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schedule, p^c 6.
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Pelranka, page 7.
life in Hell, pa^ 8.
Campus News
Career Day
The Career Center is
sponsoring Career Day
Thursday Oct. 26 from 10
a.m. until 2 p.m.
Forty-five southeastern
employers from as far away as
Florida and Washington will
set tables in the quad between
Lipinski and Rhoades halls.
A wide spectrum of
representatives from both the
private and public sectors will
be involved to provide
students will information on
careers with their
organizations.
The federal government will
be offering information on
careers ranging from the CIA
and Secret Service to forest
and soil conservation.
Both Duke University and
Bowman Grey are looking for
medical school applicants.
Investment and accounting
firms will also be represented
at the event.
For more information drop
by the Career Center in the
lower level of the Weizenblatt
Health Center.
Writer to speak
A former writer for "Hill
Street Blues" kicks off the
annual UNCA Visiting
Scholar Lectures at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 19 in Lipinski
Auditorium.
John Romano, a former
professor of English at
Columbia University, will
discuss "The Writer in
Television; Making Art and
Values." Romano received an
Emmy nomination for his
work during the final season
of "Hill Street Blues."
The Visiting Scholar
Lectures are sponsored by
UNCA’s humanities program
and the cultural and special
events committee. ^
For more information about
the lecture series, call Bob
Yeager at 251-6411.
Education goals
President George Bush and
49 state governors emerged
from a two-day education
summit meeting at the
University of Virginia last
month with a list of broad
goals to improve education.
Among the goals were calls
to restructure schools to give
principals and teachers more
power to set course content,
choose books and set policies.
The only goal having to do
with higher education was
that college should be more
accessible, especially to
disadvantaged students.
Many of the broad goals
adopted will probably
translate into students taking
more standardized tests and
getting more classroom drills
to learn how to get high
scores on the tests.
UNC-CH sued
An animal rights
organization has filed a
lawsuit against UNC-CH
seeking documents on animal
research conducted at the
university.
The group. Students for the
Ethical Treatment of
Animals, names Chairman
William Huffhines of the
school’s institutional animal
care and use committee.
The students say these
records should be open to the
public and that they bear
directly upon the credibility of
the animal research complex
and process at UNC.
From CPS, press releases and staQ reports
Weekend Weather
The extended forecast for
Friday through Sunday calls
for fair skies Friday becoming
partly cloudy Saturday and
Sunday.
Highs will be in the upper
70s to near 80 over the
weekend. Lows will fall to the
* 40s Friday warming to the 50s
on Saturday and Sunday.
Jim Owen
Atmospheric Sciences
The Blue Banner
Volume XV, Number 7
Serving the students and faculty of UNCA
October 12, 1989
Security arrests two on drug charges
by Vicki McCoy
Assistant News Ediiar
UNCA security recently
made two drug-related
arrests on campus,
according to Dennis R.
Gregory, UNCA campus
police investigation and
crime prevention officer.
Calvin Allen, 16, of 87
Klondike Ave., was arrested
at approximately 2 a.m.
Saturday and charged with
possession of a controlled
substance with intent to sell.
According to Gregory,
Security Officer Richard D.
Bernier stopped Allen’s
vehicle on University
Heights near the Highrise
parking lot. Gregory said
Bernier stopped the vehicle
to investigate since the
vehicle had no parking
decal and was not going to
any of the dorms.
"The subjects in the car
were making motions like
they were trying to hide
something," Gregory said.
"As Allen was removed
from the car, he dropped a
bag containing a white,
powdery substance."
Gregory said the substance
was cocaine.
Allen, who is not a UNCA
student, was arrested and
taken to the Buncombe
County Jail, where he was
released on $2000 secured
bond. Possession of cocaine
is classified as a Class-H
felony. If convicted, Allen
could possibly spend up to
10 years in jail and face a
monetary fine. In North
Carolina, a person can face
charges as an adult if he is
between 16 and 18 years of
age.
In an unrelated case,
security officers arrested a
UNCA student at
approximately 4:30 p.m. on
Oct. 11 after receiving a tip
from an informant, whom
Gregory would not identify.
Kathleen L. Abbey, 18,
who lives in room 415 of
the Highrise dorm, was
arrested and charged with
possession of a controlled
substance and possession of
drug paraphernalia.
According to court
documents, a search warrant
was obtained, and Abbey’s
room was searched. Gregory
said officers found less than
one-half of an ounce of
marijuana and drug
SGA
helps
victims
by Lee Pearson
Staff Writer
When Hurricane Hugo
ripped through North and
South Carolina three weeks
ago, it brought with it
attention to the areas
suffering from destruction.
Charleston and Charlotte
received massive attention,
but certain segments of the
hurricane’s path seem to be
virtually forgotten, said
Roland Leaiherwood, a
sophomore senator in the
UNCA student government.
Leatherwood was reading
The Charlotte Observer one
day following Hugo and
noticed an article
concerning the somewhat
forgotten residents of small
Sec SGA, page 10.
Reading in the sunshine *^*’'’*° Adams
Janet Drake takes advantage of the warm weather to catch up on her reading
outside Carmichael Hall recently.
paraphernalia in the room.
Abbey’s roommate, Angel
Dellinger, was not
implicated in the charges.
Abbey was arrested and
released on $400 secured
bond. Abbey’s court date is
set for Oct. 25. Possession
of less than one ounce of
marijuana is a Class-I
misdemeanor and carries a
maximum fine of $100.
According to Gregory,
Pete Williams, director of
housing, will be the one to
decide if any disciplinary
action will be taken by the
university.
0X
joins
relief
effort
by Kimberly Cooley
Staff Writer
Theta Chi fraternity joined
the Hugo relief effort by
collecting items from
students on campus
beginning Oct. 2. "When
something as obvious as the
damage that happened
down there happens, we
wanted to help. No one else
on campus seemed to be
doing anything," said Jeff
Kilpatrick, pledge marshall
for Theta Chi.
The idea to help in the
relief was brought up in last
week’s meeting by Nathan
McKee, Theta Chi social
chairman, Kilpatrick said.
"Everybody in the fraternity
was happy to cooperate.
See Theta Chi, page 10.
Nationwide, students score low in humanities
by Michael E. Gouge
News Editor
UNCA students may have
a better knowledge and
understanding of history and
literature than students at
other universities, faculty
members said.
In a recent Gallup survey
of college seniors’
knowledge of history and
literature, 39 percent of
students surveyed failed the
history section and 68
percent failed the literature
portion, according to the
National Endowment for
the Humanities.
But Peg Downes, associate
professor of literature, said
she thinks UNCA students
would fare much better
than their national peers.
"I think that more of our
students would know the
answers, but more
importantly, I think they
would have more of the
context of these (historical)
events," Downes said.
UNCA students "would
have more than just
memorized dates and facts."
Downes said UNCA’s
extensive humanities
curriculum gives students
insights into 'the human
nature that contributes or
See Survey, page 10.
UNCA recognized
The OtS, 16 issue of U.S. Ne\i« &
University of North C^olina at i^evStte
coming” univereities, accordk^ to uaiwns
The aunual in America"
newsweeMy m^azine will be on
Oct. 5 announcement from the pi
UNCA was one of 32 coHe^ and
as "up and ajming," based on a poH of 3,8^ eol
and admis^ons officers from sehoofe.
The U.S. News & World Report survey a^d
identify "up and coming schools” based on "t^ i
education^ innovations ai^ improvemeEd^.* V
d Report has tapped t
as one of America’s ”
Child day care
service proposed
by Vicki McCoy
Assistant News Editor
Students, faculty and staff
gathered on Oct. 10 in the
private dining room to show
their support for a child
care center proposal for
UNCA.
Marilyn Ball, a UNCA
student, prepared a 20-page
recommendation to the
office of the vice-chancellor
for student affairs on the
options of child care
facilities for the UNCA
community.
According to Ball, other
universities in North
Carolina provide assistance
to their faculty, staff and
students. "Great universities,
schools with rigorous
standards and a
commitment to academic
excellence - schools like
Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill
- offer their students some
degree of assistance with
child care," Ball’s report
said.
At the beginning of her
presentation, Ball read a
letter from a UNCA faculty
member that discussed the
child care needs of
university students and
faculty. The letter said
affordable and reliable child
care is difficult to find in
this community.
"I have received so many
letters just like this one, and
they are all the same," Ball
said. "The need for good
child care is there."
The proposal outlined five
options the university could
pursue to implement some
type of child care plan.
See Day care, page 10.
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Photo by Sandra Sigmon
Marilyn Ball discusses the need for child care
services with students and faculty Tuesday.
Lang
works on
Galileo
by Michael E. Gouge
News Editor
The soon-to-be-launched
Jupiter probe Galileo will
be carried into place with
the help of UNCA
computer scientist Wayne
Lang’s computer
programming, the university
announced.
"Primarily, I wrote
software. In Galileo in
particular, I did quite a bit
of work with the main
microcomputer," Lang said.
The probe will be
deployed from the space
shuttle Atlantis, whose
launch, originally scheduled
for Oct. 11, was delayed
due to a problem in one of
See Galileo, page 10.