.
"It wasn’t really fighting. It
was more like enthusiastic slam
dancing."
"We hope things will be kept
under control in the future.
From now on, if anyone is
caught out of line, they are
out the door— no refund,
they’re out," Simmons said.
Campus Security Chief
Charles Carreno said he was
not informed of a problem at
the concert. "It must have been
a minor thing because no re
port was submitted to me. We
can’t pursue a complaint if no
one wants to prosecute," he
said.
The problem lies, according
to Quigley, in an inability to
prevent drinking on campus
"It was too little too late.
Security was there, but they Please see CONCERT, page 6
took off the wrong people,"
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The last day of summer offers students a chance to enjoy the last rays of summer sunshine.
University opens seience wing
The opening of the new wing
to Rhoades Science Hall on
Saturday, September 17, was
the completion of a project
that was "ten years in the
making," according to Dr. John
Stevens, professor of chemistry
and chairman of the building’s
planning committee.
by Maria Horton
News Editor
The 64,000-square-foot build
ing is one of the largest single
outlay projects in UNCA’s his
tory and adjoins Rhoades Hall,
bringing the entire science
complex to 100,000 square feet,
according to the UNCA public
information office.
Stevens said the addition was
built from the inside out. "We
looked at what academic pro
grams we needed for the fu
ture, what equipment was
necessary and what kind of
building could house them," he
said.
The building is a "doing fa
cility." Stevens said. "Students
read and forget; see and re
member; but do and
understand," he said.
The $6.25 million structure
adds 29 general and specially
laboratories for a total of more
than 50 in the complex along
with a number of new class
rooms and offices.
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the North Carolina General
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in the nation," Stevens said.
"The computer science course
is outstanding for graduate
students, but for undergrad
uates, you can only find pro
grams like this at Cal Tech,
Carnegie and UNCA," Stevens
said.
Special features include a
180-seat lecture hall equipped
with state-of-the-art audio
visual equipment, a speciality
microwave computer classroom
utilizing the most recent tech
nology, and the electron micro
scope lab and laser lab, which
are vibration-isolated.
Also included in the new
ans begin for
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Rosalee Hart and John Stevens cut ribbon to open new wing.
Assembly, Mayor Louis BissettC:
and members of the County
Commission were among the
guests present for the ribbon
cutting.
Representative Dennis Winner
said the university has been
"the number one priority of the
delegation."
The wing is the first major
academic building to be con
structed in almost a decade at
a university that is the fastest
growing school east of the
Mississippi, according to Chan
cellor David Brown.
"We ran everything down to
last minute. We had one class
scheduled in the women’s bath
room because we didn’t have
the numbers straightened out,"
Brown said.
Stevens said the addition was
designed with undergraduate
students in mind. "The lecture
hall, various workshops, and
the teleconference center all
combine to create
one of the best farilitip.g
structure is a $5.7 million
microwave link to the Micro
electronics Center of North
Carolina. Mayor Louis Bissette
said the new additions will
enable UNCA to compare fa
vorably with any facility in the
country.
Brown thanked Max Price,
who represented the Stow &
Davis division of Steelcase,
Inc., of Fletcher, for their
longtime support. Tlieir con
tribution allowed the $700,000
spent to equip the new addition
go toward scientific rather
than office equipment, Bro\vn
said. The area housing the
video network will be named
The Steelcase Teleconference
Center," Brown said.
Stevens and Student Govern
ment Association President
Rosa PC Hart cut the ribbon
officially opening the new
structure and symbolizing a
combined interest of student
faculty cooperation, Brown said.
by Susan Dryman
Staff Writer
Officials estimate that if all
goes as planned, construction
on a new sports center complex
could begin by next fall.
According to UNCA Facilities
Planner Jim O. Efland, the
North Carolina State General
Assembly appropriated $300,000
during its 1988 summer session
toward the design and plaiming
of a new sports center com
plex.
Efland and other officials are
considering the site behind
Justice Center (where the
upper level tennis courts are
now.) He said if that site is
chosen, those courts .will be
incorporated into the new com
plex, so none of the courts will
be lost.
rWe’re envisioning a non
competitive building in that
it’ll be non-intercollegiate,"
Efland said. Intercollegiate
games will be left to Justice
Center, which will still be used
mainly for that purpose. The
new complex would be used
primarily for intermurals,
physical education and health
promotion classes, Efland said.
Planners are hoping for a
50,000 square-foot building with
an open room comprising the
majority of the building. This
room, he said, may have four
basketball courts including
pull-down basketball nets with
a running track encircling the
courts. Planners are also hop
ing for an indoor racquetball
court as well. "I suppose I’m
a bit prejudiced," Athletic Dir
ector Ed Farrell said of the
project, "but I feel this is the
most needed facility on campus,
particularly as we increase the
number of our (student) resi
dents."
No external architectural
styles have been decided upon.
However, 22 architects from
the upper part of the state are
being considered to design the
new building.
Board of Trustees will narrow
that number to only one arch
itect. The Board of Trustees
will then submit that architect
to state construction, who will
then negotiate a building con
tract with UNCA and the arch
itect chosen.
When a contract with an
architect is settled, the General
Assembly, an organization in
Raleigh representing N.C. state-
supported schools, will submit
the final building proposal to
the State Legislature sometime
next year.
Then the decision to grant
the building monies will be in
the hands of the Legislature,
Efland said. It will be at that
time that UNCA will officially
know whether or not it has the
monies to begin building.
"It’s been the policy though-
...that if the money is appro
priated to plan and design a
facility, then the money will
eventually be appropriated to
build that facility and see it
through to completion," he
said.
Approximately $5 million will
be needed to complete the
facility. If the State Legislature
grants the $5 million in build
ing money, completion can be
expected by the spring semes
ter of 1992.