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'We can win North Carolina'
Sen. Barack Obama spoke Sunday at Asheville High School to an estimated crowd of 28,000 people, a day after telling The Blue Banner he thinks he can win North Carolina and young voters may decide the election.
"It's going to be a hard-fought contest. Western North Carolina is traditionally more Republican, but I think that people are looking at the catastrophic situation on Wall Street and how it's spilling onto Main Street," Obama said when questioned by the Banner on a conference call for student journalists.…
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Classes support enviro-friendly cooking
Four professors developed the Food for Thought cluster, appropriately enough, during a meal together two years ago. After their second annual Harvest Bounty Shared Meal Sunday night, they said they still approach new ideas the same way: around a table.
"Food is often involved in our meetings," said Karin Peterson, associate sociology professor and co-coordinator of Food for Thought.
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Lecturers show disrespectA couple weeks ago, I sent an e-mail to the head of the Humanities department to express how I felt about the recent lectures. I asked if all lectures would end with some sort of anti-Republican message.
I said that I understood that this is a college where most students and teachers are Democrats, but should each lecture end with biased political commentary?
The previous two lectures I had attended were concluded with George Bush, Sen.
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UNCA attracts international student athletes
UNC Asheville's attributes and community ties draw athletes from all around the world.
"We emphasize the quality of coaching they're going to get," said Head Tennis Coach Lise Gregory. "We emphasize Asheville. We emphasize how the academics are very important to tennis players, in general.
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Women fight male superiority
Society gives women consolation prizes rather than real equality. The prizes are good, but still fall short of the whole shebang.
Women earned 56 percent of bachelor's degrees in 1998.
In 1996, women earned the majority of bachelor's degrees in biology, sociology and psychology, with both biology and sociology just over 50 percent, and psychology at 73 percent.
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Economic turmoil causes concernAs stock markets around the world plunged over the past two weeks and 60 percent of respondents to a CNN poll said Tuesday another economic depression is likely, UNC Asheville students are among millions watching the economy with a fearful eye.
"I'm not an economist," junior student CeCe Hue said.
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Adopting adult pets saves livesWhen I was a small child, I wanted a pink dog. When I realized there was no such thing, I decided I wanted a puppy.
While I may have been the only person who wanted a pink dog, I certainly was not the only one who wanted a puppy.
At the shelter, there were very few puppies, and the shelter workers were hesitant to let my family adopt one because I was so young.
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Out and AboutCommentary on UNC Asheville Campus Recreation Outdoors Program
UNC Asheville Outdoors Program hosted the women's basketball team on the Diamond Brand Low Ropes Course on Tuesday, September 16th.
Head Coach Betsy Blose asked the trained staff of the ropes course to challenge the team and make them face difficult situations.
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UNCA loses $1 million in funding
Significant state-mandated spending cuts slashed nearly $1 million from UNC Asheville's budget this year
Chancellor Anne Ponder met with the Student Government Association on Oct. 1 to explain the budget changes.
"We are managing this with as much kindness and compassion as possible," Ponder said.
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Women down Gardner-WebbThe UNC Asheville women's soccer team regrouped last Saturday to win their third Big South Conference game 3-0 at Gardner-Webb.
According to Meagan Bradham, a center midfielder for the Bulldogs, it was a hard-fought match.
"We went through the entire first half with a 0-0 draw, and we knew that they were going to come out hard in the second half," Bradham said.
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Risque comedian lounges in Asheville
Offensive, funny, rude, talented and perverted are a few words that describe the lounge singer Tony Clifton, a performer who comedian Andy Kaufman discovered. Just don't mention that to Clifton.
"Someone asked me the other day what I thought Andy Kaufman would be doing if he was alive today," Clifton said.
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Music meets nature at Loki Music FestThis year's Loki Music Festival unites the funk, jazz, hip-hop and jam communities.
The outrageous lineup varies from the hard-hitting, free-flowing harmonies of the Roots to the funky freshness of Mr. George Clinton and the Big Ol' Nasty Getdown and the rub-a-dub stylings of the Toots and Maytals.
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Group fights the death penalty
Troy Davis received a stay of execution on Sept. 30, less than two hours before his scheduled execution.
A jury convicted him in 1991 on charges of murder for the killing of Mark Allen MacPhail, a police officer from Savannah, Georgia. Davis maintains his innocence in the face of execution.
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Sound effects construct movies' stories
Sound designer and independent filmmaker Kelley Baker lectured at UNC Asheville to give insight on the entertainment industry, discuss the technical aspects of sound and promote hope in those aspiring for a career in film.
Baker worked in Los Angeles and Portland earlier in his career, working in sound design with different film projects and clay-mation.
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Hidden "green" features dot campus
UNC Asheville's campus holds dozens of underground wells dug as deep into the ground as the lower limit of a skyscraper is tall.
Completely hidden under tons of soil, the wells are geothermal heat pumps that heat and cool campus buildings using the ambient temperature of the soil beneath students' feet.
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Train rocks tracks
Sol Driven Train, a five-piece rock band from Folly Beach, S.C., headlined at Stella Blue with an organ, saxophone and horn section along with guitars, drums and bass.
"(Sol Driven Train) are great guys, some of the hardest-working in the business," said Kevin Rainwater, 39.
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