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Campus News
Homecoming ’89
Homecoming ’89 will kick
off Saturday, Oct. 7 with the
Fourth Annual UNCA Run in
the Gardens.
The 5K for walkers will
begin at 9 a.m. followed by a
1 mile Fun Run at 9:30 and
the 5K for runners at 10. For
entry information call 251-
6512.
A Homecoming barbeque
will be held on Greenwood
Field from 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. UNCA student meal
cards will be accepted.
The Homecoming soccer
game between UNCA and
VMI will begin at 1 p.m. A
special halftime presentation
of the Homecoming Court is
planned.
The Homecoming dance,
"Moonlight and Roses," will
begin at 9 p.m. at the
Radisson Hotel (formerly the
Inn on the Plaza). Tickets are
available in the Highsmith
Center Room 27.
Earning less
College professors in the
South, particularly in
Ixiuisana, are earning less
than their colleagues
nationwide, the Southern
Regional Education Board
reported.
Faculty members at four-
year public colleges across the
country earned an average of
$40,348 in 1988-89, while
those in the South made
$37,890, the SREB said in its
yearly state-by-state salary
survey.
Louisana profs fared the
worst, with those at public
colleges earning an average of
$30,913. Not surprisingly, the
state is experiencing a severe
faculty shortage. Louisana
State University’s accounting
department, for instance, has
lost 10 of its 18 faculty
members since January, 1989.
Not all Southern salaries are
lousy. Maryland, Florida and
Virginia wages exceeded the
national average, with faculty
making $41,041, $42,229 and
$43,678 respectively.
Animal rights debate
The UNCA chapter of the
Students for America will
sponsor "Public Firing Line:
The Animal Rights Agenda"
tonight in the Simulation
Lab in Zagier Hall.
The public is invited to
attend. Students for America
is a non-paritsan conservative
group concerned with the
preservation of balance and
non-bias on the UNCA
campus and elsewhere.
Housing Now!
Housing Now! is
encouraging Western North
Carolinians to come and be
homeless for 36 hours.
The group is organizing a
trip to Washington, D.C. Oct.
7 to participate in the
National March for Housing
Now! Buses will be leaving
from Asheville and full
scholarships are available.
For more information, call
669-6677 or write WNC
Housing Now! c/o Hospitality
House, 44 Circle St.,
AsheviUe, N.C. 28801.
Weekend Weather
The extended forecast for
Friday through Saturday calls
for a slight chance of rain
Friday, becoming fair on
Saturday and Sunday with a
gradual warming trend.
Highs Friday will be in the
low 70s warming to the upper
70s to near 80 on Saturday
and Sunday. Lows will be in
the 50s through! the weekend.
Jim Owen
Atmospheric Sciences
The Blue Banner
Volume XV, Number 5
Serving the students and faculty of UNCA
September 28, 1989
Students travel
; to meet Hugo
Photo by Natalie Reinbold
Tropical Storm Hugo toppled several trees and power lines across
Charlotte, leaving tbe state’s largest city looking "like a war zone."
UNCA students feel
effects of hurricane
by Vicki McCoy
Assistant News Editor
Hurricane Hugo came
inland last Friday, and
students as far away from
the coast as UNCA felt its
effects.
Days after Hugo destroyed
parts of the Carolina
coastline, some families of
UNCA students are still
suffering from the damage.
Senior Natalie Reinbold,
whose parents live in
Charlotte, said she was in
Charlotte as the storm went
through the area.
"By 5:.30 a.m. (Friday) we
were all huddled under
blankets downstairs in our
house just waiting for the
roof to blow off," Reinbold
said. "We were so scared."
Reinbold said the trees in
her yard were uprooted, and
the creek behind her house
flooded her yard.
"We probably won’t have
any electricity until Friday
of this week, but we do
have telephones and water,"
Reinbold said.
Reinbold said she had
been planning to go home
last weekend even before
reports of the storm
reaching Charlotte were a
reality.
"Charlotte looked like a
war zone," Reinbold said.
"Nobody could know what
it’s like unless you were
there."
Sandra Sigmon, a UNCA
student whose mother lives
in Gastonia, said she did
not know the storm was
going to reach that far
inland.
"My mom called Friday
morning to let me know she
was alright, but I didn’t
know the hurricane was
going to hit in Charlotte,"
Sigmon said. "It was very
frightening for them.
According to Sigmon, her
mother must rely on friends
for drinking water and other
necessities.
Sigmon said her mother’s
house was not damaged, but
large trees in her backyard
were uprooted.
"We have about eight
huge trees in the backyard,
and one of them landed in
our neighbor’s swimming
pool. We couldn’t get out of
our driveway either,"
Sigmon said.
Another problem Sigmon
said her family is
experiencing due to the
storm is getting medical
treatment for her younger
brother who has asthma.
"My brother caught a cold,
and that just made his
asthma worse," Sigmon said.
"There weren’t any doctors
available except at the
hospital, but there weren’t
any drug stores open to get
the medicine he needed."
Sigmon’s father and his
other son’s family live in
Clover, S.C., which is about
30 minutes from the North
Carolina state-line.
"My brother has a baby,
and they had to go to Fort
Mill (S.C.) to get heat and
water because the whole
town is demolished,"
Sigmon said.
"My whole family was
affected by the hurricane,"
Sigmon said.
Krisl .1 Wike, a senior
majoring in mass
See F.fFects, Page 10
by Vicki McCoy
Assistant News Editor
Last Friday morning,
Hurricane Hugo swept
across the Carolina shores,
ravaging communities from
Wilmington to Charleston,
but coastal residents were
not the only ones affected
by the storm.
While some people were
fleeing from Hugo’s wrath,
five UNCA students were
on their way to the coast to
experience the storm
firsthand.
Meteorology students Tim
Speece, Mike Grogan,
Michelle Cowan, Mary
Traughber and Phil Hysell
left Thursday at 5 p.m. on
their way to Charleston.
Traughber said the
decision to go to the coast
was sudden. "We just
decided on Wednesday
night to go," Traughber said.
Due to a shift in the
storm’s path, the group
viewed Hugo from Conway,
S.C., which is about 20
miles from Myrtle Beach.
According to Hysell, there
was some doubt as to the
exact direction the storm
would take.
"When we saw that the
storm was going to hit
South Carolina, we decided
to go because it would be a,
short enough drive for us to
get there," Hysell said.
Once in Conway, the
group tried to find a safe
place to view the storm, but
due to the evacuation of
coastal residents, no shelter
was available.
"We ended up staying in
our car in a shopping mall
parking lot," Cowan said.
Hysell said the group was
not worried about their
personal safety until they
learned that Hugo had
developed into a category
four hurricane.
According to Grogan,
there are five levels of
intensity by which
meteorologists categorize
hurricanes. The categories
are based on wind speeds.
A category one hurricane
has 75 mph winds, while a
category five storm has,
winds exceeding 155 mph. ^
"When we left Asheville, it
was a category two, but we
heard on the way down that
they had changed it to a
four. We were slightly
concerned." Hysell said.
Grogan said the main rush
of the storm hit Conway
about 3:30 a.m.
"The rain came in sheets.
It was rain bands off the
hurricane," Hysell said. "We
recorded winds with a hand
held anemometer of 85'
mph, and that was just right
next to the car. I didn’t
venture out into the parking
lot."
The group said the wind
caused the car to rock back
See Travelers, Page 10
To tioiiale (o lluj'o victims:
Area relief agctides are taking doualtons for hurricane wetuns
for the next few weeks. All will collect non-perishable food,
blankets, outdoors eookbg cquipmctit, batteries battery-powered
radios, flashlii^Is, clothing, bedding, baby suppii^ can openers,
paper plates and plastic eating utensils,
UNCA Siiiikiil (nnx.iiiniciil As.socjUiimi. Ilip,>ismilh Vi. .V,l-
6587.
The American Red Cross will accej)i only money donations,
The Naval Reserve CdJtter requests donations of food, clothes,
pel food fuel for CJoleman heaters and propane tanks.
Coin panics and agencies collecting goods include:
American Red Cn^-Asheville Area Chapter, 100 Edgewood
Road, AshevUlc, 258-3888.
Salvation Army, 2(W Hayw(x>d St., Asheville, 253-4Z23,
Sky City department store, 895 Patton Avenue,, AshewHe. 254-
K marl, 4 S. Tunnel Road, Asheville, 298-2400. '
Manna FtxidJBank, 37 Garfield St., Asheville, 252-4602.
AAA Travel Agency, 660 Merrimoo Ave„ Asheville, 253-5376.
Center,.721 Merrimon Ave., 253-4441,
Broadway nears
completion
by Jerri Henderson
Staff Writer
The construction work on
Broadway is not far from
completion, according to
Joe Buckner, division
construction engineer from
the Department of
Transportation (DOT).
The work began on
Broadway early this year
and "has a contract
completion date of Dec. 16,"
said Buckner.
The project includes
widening Broadway into a
four-lane highway with a
central median and a left-
turn lane, according to Tom
Byers, special assistant to
the chancellor.
"It will provide two lanes
of traffic in each direction,
plus a left turning lane to
make it easier to get on
campus," said Byers. "The
turning lane will be about
350 feet long coming from
the north."
Traffic lights are also part
of the project plan,
including a light at the
intersection of Weaver
Boulevard and Broadway.
"There are traffic lights
planned for the Weaver
Boulevard intersection," said
Buckner. "They will start
going up probably the
beginning of next week,
some of them anyway.
We’re building in stages."
Construction thus far has
run on schedule, according
to Buckner, and they’ve had
no major setbacks.
"We’ve run into nothing
unusual, just utility
connections and things of
that nature," said Buckner.
Although the project is to
Sec Broadway, Page 10
Quiet pleuse Photo by Sandra Sigmon
Mark Tygh catches a quick nap by the magazine
rack in Ramsey Library this past week.
Blue
Banner
article
incorrect
In last week’s issue of The
Blue Banner, the article
"Confusing intersection
blamed for accident"
incorrectly stated that a
traffic accident involving
Darrin Germany was the
result of Germany’s
misjudgment.
The cause of the accident
has not been determined by
police and The Blue Banner
apologizes for any
misunderstanding, confusion
or connotation of guilt
resulting from the article.