University of North Carolina Asheville - Archive Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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Robert Moog 18 March

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February February brought very little snow to the mountains and surprised everyone with unsea- sonably warm temperatures. Campus was unusually quiet as basketball season wound down and the trek of fans to the gym decreased. The Homecoming Dance at the Great Smokies Hilton Inn was the social highlight of the dreary month. Student, staff, and alumni gathered to dance and celebrate our basketball team ' s fine season. While we were carefree, Pope John Paul II voyaged to the Far East, visiting India, Pakistan, and the Phillippines during his twelve day tour. The Communist Party Congress met in Moscow to discuss its international position; a meeting with US diplomats appeared to be in the the near future. A fire swept through a discotheque in Dublin killing 49 young people. Marine sergeant William Garfield was found guilty to treason during his captivity as a POW in Vietnam. He was reduced to a status of private and forfeited $127,000.00 in back pay. The last Iranian hostage, journalist Cynthia Dwyer, was finally released after over 450 days of captivity. Spring Break seemed within arm ' s length as intramural basketball rosters were prepared. The competition seemed stiff, but everyone looked forward to getting out of their dorm rooms and mingling. 6 HOMECOMING DANCE HILTON 9PM| 7 BASKETBALL 5 30 8 SG DANCE 10:00 Homecoming Dance, Band member LUf! 1 tutu in Post Homecoming beer bust February 17

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March The track became the most popular site on campus when warm temperatures surprised everyone- but not as much as the snow that fell Sunday after Spring Break. Students returning from the beaches and Florida found four inches of snow in Asheville and one foot in Marion and Old Fort, making the mountains impassible. The Bloodmobile collected a record amount of donations from students in the student center lobby. Ralph Nader lectured to a full auditorium on the evils of big business and energy monopolies. The Kathryn Posin Dance Company performed graceful and abstract compositions, bringing a large audience to the event sponsored by Cultural and Special Events. Comedien Actress Carol Burnett won $1.6 million in a gossip publication; Miss Burnett will donate the money to charity. Ordinary People , a film directed by Robert Redford, won the Academy Award for picture of the year while Indiana State University claimed the NCAA title over UNC ' s Tarheels, winner of the Atlantic Coast Conference. President Reagan and three other men were shot outside of a DC hotel after only two months in office; the president recovered completely. On Campus, the Psychology Department sponsored a simulation lab allowing students to practice and experience what they had learned. The Crazy Eights took the title of 1 in intramural basketball. MIC ' s, a girls organization hosted a Hollywood party in the coffeehouse. Clark Gable, Dumbo the Elephant, Miss Piggy, and many other celebrities -as well as autograph hounds-appeared to drink beer and toast the best costume party in university history. Running on the track Ralph Nader March 19