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3 Section Editor: Larisa Karr lakarr@unca.edu

Photos by Larisa Karr Mary Louise Pratt (L) and Renato Rosaldo spoke about border crossings and the arts of contact zones at a meeting with students on March 9.

Guest speakers address problems of nationalism in US politics maggie haddock

Assistant News Editor mhaddock@unca.edu

A panel with linguist Mary Louise Pratt and anthropologist and poet Renato Rosaldo discussed important topics regarding language, nationalism and broader analysis on acceptance of those different from oneself during a discussion with UNC Asheville. “Nation states differ a whole lot on how they feel about language and multilingualism. Nation states all want to have one official language that they can conduct their democracy in and that everybody shares,” Pratt said. “They often feel that is important for solidarity, national identity and for just connecting in national communication systems, for publishing laws.” Pratt continued by explaining the uniqueness of the U.S. and the paradox surrounding multilingualism. “The U.S., on one hand, is permanently multilingual, just by the way it built itself. At the same time, the U.S. has had for, since the beginning of the 20th century, an ideology of mono-

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You get that word sanctuary to create an idea of safety. Yes, space is really important. I think another important thing for creating safe houses is having allies.”

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lingualism, where if you don’t speak English, you’re not a true American,” Pratt said. Rosaldo noted a divide between cultures and the gray area faced in the U.S. today regarding the definitions used to categorize Americans. “Culture is measured by difference

Mary Louise Pratt speaks about the current political climate.

by some, ‘we.’ If there is an ‘us’ and ‘them,’ it’s good. The question has to do with what’s going on with the White House narrative now as we speak about immigration. Who’s the ‘we’ and who’s the ‘them?’ I’m a little puzzled about the ‘we.’ I expected the ‘we’ to be the people of the United States,” Rosaldo

said. “There seems to be a different ‘we’ operating.” Pratt discussed the misconception of safe houses and how the necessity of safe houses on college campuses evolves as the political climate changes. “A couple things are happening. One is the idea of sanctuaries, a particular version of safe houses. The word ‘sanctuary’ is used to define safe house spaces in all different ways all over the country,” Pratt said. “A lot of these are now for the protection of undocumented people who are facing deportation and separations from their families.” Pratt continued by defining sanctuaries and by noting what makes a sanctuary strong. “You get that word sanctuary to create that idea of safety. Yes, space is really important. I think another thing important for creating safe houses is having allies. In letting allies in, they are people who support your doing and will stand up for you in forms of

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SGA discusses election cycle and campus events maggie haddock

Assistant News Editor mhaddock@unca.edu

Photo by Nick Haseloff The Asheville Jewish Community Center is one of many Jewish Community Centers in the U.S. that has recently received bomb threats as a result of an increase in anti-Semitic rhetoric.

Students react to bomb threats on Asheville JCC Sarah Shadburne

Arts & Features sshadbur@unca.edu

Bomb threats at the Asheville Jewish Community Center have left students spooked. However, for 19-year-old UNC Asheville student Hannah Katz, her fear is mingled with outrage. “It’s pretty scary on my end,” Katz said. “Luckily I don’t work there anymore, but could you imagine? I went to summer camp there.” The Asheville JCC received bomb threats Feb. 27, which forced its occupants to evacuate. The act follows an upward trend of anti-Semitic incidents and Katz assaults on the rise over the last two years. More than 140 bomb threats were phoned or emailed to 110 Jewish gathering places across the country since January, reports the Anti-Defamation League. Katz, an environmental science student, describes herself as heavily involved with the JCC, working for four years as a summer camp counselor and also participating in after-school child care programs. “A lot of people like to think that after the Holocaust there’s no more anti-Semitism,” Katz said. “Because we liberated the camps, Hitler killed himself, like it’s gone. But it’s so rampant.”

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A lot of people like to think that after the Holocaust there’s no more antisemitisim. Because we liberated the camps, Hitler killed himself, like it’s gone. But it’s so Rampant.”

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White supremacist groups made conscious recruitment efforts on college campuses across the country, according to the Anti-Defamation League, with 104 instances of flyering on campuses since the beginning of the 2016 fall semester. “The attacks are very political. I blame Trump,” Katz said. “We’ve had a lot of instances of defacement of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries. We never thought this was going to happen, but part of me knew this was going to happen.” In the months preceding the election, at least 800 Jewish journalists on Twitter were harassed with anti-Semitic tweets, with the top 10 most targeted journalists receiving 83 percent of such

The Student Government Association held their final meeting before spring break on March 8 to discuss their upcoming election and the recent success of SGA-hosted events, as well as their plans for future events.

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There is a new national leadership honors society being formed on campus through Highsmith Student Union and Omicron Delta Kappa.”— Charlie White

tweets, the Anti-Defamation League reports. “It’s scary because all of my closest friends, my boss and my best friend’s mom work there,” Katz said. “It’s even worse that people are blaming Muslim people, since that’s been the most support we’ve gotten from another group.” The American Jewish Committee and the Islamic Society of America recently formed the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council, an inter-religious advocacy group dedicated to religious freedom and pluralism, according to their mission statement. Katz connected the upsurge in anti-Semitism to the heightened condemnation of other racial and religious groups, such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Katz described being involved with the JCC since childhood and being exposed to anti-Semitism from a young age. “Imagine being 12 and not really knowing what your religion is in general and then having people hate you,” Katz said. “It’s oppression, but a different kind. It’s not as obvious as being racist.” Gabby Feinstein, a 22-year-old psychology and neuroscience student and summer camp counselor at the Raleigh JCC, shared her experience with anti-Semitism. “We’ve had some instances in the

“Liz and I are currently in the thick of recruiting candidates.” said Charlie White, SGA president. SGA will meet with qualified candidates after their applications have been reviewed. Campaign week starts March 27 and elections will run from March 30 to March 31. “After the applications are done being accepted, we will have a period of elections rules meetings with the candidates who have filed and are eligible,” White said. Highsmith Student Union, formerly SAIL, works with Omicron Delta Kappa to recruit students of junior and senior status based on a faculty or staff member’s recommendations. Recruitment will continue through March. “There is a new national leadership honors society being formed on campus through Highsmith Student Union and Omicron Delta Kappa,”

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5 Section Editor: R Gray rgray1@unca.edu

Religion as a coping mechanism for loss Amalie Davidsen

The words written on the church are: “Herrens ord bliver evindelig” which means, “The word of the lord is to be forever,” or “The word of the lord is eternal.”

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Opinion Staff Writer adavidse@unca.edu

am sure a majority of people on this Earth know the feeling of losing a loved one. The only guarantee life brings is the certainty of death. Sometimes death is not fair, some live a long and fortunate life while others see themselves as miserable until the day they die. Some people believe in heaven, some do not. Some believe in karma-samsara, some do not. Some believe in hell, some do not. No matter what you believe you will have the same fate as everyone else — it is just a matter of where that is going to be. A few years ago I was sitting in the middle of the backseat of my parent’s car. I observed raindrops racing across the windows, going as fast as the speed of the car, while trying to get comfortable between my brother and my slightly overweight cousin. It was a cold afternoon in fall, the trees were naked and the leaves were dancing along with the cold wind. After a couple of hours driving we pulled up onto a ship, which would take us to a small Danish island called Sejerø. I went to the deck of the ship; I clearly remember the strength of the wind beating against my face while I observed the motions of the water around the ship. I observed how family members on the ground were waving at us as we got closer to land — some of whom I had not seen in years. Sejerø is where my grandfather settled down after divorcing my

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Veganism is the concept of cutting any animal derivatives out of your lifestyle. This does not mean that you cannot have a healthy and flavorful diet.

The truth behind an omnivore’s healthier diet Catherine Pigg

Opinion Staff Writer cpigg@unca.edu

Studies on veganism have shown a plant-based diet is not only more environmentally friendly, but it is also one of the healthiest diets and can even be cheaper than an omnivorous diet in some cases. Yet many still refuse to acknowledge the benefits of eating cruelty-free. Everyday sentient beings find themselves subjected to unnecessary human exploitation and torture just so someone can one day feast on their carcasses. Many people claim to love animals but continue to contribute money to the inevitable deaths of farm animals in order to satisfy their taste buds. If the U.S. treated dogs and cats the same way they treat cows, chickens and pigs, people would be outraged. Both sets of animals mentioned above are sentient beings with the ability to feel joy, pain

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Everyday sentient beings find themselves subjected to unnecessary human exploitation and torture just so someone can one day feast on their carcasses.” and sorrow, yet one is often favored above the other. There tends to be a misconception on what exactly happens in the dairy and egg industry. Many believe it is harmless and does not contribute to animal suffering. However, this is often not the

case. Chickens naturally lay only 10 to 20 eggs per year, but domesticated chickens have been genetically manipulated to produce 250 to 300 eggs per year. This manipulation often causes painful and fatal reproductive disorders. A majority of chickens find themselves confined in cages so tiny they cannot even spread their wings. Even cage-free eggs are not cruelty-free, as most of these chickens are confined into packed warehouses by the thousands. Often these cage-free birds have their beaks forcefully cut off to prevent nervous pecking in these warehouses. At hatcheries, nearly six billion male chicks are killed either by suffocation or by being ground up alive. Dairy farming also causes harm toward innocent, sentient animals. Cows only produce milk when pregnant, like all mammals. Often, a metal rod is inserted into a female cow in order to impregnate her, referred to as artificial

insemination. After the mother cow gives birth, her calf is permanently removed from her within hours of birth. This even happens at farms which are labeled as humane. Male calves end up being slaughtered for veal and female calves find themselves isolated in hutches for the first two to three months of their lives. Naturally a mother cow’s milk should be fed to her child, just as all mammals’ milk should be. They do not produce milk for the consumption of humans. Humans are the only mammals to continually drink the milk of another species and we are the only animal to continue drinking milk past infancy. It is not natural, nor is it healthy. Every meal boils down to a choice an individual makes between continuing to contribute to inhumane practices against innocent beings or choosing to eat a cleaner and cruelty-free diet. For humans it is a choice whether animals live or die, something the animals unfortunately do not get a say in.

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Photos By Michaela Hall The collaboration art piece designed by David Humphrey and Sean Catinella reads “OpenDoors” in The Wedge Brewery on March 11.

Asheville supports impoverished communities at OpenDoors of Asheville gala maggie haddock

Assistant News Editor mhaddock@unca.edu

The brisk Saturday night in the nearly deserted village in the River Arts District has a peculiar glow and rhythm among the grounds. The new Wedge Brewery at Foundation resembles a bohemian Gatsby party gathered at the brewery for lavish drinks, live entertainment and the chance to win art from local artists, all for a good cause. “There’s this voice in my head when I get up every morning that says, ‘I don’t have to do this.’ I’m really privileged and grateful that I don’t have to come into what we do. I get to do this. We all get to do what we’re doing tonight,” said Jen Ramming, executive director for OpenDoors of Asheville. OpenDoors of Asheville, a nonprofit organization which helps children in multi-generational poverty overcome their hardships, hosted a gala, Art Affair 2017: Urban Canvas, to raise money for their organization. OpenDoors currently reaches more than 800 children in the Asheville area, training teachers and connecting with tutors and mentors in order to help guide children in poverty to a better future, Ramming said.

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“It’s not about an individual kid, it’s not about an individual school. A rising tide lifts all boats,” Ramming said. “I just want to make sure you all think about that tonight as we bid for the cause, as we support over 100 artists who donated tonight. One hundred percent of the proceeds go to the kids.” OpenDoors recognizes an outstanding member of the community and presents them with the Laureate of the Year at Art Affair. Beth Walton, a journalist at the Cit-

Pieces of art, ranging from hand-crafted jewelry to paintings, were donated by local artists to the silent auction at .

izen-Times, received the Laureate of the Year in honor of her work covering poverty in Western North Carolina. “I felt that people were often talking about poverty in Western North Carolina and using a lot of stereotypes and sort of simplifying the issue,” Walton said. “So, what I wanted to do was write a bunch of stories about poverty in Western North Carolina to show that the opposite is true, to humanize people who are living in poverty and to show just how hard it is to move out

of poverty. Things from child care all the way to transportation make a huge difference.” Art Affair, which centers around the art auction, attracted 420 eager participants, Ramming said. The scene appears quite contrary to those whom the organization supports. The black tie event brought out Asheville’s best dressed and biggest spenders.

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Disturbance is part of nature and when disturbance happens in the forest, that’s kind of what creates a diversity of forest types and sets the forest back to an earlier stage.”

Local environmentalists anticipate growth in wake of massive fires in area Brooke Randle

News Staff Writer brandle@unca.edu

egional environmental experts anticipate minimal long-term damage in the aftermath of last year’s massive fires. The Party Rock fires burned more than 7,000 acres of forest in November, making it one of the largest fires in decades, according to Mountain Region Biologist for North Carolina State Parks Marshall Ellis. “It wasn’t so much the intensity that freaked everybody out, it was the size,” Ellis said. The fires, which raged for nearly a month, were some of the largest Ellis said he has seen in his 24 years as a wildfire expert. Despite this, he expects the environment of the affected areas to experience minimal changes. “Most of the effects from that fire, in terms of severity, were actually pretty moderate. We do not expect to see large scale changes in the forest structure,” Ellis said. “What you’re going to see across this landscape is a series of holes punched

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The Party Rock fires in November were the area’s largest fires in decades, according to Mountain Region Biologist Marshall Ellis.

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in the canopy where the trees have been killed. That’s not unexpected and really not a problem.” Ellis also said in addition to the trees lost to the fire last fall, more trees may perish in the next few years due to delayed mortality. “Another thing we’ll see in the longterm, because this fire went on for almost four weeks, is that a lot of these trees that have survived the fire initially have been weakened by such a sustained and longterm fire. So I’m sure we’ll lose some additional trees,” Ellis said. “We don’t really have a feel for how many it will be but based on some other fires with similar behavior, I don’t expect it to create a major change in the landscape by any means.” Natural Resource Specialist for the U.S. Forest Service Lisa Jennings said while some changes are expected, fires within the environment help promote growth and diversity. “Disturbance is part of nature and when a disturbance happens in the forest, that’s kind of what creates a diversity of forest types and sets the forest back to an

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Photos Courtesy of Kingdom Photography The Chit Nasty Band wants to evoke ecstasy in the listener, as there is no word to describe higher happiness.

Bands ready to bring the party to campus for Echofest 2017 Sarah Shadburne

Arts & Features sshadbur@unca.edu

If students have been noticing the massive amounts of black and purple stickers populating even the most obscure surfaces of campus, wonder no further: it is time for Echofest. Echofest will take the UNC Asheville campus Friday with four stages, showcasing more than 30 local and touring musicians. The festivities will begin at noon and continue until 11 p.m., with an art raffle from local artists, food and diverse music to bring the community together. The festival attracts a multitude of funky bands and people to support the community through partnership with Helpmate, a local shelter for victims of abuse.

CHIT NASTY BAND

The funky soul-rock of the Chit Nasty Band comes for the emotions of listeners — but only the fun ones. Its sound dances, gets down and grooves in an attempt to trigger pure ecstasy in its audience members. “Music is incredibly liberating for me,” said Christian ‘Chit’ FousheeGreen, vocalist and keyboardist of the

Chit Nasty Band. “We all come together as one thing and play off each other. This is the kind of music I really dig.” The Chit Nasty Band synthesizes from an array of different musical backdrops, from Foushee-Green’s upbringing in the music of the black church to their appreciation of formulaic pop anthems to outright rock ‘n’ roll. When they come together it is all about the groove. “Growing up my biggest influences were Jimi Hendrix and stuff like that where I’d turn to a guitar solo and physically have to make a face like I smelled something real bad,” FousheeGreen said. “I love it even more when I can look over at one of my bandmates and they’re doing that same stank face.” Guitarist John Faltass grew up playing blues, but finds himself and his playing style invigorated by his trips to the Caribbean. Livity, according to Faltass, dictates that when a person treats their body right, whatever lies within will flow out with greater ease and success. “You think of each song as a dish, you can’t really have a rockin’ song without those different flavors,” Faltass said. “You can’t just put ketchup in it and expect it to be awesome.”

Faltass will be celebrating his 29th birthday on the day of Echofest. “We’re gonna be celebrating life,” Faltass said. “I’m planning on sharing my birthday with the whole town of Asheville.” Faltass and Foushee-Green seek to give their music a life inside two eternal words: party time. “My goal is to be out-danced,” Foushee-Green said. “We know Asheville is the best but we need y’all to prove it. I’m looking forward to not just seeing what we can do for Asheville, but what Asheville can do for us.”

PSYLO JOE

For improvisational band Psylo Joe, variability makes a show pop. Sensitive to the energies of a room, these musicians craft their set list based on the sway of the crowd. The Grateful Dead-loving five-piece returns to Asheville after six months of absence, while on a mission to make people move. “We love festivals,” lead guitarist and vocalist Bryan Quintard said. “They bring all different types of music and people to the event. You really get to connect to the people and the music at the same time, and that’s what Psylo Joe is about.” Growing up, Quintard said he always

appreciated bands who made mistakes while improvising, as it made him feel more connected to the musicians as people. With that spirit, Quintard and rhythm guitarist George Thornton express the same graciousness with their own improvisational styles. “Each of our shows are always different,” Quintard said. “We usually don’t play a song the same way twice. We really draw from the crowd and their energy.” Quintard and Thornton find themselves and their bandmates experimenting with divergent areas of music, taking their various musical backgrounds and creating a fusion-filled show punctuated by long jam sessions. “When we’re feeling good energy from the crowd that’s when we feel like we can really let loose with the improvisational stuff,” Thornton said. “That’s when the magic happens.” Psylo Joe currently has a new album in the works, but mostly look forward to expanding their reach, Quintard and Thornton both said. “Definitely expect a high-energy rock ‘n’ roll set that’ll keep you groovin’,” Quintard said. “We love bringing upbeat psychedelic funk.”

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Photos courtesy of Libby Gamble The Freeway Revival played several UNC Asheville shows in the past.

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THE FREEWAY REVIVAL

The music of The Freeway Revival chronicles a journey, through life on the road and the various experiences that follow in funky, bluesy rock ’n’ roll speak. “Where the music takes us, once we’re there, it’s the music playing us,” lead guitarist Tim Husk said. “Once it gets there, there’s no trying to reign it in.” Husk predicts their show will be a mix of all the things their band does

best, namely having fun. “It’s a musical experience plus a party,” Husk laughs. “You’ll get your moments when you’re throwing down and everyone’s raging and then moments of musical bliss.” The Freeway Revival is currently in the process of recording a new album and will be touring much of the summer. The album will be a rebellion of sorts but for the moment remains untitled, according to Husk said. “What we’re trying to do is a revolution through music and the arts,” Husk said. “It’s kind of political but it’s also people trying to spread whatever type

The Freeway Revival will release their new album this summer.

of message they have and bring people together.” Husk describes things in the news that make him angry, but acknowledges people spend too much time focusing on the negative. When the band finds themselves lapsing into rare periods of negativity, they play music together until it melts away, according to Husk. “When you get up on stage, you go into a new level of existing,” Husk said. “You’re comfortable. It’s pure energy. Once we get into the groove, it’s home.” The Freeway Revival seeks to create a new experience for listeners.

“Giving people the ability to connect with someone next to them and have family with everyone,” Husk said. “Which is really what we’re all trying to do, just experiencing.” The boundless energy of The Freeway Revival not only invigorates the five-piece to rock for themselves, but gives them extra zeal to transport listeners away. “It’s hard to describe a place,” Husk said. “There are songs where you’re in a spacey place floating in the dark, or on a river or in the woods. Sometimes it gets a little dark, but if the music takes you there, you gotta go.”

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UNCA student releases new EP ahead of Echofest Karrigan monk

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Tucked away in a corner on the bottom floor of Lipinsky lies a fully functional recording studio. The main room features an old couch worn from hours of listening. Across from it sits a stateof-the-art recording console installed a few years ago. It is here music technology student William Hinson recorded his latest EP, Elevator Music, Vol. 1. “Elevator Music is something that I’ve been working on for a while,” Hinson said. “We’ve been recording it since August, but I was doing demos and programming for it over the summer. The first song on it was actually written in December of 2015.” Released on March 3, the EP was a long time coming for Hinson. He described both of his parents as musical and cites his songwriter uncle as a huge influence on his life. He said one of his sister’s boyfriend’s really gave him the push to play music. “I was in the second grade and she was dating this dude that was a musician and I thought that was the coolest shit ever,” Hinson said. “I wanted to take guitar lessons after that.” He said he proceeded to teach himself to play guitar and went from there. Although he mainly plays guitar and piano, he said he can program any instrument. “Back in the day, there was a producer, there was an artist, there was an engineer and then there was an assistant engineer. Now you’re virtually doing every single one of those at the same time. You’re wearing all of those hats at the same time,” Hinson said. “From a production standpoint, I would say you can play just about every instrument because it’s in the computer. If you can play the piano, you can play anything.” Although it was not his first release, Hinson said he is most proud of Elevator Music. The first song, “...and Here We Go!” was written in his bedroom. This is the sole song on the album that was reworked during recording. The other four songs are nearly identical to their original demos.

Photos By Eli Alexander Hinson spends his time recording his EP in the studios in the basement of Lipinksy Hall.

Although Hinson wrote and produced the EP himself, he said he could not have done it without his team. “I used to think this is one of those things you do by yourself, like you were Chance the Rapper and you just sat in your bedroom and you just made music and for some reason people were just supposed to see it and then things were supposed to happen because you were who you were,” Hinson said. “That’s not the way it is. Nothing is accomplished by yourself anymore. I’m very proud of this team that we have.” The members of the team Hinson built were involved in virtually every aspect of the recording. Nick Bump engineered the entire album. Josh Garrett served as an art director and put together video advertisements. Angelica Henry painted the cover art. Blaine Pugh is Hinson’s best friend and manager. Hinson said he is closest to Pugh and Bump, both of whom he met when they were all in the seventh grade. Pugh said he became Hinson’s friend the moment Hinson introduced him to John Mayer on a bus to Disney World. Hinson and Pugh collaborate on mu-

sic often, but Elevator Music marks the first time something they created together has been recorded. “I produced a very special track on Elevator Music called ‘I.B.W.O.Y.F.S.L.’ It was our first record-worthy collaboration,” said Pugh. “William stepped outside of his musical realm on this one and it had a huge pay-off.” The acronym, which stands for, ‘I’ve been waiting on you for so long,” came about after Pugh saved the original beat for the song. He said he named it because it was the first time he created a beat and did not want to second-guess its worth. When they got together, Hinson took the name of the file and wrote a song around it. Bump, who engineered Elevator Music, met Hinson in seventh grade gym class. “I’ve always enjoyed helping William with his music, going as far back as making YouTube videos in middle school,” Bump said. “Since we’re both music technology majors now and I’m fairly familiar with his style and preferences, it was easy for me to adjust to

this album.” Hinson’s style is largely inspired by his favorite musicians, including those such as The Beatles, John Mayer and The 1975. While already working on volume two of Elevator Music, Hinson is also preparing to play UNCA’s Echofest on Saturday. He said he is excited to play in the greenhouse this year after playing in Highsmith the past two years. For Echofest, Hinson will be playing by himself with his guitar and a looper, but he is working to put together a band to do the recorded songs justice. Hinson said he is thankful for the response Elevator Music has already received. “I think everyone who wants to do music and wants to pursue it, everyone wants to be famous, everybody wants to be a rock star or whatever. But now I think I’ve sort of come to terms with the fact that that doesn’t happen all the time,” Hinson said. “People make really, really good music and they’re unknown. I want people to relate with my music the same way I related and was influenced by my idols growing up.”

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The Wedge Brewery filled with laughter and excitement throughout the night as participants drank plenty of champagne and tossed their auction numbers in the air as the art from Asheville artists rose in price. “I think it’s really cool. OpenDoors — it’s a charity — so it definitely helps out a lot of people and this is one of the ways that they raise money,” said Emma Rasco, a volunteer for the gala. Artists from the Asheville area donated their art and attended the event in support of the organization. “It’s also promoting a lot of local artists which is a really cool idea and it generates a lot of funds for the organization, so it’s important,” said Abbey End, an assistant of mobile bidding for the gala. Donating local artists, such as Megan Kelly, work with the children in OpenDoors, helping them learn about art and creativity. “With OpenDoors, I work with the young girls in the program and collaborated with them on the pieces that are inside that they worked on as well. It’s been a really great experience,” Kelly said. Kelly noted the location of Art Affair, which sits in an up-and-coming section of the River Arts District on Foundry Street, adds to the renovations the area has seen recently. “I’m familiar with this area of town because I’ve painted here before, like the murals that are surrounding here,” Kelly said. “To see it from what it was then to seeing businesses open up here, it’s really changing the dynamic of the neighborhood in a really cool way.” For OpenDoors staff and board members, it was a teary night. The organization helped children continue through school and guide them into a steady life. Eric Howard, advocacy committee chair, noted his involvement in the organization and the success harvested from the students involved. “I’ve dedicated my life to social work and education and I’m very proud of that. I see some of my students that I had in the past, I see their younger siblings that are participating in this program,” Howard said.

earlier stage,” Jennings said. “We have different age classes of forest that can support different plants and different animals, and fire is a natural thing that supports that diversity.” Jennings reports wildlife populations also undergo changes during and after fires. Most animals, such as deer or birds, adapt to fires and rarely experience widespread, fire-related mortality. “It’s definitely not what people have in mind when they hear about a forest fire where you think of like Bambi and those negative images that we’ve seen over time,” Jennings said. “All fires affect the animal population and depending on the species it could be positive or negative. Most of the wildlife that is mobile get out of there. It’s part of their nature. When they see danger, they run.” Jennings said the U.S. Forest Service is working with other state agencies and nonprofit organizations to reduce the risk of wildfires like the ones at Party Rock by using controlled burns. Jennings said the goal is to use controlled burns on about 6,000 acres in North Carolina per year to reduce risk. “There’s what we call the fire triangle. A fire needs oxygen, which obviously we can’t do anything about. It needs heat, which again is hard to control because there are many sources of heat such as lightning. And then there is fuel, which is the one thing that we can control,” Jennings said. “So that’s what prescribed burning does. We’re controlling the fuel element and getting rid of those dangerous fuels and it is very successful. We’re doing it on our terms. I like to say we’re fighting fire with fire.”

Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service The Party Rock fires burned for nearly four weeks in November, scorching more than 7,000 acres and leading to evacuations of residents of Lake Lure and the surrounding areas.

Clint Calhoun, environmental management officer at the town of Lake Lure, said the effects of the fire still remain on the landscape in the form of burnt and fallen trees. “As far as the environment goes, physically things look a little differently than they did before, especially if you’re in the woods,” Calhoun said. “If you’re out away and just looking at the mountain, you really can’t tell other than just a few places along the ridge.” Despite this, Calhoun said many plants and trees are beginning the natural cycle of growth as spring begins to arrive. One almost immediate effect of fire is a boost of wildflower growth. “Wildflowers are blooming now in the areas that were burned. We’re really encouraged by what we’re seeing so far,” Calhoun said. The Party Rock fires were long overdue because of fire suppression in the region, Calhoun said. However, he expects controlled burns to become a part

of forest maintenance to prevent similar fires from occurring. “There’s going to be some pretty serious consideration, as far as reintroducing fire into the landscape to control fuel loads and hopefully prevent this from happening like this again,” Calhoun said. “Hopefully, we’ll see some positive changes. We’re starting to see that now, but there’s still a lot of work to do.” Calhoun said he hopes the fires do not discourage people from visiting the town. “There is some worry that the message that is out there is that everything is just burned to the ground and it’s not going to look the same as it was. We’re trying to get people to understand that that’s not true,” Calhoun said. “Everything is still open. There were no businesses lost, no homes lost and no lives lost. We want to see people come back. We think that people will, but it’s going to take some time.”

mire their work so I said that it would be good to create this conversation with the students and with other ways of expressions,” Martinez said. The happening, which involved participants drawing on large pieces of paper hung around the room, creates a unique experience, according to Martinez. “A happening is a beautiful story

getting told with a happening. It’s a concept, it’s a cultural activity,” Martinez said. “You don’t know when it’s going to happen in the world, but suddenly something happened because of the atmosphere that we created here. So only we could do this. Nobody else. And this is only going to happen once, ever.”

Nationalism CONTINUEd From page 3 humanity when you’re not able to stand up for yourself,” Pratt said. “Creating allies and letting your allies know what you need from them is really valuable.” Following the panel, a happening was led by Assistant Professor of Spanish Juan Sánchez Martinez. “I had this idea because I really ad-

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White said. Recommendations will be based off of the student’s grade point average, campus involvement, scholarly accomplishments or athletics, according to documents from Highsmith Student Union. Following last month’s successful Food Truck Friday, dining services will bring another food truck to campus at the end of March, according to Anja Mayr, senior senator and chair of the Student Affairs Committee. “Food Truck Friday is happening on the 31st. Blue Smoke food truck will be there and they will be there from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m.,” Mayr said. Despite efforts made by SGA, dining services will not allow student input on which food trucks come to campus, Mayr said. “I really tried to get Brooke (Casteel) to let us get student input and it was a hard, ‘No.’ So she will be determining the food trucks,” Mayr said. Previous SGA-hosted events and their success were discussed. SGA recently hosted a series of events to engage the campus community while discussing important issues on campus. “The campus police forum — shout out to all the people that helped put these together — ASG Mental Health Week, Classroom Consciousness,” White said. The most recent event, the Classroom Consciousness panel, resulted in being very successful, White noted. “I heard so many amazing things from all the administrators and faculty members that I talked to that have gone to that, so sincerely, Academic Affairs Committee, thank you for putting that together,” White said. “We had our Classroom Consciousness event on Monday discussing how to create affirming academic space for people of all gender identities and sexualities and we had a really, really good panel of individuals from campus with varying backgrounds and experiences,” said Lauren Bulla, sophomore senator and chair of the academic affairs committee. Bulla continued to mention ways to improve realted events in the future.

past,” Feinstein said. “People drive by and shout slurs, or on a trip we had some teenagers throw rocks at our JCC bus.” As a camp counselor, a large part of the work Feinstein must do lies in making the campers feel emotionally supported and keeping an open dialogue with their parents. “It’s the first time I’ve experienced direct prejudice toward my identity,” Feinstein said. “I was very shocked to see that happen in such a progressive community.” Liz Segal, a 20-year-old anthropology and international studies student

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from Greensboro, describes how being brought up in a Jewish community sheltered her to a certain extent. “It was eye-opening to the anti-Semitism that seems to be increasing in our country ever since Trump started his campaign,” Segal said. “I always knew there was anti-Semitism still in existence, but I hadn’t encountered it as much as I have in the past year ever.” The impact of the presidential campaign has been monitored by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a phenomenon called “The Trump Effect,” in which teachers noted an increase in uncivil discourse from emboldened students to students of races, religions and nationalities targeted on the campaign trail.

“Recent events, not even just in Asheville but all over the country are really scary,” Segal said. “Unless you’re a white, Christian, heterosexual, able-bodied male, there’s going to be hate crimes apparently.” Segal calls for the recognition of the reality of anti-Semitism, especially due to the emphasis on Holocaust education in public schools. “I know a lot of people who think that just because there’s a lot of successful Jews that it’s not a problem anymore,” Segal said. “And that is obviously not true.” Feinstein would like to see solidarity from the surrounding community as well as officials opening up a conversation.

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grandmother to find peace and quiet, as the island is isolated from the rest of the country. My grandfather was a hard-working man his whole life, raising four sons in a suburb on the outskirts of Copenhagen. As a young adult he was a sailor and worked on big ships. Later he became a baker and worked all night for many years. After retiring, my granddad traveled a lot, all over Europe and to Australia and New Zealand, but when he reached his late 70s and early 80s he isolated himself on the small island. I do not think I had seen him for over a year when we went to a small hospi-

tal at the mainland, which they had sent him to. He was basically a skeleton, and I could not recognize him, and he could not recognize me. He had starved himself for months looking like an anorexic who walked with his last breath. A couple of weeks later I was standing above him as he lay in a place that should be his home until the day he would die, and that happened, too, nobody was realizing that would be after less than a week. But that was his choice. He refused to have a funeral at a church or have any religious ceremony when buried next to his son or to have religious hymns sung for him. Even though the rest of the family did not like it, my father chose to have a pas-

tor lead the small ceremony, arguing it would not hurt his journey to his final destination. In Denmark, it is not unique to opt out of religion, even on your deathbed. People choose to live completely outside of the church, and according to “Kristeligt Dagblad,” less than 21 percent believe religion is important in the everyday life. Though it is normal to get baptized, confirmed and married in the Christian faith, and most people celebrate Easter and Christmas every year. It is a cultural, not religious, thing, which is why Danish people refer to themselves as “culture Christians.” A majority of the young people who get confirmed do it for the presents and the following party, not to praise their

Christianity. The old and beautiful Danish churches stand almost empty at Sunday worships and are only filled up on a few special dates. The majority of Danish people simply do not believe in God or religion and the practice thereof. My first week in the South of the United States was overwhelming. The landscape, the roads and the climate were very different from what I was used to. Though what struck me the most was the large amount of churches in the areas I came across: Methodist, Catholic, Presbyterian and Bible churches were visible all over and made me realize I would quickly become a minority regarding religion throughout my journey in America.

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