ncoil
jpus Crime
Fampus Police issued conduct
Lions to two freshmen stu-
|nts for possessing drugs and
llosives in Founders Hall Jan.
f according to the report.
Jlousing staff called Campus
■ice to report the smell of
^juana coming from one of
I rooms in the building,
ficer Johnny Littrell searched
room and found a bag of
injuana, a pipe, rolling paper,
icnickers and M-2000 explo-
es. according to police.
ianipus Police received a call
)ul a male hiding in a stall of
women’s restroom in the
ghsmith Union. The male
=ady left by the time police
ived, according to police,
lice continue to investigate
case.
M
. UNCA senior left for Sii
Ma with a Presbyterian
lanization in order to help
Itims of the tsunami.
Matt Beardsley, mass commu-
lation major, joined the
Ission to the World. The
lani/.ation provides medical
fistance and other help,
laving in the middle of the
jiester may cause Beardsley
F graduate late. Beardsley
|ned experience from other
Isions when he spent time in
lile, and other countries,
fording to the Associated
focal agencies received over
million in grants from the
i.S. Department of Housiiig
Urban Development in
jticr to help end homelessness
[Asheville over the next 10
ITS. according to the AP.
Kep. Charles Taylor demand-
I that federal officials explain
py they did not distribute the
fO million hurricane relief
I'd equally across the state,
te fund relieved more Eastern
Itinties, yet Western counties
Iffered more damage, last
Iptember. An official investi-
fion will follow if Taylor is
' satisfied with the response,
Icording to USA Today.
ELIZABETH RYAN/ STAFF PHOTGRAPHER
Student Government Vice President, Brandon White writes the quaiities UNCA seeks in a new chanceilor, chanceiior Jim
Mulien announced his decision to ieave UNCA iast December.
UNCA seeks new Chancellor
late
Officials charged a school
|ard with a statutory sexual
pense for having sex with a
■year-old in Raleigh. Brandon
fberts, formally a security
fard at Leesville Road High
Ihool, used to patrol the area
ji'side of the school on a bicy-
" according to the AP.
lion
man caused a train derail-
fnt that killed 11 and injured
out 200 Jan. 26, in California,
fording to the AP.
puan Alvarez drove his Jeep
nerokee onto the railroad
cks with the intent to commit
I'oide, but then changed his
according to the M*.
mie JEEP became stuck on the
Poks, and authorities charged
jlv arez with multiple counts of
Prder, which leads to possible
yath penatly.
f'olice have in custody a man
“y suspect killed eight women
Illinois. After receiving tips,
lice searched the home and
cavated the yard of Lairy
aght, a former construction
irker. They discovered the
njed remains of a body and a
' ice used to incinerate bodies.
by Sarah Schmidt
Staff Reporter
Students contemplated the
future of UNCA as they made
suggestions on the qualities they
wanted to see in tJNCA’s next
chancellor Jan. 25.
Chancellor James Mullen
announced his decision to step
down from office last December.
“We need a chancellor who rec
ognizes the virtues of a small lib
eral arts and science university, in
light of expansion issues,” said
Brandon Alspaugh, senior com
puter science major. “The value
here already exists.”
In a series of four public meet
ings, the UNCA Chancellor
Search Committee asked students,
staff, faculty, alumni and the
Asheville community for opinions
on what qualities the next chan
cellor should possess.
In the student-focused meeting
Jan. 25, Scott Schaeffer, director
of admissions, and Porsche Yount,
president of the Student
Government Association, moder
ated a discussion on what students
wanted in a new chancellor and in
UNCA.
“If we think about UNCA five
or 10 years from now, what quali
ties would our chan
cellor need?” asked
Yount. “What would
be important?” .
Answers to Yount’s
question varied as
students debated
educational
approaches, diversi
ty, environmental
issues and how much
they valued each
characteristic.
“We have amazing
undergraduate
research, and I want
someone who values
that, as well as a
holistic approach to
education,” said
Maggie Ullman, jun
ior environmental
science major.
“That’s something
that UNCA really
does well in having
rigorous expecta
tions.” —
Students and staff
expressed their desire for an out
going and approachable chancel
lor, often referring back to Mullen
as an example.
“When Jim came here, he
became part of the community,
not just at UNCA, but m the
Asheville community,” said
Schaeffer. “Before him, the two
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ELIZABENTH RYAN/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Students and Scot Schaeffer, director of admissions, coiiaborate during
the student heid forum by the Chanceiior Search Committee
communities were separate.”
Students also raised the ques
tion of how far UNCA will
expand in coming years, in terms
of population and space. Students
debated whether the chancellor
should maintain UNCA’s size or
advance its national reputation.
“We need a chancellor who val
ues a small liberal arts college,”
said Erin McDonald, sophomore
environmental science major.
“What we have here is great.
Don’t screw a good thing up.”
Since the chancellor’s duties
include making recommendations
SEE CHANCELLOR, PAGE 12
More students buy textbooks online
by Justin Wagner
Staff Reporter
SEE BRIEFS, PAGE 12
Among the increasing numbers
of college students buying text
books online,
UNCA students
take advantage
of Internet
bookstores as a
new market for
cheaper books.
“It’s only
going to get
bigger as stu
dents want to
save money,
and I can cer
tainly under
stand that,”
said Mike
Small, director
of the UNCA
Bookstore. “I
mean, you
should proba-
bly use us as a last resort. It you
can get it cheaper out there, go
ahead.” .
A typical college smdent will
purchase over $900 worth of
textbooks during an average
academic year, according to an
article on the
BooksonCampus.com Web
site.
The
UNCA
”■ bookstore
buy-back
conducted at
the end of
each semes-
“They like the
convenience of the
returns policy, and
the fact that our
profits go to
scholarships”
Mike Small
Director of UNCA Bookstore
students at
half of the
original
price.
Bargain
Web
sites
to
^ in
popularity
continue
grow
dents
prices
among col-
lege stu-
seeking lower textbook
SHERRY DALE/ STAFF PHOTGRAPHER
Tabitha Baily opens a box of text
books she ordered online.
The Web site coordinates on-
campus transactions among sm-
dents at a particular college, or
facilitates online sales for students
conducting a transaction through
the mail.
The Website currently
serves over 600 campuses
around the world, according
to an article on the
BooksonCampus.com Web
site. One of the bargain site’s
claims that the Web sites goal
is to save college students at
least $1 million.
Web sites like Amazon.com
also work in conjunction with
individual retailers and book
stores around the country to
promote new and used book
sales.
These can result in the
buyer purchasing a textbook
at a small fraction of the price
found at a college bookstore.
“The Poisonwood Bible,”
for example, required reading
for certain Humanities 414
classes, costs $15 at the
UNCA Bookstore. The same
edition of the book on
Amazon.com costs $7.19 in
new condition, and as low as
h.79 when sold used.
SEE BOOKS, PAGE 12
UNCA’s response to the Asian
tsunami disaster took shape as stu
dents realized the magnitude of the
Dec. 26 event, while the surround
ing Asheville community contin
ues to take action.
Porscha Yount, Student
Government Association presi
dent, expressed an interest towards
the tsunami relief effort but appre
hension about the credibility of
certain charitable organizations.
“I would like to see some kind of
connection with a national organ!
zation’s work towards getting
things to Asia to help people out “
said Yount.
“But, I would also like to see
Student Government pro-actively
doing this.”
“There’s a lot of research that
has to be done about how much of
the stuff actually gets to where it’s
going with each organization, so I
want to make sure that we choose
one [where] what we do will be
felt.” ,
Yount said she worries that
SGA’s effort to help the tsunami
victims may be lost in the over
whelming amount of organizations
that keep large percentages of
donations for their own purposes.
“The credibility issue, for me, is
more about making sure that not
100 percent gets there but that
what’s taken out along the way is
justifiable in terms of the costs it
takes to get the things there,” said
Yount.
Junior physics and chemistry
major Matthew Brown, while
uncertain over how to help with
the disaster, expressed concern for
the situation.
“I don’t know how much we can
do as students, except for maybe
provide relief packages,” said
3rown.
“If such an event has happened
in the past, it could happen again
in the future.”
Chris Day, senior psychology
major and Sigma Nu philanthropy
chairman, spoke of tentative plan
ning to involve students in a relief
effort across campus.
“Multiple Greek organizations
are looking forward to offering as
much relief as possible, as well as
involving as much of the campus
[as possible],” said Day.
Theta Chi began an effort to col
lect donations of clothing and
canned goods by placing boxes in
various locations across campus
especially in the dormitories.
Outside of UNCA, the Asheville
cormnunity jumped into the relief
efforts in several different ways.
The Samaritan’s Purse,
Christian relief organization based
in Boone with over 500 employees
worldwide, contributed $13 mil
lion to the relief effort and focused
on providing clean water and per
manent housing to the tsunami
victims, according to the Asheville
Citizen-Times.
The Orange Peel, a local music
club, will sponsor “Help! An All-
Ages Tsunami Relief Benefit,”
featuring the band Yesterday’s
Tomorrow and- will donate 100
percent of the proceeds, including
tips, to the U.N. Children’s Fund
tsunami relief program, Feb. 4.
Fairground Avenue, another
local band, also plans to contribute
to the tsunami effort through their
music.
Playing a show at the
Hendersonville Library Feb. 10
SEE TSUNAMI, PAGE 12