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SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROEINTrXia^H^I^ELE^CE 1982
Volume 41, Issue 5
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by Sarah Schmidt
Staff Reporter
jmpus Crime
lampus Police issued a cita-
for underage alcohol pos-
ision to the passenger of a
jhicle after observing the vehi-
le swerving back and forth on
loadway Avenue.
Ihe male driver took an alco-
isoi test, blowing .08. The
i,ile passenger admitted to
fnking underage, and police
her for underage alcohol
,ession.
'he report did not state
ether the police charged the
|\ei with a DUI. Neither the
isenger nor the driver cur-
iily attend UNCA.
tale
Ifficials in North Carolina
glior Education said they felt
isfaction with the budget put
Wit by Gov. Mike Easley. In
t'icular, • UNC System
tesident Molly Broad and
munity college President
tin Lancaster praised
ey’s two percent raise for
ite workers (including instruc-
its) and the compensation of
ds for Pell Grants cut by the
lend government.
ation
nine-year-old girl from
Fkiida remains missing as her
^ icr made an appeal for his
the sii laughter’s safe return. Jessica
estigewarie Lunsford disappeared
thelPjIni her bed Feb. 23. Florida
lice said that they found no
the'%indence to suspect an abduc-
Police reported an unlocked
In. and one of Jessica
Insford’s dolls was also miss-
fhe parents of a brain-dam-
|ed woman in Florida asked a
•X on Monday to divorce
;■ daughter from her hus-
evitt.
is groi
ias,” s*
Terri Schiavo, whose doctors
became brain-damaged after
lus of® hei heart stopped beating briefly
in 1990, became the center of a
seven-year court battle after her
Wsband, Michael Schiavo, peti-
Ijned for the removal of her
t ling tube.
erri Schiavo’s parents, who
ija\ e fought Michael Schiavo in
~|urt for the right to keep feed-
Terri, said that Michael has
n|t acted in his wife’s best inter
est and currently commits adul-
'■ with a woman that he has
children by.
ince a judge ruled in favor of
.ichael Schiavo, Terri’s parents
itnve three weeks to try and
reverse the ruling. Terri
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bell hooks speaks to UNCA eommumty
by Angele Mainhart
Staff Reporter
Author bell hooks spoke to an
audience at UNCA about her
views on community and racism
Feb. 25.
“I really get a kick out of women
who write about, not just women
and women’s issues, but also com
munity and more cultural types of
stuff,” said Melanie Griffin, unde
clared sophomore at Asheville-
Buncombe Technical College.
“I really appreciate the last ques
tion that was asked. The way she
answered was, ‘any question you
have, the answer is love.’ I think
that’s a really nice affirmation to
have posted somewhere in your
house where you see it all the
time.”
UNCA hosted hooks as part of
the celebration of Black History
Month. During her speech, hooks
noted the lack of diversity at
UNCA but said what the whites do
hold more importance than the fact
that they are all white.
A student who attended the lec
ture commented that UNCA
attempts to correct this problem
and hosting hooks helps in part to
fix it.
“Dr. Dwight Mullen talks about
issues of diversity,” said Amanda
Gammon, senior women’s studies
student at Warren Wilson. “One of
the ways to really tell what an
institution is doing is where they
are putting their money. I think it
really shows that this institution
knows it’s a primarily white insti
tution. It has struggled with issues
of diversity and knows that this
issue is important. They’re willing
to really spend the money to
attract people to fix this issue.”
As Chancellor James Mullen
introduced hooks, he reminded
everyone of the power that she
possesses to motivate people to
CHARLOTTE CLAYPOOLE/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
In association with Black History Month, beii hooks, who prefers her name speiied in iowercase,
expressed her views of racism in her iecture on “Return to Migration on Feb. 25.
“UNCA has
struggled with
issues of diversity,
and knows that this
issue is important.”.
Amanda Gammon
senior women’s studies student
at Warren Wilson
want to fight for justice.
“It has been about five years
since her last visit, but the power
of her conviction, the strength of
her message, the unrelenting sense
of hope that she brought during
her residency here still resonates,
still challenges us and must still
empower us in our fight for justice
here and beyond,” said Mullen.
“bell hooks is nothing less than a
force of social justice. But, most
important, she is a voice of hope
and a voice that gives faith that
justice can prevail and right can
claim the day.”
hooks spoke about how the close
community of UNCA enables stu
dents to become friends with
teachers and other people that they
learn from. She still talks with a
student that she met five years ago.
“I think it speaks so highly of the
students here that, when I came to
Asheville five years ago, I met one
of your African-American stu
dents, Julia,” said hooks.“Julia
still calls me to this day to talk
“bell hooks is
nodiing less than a
force of social
justice.”
James Mullen
chancellor
about books and ideas, and it just
shows you how having face-to
face-contact between students and
people they read about and study
can form meaningful relation
ships.”
SEE SPEAKER, PAGE 14
UNCA gives education program a boost
by Jamie Ellingsen
Staff Reporter
has>( Schiavo’s parents have also
^titioned for other actions per-
|ning to their daughter, such as
4i. right to keep the photo-
aphs they take of her and that
jreporter might record their
fractions with their daughter.
Vorld
. suicide bomber in Baghdad
-Jled at least 115 people and
|»)unded 132 Feb. 28, the dead-
lyT single strike since the fall
I Hussein. The car exploded
I j^ar a group of people lined up
; F|r physical exams, most of
Shiite police and National
®iiard recruits. Friends and
' ^'ly members gathering at the
^st site reportedly chanted slo-
JSEE BRIEFS, PAGE 14
This fall, UNCA added a birth through
kindergarten (B-K) licensure component to the
education program. The new component will
allow students to focus on this particular field,
according to Carole Becker, coordinator of the
program and early childhood education profes
sor.
“It’s very worthwhile because, when you tm-
ish, you have the expertise of a child develop-
me’ntalist, a psychology background and then
you have the education specialist,” said Becker.
“It’s kind of opening the door for whatever
field you choose to go into [in education].”
The UNCA education department started the
B-K licensure program for two main reasons:
To comply with orders from the governor, to
meet the More at Four standards and to contin
ue in its commitment to provide practical train
ing for students to earn a North Carolina Class
A teaching license, according to Becker.
The governor launched the More at Four pro
gram in an attempt to bridge the education gap
for pre-kindergarten students in North
Carolina, according to the governor’s Web site.
Developers at UNCA’s education department
claim the B-K licensure program would assist
in educating the future child-care professionals
to become resourceful and to better understand
and teach all types of children, according to the
licensure program’s mission statement.
Obtaining this license allows teachers to take
a holistic, yet academically and psychological
ly-based approach to educating children,
according to Lauren Elgin, junior psychology
student. , .
Having teachers trained with this licensure
program changes the perspectives on pre
school. It isn’t viewed as just a preschool, but
more, according to Elgin.
CHARLOTTE CLAYPOOLE/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sarah Rhodes and Sarah Heaton play at Jones Elementary Park. UNCA’s new Birth
through Kindergarten program will allow students to work in a variety of programs.
The More at Four program requires childcare
professionals at a child care center or a public
education setting to have this license in order to
continue working in the field.
Due to this, a variety of students from a dif
ferent backgrounds attend this semester’s B-K
early childhood education course, led by
Becker. One student works as a nanny, while
another works a director at a childcare center.
No matter the background of the student,
Becker pointed out the necessity of the pro
gram.
“Being trained as an elementary school
teacher, the emphasis is not the same as work
ing with young children,” said Becker. “It’s a
different ball game. They learn differently. You
really need that psychological background.”
The psychological background Becker
referred to comes from the requirements of eli
gibility for the licensure program.
In order to participate in the program, a stu
dent must major in psychology, complete 33
hours of required education courses and 34
hours of required course work in psychology,
according to Becker.
The training and preparation will offer stu
dents the availabilty of many different jobs.
Miranda Stokes, undeclared freshman, hopes
to work in an ubran child care program.
Others in the class are there to meet require
ments in their current field of teaching or work
ing at a child care facility.
March 3, 20(k
Bush to
privatize
Social
Security
by Leah Shellberg
Staff Reporter
President Bush proposed a
plan for the privatization of
Social Security, which many
find controversial.
“If you’re a young person,
and this is a bit of a simplifica
tion, they will take six percent
of your wages and the employer
will kick in another six per
cent,” said Joseph Sulock, pro
fessor of economics.
“That’s 12 percent, and those
taxes are used to fund the bene
fits of current retirees. The
promise is that when you get old
they will tax your grandchildren
to pay for your retirement.”
Bush is proposing to do some
thing similiar with that 12 per
cent. Four percent will be
invested in an account for
stocks and bonds. Another four
percent will be invested for
retirement, which will count
towards your retirement,
according to Sulock.
The other eight percent will
go to pay current retiree bene
fits, leaving four percent as an
investment for qualifiers to
finance their retirement. Yet, the
benefits will.be cut, because the
full 12 percent is not being put
in, according to Sulock.
Sulock said that he thinks
Bush wants to privatize Social
Security funds because it will
provide a proportional response
in terms of how much money is
put in versus the benefits
received.
“Right now. Social Security
benefits are not really propor
tional to social security taxes,”
said Sulock.
“So basically, if 1 put in twice
the tax that you put in, 1 don’t
get twice the benefits. If I put in
twice the taxes. I’ll get less than
twice the benefits.”
Privatization is more likely tg
make that proportional, in other
words, how much you get out is
proportional to how much you
put in, according to Sulock.
“1 suspect, that somewhere in
the men’s room, somebody
pointed out that if your Social
Security taxes double, your ben
efits aren’t going to double, and
he just found that shocking.”
Sulock also said that he
believes any ensuing damage
under the new plan will affect
the lower classes and that
investors will reap the benefits.
“You would expect people
who are above average incom
ers and shrewd investors to do
better than they would under the
current system,” said Sulock.
“Probably lower income people
are going to take the hit.”
James Robertson, senior inter
disciplinary student, said he
opposes the change, but does
not find it restricted' to the
Republican Party.
“Like any form of privatiza
tion, this is about taking money
out of public funds for public
welfare and putting it in private
hands, and I’m opposed to it,”
said Robertson.
“I think this is another exam
ple of ‘Market-Orthodoxy’ that
SEE MONEY, PAGE 14