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NEWS

Asheville community remembers Johnson, King, Diz with vigil

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Martin.

King and friends at sporting event.

Photo courtesy of King’s Facebook

King and friends at a football game.

Photo courtesy of Diz’s Facebook

Tatianna Diz and Alex King in a car selfie.

Section Editor: Emma Alexander nalexand@unca.edu

The Blue Banner Fall 2015 Editorial Board Editor-In-Chief Timbi Shepherd, jshephe3@unca.edu

MADDIE STAGNARO Multimedia Editor mstagnar@unca.edu

On Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. the Asheville community will host a Launch of Light memorial for Uhon Trumanna Johnson, Alexandra King and Tatianna Diz on the Craven Street Bridge overlooking the French Broad River.

Police found the bodies of King and Diz in the river on Friday morning, after a week and a half searching for the couple.

On the night of Oct. 27, the women went missing after meeting up with a mutual friend, Pierre Lamont Griffin II for a drug deal, according to the warrant. That evening police responded to reports of a Pisgah View Apartments resident being shot in the head. Johnson, 31, was taken to Mission Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Griffin was seen fleeing the scene in Johnson’s vehicle and police pursued.

Griffin fled to his girlfriend’s house. She later stated on the warrant, “he had done something bad and they needed to go.” Uncomfortable with the situation, Griffin’s girlfriend did not leave with him. Henderson County deputies in Polk County shot Griffin twice. Griffin was transported to Spartanburg Regional Hospital in South Carolina to recover from his injuries, and has been charged with three counts of first degree murder.

The following morning, an abandoned Volkswagen Jetta was found at New Belgium Brewery near the French Broad River and King and Diz were reported missing two hours later. The Volkswagen was determined to be the vehicle in which King and Diz were last seen. The windows of the vehicle were shattered, there was a bullet hole in the passenger seat, and it was stained with blood.

Authorities said they are still unsure of the correlation between Johnson, King and Diz, other than all being acquainted with Griffin. King and Diz were cherished members of the community, according to many following the story on Facebook.

“I met Alex in high school through a couple of friends around my sophomore year,” said Matthew Tipton, 24, of Black Mountain. “She was always at our sporting events, cheering us on, so we just connected.”

King and Tipton attended Owen High School together and King graduated in 2011.

“My fondest memory of Alex was that picture, which was also the last time I’ve been able to see her. We were at our high school football game and I had come home for break while I was at Montreat (College). We were just together with friends cutting up and joking around.

I just loved to be around her, she brightened my day,” Tipton said.

Jasmine Taibi, 24, of Asheville, said she knew both Griffin and King in high school.

“Even though it’s been a few years, I never would’ve thought that he would be capable of something like this,” Taibi said.

“It still blows my mind to see familiar faces, whose lives have interwoven with so many in our city, as headline news.”

Taibi said the community should refrain from passing harsh judgement on Griffin and to wait for all the facts.

“I can’t remember how we met, but in my experience he was kind, bright and had a high respect for women,” Taibi said.

“There’s no way that any of us could be in his shoes or know why he did the things that he did. But the drug scene he was involved in must have really Read more on page 9

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Happenings Wednesday, Nov. 11 Animated Films of Kate Raney and Jeremy Bessoff 5 - 7 p.m.

Highsmith 143 - Grotto Center for Diversity Education Film Screening: Freedom Riders 6 - 8:15 p.m.

Humanities Lecture Hall

Thursday, Nov. 12 DJ Rekha - Ambassador of Bhangra 7 - 9 p.m.

Justice Center 101 - Gymnasium

Friday, Nov. 13 OLLI Art Bazaar Noon - 6 p.m.

Reuter 102A

Saturday, Nov. 14 OLLI Art Bazaar 10 a.m. - 2 p.m Reuter 102A

Monday, Nov. 16 Mogen Lykketoft The United Nations at 70 11 a.m. - noon Reuter 102 - Manheimer Room

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. speaks on heritage and identity TAMSEN TODISCO Copy Desk Chief ttodisco@unca.edu

What defines a person — who they are or where they came from?

Ancestry expert and noted genealogy researcher Henry Louis Gates Jr. spoke in the Kimmel Arena Thursday night to address heritage and identity.

Mary Grant, UNC Asheville chancellor, kicked off the event by highlighting the work of the Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality emphasizing the gratitude the community has for their efforts. The audience responded with a standing ovation. The Center for Diversity Education organized the ASCORE recognition and the Gates event.

“We are here for a conversation and a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the CDE,” Grant said.

Grant said higher education has an important role in creating a level playing field and recognized the young leaders who are making a difference today.

Community members, teachers and students Philip Cooper, Lucia Daugherty, Dulce Miriam Rosas Porras, Samantha Singer and Yetta Williams received ASCORE awards for leadership.

“Education is, by far, one of the most powerful tools that we have to attempt to create a level playing field, to attempt to open those doors of access wide,” Grant said.

In addition to honoring the award recipients, Grant introduced the evening’s speakers, James Ferguson, Deborah “Dee” James and Gates.

Ferguson founded ASCORE, the high school group that united to desegregate Asheville in the 1960s. He served as president of the group in 1960.

“We were not heroes, but crazy young people who saw

Photo by Makeda Sandford - Layout & Design Editor Henry Louis Gates Jr. made the crowd laugh with his personal anecdotes and childhood stories.

something wrong and wanted to do something about it,” Ferguson said.

He said they could not have made the changes they did without support from their community, notably their parents. ASCORE sought help from the only two black lawyers in Asheville at the time, who he said influenced his decision to go to law school. “‘You do all you need to do, and if you need us, call us,’” Ferguson said the lawyers told him.

With that support, he said they were empowered to fight the injustices they saw in Asheville. He learned the importance of self-confidence when becoming agents of change in the community.

“We came up in a time when we had no choice but to make some noise,” Ferguson said.

Ferguson said the youth of

today must still work to make the world a better place. He congratulated the awardees.

“Though there has been change,” Ferguson said, “there is much change that has yet to be done.”

James, who teaches women, gender and sexuality studies at UNCA, introduced Gates, listing his many academic credentials.

“But I want to ask what I ask my students, the ‘so what?’ question,” James said.

She answered with a Frederick Douglass quote about issues of identity and self-verification. “‘A want of information concerning my own (age) was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood,’” James read. “‘The white children could tell their ages. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege.’”

James said Gates’ message

is important to everyone in the development of a cultural and individual identity.

“What (Gates) has to say will provide us with more to think about as we labor to discern who we are, who we are becoming and who we will strive to be,” James said.

Gates took the stage and opened by giving credit to the ASCORE members. Gates said history is composed of small narratives, not just heroic tales from notable individuals “Heroes are people like you guys,” said Gates, motioning toward the row of Asheville integrationists.

Gates told the audience how he became passionate about genealogy and discovering his roots. At age nine, at his grandfather’s wake, he said he looked at the corpse.

“How someone with this Read more on page 13

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NEWS

Engineering department creates networking opportunities BECCA ANDREWS News Staff Writer randrew1@unca.edu

Close to 100 engineering students gathered for an engineering department Career Night on Friday. The event provided networking opportunities with UNC Asheville alumni and local companies.

Stephen Moyer and Robin Peeples teamed up with the student branch of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers to organize the event.

“It’s an attempt to bring engineers together across a lot of lives, students, young professionals, just-graduates, professionals who have been at it for a long time,” Moyer said. “We’ve got IEEE members here, we’ve got companies here and we’ve got alumni here.”

IEEE is an information organization for engineers, with 30,000 members and over 300 conferences every year, said Jim Corr, an IEEE representative.

Photo by Becca Andrews - News Staff Writer “As an engineer or a scientist,” Patrick Herron spoke at the Engineering Career Night Corr said, “IEEE is your professional on Friday. home”

Four companies were present: BorgWarner, GE Aviation, Eaton and TMEIC. Each company had a table to present their internships to students.

Alumni gave talks on how to be successful in an interview and in jobs after college.

“We just thought that those were really important topics for those who had already gone through that process. They could almost be like mentors to their fellow mechatronics students,” Peeples said. “Especially with mechatronics because most people don’t know it is. So people who know how to interact with the industry, it’s good to hear them talk about it.”

Jenny Kabat and Evan Loesser from Eaton were the first to speak about how to do well in an interview.

Loesser, a UNCA alumnus, stressed the importance of researching the job description, the company and even the interviewer. He encouraged rehearsing your elevator speech, a sales pitch for yourself, as well as answers to typical interview questions. Eaton often bases Read more on page 23

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Immigration issues, restrictions on the rise MARK MONROE

Contributor The American dream could be slowly turning into an American nightmare.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection , 39, 970 unaccompanied minors from Mexico and Central America have been detained along the Mexico-United States border in fiscal year 2015.

With tighter border regulations being discussed as part of the upcoming presidential election, it could mean more Hispanic and Central Americans losing their chance at a better

life, or deporting those who think they have already found it.

Peter Haschke, assistant professor of political science, said it takes a lot for countries, including the United States, to allow immigrants or refugees into it’s territory.

“Somebody has to try and actually kill you in order for you to be able to come into our country,” Haschke said.

According to a study by the Pew Research Center, 8.1 million undocumented immigrants constitute 5 percent of the total U.S. labor force. There are

more than 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. Of these undocumented immigrants, 5.9 million are Mexican.

In a Pew survey, 78 percent of American adults said immigrants take low-paying jobs Americans do not want.

“Our refugees are not allowed to work, they have to struggle for their integration,” Haschke said. “The number one integrator is work. Once you start to work, you have to pick up a language. If we don’t allow those individuals to work, they don’t have the incentive to integrate.”

In a 60 Minutes interview,

Donald Trump said his platform includes the construction of a wall between Mexico and the United States, and the deportation of more than 11 million immigrants.

“Romney was saying the exact same thing just four years ago,” Haschke said, “and Romney was clearly not piggy-backing on Trump, if anything it is both Trump and Romney piggybacking on what the voters want.”

Jimmy Borges, a criminal justice student at AB-Tech from Leicester, said there is always a Read more on page 15

FACT:

According to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates as of July 1, 2013, there are roughly 54 million Hispanics living in the United States, representing approximately 17% of the U.S. total population, making people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest ethnic or race minority.

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Mass shootings draw attention to gun restrictions, mental health care ASHLEY ELDER News Staff Writer aelder@unca.edu

The rapid increase of school shootings, unique to the United States among industrialized nations, worries students and faculty and brings into question current gun control restrictions.

According to the FBI, between 2000 and 2013 there were 160 active shooter incidents. Of the victims, 486 were killed and 557 were wounded. Seventy percent of the shootings occurred in a commerce, business or educational environment.

Born in Detroit, chemistry student Sarah Esch said she learned of gun violence through her father’s first-hand experience at his job. Her dad worked at the post office in Royal Oak, Michigan, post office where there was a shooting.

“He said everyone knew that man and they all knew he was dangerous, yet he still managed to sneak in and kill people,” Esch said.

Clearly, we don’t deal correctly with people who could use mental health services, Esch said, whether they are dangerous to others or themselves.

“I think we need serious improvements to our mental health systems, especially in school where a stressful environment is inevitable,” Esch said. “We need to better identify when someone is struggling.”

Esch lived in Atlanta, so she said she is aware violence can occur anywhere, but statistics cause her to worry more about campus than where she works or hangs out because of the statistics.

As of Oct. 1, there have been 45 school shootings in the United States this year, according to Shooting Tracker.

“I’m not avoiding campus

Between 2000 and 2013 there were 160 active shooter incidents. Of the victims, 486 were killed and 557 were wounded.

FBI

because I’m afraid,” Esch said, “just more aware, cautious and vigilant.”

Keith Cox, assistant professor of psychology, said it is startling how much education and training goes into driving, and how little training there is to carry a gun.

“There needs to be more funding for mental health in the United States,” Cox said.

“There have been massive budget cuts since the ’70s.”

But it’s not just about mental health and it’s not about gun restrictions, Cox said. Other industrialized countries do not have these rates.

“We can’t think about the numerator without the denominator,” Cox said. “It’s not painting a full picture if we don’t, it’s not objective.”

Cox said more harm could come from overreacting.

“How many times did it not happen,” he said. “We are just as likely to have a shooting as anywhere else,” Cox said.

Cox said students shouldn’t worry when we go to school tomorrow, either.

“More students are probably killed driving to school than in school shootings,” Cox said.

The numbers have supported this claim for a long time. However, according to the Center for American Progress report, which cites data from the CDC, guns will kill more Americans Read more on page 15

Spellings elected president of UNC system PHILLIP WYATT A&F Staff Writer pwyatt@unca.edu

Margaret Spellings, former U.S. education secretary for the George W. Bush administration, was unanimously elected president of the University of North Carolina system on Oct. 23 by the system’s board of governors.

As president, she will officiate over 220,000 students enrolled in 16 university campuses throughout the state. She is the second woman to ever take the helm of the UNC system.

Spellings replaces Tom Ross, a Democrat and current system president, who will step down in January per the board of governors’ request.

She will begin her 5-year contract in March with a base annual salary of $775,000 , plus deferred compensation of $77,500 annually and potential performance-based bonuses.

Her salary is a nearly 30 percent increase over Ross’, according to UNC data.

Spellings received a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Houston.

She is the first UNC president without an advanced degree since the 1950s.

After Spellings, 57, worked with the former President Bush during his second term, she was appointed president of the George W. Bush Center in Dallas, the former president’s library and museum.

In 2012, Republicans gained majority in both houses of North Carolina legislature, stacking the UNC System Board of Governors with partisan delegates with conservative viewpoints and opinions.

Mere days after Spellings was appointed secretary of education, she composed a letter

Photo courtesy of Charlotte Observer Margaret Spellings speaks after she was elected president of the University of North Carolina system during a meeting of the UNC Board of Governors at the Spangler Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.

to PBS after viewing an episode of “Postcards From Buster” on the network featuring same-sex parents.

In the letter, Spellings addresses concern for parents who do not wish to expose children to the “lifestyles” portrayed in the episode. She expressed disdain over federal funding being used to finance such programming.

Spellings was asked a question regarding the letter at a press conference after her election.

“I have no comments about those lifestyles,” she said.

Spellings’ answer did not resonate well with Chris Sgro, executive director of LGBT+ rights group Equality North Carolina.

“The fact she felt like she could use the word ‘lifestyles’ after what she did around PBS is really problematic to us,” Sgro said.

Spellings noted the challenging times higher education is currently experiencing.

FACTS ON SPELLINGS: Born: November 30, 1957 (age 57), Ann Arbor, MI Previous office: United States Secretary of Education (2005–2009) Party: Republican Party Resigned: January 20, 2009 Education: Sharpstown High School, University of Houston

“While there are no easy answers or an obvious road map for the way ahead, the opportunity is clear – to firmly establish the University of North Carolina as the finest university system in the country,” she said. “To accomplish this mission, we must be productive, accountable, agile and transparent. We must keep a firm grasp on our obligation to innovate, to remain the engine that drives North Carolina’s growth and assures such great Read more on page 17

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NEWS College students learn to take academic stresses in stride AARON DAVES

Contributor Like most college students, Sierra Kimberlin works to get an education. However, she describes her experience as an unpaved, hindered journey.

“My mind would be at ease if I could find a quiet place to study, tune everything out and focus strictly on academics. Unfortunately, that’s not reality,” said Kimberlin, 20, junior psychology student at UNC Asheville.

Kimberlin said she pays for school and off-campus housing out of her own pocket and works a part-time job in the mall.

“It can be anxiety inducing, having to pay rent, working a job, all while trying to make school the number one priority,” Kimberlin said. “My primary reason for going to school is to get an education, but it’s hard when the stressors of the outside world are constantly lingering. I already have bills and loans to pay off.”

She said the faculty at UNCA take into account the combined weight of academic, social and economic pressures placed on students.

“One advantage of being at a liberal arts school is the empathy that exists here. While I expect my professors to give me work and prepare me for the real world, it’s comforting to know I have them as an outlet to talk about my struggles,” Kimberlin said.

Kimberlin said the need for

a grading system should exist alongside the process of education within college.

“While there is a need to make good grades, I try not focusing on my rank within a system. I see success in the process of learning,” she said.

Tracey Rizzo, a history professor at UNCA, said there is an abundance of resources on campus that students can utilize.

“You have the writing center with well-qualified tutors and a good amount of peer tutoring. In New Media Hall, students will sit in the foyer and talk about their studies,” Rizzo said.

Rizzo said UNCA’s One Stop suspension service benefits students when they take advantage of it.

“They have a system set up to where if a student is on academic suspension, they are required to seek learning services to advance their way back into the university,” Rizzo said. “However, I know students who’ve gone before the point of suspension. If you are willing to seek help, they will accommodate you.”

Rizzo said she understands the pressures students face outside of school.

“Faculty and I encourage students to approach us if they are falling behind. There are always solutions we can work with depending on the situation. I think the biggest problem students have is speaking up and asking for help,” she said.

Rizzo said she is creating a syllabus that not only outlines assignments, but also marks key points in the schedule leading up to a due date.

“You see it a lot with incoming freshmen. They come from the high school environment of having checkpoints before turning in the final product,” Rizzo said.

“With this syllabus, we are advising students to be mindful of time management.”

Corey Howard, 22, a recent business graduate at East Carolina University and teller at PNC Bank, said that utilizing time and study groups aided him with learning.

“Working in groups allows you to take on different roles, establish relationships with peers, take on another’s perspective and provides easier communication within an assignment,” Howard said.

Howard said school was his top priority before entering the workforce as a bank teller.

“I always made an effort to set aside a time of day for school work and studying. It was then that I made time for other things that were important to me,” he said.

Howard said simply attending class and utilizing his campus resources were key to his success as a graduate.

Marianne Burris, 21, junior at UNC Chapel Hill, said she learns best by studying independently outside of class, engaging with the course materials on her own time.

“It tends to vary from time to

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SPORTS

Section Editor: Harrison Slaughter jslaught@unca.edu

Men’s and women’s cross country teams keep pace as season winds down JASON PERRY

A&F Staff Writer jperry1@unca.edu

Finishing off the season, UNC Asheville cross country runners travelled to Western Carolina University for one of their last meets of the season.

The men raced a 5k, while the women raced a two-mile. Both races were run on the track.

The men brought all eight of their runners with some strong performances. Blanton Gillespie finished fourth overall, the highest placer on the team with a time of 15:49.3. Nathan Kirse and Patrick Osborne were right behind placing fifth and sixth, running 15:54.9 and 15:56.8.

“I was pretty happy with it because it was two seconds off of my 5k personal best,” Gillespie says. “I was happy to finish the season like that. From the start we took it out at a reasonable pace, not too fast. I just tried to stick with the leaders as best as I could. The first mile we went out kind of slow. We held the same pace for the second mile and that was when the leaders tried to make a move. I just wanted to keep myself in the race, so I stayed with their move but I just couldn’t quite hold on. I still finished strong, so I was happy with it.”

Adam Puett, men’s distance coach, said he thought this race would be a good confidence-booster to finish off the season.

“I feel like we had some good performances,” Puett says. “We had some guys from where we tested metabolically at the beginning of the year that made some improvements. We still

have a lot to do in order to be the top team in the conference. I feel like we had some improvements. We had some guys go out there and run well. Blanton had one of his better races, Nathan had a good one, and Pat. Jacob had a big improvement, from last track season. Jacob is probably 30 or 40 seconds faster. A lot of work has been put in, but we are still going to work harder and harder and keep trusting the system.”

The men placed second overall, wrapping up their cross country season. The team plans to start training for indoor track.

On the women’s side, the Bulldogs brought eight runners to the meet. Marissa Banks placed the highest for the Bulldogs. She placed sixth with a time of 11:46.7. Following Banks, Maddie Lowe and Alyssa Lashway finished ninth and 10th running 11:56.2 and 12:01.2.

Banks says the team had only found out earlier that week that they were running this meet.

She said they all felt pretty relaxed before the meet because there was not a lot of pressure.

Banks was focused on running hard and having fun.

“I feel pretty good about it because it was my first time racing a two mile on the track,” Banks says. “The first lap was pretty fast, so I just tried to stay in the middle with my teammates. We worked together for the first few laps and we tried to pick it up for the last couple of laps.”

The women’s team placed second overall. The women’s next race will be regionals.

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Students discover acrobatic community with acroyoga ALLANA ANSBRO Contributing Writer

The White Stripes song, “We’re Going to Be Friends” plays in room 351 of the Sherrill Center. Laughter rings out from the room as students and instructors perform yoga.

Upon entering the dance studio, it becomes obvious this yoga class has a twist. Partners work together and form acrobatic yoga poses.

“Acroyoga is partner yoga involving a lot of partner acrobatics,” said Sydney McGary, acroyoga fitness instructor.

McGary said acroyoga consists of two types of acrobatics: solar and lunar. People interested in more challenging acro can try solar, while people interested for more therapeutic reasons can try lunar. McGary said she incorporates both types into her class to include both beginners and advanced students.

“The reason it’s also called acroyoga is because you basically are doing a lot of yoga poses, but you’re just sort of modifying them, you’re making them look different,” McGary said.

Although relatively new, acroyoga’s popularity grew rapidly in the past couple of years, McGary said.

Elisabeth Maillard, a biology student from Chapel Hill, said she tells people she’s an acrobat when asked about some of her favorite activities.

Maillard said she took a contemporary dance class in high school and learned aerial dance, which eventually led her to discovering acrobatics.

“This lovely woman came in and taught us aerial dance and it was terrifying because we were upside down and we had to let go and that was the scariest thing I had ever done. And then I let go and I didn’t want to climb out. I wanted to stay there forever,” Maillard said.

Soon enough, the Maillard said she discovered a nearby

circus school, The Flowjo, and started partner acro. Maillard continues to practice acro on campus in McGary’s class.

“Because I don’t like sports, I kind of discovered circus arts as a way of physical activity that I enjoy,” Maillard said. “It’s exciting. It’s fun. It releases endorphins in my brain.”

Anna Emslie, a political science student, rooms with Maillard. The roommates share a great deal in common. Both know French and live in the Chapel Hill area.

Although Emslie doesn’t attend acroyoga, she knows Maillard truly loves it.

“Whenever I hear about it, Elisabeth just seems excited,” Emslie said.

McGary said some of the names of acro poses include bird, high-flying whale, straddle bat, star and throne.

The bird pose involves one partner lying on their back, acting as a base. The other partner, the flyer, kneels at the feet of the base. The base then places the palms of their feet on the flyer’s hips.

The base grabs the flyer’s wrists and lifts them into the air by straightening their legs. The flyer balances from their hips on the base’s feet.

“In my teaching this class, it’s really primarily to empower people and to encourage people to expand outside of who they think they are or who they’ve been told that they are and really to just allow that identity to happen really naturally,” McGary said.

The class emits a strong sense of community and trust, something McGary said she works hard to achieve.

“It’s an open class. Sometimes we do stuff that’s complicated, but it’s like, hey if you can’t do this, try just that one,” Maillard said. “It’s all levels.

It’s interesting, it’s fun, it’s new, it’s different.”

In addition to teaching

Photo by Allana Ansbro - Contributor Elisabeth Maillard balances with Anna McKeen to complete a bird pose. The pair struggled with the pose when they first tried it, but after practicing, they finally got the hang of it.

acroyoga on campus McGary, a UNCA graduate, said she works at a wellness and retreat center in Marshall. She stays active in the community by teaching slacklining and other fitness classes. Like Maillard, she shares a love of circus arts.

“You end up using all of these muscles that you don’t normally use when you just lift weights

in the gym because the body is moving in space and so it’s all these different stabilization muscles and your core just becomes so much stronger,” McGary said.

Although McGary taught some acroyoga classes on campus last semester, this semester, is her first time offering a weekly acroyoga class in the Sherrill

Center. The class stays consistent in size with numerous students coming regularly.

“A lot of people are like, ‘I didn’t want to come because I didn’t have a partner.’ You don’t have to have a partner at all.

People just show up,” Maillard said.

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SPORTS stats

King/Diz

From page 2

By Harrison Slaughter, Sports Editor

Nathan Kirse runs for the Bulldogs at last Saturday’s meet.

Photo by Katie Gamble, Contributor

Volleyball

Men’s Soccer

Nov. 6 Presbyterian College UNC Asheville

Final 0 3

Nov. 4 Goals by Period UNC Asheville 2-2 Presbyterian College 1-0

Final 4 1

Nov. 7 Winthrop UNC Asheville

Final 0 3

Nov. 7 Goals by Period UNC Asheville 0-0 Campbell University 0-1

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men’s basketball Nov. 7 Brevard UNC Asheville

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Photo from WLOS King, right, and Diz, left, were dating for two years.

skewed his morals.”

Daylon Healy, 26, of Black Mountain, said he remembers meeting King and Diz through his job at Earthbound at the Asheville Mall.

“They were so kind and genuine; it was an easy friendship,” Healy said. “I offered all of my friends one wish for Christmas and they just wanted gay marriage to be legalized so they could live happily ever after.

They did not deserve what happened to them.”

Healy said there are rumors going around about the two girls being involved in a hypothetical drug transaction with the man who ended up brutally murdering them.

“Nobody deserves that, especially not two beautiful young girls whose greatest wish in life was to have a happy ending,” Healy said. “It doesn’t matter whether or not they smoked

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weed, nobody deserves that.”

Tipton, Taibi and Healy all asked that the link to the family’s end-of-life fundraiser be shared with the UNC Asheville community, and they encourage all to help out where they can.

Nicky White, the creator of the Launch of Light Memorial for Uhon, Alexandra and Tatianna event on Facebook said it is a silent memorial in which the entire community is invited to participate. Everyone is encouraged to bring a candle to light, as well as a marker to write comments on the lanterns.

“You don’t have to give a lot, but please give something.

If you are financially unable to give, please send prayers/love and light,” Taibi said.

“These girls brightened the lives of everyone they crossed paths with, and they believed in true love and happy endings,” Healy said.

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Section Editor: Larisa Karr lakarr@unca.edu

“Looking at Appalachia”

Photo courtesy of UNC Asheville News.

Photo of Carl Elijah Johnson sitting outside his home at Pisgah View Apartments by George Etheredge, featured in the “Looking at Appalachia” exhibit.

Photo exhibition illuminates diverse faces of Appalachia AUSTIN GUARISCO GUARISCO Contributing Writer

“Looking at Appalachia,” a group photography exhibition, opened at UNC Asheville’s S. Tucker Cooke Gallery Friday.

The show examines the nature of the line between photojournalism and fine art and has been lauded by publications such as The New York Times and National Geographic.

The exhibition is a national traveling collaboration of 75 photographs taken by 51 photographers, both amateur and

professional.

By inviting the viewer into the experiences and stories of the people of Appalachia, namely within southern New York to northeast Mississippi, the photographers said the audience might get a better understanding of the region.

Project director Roger May and his fellow photographers Pat Jarrett, Megan King, George Etheredge, current UNCA student, and Lou Murray, UNCA alumnus, held an artist talk for the audience at the opening re-

ception Friday.

The group discussed their inspiration, goals and story behind the conception of the project.

The photographers explained the importance of responsibility and experience inherent in each photograph’s story.

Eric Tomberlin, UNCA photography professor, said the democratizing power of photography in this country is a means of battling poverty and inequality.

The 75 photos depict extensive diversity in Appalachian culture. Each of the photog-

raphers had distinct styles for capturing the message of their subjects, but attendees said photography is best when the artist is involved with his or her subject, and the dynamism of that relationship shapes the work.

May, the founder of the project, discussed the inspiration of the exhibition.

“These images have often drawn from the poorest areas and people to gain support for the intended cause, but unjustly came to represent the entirety of the region while simultaneously

perpetuating stereotypes,” May said. “Drawing from a diverse population of photographers within the region, this new crowd-sourced image archive will serve as a reference that is defined by its people as opposed to political legislation.”

Sponsored by the department of art and art history, its Visiting Artist Committee and NEH professorship funds, “Looking at Appalachia” will be on exhibition until Nov. 17 at the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in Owen Hall.

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“I want to impact people in a different way”: How UNC Asheville police chief’s experience shapes his outlook toward the student body ALLIE BARDES

Contributing Writer

As soon as she smoked it, she knew it wasn’t crack cocaine.

So she whipped out a .357 and pointed it at his face.

It was a sting operation, and Eric Boyce was in the street as an undercover dealer.

But the undercover cop was lucky. He only got robbed. The convicted felon who robbed him eventually got 15 years in prison.

Boyce, UNC Asheville chief of police, said he learned a lot doing that type of work.

“I’ve always had kind of a calm, settled demeanor,” Boyce said, “and I was able to draw on some very important perspectives from life.”

He said it’s sad to see the power drugs can have over people. No sooner could he write a report for someone’s arrest than the person be right back in the street.

When Boyce started out in law enforcement, his goal was to help people.

As a rookie officer he was out beating doors, trying to get

people to join the neighborhood watch.

Boyce said it took effort, but he thought about the needs of the people and got it done.

His first project on the force was to create a club, a haven for underprivileged youth and public housing. It would be a safe place for kids to do homework, watch TV, or play video games.

And it was.

As he got older, he dealt with narcotics and street drugs. He said he has even been in shooting situations.

One night in Winston-Salem, Boyce said he was dispatched to a vehicular accident, where a veteran started shooting. When a fellow officer rolled up to the scene, he was shot and killed.

Boyce said that’s how a day on the force could go from normal to chaotic quickly. It can sometimes take a toll.

“We just need to manage our work and personal life,” he said.

“There has to be a balance.”

Boyce said it’s important to have hobbies. He likes to golf, ride motorcycles and watch socalled trainwreck TV. He finds shows like The Real House-

wives, Impractical Jokers, and World’s Dumbest hilarious.

Angela Young, UNCA telecommunicator supervisor, said Boyce is dependable, professional and exhibits integrity.

The chief has a way of being friendly yet serious.

Striking that balance, Boyce said some mistakes should be forgiven. Young people are learning, and often learn through their mistakes. He enjoys seeing students grow.

“We try to make it a progressive disciplinary process,” Boyce said, “so you get one more chance.”

He said his favorite part of the job is interacting with students and getting to know them.

Young said the chief is always having conversations with them.

Boyce said the reward is watching their progress. He gets to see which direction they choose to take, and become who they want to be.

“I want to impact people in a different way,” Boyce said. “That’s why I joined the University Police Department.”

Photo courtesy of UNC Asheville website Eric Boyce, in UNC Asheville blue, smiles for a headshot.

The Swedish perspective: Why socialism remains a hot topic AMALIE EMMA LINDQUIST DAVIDSEN

Contributing Writer

Amanda Holst goes to school for free.

The junior management student from Vaxjo, Sweden, said paying higher taxes provides social benefits to the Swedish people, allowing her to attend school without cost.

“There is more socialism in Sweden, and it’s more about updating the community, for example with the health care,” Holst said. “We have higher taxes in Sweden compared to here, so yeah, we go to school for free.”

In America, the International Socialist Organization is emphasizing the benefits of socialism, similar to what Holst said benefits her in Sweden.

The group fights for workers’ economic and political rights, as well as better economic rights for American college students.

Jessica Burroughs, a junior from Charlotte majoring in biology and a member of the Asheville Socialist Organization, said socialism benefits all people, and makes a lot of sense when

applied to society.

Burroughs said capitalism leaves millions of people in poverty while a tiny portion of the population enjoys fantastic wealth.

“For most socialists in general, we just think capitalism inherently is like an underlying cause to a lot of things in today’s society,” Burroughs said, “whether it’s about global warming, racism, sexism.”

Holst said capitalism has caused inequality between rich and poor people

in America.

“Poor people have to struggle much more,” Holst said. “If more people had same equal chances for education, more people could get a good job and a good minimum wage.”

Burroughs said more focus should be on how paying higher taxes would benefit society and the majority of its people.

“I think if you distributed the wealth evenly people would have a lot more money to begin with,” Burroughs said.

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Rocky Horror Picture Show HL

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Rocky Horror play excites beyond measure review

BECCA ANDREWS News Staff Writer randrew1@unca.edu

Rocky Horror Show seen live is less of a play and more of an experience, unlike any other. It begins before any of the actors hit the stage.

Upon entering the theater, ushers ask if this is your first time seeing Rocky Horror live. If yes, you are branded with a ‘v’ for virgin, drawn in red lipstick. Dancers circle the audience before the show starts, talking to the crowd and spraying them with whipped cream.

Once the show starts, in true Rocky Horror fashion, audience participation is encouraged, from responding to the actor’s lines, throwing things across the stage, to singing and dancing along. Bags of props, containing bubbles, confetti, squirt bottles, toilet paper and everything else needed to participate, are sold before the show for five dollars.

Rocky Horror was originally a stage play written by Richard O’Brien in 1973, and then later adapted into a movie in 1975.

Although not well received by critics, the movie quickly became a cult classic, with fans dressing up as the characters, acting out the parts and talking back to the movie.

The show had a brief revival on Broadway from 2000 to 2002.

The show follows a wholesome recently engaged couple, Brad and Janet. When their car breaks down in the rain they seek help

at a castle, the residence of Dr. Frank ‘n’ Furter, a “sweet transvestite” from Transylvania. Their arrival conveniently coincides with Frank ‘n’ Furter’s plan to unveil his latest experiment, creating a new man named Rocky. From there, Brad and Janet’s story gets wilder and wilder as they experience all Frank ‘n’ Furter’s castle has to offer.

Rocky Horror is deliberately and delightfully campy with a barely there plot and a catchy score of music, like a shamelessly sexual drag show musical paired with a 1950’s science fiction b-movie.

This performance, held in the masonic temple in downtown Asheville, was a version of the stage play. In true Rocky Horror fashion, audience participation is encouraged, from responding to the actors’ lines, singing and dancing along to throwing things across the stage.

This is where the bag of supplies comes into play. An experienced fan knows just when to throw what, but for the Rocky Horror “virgins,” a backup dancer held up a sign to signal what to use. During the scene where Brad and Janet run to the castle in the rain, the audience uses spray bottles filled with water to soak the actors and each other.

When Brad says “Great Scott!” everyone throws toilet paper, preferably Scott brand.

Normally an audience that talks over the actors’ lines and throws things at each other would be annoying and intolerable, but at Rocky Horror it is part of the magic. The show wouldn’t be nearly as fun without the audience’s witty and sometimes rude call-

outs. And it’s hilarious and oddly thrilling to be able throw confetti and toilet paper at actors and fellow audience members.

Everyone there is clearly enthusiastic, even if it is their first time. Excitement reaches a high just after one of the most popular songs “Time Warp.” Frank ‘n’ Furter appears for the first time in his classic corset, fishnet stockings and heels to perform “Sweet Transvestite.” The vibe is similar to being at a concert, surrounded by people singing along to their favorite song.

Seeing it live allows for the actors to even talk back to the audience, outside of the script, making for some of the most funny and unique moments.

Just after the “Great Scott!” scene, Frank ‘n’ Furter launches into a long speech. People in the audience were still throwing toilet paper back and forth. One roll whizzed too close past the actor’s face, causing him to stomp forward in his heels to pick up the toilet paper, point at the audience member in fault and say, “You, after class.” He then continued seamlessly with his monologue.

Despite being a relatively small production, the show paid homage to the cult classic that took the ’70s and ’80s by storm. Its release was originally coupled with shock at its openly trans characters and sexual content. Although this performance’s content is not as shocking as it might have been 40 years ago, it was every bit as funny, sexual and campy as the original. And the audience’s participation was just as entertaining.

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Henry Louis Gates phenotype,” Gates said, “how someone who looked so white could be my grandpa?”

With his parents help, Gates said he then began a mission to discover where he came from.

In the ’70s, Gates said the TV show Roots further stimulated his interest in heritage. For a black person, tracing genealogy could only go so far. To find out what African tribe he had descended from was an amazing discovery, and when a Harvard professor offered to do just that, Gates said he jumped at the opportunity.

After that, Gates said he com-

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bined his love of genealogy with the DNA tracing to chart the ancestry of prominent black people. With the help of famous connections, namely Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey, and corporate sponsors like Coca-Cola, Gates was able to produce his series for PBS. Deborah Miles, director of the CDE, concluded the talks and urged the audience to consider the effects they make on the community regarding inclusion and diversity.

Thomas Priester, outreach worker at Buncombe County schools, member of Hall Fletch-

er PTO and Racial Equity committee, said he was surprised by some of Gates’ research results.

Gates described the common myth in black families attributing straight hair and high cheekbones to Native American ancestry, then showed DNA numbers to dispute that claim.

The straight hair actually came from white ancestry, which is much more common than Native American influence. This, Priester said, was something he had been told about his family as well.

“Also, the fact that one in three black men in America

Henry Louis Gates describes how big his afro was in college at the speech on Thursday.

descended from a white man,” Priester said. “I was surprised to hear that.”

Lisa Smith, a medication aide at Givens Estates, said she had watched Gates’ documentaries in the past. She was interested to come to the event and hear what Gates would talk about beyond his documentary topics.

“It was interesting that that he gave the story of how he got involved in it and how other people can find their own history,” Smith said.

Smith said she is interested in genealogy and would like to learn more about her ancestry,

but since she was adopted, it is difficult.

Priester said the cost of investigating heritage can be an obstacle for people who don’t have affluent friends, as Gates does. He hopes to learn more so he can share stories with his children about where they came from.

While contributing to the black community via ancestry studies, Gates emphasized using intellect and knowledge to inspire others.

“I know the electricity,” Gates said, “that you get when you find your ancestors.”

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under the age of 25 than cars in 2015.

Gun homicides, suicides and accidents account for more deaths among young people ages 15 to 24 than any other cause of death except motor vehicle accidents according to the report.

“The senseless loss of human life is always a tragedy,” Cox said.

Rudy Beharrysingh, director of Parsons math lab, said he is astounded at the lack of governmental response to school shootings.

“If the slaughtering of innocent children is not enough for State and Federal legislatures to enact stricter gun controls, then nothing will budge our lawmakers,” Beharrysingh said.

Beharrysingh said the data shows nations that have strict gun control laws have fewer deaths from violent crime.

He has lived in London and Canada.

“Pointless cold-blooded killing is becoming so commonplace across American campuses that we are becoming numb to it. But, in reality, these mass shootings on college campuses and elsewhere are forms of domestic terrorism,” he said.

Data is not necessary, he said, just common sense.

“It is much harder to kill a bunch of people swinging a knife,” he said.

“Arming everyone to the hilt just makes a more fearful and chaotic society. Re-

Immigration way around, under or through a wall.

In a Gallup poll, 58 percent of adults said they would vote for a candidate who viewed immigration as an important factor.

The Latino vote will comprise of over 27 million people in the 2016 election. With that increase, the topic of immigration reform becomes more im-

mind me not to apply to a Texas school.”

In June, Texas lawmakers caused controversy when they passed a bill allowing concealed guns to be carried on public college campuses beginning in August 2016. Texas will be one of eight states, along with Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

“In reality, weapons manufacturers are making out like bandits as we succumb to pro-gun lobbyists, while innocent victims and their families pay the price,” Beharrysingh said.

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portant, according to the Center for American Progress.

Borges spoke about the Latino vote and its rising influence.

“In the near future, the WASP vote is going to be outnumbered,” Borges said. “Okay, maybe not outnumbered, but the Latino vote is going to have much more influence than it does now.”

Haschke said Trump and the GOP are trying the best they can to make everyone believe illegal immigrants, including children and teenagers, are a greater problem than they are.

An assignment at Erwin High School recently sparked an argument between the school and the Hispanic community.

The assignment involved civ-

ics students creating bumper stickers stating their opinions toward immigration through slogans.

Some of the designs displayed remarks expressing offensive statements geared toward the Hispanic community. These included demands like, “Go home,” “Kick out the brown” and “Send the illegals

back.”

Elizabeth Ford-Ferguson, an AP politics teacher at T.C. Roberson High School, said immigration is a problem that needs addressing in schools in a more palatable way.

“To not talk about it, not discuss it, not to bring it up in the classroom is to kind of deny its existence,” Ferguson said.

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Arts & Features Anne Jansen influences UNCA with new US ethnic studies minor

Falconry:

Giving participants solace and a peaceful state of mind

ELIZABETH WALKER Contributor

Not many people know exactly what they want to be when growing up, but Anne Jansen clearly remembers the moment that ultimately changed her career path.

“It took me a long time in high school to figure it out,” said Jansen, assistant professor of literature and language.

“I originally thought I was going to go to college to major in math and teach math, and it wasn’t until my senior year in high school when we read Macbeth and we had to act out scenes from it that I realized English was an option.”

After taking a few college math courses and figuring out teaching math wasn’t for her, Jansen said she ultimately chose English.

“I decided that for me, what inspires me and also what keeps me on my toes is the conversation,” said Jansen, a self-proclaimed extrovert. “With math, I could see myself being an instructor, but not necessarily having time to have conversations and to engage with the students.”

Working with fellow faculty members Sarah Judson and Trey Adcock, Jansen successfully introduced a new minor, U.S. ethnic studies, to UNC Asheville. According to the university registrar, the minor will focus on examining the experiences of people of color within the United States.

“It’s been a collaborative effort. I was the one who put to-

Photo courtesy of Curtis Wright Outfitters

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Anne Jansen

gether the paperwork, got the signatures and did the administrative work, but it arose out of a lot of conversations with faculty across campus my first year here, because it was something that I thought there might be room for,” Jansen said.

Faculty members from across the departments met with Jansen and decided to make the overlap in topics an official minor, with Jansen as the face of the initiative. Jansen said the program will kick off this spring, with Jansen teaching the intro to U.S. ethnic studies course.

“It’s a five-course minor, and one of those courses has to be the intro course. We’ve divided the courses into three different categories,” Jansen said. “One is arts and culture, that’s where you’ll have your arts courses, music courses, literature courses. One is history and politics, so political science courses, history courses. And then power and institution, so I know a lot of religious studies courses fall under there. It’s drawing from Read more on page 18

Jeff Curtis, a licensed falconer, said he encourages adults and children to experience the therapeutic aspect of interacting with birds of prey.

“It’s stress-reducing, being outdoors with the birds. You have this connection and you have to be engaged. It’s a trust exercise between human and bird,” Curtis said.

As part of a rehabilitation club for birds in his freshman year of college, Curtis said he knew that working with birds of prey was in his future.

“I went to my university library and started reading books on falconry,” Curtis said. “I thought that’d be the coolest thing to get into. Finally, life came around and here I am teaching schools on falconry.”

The Pisgah Field School will offer a glimpse into falconry later this month with Curtis as the teacher.

“We usually have an educational PowerPoint set up for the participants. Afterward, we go to a clearing in the forest and let people handle and fly the birds. However, we don’t go full out with the sport as far as actual hunting goes,” Curtis said.

Curtis and his business partner, Carlton Wright, own Curtis

Wright Outfitters in downtown Weaverville. There, Curtis said he offers classes through his falconry school.

“I have two licenses, one being a falconer, and the other a federal permit to teach schools on falconry. Participants come to my house and we practice using equipment and flying my hawks,” Curtis said.

Curtis said getting a falconry license requires a lengthy process that involves learning how to take proper care of the birds, along with ethics relating to the sport itself.

“When falconry first came about, the sport wasn’t well regulated. People didn’t have the proper training when flying the birds. Basic skills of conservation came to be required of anyone wanting to be licensed in the sport,” Curtis said.

The sport’s gaining popularity in the U.S., said Curtis, but remains prominent in mid-eastern Europe where the sport originated.

Naomi Montes, 23, recent graduate of UNC Wilmington and filmmaker in Los Angeles, said she’s been involved with falconry while shooting documentaries.

“My group and I were exploring ideas for a documentary on outdoor sports in upstate California. Someone pitched

the idea of covering falconry,” Montes said. “When I arrived on location with the birds, it was unsettling to see muzzles on their beaks.”

The filmmaker said the falconers keep the birds of prey in cages until it’s time to hunt.

“The thought of someone controlling these animals for sport is confusing. The sport seems to be exploiting for game,” Montes said. “The reasoning behind it doesn’t make much sense.”

Adam DeWitte, coordinator of The Pisgah Field School, said the falconry program brings families out for a full day of fun.

“There will be both a falconry demonstration for Forest Festival Day and a private PFS program where the participants get to actually hold the hawks and fly them,” Dewitte said.

Dewitte said the cost of the private program is $60 per person, but admission to the Forest Festival Day event to witness just the flying demonstration is $6 per person.

“Our Pisgah Field School connects with local falconer Jeff Curtis with Curtis-Wright Falconry to conduct the public falconry programs up at the Cradle of Forestry Historic Site. It’s strictly a private event and organization ran by them,” DeWitte said.

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Spellings quality of life here.”

The future UNC system president emphasized the importance of making higher education affordable and accessible to all students.

“Today in our country, we are far short of achieving this, especially for our poor and minority communities,” Spellings said.

“We must continue to excel at research, scholarship, public service and innovation, and we must close the achievement gap at all levels. We can, and must, do both.”

Terry Van Duyn, North Carolina Senator for District 49 in Buncombe County, said she hopes there will be no direct effect by Spellings’ anti-gay position on LGBT+ university students.

“I believe she is much too politically astute to want to make sexual orientation an issue, and more importantly, I believe our university students won’t stand for it,” Van Duyn said.

Spellings’ willingness to

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censor public television over the issue of gender equality is precisely why she was chosen, Van Duyn said.

“North Carolina is frighteningly out of balance,” she said.

“The governor, the legislature and the governing boards they have put in place are fiercely pursuing a vision for North Carolina that is driven by narrow ideology, and that ideology threatens academic freedom.”

Van Duyn said she is most concerned Spellings will be an advocate for the ideologues that hired her rather than the UNC system.

“The legislature is not living up to its responsibility under the constitution, to ‘provide that the benefits of the university, as far as practicable, is extended to the youth of the state free of expense for tuition,’” Van Duyn said. “The legislature controls the budget for the UNC system, and they are not making the investments needed to sustain, let alone, nurture it.”

Anna Hitrova, political science student at the UNC Asheville and communications coordinator for Van Duyn said she wasn’t shocked to hear of Spellings’ election.

“The board was pushing for her and fighting with the general assembly about it,” Hitrova said. “It wasn’t a surprise, especially knowing the general assembly elected very conservative members to the board.”

Hitrova said she believes the UNC system already had a very qualified president in Ross and disagrees with his removal.

“I’m very worried about the future of the UNC system and the state of North Carolina in general,” Hitrova said. “She’s just a reflection of a greater problem I think is occurring.”

Hitrova said she recommends students write to their state legislators to express their concerns, remain informed on what is happening and, most importantly, vote.

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College time, but I honestly love learning from the textbook over the hands-on approach because it is a structurally set resource that’s easy to rely on,” Burris said.

Burris does not have a job other than her full-time commitment to school, but she said outside distractions have a way of finding her.

“When I see my friends going out and having fun, this distracts me from my school work. Sometimes, I’ll even join them for a night out. The

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social pressure is real,” she said.

Burris said she tries practicing mental techniques to aid her studying habits.

“There are many outside influences that can make or break a student’s academic progress,” Rizzo said. “However, if school work is spaced out on a daily schedule, this can help anyone wanting to pursue an education. You’ve got to learn time management.

It, in itself, is a valuable resource.”

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Jansen courses across the university.”

Jansen said her official area of expertise is U.S. ethnic literatures, so she carves out a niche for classes with topics that otherwise wouldn’t be available on campus. Classes include ethnic literature: science fiction, postcolonial literature: magical realism and the postcolonial novel and postcolonial literature: literatures of Oceania.

“I could look at just African-American literature or just American Indian literature, but I don’t. Instead I look across regional and cultural lines to see if there are productive connections or significant disparities that we can learn something from,” Jansen said. “So with those courses, instead of focusing on one particular group, which is a different approach, instead of just focusing that way, I’ve been choosing genres.”

Jansen said she remains constantly inspired by both the students, faculty and the commitment to teaching she sees at UNCA. In turn, students say she has become an integral part of UNCA’s literature and language department.

“She’s a really good teach-

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er. Her teaching style was very conversation based, but yet was organized,” said Caroline Kelly, a student who took Jansen’s LANG 120 class last fall.

A poster of Han Solo trapped in carbonite, a map of literary places from various books and rows of unicorns decorate Jansen’s office. A Batman figurine stands on one shelf, while copies of books accompany it on the other side. Color bursts in the room in different places, showing off Jansen’s spirit.

Jansen said she strives to motivate her students, and her students at UNCA rise to that challenge.

“One of the big things I want students to take away is the ability to think critically about the world around them,” Jansen said. “To not just read books and consume them and think, ‘Well, that was nice,’ but to really think about how were the different portrayals functioning. Books don’t come out of a vacuum, they come out of our culture, and what do they reflect about our culture?”

Jansen said while on a visit to Raleigh to see relatives, a stop in Asheville with her husband turned into moving to the city

almost two years later.

“I loved it. I grew up in the mountains, so there was that, but also part of it was just there’s something about Asheville that reminds me of Santa Barbara when I grew up there,” said Jansen, who was born and raised in the Santa Ynez Valley.

“There was a lot of indie business, there was a certain kind of outdoorsy culture that was really prevalent, and so the two cities have seemed very similar to me. In that way it really has felt like home.”

When she saw a job opening, Jansen said she couldn’t apply fast enough.

“I’m a really strong believer in public education, and I always loved the idea of small liberal arts colleges, but I didn’t know that there were such things as public small liberal arts colleges,” said Jansen, who attended larger colleges.

“So when I found that out I got really excited, because UNCA brings together two things I really believe in.”

After visiting the campus, Jansen said she began teaching in the fall of 2013.

Merritt Moseley, professor and department chair of litera-

ture and language, said it was an easy choice to pick Jansen as their next professor.

“Her teaching demonstration was excellent. That’s a tough thing to do, because you’re under a good bit of pressure and a lot of people don’t do it very well at all,” Moseley said. “Her chat, something we call a job talk, where you talk to members of the department about your scholarly activities and so on, was impressive. And basically we really liked her.”

Jansen said her mom still teases her about how much she loved school growing up.

“I was that kid who would cry when the school year ended,” Jansen said.

Jansen said her childhood was idyllic, with lots of reading, painting, ballet and outdoors activities.

“I would read with my parents. It wasn’t just picture books, but when I got old enough we would hang out in the living room or the backyard and read our books near each other,” Jansen said. “You could stop in the middle and be like, ‘Oh my gosh, this cool thing is happening.’ So it was an interesting interactive but individual

thing.”

Jansen remains clearly in tune with her childhood, and she doesn’t deny it either.

“The nerdiness hasn’t gone away, but that’s fine. I’ve embraced it,” she said. “I’ve always been into sci-fi. I’m actually at the point where a lot of my work does look at fantasy and sci-fi, and I do look at comics at times. So I have started to think about the possibility of presenting at Comic-Con. I would not be opposed to presenting at a con and then cosplaying.”

While Jansen has many hobbies and interests outside of academia, she said there remains one thing that truly drives her at the end of the day.

“Super broad strokes and starry-eyed idealism, it’s helping people. Whether that’s helping people intellectually with their goals and professional ideas, or whether that’s letting students come in and lean on me for other emotional things they have going on,” Jansen said. “I like to be there for people, so that’s been a big motivator for getting into a profession like this.

Sometimes it’s exhausting, but it’s always worth it.”

About the ethnic studies minor: The U.S. Ethnic Studies minor allows students to approach the study of race and ethnicity in the United States from multiple perspectives in order to gain a broad foundational knowledge of the field. The curriculum investigates the role of community, history, and politics on racial identity and the experience of race and ethnicity in the historical and contemporary United States, often connecting local and domestic issues with their larger global contexts.

The interdisciplinary nature of the minor is consistent with the nature of the field of Ethnic Studies and facilitates a holistic approach to the study of race and ethnicity. Courses focus on issues around race in three thematic categories: Arts and Culture, History and Politics, and Power and Institutions.

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NC climate activist gets worldwide attention

LEE ELLIOTT Contributor Sitting at a table in High Five Coffee Bar near downtown Asheville, Anna Jane Joyner sips a cider and looks around the room. To other patrons, she seems to be just a person enjoying the warmth and shelter of the cafe on a rainy day, but to many in the environmental movement, Joyner represents the new wave of rock star green activist.

The daughter of a famous pastor in a conservative Christian household, Joyner grew up in the church, and did not care much for the environment. One of five children, her father, Rick, made his name as an evangelical faith leader who took over televangelist Jim Bakker’s ministry in Charlotte after Bakker resigned due to a sex scandal and was later sentenced to jail time for his role in a housing fraud scheme.

Although she was born in the mountains of Wilkesboro, and spent a lot of time outdoors in her youth, Joyner said she never thought about the negative human impact on the planet until she traveled to New Zealand to study abroad while enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill.

When in New Zealand, she said she lived and worked with people more progressively-minded than any she had previously met in her life, and it influenced her mentality and politics. Prior to her study abroad, Joyner was a dedicated sorority member and registered Republican, but after she made it back stateside, she found a different calling.

“I was a Young Republican in high school, but I had never voted in a presidential election,” Joyner said.

When she got to the U.S. in 2004, the presidential election was underway and Joyner’s first impulse was to vote a straight Republican ticket.

Upon talking to her new friends from New Zealand, they found out her intentions and begged her not to vote for George W. Bush.

“I actually did some research on the issues and found out I was a Democrat,” Joyner said.

She was particularly interested in the partisan divide over environmental issues, and it was the deciding factor in her political shift.

She enrolled in an ecology class because it fit with her schedule. As she started to learn the basics of environmental science, she said it piqued her interest. She changed to a double major in mass communication and environmental studies.

Joyner said the Abrahamic religions have scrip-

tural mandates to care for the environment, yet religious groups are often unlikely to support environmental causes due to the politicization of climate change. That became her life’s mission, she said, to change the ecological mindset of the Christian community worldwide.

After college, Joyner said she found employment at a Minnesota-based Christian environmental firm called Renewal, where she was able to work remotely and live with her sister in Black Mountain. There, she honed her communication skills while working with Christian schools around the nation.

“It was a huge learning moment. I pretty much didn’t know what I was doing when I got there,” Joyner said. “I learned so much in my time at Renewal. It was like another four years in school.”

Now residing in New York City, Joyner works as a campaign strategist for Purpose, an Ikea-funded nonprofit dedicated to positive societal change. At Purpose, Joyner said she runs their efforts to get Christian students involved with the environmental movement.

Because of her efforts and her famous father, she gained acclaim. Rolling Stone magazine ran a profile twice in the past year, and Showtime documented her relationship with her father in an episode of their climate change miniseries, The Years of Living Dangerously.

When the pope went on his American tour this past year, Joyner, among several others got the chance to speak to the thousands in attendance at the pope’s Washington, D.C., stop.

Aside from inspiring a new generation of faithbased environmentalists, Joyner also inspires her family. Her father became a convert to the climate change cause, and Joyner’s sister, Aaryn, went to school at Montreat College said she followed became active in the environmental movement as well.

“She has worked incredibly hard to inspire awareness and solution-minded conversation on climate change,” Aaryn Joyner said. “She has inspired me more than anyone.”

Her youngest brother, Sam, said he recently graduated from the Penland School of Crafts and resides in Asheville, making a living as a potter. He said his sister’s willingness to follow her dreams is motivation to follow his.

“It is no surprise that she has been so successful, her heart is really in it,” Sam Joyner said.

Photo courtesy of Joyner’s Twitter account Anna Jane Joyner is a nationally-renowned activist.

“It was a huge learning moment, I pretty much didn’t know what I was doing when I got there,” Joyner said. “I learned so much in my time at Renewal, it was like another four years in school.”

Anna Jane Joyner

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horoscopes

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This year, instead of jumping into the whole holiday prep scene, move in a little at a time. You’ll appreciate the sense of control you’re more likely to enjoy.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The separation between the Bovine’s head and heart is never as far apart as it seems. Both senses work best when they come out of logic and honesty.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The best way to keep those pre-holiday pressures under control is to just say no to taking on new tasks while you’re still trying to work with a heap of others.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) News means a change might be on its way, but what does it hold? Don’t just ask questions; make sure you get answers you can trust.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Old friends and new have one thing in common: Both your longtime and newly minted pals have much wisdom to impart.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) With time running out, this is a good time for you to show ‘em all what those Virgo super-organizational skills can do.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Librans and holidays are made for each other, especially if children and animals are going to be part of your joyous season.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Time is getting too short to allow a spat to taint the holiday season.

Restart your relationship and reschedule holiday fun times.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Seeking advice is laudable. You might learn far more than you thought you could. Stay with it.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Continuing to assess changes works toward your getting your new project up and ready. Trusted colleagues remain ready to help.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) That new situation needs a lot of attention, but it’s worth it. This is a very good time for you to involve the arts in what you do.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) It might be a good idea to slow your hectic holiday pace so that you don’t rush past what — or who — you’re hoping to rush toward.

BORN THIS WEEK: Others pick up on your confidence in yourself, which inspires them to believe in you and your special gifts. © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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from last week's games

Hey, beautiful people of UNC Asheville! Do you have a passion for writing, designing, taking photographs, sharing impactful images and ideas with the world? Or even a budding interest? If so, the staff of your student newspaper, The Blue Banner, would love to have you join us! We are revamping The Banner this year, and we are looking for contributions in all forms and of all interests -- politics and economics, arts and features, sports, opinion/commentary, reviews, photo journalism, visual artworks, graphic design work, comics and political/editorial cartoons, multimedia content, science and environmental journalism, etc.

If you’re interested, contact Timbi at jshephe3@unca.edu

German corner About the Germans, in German, for our German students.

By Jana Mader, Professor of German, Department of Modern Languages and Literature

Folge 20: Das Mitbringsel Wer jemanden besucht, kommt besser nicht mit leeren Händen, denn das wäre unhöflich. Gastgeschenke, auch Mitbringsel genannt, sind bei privaten Einladungen in Deutschland üblich. Mitgebracht werden zum Beispiel Schokolade oder ein Blumenstrauß. Ein Mitbringsel kann aber auch ein Souvenir aus dem Urlaub sein Hierbei handelt es sich dann häufig um etwas Landestypisches. Auch Tassen, T-Shirts oder ein Schlüsselanhänger mit dem Namen des besuchten Ortes oder einem Foto sind beliebte Mitbringsel. Beliebte Mitbringsel aus Deutschland sind regionale Souvenirs: Ein Minidom aus Köln, eine Stadtmusikanten-Figur von einem Bremer, ein Teddy mit Lederhosen und Bierkrug aus Bayern, ein Stück Berliner Mauer oder ein Ampelmännchen aus Berlin.

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OPINION

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Section Editor: June Bunch kbunch@unca.edu

Ghosts of Christmas Past ROAN FARB

Asst. Opinion Editor rfarb@unca.edu

There isn’t always a reason for the way things are.

Frequently, I think we tend to overlook the context behind a situation, and rather find some comfort in living as if everything were simply black-and-white.

I grew up in a town called Cresskill, New Jersey.

When I was quite young, I didn’t remember my father being home much. He would work long hours and then come home shortly before we went to bed.

My mother chose to stay home to raise my sister and me, and the older I get, the happier I am she made that decision.

I don’t think I’d have the same personality if she had chosen to return to work.

As I climbed higher up the elementary school food chain, my father was around more.

My earliest memory of financial issues permeated our household when I was around seven or eight years old.

I remember falling to the ground and sobbing, I mean, really bawling and carrying on, as many kids did when their wishes weren’t flawlessly fulfilled.

American culture does a great job of painting our parents as these wish-granting figures when we’re young.

I was freaking out at my mom because we didn’t rejoin the town pool. It was more money than it was worth for us to buy three or four passes.

I didn’t know how expensive a pool pass could be at my age, I just knew I’d be one of the only kids who wouldn’t be doing much swimming that summer.

You see, I loved to swim when I was little, and in the summer, almost every kid I went to school with could be found at the town pool.

It was kind of a place for kids to keep in touch between school years, and it really frightened me to not have that at my disposal. How would I maintain any sort of friendships I’d built?

Fast-forward a bit to age nine. We had to shower at my grandma’s one night.

I remember piling into the car and saying it was dumb to drive all the way over to grandma’s house to use something we had at our house.

I was too young to realize our water had been turned off.

All of a sudden, at age 12, I’m being teased for the way my clothes look in school because I guess I wore a fair bit of hand-me-downs.

I remember coming home and again, bursting into tears, tearing into my mom because we didn’t have money for me to look cool enough for kids at school to leave me alone.

Then came the age of the flip-phone and I was handed a Virgin Mobile hand-grenade instead.

Kids at school thought it was hilarious, me walking around with the word “Virgin” on my phone, and that was something that went on for the next three or four years.

That was always something my sister and I were teased about a lot growing up — not having the ludicrously expensive, slightly less hideous Verizon models.

I was nearing an age where I could, at the very least, wrap my head around how finances worked in the world, and that’s when the teasing really started to feel shitty.

It wasn’t just kids who were making fun of me — that would have been fine — it became this micro-exchange of my peers making me feel like my parents were inferior to theirs.

And I suspect that said more about society than it did about those particular children.

Photo courtesy of Roan Farb - Opinion Asst. Editor Roan Farb of yesteryear celebrates the holidays with his family.

It turned me into a beast at home, constantly reliving this cycle of materialistic ideals.

As I aged, the teasing got more and more ferocious, kids started making fun of me when my shoes looked too old, when I didn’t get the new video-game console, the new phone, the new trend of the season.

And that turned situations where I was teased for not “keeping up with Joneses”

effectively enough into this damaging, pack-mentality driven defense system for me.

I would come home from school, and I’d be so mad at my parents for the criticism they’d received in their absence.

I was stuck in this vicious cycle of getting hit with two waves of embarrassment.

I was too young to understand that a Read more on next page

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Photos by Becca Andrews - News Writer

Students gather for an engineering conference on Friday.

Engineering

From page 4

their questions off the Lominger questions, he said.

“Focus on what you have to bring to the company,” Loesser said, “as opposed to what this job can do for your career.”

Josh Karpen, a sales application engineer for TMEIC, also weighed in on the subject of interviewing.

“The biggest problem is people not giving enough of an answer. I go into an interview with a list of questions, it’s the same for everybody, it’s about 14 pages,” said Karpen, a 2008 alumnus. “You don’t want me to get through all 14, some of them are really tough questions. If I give you an opening

I want you to talk about yourself.”

Following up after an interview is also important.

“If you don’t follow up, most companies will forget about you. Because you didn’t take the extra incentive to be out there,” Peeples said. “When I interviewed for my job I was really persistent. I emailed them again, I talked to one of the guys in person and I really tried to get myself out there.”

Hallie Sheaffer, another former UNCA student, advised being confident, even when feeling nervous.

“The way I do that is ’80s music,” Sheaffer said. “I put it

on the car radio and I sing as loud as I can. It’s important to go in feeling confident.”

Sheaffer spoke about how to act when negotiating a job offer. She said she recommends waiting for them to offer a number first. Upon receiving the offer, don’t immediately accept, she said, most places expect some negotiation and this can allow for a better deal.

Once hired, she said not to become lazy.

“There is no such thing as job security, always do your best. You can assume your job will be there next year,” Sheaffer said. “You need to work like somebody who if they

Ghosts of Christmas Past lot of my peers were focused on things they owned because their home life was in the middle of utter chaos.

I didn’t really understand how many of my friends with the new Nintendo DS or phone were often being handed a distraction from the divorce unfolding in front of them every night.

And that didn’t mean all

my wealthy friends had shitty home-lives — they didn’t.

But I knew it was a hell of a lot easier to give a kid a present they just saw in the TV ad than to explain as a parent why you no longer loved their father.

When I was 14, my parents had to sell our house. We couldn’t afford to stay in New Jersey anymore.

That was the feather that

don’t do their best, might lose their job.”

Patrick Herron, a 2012 alumnus, also spoke about life after getting a job. Being open to new things, relying on other people and balancing work are key to success, he said.

“You are going to have money you didn’t have before, you’re going to get a paycheck and you are going to say, ‘That is awesome! I can spend it on whatever I want,’” Herron said. “But you need to be smart about how you use your money.”

Herron said keeping paper files of all records and documents as well as budgeting

carefully is important.

The event allowed current students to get advice from those in the industry as well as meet potential employers.

The goal of future events similar to this one is more alumni involvement, as well as more company presence for networking, Karpen said.

“We are starting an engineering alumni advisory board, and I’m the chair, and also the only member. Although I have just recruited some people,” Karpen said. “I want to bring more of the alumni back. There’s definite huge chunks of alumni years that are not represented at all.”

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broke the camel’s back for me.

For years after, I threw the fact that money had kicked us out of our hometown in my parents’ faces where and whenever I saw an opportunity.

I was so, so angry.

How could they do this to me? How could they consciously decide to have kids and then have to cash in our house to keep on going? Who

was steering this ship?

I never thought about how it must have felt for my parents, selling the house they’d lived in since their marriage, the place they’d lived for nearly two damn decades.

I could go on and on about how money has influenced my reality, how I’ve vindictively put my parents down for not being able to throw money at

my problems, but I think I’ve finally figured out how to say what I’ve been trying to this entire time: I’m 20 years old, and there are things I’ve said on Christmas that have put tears in my mother’s eyes. And I’ll never get a chance to take any of it back.

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