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The Uniuersity of north Carolina at fisheuille
Uolume 32 Issue 2
September 7,2000
'Bannockburn" comes to
Lipinsky Auditorium
Sept. 8-11
See page 4
Women's soccer defeats
Union College 4-2 Sept. 2
at Greenwood Field
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Letters mailed
for violations
Annie Crandall
staff Writer
UNCA administration now sends
a letter home to parents if a student
under 21 violates the zero tolerance
alcohol and drug policy, according
to Eric lovacchini, vice chancellor
of student afairs.
“We are not
going to stop
students from
drinking, but
hopefully we
can educate
them about
making the
right choices,”
said
lovacchini.
“We want to
promote re
sponsibility at
this school.”
In Septem
ber 1999, the
Buckley
Amendment
was changed
to allow insti
tutions to no
tify parents if
a student has
violated the
drug or alco
hol policy of
the campus agreement, according
to lovacchini.
Parents will be notified if a stu
dent under 21 has a second viola
tion of the alcohol portion of the
drug and alcohol policy, or for the
first offense involving illegal drug
use or possession, according to
lovacchini.
Students over 21 will have a letter
sent if there are extenuating cir
cumstances, such as going to the
hospital, according to lovacchini.
“We feel that we were probably
not being vigilant enough; some
people would disagree and say ‘it is
college, people will do what they
want to do,’ but it is illegal,” said
lovacchini.
Alcohol violations on campus have
increased from one violation in
1997 to 28
violations in
1998. In
1996, there
were two re
ported inci
dences of li-
quor-law vio
lations. Drug-
use violations
increased from
three in 1997
to 11 in 1998.
At this point
last year there
were more re
ported viola
tions com
pared to the
same period
this year, said
Nancy Will
iams, associate
directorofresi-
dence life and
housing.
“It has been a
very smooth start,” said Williams.
Last week, several students were
issued citations and one was ar
rested for alcohol violations at a
shuttle stop where students were
See POLICY page 11
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY WALTER FYLER
Students under 21 will have
their parents notified if charged
with an alcohol or illegal drug
violation.
$62,000 theft
goes unsolved
Justin Wolf
Staff Writer
An investigation done by the State
Bureau of Investigation (SBI) con
cerning the over $62,000 theft from
UNCA’s business
office in January,
was closed on Au
gust 10. SBI agent
David Barnes said
that results of the
investigation did
not provide suffi
cient evidence to
name suspects or
file charges.
“There were prob
lems in the depart
ment with the way
' the money was
handled,” said
Barnes. “It gave ev
eryone in the office
a chance to become
a suspect, and it
; made it very difficult for the bureau
to pinpoint anyone.”
h All personnel who had access to
; the vault area during the time of the
theft were interviewed. After a thor-
• ough investigation, the verbal re-
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY
ARTHUR FOLEY
Arthur Foley, vice
chancellor of financial
affairs, helped the SBI
with the investigation.
port issued by the SBI concluded
that since the case was closed with
no arrests made, they were unable
to report if any UNCA employees
or students were suspects, accord
ing to Arthur Foley, vice chancellor
of financial affairs.
“Since the bureau did not make
any arrests in this
particular case, we
are not able to in
dicate whether we
had any serious sus
pects,” said Barnes.
“The investigation
went on for several
months and the
bureau did every
thing that it
could.”
Incident reports
completed by pub-
I ic safety show that
$2,257 in cash and
$60,723 in non
endorsed checks
were found miss
ing from the busi
ness office last spring. UNCA had
stopped the payment on the checks
Athletic program falls short
Sachie Godwin
Staff Writer
The athletic assessment recently
completed by Gene Corrigan,
former president of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA), advocated raising stu
dent fees to help fund various
athletic programs, while men rion-
ing that several aspects of the pro
gram need to be improved.
“This may be one of the only
ways short of an expanded stu
dent body (to fund the program),”
said Corrigan in the report. “You
have a very attractive campus with
a fine student body, a proud fac
ulty and energeticand determined
leadership. I am sorry to say the
same cannot be said for your ath
letic program.”
Although Corrigan said he found
merit in UNCA’s decision to re
main Division lAAA, he found
the athletics program lacking in
specific areas, according to the
report.
“To start with, your facilities are
poor, even for Division III, your
budget is a serious problem and
you are understaffed in certain
areas,” said Corrigan in the re
port. “Add to this a budget that
starts the year with a $200,000
plus deficit-and never gets out of
the hole-and you face a number of
significant challenges. At the
present time, UNCA is in over its
head.”
Division I consists of schools
such as Purdue University and
UNC-Chapel Hill. There are three
levels to Division 1: Division lA,
Divison lAAand Divison lAAA,
according to Mike Gore, sports
information director.
Joni Comstock, athletic direc
tor, said she does not see raising
the fee students pay for the main
tenance of the athletic depart
ment as an option in the immedi
ate future.
“We need new revenue dollars,
no question about it, but we are
not looking to the students,” said
Comstock.
There are many different av
enues to explore that would help
raise initial funds for the depart
ment, according to Comstock.
“What we need to do is increase
the fiscal base of the athletic de
partment to provide better op
portunities for the students to
compete,” said Comstock.
The report also initially ques
tioned whether UNCA athletics
were participating in the right
division. However, after visiting,
Corrigan said the Big South Con
ference and Division lAAA is a
good fit for UNCA.
“After being with you and meet
ing independently with your vice
chancellors, I believe you have
the chance to make the program
work, because you all seem to be
on the same page,” said Corrigan
in the report.
“There was nothing shocking in
the report, (but) I thought he was
a little harsh on the, facilities,”
said Gore. “He could appreciate
once he got here and saw (the
school) that we should be in Divi
sion I.
“Division I schools come in all
shapes and sizes, and the Big South
Conference is the perfect place
for UNCA,” said Gore. “We re
ally appreciate Corrigan coming
down and giving us these sugges
tions.”
Division I programs have the
highest level of financial aid for
their athletes, and the distinguish
ing characteristic between Divi-
PHOTO BY JASON GRAHAM
Gene Corrigan, former president of the National Colle
giate Athletic Association, recently completed the ath
letic assessment.
sion lA schools and Division
lAAA schools, according to Gore,
is that lA schools play football.
“Division lAAA participates in
all the sports at the Division I
level, except football because ei
ther you do not have football or
you do not have football scholar
ships,” said Comstock.
UNCA has 14 sports and that is
the minimum number needed to
participate in Division 1, accord
ing to Comstock.
“What we ought to be thinking
about is the most participation
opportunities that we can give
the students on this campus,” said
Comstock.
In the report, Corrigan criti
cizes UNCA’s facilities them
selves, referring to problems that
“make no sense. ” The report never
goes into detail about what these
problems actually are, but
Comstock said he iTi ight have been
referring to the size of the athletic
center.
“Justice Center is very small,”
said Comstock. “It is extraordi
narily small for most Division I
programs. He may be referring to
that. However, I would argue that
there is a tremendous advantage
to that, because we can fill J ustice
Center and make it an exciting
See ATHLETIC page 11
See THEFT page 11
Students journey to Ghana
^ . 1 r I • • t 1 1 1- •
Kay Alton
Staff Writer
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY CHARLES G. JAMES
Susan Ketner, Carmen Canty, Shara Schenck, Nikki Young
and Tuesda Roberts stand in front of a castle at Elmina.
professor of political science.
“They learned a lot about another
culture,” said Jenkins-Mullen.
“They came back speaking the lan
guage, they learned about the slave
trade and the middle passage and
made a particular connection with
Africa, enabling them to come baclc
with confidence and affirmation.”
Students Carmen Canty, a senior
political science major; Lindsay
During summer break, seven
UNCA students participated in the
Ghana Summer Study Abroad Pro
gram and lived in the West African
nation for six weeks, according to
Dolly Jenkins-Mullen, assistant
Berginsky, a senor political science
and philosophy major,Tuesda Rob
erts, a senior Spanish major; Jay
Hackett, an undeclared sophomore;
Shara Schenck, a senior sociology
major; Susan Ketner. a senior psy
chology major and Nikki Young, a
senior biology major, left New York
on June 22 and returned Aug. 1.
“This program was piloted at
UNCA this year, and N.C. State
allowed us to essentially piggyback
on all their arrangements,” said
Jenkins-Mullen.
N.C. State included the UNCA
students in all their arrangements
for itineraries, organizing courses
and credit value, said Jenkins-
Mullen.
“Incredible effort was made to
fund this trip,” said Jenkins-Mullen.
“Actually, the University Founda
tion helped, as did private donors.”
Each student chose two out of
three courses offered in economics,
psychology and sociology of Gha
naian culture. In addition, some
students conducted independent
studies in topics like the health sys
tem in Ghana.
Students attended classes in the
morning at the Ghanaian Univer
sity Exchange Program in Legon,
Ghana and traveled around Ghana
during the afternoons.
One UNCA professor, Charles
G. James, associate professor of
chemistry, traveled with the stu
dents, as did several faculty mem
bers from NC State.
A week of the trip included living
in the dormitories of the university.
The remai n i ng five weeks were spent
living in the homes of Ghanaian
families.
The two Caucasian students came
back with an attitude that the trip
was great fun. By comparison, the
five African American students were
busy identifying with Africa and a
particular connection with Africa,
according to Jenkins-Mullen.
Hackett said that the best part of
his trip was living with the families
in Legon.
“They treated us like members of
the family,” said Hackett.
“My biggest experience of the cul
ture was dealing with the conflict
between myself and my brother in
the Ghanaian family,” said Hackett.
“We fought and disagreed just like
real brothers, because he was arro
gant, unreasonable and self-righ-
teous.”
Schenck said she had experiences
that she could never have imag
ined.
“I walked on a rope pathway very
high in the air among the canopy of
the treetops, and I cannot imagine
doing this in America,” said
Schenck.
Some of the students said the in
teraction with the Ghanaian people
was the greatest experience they
See GHANA page 11