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The University of North Caroiina at Asheviiie
Thursday, October 3,1991
N.C. Legislature Allots $500,000 For Project
Funding Extended For Library Construction
Sonya Kiepper
Staff writer
An allocation of $500,000 to UNCA
from the state legislature for renova
tions and trains of Ramsey Library
will cover the cost of asbestos removal
and possibly result in less available
library space, according to University
Librarian Malcolm Blowers.
The asbestos, discovered by archi-^
tects commissioned to renovate and
refuxbishthe library inl9^,wasblown
onto the steel frame of the old building
as a fire retardant. “We don’t know
whether our funds will permit us to go
back and put on a non-asbestos sub
stance or not,” said Blowers. “If not,
we certainly can not make use of the
old building until it has been done.”
The video viewing room, microfiche,
and microfilm rooms currently open
to students and faculty are part of the
old library. According to Blowers, if
asbestos removal has to be done all at
once, then these rooms will be closed
offforanindefiniteperiod. “Wehave
requested about $3.8 million or $3.9
million dollars for the renovation of
the oldpart of the library, about 50,000
square feet,” said Blowers. “This is
thefirslstageofthatproject. Thefiist
thing we want to do is get the asbestos
out of the old building.”
In a memorandum to vice chancel
lors, ChancellorSamuel Schumansaid,
“Let’s move forward as rapidly as
discretion permits on this important
project”
However, Blowers said that asbestos
removal probably would not begin until
sometime next year, due to the length
of time it takes to receive and review
contract bids for the project. “If we
had the other $3.5 million, probably,
once the asbestos was out, the project
would be finished in about 12 months. ”
Blowers added that he was hopeful
the asbestos removal would affect only
the spring semester.
The 1990-91 UNCA catalog descrip
tion of the library renovation plan
states, “A library addition, more than
doubling the size of the present (old
library) facility, will be ready in1990. ”
Other factors could hold up renova
tion plans once the total amount re
quested by UNCA is funded. The old
library was not equipped with a sprin
kler system and the added cost of in
stalling one was not included in the
proposal for the $3.9 million, he said.
Also, according to Blowers, the li
brary needs a new heating and air
conditioning system and there is specu
lation that the old library needs a new
roof. Neither of these factors was
figured into the original cost of the
project
“I believe no money has been appro
priated for new building construction
in the UNC-system since 1988,” said
Blowers. The $500,000 comes from
$12,300,000 appropriated by the
North Carolina Legislature for the
repairs and renovations of buildings
in the UNC-system.
Once renovations of the Ramsey
Library are complete, the red doors
on the old building will be re-estab
lished as the front entrance, said Blow
ers. The current entrance will be
come windows, as originallyplanned.
Black
Student
Enrollment At
UNCA
1988-1991
'91 -‘92
*90-*91
>89 '90
'88 '89
4-Year
Avg.
Black
Freshman
13
24
21
10
17
Black
Qraduatsa
N/A
11
10
10
*10.3
Percentage Of
Black
Students In
Total Student
Body
3.13%
4.0%
3.6%
3.5%
3.55%
'91 UNCA Graduate
Receives Fulbright Award
Mia Anderson
Staff Writer
The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
recently awarded Robert Straub, a May 1991 UNCA
graduate, a grant to study in Ecuador.
The board chose Straub, a Spanish and history major, as
an alternate last March, and told him they would notify him
by August if he was chosen to receive the grant Last week,
Straub received word the board had awarded him the grant
Philip Cranston, associate professor of French, and Straub
both said the selection is in its final stages of paperwork
and they are expecting to get official documentation from
New York soon.
UNCA has had 18 Fulbright winners and one alternate
over the past 19 years. Most of the winners have been
classics, chemistry and foreign language department ma
jors. Straub is the first student from the Spanish department
to receive a Fulbright Grant
Cranston said Straub is also the first student from UNCA
to receive a grant to travel to South America. Most of
UNCA’s Fulbright winners travel to Germany, France
and England.
Straub expects to arrive in Ecuador in January and will
be there for 11 months. While in Ecuador, Straub will
work with Claudio Malo Gonzalez, who taught at UNCA
last year. Straub and Malo will be working on a book
about the legends and myths of the Columbian Indians.
Straub plans to study the language of the Ecuador people
and examine any changes in the local Indian language.
Straub will also concentrate on the history and culture of
Ecuador.
Straub is currently working for Marriott Dining Ser
vices, who has guaranteed him a position when he returns
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• Does Not Irtclude 1961-1992 Graduating Class
Source: UNCA Office Of Statistical Research
Admissions Office Hopes To increase
Biack Student Enroiiment At University
Connie Krochmal
Staff Writer
Admission officials at UNCA said
they have plans to increase recruit
ing efforts for enrolling African-
Americans.
According to the UNCA Office of
Institutional Research, the fell 1991
freshman class of 673 students in-
cliuied 24 African- Americans.
“We are aware of the problem,”
said John White, director of admis
sions. “So we acknowledge that it is
something we need to work on. We
have got plans in place for that”
“We also hired a new staff member
this year... who is coordinating our
minority recruiting,” White said. “He
came into our recruiting season late in
the fall, so he’s new.
“This particular year, we are going to
have two new programs on campus for
Black students. A fall program will be
geared toward applicants and one in
the spring geared towards students who
apply to us in an effort to get them to
come to the campus to see what we
have to offer,” White said. “Also, we
are going to be doing some outreach
programs in the local community.”
Qiancellor Schuman will also be di
rectly involved in the recruiting ef
forts, he said.
According to the Office of Institu
tional Research, 2,551 out of the total
student body, which includes 3,256,
are from the Western part of the state.
Most recruitment has focused in the
Western part, according to Caroline
Miller, assistant vice chancellor for
enrollment management
“The Black population in the state
of North Carolina is not predomi
nantly in the Western part of the
state,” Miller said. “It is in the East
ern part of the state, like in Raleigh
and Durham, and in urban parts of
the state.”
“We are targeting key areas where
there are large Black populations,”
White said.
“In North Carolina, they (the high
schools) have programs that are spon
sored by the Carolina Association of
Collegiate Regis trars and Admissions
Officers,” White said.
Security Completes "Summit" Investigation
Leslie Bell
Staff Writer
Jeff Van Slyke, chief of campus po
lice, announced plans this week to go
to the district attorney to seek felony
fraud charges against a former student
on the staff of Summit, the UNCA
yearbook.
VanSlyke refused to release the name
of the suspect because the case has not
gone to the district attorney yet. Van
Slyke has not sworn out any.warrants,
but will do so Thursday or Friday
when the case goes to the district attor
ney.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Eric lovacchini informed The Blue
Banner of this case about three weeks
ago.
According to lovacchini, the suspect
opened an account at First Union Na
tional Bank under the yearbook’s
name,’’UNCA Summit,” and credited
himself as the only eligible signer.
“This account was not the university
account designed for Summit,” said
lovacchini. “UNCA’s Business Of
fice began receiving insufficient funds
notices from Firet Union National Bank
that had the student’s name on the
account”
According to lovacchini, the student
sold 37 subscriptions amotmting to
$925 and over $100 in advertising.
lovacchini said earlier he was wor
ried about compensating the students
for their losses, but he has made a
decision to reimburse students for their
subscription deposits.
Van Slyke said they have not been
able to locate the suspect, but he feels
once he issues the warrants state-wide
and nation-wide they will have no
trouble locating the suspect.
Van Slyke also said, “The further we
Funding Grows For
Campus Landscape
Renee Rellos
Associate Editor
UNCA has received two grants to
plant trees and shrubs on the quad, at
the entryway in front of Mills Hall and
beside the street in front of the High-
smith Center, according to Melissa
Acker, building and grounds supervi
sor.
The Small Business Administration
and America the Beautiful awarded
the tree planting grants. “We have
already received notification that we
received $1,597 for the America the
Beautiful grant. And I have received
unofficial information on the second
grant I don’t know how much it’s
for,” said Acker.
Plans for the quad include planting
some large canopy-type and flower
ing trees such as sugar maples, crab
apple, dogwood and red bud, said
Acker.
“Right now, there’s nothing in front
of Mills and the Highsmith entryway
at street level. The roof line of Mills is
pretty much dominate there and the
trees will screen that and make it a
much nicer walk,” said Acker.
Planting will begin in October. The
area in front of Mills will be land
scaped at the fall Greenfest on Oct. 14
and the campus physical plant crew
will work on the quad later in the
month, said Acker.
The grant money will pay for the
purchasing of the trees and shrubs and
UNCA will provide the mulch, soil
amendments and labor, said Acker.
“For years there’s been so much con
struction that the landscape had to take
a back burner. Now it’s our opportu
nity to really plant a lot of trees. We
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Campus Collision staff Photo By Loren Stephens
A two-car collision involving UNCA professor of history Bruce Greenawalt and students Neda
Aifakhuri and Ruba Faroury occurred Sept. 24 on University Heights. Greenawalt was charged with a
"safe movemenf violation, according to campus security. Faroury (above) was treated for head injuries
at an Asheville hospital and released later that evening.
investigate the case, the more and
more complicated it has become.
Many more businesses are becoming
involved in the case.”
Van Slyke said he feels they have a
strong case against the suspect. He
also said the felony fraul charges
will be very serious. “We are not
playing around,” he said,
lovacchini said, “We found that the
student had purchased a camera and
signed a contract he was not sup
posed to sign with a yearbook pub
lisher.”
lovacchini said he called the pub
lishing company the student had
signed the contraa with. They told
him the student had signed on behalf
of the university and the publishing
company sent him a camera which he
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Symposium
Questions
DOE'S
Actions
Susanne Roper
Associate Editor
The U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) has proposed a transfer of a
nuclear weapons production facility
from Rocky Flats, Colo, to Oakridge,
Tena according to Ralph Hutchinson,
a member of the Oakridge Environ
mental Peace Alliance.
If this becomes a reality, then the
entire region, including Western
North Carolina, will be at risk should
a nuclear catastrophe occur,
Hutchinson said at a symposium
hosted by the UNCA Ecology Qub
Sept. 24.
“Asheville is just downwind of
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