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Run in the Gardens
The fifth annual UNCA
Homecoming Run In The
Gardens will be held this
Saturday, October 7. The 5K
(3.1 miles) road race for
runners will begin at 10 a.m.
The 5K for walkers will begin
at 9 a.m.
A one mile fim run will begin
at 9:30 a.m. Headquarters for
the race will be at Justice gym.
Early registration deadline is
today for all events but late
registration will begin at 8 a.m.
the day of the race.
Fees for the 5K race are: $9
- early registration with a t-
shirt, $.5 without the t-shirt.
Late registration fees are $12
with the t-shirt and $7 without
the t-shirt.
Awards will be presented
after the race with prize money
of $100 for first place, second
place $75 and $50 for third
place. Additional awards for
the different age categories will
be awarded to the first, second
and third place finishers.
This years race is being
sponsored by the UNCA
Alumni Association and the
Department of Health and
Fitness.
For more information contact
the UNCA Alumni Office at
251-6512 or the department of
Health and Fitness/Health
Promotion at 251-6513.
Assisting victims
The Victim Assistance Unit
of the Asheville Police
Department, the Rape Crisis
Center and Helpmate will
sponsor a multi-agency training
on "Assisting Victims of
Violence."
Classes begin Oct. 12 and will
be held every Tuesday and
Thursday evening from 6 p.m
to 9 p.m. at the Mountain Area
Health Education Center.
Topics of instruction will
include: Dynamics of crime,
psychological impact of crime,
crisis intervention counseling,
police and court procedures,
victim rights and community
resources.
For more information call
Helpmate, 254-0516, Rape
Crisis, 252-0562 or Victim
Assistance, 259-5940.
No "Louie Louie"
The University of South
Carolina has asked its
marching band to stop playing
"Louie Louie" at football
games, for fear dancing fans
will cause the Williams-Brice
football stadium stands to
collapse.
Dean of Student Life Jerry T.
Brewer told band director
James Copenhaver that the
Insurance Reserve Fund, which
insures the stadium,
"specifically mandated that
‘Louie Louie’ not be played.
Copenhaver later added that
Brewer was more concerned
that dance songs "like ‘Louie
Louie’ — not only ‘Louie Louie’
specifically - might agitate fans
into brealdng down the stands.
Engineering studies have
deemed the stadium safe,
although Williams-Brice’s east
upper deck did start to sway
under dancing fans at a 1986
Nebraska game.
From CPS, press releases and siaK reports
Weekend Weather
The extended forecast for
Friday through Sunday calls for
increasing cloudiness Friday
with a chance of rain Friday
night.
A chance of rciin will
continue through Saturday,
becoming fair and cooler on
Sunday.
Highs Friday and Saturday
will be in the 70s, cooling to
the 60s on Sunday. Lows will
drop to around 50 throughout
the weekend.
Jim Owen
Almospheric Sciences
The Blue Banner
Volume XV, Number 6
Serving the students and faculty of UNCA
October 5, 1989
UNCA gets
added lighting
Bird’s eye view
Photo by Miranda Wyatt
University Hall and Highsmith Center as seen from atop Rhoades Hall.
by Jerri Henderson
Staff Writer
A long-awaited lighting
project is now in the works
for the UNCA campus,
according to Jim Efland,
Physical Plant director.
The $104,300 project,
funded by the state of
North Carolina, chiefly
covers the area behind
Ramsey Library, including
Carmichael, Owen and
Zageir halls, said William
Pott, former vice-chancellor
of finance.
"There were not enough
funds when the Owen and
Zageir buildings were built
to include outside lighting,
so we’ve been asking for the
project for a number of
years," Efland said. "The
request is basically for 40
additional outside lights."
"This includes poles, lights,
transformers and anything
else we need," Pott said.
According to Pott, the
university sent the request
to the state in September
1988 and recently received
its approval.
"We’re trying to select a
designer right now," said
Efland. "We’ll probably
decide on one within two or
three weeks."
Outside lighting should
not be a problem with the
construction currently going
on around campus, or with
future projects.
"With every project going
on, the library and the
graduate center, there is
area lighting designed with
it," said Efland. "I hope all
future projects will include
outside lighting design."
Students urged to march for homeless
by Benny Smith
Staff Writer
UNCA students should get
involved in the National
Housing Now! march for
the homeless this weekend
in Washington, D.C.,
according to Steve Olin,
architectural representative
of Ramsey Library.
"I think that it is
important for college
students to realize that
there are an awful lot of
our own sisters and brothers
out there that need help,"
said Olin.
"While we are fortunate to
get a college education,
there are some people who
are not fortunate enough to
have a place to sleep," said
Olin.
"The national march for
the Housing Now! Project
will play a major role by
increasing the awareness of
the housing problems facing
the nation and by exerting
pressure upon the
Congress," said N.C. Sen.
Terry Sanford in a letter to
the WNC Housing Now!
"Housing for the homeless
gives them shelter, but it
also gives them the chance
to achieve dignity in their
own lives," said Olin.
"The ownership of
property puts them back
into the mainstream of
society without being taken
care of," he said.
The federal government
has responded to this
national housing tragedy by
slashing back federal
housing assistance by almost
80 percent since 1981,
Sanford wrote.
Locally, Mayor Louis
Bissette reported in the
May 25 issue of The
Asheville Citizen that
"community development
money that Asheville
receives to support low-
income housing has
dropped from more than $2
million several years ago to
less than $1 million last
year."
Optimistically, Sanford
believes "that the march will
help catalyze the passage of
comprehensive housing
legislation during the 101st
Congress."
"One of the major goals
that the WNC Housing
Now! group is focusing on
is providing shelter an(
Gays participate
in National
Coming Out Day
by Carrie Trutwin
Staff Writer
National Coming Out
Day, Oct. 11, is an
opportunity for all gay men
and women to take a step
in the coming-out process,
said Charlotte Goedsche,
assistant professor of
German at UNCA.
"Coming out" is a process
gay men and women go
through in recognizing they
are gay and communicating
their gay identities to
others, said Goedsche.
"Coming out is scary at
first. The only way to
overcome the fear is to
break it down little by little.
You have to do it step by
step." Goedsche said
National Coming Out Day
began in response to the
national March on
Washington for Gay and
Lesbian Rights, which took
place on Oct. 11, 1987.
"It was the largest civil
rights demonstration in
American history, with over
500,000 participants.
National Coming Out Day
Please see Coming out, page 10.
Public appearance Photo by Miranda Wyatt
Chancellor David Brown strolls about campus
enjoying a break from his administrative duties
Wednesday.
helping the homeless get
back into the mainstream of
society," said Olin.
"The Hospitality House
in Asheville helps to bring
people back into the
mainstream of society," he
said.
As a matter of fact,
"estimates place the
homeless population at 3
million people," said
Sanford.
Millions more live in
substandard units that lack
adequate plumbing, heat, or
electricity, said Sanford.
Please see March, page 10.
Saturdays
are super
for kids
by Carrie Trutwin
Staff Writer
Saturdays are super,
especially for kids in the
Super Saturday program at
UNCA, according to Elaine
Fox.
Now in its fourth year.
Super Saturday is an
enrichment program for
gifted students in grades
three through nine. It is
sponsored jointly by UNCA
and Parents for the
Advancement of Gifted
Education (PAGE), said
Fox, UNCA’s director of
Please see Saturdays, page 10.
Recovering teenage alcoholic still struggling
Editor’s note — The
student’s name has been
changed.
The opinions expressed by
"Joe" are his own and do not
reflect the opinions of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
by Lee Ann Donnelly
Staff Writer
"I wouldn’t be in college if
it weren’t for AA," said Joe,
UNCA student and
Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) member.
Joe said he would have
flunked out in a number of
□ For a related story, see page 4
days if he had not quit
drinking.
Joe said he and several
other students meet weekly
on campus, mainly for the
convenience, but also
because there are no AA
meetings in town geared to
the younger crowd.
He also thinks this campus
makes a good meeting place
because "there are probably
alcoholics here, or at least a
few who don’t know that
sobering up is worth it," he
said.
He feels that drinking is a
part of college life, and for
some students it poses no
problems in their present or
future lives. For others, like
himself, it might become a
very real problem.
Please sec Alcohol, page 10.
Where to turn for help;
If you or someone yon know suffers Iroia a® alcc^ol or drug
problem, several area ageades prowde treatment and
services. Contact the following for more information*. ' ; ^
Alcoholics Anonymous, Parkw^ O ffice Building, 7.54-853*)
Al-Anon Family Groups, Arden, N.C., 6844374.
Asheville Counseling Center, ill McDowell Sf;, 252-8390.
Brk^way, Brevard, N.C., 884-2100.
Hi^and Hospital, 49 Zillicba St., 254*5707. ' ’
Mountain Alcohol Treatmeitt Center, 2-G Do^di s Park, 255-
8655.
New Day Center/Parkridge Hospital, 1801 AshcvUle Hwy., •
693-6224. '
Woodhill Treatment Center, Caledonia Road, 25346^