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• Wrecker services sought by city police department

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2005 08:50

  The Asheville Police Department announced last Wednesday that it will accept applications from all wrecker services able to meet the city??s requirements for equipment and that have 24-hour availability. ...

• UNCA trustees chair steps down due to 'family obligations'

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2005 02:21

  Charles TolleyBy DAVID FORBESThe chairman of the UNC Asheville Board of Trustees has resigned, Chancellor Anne Ponder announced at a meeting of UNCA??s Faculty Senate last Thursday.She said that Charles Tolley is leaving the position, and the board, becau...

• AIDS deemed the Black Plague of the 21st century by UNCA panel

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2005 02:09

  Africa has 10 million AIDS orphans By STEPHANIE THOMASThe face of AIDS is now represented by the millions of African people affected by this pandemic. And the children who are infected, or have been left parentless, are the most vulnera...

• Tasty Christmas artistry

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2005 01:44

  Staff Photo by Stephanie ThomasThe first-place winner in the Gingerbread House competition at the Grove Park Inn, created by Nancy L. Kyzer of Indianapolis, Ind., resembles the famous Kremlin in St. Petersburg, Russia. The contest is held annually, with...

• Globalization blamed for decline in ideal of citizenship

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2005 01:38

  By STEPHANIE THOMASDr. Jim PittsAmericans have forgotten what it means to be a citizen, along with the rights that go along with that title, and have instead assumed the title of consumers, Dr. Jim Pitts, a sociology professor and vice chancellor of acade...

• Human 'nature?' Stop basing politics on it, scholar says

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2005 01:25

  By DAVID FORBESBruno BosteelsPeople must learn to stop using assumptions about human nature to form political systems and instead focus on politics as actions that disrupt them, Bruno Bosteels, a professor of Spanish literature at Cornell University, said...

• Russian composers influenced by land, conductor claims

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2005 01:15

  Berenika performed in Asheville on Nov. 20By STEPHANIE THOMASRussian symphonies embody irony and the landscape of Russia, and their composers are known for their ability to orchestrate, Daniel Meyer, conductor of the Asheville Symphony, said Nov. 18 durin...

• Brad Norman: Other 'President' Bush? USC's defensive star, Heisman prospect

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 06:02

  Brad NormanBOONE ?±?± The President, a.k.a., Mr. Bush, is doing everything right nowadays.Believe me, I??m definitely not talking about Dubya.Reggie Bush, the most electrifying player on the best college football team in the country, the University of S...

• ASU outlasts Lafayette 34-23 to advance to quarterfinals

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:57

  ASU running back Kevin Richardson surges forward in last Saturday's playoff victory over LafayetteBOONE ?? Kevin Richardson??s 171 rushing yards and a timely defense proved to be the difference in Appalachian State University??s 34-23 victory over visitin...

• Renowned Bread Loaf English program coming to UNCA this summer

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:50

  By DAVID FORBESUNC Asheville will soon be hosting a summer satellite of the Masters of Liberal Arts program of the Bread Loaf School of English, Bill Spellman, associate vice chancellor for humanities, announced at the Nov. 10 meeting of UNCA??s Faculty S...

• Asheville approves grant for bike path plans 5-2; expense questioned

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:47

  BY DAVID FORBESAsheville City Council voted 5-2 on Nov. 22 to accept state grants for the development of a plan for bike paths around the city after some members questioned the usefulness of such an expenditure.Originally on the consent agenda, Vice Mayor...

• Daily Planet: 'Any way you like it' ?? new Asheville slogan has its flaws

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:43

  Our fair city has a new slogan to draw in those oh-so-vital tourism dollars. Goodbye ?®Land of Sky?∆ and hello ?®Any way you like it.?∆After a $200,000 study, which decided that ?®Land of Sky?∆ was apparently too stodgy and outdated, the Buncombe...

• John North: "Walk the Line' film? It's a high-voltage love story

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:40

  John NorthEditor & PublisherThe Johnny Cash biopic, ?®Walk the Line,?∆ based on his autobiography, is a smash, with dead-on acting by Joaquin Phoenix as the title character and Reese Witherspoon as his love interest, June Carter.Directed by James...

• Letters to the Editor: Cuban medical system not as good as touted

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:36

  While visiting Asheville over Thanksgiving, I picked up and enjoyed your newspaper. One of your stories by Stephanie Thomas (?®Cuban health system tops U.S., acitvist claims,?∆ Nov. 23) reporting on a lecture by Katrina Sommers demanded my quite differ...

• Mark West: Bird flu, hurricanes, inaction: time to pray

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:32

  Mark WestI suppose, when all is said and done, that my primary emotion concerning the neoconservative revolution is anger.I??m frightened, of course; the neoconservatives never seem to have met a war they didn??t like, and seem to share the defining chara...

• Seamus McNerney: Music: Not a language, but it still communicates

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:22

  Seamus McNerneyMusic is not a language. I??ve had several interesting conversations with folks concerning this issue and have always taken this position. First off, why is this important?  In my dealings with some people concerning this topic, they i...

• Janese Johnson: Be a man? Many males feel oppressed by inflexible cultural rules

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:17

  Janese JohnsonIt is pretty clear how women and minorities are still oppressed in our culture. And because of the obvious inequality of this oppression, we often ignore how the effects of male oppression can contribute to all other forms.So, how are men op...

• Wake Forest defeats UNCA 79-63 in competitive battle

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:16

  WINSTON-SALEM ?? No. 8-ranked Wake Forest (18) placed five players in double figures to outlast UNC Asheville 79-63 in front of a sell-out crowd of 14,665 at Joel Coliseum on Nov. 14. ...

• American Indoor Football League inks pact with civic center commission

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:14

  American Indoor Football League officials secured an endorsement on Nov. 21 from the Civic Center Commission to finalize plans to bring an indoor football league team to the Asheville Civic Center. ...

• ASU snags player, coach of the year awards from Southern Conference

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:12

  CULLOWHEE ?? Four days after seizing the championship, Appalachian State University won three individual Southern Conference awards including coach and player of the year, while placing 10 players on the first team all-conference squad. ...