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Volume 44, Issue 4
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Erotic boutique opens downtown Progress
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By M.R. V/incent
Staff Writer
Shopping for the sensual side of
life can often prove intimidating,
iiowever, a new downtown erotic
outique tries to change all of that.
“There’s a thin line between
^rotica and pornography,” said
\ngela Montgomery, owner of
The Ineffable Woman, which
[opened at the end of last year. “I
j'anted to create an environment
ivhere if a child were to walk into
he store, the parents wouldn’t be
borrified.”
Even with the lack of graphic
[depictions of sex, some people
1 might find the store offensive.
Montgomery has yet to receive
ny negative feedback.
“1 was a nurse before I opened
he store,” Montgomery said.
Montgomery witnessed first
hand how Western medicine deals
with sex and the sex drive.
After going through menopause,
Montgomery found that prescrip-
of estrogen and testosterone
fcmedied her mental state, but did
not benefit the physical aspect of
per life.
After actively searching for a
Isolution, she decided the local
ladult shops sometimes felt unsafe
|md especially geared toward a
: audience.
I I'm not at home among the
prtly sexual, but I do believe in
pee expression,” said Hank
pughn, sophomore student.
fPeople who can conscionably
liKoncile themselves with any
Imode of sexual behavior should
jfcable to express it without fear
|of criticism.”
The store provides the public
[with a safe and amiable environ-
jment for sensual shopping,
[according to Montgomery.
“Plenty of this store’s clientele
I are older, conservative women
[that don’t feel safe in an adult
Itxwkstore, but still want to have
Campus
Crime
By Jim MacKenzIe
Staff Writer
Underage drinking
• Responding to a complaint
lofloud music in Mills Hall on
I Feb. 11, police issued Aaron
I Pressley, freshman student, a
htudent conduct citation for con-
jsuming an alcoholic beverage
[under the age of 21. Pressley
I blew 0.04 twice on the Alco-
I Sensor test. Andrew 'Vincent,
|ulso in attendance, refused the
[test twice, according to the
I police report. The responding
I officer determined Vincent had
pso been drinking and issued
I bim a state citation.
I Police issued Chad Cooper,
[junior student, a state citation
I lor underage possession of alco-
Police charged Thomas
[Graham, junior chemistry stu-
juent, with aiding and abetting
I un underage person by giving
[Itiem a malt beverage.
I ' Police responded to a call
[togarding a loud party in West
I *^dge Hall on Feb. 11.
Police then issued Bryce
l^ghiere, freshman student, a
student conduct citation for the
I Underage consumption of alco-
The room’s three other occu-
I pants, Matthew Genova, Ryan
I ^ully and Zachary Parker are
uot UNCA students. Police
I ‘ssued them state citations for
I possession of a malt beverage
1‘nder the age of 21, according
0 the police report.
Shanna Arney - Staff Photographer
Small business owner Angela Montgomery opened The Ineffable Woman, a new erotic boutique in downtown Asheville. The shop has no nudity
and is not pornographic. Montgomery wants the shop to be accessible to mothers and housewives with young children as well as professional
women.
sex after their hormones start
slowing down,” Montgomery
said.
That still does not keep the col
lege kids away, according to Liz
Porter, senior student.
As the boutique’s main associ
ate, Porter said she enjoys her new
job much more than her previous
one in the Asheville Mall.
“Everyone’s been really nice,”
Porter said, referring to the cus
tomers.
Montgomery did not want her
shop to be a typical shop for
adults, which is why she does not
advertise.
Montgomery wants her store to
serve as an open forum for sexual
discourse.
“Starting in March, I plan on
having an open house the first
Friday of every month,”
Montgomery said.
The open house will resemble
“passion parties,” which is a
socially acceptable term for a
gathering of woman who discuss
sex and learn about erotic parties,
according to Porter.
“Business has really picked up
the last couple of weeks,” Porter
said.
Montgomery has not been
advertising extensively, which
means the majority of the cus
tomers come in based on word-of-
mouth.
“I don’t think 1 would have had
the success I’ve had without Liz,”
said Montgomery.
Porter urged Montgomery to
expand inventories and carry nov
elty items.
“Sometimes you just need
somebody to bounce ideas off of,”
Montgomery said.
Montgomery recounted a recent
story when a pregnant customer
entered the store and approached
Liz with some questions.
“Liz recommended a product,
and then the woman came back in
the next day just to say ‘Thank
you,”’ Montgomery said.
“Most of our customers are
women, but we get a lot of cou
ples,” said Porter. “We also get a
lot of groups of giggling girl
friends who come back individu
ally and buy stuff.”
A Web site for the store is cur
rently under construction. Lauren
Abe, UNCA alumna, is doing the
photography for it.
“I feel very community-orient
ed with this store,” said
Montgomery.
Students petition for environment
By Paige Reinhard
Staff Writer
Senior Katie Morris hopes to
increase environmental awareness
by introducing a petition to incor
porate environmental science into
most classes.
“In all relevant situations, we
should infuse environmentalism,
environmental awareness, into our
educational experience,” Morris
said. “So that’s what the petition
is about.”
Morris’ initial plan was to make
Intro to Environmental Science
mandatory for graduation.
“I had originally wanted to
make it a requirement, but we
changed the initiative,” Morris
said. “The initiative now is to
incorporate environmental
issues into campus-wide curricu
la.’
The idea stems from the envi
ronmental studies class she took
last semester, according to
Morris.
“I’m a senior, and I’ve always
wanted to take environmental sci
ence,” Morris said. “I finally took
it last semester and I just found it
so edifying and crucial. It
changes your outlook on the
world, and it just makes you real
ize how bad things are and how
much worse they’re going to get
really soon.”
Morris said she is not the only
UNCA student to have this reac
tion to an environmental science
class.
“I’ve talked to a lot of people
who have had that experience as
well,” Morris said.
It is imperative that students
learn about and be aware of envi
ronmental issues, according to
Morris.
“Everyone needs to take this
and realize what is going on in the
world,” Morris said. “They don’t
put it on the news and it’s really,
really important for people our
age to understand what’s going
on.”
Some students disagree with the
idea of integrating environmental
ism into as many classes as possi
ble.
“That’s what you take one class
for,” said Kendra Eaves, sopho
more student. “I think it would be
difficult to enjoy my classes after
FJaving to think about science all
the time.”
Eaves said she has trouble see
ing how some of her classes could
be enhanced by environmental
science.
“I don’t even see how Latin and
science could intermingle,” Eaves
said.
The petition has yet to be circu
lated throughout campus.
“We wrote it last week, and we
brought it up at the ASHE meet
ing,” Morris said. “We haven’t
really started with students and
faculty.”
UNCA students will probably
be receptive to the objective of the
petition, according to Morris.
“I think the petition is going to
be received very well, because a
lot of people are concerned about
environmental issues at UNCA,”
Morris said. “They understand
how it affects everything and why
it’s important for us to graduate as
citizens of the world.”
The number of environmental
ti »
Shanna Arney - Staff Photographer
Senior Katie Morris watches as Jenna Walley, senior political science
student, signs her name to Morris’ petition.
studies majors has decreased,
even as the number of overall stu
dents has risen, according to the
UNCA Web site.
“I don’t think that it matters,
because I don’t think you have to
major in it for it to be useful to
you,” Morris said. “That’s the
way it is for me. I’m not a
major.”
UNCA students would be able
to use the environmental educa
tion in other aspects of their lives,
according to Morris.
$20,000
By Anna Lee
Staff Writer
In hopes of increasing the
number of math and science
teachers at public schools in
Western North Carolina,
Progress Energy donated
$20,000 to UNCA for scholar
ship money.
“Progress Energy has been a
great friend to Western North
Carolina in a lot of ways,” said
Mark Sidelnick, associate pro
fessor and chair of the educa
tion department. “We’re happy
that they’re giving us some
money for our students.”
The money is Progress
Energy’s response to a shortage
of math and science teachers in
North Carolina schools.
“Math and science is impor
tant to Progress Energy because
students that excel in math and
science tend to do well in engi
neering curriculums,” said Ken
Maxwell, Progress Energy’s
community relations person for
Western North Carolina. “We
hire a lot of engineers in our
business. It is a core part of our
recruiting strategy.”
Progress Energy donates
money to philanthropic causes
prioritizing the assistance of
education, environmental pro
tection and economic develop
ment, according to Maxwell.
Progress Energy said they hope
the $20,000 will benefit the entire
community, not just UNCA.
“Ultimately, it also benefits
the many students in the state’s
school systems that receive
instruction from these future
math and science teachers,”
Maxwell said.
Progress Energy and UNCA
hope that the students who ben
efit from this scholarship will
stay in the region beyond just
the required first year, accord
ing to Sidelnick.
“The idea is that if they’re here
the first year out, they’re more
likely to stay here,” Sidelnick
said. “We want the teachers to be
prepared in Western North
Carolina and to stay in Western
North Carolina.”
This scholarship is one of a
few scholarships available to
students already enrolled in col
lege, according to Brenda
Hopper, the director of the
Teaching Fellows program and
the chair of the Education
Awards Committee, which
grants the scholarships.
“It has created lots of interest
among our students,” Hopper
said. “A lot of students have
asked about it.”
The Education Awards
Committee will meet and
review the applications, after
the deadline of Feb. 7.
They will notify the applicants
Feb. 21, according to Sidelnick.
In past years. Progress Energy
has provided other grants to
UNCA, many focusing on the
economics department.
“We’ve had a strong, cooper
ative relationship with UNCA
for many years,” Maxwell said.
“The scholarship is just one
example of our support of the
university.”
The committee that reviews
applicants and awards the
scholarships will make sure the
students are academically
strong candidates, according to
Hopper.
“We want people to be suc
cessful,” Hopper said.
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