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The Blue Banner
’’Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.” — Kettening
Volume XVII, Number 1
The University of North Carolina Asheville
August 30, 1990
Cause of
fire eludes
officials
Physical Plant
damages estimated
at $200,000
Interim
chancellor
appointed
Michelle Newton
Consulting Editor
Photo by Michelle Newton
. Fire and smoke damaged the physical plant on July 3, but
officials have not released the actual cause of the blaze.
Physical Plant employees have
now moved back into the Physical
Plant Building after a fire on July
3 forced them to relocate in the
Side Door.
The fire was discovered about
5:30 pm by Paul Braese, Building
Systems Engineer, when he saw
smoke coming from the building.
"No one was sure exactly where
the fire was coming from and they
broke into probably three or four
doors on the back side of the
building before they discovered the
fire was coming from the paint
shop," said Jim Efland, Physical
Plant Director.
According to Efland, the actual
flames were confined to the paint
shop and the roof above it, but
smoke, heat, and water damage
was significant and extensive
throughout the rest of the building
and the administrative offices. The
carpenter’s shop was almost totally
destroyed as well.
Even though the official report
from the State Department of
Insurance as to the exact cause of
the fire has not been released,
"We are pretty sure the fire started
from chemical combustion from a
bunch of rags we had been using
to stain lecterns for the New
Classroom Building," said Efland.
Along \Mth the lecterns, all the
equipment stored in the paint shop
burned as well as a lot of in
process material in the Carpenter’s
shop which was being used to
build new bookshelves for the New
Classroom Building said Efland.
Efland estimated the clean up
costs to be between $50,000 and
$60,000 and the actual building
reconstruction costs to be
somewhere between $50,000 and
$100,000. Added to those costs is
the cost of equipment and supply
Please see FIRE page 8A
Bookstore receives facelift
Kknberiy Cooley
News Editor
UNCA has named Michael D. Small of Pennsylvania director of the
campus bookstore, according to UNCA officials. Small was the
former bookstore director at Franklin and Marshall College in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Small will be responsible for developing the UNCA Bookstore into
a full-service bookstore for the campus community. Small will also be
responsible for developing merchandise for students and alumni
bearing the UNCA logo.
He will also coordinate use of the UNCA logo by area merchants
on clothing and other novelty items. UNCA is ciurently offering the
logo to local merchants at no charge.
At UNCA, Small will supervise the design and renovation of the
UNCA Bookstore during the upcoming expansion of the Highsmith
University. Small is also responsible for all vending services on the
UNCA campus.
"I saw tremendous potential for this store when I walked in," said
Small. "It has a beautiful physical set up , perfect location, adequate
selling space and good people working here which was proven by
them keeping the store together for a year without a store manager."
There is a chance that the bookstore could get larger as the
expansion of the Highsmith Center takes place. Small said there is
more money than thought for the bookstore, yet not as much as
people would like.
"I got the felling after talking with faculty and the administration that
this is something I could be on the ground floor with. I want to help
the store grow and let the store be part of UNCA’s growth," Small
said. "I see the institution growing in stature.
The rearranging of the bookstore had a lot to do with the flow of
people during the crowded text book buying time, according to Small.
This year there were no dead ends in the store. The books were
ai ranged flowing circular path.
By moving the books around into an orderly, efficient fashion, all of
the other "special areas in the bookstore were able to be enlarged.
Small said this year till the paper products and school supplies can
be found all in the same place. Cards, glassware, stationery, clothing
and books each have their own section where they can be found.
Before, merchandise was all over the store. "By departmentalizing
the store as we did, you get a natural order," Small said.
There is a wider selection in the bookstore this year with the space
made available by shifting and rearranging. Small said he thought the
bookstore was in an identity crisis when he first came to UNCA. "We
didn’t need to compete with K Mart or sell other universities
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Photo by Miranda Wyatt
Under the direction of Michael Small, the campus
bookstore has a new look and offers more services
to students
novelties."
"Our mission is to sell quality UNCA merchandise. We are on a
quality mission not only in clothing but in all UNCA emblematic
merchandise," Small said.
UNCA items will also be able to be purchased in stores around the
community. Champs in the Biltmore Square Mall is now carrying
merchandise with the UNCA logo. "We want to advertise UNCA as
much as we can. The more advertising we do the better off the
university will be," Small said.
This year the UNCA Bookstore will be offering cross pens with the
UNCA logo, glassware, eight categories of trade, and general interest
books, reference book section, best seller section and Hallmark cards.
Residence hall space at a premium
Michelle Newton
Consulting Editor
Due to an increase in the
number of UNCA students
wanting to live in the residence
halls, some students were placed
in temporary living spaces as the
fall semester began.
About 40 students who sent their
housing applications in very late in
the summer were placed in the
lounges of four halls in the
Governor’s Village and in triple
rooms in the Highrise.
"We ptuposely overbook not to
deprive students in any way, but to
ensure a 100 percent occupancy
rate and to ensure that as. many
students as possible who want.to
live on campus can do so," said
Pete Williams, Director of
Housing and Residence Life.
Having to overbook results
mainly from students waiting until
the beginning of school to cancel
their room assignment even
though they know well in advance
they won’t be returning to the
residence halls.
'The main problem is students
who sign up for a room and don’t
come back and don’t let us know.
This puts a burden on other
students because we have no way
of knowing that those spaces are
going to be available," said Mr.
Williams.
"We are technically full starting
the first part of July, but students
continue to cancel at the last
minute or just don’t show up. If
we started turning people away for
housing in July we would end up
turning away probably 100 people
and then end up with 100 spaces
in the residence hall," explained
Nancy Williams, Assistant Director
of Housing and Residence Life.
"It’s foolish to turn students away
who want to live on campus and
then have empty spaces."
Crowded housing isn’t a new
problem at UNCA. Last year the
Vicki McCoy
Editor
C.D. Spangler, president of the
University of North Carolina
system, has appointed Roy Carroll
as UNCA’s interim chancellor.
Carroll, who as vice president of
planning is responsible for the
development of academic
programs, says he is excited about
working with UNCA.
"When Dr. Spangler asked me if
I would be interested in this
position, I said ’yes’ immediately
because of my long-term interests
in the institution," Carroll said.
Carroll says he was personal
friends with the Highsmiths, after
whom the student center is named,
and knows they were committed
to education.
Carroll, 60, comes to UNCA
with a background of teaching in
this area of the state. Prior to his
serving 11 years in his current
position in Chapel Hill, Carroll
was the chairman of the
department of history at
Appalachian State University in
Boone.
Carroll says he enjoyed working
in the mountains of Western
North Carolina. He also says he
has been involved with mountain
families doing histories and
genealogies.
"It’s good to be back in the
mountains," he said. "I know a lot
of the history of the area, and I’ve
learned a lot from mountain
people."
Carroll ^so said he is glad to be
working with students again,
adding he misses teaching and
being involved in campus activities.
"I love to teach freshmen in
particular, and I miss not being on
a campus," he said. "I’ve always
enjoyed being with students."
He says his primary emphasis
will be in undergraduate teaching.
Please see INTERIM page 8A
Carroll
same sort of overbooking was
done to deal with overcrowded
residence halls, it was just handled
differently and the students in the
temporary spaces were much less
visible than this year.
"Last year we doubled more
corner rooms in the Governor’s
Village and tripled more rooms in
the Highrise rather than putting
students in the lounges as we did
this year," said Mr. Williams.
"W^at we foxmd was, people saw
the corner rooms doubled and said
I’m not going to live in that
Please see HALL page 8B
After six years,
Brown resigns
Vicki McCoy
Editor
After six years of service to
the UNCA community,
Chancellor David Brown
resigned this summer to take a
position at Wake Forest
University in Winston-Salem.
Brown, 54, will fill the
position of academic provost at
the university, a job he says is
similar to that of UNCA’s vice-
chancellor of academic affairs.
"I will be responsible for the
campus‘in the absence of the
president," he said. "The deans
of the law school, graduate and
undergraduate business
schools, the arts and sciences,
all will be reporting to me."
Brown says his experiences as
chancellor have been fulfilling,
mainly due to the people of the
university.
"Professionally, the last six
years have been the most
gratifying and rewarding of my
life, and it’s the people who
have made it that way," he said.
Brown said both students and
faculty have helped make bis
years as chancellor "one of
astonishing achievement."
"The students are super. They
are earnest yet fun-loving. They
are all ages and come from a
broad diversity of backgrounds.
They are up for new
adventures," he said.
'And the faculty are very
responsive. They are a student-
centered faculty who really
care a lot about the quality of
education," Brown said.
According to Brown, the
growth of the university over
the past few years has
enhanced its image.
"The university has grown
greatly ■ the quality of student,
the rigor of the curricuhun, the
physical facilities. For all of
these reasons, these have been
immensely gratifying years," he
said. "It (UNG\) is one of the
best educational bargains in
the United States."
Brown says he feels his job
here at UNCA is complete. He
also says this would be the best
time to leave, both in his
personal life and in the life of
the university.
When he took the position six
years ago. Brown says he was
determined to "complete a
task," and when he felt his job
was finished, he would then
decide whether or not to stay
at UNCA.
"I came to the conclusion that
I could provide leadership for
the next three years, but after
nine or 10 years, I could run
out of ideas," he said. "I then I
would be too old to move to
another position."
According to Brown, his
greatest accomplishment was
enhancing the image of the
university.
"I wanted to enable the entire
UNCA community, locally and
state-wide, to recognize the
potential of UNCA in
becoming the national
^Please see BROWN page 8B