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The Blue Banner
“We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything." - Thomas Alva Edison
The University of North Caroiina atAshevilie
Thurs., Dec. 12,1991
For Your Information...
From staff reports
Ecosystem Researcher To Speak At UNCA
The plight of ancient western forests and die effects of proposed federal
legislation will be discussed at 7 p.m. Thursday^ Dec. 12, in Owen
Conference Center at. UNCA.-
The talk, by eccsystem researcher Tracey Nfey, is co-sponsored by
UNCA’s Environmental Studies Departinenti WNC Alliance ai^ the
Western Ancient Forest Campaign-
jSfey is a seasonal employee of the U.S. Forest Service atd the U.S.
Bureau of Land Management, conducting research on the spotted owl and
endangered salmon stocks in the Siskiyou National Forest in southwest
Oregon.
Admission fctltt talk is free. .
Highsmith Center To Stay Open All Night During
Exams
The Highsmitii Center will stay ojwn for late-night study breate timing
the coming exam week. Complimentary x>free, hot chocolate and snacks
will be served in the Highsmith lobby after 11 p.m.. Sun,, Dec. i5 tiirough
111018. Dec. 19.
student Fees: What $300 Per Semester Buys
Connie Krochmal
Staff Writer
Required student fees for the 1992
spring semester will remain the same
as they were for the fall semester of
1991, according to Trudy Roberts,
cashier at UNCA.
Full-time sUidents (those taking 12
hours or more) will be paying $300 in
fees, according to Roberts.
Part-time students’ fees are based on
the number of semester hours that the
students take, according to the 1991-
1992 student handbook.
Based on a sixteen-week period, the
fees average out to $18.75 per week or
$2.68 per day for a full-time student
Over one-third of the total amount
for fees will be for athletic and sports-
related activities and facilities. Stu
dents will pay $84 for the athletic fee,
according to the student handbook.
This averages out to over $5 a week.
“Students get free admission to all
the games for which we have a gate
charge,” said Dede Allen, assistant
athletics director- internal. “We have
12 intercollegiate sports. We have soc
cer, volleyball, basketball, baseball,
and softball.”
According to the student handbook,
other intercollegiate sports include
golf, cross country, and tennis.
In addition to the athletic fee, stu
dents must also pay a $30 non-varsity
athletics fee, according to Eric
lovacchini, vice chancellor for stu
dent affairs.
“Itpays forthe intramurals, the main
tenance of the pool, repair and up
grade of the tennis courts, the soccer
field, and the lighted area behind Jus
tice Center,” lovacchini said. “It cov
ers part of the salaries for the
intramurals.”
According to the student handbook,
intramural sports and activities at
UNCA include “flag football, volley
ball, tennis singles and doubles, bas
ketball, coed water polo, softball, and
soccer.”
lovacchini said other activities cov
ered by the non-varsity fee include
rock climbing and camping trips.
The non-varsity fee gives students
the privilege of using athletic and sports
facilities at UNCA during certain hours
determined by the director of athlet
ics, according to the student hand
book. Students can use the weight
room, quarter-mile track, dance stu
dio, basketball court, and tennis courts.
Students can also check out athletic
equipment for their personal use.
Besides the athletic and non-var-
sity fee, students must pay a $51
student center expansion fee appro
priated for the dining hall, accord
ing to lovacchini.
“We have instituted the fee now to
help pay for expenses associated
with planning,” lovacchini said. “It
actually started two years ago for
rock boring, architect’s fee, and sur
vey cost”
In addition to the student center
expansion fee, students will pay $37
for student center operations. “It
covers salaries, electricity, utilities,
furnishings, repair, and for every
thing that happens in this building,”
said Sharyn McDonald, director of
Highsmith Center.
Photo courtesy of Sharyn McDonald
Over 1600 cans!
Last month SGA collected canned food donations from students
and organizations on campus. According to SGA Executive for
Intern^ Relations Jennifer King, the food drive fell short of its goal by
about 400 cans. Stephen Alexander, SGA's executive to the
president, Is shown with the collection of cans in the SGA office in
Highsmith center. King said donations are still welcomed.
Chancellor's Get-
Together Honors
UNCA Student Groups
Renee Ratios
Associate Editor
Chancellor Samuel Schumanrecognized five student groiqis at the chancellor’s
community get-together in Lipinsky Auditorium Dec. 10.
Schuman honored new inductees of Phi Eta Sigma, the freshman academic
honor society; nominees of “Who’s Who Among Students In American
Colleges and Universities;" UNCA Ambassadors, registration assistants, and
Robert Straub, 1991 Fulbright Scholar recipient.
Honored guests included JoAnn Lipinsky Edwinn, daughter of Lewis lipinsky
for whom lipinsky Auditorium was named; E. Frank Edwinn, professor
emeritus of music; and Leah Schuman, the chancellor’s daughter, who is a
member of the St. Petersburg State Chamber Orchestra in Russia.
The chancellor has had three get-logethere during the semester. “We are
trying to promote these events as low-key, informal opportunities for across
campus socializing in a friendly, congenial setting,” said Schuman.
Schuman hopes to continue these get-togethers next semester. “We plan to
move from building to building. I want to use these events occasionally to call
our attention to our daily working environment to the campus we call home,”
said Schuman.
Schuman also spoke of the quality of students UNCA is accepting for next
year. “As of the beginning of this week, we had accepted into next year’s fiist
year class 335 new students. This time last year the comparable figure was 241.
These acceptees have SAT averages 30 points higher than last year’s at this
time and over 80 percent are in the top fifth of their class,” said Schuman.
Schuman said lipinsky Auditorium opened as a student center in 1964. It was
named for Lewis lipinsky, an Asheville business man and friend of Asheville-
Biltmore College and then UNCA.
Resident Students, RAs
Express Security Concerns
Leslie Bell
Staff Writer
Hitting The Books
As fall semester comes to a dose, Wendy Bowker, elementary
education post-graduate, begins studying for final exams, Finals
week starts Dec. 16 and ends Dec.21.
Dennis Gregory, chief of campus
police, said security officials plan to
keep a 24-hour security watch on the
dorms during the holiday break, but he
said students should take everything
they can home with them rather than
leaving it in their dorm rooms.
Jennifer King, a resident assistant for
Gardner Hail, said one of the concerns
she has is that Governors Village has
24-hour security, while Mills Hall and
Highrise Residence Hall do not “There
seems to be an unfair segregation by
Housing of the two (Mills and
Highrise), since Housing is not sup
porting the security rule for both,” said
King.
However, King did mention segre
gation exists because one dorm is for
singles and the other is not.
Students in Gardner and other dorms
said they were worried about the re
cent break-ins of dorm rooms. Ac
cording to King, a male was coming
into the dorms asking to see the RA,
and then would proceed to enter rooms
which were unlocked. King warns stu
dents about leaving rooms unlocked,
even for a short time.
King also said the students in The
Village are concerned about so many
people knowing the combination to
the locks on the doors. Resident stu
dents and their RAs voiced their opin
ions about resident life and their con
cerns with housing and security. Ac
cording to Danny Cloninger, RA, “The
students don’t come to housing when
they have problems or concerns with
an RA
“They need to take these concerns to
Pete or Nancy Williams in Housing.
They want to know the concerns of the
students,” he said.
According to N. Williams, the big
gest concerns students bring to the
RAs include facility and maintenance
problems, birth control advice and is
sues with rape, especially date rape.
N. Williams said living on campus is
expensive. Two people sharing an
apartment can probably live off cam
pus cheaper than living on campus.
Peter Williams, director of housing
and residence life, said room and board
costs have increased fourpercent from
last spring to this fall. Governors Vil
lage is $990, Highrise Residence Hall
is $750, and Mills Hall is $790. How
ever. the Highrise and Mills are both
newer facilities which havt; air-condi
tioning.
Resident students have the services
of resident assistants. The RAs pro
vide siqiport for the students that are
on the floor in terms of building com
munity relations and through social,
cultural and educational programs, said
N. Williams.
Ramsey Library Upgrades Online Catalog System
Mia Anderson
Staff Writer
Ramsey Library replaced the LS2000
catalog system with the faster, more
modem GvB system, Nov. 1, accord
ing to Robert Bland, associate univer
sity librarian for technical services.
“The GvB is'a very fine catalog and
probably one of the best in the UNC
system,” said Bland, who designed
and programmed the system.
The LS2000 system was slow and
frustrating to use, said Bland. The new
GvB system searches the holdings of
Ramsey Library 10 times faster than
the LS2000 system.
The GvB also allows students to scan
Ramsey’s journal collection. The most
current issue of a particular journal
will appear on the system as soon as
the library receives it, said Bland.
“UNCA has the only library in the
UNC system that has a catalog that
allows students to determine, on a
single terminal, both what books and
current journals are available,” said
Bland.
One of the disadvantages of the GvB
is that there is not a link to the circula
tion desk. Because the circulation desk
still uses the LS20(K) system, the GvB
cannot tell the user if a certain book is
checked out, said Bland.
Bland is currently working on this
problem, and hopes to have it solved
by next fall.
The other disadvantage of the system
is that it only scans UNCA holdings.
The LS2000 allowed the user to search
the catalogs at UNCA Appalachian
State University and Western Caro
lina University. However, LS2000 ter
minals are still available in the library.
The GvB system is only a temporary
solution, but it is “certainly an im
provement over what we had.” The
system has worked very well and the
students and faculty seem pleased with
it, said Bland.
Bland said he fully expected bugs to
appear in the complex program, but, to
his “utter astonishment, the program
has run over a month without any
problems.”
The library was able to install the
GvBsystemaftercontributing$50,000
to the computer center to aid in buying
the new Vax 4000. The Vax gave the
library the computer power to main
tain the database needed for the on
line catalog, said Bland.
Staff Photo By Genie Castillo
Michael Owen, a freshman engineering major, uses the library's
new GvB online catalog. Library staffer Robert Bland designed the
program to provide an easy transition from the old system.