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Photo by Josh Alexander Members of the Divestment Coalition meet in front of Ramsey Library before marching to Phillips Hall to present their case for breaking up with fossil fuels to Chancellor Mary Grant.

"Whose side are you on, our chancellor, whose side are you on?" Divestment Coalition demands that UNCA divest from fossil fuels JOSH ALEXANDER News Staff Writer jalexan1@unca.edu

he UNC Asheville Divestment Coalition demanded to know on which side the chancellor was on in the ongoing fossil fuel divestment debate. On Friday, more than a dozen students marched to Phillips Hall in an organized protest against the university’s continued investment in fossil fuels. Ashleigh “Rainbow” Hillen, divestment coalition member and a senior environmental policy student, said the entire UNC system has a $4 billion endowment invested in various forms of fossil fuel energy. “We can’t just divest our money,” Hillen said. “We need

to pull all the money.” The Divestment Coalition set up a booth in Ramsey Library on Thursday, where students were encouraged to write “break-up” valentines to UNCA Chancellor Mary Grant. The authors of the valentines asked the chancellor to break up with fossil fuels, in honor of the upcoming Valentine’s Day weekend. Hillen said the creative approach helped catch the attention of the students who walked by. Echo Bennink, a senior sociology student, was one of the students who wrote a valentine to the chancellor. Bennink wrote the valentine because she said she believes reliance on fossil fuels is destroying the planet. She said she supports the divestment coalition because of

their constant engagement in the issue. “Their activity gives strength to their cause,” Bennink said. The Divestment Coalition plans to expand even after their senior leaders graduate. Gardner Goodall, a divestment coalition member and senior environmental studies student, said the Divestment Coalition has been actively trying to reach freshmen, as well as to inform the campus community to motivate more involvement. He said it is going to take more people to make a change. “There is something we can do,” Goodall said. Erin Bridges, senior environmental studies student and coalition member, said the campus is mellow about activism. She

said the activist community has struggled to gain enthusiasm, but people respond more when they learn the university administration has not taken a stance on the issue of divestment. “People in classes get excited about radical ideas,” Bridges said, “but when you get out on campus to have a discussion, people don’t know how to proceed.” Bridges said more visibility is needed to increase campus participation. Ultimately, she said, climate change will affect all of us. “We are going to ask the chancellor, ‘Are you on the side of the students or the side of destruction?’” Bridges said. Hillen said the entire sysRead more on page 7

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Couple’s $5 million donation helps train students for workforce BRANDON PRIESTER

Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Reuter Center 102 World Affairs Council Noon, Karpen 139 The Cleric and the Storyteller: Khomeini’s Fatwa and Rushdie’s Satanic Verses Wednesday 9 a.m., Owen Hall 101 Virginia Derryberry Exhibition Opening 7 p.m., Highsmith Union 143 Grotto Film Screening: Midnight’s Children Thursday 7 p.m., Sherrill Center 321 Salman Rushdie Lecture Friday 5 p.m., Owen Hall 101 John Rudel’s Gallery Talk Lecture 6 p.m., Owen Hall 201 Larkin Ford: Under the Sink Opening Reception 8 p.m., Highsmith Union 143 Grotto FNF: Straight Outta Compton Saturday 8 p.m., Highsmith Union 143 Grotto UP Sock Hop Sunday 8 a.m., Highsmith Union Equipment Rental for Campus Recreation Conference Monday 6:30 p.m., Highsmith Union 104 Monday Night CONNECT

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A $5 million donation by Jack and Carolyn Ferguson purchases training equipment for students enrolled in Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s allied health programs, said Sue Olesiuk, executive director of college advancement at A-B Tech., “The money provided simulation devices for student practice,” Olesiuk said . “We couldn't have that state of the art equipment without those extra dollars from the Fergusons.”. Olesiuk said the donation comes in installments. “Their most recent gift was almost three years ago — a very generous gift of $5 million over five years, a million each year,” Olesiuk said. Students are excited to attend class in such a state of the art facility, said Vanessa Harris, student and president of A-B Tech Medical Assisting Club. “Having a clinical area that meets every standard of the medical atmosphere is very vital for my career,” Harris said. Students admire and appreciate the Fergusons’ dedication

to A-B Tech and their students, Harris said. “I hope that Jack and Carolyn Ferguson know how much they are admired from so many of us, and not even knowing them personally,” Harris said. “With their aid and love for A-B Tech, this new building will truly make learning and teaching more enjoyable and fun for all of us.” Education drives the economy, according to Jack Ferguson, Candler native and local philanthropist. “Each individual using their brainpower to develop their part of the economy is the only way that we can succeed, not only for our generation but for the generations to come,” Ferguson said. “As we improve and learn more, the next group will come along and they’ll advance even more.” Philanthropy plays a vital role in community growth, Ferguson said. “To help people in general is the main thing we all need to do; that's something that's good for everybody,” Ferguson said. Education is the best gift one can give, his wife Carolyn Fer-

Jack and Carolyn Ferguson

guson said. “We can help somebody go to school. That’s what's important to me. What a person learns cannot be taken from them,” she said. Supporters gathered to witness the dedication of A-B Tech’s Allied Health and Workforce Development Center on Dec. 2, Olesiuk said. “The event recognized their contribution and the dedication of the building to Jack and Carolyn Ferguson,” Olesiuk said. Michele Hathcock, A-B Tech director of student life and development, said it is important to provide community members

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with opportunities to contribute to beneficial community infrastructure. “The Fergusons have given scholarship dollars and made charitable contributions totaling about $7 million over time,” Olesiuk said. Olesiuk said the Fergusons give more than just money. “Jack Ferguson served on A-B Tech’s board of directors for over 10 years,” Olesiuk said. Jack Ferguson assisted in the initial construction of A-B Tech, according to Martha Ball, A-B Tech communications coordinator. Read more on page 7

If Yes, Connect NC Bond Means Big Changes for UNC Asheville Buildings CALLIE JENNINGS Staff News Writer

The Connect NC Bond, a bond program for the state of North Carolina worth $2 billion faces a vote on Mar. 15. The UNC system stands to receive $980 million and UNC Asheville could receive $21.1 million. “The way that it is structured is that 13 campuses were designated for certain amounts of money. Then there was a $45 million portion of the bond that was to go towards the three schools that had not been specifically listed in the other 13, and we were one of those three schools,” said John Pierce, vice chancellor of administration

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and finance. The other two schools, according to Pierce, are the University of North Carolina

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School of the Arts and Elizabeth City State University. He said allocation of the $45 million depends on the school’s

enrollment. The UNC Board of Governors decided on UNCA’s $21.1 million allocation. “The bond, in addition to the University system, funds some things from the community college, water and sewer infrastructure and state parks,” Pierce said. “Give or take, for what it’s worth, $980 million went to the UNC system, $350 million for the community college system, $312 million for water, sewer and local parks, $179 million for agriculture and then about $79 million for national guard and public safety.” These bonds are one primary way the University system addresses building and infrastrucRead more on page 15

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Protestors march and chant by the Peace Center to advocate for a higher minimum wage.

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They’ve all come to look for America “A food ﬁght during the debate would be awesome"

LARISA KARR & CHARLIE HEARD News Staff

A protester outside the Republican Party (GOP) debate Saturday night in Greenville, South Carolina. said America has never been this divided, even during the Civil War. “They’ve split us up into so many different groups, we’re all kind of attacking each other,” said Tim Arnold, a 49-year-old boat lift installer from Greenville, South Carolina. “We can’t unite, you know?” The division among the GOP support came down to disagreements about which Conservative policies were most important. “I don’t think that the debate over immigration or abortion is as important as some people think it is. I really would be more concerned with economics and policy,” said Allen Walker, an engineer from Atlanta. Dominic Mason, 26, a pizza deliverer from Northern Virginia, supports Ted Cruz and specifically cited Cruz’s stances on abortion when asked why he supports the Texas senator. “I think you have a separate human there,” Mason said. “Until they have the chance to make that choice for

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themselves, you can’t really go and say, ‘Oh, I’m going to kill this thing because it’s inconvenient.’” Other GOP supporters backed candidates because of their popularity and prior political experience. “He (Marco Rubio) is the candidate that can beat the Democrats,” said Katelyn Mullen, originally from Birmingham, Alabama. “Also, he has friends on both sides of the aisle and he has experience working with both sides.” There were also individuals who were proponents of candidates not entrenched in the political sphere, but are instead new to it. Madeline Mulkey, 20, is the director of the chapter of the Students of South

Carolina for Ben Carson. “He knows what it’s like to be an actual person, and he’s not some political brass that’s been working the system and wheeling deals for many years,” Mulkey said. Some, however, are choosing not to vote for their No. 1 choice because of popularity statistics and religious reasons. “Yeah, I support Trump,” said Jarrod Jones, 25, an employee at Northfolk Southern Railroad. “I prefer Ben Carson myself, but I know Trump’s going to be in the lead, anyways.” Jones was asked what issue was most important to him. Taking back America and making us strong to a Christian base,” Jones said. Not everyone present at the GOP debate came to support the Republicans. Dale Smith, a 33-year-old engineer from Greenville, stood on a corner holding a sign mocking Donald Trump’s appearance. Smith said he is fairly liberal and would like to see either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders take office. Read more on page 14

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My time at the Grove

LEE ELLIOTT News Staff Writer lelliott2@unca.edu

etting ready to transfer to UNC Asheville as a 27-year-old nontraditional student, I was most nervous about finding a place to live. I really did not want to live with freshmen who would pester me to buy them beer, but all the other places I could find were in sketchy neighborhoods or would have involved living with drug-addled miscreants bent on solving world hunger with dubious mathematical formulas. As my moving date drew nearer, I still had not found a place to lay my head, and thus I came to embark Orientation essentially homeless. During one of the session breaks, I wandered aimlessly through the housing fair, finding all the student complexes to be out of my price range, except one. That’s where The Grove came into the picture. Drawn in by the promise of affordable housing within walking distance to campus, I jumped on the opportunity and signed a lease that day, without talking to anyone with knowledge of The Grove, and trusting the staff to pair me up with roommates. On my way back down the

mountain, I excitedly called my friend Peter, a UNCA alumnus, and told him I found housing. His response was almost crushing. He told me about the shooting that took place the previous year, multiple armed robberies, drug overdoses and an excessive underage party scene that sparked police response almost every night. Shaken, but legally-bound through my lease agreement, I moved in later that summer, unsure of what I was getting myself into. Now six months into my lease at The Grove, I have mixed feelings, but I would have to say most of the rumors about this place were just that — rumors. The roommates I was paired with have been excellent, and my neighbors are great. I have not seen or heard of any roving gunmen robbing the tenants, nor have I seen more parties than your average student housing complex. People are mostly chilled out on the weekdays, and I do not have problems getting rest despite the paper-thin walls that let in any outside loud noises. The most disappointing thing about The Grove is the rampant litter. It is all over my building and the complex in general. The other day when my younger brother visited, I took him on a tour of the complex

and we played some video games in the clubhouse. On our walk up the stairs to my fourthfloor apartment, we counted 52 cigarette butts, a six-pack of empty beer bottles, two 40-ounce plastic malt liquor bottles and a random half-eaten chicken wing. The litter is not solely created by the tenants either. As the year has gone on, the apartment staff have plastered our doors with countless reminders to renew our leases. These fliers largely end up detaching themselves from their respective doors and lie crumpled all over the buildings. What’s most funny to me is the facial expression many students have when I tell them I live in The Grove. It can be described as pity mixed with mild disgust, and it is always accompanied with an “I’m sorry,” or a guttural, sad grunt. At the end of the day, The Grove is in no way, shape or form a holistic community-centered around intentional living, but it’s not a terrible place to live. Is it as bad as the rumors bandied around campus? No. Do I regret my time here? No. Will I be living here next semester? No. Am I being paid for my half-hearted endorsement? Not yet.

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AYMERIC ASSEMAT A&F Staff Writer As an exchange student, being confronted with another culture is a part of the experience. I was surprised to see that even if I’m from a country which shares a common Western culture with the U.S., many differences exist. Another part of this experience is sharing this confrontation with other exchange students. One student in particular got my attention, because he comes from a very different country, culturally speaking. “Those 10 months are the best of my life. I learned a lot,” said Hideki Kato, a junior UNC Asheville exchange student from Japan studying political science. Kato began attending UNCA in the fall 2015 semester. When I talked with him about being an exchange student here, it appeared to me that he was living something completely different. The experience was deeper for him; it affected him more than me. “I have more time to think about my future and more objectively,” Kato said. “Until I came to the U.S., I always thought that my future was influenced by others’ opinions and ideas.” Kato said he came here to figure out his future. He saw the opportunity to taste the independence he didn’t have back home. “I met a girl who graduated from a Japanese university last summer, and she told me that to her, the Japanese society is dysfunctional. Japanese didn’t make her feel welcomed, because she was a foreigner,”

Kato said. “When I was living in Japan, I couldn’t see that.” Kato said Japanese society doesn’t take part in any globalization movement, especially when it comes to diversity. He said having feedback on his own country was a precious moment for him. He said this information will help him decide what he will do with his life. “Now I can see a clear picture of my future. Before that, I was living for my family, for their reputation, it wasn’t my true desire,” Kato said. He explained to me that living in the U.S. will probably be less stressful for him and he might have more satisfaction with his life. Nevertheless, there is something more important that pushes him to go back to Japan. “I want to improve my society. I feel like it’s my responsibility now, because not a lot of Japanese see the truth,” Kato said. “I think it’s possible to improve it, not in 10 years but maybe in a century.” Kato has the desire to create a path for the new generation in Japan. He came to the U.S. for the first time in 2014. He was part of the Kakehashi Project, an initiative of the Japanese ministry of diplomacy that promotes cultural understanding between the U.S and Japan. “It was a two-week trip to New York and Los Angeles, and we gave presentations about Japan,” Kato said. He also took the opportunity to learn about Americans and their culture. “I found that students in the U.S. are more passionate and curious. They are also more in-

dependent,” Kato said. “I think they try to find how they could give better outcomes to their society.” It was fascinating to see that he didn’t have the same struggles as I did. French culture is more similar to American culture. For him, adapting to the social life here was harder because his cultural background is different. “People in Asheville are kind and generous. They are willing to help people, and they love talking,” Kato said. “It’s new to me. In Japan, we are kind and generous but not with foreigners. It doesn’t mean we dislike foreigners, but we don’t mix with them as much.” When an American invited him to his house, Kato thought he was just trying to be nice but didn’t really mean to invite him. “In Japan, when a friend tells me that if I miss the last train to go back home I can crash at his place, in reality he doesn’t really want me to come to his place,” Kato said. “He just wants to maintain friendship.” It surprised him the first time a stranger talked to him at the bus station, because Japan doesn’t have this culture. “We don’t speak with people. We just look at our smartphones, and before smartphones, we were looking at the newspaper,” Kato said. That was something we could agree on. Maybe it’s a little less extreme, but in France, we tend to mind our business as well, and we rarely engage in conversation with a stranger. Kato also had difficulties with language that I didn’t experience, because he had to learn a new alphabet.

Photo by Aymeric Assemat Hideki Kato is from Japan and he's studying political science at UNCA this year.

“It was super hard for me, to be honest. I have learned English during the past 12 years, but my English is still at an intermediate level,” Kato said. “I’m not as fluent as native people.” He explained that he hesitates to give an opinion in class because he isn’t as fluent as he wishes. He said he worries he wouldn’t be able to explain his ideas. As in my own country, Japanese learn English at school and therefore are supposed to know

it, but in practice, it’s different. “In reality, most people just know how to say ‘hello,’ ‘okay’ and ‘no.’ They don’t have a level good enough to make a conversation,” Kato said. In every developed country, English has a strong presence. Japan isn’t an exception. Kato said he finds humor in how Japanese try to use English. “Phonetically, the Japanese for water is ‘mizu,’ so they write ‘mizu’ in english letters on the menu and expect tourists to understand it’s water,” he said. Read more on page 7

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Charity

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“Jack was working at Lowe’s as a salesman when he was approached regarding building construction on Victoria Road in 1959,” Ball said. According to Ball, the Western North Carolina healthcare industry benefits heavily from these new training facilities.

“Not only do healthcare employers benefit, but the patients benefit. Essentially it will affect everyone in the region,” Ball said. According to Olesiuk, students have an opportunity to serve real patients from the community.

Photo by Josh Alexander A police officer stands watch as protesting student members of the Divestment Coalition march up the stairwell in Phillips Hall.

tem is needed to make change effective, not just the student voice. “The people at the university are inheriting the world,” Hillen said. Goodall said he believes the university administration needs to choose which side of the fight they are going to stand on. “The chancellor has a moral imperative to take a stand,” Goodall said. On Friday, the Divestment Coalition and their allies met in the foyer of the library once again, this time to march to Phillips Hall to present their letters to Grant during her open house hours. Carolina Arias, a senior student and co-director of the Student Environmental Center, told protesters and students in attendance to treat the chancellor with respect. “We’re asking her to be our champion,” Arias said, “not trying to vilify her.” The march began with chants and song, as members of the protest sang, “Whose side are you on,” demanding to know which stance the chancellor will

choose. One chant said, “Roses are red; violets are blue; we hate fossil fuels, and Mary should to.” Campus police waited silently in the stairwell as the protestors climbed up to speak to the chancellor. The students gathered in a circle as Grant came out to listen. Once in place, student protesters read their “break up” notes to the chancellor one by one. The notes expressed a desire to be respected as a student voice. Some notes informed the chancellor there was no time to wait. Others asked the chancellor to use her position of power to create a change for good. One student read an anonymously written note telling the chancellor to choose: “It’s us or them.” The students were met with polite responses from the chancellor and administrators present. Grant asked the students to continue using their voice. “Thank you,” Grant said. “Let’s continue to talk.”

When asked if she could give an answer on where she stood, the chancellor said politely she has already done so. “I’m on your side,” Grant said. ”What you’ve shared with me today, I will share with the Board of Governors.” Hillen, who worked the booth in Ramsey on Thursday, said even if the chancellor gives a ‘No,’ there is still enough room to continue building a stance on this issue for the university. “We need to change the dominant narrative,” Hillen said, “so the same people aren’t in power.” Bridges said she is optimistic about the outcome from the event, but that change needs to happen soon. “There is too much at risk for her to do nothing,” Bridges said. Goodall, Bridges and Hillen all said they believe the Divestment Coalition and the student body have the power to make change happen. “Never underestimate the power of student organizing,” Goodall said.

Photo by Aymeric Assemat Hideki Kato laugh when I said that western people think Asians all look the same.

Frenchman

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I was surprised to learn that Japanese have admiration for Western civilization and that influences their culture a lot, especially on the criteria for beauty. “It’s not based on any scientific facts, it’s only my opinion,” Kato said. “For example, Uniqlo, which is a Japanese clothing company, uses Western models.” And apparently, it also influences television. “Most popular characters are half Japanese, half Cauca-

sian,” Kato said. “The beauty models have typical characteristics of Western white people, like large eyes, long noses and tall.” Kato said he finds it funny that Western people like to be tan whereas Japanese try to be as white as possible. By the way, you know how some white people say Asians all look the same and it’s hard to recognize them? It turns out some Asians feel exactly the same about us. Fair enough.

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Dylan Smith making a layup in last week’s game.

Radford upsets the Bulldogs on national television HARRISON SLAUGHTER Sports Editor jslaught@unca.edu

With 15 seconds to go, Rashun Davis, a Radford University senior, made a layup to give the Highlanders their only lead of the second half, 60-59, when it mattered most, to upset the Bulldogs in front of a nationally televised audience. “We don’t stay in the game tonight if we’re not mentally tough. They’re on their home court in front of a TV audience and in first place, so they had a

lot of confidence,” Mike Jones, Radford coach, said. “But when the ball goes up, it’s who’s the better and tougher team that night, and tonight we were.” The Bulldogs didn’t execute down the stretch, Nick McDevitt, UNC Asheville coach, said. “The last play didn’t go in the direction we wanted it to. There were multiple plays down the stretch where we didn’t execute,” McDevitt said. “We had some unforced turnovers, and some forced turnovers. You have to give Radford credit;

they pressured the ball a lot. Too many turnovers and we gave up too many offensive rebounds to win a game.” Leading by six late in the first half, Dwayne Sutton, Bulldogs freshman made a layup to extend the lead 26-18, giving Asheville their largest lead of the night. Radford wouldn’t go away, cutting the Bulldogs’ lead to four. Asheville went into the locker room at halftime, leading 3228. Sutton led all scorers for the

Bulldogs with 16 points. Ahmad Thomas, a sophomore, and Dylan Smith, a freshman, also had double figure scoring with Thomas scoring 14 and Smith adding 12. Sutton and Thomas also had seven rebounds apiece. Asheville led throughout the second half, but was never able to pull away by more than six points. Radford cut the lead to 59-57, going into the final two minutes of regulation. Asheville had six turnovers during this final

stretch to allow Radford to upset the conference-leading Bulldogs. Asheville had 17 total turnovers in the contest, which Radford converted into 19 points. “We had some plays where we wanted the ball to go inside, and a combination of not demanding the ball in the post and Radford’s pressure on the perimeter ran us out of stuff,” McDevitt said.

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Photo by Emily Henderson Last week, Chatori Major powers through overtime contributing two three-pointers against Coastal.

Another successful week for the women Bulldogs PHILLIP CARWANE Staff Sports Writer pcarwane@unca.edu

UNCA traveled Tuesday to Willet Hall in Farmville, VA to face Longwood University. The Bulldogs handled the Lancers in January at Kimmel Arena by 39 points. It looked like another blowout as the Bulldogs opened the game with a 9-0 run, including a pair of free throws by Tianna Knuckles, junior guard, following a technical foul given to Bill Reinson, Longwood head coach. The Lancers turned to the 3-point shot and ended the first quarter ahead 20-18. UNCA scored half of their first quarter points from the free-throw line. Khaila Webb, UNCA sophomore guard, led the second quarter scoring with seven of the Bulldogs’ 15 points. The Lancers were held to only seven points for the team and the halftime score sat at 33-27. UNCA pressured Longwood from the beginning of the second half forcing Reinson to call an early timeout after Knuckles drained a 3-pointer. The Bulldog defense main-

tained its intensity and Webb scored another eight points. The score after three quarters built to a 10-point lead for Asheville, 47-37. Tiffany Wilson, UNCA sophomore forward, tallied five points in the fourth quarter, the only Bulldog points for more than eight minutes, and Longwood fought back to shrink the lead to one point, 52-51. The Lancers lost their chance at the lead as they missed two foul shots. The final minute saw Chatori Major, UNCA junior guard, and Jessica Wall, freshman guard, sink a combined nine free throws, pushing the final score to 61-54. Saturday’s matchup with the Liberty Flames tipped off 2 p.m. at Kimmel Arena and the Bulldogs fell behind early. Liberty University looked to take sole possession of first place in the Big South Conference with a win. Paige Love, UNCA senior guard, continued her comeback from injury and dropped a 3-point shot to open the second quarter. She finished the game with seven points in 16 minutes.

“Both teams were good on the defensive end, so it came down to a possession fight,” Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick, UNCA head coach, said. Chatori Major, UNCA junior guard and previous Big South Conference player-of-theweek award winner, suffered through an afternoon of poor shooting and made only six points. Sonora Dengokl, UNCA freshman guard, led the Bulldogs with ten points on 4-of7 shooting from the field and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line. The Bulldogs scored six more points from the stripe (13) than the Flames (7). “The gritty plays down the stretch from our players became the separator,” Kirkpatrick said. “We just focused on the adjustments we needed to make to keep the lead.” UNCA won 56-51 to split the season matchups with Liberty 1-1. The Bulldogs face their only opponent this week, Radford University, Tuesday night in Kimmel Arena at 7 p.m. Radford sits in fifth place in the Big South with a 9-6 record including a home loss to the Bulldogs in January.

Photo by Corey Lea Alexandra van Dorsten opens her psychology book and starts to study after swim practice.

Student athletes work hard to balance school and sports COREY LEA Contributor

UNC Asheville women's basketball defeated the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers with a shocking last quarter comeback and strong overtime. The Pink Game, presented by Mission Health, Expo and Belk, raised over $700 from the silent and live auction. The proceeds will be divided between Kay Yow Cancer Fund, Mission hospital and Buncombe County health and human services’ Ladies Night Out. The first period concluded with the Bulldogs in the lead 18-14 with the Chants following close behind. The second period rolls around with heightened enthusiasm from both teams, closing

in on each other at 23-22. The Bulldogs returned from halftime with determination to lead the Chants by 13 points in the third period. Coastal Carolina Chants fought back and with four minutes left in the game led by 7 points. The women Bulldogs staved off a possible loss on their court by fighting hard in the fourth period to enter overtime with the score 63-63. While the teams huddled up, Rocky the mascot and helpers flooded the court with energetic cheering to ensure the crowd held strong with our team in the last moments of the game. The Bulldogs made 75 percent of their attempted field Read more on page 14

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Dobra Tea expands to west Asheville with third location

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obra Tea’s success spilled into West Asheville with an additional space that opened in the summer of 2015. Located off Haywood Road, this venue follows Dobra’s 2013 expansion into Black Mountain. Ample natural light illuminates the entry, where a large mural of a woman working in an endless tea field greets customers. “It’s brighter in there,” said Forest Wallingford, a senior international studies and photography student from Asheville, “It’s a little more sterile, but they have these cool seating areas where you can kind of put your feet in the ground.” Farther back, patrons sit on floor cushions atop an elevated platform and have intimate conversations underneath artwork portraying a geisha preparing matcha. Farther still, customers settle and sink into the floorto-wall cushions on another platform. The cave-like darkness is peppered with writers’ faces, blue from laptop screen light. No matter where a customer chooses to sit, they will be greeted by Dobra’s trademark scent, a combination of teas, masala chai and subtle incense.

“The setup is really cool, because it has a very authentic Eastern kind of feel to it,” said Morgan Elkins, a freshman anthropology and health and wellness student. “They bring you this big-ass book of teas, like in a school binder.” The green leather-bound menu separates the teas by their origin and comes with a small, brass bell. When ready to order, the customer must ring a bell to call for service. “I had a pot of masala tea. My friend had puerh, and I had some soup and rice as well. It was really, really good,” Wallingford said. According to the menu, Dobra uses organic and local ingredients in their dishes. The menu in West Asheville is more extensive than downtown’s, serving items that could be considered meals as opposed to downtown’s more snack-oriented fare. This time of year, the dry, wintery weather makes dark tea appealing. Through the server’s recommendation, I ordered a Zhuan Cha, a type of shou, or fermented, pu-erh tea. The menu promises it’s their most earthy-flavored tea. Tea at Dobra is served elaborately. Servers offer instructions each time they bring out the tea, but a regular customer may forgo them. Near-boiling water sits in a glass pitcher roasting

over a small candle to maintain its temperature. The

tea sits in a gaiwan, or lidded cup, where it’s steeped. The infusion is poured through a strainer and into a small glass serving pitcher before being transferred to a cup. Upon the first infusion, I tasted a note reminiscent of the mold and moth balls of my grandmother’s basement. Despite its Read more on page 14

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With a snake on each arm and an office full of various reptiles, Landon Ward, an environmental studies lecturer at UNC Asheville, presents a couple of his favorite pets from his immense collection of reptiles. Ward is well-known for his interesting choice of pets. Since a young age, Ward has been fond of catching and keeping his own lizards and other reptiles. “My dad was into ranching, so essentially he had a regular job as an engineer but had a ranch where he raised cattle. So living on a ranch, I was outside most of my early life catching animals,” Ward said. “I had my earliest pets when I was about two years old. I kept all kinds of spiders, turtles, lizards, stuff like that.” Ward attended college at Texas A&M University where he obtained a degree in marine biology. “I had a great time in college and wanted to stay longer after I graduated. I did a lot of

research with invertebrates and microorganisms,” Ward said. His undergraduate studies included monitoring the effects of oil rigs on the organisms living in the mud around them. “Generally, certain species were abundant near the oil rig, but overall, you didn't see a mix of species near the oil rig as you did away from it,” Ward said. “In graduate school, I later studied fiddler crabs and how the properties of the soil affected crabs in the area. I would place crabs from regions with different soil content in areas with less oxygen in the soil and observe how they survived.” Teaching was not always a passion for Ward. His first teaching career was an unplanned venture during his years of graduate research. “I began teaching while doing graduate research, which was based on funding at the time. I applied for a teaching position through an ad,” Ward said. “After sending an email, I got an interview the next day and on my way back from the interview, I got a call for the

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job.” Ward said he only planned to teach until he found another job, but found he really enjoyed teaching. “I didn’t think I was teacher, I was more of a field guy. But I needed a job and I went from the field to teaching,” Ward said. “It turned out I really liked it so I stayed in teaching and taught marine science for nine years at a magnet school in Virginia.” After getting married, Ward moved to Asheville in 2010 and found work as a part-time instructor at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and UNCA. Soon after, he became a full-time instructor in the environmental studies department at UNCA. Ward’s passion for keeping reptiles and other creatures blossomed in his college years. He kept aquatic animals in his dorm for his studies in marine biology. “We weren't allowed to have any pets in the dorm that didn't live in water. So I had a few fish tanks in my dorm room,” Ward said. “I may have had a

Marvel’s latest comic-to-film adaptation Deadpool, directed by Tim Miller, was released nationwide Friday, starring Ryan Reynolds as the leading anti-hero with a dirty conscience and even filthier mouth. Protagonist Wade Wilson, also known as Deadpool, is a former U.S. Special Forces agent who spends his time protecting young women from aggressive stalkers in the dangerous streets of New York City. He continually reminds the rescued ladies, “I may be super, but I’m no hero.” Wilson meets an escort at a bar named Vanessa, played by Morena Baccarin, and the two fall madly in love with one another. After a year of blissful passion, Wilson retrieves a ring pop from in-between his butt cheeks and proposes to Vanessa. Later that night, he collapses onto their bedroom floor. The next day, Wilson is diagnosed with terminal cancer in his liver, lungs, prostate and brain. Although Vanessa is hopeful about finding a cure, Wilson virtually gives up hope, until a recruiter from an unknown facility, played by Jed Rees, approaches him with an oppor-

tunity to cure his cancer and award him the gift of superpowers. Wilson quietly leaves Vanessa’s side in the middle of the night to meet the recruiter and accept his offer. At the facility, Wilson is introduced to Ajax, portrayed by Ed Skrein, who administers a special serum into Wilson’s bloodstream to catalyze a mutation within his cells. After enduring days of torture from Ajax’s aid, Angel Dust, played by Gina Carano, Wilson is placed into an airtight glass chamber where oxygen levels are decreased dangerously low. The exerted stress on his body sparks a cell mutation, vastly increasing his ability to heal and subsequently causing his cancer to rapidly escalate, covering his entire body with tumors and sores. Left physically scarred and deformed, Wilson escapes the confines of the tank by igniting oxygen with a match he stole from Angel Dust’s mouth during a quick head-butt. The resulting explosion destroys the covert facility and Ajax leaves a presumably-dead Wilson to rot beneath a mountain of concrete and steel. Wilson emerges from the rubble the following day with incredible strength and agility, superhuman healing, strength and a bloody thirst for revenge.

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Many stories lurk throughout Asheville, whether they are behind the Vaudevillian jazz-folk played by buskers around Pritchard Park, the colorful businesses decorated with funky, hand-made crafts or the laughter echoing from a patio as locals and tourists alike enjoy delicious beer.

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Michael Edward Dorch, artist, originally from Tampa

What kind of art do you make? “Sometimes audio, sometimes visual.” Visual in terms of paintings, sketches--? “Uh, yes, paintings, drawings, sketches, tattoos.” That’s awesome. “Just whatever I can get my hands on. I love art.” What type of artwork specifically are you inspired by or enthused by? “I say abstract and graffiti.” OK. What do you think of the graffiti scene in Asheville? “Ummm, it would be better as soon as I get in it.” Yeah. Do you have any plans to get in it? “Actually I do. I’m working on a portfolio right now.” That’s awesome. Do you have to have a portfolio to do graffiti? “No, but I still draft it and then I still come out here and I’ll sit and I’ll draw and people’ll see it.”

Yeah. “And then, you know, that kind of gets my name and face out there.” Yeah. That’s awesome. “Ummmm, I’m trying to get my ID card back and get a job, and like, you know, settle here. I like Asheville.” If you don’t mind, what happened to your ID card? “I lost my wallet.” Ah, ok. That sucks. “Yeah.” So, what do you like about Asheville and what do you dislike about Asheville? “Mmmm, I like everything about Asheville. There’s not too much I dislike.” Yeah. “You know, if you just like one thing, just give it a day and it’ll be better the next.” That’s a good motto. Is that, if you were to say you had a personal motto that you live by, what would it be? “Get it where you fit in.” That’s awesome. Well, thank you so much. “Thank you all.”

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goals during overtime and added two 3- pointers by Chatori Major, junior guard. Fans screamed at the top of their lungs with anticipation as the Bulldogs scored 14 points in the 5 minute overtime period. Tianna Knuckles, UNCA junior guard, led the team with 20 points, followed by Major with 16. Ja’Da Brayboy, junior guard, and Bronaza Fitzgerald, sophomore center, each contributed 11 points toward Asheville’s victory. The Bulldog’s will be traveling to Farmville, Virginia to face Longwood University on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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uncommon aromas, ripe pu-erh is beloved by many, and I was happy it was recommended. The history of Dobra Tea reads as much more subversive than their current franchise status. In 2003, Dobra Tea opened its first U.S. tea room in Burlington Vermont. With shops also in Maine, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Oregon, the west Asheville opening marks Dobra’s eighth location in the U.S. “I’ve never been to a tea place that’s authentically eastern. It’s a totally different experience,” Elkins said.

He said, though, he might vote in the Republican primary in order to deter the possibility of Trump becoming the Republican nominee. “South Carolina is an open primary, so you can vote for either a Republican or Democrat, but not both,” Smith said. “So I might vote for a Republican that’s not Trump, and not Cruz.” Smith had an unorthodox hope preceding the debate. “A food fight during the debate would be awesome.” Trevor Belt, a 25-year-old aid in the Ohio senate, said all the GOP candidates have ideas of merit, but he has issue with the tone of the other campaigns, aside from that of John Kasich. “I think the tone of the campaign that Kasich is running is a lot more inclusive and a lot more geared toward problem solving, less toward demagoguery and blaming,” said Belt, a Columbus native. “His campaign so far has been very positive. I’m for him, not against others.” Belt said politics are like full-contact sports and the candidates becoming a bit vitriolic is to be expected. Donald Trump was one candidate whom some cited as being particularly antagonistic. “We were really dismayed to see Donald Trump mock the reporter with disabilities,” said Meg Dyar, 46, a stay-at-home mom from Pendleton, South Carolina. Dyar, who has a 12-year-old son suffering from cerebral palsy, said she plans to vote for Jeb Bush, because she believes he has the strongest stance in support of people with disabilities.

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Like Dyar, there were others who were decisive about choosing a candidate in regards to a specific issue. Derek Gunby, a 35-year-old satellite communications operator from Greenville, said he strongly advocates for the Fathers’ Rights Movement, which pushes for family law reform at the federal and state level. According to Gunby, the legislative reform would state that in child custody cases, there would henceforth be a presumption of equal fitness to raise the child regardless of gender. “When you are a father or a mother in the unfortunate situation should you separate, when you’re walking into a courtroom to fight for your children, you need to be on equal footing,” Gunby said. “We are nonpartisan. We are willing to throw our support behind any candidate who’s willing to tackle this massive issue.” Arnold toted a large Confederate flag at the rally to represent a group of people he feels have been marginalized and discriminated against. He said he wants politicians to see the group still exists. “It (the Confederacy) was not a rebellion. It was a nation,” Arnold said. “We’re not allowed to have our God-given right to secede from the Union, so what you see here, this is a 155-year occupation.” The largest gathering of the evening was the ‘Fight for $15’ protest. Dhruv Pathak was one protester. “We’re out here demanding $15 an hour and the right to form a union,” Pathak said.

Paula Gibbs, 54, a home care worker from Atlanta, spoke about her passion and support toward the movement. “Well, I’ve been a home care worker for over 30 years and we haven’t had a living wage increase in a lot of years,” Gibbs said. “We’re being underpaid and we deserve a living wage.” As he stood on a bridge and watched the protest pass, Jones expressed his disagreement with the movement. “I think it’s somebody just looking for another handout,” Jones said. “Half these people are probably sitting on their couches doing nothing, collecting from the government anyways, and they want to go work at McDonald’s, getting paid $15 an hour.” Gibbs later expressed her feeling toward the specific issue of government assistance. “We don’t like having to have to ask for assistance from the government when we work every day. That’s not right,” Gibbs said. Pathak explained why the ‘Fight for $15’ proposition is beneficial for the American economy. “The only way to stimulate the economy, the only way people buy houses, cars, all of these things, is if people have money, and the only way that can happen is if people get an increase in wages,” Pathak said. Queen Tate, 49, an activist from Selma, Alabama, expressed optimism for the success of ‘Fight for $15.’ “You work, I work, we work hard for our money. We are not in slavery anymore,” Tate said. “This is a new day.”

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ture needs, Pierce said. If the bond is voted against, then all the proposed funding will not happen. UNCA currently proposes to use the money for renovations to Owen and Carmichael Halls. These two buildings have been in continuous use, yet have not had any major renovations or improvements, for 36 and 49 years, respectively. “With these last seven years of recession, we haven’t had a lot of money to repair our buildings, so this is a really important shot in the arm for us, for our two highest priorities, Carmichael and Owen,” Pierce said. Originally, only Owen Hall was going to be renovated. “With the allocation of $21.1 million, there was going to be a 20,000 square-foot addition onto Owen, which was above and beyond the master plan that was made about a year ago,” Pierce said. “But the expansion of that 20,000 feet would not meet the criteria of ‘repair and

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few things that didn't live in water. For the most part I stuck to the rules, except for the one tarantula no one knew about.” Even with such a large collection, Ward has not always been as interested in snakes as most people assume. “The funny thing is, people know me for the snakes, when really the snake thing didn't start until graduate school,” Ward said. “I remember having a friend that kept snakes and being really fascinated by them. I didn't believe him when he told me keeping snakes could be addicting.” Ward still has some of his first snakes, which are are about 17 years old. Some snakes can live for 25 to 40 years, Ward said. He recalled his first experience with a snake that would influence his future passion and hobby.

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renovation’ under the bond.” According to Pierce, before the money from the Connect NC Bond was even an option, Carmichael Hall would have been repaired separately, though the timeframe was unknown. Carmichael Hall was intended to be a much larger original project and included additional square feet due to extreme amounts of repair and renovation needs. As a result of the bond guidelines, Pierce and others did some rethinking. The bond money will now finance both renovations in Owen and Carmichael Hall, as Carmichael is the building with the next highest amount of required repairs. “Last spring semester we engaged with McMillan Pazdan Smith architects to come in and meet with the faculty and staff of Owen Hall to assess their needs and look at that in relation to how we currently use the building,” said Scott Walker, facility planner and project manager.

“We put together a lot of information as far as what classroom spaces or office spaces need to grow; we assess area by area where square footage could shrink; we look at accessibility and modernization not only to mechanical and electrical pieces, but also to code compliance,” Walker said. Owen Hall currently houses the art and management programs, and Carmichael Hall is the home of the psychology and neuroscience programs.With the expansion, mechatronics will hopefully be added into Owen. “The next steps are, we have to develop advanced planning for both of those projects. So the master plan is just a snapshot of what we could potentially do. Through advanced planning, we will start getting a designer under contract, and step back and take a hard look at what we want to do with the buildings,” said David Todd, director of campus operations.

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“I went through a period of time where I would make plaster ant colonies and catch ants to observe them, that kind of thing. This is before I got into snakes, but I turned over a board looking for ant colonies and saw this beautiful speckled king snake, and I think that moment I decided that I wanted to get into snakes,” Ward said. “That one moment left a really big impression on me. Years later when I started collecting snakes, that was one of the species I kept.” Ward said having caged reptiles provides interesting escape stories. Since childhood, Ward has had many pets escape and wind up in interesting locations. “Something that happens periodically is that animals get out,” Ward said. “I don't know why, but with two brothers and

a sister, all the animals would go to her room. One day she stepped out of bed on one of my salamanders. I didn't keep snakes back then as kid, believe it or not.” Some of Ward’s most exciting times in college involved keeping and breeding his own snakes. “When I was in graduate school, I bred my very own rat snakes. I went off to do whatever I was doing at school that day and I came back to find 10 snakes had escaped,” Ward said. “The funny thing is, I found all of them eventually.” Some of the snakes were found immediately, while others took more than two months to recover. “One of them was inside my pants I had laid out in the morning, and one of them fell off a door frame onto my girl-

Usually, Todd said, faculty, staff and students get to have a say in what types of designs they would like to see in the buildings. However, a few things, such as ensuring handicapped accessibility of restrooms in Carmichael Hall and adherence to building code for ones in Owen, have already been decided. While all upgrades and designs are still just tentative plans, the buildings’ sustainability levels are being discussed. “Assuming that we will get the funding to do this, it will be a process of determining what will the features of this facility be; what will our goals be from an energy perspective; what new things could we put into this particular project that would help us further showcase our sustainability commitment on campus, etc.,” said Sonia Marcus, sustainability director. According to Pierce, these buildings have not been renovated sooner due to financial

requirements. “The state and the university system has an issue, with what we call ‘repair and renovation dollars,’” Todd said. “We end up having a big backlog of buildings to fix and renovations to fix worth almost $130 million. But we track things and keep a record of what we need to fix and the state has the state construction office, which sends out folks who assess the campus from what we list. When we get a little money we try to whittle away with it as much as we can.” With the money almost available, and two buildings with huge upgrade backlogs, the March 15 vote on the Connect NC Bond could not come any sooner, Todd said. Luke Bukoski, director of communication and marketing, said the website www.voteyestoinvest.com is a third-party site that lists information on the bond.

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Deadpool is born. He embarks on a ruthless rampage for justice, relentlessly searching for Ajax while slaughtering anyone who dare cross his path. Too ashamed to show his grotesque face to Vanessa, Deadpool remains estranged from his fiancé, who assumes he fell victim to his fatal disease. He receives a tip informing him Ajax and Angel Dust are looking for Vanessa. Deadpool returns to the strip club she works at, where we are presented with comic genius Stan Lee’s recurring cameo in Marvel film, this time as a club emcee. The villains abduct Vanessa from the club before Deadpool can locate her. Joined by X-Men Colossus, voiced by Stefan Kapicic, and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, played by Brianna Hildebrand,

Deadpool launches a hostage rescue mission to save Vanessa from imminent death at the hands of Ajax. Reynolds’ flawless portrayal of the sarcastically cynical superhero yields 108 minutes of ludicrous humor and gory carnage. Vulgar and perverse dialogue provides a refreshing juxtaposition of adult banter contrasted with the usual idolization of superheroes. His lack of tact interwoven with a myriad of witty dialogue sparked my immediate interest from the film’s inception to its conclusion. Weasel, portrayed by T.J. Miller, provides a plethora of laughs in the film as Deadpool’s best friend and sidekick. He is also the proprietor of the bar where Deadpool met Vanessa. “You look like Freddy Krueger face-fucked a topographical

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