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SERING THE UNIVERSITY OS, NORTH CAROLINA- AT ASHEVILLE SINCE 1982
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Volume 40 Issue 3
NEWS
Ibriefs
BY Rheannon Yokeley
Staff Reporter
MPUS CRIME
UNCA Campus Police arrived
:hind Founders Hall after Heather
anami, resident director on duty,
und an intoxicated male behind
nders Hall Sept. 11, according
ic Campus Police.
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orkers took 18-year-old Henry
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Police questioned sophomore
imberly Flies at the scene and they
)und she had been drinking. Ries
efused the “alco-sensor” test.
INCA police issued a student con-
uct citation to Ries for underage
ossession of an alcoholic beverage,
ccording to the police report.
Campus Police charged 24-year-
pld Eric Patton with an N.C. state
station for wreckless driving. Po-
ce stopped Patton at 4 p.m. Sept.
12 on W.T. Weaver Boulevard near
he Intersection of Broadway Av-
nue. His motorcycle was clocked
It a speed of 80 mph, according to
le police report.
Campus Police issued three ci-
ations to UNCA students for un-
lerage possession of an alcoholic
leverage in a Founders Hall dorm
oom, according to police.
Police received a call from
leather Hanami, resident director
n duty, complaining of a noise vio-
ition. When police arrived, they
loticed a strong odor of alcohol. Ail
ubjects present in the room
laimed to be 18 years old, accord-
ng to Campus Police.
Freshmen Nick Miller, Ryan
aflitt Uant and Sean Dwyer tested posi-
ive for alcohol during an “alco-sen-
or” test. Police issued student con-
uct citations for underage posses
ion of an alcoholic beverage to the
tree students, according to the re-
ort.
A fourth individual, 18-year-old
Ijorn Goodwin, was issued a state
itation for underage possession of
n alcoholic beverage, according to
lolice. Goodwin does not attend
JbJCA.
ISHEVILLE
Residents in the Asheville area
sines continued to go without safe drink-
ng water through this past week-
nd. Restaurants served canned and
lottled drinks and use disposable
lishes to serve meals as a result of
lurricane Frances.
Almost all of the city’s water is
>ack and safe for drinking. Resi-
knts are bracing for another po
f ntial disaster with Hurricane Ivan
*n its way to the area. Ivan could
ring more heavy rains to the al-
tady saturated grounds and fill riv-
rs and streams in the area, accord-
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Families and friends of those
rilled in the Sept. 11 attacks filled
be streets in New York to observe
foments of silence at 8:46 a.m. and
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September 16, 2004
UNCA continues to
expand campus facilities
BRIAN DAVIS/staff photographer
Students who find the current classroom setup of the original Carmichael Hall
rather cramped will appreciate the more spacious and modern building.
BY Matthew Beardsley
Staff Reporter
Site work is underway on UNCA’s new
est building, the new Carmichael Hall.
Once completed, it will act as the hub of
many of UNCA’s departments all of which
will benefit from the building’s modern de
sign and smart classrooms.
“The new Carmichael Hall will house the
classics, foreign languages, history, philoso
phy and drama departments along with new
state-of-the-art classrooms, seminar spaces,
drama rehearsal space and a student com
puter lab, all with audio-visual/digital pro
jection equipment and
network connections,”
said Joel Helms, an archi
tect with PBC&L Archi
tecture, the building’s de
signers.
The project is the cur
rent effort in a campus
wide construction and
renovation campaign.
Governor’s Hall dormi
tory, the Highsmith Uni
versity Union and the
Reuter Center are com
pleted projects while plans
are in motion for a new
science and multimedia building and reno
vations on Zagier Hall.
Campus-wide renovations include up
grades to existing facilities, high speed
Internet lines in Ramsey Library and Karpen
Hall and the continuing addition of smart
“The most unique design
feature of the huild-
ingwill he the
‘Philosopher’s Walk,’ a
roof-garden which is
accessible from the two-
story and a daylight-fdled
lobby.”
Joel Helms
architect with PBC&L
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classrooms. UNCA’s power grid has also
been updated to meet growing needs.
These are the first results of the Higher
Education Bond Referendum approved by
North Carolina voters in November of2000.
The bond appropriated $49.9 million to
UNCA, $5.5 million of which is going to
the 31,855-square-foot Carmichael Hall
project.
Carmichael Hall will incorporate several
environmentally sustainable features, accord
ing to the public information office. It will
include a ‘green roof’ that will help reduce
the energy needed to heat and cool the struc
ture, and geothermal heat pumps, which
employ the earth’s near-constant tempera
ture in the heating and cooling process.
“The most unique de
sign feature of the build
ing,” said architect Joel
Helms, “will be the
‘Philosopher’s Walk,’ a roof-
garden which is accessible
from the two-story, day
light-filled lobby.” The gar
den will be planted with
native species and will in
clude a seating area.
The building will “pro
vide an environment for
faculty and staff to interact
with each other and stu
dents both formally and
informally in a manner that is conductive
for intellectual growth,” said Helms. “Con
struction is currently underway and is ex
pected to be completed in August 2005.”
See CARMICHAEL on page 12
Finance
class helps
students
find success
BY Sarah Schmidt
Staff Reporter
The Department of Special Academic
Programs at UNCA will offer a financial
investing class aimed at teaching students to
manage their financial future through invest
ing.
The instructor will teach “Educating In
vestors Through the 21st Century” in
Asheville, and the class will be open to stu
dents of all majors.
“Is it a good idea to be invested? Yes, it is
a good idea to be knowledgeable, regardless
of what your major is, to have some idea of
the fundamentals of investing, ’ said Joe
Sulock, economics professor. “Y^y? Because
there will be at least two things that you will
be doing.
One is that students will hopefully have
meaningful jobs that will require that they
have pensions and require them to make in
vestment decisions where they have to
choose from a menu of investments. It’s hard
to make those choices without any knowl
edge of investing, according to Sulock.
“Two, you’ll be buying a home with a
mortg^e, it helps to know a little bit about
that too. Investing is probably something
See investing on page 12
National Convention highlights
republican agenda and motives
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BY Angele Mainhart
Staff Reporter
The Republican National Convention
of 2004 took place from Aug. 30 through
Sept. 2 at Madison Square Garden in New
York City.
“Zell Miller is a democrat senator from
Georgia who gave the keynote address at
the Republican Convention, which was sig
nificant for the party,” said
Brandon White, senior
political science major.
“He stood up on that stage
and said that John Kerry
wouldn’t be able to defend
this nation except with
spitballs.
“That’s ludicrous, and
Jimmy Carter, a democrat
from Georgia, called him
out on that and said that
this is a man who once
called John Kerry a good
friend and excellent leader
just several months ago.”
Television networks showed a portion of
both conventions during the allotted time
slots. During these times, candidates and
their supporters spoke about their ideas and
reforms along with the typical remarks
about their opponents.
“Conventions are conventions these
days,” said William Sabo, political science
professor. “They used to be interesting and
exciting because there was important stuff
to decide in conventions. Now they’re just
showcases for nominees so they’re kind of
boring.”
“I have no problem with
them voicing their opin
ion, but I think Ameri
cans need to work on
respecting all opinions
and not just the ones that
they want to hear.”
Noah Gibson
sophomore political science
major
Sabo conceded that the Republican Con
vention was a success due to the timing .
more than anything else. While the Demo
cratic National Convention occurred from
July 26 through 29, the Republican Con
vention began over a month later, causing
a gap between the two.
“I think the great success of the Repub
lican Convention actually occurred in the
planning months where they decided to
bump it back as close to September 11 as
they could,” said Sabo.
—“Kerry got a big boost out
of his campaign which is
normal, but then nothing
happened. There was this
lull in the campaign so the
Republican enthusiasm
was built up much later
and closer to the stretch
Both conventions re
ceived a large crowd and
dealt with protests during
the speeches, which nor
mally occurs. One student
felt that although people
have the right to protest, they should re
spect others ideas.
“The turnout was extremely good despite
the large amount of protestors,” said Noah
Gibson, sophomore political science major.
“That certainly is their freedom of speech
right and I respect that, but I think it’s sad
that American citizens take freedom of
speech out of context. I have no problem
with them voicing their opinion, but I think
Americans need to work on respecting all
opinions and not just the ones that they
want to hear.”
Not all of the speakers held the same
conservative stances as the majority of Re
publicans usually have. This allowed the
Republican Party to focus on appealing to
a wider range of people.
“The Republicans didn’t show a lot of
their more, what I would call, mainstream
Republicans with the exception of Bush and
Cheney,” said White. “There were people
like Rudy Giuliani, the mayor of New York
and a very centrist Republican, who is op
posed to a constitutional ban on gay mar
riage, which is one of Bush’s big planks.
“He’s also pro-choice, which is the num
ber one plank of the Republican platform.
He can appeal to moderates and that’s who
both campaigns are now trying to target be
cause they have their bases covered fairly
well.”
Bush included in his speech some words
against his opponent, John Kerry. Bush
went further with his attacks against Kerry
than what is usual for the incumbent dur
ing a convention, according to Sabo.
“What surprised me a bit was how ag
gressive Bush was,” said Sabo. “Usually at
tacks on the opponent are done by surro
gates, such as Cheney or other speakers, but
Bush carried it further in his speech than
what I think is normal.
“What the nominee is supposed to do is
outline a vision of the future and be posi
tive and upbeat, but what I got from his
speech is that he’s identifying himself as an
alternative to Kerry.”
Bush veered away from sticking solely
to the typical republican ideas and used
what people could consider as more demo-
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