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SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORT^^^^KlNA AT ASHEVltLErsnSJCE* 1982
Volume 40 Issue 10
NEWS
RIEFS
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by Angele Mainhart
Staff Reporter
VIRUS CRIMES
There are no campus crimes to
[eport this week.
CAL
f^The outbreak of E. coli infec-
lons in North Carolina grew to 31
nfirmed infections with, 103
jnore under investigation, accord-
pg to the Associated Press.
I The E. coli is linked to state fair
in'October where people visited a
firing zoo, according to the AP.
‘ rei children developed a serious
..nplication from the infection,
lich can cause kidney failure, ac-
rding to the AP.
TIONAL
A man from Georgia drove to
York and killed himself at
bound zero Nov. 7, according to
AP. His mother believes he shot
Tisclf because of President Bush’s
I election, and he chose ground
n as a symbol, according to he
«( York Times. The investigation
to how he managed to enter the
[otec md area still continues, ac-
Irding to the AP.
A man who confessed two de-
ides ago to the murder of 13
fomen stands trial on Monday for
murder of a l4th woman, ac-
jrding to the AP.
Authorities never charged Coral
Jgene Watts with murder because
Fof a lack of evidence and a deal
|here he helped prosecutors solve
reral murders, according to the
IP. He currently serves time in
sxas for burglary with intent to
lurder, according to the AP.
The past charges allow Watts to
be released in 2006, but, if con-
jicted of murder, he may face a life
EUtence without parole, according
|jo the AP.
IRNATIONAL
Supporters of Ukrainian presi-
[dential candidate Viktor
Jjushchenko protested nationwide
Bgainst alleged election fraud Nov.
according to the AP.
Neither Yushchenko nor his op-
[>onent, Prime Minister Viktor
/anukovych, running against 22
[jther candidates, received more
pan 50 percent of the votes, which
lused people to point to media bias
Bn favor ofYanukovych and state in-
prference, according to the AP.
Part of Yushchenko’s plan calls
i or eventual withdrawal of 1,600
Jkrainian troops from the U.S.-led
Palition in Iraq, according to the
IP,
Iraq’s Prime Minister Ayad
awi asked European nations to
mite in order to help stabilize his
tntry, according to the AP.
Iraq is your best ally in the
ddle East,” Allawi said to the
ropean Union leaders. “We need
ur help to succeed in building the
edom and democracy for which
are fighting.” ■
All of the EU leaders pledged
sir support and offered $38.6
llion to fund elections, accord-
% to the AP. Allawi also asked that
iropean countries keep their
^ops in Iraq in hopes to deter
ore terrorism, according to the AP.
BRIAN DAVIS/staff photographer
Spectator, gather at a home soccer game to support the Bulldogs. The Bulldog Fever orgaukation promotes mote supporters
of Bulldog events with prizes and games.
Campus organization supports athletics
by Rheannon Yokeley
Staff Reporter
The UNCA athletic department and Bull
dog Fever, a new campus organization, work
together to raise student interest in athletics
around the UNCA campus, according to Kasey
McDevitt, senior management
major and president of Bull
dog Fever.
“Bulldog Fever is a new or
ganization on campus, said
Erin Curtis, junior mass com
munication major and vice
president of Bulldog Fever.
“The purpose is to get students
who wouldn’t normally come
to sporting events involved
with UNCA athletics.”
Bulldog Fever is only about
a month old and received great
response from students during
their prize giveaways at UNCA
athletic events, according to McDevitt.
“Our three main goals are to promote school
pride, encourage participation at games and
events, and to support Bulldog athletics, said
McDevitt.
The Justice Center is a small arena and hav
ing a student section would add to the atmo
sphere at sporting events, according to Erin
Punter, athletics marketing coordinator.
This type of interest from students could
help the Bulldog home court advantage, be
cause the fans sit closer to the floor, according
to Punter.
“At schools like Western Carolina and Ap
palachian State, the school
■ colors are all over the cam
pus, and students wear
shirts with their school’s
name,” said McDevitt. We
don’t really do that much
here. We (Bulldog Fever)
decided this was a problem
and we wanted to fix it.
So far this year, the ath
letics department and Bull
dog Fever gave away a book
store gift certificate for
$250, a DVD/VCR combo
player, T-shirts, sweatshirts,
free food, $ 100 cash and an
MP3 player, according to Punter.
“A lot of the prizes have come from our
sponsors and from the athletic department
going out and acquiring them,” said Punter.
“Not all of the prizes are donations. The spon
sors are really excited about getting involved
“All of our sports teams
really appreciate their
fellow students and
campus community
coming out to support
them. We hope Bulldog
Fever becomes a large
group on campus...”
Erin Punter
athletics marketing coordinator
and about the student body at UNCA. They
have been really helpful. It’s definitely some
thing we plan to continue.
“We won’t always give away a big prize be
cause of the budget, but we will continue give
aways at sporting events.”
The Bulldog Fever organization just com
pleted a series of sports giveaways by issuing a
Bulldog Fever Card.
There were seven home games between the
different sports teams on campus. For each
game attended, the students receive a punch
on their card.
If a student attended at least four of the six
games, they were eligible for a final prize of
$100 cash, according to McDevitt.
“The athletic department has helped us a
great deal,” said Sarah Davis, undeclared
sophomore and creative director for Bulldog
Fever.
“They are giving us the prizes to give away
at games and helping us to get Bulldog Fever
T-shirts.”
By bringing the students out to athletic
events on campus, the hope is that they will
have a great time and want to come back, ac
cording to Punter.
“We think athletics are a very important
See sports on page 12
Students react to Taylor s win
by Sarah Schmidt
Staff Reporter
Voters from UNCA and from
North Carolina’s 11th Congres
sional District re-elected incum
bent U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor
over Buncombe County commis
sioner Patsy Keever Nov. 2. Win
ning 55 percent of the vote to
Keever’s 45 percent, both candi
dates fought a close race.
“Taylor won the election be
cause he demonstrated greater
public support, greater vote-get
ting ability than did his oppo
nent,” said William Sabo, politi
cal science professor. Its extraor
dinarily difficult to defeat incum
bents, unless certain very specific
conditions exist.”
UNCA students and faculty
reacted to the results of the elec
tion, depending on which candi
date they voted for. Students that
voted for Taylor expressed confi
dence in his experience and inten
tions for the 11th Congressional
District.
“I love the man,” Brandon
Searcy, undeclared sophomore. I
think he’s so sincere, and he s look
ing out for the best interests of
North Carolina. I think he’s got a
lot of experience, a lot of moral
ity, and is the best man for the
joh.”
Other students who voted for
Keever pointed to the TV and ra
dio ads produced by the Taylor
campaign as “unjust in the close
election, according to Brenna
McCall, undeclared freshman.
“I thought that it was really
close and that it was kind of un
just, because hearing the radio
commercials against Keever were
pretty bad,” said McCall.
See election on page 12
;
BRIAN DAVIS/staff photographer
Chris Asbill, junior literature
major ponders student
reactions to the election.
November 11, 2004
Professor
discusses
religious
studies
by Sean Robinson
Staff Reporter
Trig Johnson, UNCA adjunct
professor of humanities who is cur
rently pursuing his Ph.D. from Ox
ford University, gave a lecture Nov.
2 on religious study in the univer
sity system and the myths that sur
round it.
In the lecture, John.son pro
posed a theory that students who
fear or avoid courses on religion at
the university level subscribe to one
or more of a variety of myths about
what an academic study of religion
truly means.
“In short, they haven’t been ex
posed to the academic side of reli
gion,” said Johnson.
Undeclared sophomore Ben
jamin Cox, a student that Johnson
teaches in Humanities 214, says
Johnson’s teaching and lecturing
methods are effective because of
their fair and intellectual nature.
“I think that he’s one of the best
professors I’ve ever had, because of
the way he lectures, the way he
teaches and how he involves the
students,” said Cox. “I like that
he doesn’t agree with everything the
humanities lectures put out. He
judges based on his own knowledge
and what he discovers for himself”
In accord with his lecturing hab
its, Johnson urges his student to
engage themselves in the same
thought-based, objective research,
according to Cox.
“He encourages us to go out and
look stuff up on our own, so that
we actually grasp the subject mat
ter,” said Cox. “He’s a really en
couraging teacher, definitely.
The lecture Johnson delivered
described three categories of myths
regarding the study of religion.
Johnson called the first myth “the
myth of who,” referring to the be
lief that religious study should only
be attempted as an affirmation of
faith by the faithful.
“I would argue that religious
persons being in the classroo^ is
not necessarily a bad thing,” said
Johnson. “If someone is familiar
with religion, they would be an as
set. There’s a knowledge base
there.”
A gross misconception of reli
gious studies is manifest in the be
lief that an atheist has no place in
a scholastic discussion of religion,
according to Johnson.
“Atheists have contributed to
our understanding of religion,”
said Johnson. “The absence of
atheists and agnostics from the
classroom would be a tremendous
loss.
Those who abstain from reli
gious practices are not, by default,
without value in the academic
study of religion. They can provide
an important contrast to students
who practice a particular faith in
opinions and ideas about religion
as a whole, according to Johnson.
See lecture on page 12