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Uolume 33 Issue 4
February 22,2001
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Junior forward Robby Joyner, a member of the basket-
ball team, attempts to score a basket at a recent game.
Keitti Cromwell
staff Writer
The athletic department
spent $412,438 on com
bined salaries and benefits
and $700,000 on student
athlete scholarships, accord
ing to the athletic budget.
Some students said they
disagree with the amount of
money spent on scholarships
for athletes.
“It seems that we can put
that money into better facili
ties, or something that ben
efits the entire school, rather
than just a few students,”
said Danny Proctor, asopho-
more atmospheric science
major.
In terms of each team,
men’s basketball received the
most funds. They received
$103,000, plus $26,000 for
recruitment. Women’s bas
ketball received $65,000,
plus $17,500 for recruit
ment.
In comparison, the men’s
and women’s tennis teams
both received $11,500, plus
$1,000 for recruitment.
The men’s soccer team re
ceived $23,862, plus $3,000
for recruitment. The men’s
and women’s cross country
teams each received $31,343,
plus $ 1,000 for recruitment,
according to the budget.
“I think teams should get
equal amounts,” said Crys
tal Gore, a sophomore art
major and member of the
women’s track team.
The National Collegiate
Athletic Association requires
a minimum amount ofschol-
arships and sports teams to
be in Division I. The re
quirements include main
taining 14 teams, made up
of seven men and seven
women’s teams, and provide
25 scholarships for each gen
der, according to Gore.
“With the exception of the
basketball players, most of
our athletes are on a partial
scholarship,” said Joni
Comstock, director of the
athletic program.
UNCA students pay $399
in student fees toward the
athletic program, the high
est out of all 16 UNC-sys-
tem universities. During the
2001 -2002 school year, ath
letic fees will increase $22
per student.
“Athletics are a part of ev
ery university,” said Anne
Moukperian, a sophomore
political science major. “I
do not think athletics are
taken seriously on this cam
pus, other than by athletes
and those who are involved
in athletics,”
Last year, athletics received
$1.1 million from student
fees. The total athletics de
partment budget was $1.8
million, according to
Comstock.
Most revenue for athletics
comes from student fees, pri
vate gifts or grants and the
NCAA.
UNCA athletics received
$200,000 from game guar
antees. Game guarantees are
money the university receives
from bigger schools for play
ing a game at that school.
Both men’s and women’s
basketball teams play these
games, according to Mike
Gore, director of sports in
formation.
“This year, we went down
and play the University of
Texas, and we get a check
from them for playing the
game,” said Gore. “It makes
sense for Texas because tliey
need a home game. A home
game for a school like that
generates a lot of money.”
Game guarantees “help our
budget, but it also makes our
team better in conference
play,” said Gore. “When you
play Texas in front of 10,000
people, it’s a little easier to
come back and play Liberty.”
The games are played in
regular season, and count
toward UNCA’s record. This
year, the men’s basketball
team played five guarantee
games, according to Gore.
“The teams that schedule
us think they are getting an
easy win, and a couple of
times, we have fooled them,”
said Gore. “We beat the
University of South Caro
lina and Mexico State Uni
versity one year, and lost to
Tennessee by three points.”
Some students said the ath
letic department should find
other sources to make
money.
Playing these games “make
it seem the athletic depart
ment doesn’t care about the
basketball team’s record, but
rather all they care about is
the money,” said Jessica
Bulleck, a freshmen com
puter science major.
Athletic fees at other schools
include $261 at Appalachian
See BUDGET page 8
Drivers may be a risk for animals
Claire O’Brien
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Both domestic and wild ani
mals are possibly in danger of
being killed by drivers speed
ing around the campus area.
The most dangerous areas for
animals are on the side roads
leading to campus, especially
on Edgewood Road and
Barnard Avenue, according to
Ann Weber, professor of psy
chology.
“You cannot turn around
without seeing little dead
squirrels everywhere,” said
Tonie Carlton, a senior po
litical science major.
Squirrels tend to dart out in
front of cars. If drivers obey
the speed limit, they can stop
in time, according to Weber.
Edgewood and Barnard
roads are popular shortcuts to
campus, but are also residen
tial areas with a large number
of those residents pet owners,
according to Weber.
If the residents have a pet,
make it an indoor (animali,
or kiss it goodbye,” said We
ber. This is unfair to both the
owners and the pets.
If students, staff and faculty
would obey the 20 mph speed
limit, these deaths could be
avoided, according to Weber.
In December, one ofWeber’s
neighbors lost their shepherd-
mix dog, Lucy, to a hit-and-
run-driver.
The driver sped away after
hitting Lucy, as the dog lay
dying in the road, according
to Weber.
By the time neighbors
reached Lucy it was too late.
The dog died in the vet’s of
fice.
Just a few months before
Lucy’s death, the same coupie
lost their cat to a speeding
driver, according to Weber.
Jn the woods on campus,
there is a small grave where a
cat named Ike is buried, also
the victim of speeding driver.
Ike was hit on the road near
the Physical Plant building. A
frequent visitor to the cam
pus, Ike’s favorite place to hang
out was around Zageir and
Owen Halls, according to We
ber.
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An unleashed dog, owned by a UNCA student, could be
at risk for injury or death by automobiles.
Around class times, people
follow the car in front of
them too closely, pressuring
the other driver to speed.
Even if a person is going to
be late to a class or meeting,
there is no excuse for speed
ing, according to Weber.
“Just speeding in general, I
have never seen anyone get
pulled,’ said Cyrus
Tashakkori, an undeclared
sophomore.
Unattended dogs running
loose on campus “should be
on a leash,” said Geneva Stork,
an undeclared sophomore.
There is a leash law that pro
hibits students from leaving
pets unattended on campus,
according to Weber.
However, there is no one for
public safety to ticket, and
they cannot hold the dog for
the owner to pick up because
the campus does not have the
facilities, according to Weber.
In order to remove the unat
tended pet, public safety
would have to call Animal
Control, according to Weber.
Many students “have seen
[dogs] out for hours and hours
in the hot sun,” and some of
these dogs are left without
shade or water, said Weber.
The owner often wraps the
dog’s leash around a tree, es
sentially binding the dogs,
with no give in their leash,
according to Weber.
The campus needs to find a
solution that is “safe for ani
mals first and convenient for
owners second,” said Weber.
One faculty member sug
gested having a “Pet Day,”
said Weber.
It would be held on cam
pus and students could bring
their pets to an informal
meeting to learn pet-care
tips, said Weber.
“Unless it is a bad (animal)
and gets in people’s way, it
adds character to the cam
pus,” said Tashakkori.
Privatization
draws interest
nngela Brock
staff Writer
Several UNCA students were
involved with the distribution
of flyers to promote aware
ness of Sodexho Marriott Ser
vices’ connection to prison
privatization.
“A box of burritos was
dropped on the middle of the
quad with a sign that said Tree
Burritos’,” said a student, who
wishes to remain anonymous.
“Someone took a box to the
cafeteria, and handed out
burritos with a flyer.”
The persons passing out the
burrito flyers stood outside
the cafeteria, but no one is
sure ifanyone actually entered
it, according to the student.
“The flyer was anti-prison
propaganda,” said the stu
dent.
Sodexho Alliance owns al
most half of SMS. In Europe,
Sodexho Alliance operates a
high percentage ofprivate pris
ons in many countries, ac
cording to the SA Web site.
Prison privatization involves
the use of prison labor with
out monetary compensation
for the labor.
SA invested in the Correc
tions Corporation of America,
a corrections service to gov
ernment associations, accord
ing to the CCA Web site.
Some students said they are
concerned about the use of
prison labor to produce goods
that UNCA’s cafeteria may
use, according to the stu
dents.
The purpose of the flyers
was to inform UNCA stu
dents about the use of prison
labor, according to the stu
dent.
“The flyers were just to let
students know about the cor
porations they support,” said
another student, who wished
to remian anonymous. “The
student activists are not into
property destruction at all,
regardless of what has been
said about students who op
pose %-)dexho’s involvement
with privatization.”
There has not been any stu
dent vandalism take place in
the cafeteria by students who
oppose Sodexho Marriott’s in
volvement with prison labor,
according to Sodexho
Marriott employees.
Profit is made off of the
prisoners, thus some prison
ers may get longer sentences,
according to students.
“I do not want my money to
go towards private prisons,
and I would like to support
more local food sources,” said
another student, who wishes
to remain anonymous. “We
want an alternative place on
campus to buy food that can
be ran by the students.”
Program attains
exemplary status
Thad Eckard
staff Writer
UNCA’s teaching program
received a high rating from
the North Carolina State
Board of Education, but did
they not receive the scholar
ship money
due to them,
according to
Mark
S i d e I n i c k ,
chairman and
associate pro
fessor of edu
cation.
“Schools
that receive ex
emplary status
were supposed
to receive
scholarship
money for stu
dents becom
ing teachers,”
said Sidelnick.
Although the
programs qualify for rewards,
they have not yet received
anything.
The program was never told
how much they would receive
for scholarships.
“Professors in the educa-
PHOTO COURTESY OF
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Nick Phillips, a senior
history major, helps
children at a school.
tion department are not only
my instructors,” said Tanner
Gamble, a senior environmen
tal science major. “They are
also my colleagues now who I
can come to when I need their
help. I am extremely grate
ful.”
All the Board promised were
“sanctions and rewards,” said
Sidelnick.
1 he law men
tioned “schol
arship money,”
but did not pro
vide specific
amounts. In
stead, they im
plied that par
ticular amounts
“would be de
termined,” said
Sidelnick.
When the state
realized that it
had no money,
“there was
nothing to de
termine,” said
Sidelnick.
The ranking places UNCA’s
education department in a
position shared by only three
other schools in the state.
The Board based this year’s
See RATING page 10