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Volume XVI, Number 2
Striving for excellence
February 1,1990
Former United States
General illustrates
the “ Ironies of War”
By Miranda Wyatt
Staff Writer
Retired General William
Westmoreland, commander of all
U.S. forces in the Vietnam War,
gave a lecture at UNCA Monday
entitled The Irony of War."
"The Irony of War is that it
makes for a world safe for
democracy," said Westmoreland.
Westmoreland, 75 grew up m
Spartanburg, S.C., and attended
The Citadel and West Point. He
has four Distinguished Service
Medals, and in 1965, Time named
him "Man of the Year." He has
written his autobiography, A
Soldier Reptxts.
Westmoreland defended U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War
by saying the U.S. military, under
presidential authority, holds
responsibility to halt communism
and to make a world safe for
democracy.
Students protested outside the
Owen Conference Center after the
lecture, chanting "No more
Vietnams. No more Vietnams,"
while holding a large white banner
that read, "Democracy in action:
1.7 million Vietnamese killed.
Ecocide: Agent Orange is forever."
In a question-and-answer
discussion held after the lecture, a
member of the audience asked
Westmoreland, "Is the halt of
communism worth losing all those
lives?" He replied, "It makes the
world safe for democracy."
A member of the audience spoke
against the use of Agent Orange
as part of the military technology
in the Vietnam War.
Westmoreland said the Vietnam
War was not fought in vain and
history is proving it.
"The United States, by its
military efforts, blocked the
expansion of communism for 10
years, removing pressime on
ASEAN," said Westmoreland.
ASEAN (Association of
Southeast Asian Nations), an
alliance of important third-world
countries including the Philippines,
Indonesia and Thailand, assisted
the U.S. war effort in Vietnam.
The U.S. helped protect ASEAN
coimtries, who were part of the
non-communist world.
These countries held importance
to the U.S. because they had rich
mineral resources precious to the
future of the United States.
"In the process of the war,
America provided for those
insecure countries 14 years to
mature and develop self-
confidence in running their own
affairs," said Westmoreland.
A member of the audience
retaliated against Westmoreland’s
defense of American military
action by saying, "Dwight
Eisenhower saw the folly of a
strong military. There are non-
militaristic ways of solving political
problems."
Another member of the audience
confronted Westmoreland with
questions concerning the U.S.
killings of Vietnamese children in
the war.
"I don’t know of children being
intentionally killed. The rules of
engagement we had went out of
their way and they were enforced,
I would say, 95 percent of the
time, as much as humanly possible
in order to avoid civilian
casualties," said Westmoreland.
Please see General, page 12
Photo by Miranda Wyatt
General Westmoreland answered some of
the commonly asked questions about
the Vietnam War, Monday at UNCA
Budget
cuts
affect
schools
By Lane Hoilifield
Staff Writer
Across-the-board budget
cutbacks applied by the North
Carolina General Assembly are
crippling universities and colleges
across the state.
Members of the North Carolina
Student. Govertunent Association
(NCSGA) met for an emergency
tele com^municat ions video
conference Jan. 29 to discuss and
possibly arrive at some solutions to
end this problem.
Student government officials
from campuses across the state
related stories of cutbacks, freezes
on the filling of new and vacant
positions and shortages of
supplies. Hardest hit of these
schools tended to be the North
Carolina School of the Arts and
North Carolina A & T.
NCSGA president Gene Davis
explained that North Carolina is a
no-deficit state. "If we don’t have
the money, we don’t spend it," he
said.
Davis explained that the General
Assembly receives money
Please see Cutbacks, page 12
Campus blood drive exceeds expectations
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Sigma Pi
wins
SGA contest
By Michelle Franklin
Staff Writer
The American Red Cross
collected 118 units of blood during
Wednesday’s blood drive
sponsored by the SGA.
The established goal, 70 units,
was easily met according to Red
Cross charge nurse, Mary Hyde.
"It has been a tremendous
success," said Hyde. "Our goal was
70 and I know we’ve collected over
100 units because we had such a
steady stream of kids all day long."
Maria Dickerson, SGA senior
senator who has volunteered in
past UNCA blood drives, also felt
the turnout was good.
"It was a big improvement over
last time," said Dickerson.
"Everything was really organized
and we got lots of help from
student volunteers."
The Red Cross’s September
blood drive held in Lipinsky
.-Auditorium only collected 59 units
of blood according to Amy
Hoilifield, Assistant Director of
Donor Resources Development.
One reason why Wednesday’s
blood drive held in the Highsmith
Center proved to be more
successful was because of the
different location, according to
Dickerson.
Another reason Dickerson gave
for the high turnout was the SGA
sponsored contest among campus
groups. Groups could win by
either having the highest
percentage of turnout within the
group and also by having the
highest total turnout.
"To some extent the contest
helped," said Dickerson. "It gets
the groups motivated."
Underdog Productions was the
winner of the percentage contest.
They had a 40% turnout for the
blood drive. Sigma Pi was second
with a 31% turnout.
The winning group for the
highest total turnout was Sigma Pi.
They had a total of 14 members to
give blood. Underdog Productions
came in second with a total of 12
members pving blood.
The winning groups each
received $50, along with a
certificate presented to them by
the Red Cross.
important to the Red Cross
according to Hoilifield. "Right now
we are experiencing a national
blood shortage and we are
entering a high usage period."
Hoilifield also said that the
number one reason people don’t
give blood is fear, but that
students should think that it could
blood several times. "So far I’ve
given a gallon of blood," said Byrd.
"I feel good about giving blood
and helping other people out. I
would like someone to do it for
me if I needed blood, so I do it
for other people."
UNCA staff, as well as students,
participated in the blood drive.
7 feelgood about giving
blood and helping other people
out. I would like for someone to
do it for me if I needed blood,
so I do it for other people."
Sean Byrd
Photo by Sandra Sigmon
An enthusiastic donor smiles for the camera
Other groups participating in the
contest were Alpha Xi Delta,
Kappa Phi, and Pi Lambda Phi.
Dickerson expressed her thanks
on behalf of the Red Cross and
the SGA for the groups’ efforts. "I
am really happy with the results of
student participation and I hope
we do as well next time," said
Dickerson.
The blood collected during the
next few months will be very
be their family member in need of
blood one day.
First time donor Jonathan
Anderson said he was nervous
about giving blood, but he thought
it was important. "You can save
somebody’s life by giving blood."
Robert McDaniel, another first
time donor, said he gave blood
because of his wife. Line
McDaniel, who also gave blood.
"She kept telling me that I was
afraid and I couldn’t do it."
Senior Sean Byrd has given
Bookstore employee Krista
Warwick said she gave blood
because other people can use it.
"It gives somebody else a chance
to live."
Hoilifield said the next Red
Cross blood drive at UNCA is
tentatively scheduled for April 26.
She also added that a person can
give blood every 56 days, so
persons who gave this time would
be able to give in April’s blood
drive.
Inside
Former UNCA
coach remembered 2
Wendell’s Window 3
Reasons to
give blood 3
Constmetion
ceases 4
Student volunteers
needed for
local agency 4
Student visits
Berlin Wall 5
Lady Bulldogs
lose at home 6
Men’s basketball
wins conference
games 7
Indigo Girls
visit Asheville 8
Getting to Know... 9
Life in Hell 10
Robotman 10
Health Beat 12
Research articles being accepted
By Jami Shipe
Staff Writer
The editors of UNCA’s Journal
of Undergraduate Research are
inviting students to submit their
original research articles for
publication, according to John
Stevens, director of the
UndergraduateResearchProgram.
The deadline for intent to submit
an article for review is March 31.
The deadline for submissions is
April 15.
The journal, published by UNCA
students, accepts articles submitted
by all disciplines of the university.
"This journal is unique because
there are few examples in the
United States of undergraduate
research journals, especially with
student editors," Stevens said.
The editors plan to publish the
journal in the late summer for
distribution by Sept. 1.
Chemistry major Edward Lilly,
one of six students published in
the 1989 journal, plans to submit
an article this year dealing with
Mossbauer spectroscopy.
"The journal is an outstanding
endeavor to get undergraduates
into the field of research," Lilly
said. "It speaks well of UNCA."
As well as publishing the journal,
the UNCA Undergraduate
Research Program formally
established the National
Conference on Undergraduate
Research, which UNCA hosted in
1987 and 1988. The conferences
attracted students and faculty from
over 300 colleges.
"UNCA has played a leadership
role in bringing together thinking
on undergraduate research,"
Stevens said. "Establishing this
conference has given UNCA much
visibility and a national
reputation."
The conference is held in
different locations around the
country. This spring. Union
College in Schenectady, N.Y., will
serve as host.
"There will be about 20 students
and 10 faculty members from
UNCA presenting papers at
Schenectady," said Stevens.
Lilly participated in the 1989
National Conference held in San
Antonio, Tex.
"Both the students and the
faculty were very professional in
their presentations," he said. "It
was fabulous.
"The conference provided a
special opportunity for me," Lilly
said. "One of the top men in the
field of inorganic chemistry, Harry
B. Grey, was in charge of my
presentation. It was interesting to
meet and discuss my research with
him.
Fine Arts major IV Whitman
also participated in the 1989
conference. He presented research
dealing with the convergence of
life and art in a sculptural
environment. Whitman said.
"The conference was incredible
because of the concentration of
students from all over the United
States," Whitman said. "I met
people from Harvard, Cal Tech,
UCLA, and Columbia."
Whitman would like to attend
the conference this spring if he
completes his research.
"The conference is an inspiring
time for everyone there because-
everyone is excited about everyone
else’s ideas," Whitman said. "1 was
able to learn things that I would
never have been able to learn
without this exposure."
In 1991, California Polytechnical
Institute will host the conference.