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Volume 24, Number 17 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
February 15, 1996
Memorial held
after death of
professor
Catherine Elniff
Editor-in-Chief
“Jesus tasted our whys,” said Rev.
Richard Price at the funeral service
for Deryl Howard, the late chair of
the philosophy department, on Sat
urday, Feb. 10. “So we do not face
the hour of whys on our own, we are
sustained by our fellow pilgrims.”
Howard, who had taught at UNCA
for 24 years, was the chair of the
philosophy department for 18 years.
He also coordinated Humanities 224,
“The Modern World.”
Howard killed himself last week at
his home in Asheville. His widow,
his brother, and his parents attended
the funeral service at St. Mary’s Par
ish Grove Park.
Price’s sermon was a celebration of
faith in God, and a reminder of God’s
love for all people in communities of
faith. “In the flesh of Jesus, God’s
love, God’s holy, mysterious and won
derful love is given to us,” said Price.
The service began with Rev. Price
reading the burial service from the
Book of Common Prayer, and also
quoted-T.S. Eliot, who said, “Every
new venture is a raid on the inarticu
late with inadequate equipment. ” We
are left with the task of mourning Dr.
Howard’s death with inadequate
equipment, Price said.
Because he committed suicide, we
are left with many questions and few
ways to answer them. Price said.
“Who has the words to match this
hour? Who has the answers to those
whys?”
Price referred to Howard’s field of
philosophy, science, and theology,
all of which offer some answers to our
questions, but none that offer all the
answers.
The essence of the gathering was to
meet as faith communities and share
stories of faith and to celebrate our
faith in God, even in the hard hours,
Price said.
The congregation sang “Immortal,
Invisible,” and read the Twenty-third
Psalm as part of the service. The
closing hymn was “A Mighty For
tress.”
Pallbearers were Tom Cochran,
Chuck Bennett, Eric lovacchini,
Rudy Moorrees, Michael Ruiz, and
David Gaff, Howard’s college room
mate.
Dr. Cochran said Howard’s death
would “have a pretty significant im
pact in terms of what we’ve
lost...Deryl was a very central figure
in articulating the philosophy of a
liberal arts education.”
About a dozen current students at
tended the funeral. Most of the stu
dents who went had Dr. Howard for
philosophy classes or for Humanities
224. Stephanie Obergfell, a student
of Howard’s for more than three years,
said the service was wonderful and
very touching. '
She remembered the last thing they
had talked about in Humanities 224
was Paschal’s wager.
“It was so strange, because he
wouldn’t leave it alone, she said.
Paschal’s wager states that a person
has four choices about religion. If
there is a God, and a person believes,
then the person will be rewarded. If
there is no God, and a person be-
MEMORIAL cont. on pg. 10
Student fees raised again after protest by SGA president
Christine Treadaway
Staff Writer
In UNCA’s Board ofTrustee’s quar
terly meeting held Jan. 31, only one
trustee spoke out against a proposed
increase in student fees. The fee pack
age approved by the board includes a
four-dollar raise in the athletic fee,
which will bring its total to $182.50
per student, per semester.
Dhavel “Doc” Patel, president of
UNCA’s Student Government Asso
ciation and trustee member, said he
thinks other sources must be found
to alleviate student’s burden to fund
the athletics program. Compared to
the cost of tuition and other fees.
"The main reason why
we come to college is for
academics and then
sports and extracurricu
lar activities, notthe other
way around."—Dhaval
"Doc" Patel SGA presi
dent.
Patel thinks the athletic fee is dispro
portionately high.
“The main reason why we come to
college is for academics —to study
and learn— and then (to) do sports
and extracurricular activities, not the
other way around,” said Patel.
Previously, Patel voiced his opposi
tion to the proposed fee increase in
an appeal to the Fee Committee, in
an appeal to Chancellor Reed, and
most recently to the Board of Trust
ees. At this point, any further protest
by students will probably be futile,
said Patel.
The fee package will be forwarded
to the University of North Carolina
General Administration for consid
eration by the UNC Board of Gover
nors. A final decision will be made in
July.
“If students are really concerned
about these fees, and I know they are,
what I suggest is to ask every student
to write a letter or recommend that
SGA do a survey or referendum to
find out what percentage of UNCA
students (think) this is unfair and
disproportionate,” said Patel.
“If the students are behind student
FEES cont. on pg. 10
Drive held on campus to raise awareness about organ donation
Denise Sizemore
Staff Writer
UNCA held a donor aware
ness drive on Feb. 14 in the
Highsmith Center to educate
staff, students, and the com
munity about organ donation.
A nurse was present to answer
questions that anyone had and
donor cards were available for
people to fill out.
Patricia Johnson came up
with the idea of the donor
awareness drive. Her hus
band, Marvin, received a heart
transplant on Nov. 3, 1995.
Johnson said she was so grate
ful for her husband’s second
chance at life that she wanted
to give something back. The
donor awareness drive was
held at UNCA, in part be
cause the Johnson’s’ son,
Barry, attends school here.
“I believe the drive was a
good idea,” said Kellie
Gosnell, a freshman major
ing in psychology. “It made
students aware of the great
need for organs.” As a result
of the awareness drive,
Gosnell said she has seriously
considered becoming a do
nor herself.
With the donor awareness
drive, Johnson said she hoped
to educate people about do
nating their organs. She said
she feels people need to know
about the criteria for donat
ing organs and that there is
no expense for the donor’s
family.
As a result of her husband’s
second chance at life, Johnson
said she has become “a more
aware donor.” She has been a
donor since the age of 16,
when she got her driver’s li
cense. At that age, she said,
she only thought of someone
using her corneas or kidneys.
Now she said she feels much
stronger about donating all
of her organs. Their son,
Barry, Ls now an organ donor
as well.
She said she encourages
people to share their decision
to be a donor with their fam
ily and friends. She wants
people to understand that
even if their drivers’ licenses
say they are donors, their
families will make the ulti
mate decision to donate their
organs or not. That is why
she also encourages people to
carry their donor cards with
them at all times. Most of all,
she says that she wants people
to understand that they are
giving a gift of the heart which
will give someone else a sec
ond chance.
Student reaction to the do
nor drive was very similar.
Adrien Sanders, a sopho
more, said, ”I think organ
donation is a wonderful gift.
So many people today need
organ transplants, and if a
person can help, they
Photo by William Davis
Patricia Johnson (left) discusses becoming an organ donor with Lindo^ulpepper yesterday in Highsmigh Center.
should.”
“Organ donation is very
important and essential to
prolong life,” said Julie
Kruse, a junior majoring in
nursing. She believes more
people should be educated
about organ donation. She
wants to be a donor in hopes
of giving someone else a sec
ond chance at life.
Kristi Howard, a freshman
said, “The awareness drive was
a great idea." She said she is an
organ donor because she likes
the idea of saving someone’s
life after her own has ended.
Johnson said that her 46-year-
old husband was in “generally
wonderful health” before he
contracted a virus that affected
his heart. He was very ath
letic, played avarietyofsports,
and had even coached carry
in Little League.
In January 1995, Johnson’s
husband was diagnosed as
having a virus in his heart.
DRIVE cont. on pg. d
Behind bars
Political science students to get arrested for an inside look at judicial system
Susan Sertain
Staff Writer
The words, “you are under
arrest, " will sound in the
ears of approximately 22
UNCA students and staff
on February 20, as they par
ticipate in an exercise to
learn more about the justice
system.
“We aren’t sure of the
crime that we will be charged
with,” said Ken Betsalel, as
sistant professor of political
science.
Students will be arrested
and taken through the pro
cess of being booked, ac
cording to Henderson. The
staff and students do not
know what will actually hap
pen to them, what they will
be required to endure, or
what they will be asked.
Dan Henderson, adjunct
instructor in political sci
ence, is organizing the arrest
of his T uesday evening class.
Other staff and students in
the political science depart-
"At first we were
shocked. Most
classes don 'thave
these kinds of field
trips. "--Jennifer
Ball, student.
ment will also be arrested.
Henderson said his stu
dents are puzzled and ex
cited about the idea. The
group will arrive at the new
deten tion center at 6:00 p.m.
and declare themselves un
derarrest. There are no pris
oners at the facility yet.
“At first we were shocked,”
said Jennifer Ball, a student
in Henderson’s judicial pro
cess class. “We were not ex
pecting it. Most classes don’t
have these kinds of field
trips.” If you don’t want to
participate you, don’t have
to, but everyone is excited
and some want to bring
friends, she said.
Donna Holland, another
of Henderson’s students,
works in a law office and has
been in the old jail, but not
the new one. “I don’t know
what tc expect,” she said.
“It is experiential learn
ing,” Betsalel said. His poli
tics and law class will join
Henderson’s class as they
‘booked in,’ too
Carol Roberts, classifica
tions officer at the Bun
combe County Detention
Center in Asheville, said
these procedures will not go
on anyone’s record.
“We won’t actually input the
information into the com
puter. We can’t start a record
on them and we won’t be tak
ing mug shots either. Our
photo imaging set-up is not
fully operational.”
She explained that ‘booked
in’ involves being handcuffed,
searched for weapons, paying
bond, being checked for blood
alcohol content, and if anyone
causes problems, going into a
holding cell.
They will enter the deten
tion center through the sally
port doors, which are two sets
of doors that do not open at
the same time. “Only one door
will open at a time,” Roberts
said, “one shuts before the
other one opens. That’s to help
keep the building secure.”
This group will obviously not
be able to make bond, she said,
and if no one has to be put in
one of the holding cells, a
small, windowless room, the
next step will be to go to the
booking desk.
“Here they are asked basi
cally a medical questionnaire
and that would be added to
the information that the ar
resting officer and the magis
trate had already put into the
computer.”
Males and females will be
separated and taken to group
holding cells. “We have to keep
them out of sight and sound
of each other,” she said.
The students and staff will
stay in this environment for
only a short while and will
leave when the booking pro-
ARREST cont. on pg.8