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Volume 35 Issue 9
The University Of North Carolina At Asheville
Bulldogs defeat conference leaders”
■ see page 6
Also inside:
Features
“Skirting Shadows on display in Owen”
■ see page 4
Opinions
“’We are what we buy’ in retail”
by Clark Larson
■ see page 2
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nor assault anyone,” said Bethea in
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Mai Yang, Bethea’s ex-girlfriend,
brought the charges against Bethea,
but she did not attend the probable
:ause hearing, according to Bethea.
A probable cause hearing allows
Eie plantiff and the defendant to
esent their arguments to the j udge,
ho then decides whether or not to
[proceed with the case.
“Mai Yang did not show up in
ourt, and attempted to drop her
claims to avoid having to testify in
:ourt,” said Bethea.
Yang could not be reached for
:omment.
Bethea said he attends UNCA on
police scholarship, which pro-
ides for his police training, school
ixpenses and future employment
s a law officer.
“If I were to get in legal trouble,
ny scholarship and career would be
one,” said Bethea. “But, as I stated
ong ago, I did no wrongdoing, and
t has been proven in court. I am
lot in legal trouble, and my schol-
irship remains in effect.”
After his arrest, Bethea was sus-
ended from his position as a stu-
ent employee for public safety,
ethea said he will not regain his
osition.
“I remain fired from the job I have
had since 1998,” said Bethea.
Lou Caliendo, director of public
safety, was unavailable for com
ment.
Bethea said his arrest, the charges
brought against him and the reac
tions of the campus made this year
difficult for him.
‘What was supposed to be my
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UNCA prepares for graduation
Honorary degree
recipients chosen
PHOTO COURTESY OF BLAKE MADDEN
Seniors from the class of 2001 wait to receive their diplomas. This year, approximately 520 seniors will graduate May 18 at 9:30 a.m.
Faculty, graduating seniors begin the commencement countdown
Rachel Grumpier
News Editor
About 520 graduating seniors are
counting down the days until com
mencement, which will be held May
18 at 9:30 a.m.
‘I am extremely excited about
graduating because then, I will not
have to go to another class for a
long, long time,” said Jeanine
Ammirati, a senior management
major. “I am getting stressed about
all the things I have to do before
graduation, but not graduation it
self. Everything always falls into
place, so I am not worried.”
Meanwhile, UNCA faculty and
staff members will officially begin
preparing for this year’s graduation
ceremony April 12.
“On Friday, we have the crystalli
zation of commencement, what we
call our annual commencement
meeting. I’ll convene all the people
who have anything to do with com
mencement— security, physical
plant, food service, chancellor’s of
fice, registrar, faculty and student
representatives,” said Tom
Cochran, acting vice chancellor of
academic affairs. “That kicks off
what I call commencement sea-
Campus administrators will spend
the remaining 36 days making final
arrangements for the graduation
ceremony. For instance, the regis
trar must finalize the list of graduat
ing seniors, and the physical plant
will make the grounds neat and
plan out how many chairs and tents
will be needed, according to
Cochran, who will read the student
names as they receive their diplo
mas.
Throughout the routine hustle to
prepare for this year’s graduation,
most faculty keep in mind their
happiness for the students who will
graduate, said Pat Snoyer, assistant
professor in the drama department.
“Most faculty never lose sight of
what it’s all about. It’s part of our
job, and that’s the truth of the
matter,” said Snoyer, who assists
the chancellor wid; his graduation
script and oversees commencement
preparation. “But, I don’t think
anyone truly forgets what it’s about
even if they’re sitting there with a
glazed look in their eye.”
While the UNCA faculty rushes
to complete their graduation prepa
ration tasks, seniors said they are
just trying to make it through the
rest of the semester,
“I’m tired ofstudying,” said Salewa
See GRADUATION Page 8
Rachel Grumpier
News Editor
UNCA will award four honorary
degrees durng this year’s com
mencement ceremony.
“Honorary degrees are often given
by institutions of higher learning to
sort of signofy a particular respect
and admiration for the contibutions
of the selected individuals,” said
Tom Byers, executive assistant to
the chancellor.
LeRoy Walker, Tom Fazio, Muriel
Siebert and Edward Villella will
receive honorary degrees.
“We are singling them out to cel
ebrate them, and in most cases,
they present to the graduating class
an example of people who have
gone out and used their talents and
training effectively,” said Byers.
Walker will give the commence
ment address May 18.
Walker worked as a coach and
then later as chancellor for North
Carolina Central University.
Walker went on to become the first
black to coach an United States
Olympic track and field team, ac
cording to Byers.
Fazio, who lives in Hendersonville,
N.C., builds gold courses, accord
ing to Byers. He and his family also
provide for children with the Tom
Fazio Children’s Charity Fund.
Villella currently acts as the found
ing artistic director of the Miami
City Ballet. He danced with the
New York City Ballet from 1958 to
1976.
“He is a well-known dancer, par
ticularly in his early years in New
York,” said Pat Snoyer, assistant
professor in the drama department.
‘Now, (he) is a highly esteemed
choreography and teacher, as well
as dancer.”
Siebert owned her own financial
firm, Muriel Siebert & Co., and
was the first woman named a mem
ber of the New York Stock Ex
change.
UNCA will present all four hon
orary degree recipients with their
degrees in person May 18.
Key Center spends funding to install new programs
Whitney Setser
News Reporter
I UNCA’s Key Center for Service-
I Wning used its 2001-2002 fund-
to instate several new service
projects, such as offering student
scholarships and helping professors
psy for text books.
Service-learning is relatively new.
It hasn’t been around long,” said
Lloyd Weinberg, associate director
of the Key Center. “People have
doing (service learning) for a
time. But now we have a cen
ter for it, and we want to share ideas
and what we’re doing.”
The Key Center encourages
UNCA students to undertake com
munity service projects. The goal is
that students will draw connections
between what they learn in the class
room and in the community ser
vice, according to Peg Downes,
professor of literature and language
and director of the Key Center .
Named for its benefactor,
Adelaide Worth Daniels Key, the
Key Centeropened in January 1999.
“(Key) is this wonderful woman
from in town who helps the com
munity in many ways,” said
Downes . “One of the many things
she did was give UNCA a half
million dollars to start a center for
service-learning.”
The Key Center receives a yearly
$25,000, which amounts to five
percent of the university’s endow
ment, along with any state funding
specifically provided for the center.
Any money the center does not use
is saved for the next year, according
to Weinberg.
“That $25,000 also goes into
paying Weinberg’s salary, as well as
toward supplies and for the new
programs,” said Downes.
Next year, the Key Center will
fund a $500 scholarship program,
according to Downes.
“We put bright green notices on
all bulletin boards a.bout scholar
ships,” said Downes. “We will have
three, maybe more, $500 scholar
ships (to give out) for next year.”
Students who receive the $500
scholarships will help run the Key
Center, according to Downes.
“We will also ask these students to
be an ambassador with two or more
faculty members and point out ways
in which (service learning) could be
used in their classes,” said Downes.
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