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Fiery SL Meeting Adopts Resolution Endorsing Semester Schedule Change During its Monday, Feb. 7, meeting the Student Legislature adopted a resolution endorsing a proposed change in the dates for tbs beginning and ending of the spring and fall semesters for the nd'xt academic year. Under the plan adopted by a unanimous vote the fall semester will begin Aug. 30 and end on dEc. 20. The spring semester will begin on Jan. 16 and end on May 17. This proposal will'be submitted to the student body Tuesday, Feb. 16, and Wednesday, Feb! 17, to' bample student opinion. If it is approved by the student body it Will be forwarded to consolidated University officials now studying the plan. In other business the Legisla ture approved by a vote of 12 to 8 a bill to establish a campus code designed to govern student be havior on and off campus. This also will be submitted to a vote of the student body at tfe same time as the previous resolution. A bill to establish the’off ice of Attorney General was put on the table for a period of two weeks to be reconsidered at the next meeting. The legislature unanimously approved a resolution stating several student grievances. Some of the grievances were that the student directory which has often been promised by administrative officials has not yet materialized; another was that no notification was given to academically ineli gible students prior to registra tion day; also grades were not sent to students; senior class rings have been unduly held up because of the administrations failure to sign a contract with the manufacturer. These grievances were sent to the administration with the urg ing that they be reminded in the future. The body adopted a resolution approving the actions of the students of UNC-CH in their decision to invite a controversial political theorist H. Apetheker to their campus. A motion for the legislature to invite the same speaker to this campus was rejected. Wayne Proffitt Makes Believers Of Forty-Niners .If the Forty-Niners thought Wayne Proffitt of the Lynchburg IJornets had turned in a spectac ular performance in the first two games he played against them, what must they have thought after Saturday night’s humilating defeat. Proffitt set a Virginia college scoring record of 68 points while leading his team to a sfnashing 126-87 victory over the academi cally crippled Charlotte team. The 213 points scored by both teams also set a new total points scored record fob the Dixie Intercoliegiate Confer ence. The old record of 198 points was set by these same ^0 teams the last time they met. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” lamented Forty-Niner coach Harvey Murphy. “As strange as is may sound, we defensed him pretty good.” Murphy was referring to the defensive efforts of Nick Stra- vakas who fouled out with almost eight minutes left itt the conte^. Proffitt is now averaging 55 points a game against the Char lotte team in three appearances. —Letters To The Editor— Dp. Cone Not Unqualified If any consolation can be found in the 33 point drubbing it would be that the “new” Forty-Niners placed three men in the 20 or above column, proving that the team can score. Prior to the Lynchburg mas sacre the Forty-Niners had lost a Thursday encounter with the College of Charleston. The win was Charleston’s first conference win of the season and only their second win of the year. The Maroons now stand 2-18 overall. The contest was actually closer than the 57-49 score would indi cate and the Forty-Niners lost it at the charity line. Charlof'e hit only 11 of 19 attempts from the foul line while the Maroons converted 21 of 24. In their latest go at the hard boards, the Forty-Niners lost a 75- 69 decision to conference member St. Andrews Monday night at East Mecklenburg High School gym. No further details were available to the Journal before it went to press. Letter to The Editor: Have you ever had a dream and seen it come true? I’ll be willing to bet if you have, the dream was centered on you. This is not the truth in the cas® of Dr. Bonnie Cone. The center of her dream was us, the students, and UNC-C, the thriving university on Highway 49. What does it take to make a dream come true? First it takes an idea; and like the seed, this idea has to be nourished and continuously cared for. Dr.- Cone’s idea was planted in a small office on Central Avenue in 1946. This seed grew and sprout ed into the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1965 through the unending work of the small, quiet lady we affectionate ly call Dr. Bonnie. Last year many of us remem ber March 2nd as we waited for the bell to toll. We waited and waited and waited. When finally we heard its peal, w® were elated, but not for ourselves or even for the school. Our thoughts immediately went to our Dr. Bonnie who had worked so hard and fought so long for what the newspapers at that time de scribed as “her dream.”' But it was not “her dream” she worked for — it was our dream. It is BECAUSE OF Dr. Con® that we are able to say, “I’m a student at UNC-C.” There’s nowhere in the country we can go and say those 5 words and not have people know where we’re from. That would not be true if we said, “I’m a student at Charlotte College.” That would not be true were it not FOR Dr. Bonnie Cone. THE CAROLINA JOURNAL Wednesday, Feb. », 19»t 'Ifcree Ecuador Is PRAM Topic On Wednesday, Felmiary 18, 1966, there is a scheduled pro gram by Project of the Amoi- cas (PRAM on the trip made last stunmer to Blcuador by seven students from UNC-C, Davidson, Sacred Heart, and Queiens. Th«e will be slides of the trip and a talk by two of the students vriu> were participating. Also speakfaig 'will be Cesar Andrade, an Ecua dorian student currently at Da vidson College whe also was affiliated with PRAM in Ecuador this summer. This is an excellent oi^riunity to participate in an exchange program managed by students. PRAM finances tb,e trips, but the real work comes from the parti cipants. Further information wi how you could possibly qiend a summer in SonA America working through and with PRAM will be given at the program. It will be hrid in C- 260 at 11:30 a.m. to 1:00. G.R.E. Given The first item of business for many local seniors following second semester registration was the taking of- the Graduate Record Exam. The test was given on Tuesday- and Wednes day, Feb. 1st and 2nd. The GRE is given in about 800 schools over the nation and is required for admittance to Grad uate schools. The test consists of three parts; area, aptitude, and ad vanced. The area portion was divided into three classifications; Social sciences, humanities, and the natural Sciences. The aptitude section consisted of verbal and quantitative math, llie advanced test dealt with the individual’s major field. Between 60 and 70 local stu dents participated in the test. There are so many of us who have - sat in her office and watched her eyes sparkle as she related a -success story of one of Charlotte - College’s former stu dents, who have watched her eyes fill with tears of apprecia tion as she talked of the people who helped her achieve our dream, and who have felt our chests bursting when she praised us for something. We are all aware that Dr. Cone has been criticized by certain people in different positions. I, by no means, pretend to know how to judge another’s capabili ties; but I should like to know how many of her critics have built a university from -one single room, how many of them have worked as unselfishly as sh® for the good of other people, and how many of them have given as much as she for everyone else while putting herself last? I venture a large wager that not a one ■of them can say, “I have.” There’s no way to change any decision which has been made; and as I said. I’m no expert. But I for one know that I’m glad my years at CC and UNC-C were under Dr. Cone’s administration. I have always had the feeling that with Dr. Cone on our side, who could be against us? For the lady who has given us her life, I should like to give her our thanks. And I’ll never feel that we coulcf have anyone who is any more qualified in toiy capaci ty than Dr. Bonnie Cone is to continue to build our dream — the best university in the coun try; Indebtedly,. ANN McMillan LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS Students Can^t Spare Blood UNC-C placed dead last in the college division of the recent bloodmobile drive. Mitchell College of Statesville, N. C., ranked highest in percent age of students donating blood in proportion to the total enrollment. IT'5 TAKEN ME AU- THl$ TIME T? fINP A PLACE TO PARI- Candidates Needed For Offiees |oniy. The leaders of both campus political parties have joined in calling for interested persons to offer their names for student body positions. Tim Britton, chairman of the Student Party, and Loch Walker, chairman of the University Par ty, urged any interested student to contact leaders of the respect ive parties as soon as possible. Both parties select candidates in nominating 'conventions held prior to the elections. Only persons certified in these party conventions are permitted to run on the party tickets. Student body elections will be held either in late March or early April. PARK DRIVE-IN 1 Vi Miles Behind UNC-C On Route 29 Feafurins 111# Heriock Burger “A Meal On A Bun" 49c (Visit the finest drir- ing range in Charlotte. It's lighted so you con ploy at night. Right next door to Pork Drire-ln on Highway 49.)
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