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features Festival sheds new light on feminism ■ see page 2 Sports Baseball team loses two in a row ■ see page 4 Center for Diversity Education relocates to UNCA Campus B see page 7 Volume 39 Issue 7 NEWS BRIEFS WWW. unca. edutbanner March 25, 2004 BY Lauren Abe Staff Reporter CAMPUS CRIME An argument between two stu- jents in the Dining Hall resulted n a simple physical assault March 19. Two kids in a karate class broke )ne of the glass display cases in 9wen hall March 20. A student received a state cita- lon for running three stop signs )n campus March 21. The passen- er side mirror was ripped of a lousekeeping staffs car March 22. INCA Independent Presidential Can- lidate Ralph Nader delivers his ublic address Friday, March 26 at 2:30 in the Justice Center. jNCA’s chapter of Amnesty Inter- ational sponsored this event, 'hich is free and open to the ptib- c. UNCA and N.C. State an- ounced March 22 the establish- nent of a new Joint Undergradu- te Degree Program in dechatronics. The program begins all 2004. Graduates will obtain a egree from both institutions. HAPEL HILL UNC system leaders raised tu- ion March 19 in order to main- ain the quality of education. They aid state funding cuts resulted in arger classes, fewer numbers of lasses offered and a greater reliance n low-paid, part-time professors, ccording to the Associated Press. A 2000 bond referendum fi- anced $2.5 billion for universities nd $600 million for community olleges for buildings. New librar- ^s, dormitories and science build- ags are emerging from Cullowhee 0 Chapel Hill. By summer, the UNC system 11 spend $70 million a month on onstruction. University leaders aid the expansion is necessary to ccommodate for the growth in the ollege-age population. In the past free years, the UNC system has ;rown by 20,000 students. tOTHEL, Wash. A jury of 13 pastors acquitted a sbian Methodist pastor, Karen lammann, in a church trial over er sexual orientation. Dammann ill be allowed to continue as a lunister, according to the Associ- ted Press. The church’s “Book of Disci- line” states that homosexuality is incompatible with Christian cachings. ” However, the church’s nnciples encourage gay rights and berties. This is the first trial gainst a homosexual Methodist astor since 1987, in which the cre- entials of Rev. Rose Mary knman of New Hampshire were nnulled. We realize that the church is ivided regarding issues related to ornosexuality,” said the jury in its ^atement in a CNN article. “We, 1 he Trial Court, are far from unani- laous regarding biblical and theo logical understandings.” TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian of laiwan won a second term in of- fce March 20. The opposing party. See BRIEFS on page 12 Campus Police officer dies at 61 BY Terri Fisher Staff Reporter Campus Police dispatcher Carol Jane Kimbrough died at the age of 61 March 3. “Not only did she work here, but she was a good friend,” said Carol Frisbee, Campus Police dispatch trainer. “She enjoyed working here with the students. She was set in her ways, but she’d come in here and do her job and she was always here. That’s why I was worried when she didn’t come in for her shift.” Kimbrough never showed up for her shift March 3. Her family believes Kimbrough died in her sleep. Kimbrough had a history of heart problems and therefore her family de cided not to do an autopsy. They fig ured her death was heart-related, ac cording to Frisbee. “She had had a quadruple-by-pass heart surgery two years ago,” said Tammy Justice, Carol Kimbrough’s daughter-in-law and UNCA house keeping adminis trator. “She con tinually had some problems with that.” Kimbrough is the third Campus Police employee to die since Sept 2003. “(Campus Police Department) is your family, and when something like this happens, the whole department is there for you,” said Frisbee. Kimbrough survived three children and nine grandchildren. Her husband, William Clyde Kimbrough, passed away in 1999. “She enjoyed working here with the students. She was set in her ways, but she’d come in here and do her job.” Carol Frisbee Campus Police dispatch trainer Kimbrough’s funeral took place at the Western North Carolina State Veterans Cemetery March 8. The Reverend Arnold Vess, Kimbrough’s son’s father-in-law is also her preacher and preformed the ceremony at 2 p.m. Kimbrough attended Fletcher House of Prayer. Clyde Kimbrough served in the Vietnam War, in the Navy and is there fore buried in the state’s veterans cem etery. It is customary in veteran funer als for the wife to be buried above her husband if he passes before her. “The last Friday night we sat here, we talked about our families and our children. She missed her husband,” said Frisbee. “She has not been happy since Clyde, her husband, died.” “(Kimbrough) has six grand chil dren under the age of nine, so she spent a lot of time with her grandkids,” said Justice. All of Kimbrough’s three children live in Asheville. They are grown and married. She has two sisters who live in West Virginia and Ohio. Kimbrough was born in West Virginia and raised in Tennessee, where her family worked in the coal mining in dustry. Carol Jane Kimbrough, dispatcher for Campus Police, died March 3. UNCA and community team up BY Amanda Edwards Staff Reporter Student organizations teaming up with groups in the Asheville community will present UNCA’s inaugural Community First Festival March 27 on the quad. “We want people to come out to the Community First Festival because it’s a unique opportunity to see what UNCA is all about and to see us working with the Asheville community,” said Sean McDonald, senior ethics and social institutions major and coordinator of the event. “We want to create long- lasting and productive partner ships with community organi zations.” Nineteen student organi zations are involved with the festival. Along with groups and businesses in the community, they are responsible for the wide variety of music, games and food that will be provided. “We have about one-third of our student organizations active in what’s going on, and that’s a great feeling,” said McDonald. “We were able to pull that many people together and the . folks are so willing to work together. It’s not always easy to be involved in a big project like this.” UNCA presents the Community First festival March 27 on the quad. The festival uses a unique approach since student or ganizations are paired with community organizations to put together their activities. Domestic crisis services provider Helpmate is working with Gamma Phi Beta, and Alliance is working with gay- friendly services provider The Rainbow Wedding Network, according to McDonald. “It sounds like a great way to get the community together and represent our organizations,” said Juila Henson, senior psychology major. The festival will have four musical acts ranging from hip-hop to the on- campus acappella group, All Girls Staff. “We talk a lot about diversity on this campus and one of the best ways to experience diversity is to work with people who are different than you and to do something productive rather than just being in the same room with them,” said McDonald. “If you actually work together and create something together, you learn a lot more about each othet.” The UNCA branch of Amnesty International, a group that advocates the protection of human rights, will have a booth with 10,000 Villages, an organization that will sell crafts and goods from around the world. They will also have a foosball tour nament for fun, according to Courtney Modlin, senior environmental science major and Amnesty International member. See community FIRST on page 12 Protesters gathered on the quad before moving the rally to Asheville City County Plaza. They held up signs as various peace advocates spoke about current national issues. Police arrested seven participants on their march from UNCA to downtown Asheville. MAX TAINTOR/photo editor More protests lead to more arrests BY Lauren Abe Staff Reporter On the one-year anniversary of the War in Iraq, hundreds of people in Asheville protested against it at the City/County Plaza March 20. The protest began as a peace rally on the quad at UNCA. Students for Democracy and Peace orginized the rally. The local chapter of Veterans for Peace and the Western North Carolina Peace Coalition, among other groups, sponsored the rally. A march from the City/County Plaza to the corner of Hilliard and Lex ington Avenues followed the rally. Although the protestors had permis sion to rally on campus, they did not have permission to march downtown. Police say they warned the protest ers repeatedly to get out of the road. After the protestors refused, police took several into custody. The protesters that made it down town assembled around a red and white billboard which listed the names of lo cal men and women killed during the war on one side and the number of war casualties on the other side. BY Chris Cantos Staff Reporter UNCA will host the Human Race, an event sponsored by the- Asheville-Buncombe County United Way to raise funds for local non profit organizations March 27, according to John Bucher, interim rec reation director. “I think hosting events like this is good for UNCA,” said Bucher. “It helps us make connections in the community and gives UNCA the chance to give its support by al lowing the race to take place on campus.” The Human Race gives area non-profit organiza tions the ability to raise money while emphasizing health and the commu nity, according to a Hu man Race press release. “(The Human Race) gives (hon-profits) the chance to participate in a large event with a lot of ex posure ^nd raise some money,” said Bucher. “They don’t have to do any of the logistical work, or any of the marketing and promotions. All they have to do is go find people who want to par ticipate and want to give money.” Any non-profit organi zation may sign up to ob tain donations through the event. Non-profits must be a 501c3, school, civic club or faith commu nity to join, according to Robin C. Payne, United Way Volunteer Center as sociate. “The neat thing about the Human Race is no matter what the non profit, you can participate in this race,” said Bucher. “I think that’s what makes this event special. Any non-profit can get in volved, no matter how large or small their orga nization IS. Non-profits that want to participate in the event recruit supporters to raise donations for their particular organiza tion. These participants use a collection form to gather money from people who will sponsor them in running or walk ing in the race, accord ing to the press release. “Those groups that want to participate send their members and their supporters to walk or run in the race. Their dona tions will go to the non profit that they choose,” said Bucher. Any individual may participate in the Hu man Race, even if not af filiated with a group or other organization. The participant does not even need to run, walk, or roll in the race. The indi vidual will simply desig nate one of the non profit organizations for the contributions that person donates, accord ing to Dawn Woodring, United Way marketing associate. “Someone could say something like, ‘Here’s 20 dollars. I want it to go to the animal shelter,”’ said Bucher. Participating organi zations receive 75 per cent of the money col lected through the event. The Volunteer Center re ceives the remaining funds to organize the event and to continue to mobilize volunteers in assisting in community needs, according to Payne. “The Volunteer Cen ter takes a small percent age of the fees to go to wards the administrative purposes and for bro chures and things of that sort,” said Bucher. 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