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2999 QJ Banner Volume 30 Issue 9 November 4, 1999 y. youtl f benefii ,”whos( :ide thi ; a safe, setween le after- “The ivisiom uldpr Ip with ing, anj ■ of edu- id re agel UNCA basketball televised By Holly Beveridge J^e.” Tice dot argerw ireak tl ive beei 1. Tha d Rosi ucation ile 172 ter be- rording Two basketball games will be televised from Justice Gym for the first time ever in the upcom ing 1999-2000 season, accord ing to Mike Gore, UNCA’s sports information director. In a Big South doubleheader against High Point, both the men’s and women’s Bulldog bas ketball games will be televised from Justice Gym on Feb. 18. “It’s not just a plus for our bas ketball program,” said Gore. “It’s a plus for the whole university. It gets our message out.” Although the men’s Bulldog team received television coverage at the Asheville Civic Center last 1 the Big South tourna- UNCA has never had a home game televised from cam pus. Fox SportsNetSouth will region ally televise the upcoming men’s and women’s doubleheader throughout the Southeast, from points in Louisiana to points in Virginia, according to Gore. “’’^en you’re on regional tele vision like that,” said Gore, “you’ve got a chance to maybe get some highlights on ESPN or CNN, so that’s exciting as well.” Playing a home game on televi sion provides a chance to show off the school as well as UNCA’s basketball program, said Gore. “People who loVe college bas ketball just turn on (SportsNetSouth), and they see UNC-Asheville,” said Gore. “They’re bombarded by UNC- Asheville for an hour or an hour and a half” According to Pam Laughon, as sociate professor of psychology and gender equity advisor fot UNCA’s athletic department. PHOTO BY NAOMI RICHARD Kyle Kallander, commisioner of Big South, discussed the deal with SportsNetSouth to See GAME page 9 televise one men’s and one women’s basketball game in the upcoming season. Suspension of officer stands Officials release no answers as end ofRathburn's two- week suspension approaches By Sarah Wilkins Staff Writer Emma Jones News Editor UNCA officials declined com ment Nov. 3 regarding the investi gation into the circumstances sur rounding the suspension of Darrell Rathburn, a UNCA public safety officer. Although the end of Rathburn’s ,two-week suspension is approach ing, university officials have not decided on a course of action. The decision will be made whether to fire Rathburn or keep him as an officer by Nov. 8, according to Shirley Wilson, director of human A UNCA employee can be sus pended for as long as one day to two weeks, depending on the circum stances, according to Wilson. Rathburn’s term of suspension will end on Nov. 9. Rathburn was indicted by a fed eral grand jury Oct. 25 on eight , counts of assault and one count of illegal possession of a firearm. According to the indictment, Rathburn, “having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domes tic violence, did knowingly pos sessed in and affecting commerce a firearm...which had been trans ported in interstate commerce.” United States Attorney Mark Calloway, one of the lawyers in volved in the case, could not be reached to clarify Rathburn’s role in the alleged possession. Federal law states that “It shall be unlawftil for any person...who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence to ship or transport in in terstate or foreign commerce,...or possess in and affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition.” Another federal law states that any one who has been convicted on a count of domestic violence is not allowed to carry guns at all, accord ing to a 1996 Associated Press ar ticle. There are no exceptions made in the law for law officers or mem bers of the military. The penalty for breaking the law could extend to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000, accord ing to the article. This stipulation was hidden in a federal spending bill that went into effect Sept. 30, 1996, according to the article. Rathburn also could not be reached for comment Nov. 3. Seven victims were allegedly as saulted by Rathburn, including a 76-year-old woman, according to the indictment. One of the victims was allegedly assaulted twice in a three-month period, first on Dec. 19, 1995, and again on March 17, 1996. From October of 1995 to Oc tober 1996, Rathburn allegedly assaulted five other men. All eight assaults resulted in “bodily harm,” according to the indict- Rathburn is currently not on cam pus, according to Eric lovacchini, vice chancellor of student affairs. See SUSPENSION page 10 Veritas Forum stirs controversy about absolute truth” By Johanna Luks staff Writer The bringing together of re ion, education, and science the fourth annual Veritas Forum raised arguments about the definition of truth, according to faculty and stu dents involved with the fo- The Veritas Forum brings Christian professors from around the country to speak on issues of absolute truth, according to Berry Stubbs, coordinator of the forums. ‘This university predomi nately teaches students that you come into class and pick and choose your world view. This (forum) is to say that this the way reality works. You don’t pick and choose. Truth is truth,” said Stubbs. The forum coordinators “say that students are told that truth is subjective and per sonal. I thought it was inter esting that they believe there’s absolute truth,” said Alexandra Morris, a senior philosophy major. “They’re implying that there’s one they know it. If you dis agree, you’r •ong be cause they’ve got the truth on their side.” The Veritas Forum aims to dispel the separation between church and state that causes us to avoid issues ofreligi “They’re implying that there’s one truth and they know it. If you disagree, you’re wrong, because they have truth on their side.” -Alexandra Morris, senior philosophy major tual component is not impor tant,” said Steele. The program for this year’s Veritas included time for fac ulty responses to the main speakers, an addition that made Veritas an official cul tural event. “Initially, we didn’t choose to do (faculty re sponses) at campus, accord- (the director of the humani- ing to David Steele, associate ties program) thought some- professor of mathematics and thing like this needed to have a faculty respondent. other views presented to get “By shying away from a spiri- cultural event status, tual component of our life, I :!■;: ''™tas page w Speaker advocates possibility of extraterrestrial existence PHOTO BY SARAH LACY James Kirkpatrick buys Steven Greer’s book at Greer’s extraterrestrial lecture technologies that could save the planet, because they do not depend on fossil fuels. Steven Greer believes that luld have been a pollu- By Phoebe Hicks staff Writer The founder of the Center for the Study of Extraterres trial Intelligence (CSETI) spoke about the possibility of extraterrestrial life and tech nology in Lipinsky Audito rium Oct. 30. Steven Greer, international director and founder of CSETI, said he believes that extraterrestrials (ETs) have L-free population s 1950s because of the tech nologies that these life forms possess, but the secret of their existence has been strictly guarded by government offi cials. The audience of about 100 included both skeptics and believers. Bob and Bobbi Shope of Black Mountain saw some ar ticles about Steven Greer, and also saw him on television. Bob Shope callsedhimself a skeptic, while his wife said she was more interested and had a sighting in the Black Moun tain area when she was on her way home from the grocery Bobbi Shope said she and her mother saw what looked like an ET space craft on the top of a hill, but by the time they reached the top, it was gone. “It just makes you wonder,” said Bobbi Shope. “I like com ing to things like this because one of these days we might know.” According to Steven Greer, high-ranking government of ficials have kept the existence See ET page 10
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