NEWS
BRIEFS
BY Terri Fisher
Staff Reporter
LIPINKSKY HALL
In a concert open to the public,
French octet Les Yeux Noirs will per
form a unique blend of high-energy
Gypsy jazz and Jewish music at 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 13, at UNCA’s.Lipinsky
Auditorium. Tickets for the Les Yeux
Noirs concert are on sale on campus,
or by phone 232-5000 and cost $18
general admission. Tickets may also be
purchased' by cash or check only at
Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55
Flaywood St., downtown Asheville.
CAMPUS CRIME
The side rear view mirror was 'shot
out of a car parked on the UNCA
campus Jan 19. Someone vandalized
an area outside a Mills Hall 4orm
room Jan 30.
UNCA'Campus Police began ap
plying a tire boot to cars that are ille
gally parked and have five or more ci
tations pending this semester, Cam
pus Police booted one car a couple
weeks ago, and towed five cars for
parking in a no parking dumpster zone
Feb. 5.
ASHEVILLE
Police cleared an estimated 100
youths out of Carmike 10 Cinemas
Jan. 31 after a firecracker exploded in
one of the theaters. Police were origi
nally called to clear out unruly teen
agers at about 9:22 p.m. Officers were
then called back an hour later to help
calm a situation where a firecracker
was set off. There are no reports of
injuries.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
President Bush signed an executive
order to begin an independent inquiry
into U.S. intelligence later this week.
The commission, created under pres
sure from both political parties, will
look into information dated prior to
the invasion of Iraq, as well as other
international affairs. David Kay, chief
weapons inspector for Iraq, issued his
final report, stating that he has not
found significant evidence of banned
weapons and had little expectation
that they would ever be found.
IRAN
In Majlis, or Iran’s parliament, 124
lawmakers in the 290-seat body re
signed Feb. 1 in a symbolic gesture in
tended to force others to reinstate
thousands of liberal candidates dis
qualified from a Feb. 20 vote. One of
the issues associated with the mass res
ignations is whether or not Iraq will
become a democracy or dictatorship.
The incident began in early Janu
ary when the Guardian Council dis
qualified more than 3,600 of the 8,200
individuals who filed papers to run in
election polls. After protests and a
statement from Iran’s supreme leader.
Ayatollah Alj Khamenei, the council
on Friday restored 1,160 low-profile
candidates to the list.
SAUDI ARABIA
At least 244 people were trampled
to death and hundreds more injured
Sunday under the crush of worship
pers during the annual Muslim pil
grimage to Saudi Arabia. The stam
pede occurred during The Stoning of
the Devil ritual, where individuals
frantically throw rocks, shout insults
or hurl their shoes at three stone pil
lars, expressing their disdain for Satan.
JASON MCGILLyEDITOR-IN-CHIEF
UNCA closed off the Campus Drive while facilities management inserted speed bumps.
UNCA places speed bumps
on Campus Drive following accident
By Amanda Edwards
Staff Reporter
A recent one-car accident on
Campus Drive sped up univer
sity officials’ decision to put in
speed bumps along the road.
“On that particular road, and
in that particular area people
drive way to fast,” said Jerry
Adams, University Investigator
and Police Sergeant. “If (speed
bumps) help them slow down a
little bit, then we are all for that. ”
Public Safety officials deem
Campus Drive a dangerous road
because of its short, twisting
curves and heavy flow of traffic.
The road stretches for about a
mile and a half and curves
around the athletic fields.
“That road is only designed
for 25 mph and that’s how it was
approached when it was built,”
said University Police Officer
Bobby Barcafer. “If you were go
ing to maintain 25 mph, you can
stay in your lane. But if you start
going over that, there is a real
potential for accidents.”
The idea to insert speed
bumps along the road sprung
from an incident in June when
a car on campus drive hit a
grounds worker. Thi.s incident
prompted members of the
UNCA physical plant to order
stop signs for the Reuter Center
section of the road, and then
speed bumps, warning signs,
and speed limit signs for the rest
of the road, according to David
F. Todd, director of the UNCA
physical plant.
“After the grounds worker
got hit, there’s been a head on
collision out there and other
small fender benders,” said
Todd.
Facilities managment inserted
stop signs over Winter Break
when there was less traffic on
campus. Facilities managment
ordered the safety precaution
equipment from Barco Indus
tries, and received it between
July and August, according to
Todd.
Five students were involved in
an accident on Campus Drive,
Jan. 19. All of them obtained
some sort of injury. The students
reached an estimated speed of 60
mph by the time they hit a curb,
according to Barcafer, the officer
called to the scene of the acci
dent.
“It was just basically reckless
driving,” said Barcafer. “They
were speeding way too fast for
conditions and lost control of
the vehicle. AJl five went to the
hospital and were mainly treated
for lacerations. The front pas
senger had head injuries, but it
wasn’t life threatening.”
The accident made people re
alize the need for immediate ac
tion.
“That was just another flag
that we’ve got to get these things
out here,” said Todd.
See Speed bumps on page 2
CHARLOTTE CLAYPOOLE/staff photographer
Numerous accidents on Campus Drive influenced the school to
put speed bumps along the road.
JASON MCGILL/editor-in-chief
UNCA placed speed bump warning signs along the road p rior
to placing the speed bumps.
Civil rights activist Julian Bond visits UNCA
COURTESY OF JILL YARNALL
Julian Bond, a civil rights activist visits UNCA this Friday in
Lipinsl^^ auditorium at 1:00 p.m.
BY Adam McMullin
Staff Reporter
To kick off UNCA’s observance
of Black History Month, Julian
Bond, a civil rights activist, will visit
UNCA on Feb. 6 and deliver a
keynote address.
“Julian Bond is one of the truly
important figures in the civil rights
movement in the United States,”
said Chancellor Jim Mullen; “He
has truly devoted himself to the
support of respect for human dig
nity and individual promise.”
During his speech, Bond will ad
dress the historical significance of
the 1954 case of Brown vs. Board
of Education, which challenged seg
regation of schools.
The effort to bring the civil
rights legend to UNCA to speak
began last semester. UNCA’s Black
Student Association (BSA), the
Office of Student Activities and the
Office of the Chancellor worked
together to bring Bond to campus,
according to Tarik Glenn, sopho
more and co-president of BSA.
“A lot of rimes we bring in
speakers that no one really knows
very well,” said Glenn. “We wanted
someone big to come in so that not
only students would be involved,
but also the community. We
wanted someone that is known na
tionally.”
Bond has worked tirelessly
throughout his career promoting
social j ustice and the importance of
individual rights, serving of chair
man of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) since 1998.
Bond began his fight for civil
rights in I960 while attending
Morehouse College, according to
the Student Nonviolent Coordinat
ing Committee’s (SNCC) Web site.
While at Morehouse, Bond helped
found SNCC and the Committee
on Appeal for Human Rights
(COAHR).
COAHR led anti-segregation
protests that in turn led to the in
tegration of movie theaters, lunch
counters and parks in Atlanta.
Bond became the first African-
American ever elected to the Geor
gia House of representatives in
1965.
Bond’s fight for social justice as
a young, black college student gave
hope and cause to others who were
also pushing for social change.
“(Bond) is a person who has
given his full measure to enhanc
ing social justice in this country and
I think he is a wonderful example
in that way for all of us,” said
Mullen.
Although Bond is known na
tionally as a civil rights legend and .
accomplished writer, most UNCA
student’s still probably have no idea
who he is, according to Glenn.
See Bond on page 2
Features
Local art exhibit illustrates
fears and fantasies of flying
■ see page 4
Sports
Liberty leashes Bulldogs’win
ning streak
.■ see page 6
Campus
Betsy’s Bulldogs take the Big
South by storm
■ see page 8