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Volume XVill Number 1
The University of North Carolina Asheville
Jcmuaiy 24,1991
U-S. action in war divides campus opinions
Steve Peake
News Editor
The outbreak of war in the *
Persian Gulf prompted UNCA
administration to cancel classes for
two hours Friday to allow a forum
on the steps of Ramsey Library on
U.S. involvement in the conflict.
The Student Government
Association (SGA) organized the
forum, with John Schoultz, SGA
president, moderating.
An estimated 400 people braved
a chill breeze to hear short
presentations by several panelists.
Questions and comments from the
audience followed.
Panelist Anthony Coyne,
associate professor of philosophy,
said now that war has actually
broken out in the Gulf, the United
States must lake care to avoid an
attitude of revenge.
It’s easy, when you get into a
war, to get motivated by desires
for revenge, because we are all
going to be justifiably angry about
a great many things that are going
to happen," said Coyne.
"But when we have to begin
reconstructing some kind of new
order in the Middle East, if we act
in a way to make people more
angry than they have to be, then
we’re not fighting the war to
guarantee peace, we’re actually
conducting the war in such a way
as to guarantee that at some
future date there will just be more
hostility in the Middle East,
instead of less," Coyne said.
The forum drew a diverse
audience, ranging from those who
oppose U.S, military intervention,
to those who support President
Bush’s decision to engage Iraq in
battle. Scott Sharpe attended with
a large U.S. flag in tow, and
questioned the patriotism of
dissenters.
Sharpe said it is time for the "85
percent of Americans who support
our troops" to make their position
known. "If you’re against the
government, you’re against what
wc stand for. If youTe against
what we stand for, you’re against
freedom," he said.
Panelist John Fobes, who
formerly served at the United
Nations as deputy director-general
of UNESCO, warned listeners to
resist the "hypnotic influences" of
political leaders, who, Fobes said,
oversimplify complex ' situations.
He said those leaders sometimes
suspect the American people’s
ability to understand complicated
issues.
"It shows a certain amount of
doubt about the public. They don’t
think we can handle the context in
which things are happening."
Fobes said failing to address those
complex issues — what he called
"the big picture" — results in
repeating the same mistakes that
lead to war. "It’s a bitter irony, in
fact, that we’re told about all those
new technological devices, those
weapons," he said.
"Unfortunately, I’m afraid they’re
being used with old ideas and old
objectives - for old wars instead
of new visions."
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Myles Murray
Bill Buchanan
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part of the book donation as Mel Blowers (I) and
Campus
observe
LeeAnn Donnelly
Staff Writer
UNCA students and Asheville
residents took time this week to
remember the late peace-activist
Martin Luther King Jr.
UNCA’s week-long Martin
Luther King Jr. Celebration has
featured several events open to
students and the Asheville
community.
According to Ken Betsalel,
associate professor of political
science, the theme for this year’s
King Celebration echoes King’s
ideals for the peaceful fight for
civil rights for ail people.
"The theme of the week is non
violence as a way to live and a way
to act," Betsalel told students
attending a student empowerment
workshop Wednesday.
Ron Davis of the Highlander
Center in New Market, TN, led
students attending the workshop in
a group dynamics game which
aimed to portray situations in
which oppressed groups learn to
deal non-violenlly with groups in
power.
"People who are in power are
able to make the rules and arc
able to keep advantage for
themselves. People who arc not in
power will begin to feel very bad
and will be subjected to other
people’s rules," he said.
In this type of situation, Davis
said, oppressed groups often turn
to violence against the
domineering group. Davis said
the objective of the game is to
explore both groups’ roles and to
learn how to deal non-violenlly in
situations.
"In order to behave in a non
violent way, wc need to search a
little deeper within ourselves and
ask ourselves where the violence
comes from," Davis said.
"We need to try to further the
process that Dr. King and others
before him started in terms of
dealing with our problems non-
violently," he said.
_ According to Roy Carroll,
interim chancellor at UNCA, King
set an example lor generations to
come.
outstanding moral leaders of the
20th century," said Carroll. "He
exerted enormous influence on the
lives and consciousness of people
everywhere. It is fitting that we
honor him. The ideals and goals
which he pursued arc important
. for all of us."
Other campus events planned in
the Marlin Luther King Jr.
Celebration include a Unity
Dinner Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the
private dining room of the
Highsmith Center. Following the
dinner, the Rev. O.T. Tomes of
the New Mount Olive Baptist
Church will speak at 7 p.m, in
Lipinsky Auditorium.
Several UNCA choirs will sing at
the event, including the UNCA
Ebony Choir, the UNCA Unity
Choir, and the Living The Dream
Choir.
in addition lo on-campus
observances, the Asheville
community held several events
Ramsey Library receives
rare book collection
Victoria McCoy
Editor
A major donation of rare books
and other materials related to the
westward expansion of Colonial
America will add "substantial
research resources" to UNCA’s D.
Hidcn Ramsey Library, according
to Mel Blowers, university
librarian.
"The collection consists of
approximately 4,000 items which
include maps, diaries and
newspapers from (he period,"
Blowers said. "Wc estimate the
value of the collection to be over a
quarter of a million dollars."
According lo Blowers, Myles
Murray, a Florida resident,
donated the items to Ramsey
Library.
Murray gave the collection as a
memorial lo his granddaughter,
Kelly Lynn Harrison, who died in
an accident at Lake Lure, NC, on
July 4, 1987. The collection will be
designated the "Kelly Harrison
Collection in Colonial and
Revolutionary War History."
Her parents, Tim and Carol
Harrison, are both graduates of
JNC-Chapel Hill and now live in
Asheville.
Murray began his collection in
the early 1960s, Blowers said, and
currently owns and operates the
.Sagebrush Galleries, which arc
devoted to Native American art.
The collection includes a variety
of items, from newspapers to rare
books. Blowers said.
"About 15 percent of the
collection focuses on the Scotch-
Irish migration, which influenced
the settleaient ot Western North
Carolina," he said.
The collection contains several
rare books which date back to the
late 1700s, including a 1793 text
titled ATopographical Description
of the Western Territories of
North America. The book recalls
one of the first descriptions of
Daniel Boone and his explorations.
The collection also contains
original 18th-century newspapers,
such as The Independent
Gazetteer and Freeman’s Journal,
both published in Philadelphia,
PA.
Ramsey Library also leaiures
other collections for research
and community
King holiday
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State
cuts
UNCA
budget
Victoria McCoy
Editor
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Let it snow
A touch of winter dusts campus
Photo by Miranda Wyatt
with snow.
Current state budget shortfalls
have forced UNCA to slash an
additional 35 percent of its
remaining operating budget,
according to Art Foley, vice
chancellor of financial affairs.
In a meeting held early in
January, state officials said the
revenue shortfall totaled $360
million as of Dec. 31.
According to Foley, Gov. Jim
Martin i.ssued a freeze on travel,
hiring for vacant positions and
equipment purchases. "Gov.
Martin also gave a directive to
maintain a minimum inventory of
office supplies," Foley said.
Foley also said UNCA would be
voluntarily making additional cuts
in the budget.
'In our best estimate, our cut
should be about $100,000, and we
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