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Photo by Becca Andrews - News Staff Writer Students watch Democratic debate in the Laurel Forum. Students react to first Democratic debate BECCA ANDREWS News Staff Writer randrew 7 @unca. edu Five democratic candidates for the 2016 presidential elec tion met to debate for the first time last Tuesday. UNC Ashe ville students gathered in the Laurel Fomm to watch the televised debate. Hillary Clinton, nicknamed “the front runner,” and Bemie Sanders, nicknamed “the sur prise threat,” dominated the discussion. The other candi dates—Lincoln Chafee, Jim Webb, and Martin O’Malley— were relatively unknown. Chafee, a former Rhode Island governor, opened the discussion. He stressed that he was the only candidate who had been a mayor, governor and senator, and that during his career, he has never had a scandal. “I earned a reputation for courageous votes against the Bush-Cheney tax cuts that fa vored the wealthy, against the tragedy of the Iraq war, for environmental stewardship, for protection of our civil lib erties,” Chafee said. “I served on the Foreign Relations Com mittee and I chaired the Middle East Subcommittee for four years.” Anne Hamilton, an interna tional and global studies stu dent at UNC A, said she feels he would make a good vice president, possibly running with Bemie Sanders “I would never see him as my leader, as my head leader, because he seems very passive and easily walked over. But his heart was in the right place,” said Hamilton. “When he was speaking he. was on very im portant issues, like Iraq being the biggest blemish in Ameri can history. He was touching some subjects you don’t hear in the public arena.” Jim Webb, a former Virginia senator who has since with drawn from the Democratic presidential race, followed Chafee.Webb spoke about his experience as Vietnam Marine Corps veteran, his role as sec retary of the Navy and writing the post-9/11 GI Bill for vet erans’ education. He differs from the other candidates on his views about clean energy, as he is an “all-of-the-above energy voter,” supporting coal, offshore drilling and nuclear energy. When candidates were asked which of their enemies they were the most proud of, most named political adversaries like the National Rifle Associ ation and coal lobbyists. Webb gave a different answer. “I’d have to say the enemy soldier that threw the grenade that wounded me,” Webb said. “But he’s not around right now.” Megan Suggs, a UNC A sophomore from Belmont, said Webb seemed different be cause he had some Republican views. “He’s not wild, he’s just moderate, which I think our political atmosphere can’t han- Read more on page 8 October 21,2015. | Issue 8, Volume-63 | thebluebanner.net The Blue Banner Fall 2015 Editorial Board Editor-In-Chief Timbi Shepherd, jshephe3@unca.edu Enterprising Editor. 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Send tojshephe3@unca.edu The Blue Banner is UNC Ashe ville’s student newspaper. We publish each Wednesday except during summer sessions, finals week and holiday breaks. Our office is located in Karpen Hall 019. The Blue Banner is a designated forum for free speech and wel comes letters to the editor, con sidering them on basis of interest, space and timeliness. Letters and articles should be emailed to the editor-in-chief or the appropriate section editor. Letters should include the writer’s name, year in school, and major or other relationship to UNCA. Include a telephone number to aid in verification. All articles are subject to editing. Arboretum’s Winter Lights festival funds educational outreach LEE ELLIOTT ■Contributor The North Carolina Arboretum hosts its second-annual Winter Lights festival beginning Nov. 6. The event will help cover costs not provided for with budget cuts. Arboretum officials said. “We’ve had to do self-sustain ing things to keep us afloat,” said Whitney Rigsbee, marketing and public relations manager at the North Carolina Arboretum. Rigsbee said this Winter Lights is one of several events planned during the offseason to help off set budget shortfalls and fund the many research and educational programs at the Arboretum. “There will be thousands upon thousands of LED lights in every part of our garden,” Rigsbee said. “It’s going to be a winter wonder land.” Among the attractions at Win ter Lights will be sparkling wa terfalls, sound-activated lights and light-based art, Rigsbee said. Rigsbee said Arboretum staff strive to make Winter Lights ac- , cessible to all faiths by not focus ing on a specific holiday. Since the Arboretum’s found ing, the North Carolina General Assembly provides yearly fund ing for the Arboretum and its research programs, according to government officials. While not strictly an educa tional institution, the Arboretum joined the 16 campus UNC sys tem in 1986, and receives funding through Western Carolina Uni versity as a proxy, according to Read more on page 7
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