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SSby Angele Mainhart
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hpuS CRIME
[jNCA police charged Garret
tore, undeclared sophomore,
1 a state citation for possession
larijuana and drug parapherna-
ind a student citation for un-
ige possession of alcohol, ac-
I ling to Campus Police.
^lampus Police questioned
rore after they received a call
1 housing staff complaining of
■odor of marijuana in Founders
Kilgore admitted to smoking
Kjuana and handed over the re-
jlnder, according to the report,
■ce searched his room and con-
Bated a portable scale used to
isure the marijuana and several
des of alcohol, which they dis-
Ifcd of hy pouring down the sink,
^rding to the report.
jCampus Police examined the
lidalism of a car in parking lot C,
the investigation is not closed
no further information is avail-
according to police.
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lEViLLE
3vet 200,000 residents lost
ter in western North Carolina
i Tropical Storm Ivan, and sev-
people died, according to the
\eville Citizen-Times.
he Sherriff’s Department ar-
ted a fugitive from Florida bn
irday in Ridgecrest, according to
Citizen-Times.
homas Jones, accompanied by
in Thompson, shot two men
ing an armed robbery in Florida,
led officers on a manhunt be-
ning in Old Fort that lasted over
It hours, according to the Citi-
Times.
lONAL
hters in Louisiana approved a
:e constitutional amendment
ining same-sex marriages and
unions on Saturday, according
„he Associated Press.
The ammendement does more
n stop gay marriage, and it could
;ct private contracts between
married couples, gay or straight,
ording to John Rawls, a lawyer
Forum for Equality.
Rawls says there may be possible
•unds for challenging the results
: to some precincts receiving vot-
ntachines late, according to the
ociated Press.
ternational
After Iraq’s prime minister as-
ted that elections would be held
'5 time, a videotape surfaced reveal-
Hg the beheading of three hostages
lieved to be Iraqi Kurds, accord-
to the Associated Press. About
d people have been killed in
mblngs, street fights and U.S. air
[ike s in the past week, according
the Associated Press.
10 employees of a U.S.-Turkish
fmpany were kidnapped, and the
mappers threatened to kill the
'Stages if the company does not
Ithdiaw from Iraq, according to
N.
Mudslides and rain killed 14
'ple and damaged the homes of
[out 10,000 people in Panama,
iich declared a state of emergency
I Saturday, according to CNN.
Ivan leaves mark
on UNCA campus
BY Sarah Schmidt
Staff Reporter
Students returned to a bat
tered UNCA Monday after the
threat of flooding and high
winds from Tropical Storm Ivan
caused the administration to
cancel classes and evacuate stu
dents from residence halls.
Deadlier than its predecessor.
Tropical Depression Frances,
Ivan is blamed for 11 deaths in
western North Carolina.
Asheville residents braced
themselves for another round of
destruction last Friday after en
during the flooding and
watermain breaks caused by
Tropical Depression Frances the
previous week.
Some students chose to ride out
the storm in Asheville if distance
from hortte or prior commitment
kept them on campus. The cast and
crew of “Go Dog Go!” chose to stay
in Asheville to work on set and re
hearse for the upcoming opening
night. “Go Dog Go!” will run Sep-
t. 22 through Oct. 3.
“I have an apartment in
Woodfin, and I housed about five
of the people who were evacuated
from the dorms,” said Lachlan
Smith, senior drama major, who
stayed in Aheville to work on the
play. “We had a fun time playing
See IVAN on page 12
BRIAN DAVIS/staff photographer
A fallen tree straddles a road in the Asheville community. Hurricane Ivan caused scenes such as
this in many parts of the city, including UNCA’s campus, where some trees fell on power lines.
Congressman rallies for science building
BY Rheannon Yokeley
Staff Reporter
Congressman Charles Taylor requested
$6 million in funds for UNCA. The con
gressman spoke at a recent press confer
ence at UNCA, where he announced plans
to help the campus in its upcoming con
struction, according to the UNCA Public
Information Office.
In November of2000, a voter-approved
Higher Education Bond Referendum gave
UNCA $49.9 million to use toward up
grading the campus, according to the
UNCA Web site. One of the projects
scheduled for construction is a new sci
ence and multimedia building. Other
projects tied to the bond program include
the recently completed Highsmith Univer
sity Union, Reuter Center and Governors
Hall dormitory.
Taylor proposed funds that would go
to equip the new science and multimedia
building. This is an extension of the Edu
cation and Research Consortium, which
will enhance the information network be
tween several universities in the area. Fi
ber optic cables are currently in place be
tween UNCA and the federal building in
downtown Asheville as a start to this
project. ■
A new science and multimedia build
ing would equip the campus with a new
home for the biology, chemistry, and mul
timedia departments, according to Kathy
Whatley, associate vice chancellor for natu
ral sciences.
“There will be modernized and updated
laboratories for the introductory classes
See SCIENCE ON page 12
Students speak up about election
BY Sean Robinson
Staff Reporter
UNCA students expressed
diverse opinions on the 2004
election Tuesday, as both Presi
dent Bush and John Kerry
adopted bolder language and
stronger stances for the final six
weeks of campaigning.
In a speech delivered to the
United Nations General As
sembly Tuesday, President Bush
defended his position to invade
Iraq, uncompromisingly stating
that the war “helped to deliver
the Iraqi people from an out
law dictator.”
Six weeks prior to the Nov.
2 presidential election. Bush’s
comments targeted the domes
tic audience as much as they did
the U.N., as a tougher John
Kerry ad campaign aimed at
pressuring the president on his
stance in Iraq aired in 13 key
battleground states.
“Two hundred billion dol
lars. That is what we are spend
ing in Iraq because George
Bush chose to go it alone,” said
Kerry in the new TV ad. “Now
the president tells us we don’t
have the resources to take care
of health care and education
here at home. That’s wrong.”
Kerry’s new campaign ad
also seeks to reassure the Ameri
can people that, if elected presi
dent, he will persist in defend
ing America against terrorism,
but emphasizes that this fight
BRIAN DAVIS/staff photographer
Soccer coach Meghann Burke and freshman Kristen
Crews motivate UNCA students to register.
will not be at the cost of the
American way of life.
“As president. I’ll stop at
nothing to get the terrorists be
fore they get us. But I’ll also
fight to build a stronger middle
class. That’s the difference in
this election. I believe the next
president must do both, defend
America and fight for the
middle class,” said Kerry.
The new television ad cor
responds with Kerry’s tougher
campaign speeches, as demon
strated Monday at New York
University, where Kerry said he
would not have invaded Iraq
had he been the commander-
in-chief and known that Iraq
possessed no weapons of mass
destruction.
“We have traded a dictator
for a chaos that has left America
less secure,” said Kerry.
Alongside Iraqi Prime Min
ister Ayad Allawi, President
Bush used this statement by
Kerry to criticize his opponent.
“He said that the world was
better off with Saddam in
power,” said Bush. “I strongly
disagree.”
With Bush pulling ahead in
the polls, edging nearer to elec
tion day, speculation abounded
as to whether this last-minute,
tough-talk approach to the
campaign would be enough to
help Kerry win.
“I think it’s going to be
pretty close,” said Lauren Ball,
senior history major. “I hope
Bush wins. I think he’s the best
man for the job.”
Despite recent Kerry cam
paign attacks on Bush’s military
leadership. Ball maintains her
support of the incumbent.
“I’m a military brat, so that’s
one of my big concerns, and I
trust Bush more leading this
country with the military than
I do Kerry,” said Ball. “I be
lieve there were weapons of
mass destruction, and knowing
what I know now, I still sup
port the war on Iraq.”
Kerry supporters were plen
tiful on campus Tuesday, but
none were very optimistic
about the campaign up until
now, even while staunchly op
posing the Bush administra
tion.
“I’m very anti-Bush right
now,” said Brenna McColl, un
declared freshman. “Right
now, Kerry’s losing and he has
a really weak campaign.”
McColl expressed disdain
for the Bush administration
and its tactics and motives, ar
guing that there was more to
U.S. military presence in Iraq
than the White House will ad
mit.
“I think it was more than
weapons of mass destruction,”
said McColl. “I’m sure it had
something to do with oil.”
Other students on campus
Tuesday had criticism for both
sides of the race for the presi
dency, expressing feelings of
alienation due to the candi
dates’ avoidance of key topics.
“There’s a lot of mudsling-
See ELECTION on page 12
Speakers
debate Israel
and Palestine
violence issues
BY Michael Davis
Staff Reporter
A Jewish scholar and Palestinian born Mus
lim contrasted their views of the current vio
lence in Palestine in front of approximately 200
people in the Chestnut tpom at the Reuter Cen
ter Sept. 13.
Jewish-American, Walter Ziffer, and Muslim-
American, Ahmad Amara, responded to ques
tions and delivered statements as the Western
North Carolina World Affairs Council (WAC)
launched its 2004-05 lecture series with a de
bate about the recent developments in the Is
raeli/Palestinian crisis.
“I think that the resolution to create the state
of Israel in 1947 by the United Nations was
possibly somewhat influenced by sympathy for
the Jews because of the treatment they had re
ceived at the hands of Hitler during World War
II,” said audience member Albert Kriek. “Now
the trouble is that the only way that the Pales
tinians have reacted to this is by fighting, and
most of that fighting is by terrorism.
“Not only is it horrible for the victims, it is
counterproductive. It doesn’t work. It doesn’t
create sympathy for the Arabs, it creates hatred.
If they had employed the methods of Mahatma
Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr., I think they
would long since have achieved at least some
retribution. I think they would have had a
homeland, had a Palestinian state by now.”
In their opening statements, the speakers,
who both taught abroad and in the U.S., ex
pressed concerns for the people of the region
and their thoughts on the current conditions.
As a Jew born in Czechoslovakia, Ziffer sur
vived the Holocaust by escaping to America in
1948.
“I am deeply concerned not only for my Jew
ish friends in Israel, the Israelis, but I am deeply
concerned for Palestinians as well, for Muslims
and Christians,” said Ziffer. “In what is com
monly called the holy land, I think very unholy
things are taking place these days.”
In order to overcome the conflict of the Pal
estinians and Israelis, much open discussion and
understanding is required.
See ISRAEL on page 12