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INSIDE:
SPORTS: Women's basketball team
wins two p. 6
OPINION: Republicans are at it again
P.2
The Blue
March 2,
1995
FEATURES: War film misses the
mark p. 4
COMICS: Public broadcasting to the
free market p>8
"Hope is the thing with feathers, that
perches in the soul, and sings the tune
without the words, and never stops at all.
-Emily Dickinson
BANNER
WEATHER: Cloudy this
weekend with a chance of rain.
Highs in the 50s. Lows in the
30s.
VOLUME 23
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
NUMBER 19
mm. GOVBlNMENr considers cuts for SWDENT FimiCAL AID FUNDING
Will Rothschild
Staff Writer
the in-school interest tab, and students are charged
interest on school loans only after they graduate or
leave school.
A high-ranking Republican staff member close to
the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Com
mittee said Congress will consider eliminating the
interest exemption for college students on educa
tion-based loans, but added other financial-aid
programs are, for now, safe.
“We are not talking about any reduction in
student loans, or any elimination in student eligi
bility for loans,” this source, who asked not to be
identified by name, said. “All we are talking about,
in a very, very preliminary stage, is considering
having students pay interest on their loans from
day one, like all other Americans who take out
loans do.”
Currently, college students are not charged inter
est on subsidized Stafford Loans and Perkins Loans
while in school. The federal government picks up
“This provision is, again
stages,” the source said.
in the very preliminary
“There have been no
hearings on the matter, no votes and nothing has
been formally introduced. This is still in the idea
stage, and the only thing even being looked at is the
student-interest exemption.
“It is not at all on the table to get rid of programs
like work-study, the federal Stafford loan, or the
Pell Grant. Our focus right now is the loan-
exemption issue.”
Jack Cox, press secretary for U.S. Rep. Charles
Taylor, said his office has not seen anything formal
yet. Taylor is the representative for the 11 th Con
gressional District, where UNCA is located.
“The entire student-aid package is still in the
hearing stage,” Cox said. “Nothing’s been turned
in for legislation. It is still in the Budget Commit
tee, and we’ve been referring all the letters we’ve
gotten on this matter to Rep-
resentative John Kasich.”
Kasich, a Republican from
Ohio, is the head of the House
Budget Committee.
“Taylor will not comment,
and I will not comment for
him until we actually see a
proposal because things
change every day,” Cox said.
“We haven’t even talked about
the student loan issue yet. As
soon as it comes up, we’ll fo
cus on it and get a position at
that time. Right now, it’s still
in the hearing stage, which
means we’re talking to people
about it.”
The House Budget Commit-
Please see "Cuts," page 8
Carolyn McElratti, director of financial aid, says she hopes students will be proactive and
write to their representatives about proposed budeget cuts that may affect financial aid
funding. McElrath is pictured above with Mario Joyner, a senior political science major.
PftolD by Tonyo Mdlon
Races For Student Government Offices Heat Up; Elections Next Week
Four in hunt for President
and Vice President
positions
Andrea Lawson
Staff Writer
Four students are running for the presi
dential and vice presidential offices of
the Student Government Association
(SGA). Matthew Guinn and Denise
Tomlinson are running for the office of
president. Vice presidential candidates
are Beth Daniels and Dhaval “Doc”
Patel.
Guinn is a sophomore majoring in
chemical engineering. He has partici
pated in SGA as a freshman and sopho
more senator, and is the head of the
legislative committee. Tomlinson is a
junior management major who has had
experience in high school, campus and
state government. She is currently the
executive for external relations in the
executive cabinet.
“I’d like to reorganize a little bit, said
Tomlinson. “I think that one of the
problems is that people don’t know
where to go if they have a question or
who to go to.”
“There are some things within SGA
that need to be fixed,” said Guinn. I
think that the legislative and executive
branches need to be able to work to-
SGA candidates: (bottom I to r) Beth Daniels, Dhaval (Doc) Potel, and Denise Tomlinson
(top I to r) Adrian Tatum, Mark Donn, Matthew Guinn, and Jeffrey Spence. Not pictured: Roger Keever
and Robbie Combs. Pliolo by Christy King
gether better. Since I’ve spent the last
two years in the legislative branch. I’d be
more sympathetic to their needs. I
think we could unify the government
more.
Tomlinson said that she hopes to re
name offices in the executive cabinet to
enable students to get answers to their
concerns more efficiently. She also hopes
to introduce a plan for student-quality
services, in which students fill out sur
veys on all student-service offices to
evaluate their effectiveness in dealing
with the students.
Guinn said he plans to concentrate on
UNCA’s participation in the North
Carolina Association of Student Gov
ernments (ASG), as well as the possibil
ity of a break time during exam week.
“We’re currently working on a reading
day in the middle of exams, but I’d
rather see maybe two or three days be
fore exams given, so that everybody can
prepare,” Guinn said.
According to Guinn, another problem
Please see "Hunt," page 8
No competition for senate
seats; campaign not issue-
driven
Christin Hall
Staff Writer
The Student Government Association
(SGA) will hold elections next Tuesday
and Wednesday. Students can vote in
the Highsmith Center from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m., in Karpen
Hall from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and in
Rhoades Hall from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Because only five people have officially
announced their candidacy for the more
than twelve senate seats that need to be
filled, the election is not producing an
issues-centered race, according to sen
ate candidates.
“When it comes down to three people
running for senior senator and there’s
only three slots, there’s no real compe
tition, so you fail to see the issues brought
up,” said Mark Dann, a senior senator
who is running for re-election.
Like Dann, the two other candidates
running for senior senator positions also
have prior experience with SGA.
Robbie Combs, a political science
major, currently holds the position of
office manager and was elections com
missioner last year. Roger Keever is
presently a junior senator.
Dann, who is majoring in psychology
and political science, said he would like
the race to be more issues-oriented,
despite the small number of people run
ning. He said talking about issues is
virtually the only way to differentiate
the candidates from one another.
“There’s not much to divide the candi
dates, because the candidates have
worked with each other for so long, and
there are so few candidates,” said Dann.
“I think the candidates need to get out
and talk to the students more. The
issues need to be talked about.”
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Dann said he feels that a matter of
particular importance is thit SGA has
not done a very good job of representing
the student body in the past.
“One of my biggest concerns is stu
dent government’s representation of the
students,” said Dann.
“I think student government has failed
in the past, drastically sometimes, to
represent the students or allow the stu
dents to feel like they have a place to go
with concerns,” he said.
Combs also said he thinks student
government could do more for the stu
dents. He said that in previous years
SGA has made such contributions as
getting basketball goals put up behind
Highrise and getting benches put in at
Please see "Senate," page 8
Visiting Professor Says UNCA Students Don't Fit Typical Stereotypes
Todd Hagans
Staff Writer
UNCA’s Belk Professor in the Humanities said
UNCA’s Humanities program is very strong, and
she agrees with the requirement that students
must take four semesters of Humanities to gradu
ate from UNCA.
“I think the Humanities program here [at UNCA]
is spectacular,” said Carole Levin. I think it is so
important [for students to take four semesters of
Humanities] because I think with everyone s ma
jor, this is a way of helping a person understand
about [his or her] own life.”
Levin also said the Humanities program teaches
about different cultural backgrounds, and she was
glad to see faculty from different academic depart
ments teaching Humanities classes.
According to Levin, the stereotypes of students
being lazy and uncaring does not apply to most
UNCA students.
“The students here [at UNCA] arc great,” said
Carole Levin. “1 hate those stereotypes because
they are just wrong. My own feeling as a teacher,
if one presents material in a way that is really
interesting, and has high expectations of the stu
dents to do the work, they’ll do it. ’
Levin said that her position as the Belk Professor
in the Humanities this semester allows her to work
with the faculty that teach Humanities 214, and
that she teaches an undergraduate class called
“Saints, Witches, and Madwomen.”
Levin said the class looks at how women through
out history in both European and American his
tory were labeled as witches or as being mad. Levin
said the Salem Witch Trials are studied in the class.
Levin said the Salem Witch Trials are important
because they happened in the United States, and
we can learn about the people accused of practic
ing witchcraft in Salem.
Levin said she designed the class herself, and that
she teaches the class regularly at the State Univer
sity of New York at New Paltz, where she is a
professor.
According to Levin, she is leading faculty semi
nars for the professors of Humanities 214, and she
is also leading seminars related to women’s studies.
Levin also said she is giving several public lectures
this semester and the next lecture is March 7. The
lecture is for Women’s History Month, and is
related to Queen Elizabeth I of England and
Shakespeare.
Levin will also give a lecture on March 28 titled,
“Hath not a Jew Hands: Jews in the Renaissance
and ‘The Merchant ofVenice’.” Both lectures will
be held in the Owen Conference Center, and will
begin at 7:30 p.m.
Levin said she is interested in history, especially
history that involves Queen Elizabeth I of En
gland, and that she has traveled to England to do
research.
Levin said she has a double major in English and
history, and received her masters degree and Ph.D.
from Tufts University in Boston. She taught as a
graduate student, and she has taught in Arizona,
Wisconsin, Iowa, and New York.
Levin said she visited Asheville about five years
ago to present a lecture for Women’s History
Month. She said she saw an advertisement in the
“Chronicle for Higher Education” for the Belk
Professor in the Humanities position, and applied.
After an interview last semester, she was offered the
position.
The position of Belk Professor in the Humanities
was created through an endowment from Irwin
Belk, founder of Belk Department Stores, accord
ing to Levin. “I feel really privileged to be here this
semester,” said Levin.
According to Levin, because she is a visiting
professor, she lives in the guest apartment of
UNCA's South Ridge Residence Hall. She said
she enjoys living on campus. "It is really conve
nient for me because I'm right on campus, and the
apartment is lovely," she said.