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Volume XVJJI Number 3
The University of North Carolina Asheville
January 7, 1991
Search
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Selective Service
gives guidelines
for draft
Paul Folger
Staff Writer
Danny Holcomb
Staff Writer
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The search for UNCA’s new chancellor is nearing
its final stages, accordmg to Chancellor Search
Committee Chairman Jack Cecil.
Back in December, the committee narrowed the
number of applicants from 121 to 11 during its second
screening session.
The third session, held in mid-January, screened the
40 new applicants that had been received since the
last meeting and took another look at the original
candidates, said Salli Gaddini, staff member to the
committee.
In two weeks, the candidates will be interviewed
face to face by the committee as a whole. As a result
of those interviews, approximately four will be invited
to visit the campus and meet with the various
constituents of the university sometime in March,
Gaddini said.
According to Cecil, the new chancellor’s salary will
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Patriotic display
Tliese flags on display outside of the Highrise show student support
for oUr troops fighting in the Persian Gulf.
Please see Search, page 12
A visit to UNCA by army
recruiters has raised questions
about the possibilities of
reinstating the draft.
Army Lt. Col. James Nichols,
Charlotte Recruiting Battalion
Commander for the U.S. Army,
visited Joanne Garrett, UNCA
registrar, last fall to request a list
of names to be used to solicit
volunteers for military service.
"As registrar, I am custodian
over student record files," Garrett
said. "We do not release the
names of our students to anyone
other than a university official or
someone acting on behalf of the
university."
Nichols said there is no link
between voluntary recruiting
services and the U.S. Selective
Service Systems which draws from
its own list of registered males in
the case of a draft reinstatement.
Nichols said a list of student
names would give recruiters the
"ability to contact" students to
inform them of the educational
opportunities offered through
volunteering for the service.
Nichols said the draft is a
"national decision" that would not
involve recruiting. To reinstate the
draft, the president must ask
Congress to pass a law, which
requires the presidential signature
if passed.
According to the U.S. Selective
Service System, if necessary.
Congress could enact the draft.
A televised lottery of birth dates
would decide the order of
induction. Within 30 days, 100,000
men would be inducted.
The U.S. Selective Service
System would take those who
turned 20 in 1991, by order of
birth dates drawn in the lottery.
There are 1.5 million 20'year-olds
eligible.
The draft ages would proceed
year-by-year up to 26-year-old
Please see Draft, page 12
New parking areas
proposed for campus
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Victoria McCoy
Editor
The UNCA administration is
preparing to add four new parking
areas to the campus, according to
Kevan Frazier, SGA’s executive
assistant for internal relations.
The four new lots include areas
behind the Highrise residence hall,
an area across the street from
Zageir Hall, a lot behind Owen
Hall and a few spaces along the
service road leading to the
Highrise.
According to Frazier, the area
behind the Highrise will add
approximately 25 parking spaces.
"We made sure that this lot does
not impede or damage the
Botanical Gardens in any way," he
said.
The second lot, Frazier said, will
be a triangular lot at the edge of
the property line across the street
from Zageir Hall, but university
officials still have questions about
the access to the lot,
"The lot will have about 35 to 40
spaces, but it will just depend on
how the lot is joined to the other
existing lots," he said.
The third lot will add spaces
between Carol Belk Theatre and
Owen Art and Management.
Currently, there are two smaller,
separate lots behind both of those
buildings.
"Those two lots will be joined to
one lot," Frazier said. "They will
be graded together to make one
long parking section."
Frazier also said the service road
connecting Carol Belk and
Edgewood Road will be removed.
"The access to Carol Belk and
the handicapped spaces will be to
drive through the entrance to the
current Owen parking lot," he said.
The lot should hold about 30 to
35 spaces, he said.
The last new parking area will
be the addition of a few spaces
along the service road leading to
the Highrise residence hall.
According to Frazier, the plans
call for about 10 to 15 new spaces.
Last semester, as plans for new
parking lots were introduced,
many students and faculty
protested some of the proposals
due to environmental concerns.
But Frazier said these new lots
were carefully studied for their
impact on the environment.
"During these proposals, the
environment has been the number
one priority," Frazier said. "Every
parking lot has been looked at by
several different committees."
Last fall, during registration for
the spring semester, SGA
sponsored a parking survey in an
attempt to assess student and
faculty parking needs. One issue
addressed by the survey was the
possibility of building parking
Research
journal
lacks
funding
Julie Partin
Staff Writer
Please see Parking, page 12
Make me laugh ,
This man is one of many who'auditioned for ’’America’s
Funniest People” this past weekend at Asheville Mali.
UNCA’s student publication of
undergraduate research is facing a
shortage of funds again this year,
according to Lydia Bell, co-editor
of UNCA’s Journal of
Undergraduate Research.
The Journal of Undergraduate
Research receives no university
funds and expenses are not
covered in the Undergraduate
Research Program.
According to Bell, editors are
looking for long-term solutions to
their funding problems.
"This year we are trying to set up
some type of long-range funding,"
Bell said. "Each editor has had to
scrape for money."
Please see Journal, page 12
Chemical warfare poses environmental threat
Julie Partin
Staff Writer
Gary MiUer, professor of
environmental studies, presented
an information session about
environmental issues in the
Persian Gulf. Accordmg to Miller,
the recent oil spill in the Gulf
brings a new aspect Into the
Persian Gulf conflict, one of
environmental warfare.
Environmental warfare uses the
environment as a weapon during a
time of war.
The session was part of the on
going forum concerning the war.
Student Government Association
sponsored the event.
The 475-million-gallon oil spill
has raised new questions regarding
the safety of the environment
during wartime. Environmental
warfare itself is not new. As far
back as World War I, such devices
as smoke screens were used to
confuse the enemy. The United
States used massive environmental
warfare during the war in
Vietnam.
. In 1977, as part of the Geneva
Conference, environmental
warfare was banned. Among those
countries refusing to sign were
both Iraq and the United States.
According to Miller, habitat
destruction is great. The
explosions from bombs and
various air raids, have shattered
the vegetation and thus the food
source for many animals. This
includes man’s food sources as
well.
"Fifty percent of the protein
people t^e in comes from these
habitats," said Miller.
Miller
who reside permanently, face great
difficulties in surviving the largest
Both migrating birds and those ojj spill ever. One million to two
million birds are in jeopardy.
Mammals and fish also face a
future covered in slick, black oil.
The environment of the Middle
East faces another challenge,
chemical warfare. Chemical
warfare involves the placing of a
virus or other organism into the
area of a bomb where the
munitions usually go.
According to Miller, Iraq’s
arsenal of chemical weapons
includes the anthrax virus.
The anthrax virus is not new to
warfare. During wars of the
Middle Ages, solders returning
home brought the deadly virus.
Those hit by a chemical bomb
containing the anthrax virus will
experience various symptoms.
Large puss-filled sores are a result
of direct contact with the skin.
Eating contaminated food can
"take apart the digestive system,"
said Miller.
A greater effect of the anthrax
virus lies in the future. Since the
virus travels in the form of a
spore, the soil ingests the
dangerous material.
The virus may lie dormant for
many years before showing itself
in the form of a sickness.
Miller said Hussein is using the
environment as an agent in war. In
creating an oil spill, Hussein is
"creating a new version of the
smoke screen," said Miller.
Since an army in the desert’s
greatest need is water, Hussein’s
plan to contaminate the water is a
logical decision in war.
"Two-thirds of the region’s fresh
water supply would not be
available," said Miller.
In creating a spill of this size,
Hussein hopes to slow down or
prevent an amphibious Allied
landing.
The threat of nuclear war has
been raised. Miller said the U.S.
government assumes Iraq doesn’t
have nuclear capabilities. "If he
had it (nuclear weapons) I think
he would use it." said Miller.
According to Miller, all nuclear
reactors were bombed the first
day. Iraq’s reactors were small and
still in the experimental stage.
Damage to the environment and
the people of Iraq is not known.
Miller said the effects of the
destruction of the facilities should
not create a world-wide oroblem.
The people within the bombing
areas face the greatest challenge.
"(The) society is being taken apart
piece by piece," said Miller. Miller
said the enormous pressure on
natural resources places an
immense strain on a system which
is struggling to survive.