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September 2,2004
WEEKLY
EVENTS
BY Janelle Troglione
Stajf Reporter
TODAY
Access Workshop: Becoming
Involved on Campus: To learn
about opportunities and organiza
tions at UNCA that promote self-
awareness and campus/civic in
volvement from 12-1 p.m. in the
Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall 139.
Campus Crusade for Christ
meeting: Meeting to help students
know and emulate Jesus Christ
through prayer, worship, fellowship
and Bible study. The organization
meets weekly on Thursdays from 7
- 9 p.m. in the Highsmith Univer
sity Union 221.
SEPTEMBERS
Africa Films: Join a group meet
ing to view and discuss African
films. The group meets from 9 -
10:15 a.m. in the French Broad
Room, Highsmith University
Union 103.
Annual UNCA Art Faculty Ex
hibition: rhe exhibition continues
through September 28. The Uni
versity Gallery is located on the
ground floor of Owen Hall, open
Monday through Friday from 9
a.m. - 6 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 4
Catholic Student Association
meeting: Meeting for Catholics and
those interested in the Catholic
faith to share in worship, service and
fcllow.ship from 8—10 p.m. in the
Beaucatcher Mountain Room,
I lighsmith University Union 224.
SEPTEMBER 5
Humanities 214 Movie: Empire
of Faith. “Empire of Faith” will play
from 7-9 p.m. in the Mount
Mitchell Room, Highsmith Univer
sity Union 223.
United Methodist Campus
Ministry; The group will meet at
5:50 p.m. at the Mills Crosswalk to
go to the Mellow Mushroom for
dinner.
SEPTEMBER?
Swing Club meeting: Like to
dance or want to learn how? The
Swing Club will meet at Alumni
1 lall, Highsmith University Union
159, from 8-9 p.m.
Ballroom and Latin Dance
Cluh: Swing not your thing? Try the
Ballroom and Latin Dance Club.
The club meets at Alumni Hall,
Highsmith University Union 159,
from 9—10 p.m.
SEPTEMBERS
Red Cross Blood Drive: Current
emergency need for types O nega
tive, O positive and B negative. The
blood drive will be held between 9
a.m. — 6 p.m. in the Lookout
Room, Highsmith University
Union 221. All donors receive a free
t-shirt.
Free Noontime Concert: West
ern Carolina University faculty
member William Martin, tenor,
accompanied by pianist Vance
Reese in the Lipinsky Hall Audito
rium at 12:20 p.m.
Speech by Patsy Keever: The
Political Union sponsors guest
speaker, Patsy Keever, in Alumni
Hall, Highsmith University Union
159, from 5 - 10:30 p.m.
SEPTEMBERS
Access Workshop: Time man
agement, study skills and exam
preparation. College life offers in
creased free time for many new stu
dents. The workshop will be held
between 12-1 p.m. in the Laurel
Forum, Karpen Hall 139.
Seventh Annual S.D. Squibb
Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr.
F. Sherwood Rowland, 1995
Chemistry Nobel Laureate, speaks
on “Our Changing Atmosphere;
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and
Global Warming” in Lipinsky Hall
Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
The Blue Banner
Campus
UNCA students living in luxury: Woodland Hill
BY Angele Mainhart
Stajf Reporter
Campus Housing gave students the op
portunity to move into apartments this
school year due to of the demand for hous
ing.
“We had more requests for housing than
we had spaces available on campus,” said
Nancy Williams, director of housing and
residence life at UNCA. “Students were
offered to live there, and only students who
chose to are living there.”
UNCA leased space in the Woodland
Hills Apartments, located off ofWeaverville
Highway, in order to provide more room
on-campus for freshmen. UNCA attempted
to make it as similar to dorm life as possible.
“We are leasing a bulk space, and the
students make payments to us,” said Nancy
Williams. “The idea is to try to replicate as
close as possible the situation they would
have on campus. Here, on campus, it
includes electricity, phone and all that, and
were trying to set up the same utilities
there.”
The commute to campus is one issue
presented to students living in the
apartments.
“The biggest deal is the distance,” said
Alex Williams, a junior
history major at UNCA.
“I don’t go to campus as
much, and when I do go
there, I stay as long as
possible. I don’t want to
drive back and forth.”
To solve the problem of
transportation, UNCA
bought two shuttles that
run every 15 minutes
between Woodland Hills
and campus that students
can take instead of
driving.
“The only time I drive
is if I have to go somewhere after class,” said
Courtney Willis, a sophomore mass
communication major.
The cost of the apartments matches the
dorms and students also choose between a
“We are leasing a bulk
space, and the students
make payments to us. The
idea is to try to replicate
as close as possible the
situation they would have
on campus.”
Nancy Williams
director of housing and
residence life
BRIAN DAVIS/staff PHOTOGRAPHER
Each of the student apartments in Woodland Hills comes completely furnished
with washers and dryers. Furthermore, each unit has a private deck or patio.
they expected, there were spaces for them to
come back,” said Nancy Williams. “One
student came back because they never had
the on-campus living experience and just
really wanted to live on
campus. Another had labs
or something to do on
meal plan and Munch Money/One Card.
Students renting the apartments pick
either a $400 discount on a meal plan or a
$400 credit to a One Card account,
according to the flyer that
Housing mailed to students
this summer.
The apartment complex
does not house students as
close together as in a dorm,
which can have drawbacks
for those wanting the dorm
experience.
“I like campus,” said
Alex Williams. “I lived
there for four years, and I
don’t like being away from
the people. It’s really spread
out here. I have a couple of
friends here, but there’s
only two suites of us in this building.”
Housing offered rooms on campus to
students who wanted to move back because
they were not satisfied with the apartments.
“If they got out there and it wasn’t what
“The biggest deal is the
distance. I don’t go to
campus as much, and
when I do go there, I stay
as long as possible. I don’t
want to drive back and
forth.”
campus and just wanted
the proximity to the
classrooms to be able to
go back and forth all day
long.”
One student
acknowledged that he
enjoys having an
apartment despite the
difference in the living
experience.
“It’s an issue of
experience,” said Alex
Williams. “I love living in an apartment, but
it’s a lot different than living in a dorm. It’s
kind of a trade off.”
After stating it needed more space,
UNCA chose Woodland Hills from a
Alex Williams
junior history major
number of places that offered bids.
“The first step is, UNCA says, ‘we neej
space,’ and lets the state know,” said Nancy
Williams. “The way the state worb is we
have to ask for bids, and then we choose fro®
that. So it’s really up to the property owners
to decide if they’re interested in us.”
For student regulation and safety, reside®
advisors and other staff members live in the
apartments as well.
“We have a professional staff that’s down
there and it’s a gated community,” said Nano
Williams.
Along with the utilities. Woodland Hills
offers other amenities to the students. The
apartment complex includes a swimming
pool, clubhouse, fitness center, playground
and each unit contains a washer/dryer and
private deck or patio, according to a Web
site for the apartments.
Students are responsible to the apartment
complex as well as the university for any
violations.
“We have to deal with the apartment
complex when it comes to things like
infraction,” said Alex Williams. “If you got
a warning letter, that was your one warning,
You’d be evicted within a week if you got
another warning. Housing could do nothii^
for you.”
The housing department will not lease this
apartment complex next year,
but there is talk of private
developments being built
near campus.
“We have heard that there
will be some more spaces
built adjacent to campus,”
said Nancy Williams. “There
are a lot of unknowns. Private
developments are in the
process of being approved.”
The apartments provide
more amenities for students
than the on-campus dorms,
but still have an affiliation
with university housing.
“I love it here,” said Willis. “We have free
utilities, more space and we can have a puppy,
I also like the fact that we have a btchen. It’s
like our own little home and is still
considered a dorm.”
Student exhibition in the new Highsmith Gallery
BY Andrea Breedlove
Staff Reporter
The Highsmith Gallery is displaying a
student art exhibition until Oct. 4. The
exhibit includes work by Sahar Fakoury,
Jean Shepard and Annie Singletary.
Sabar Fakboury
If art is a reflection of life, then the worb
of Sahar Fakhoury, senior art major, are a
reflection of her life of displacement as a
Palestinian. Fakhoury’s has two pieces in the
exhibit, a painting and a ceramic sculpture
in three panels.
“I never lived in Palestine because we
were considered refugees. Just being Pales
tinian is hard because everywhere you go
there is trouble,” said Fakhoury.
It is hard when you do not have a country
to call your own, and everywhere you go,
you are considered to be a foreigner, accord
ing to Fakhoury.
“I want to get beyond the surface,”
Fakhoury said. “War is not just about
bombs, there are people involved. It touches
real people’s lives. On television, you don’t
see how it affects individuals. You don’t re
alize there are children who don’t go to
school because of curfews and they are
home all day with nothing constructive to
do.”
Fahkoury wanted her painting to have
an element of humanity while remaining
figureless.
“People put their heads in the ground
like ostriches and pretend it’s not there and
go on with their lives. It doesn’t affect your
life, so it doesn’t matter,” said Fahkoury, re
ferring to her ceramic work.
Referring to the small red dress in her
painting, Fahkoury said that a dress could
represent a figure without the actual repre
sentation of the human figure. Fahkoury
used red, as it is generally a symbol of
trouble, blood, emotion and violence.
“It could tell people that there were
people living here and that it was not only
architecture that was demolished. There were
people’s lives that were shattered because of
this violence or war, or all of these concepts
I am talbng about,” said Fahkoury.
Jean Sbepard
The president of the Art Front Student
Organization, Jean Shepard’s, piece is a
nude portrait of a fellow UNCA student
in cowboy boots.
“I am interested in the tradition of the
female nude and working to uphold and
subvert that tradition,” said Shepard, se
nior art major.
“The masculine versus feminine adds a
contemporary touch and is also bnd of jar
ring,” said Shepard, referring to the blue
cowboy boots on the subject in her por
trait.
The painting has personality, according
to Ben Boyles, undeclared freshman, refer
ring Shepard’s work.
“Not only is the technique good, but all
of them [the artwork] seem to have really
developed concepts in their art,” said
Boyles. “It doesn’t seem to be staged to be
sexy.”
Annie Singletary
The wood-fired ceramic work of Annie
Singletary, entitled “Oil and Vinegar,” is
only a small part of her 20 to 30 piece se
ries entitled “The Embrace of Mother
hood.” The piece in the Highsmith Gal
lery is an oil and vinegar set nestled inside
a cradle.
“My concept is to take function and
push the limits of function, said Singletary,
senior art major. “I enjoy subtle colors and
subtle glazes. I want the fotm to pop out as
opposed to the color.”
The exhibit features 20 other students,
working with sevetal media ranging from
charcoal to ceramics. The Highsmith Gal
lery, located in room 113, is open during
Highsmith University Union hours of op
eration.
LAUREN ABE/campus EorroR
Annie Singletary uses subtle
colors and glazes to emphasize
the form.
LAUREN ABE/campus EDiTOi
Jean Shepard plays with traditional concepts of masculinity and feminity in 2
nude portrait of a fellow UNCA student.
LAUREN ABE/campus editoh
Sahar Fakhoury’s art reflects
her feelings of displacement
as a Palestinian.