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Sports
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Opinions
“Israel, take action”
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Volume 35 Issue 8
VCAA
interviews
complete
Whitney Setser
News Reporter
COURTESY OF
BUCKNELL.EDU
William Frawley
UNCA hosted interviews for
William Frawley and MarkPadilla,
the last two candidates for the po
sition of vice
chancellor of
academic af
fairs (VCAA),
March 21-22
and March
28-29.
“The search
hasbeenanin-
credible
amount of
work,” said
Cathy
Mitchell, pro
fessor of mass
communica
tion and
search com-
mittee mem
ber. “I have
been really
pleased with the exceptional qual
ity of the candidates who applied.”
The current VCAA is Thomas
Cochran, who was appointed to
the position in August 2000.
Cochran served UNCA in many
other positions during the last 25
years, according to the UNCA Web
site.
“(The VCAA search team) looked
for a lot of things when we re
viewed the files,” said Pamela
Nickless, professor of economics
and search committee member.
“We wanted
to find some
one that had
come through
the ranks. We
looked for
people who
had to make
hard decisions
about person
nel and re
sources.”
The VCAA
position is the
chief aca
demic advisor
at UNCA and
the person in
charge when
the chancellor
leaves campus, according to
UNCA’s Web site.
“The position starts July 1,” said
T racy Brown, professor of psychol
ogy and search committee chair, in
COURTESY OF
UDEL.EDU
Mark Padilla
See VCAA Page 8
The University Of North Carolina At Asheville
April 4, 2002
Construction continues on Weaver
RACHEL CRUMPLER/ NEWS EDITOR
Construction workers pave the corner of Barnard Avenue and W. T. Weaver Boulevard. The construction should be complete by May.
Student dies over spring break
Stuart Gaines
News Reporter
A UNCA student died at his home
during the spring break holiday
March 14.
Jared Enoch Warren, a sopho
more computer science major, died
due to asphyxiation from helium
gas. He was nineteen years old.
“Jared was in my Humanities
324 course. He was a bright, soft-
spoken and thoughtful student,”
said Ken Betsalel, chair of the po
litical science department.
“His loss has meant something to
me as a teacher. We have to be more
ourselves with our students,” said
Betsalel. “They have to know that
we all struggle with being human.”
Dr. Massey taught three of
Warren’s classes, and he had been
making excellent grades in all of
them.
Funeral services were held at Zion
Christian Assembly of Asheville
where Warren was a member as
well as the pianist, according to the
obituary from Asheville Citizen-
Times.
The UNCA counseling center is
available to help students affected
Remembering
"/fe was a bright,
soft-spoken and
thoughtful stu
dent. His loss has
meant something
to me as a teacher.*’
-Ken Betsalel
chair of political science
Jared
Enoch
Warren
“It is a great loss
fortheuniversity
and the 'Warren
family.... We were
very sad.”
-Carol Schramm
assistant vice chancellor
for student affairs
by Warren’s death, according to
Carol Schramm, assistant vice chan
cellor for student affairs.
“It is a great loss for the university
and the Warren family,” said
Schramm.
Warren graduated as the salutato-
rian from Temple Baptist School in
2000, and was a member of Cam
pus Crusade for Christ at UNCA.
“I can only say that we are very sad
over the university’s and
community’s loss,” said Robert
Yearout, faculty advisor to Campus
Crusade for Christ. “We offer our
condolences to his family and those
who knew him.”
Warren was a lifelong resident of
Asheville, and is survived by his
parents, Patrick and Peggy War
ren, and three siblings, according
to the Citizen-Times.
Warren appeared on the
chancellor’s and dean’s list while at
UNCA, and volunteered with the
Western North Carolina Rescue
Mission.
“It w?.s an absolute shock,” said
Charles Massey, one of Warren’s
professors this semester. “Jared was
a quiet student. He was one of
those students who come to class,
do their work and go home.”
UNCA retirement center gains national recognition
Geoff Cantrell
Asheville Citizen-Times
The contributions of older resi
dents can reward their community
as well as help them lead richer
lives.
The National Council on Aging
recognizes that and is in turn recog
nizing the N.C. Center for Cre
ative Retirement at UNC Asheville
for helping older people make those
contributions. The center’s example
is now being used across the coun
try and is considered a flagship pro
gram for older- learner programs in
the United States.
Ron Manheimer, the center’s ex
ecutive director, will accept the Jack
Ossofsky Award at an annual con
ference in Denver this week. The
award is presented to individuals or
organizations that have taken a cre
ative, new idea and developed it
into a successful program, service
or policy that helps older people to
achieve vital living.
That is exactly the avenue Jack
Ingersoll wanted to pursue in his
retirement from a career in law
enforcement, including serving as
police chief of Charlotte in the 1960s.
“This is an opportunity to learn,
to keep the brain cells active and
participate in meaningful things,”
Ingersoll said.“I spent my working
years trying to prevent bad things
from happening to people. Now, I
am working on making positive
things happen through the Center
for Creative Retirement.”
See RETIREMENT Page 8
UNCA’s main entrance on
W. T. Weaver Boulevard
will undergo massive
changes as the semester
rolls to an end.
When workers complete
the renovations in May, W.
T. Weaver will be fully
equipped with a round
about entrance and an ex
tended greenway.
Weaver Boulevard will
have two single lanes, a
median and a circular en
trance leading into cam
pus.
The university is imple
menting the renovations in
cooperation with the North
Carolina Department of
Transportation and the
city of Asheville,according
to Tom Byers, executive as
sistant to the chancellor.
Newspapers
practical joke
upsets readers
Elizabeth Moe
News Reporter
Rachel Grumpier
News Editor
The Transylvania Times received
many complaints concerning a story
they printed as a practical joke April
1.
The article, which ran on the back
page of the newspaper, claimed a
visitor at a Brevard picnic ground
captured Eric Rudolph. Then, the
fabricated visitor forced Rudolph
into a trashcan and called the po
lice, according to the Transylvania
Times article.
The Federal
Bureau of In
vestigation has
named
Rudolph one of
their 10 most
wanted crimi
nals, He has
been charged in
connection
with at least six
bombings, in
cluding the
bombing in
Atlanta’s Cen
tennial Olympic Park in 1996, ac
cording to the FBI Web site.
“I think it’s cruel,” said Ryan
Stanford, a junior German major.
The newspaper is “mocking what
(Rudolph) did, in a way. He did
See JOKE Page 8
COURTESY OF
THE FBI WEB SITE
Eric Rudolph
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