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The current food service contract
ith Marriott Dining Services is
bout to end, and a special selection
ommittee, a part of the food ser-
ice committee, is deciding whether
not the school will change din-
j services.
It’s really just time we go out and
if other people want to give us
ipportunities that we don’t have
now,” said Melanie
liodarmer, the selection commit-
:e chairperson and a resident di-
ctor of housing.
[Every five years, the food service
qpntract is reviewed. The selection
mmittee decides what specifica-
•ns rhe school’s dining service
nust have within a certain budget,
d sends those specifications to
irospective companies.
I'hen, those companies tell the
University what they can offer for
at particular amount of money,
itially, the committee decides
liich food service can best meet
e needs of its students,
he selection committee is look-
g for options students do not
urrently have, but want.
rOne of the things we have been
Iking about in the committee is
[ccess to the cafeteria for students,
r athletes, for people that have
ight classes - a better way to access
the cafeteria,” said sophomore
hanta Robinson, a member of the
lection committee, which is made
p of three students and several
culty and administration repre-
ei.tatives.
“If more people can get to the
feteria within the hours it isopen,
See FOOD on page 10
PHOTO BY ROB HAMMONDS
‘Goat boys’ Tommy Calloway, left, and Tracy Hackney, right, revel in their servitude
to Satan’s mistress, Ariel Ashe, in the Haunted House co-sponsored by the student
chapter of the United States institute of Theater Technology and Pi Lambda Phi.
Ghouls raise hairs, funds
By Catharine Sutherland
News Editor
UNCA’s student chapter of the
United States Institute of The
ater Technology (USITT) has
made a name for itself at the
organization’s annual national
conventions in the past, win
ning first place in 1996 and sec
ond (as well as Techie of the
Year) in 1997, and plans to do
so again this year. First, how
ever, they have to get there.
This year’s national conven
tion will be held in Long Beach,
Calif., meaning students who want
to go must buy plane tickets to
attend.
Students traveled by car to Hous
ton, Texas, in 1996, and to Pitts
burgh, Penn., in 1997.
The group came up with the idea
of a haunted house as a means of
raising the needed funds, estimated
at around $6,000, or $600 per stu
dent for around 10 students who
plan to attend the convention.
“It was a group idea that had been
kicked around for a couple ofyears,
and we decided to do it this year
because of the cost involved,” said
junior drama major Del DeLorm,
who serves as a ghoulish guide in
the haunted house. “It has
worked really well so far.”
The haunted house show,
known as “Stage Fright,”
opened in the Carol Belk The
ater on Monday, and will con
tinue until Halloween night.
Hours are 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
At $3 per person, the campus
haunted house is a good deal,
according to DeLorm.
Other local haunts cost at least
twice that much, he said, and
the theater’s version offers a
much more impressive night of
terror.
See HAUNT on page 10
Registration
by computer
coming in '98
By Amanda Thorn
staff Writer
After years of standing in long
lines to get the classes they want,
UNCA students will soon be able
to register sitting down, by com
puter.
“I think most of the students and
most of the administration would
probably agree that the way we do
registration now, with the lines, is a
little tedious. It has been a very
good system and has served us very
well for the time that we have used
it. Now, it is time to move on,” said
Rebecca Sensabaugh, registrar.
Last spring, the university pur
chased the Web for Student pack
age, an on-line program that will
allow students to register for classes ■
via computer, as well as access in
formation about financial aid, ad
missions, class scheduling, and the
course catalogue.
“This is a program that will allow
astudent, through a personal access
number, to go into their account
and register theinselves on the
Web,” Sensabaugh said.
Students will also be able to drop
and add classes, view their tran
scripts, bills, and financial aid
records. Eventually, students will
be able to apply for financial aid
over the web.
.See ON-LINE on page 10
Faculty, staff send
mixed messages
about voice mail
By Veronika Gunter
staff Writer
UNCA staff and faculty reported
mixed feedbackon the new $94,000
voice mail system installed earlier
this month. While many appreci
ate the new system for retaining
messages in their original form and
enabling them to receive important
calls, two things often missing be
fore voice mail, others cited prob
lems and anxieties about the transi
tion.
The new system, which began
operating in all campus offices on
Oct. 15, includes 3,000 voice mail
boxes, 600 ofwhich are currently in
use by the university’s faculty and
staff All faculty and staff were
scheduled to attend 90-minute
trainingsessions to learn how to use
the new system.
According to Sophie Mills of the
classics department, the new sys
tem is easy to set up and very user-
friendly.
“An hour and-a-half training ses
sion was too long. It could have
been half that,” she said, due to the
simplicity of the system.
Mills said the colleagues she’s spo
ken to like it, and the ones having
problems often missed the training
sessions.
French professor Cathy Pons may
disagree. She has a problem with
her voice mail, but said she at
tended the training sessions.
Though she can hear herself saying
her name on the playback, incom
ing calls don’t hear it.
See MAIL on page 9
UNCA student attends Million Woman March
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TERRY WHITMIRE
Ntween 300,000 and 1 million women from around the country at-
Jended the IWillioh Woman IViarch in Philadelphia on Saturday. Despite
blustery weather, the event was inspiring, one UNCA student said.
By Catharine Sutherland
News Editor
Hundreds of thousands 6f women took
to the streets in downtown Philadelphia on
Saturday to participate in the Million
Woman March. Among the throngs of
predominantly African-American women
of all ages, plus a few dozen men, stood
UNCA student Terry Wliitmire.
“Through the rain and the wind, we were
there,” said WTiitmire, who attended the
march with two friends from her earlier
college career at UNC-Charlotte.
WTiitmire first heard about the event last
August at the Black Arts Festival in Win
ston-Salem, and immediately decided to
attend.
“My girlfriends and I said we 'ust wanted
to be a part of it,” she said.
The blustery day began early for Whitmire,
who began assembling with others for the
march around 4:30 a.m. Crowds started to
proceed through the city about 6:30 a.m.,
following a route that ended at the steps of
the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Ben
jamin Franklin Parkway, where most of the
day’s events and activities took place.
The early day also proved to be a long one.
Speakers and activites began around 9:30
a.m. and lasted until 7 p.m.
The main emphasis of the march, which
attracted be
tween 300,000
and 1 million
women, accord
ing to police es
timates, focused
on the family
unit, Whitmire
said.
“The focus was
on things that are
happening
within our con- Jerry Whitmire
trol and m our '
own households,” Whitmire said.
Speakers focused on the wife and single
parent households, urging the mother of
the household to pull the family together,
she said. Many speakers offered concrete
advice to mothers, such as getting drugs
out of the house, without relying on police
interference; taking the family to church
with her; and acting as the primary educa
tor of her family.
“The general consensus was, ‘It has to
start with my house first,’” WTiitmire said,.
March organizers also stressed self-educa
tion and entrepreneurship, two things
WTiitmire aims to pursue since she is not
married and has no children.
“My thrust will be the education part and
the economics part,” Whitmire said. She
already holds a degree in English from
UNCC, and is currently working toward
her master’s degree through Western Caro
lina University.
Wliitmire, a native of Asheville, is en
rolled in a copy editing class at UNCA, a
course she hopes will aid her in her job with
Mountain Housing Opportunities, an or
ganization that provides affordable homes
forlow-income, elderly, and disabled people
in Buncombe County. She said she plans to
look into starting her own business.
The most fulfilling part of the march for
Whitmire was the opportunity to interact
with so many people of diverse back
grounds. During the march, she stood in
front of a group from St. Croix, in the
Virgin Islands, and also met marchers from
Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Adanta,
Ga., Chicago, 111., and Charlotte.
All 50 states were represented in the na
tional roll call, WTiitmire said.
See MARCH on page 9