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In order to combat similiar in stances, UNCA offers assistance to students through the health ser vices office and the counseling cen ter, according to Rick Pyeritz, di rector of health services. “You don’t just wake upone morn ing and decide you are going to kill your baby,” said Cheryl Garvy, a senior accounting major. “I am sure most people who do those kinds of things have some underlying prob- SON GRAHAM I the Sculp- gh n page 1 :are manywil ling it ‘Servit ut this comp I volunteer in “I know she must have been cely, this m- really scared do what she unusual any Whitmire junior litera rure major chancellor think (it) of student af- awful. It is hard fairs. We put yourself fleet society every colleg else’s shoes.” Christ campus Marie Fiske country This kind of dent has happened , has been UNCA accused of first- cording murder lovacch campus PHOTO COURTESY OF CITIZEN-TIMES concealing the Christina Fiske, a WCU kth of a child sophomore, allegedly killed irding to the March 14 edition of The Asheville Citizen-Times. The infant was found in a bale of trash at the Macon County Landfill. An autopsy concluded the child died of asphyxia caused by intentional suffocation, ac cording to The Asheville Citizen- Times. munity to deal with,” said Pyeritz. “I am pleased with the programs we offer at UNCA. “I would encourage any student who felt they were in crises to use our See WESTERN page 8 Math conference teaches teachers By Alison Watson Over 225 pre-service and in- service mathematics teachers (K- 16) attended the conference. Sev eral pre-ser vice math teachers from UNCA, Appalachian State Uni versity (ASU) and Western Caro lina University attended the con- rhe 27th Western Regional Math- ference. matics Conference was held at Students from these universities presented conference sessions and assisted sored by the d prepara N.C. Council oiTeachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) tended these nd the de partment of said Eman The confer professor of successful and chair of the confer Gary Kadar PHOTO BY JASON GRAHAM Eman Hoosain, professor of president of estern Re sisted of 23 education, chaired the confer- NCCTM. ence. sessions. The confer- , , ^here were mce theme was “New Faces, New 14 hands-on and four computer Places, New Ideas.” The confer- workshops, ence introduced new ideas about Presenters included in-se^ice mathematics for teachers. math teachers from across N.C The conference had not been held and speakers from Georgia and the school in over 25 years. Asheville is somewhat central for the western region, and the facili- les were ideal for it, according to '^adar. Defense class attracts few ■i': ■t PHOTO BY WALTER FYLER Students participated in a self-defense class nearly a month after an intruder attacked a female resident. The par ticipants received a brass whistle as a part of a new defense program at the end of the class. By Kathryn Krouse staff Writer Six female students gathered for a self-defense class on March 13, organized in response to a resi dent student being attacked by an intruder on Feb. 18. “I was very disappointed in the turn out,” said Vicki Harris, pub lic safety victim/witness officer. “I thought since everyone’s aware ness was heightened by the inci dent in (Governor’s) Village that it would be a great time to have the course.” The class is the second organized by Harris. The first class occurred on Feb. 16, in which six people also participated. “I hope it does not taken some one getting hurt even worse to get students to participate in courses like this,” said Harris. Dave Torbett, a self-defense in structor, with the help of his assis tant Jon McCoy, instructed the class on various techniques some one could use to escape an assail ant, according to Harris. “Some girls got in touch with me about doing a self-defense course, and I really didn’t know who to contact,” said Harris. Harris contacted Maggie Smith, director of recreation, who sug gested Torbett, who used to be a teacher at UNCA. “This is the second time he has come out and taught a self-de- fense course,” said Harris. “I think “1 thought they were excellent instructors, very nice and practi cal,” said Claire Ellington, a jun ior history major. “Most self-de fense classes I have taken have been real fancy-schmancy.” The class gathered in a circle around Torbett in the be^nning. He explained why self-defense was important and talked about the techniques he would be teaching the class throughout the evening, according to Harris. The maneuvers he taught were based on martial arts. However, instead ofbeing engaged in a fight, the movements centered around inflicting pain on the assailant, according to Harris. Most types of martial arts are futile, according to Torbett. “They are very impractical,” said Ellington. “I have been at tacked twice (and) a lot of it does The idea is for the victim to have a window of opportunity to run away, according to Harris. “The best thing about these courses is that they teach you to move,” said Ellington. “Ameri- sit still. We do not know how to react quickly.” At the end of the course, Harris passed out brass whistles, part of the whistle defense program she has begun as an effect of the Anyone who would like a whistle can pick one up at the public safety office, according to See MATH page 8 Endowment brings writers By Susan McCord staff Writer The P. B. Parris endovv- ment, named for Peggy Parris, a retired UNCA creative writing pr^essor, plans to bring “big names” in writing to UNCA for readings and workshops, according to Rick Chess, associate professor of lit- “We wanted to honor Peggy’s contributions to our creative writing pro gram, and to the life of writing in Asheville,” said Chess. Once fully operative, the endowment will provide a permanent source of funding for visiting writ- “We have never had any reliable source of fund ing, and so we often have had to scramble at the last minute to figure out who to invite, based on how much money we could scrape together,” said Chess. “That was no way for a serious program in creative writing to oper- The New Leaf Founda tion provided the basis for the endowment by giving a large contribution recently, which enabled the endow ment to bring its first writer to UNCA. Charles Frasier, an ac claimed author from N.C., will speak on April 13, and is the first “big name” to appear at UNCA that is funded by the endowment. Frasier has written several novels, including “Cold Mountain,” a Civil War love story. The novel reached The New York Times best-seller list, won theNational Book Award in 1997 and will be made into a motion pic ture, according to a July 1997 edition of Newsweek. The ultimate goal of the program is to bring in four writers a year to do public readings, teach classes to stu dents and do workshops for the community. “We need more money to bring the endowment to a point where it can support the visiting writers series. At the moment we have a good start,” said Chess. Parris retired last spring to write full-time, but she con tinues to work as a volun teer tutor at the writing cen- PHOTO COURTESY OF UNCA PUBLIC INFORMATION Charles Frasier, author of “Cold Mountain,” will speak at UNCA on April 13. ter. the English suffragette, “To see light bulbs go off^ Lady Constance Lytton. over people’s heads is very Parris is known for form- rewarding,” said Parris. ing writing groups with Parris is currently work- former students, ing on her third novel, a One ofher groups has been fictional autobiography of together for 12 years, and members have published* over a dozen novels and short “I could not write without getting some knowledgeable feedback as I am going along,” Parris said.
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