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THE BLUE BANNER EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SARAH SHADBURNE SSHADBUR@UNCA.EDU NEWS EDITOR MAGGIE HADDOCK MHADDQCK@UNCA,EDU ARTS a FEATURES EDITOR TAYLOR SEXTON TSEXTON@UNCA.EDU ASSISTANT Aa F EDITOR MADDY SHERER MSHERER1@UNCA.EDU OPINION EDITOR KATHRYN DEVOE KDEVOE@UNCA.EDU SPORTS EDITOR SARAH SHADBURNE SSHADBUR@UNCA.EDU PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR EMMA JORDAN EJORDAN@UNCA.EDU COPY EDITOR BRAILEY SHERIDAN BSHERIDA@UNCA.EDU LAYOUT EDITOR SANTIAGO BONILLA SBONILLA@UNCA.EDU ADVERTISING MANAGER TIFFANIE BOONE TB00NE1@UNCA.EDU FACULTY ADVISER MICHAEL GOUGE mgouge@unca!edu The Blue Banner \s UNO Asheville's student newspaper. We publish each Tuesday except during summer ses sions, finals week and holiday breaks. Our office is in Karpen 019. The Blue Banner \s a designated forum for free speech and welcomes letters to the editor, considering them on the basis of interest, space and timeliness. Letters and articles should be emailed to the editor-in-chief or to the appropriate section editor. Letters should include the writer's name, year in school and major, or other relation ship to UNCA. Include a phone number to aid in verification. All articles are subject to editing. IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE FLORENCE, LIFE FOR UNCA STUDENTS GOES ON TAYLOR SEXTON Arts & Features Editor tsexton@unca.edu Hurricane Florence battered the Carolinas with heavy wind and rain, affecting not only the coast, but continuing her violent path inland, bringing torrential flooding and rain as well as fierce tornados. No part of the Carolinas were safe from her rage. As a student from the coast, this past week has been one of incredible stress and emotional turmoil. In other words, it’s been absolute hell. Watching family and friends flee from their homes, cars filled to the brim with years worth of memories while being 400 miles away, unable to help, would leave anybody with a feeling of hopelessness. Possibly the worst part of all of it though, is that life at UNC Asheville kept going on and that’s what was expected of those affected by the hurricane too. We’re so far from the storm and its impact, hardly anyone gave it a second thought. Looking around a classroom and realizing nobody could or would understand, made the situation so much worse. Students laugh and joke and live their normal lives, while the primary thought students from the coast could entertain was the reality they were going to be homeless. There would be nowhere to go home to once Florence hit. There might not even be anything left. Some people manage grief by throwing themselves into their school work, but others tend to completely shut down, unable to do anything but worry about their families and hometowns. The days leading up to Florence were filled with fear as weather forecasters predicted the worst and government officials declared states of emergencies and mandatory evacuations. But here at UNCA, assignments were still due, there were classes to attend and work to he done. There’s no time for grief or mourni:iig. To describe the feeling of hopelessness remains difficult. A mix of ■ anxiety, sadness and despair, it’s a ' feeling no human should wish on another. School work was the last thing many of us have to worry about. Trying to explain the situation to teachers or fellow students feels like an impossible task and just trying to function as usual was a challenge. Florence still rages across the Carolinas and the death toll stands at 16 people, but is expected to rise according to The New York Times. There have been reports of looting, thousands of people without power and there’s virtually no way in or out of coastal towns as water levels continue to rise from the rain pummeling the Carolinas. To those who felt scared or alone in the past week, felt that no one understood how they felt or have just struggled to function as they watch their loved ones struggle: know that you are not alone and that you will pull through. We will all get through this hard time together. The Blue Banner stands with those struggling with this tragedy. Students in need of additional resources, please contact Dean of Students, Jackie McHargue at 828-250-2370, Health & Counseling at 828-251-6520 or the 24 hour Bulldog HealthLink at 1-888-267-3675.
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