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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1966 THE CAROLINA JOURNAL PAGE 2 What Happened To The SP? With freshman elections upon us, the most prominent question of the campaign is “What happened to the Student Party?” This question warranted since the Student Party has failed to nominate any candidates for the freshman offices which are to be filled. We have heard it said around campus that the Student Party is in the same position this year that the University Party was in last year. In a way, this is correct. EHiring first semester freshman elections in 1965, the Student Party was the dominate party. Of that there is no doubt. But the University Party was at least able to put up a full list ot candidate and two of those candidates were actually elected. When the time came to elect officers for this year, the Student Party had a full slate of political hopefuls. The University Party was still floundering. It was suffering from lack on leadership. That's when Bud Stokely took the reigns of the UP and saved it from posible disaster. He was elected vice - president of the stu dent body and helped eight other UP members attain positions in the Student Legislature. That was the last election we’ve had. It certainly could not be said that the UP won that election; it merely gained on the dominant SP. The SP elected the president and trea surer of the student body and elected enough legislature members for a two-to-one domin ance of that body. Yet the Student Party is acting as if it lost that election. It did not provide any compet ition for the UP candidates. Those who wished to oppose the UP people have been forced to run independently. So, back to the original question. What has happened to the Student Party? It is suffering from the same malady which plagued the UP in the past: lack of leadership. Just try to find out who is the chairman of the SP right now. Try to find out who the active members of the party are. The JOURNAL tried but couldn’t get a straight answer. We got responses like “so and so is supposed to take care of that”, or “I’d help them out if I had the time”, etc. High caliber leadership is hard to find on this campus. But it can be found. We suggest that the SP find some right away. Then it won’t be forced as a last resort, to sit down with a bunch of independent candidates and try to get them to draw up a platform resembling that of the SP. The JOURNAL is impartial to both campus political parties, but we feel it our duty to do all that we can to see that both of them remain active. The Student Pary has many members in the legislature and it still has potential. We’d like to see it make an effort to realize that potential. The Carolina Journal WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1966 ELLISC94 CLAHY, Jim Cunning Business Manager Frank Crooks Asst. Bus. Mgr. Robert Pliner Chief Photographer Libby Holshouser Feature Editor Donna Hughes .Sports Editor Geraldine Ledford. Art Editor Staff: Sally Hagood, Mary Morgan, Paul Boswell, Ccnnie riippo, Earleen Mabry, Corny Stilwell, Frank Caton, Jan Ballard, Patrick McNeely, Ronald Watts, Bobbe Berry, John Moore, Carol Haywood, Sandy Caudle, Rosemary Lands, John Lafferty, Gayle Watts. Kay Watson, and Carol Durham* Elections Go Letters To The Editor Deeper Than QJ JVeiUCOfItb Sleepy EyL*’ Biings Morol Honw BY PAUL BOSWELL An election is coming up and there is an abnormal amount of coats and ties on campus. Friendly faces beg votes from every bull etin board, trashcan, and any flat surface available, including car windshields. Pretty girls and clean-cutyoung men greet their friends and make new ones as they hawk their pol itical wares. Sleepy but determined eyes re flect the price of midnight (stra- tegy)meetings and poster parties. Students are pelted with politi cal propaganda and party slogans at every entrance to the buildings. All &is merriment and fun slightly masks the importance of this freshman polling, but it should not be forgotten. The candidates vie for postions which give them your vote in Stu dent Legislature. The policies and opinions they advocate will be re- (Continued on Page 4) Wonder Why Student Court Has No Cases? BY KAY WATSON CAROL DURHAM What happened to Dr. Robbin’s $5,040 Falcon? A telephone pole ran into it. What do UNC-C and Cabarrus County have in common? They’re both dry. Why did they remove the juke box from the cafeteria? It didn’t have “When Irish Eyes Are Smil ing” on it. What is the newest course on the UNC-C campus? Romper Room 372 (Advanced Student Legis lature). Why hasn’t the Student Court had to try a case yet? Because we’re such a “wholesome, lily- white, square-dad college!” What is louder than madras pants? The commodes in the lib rary. Why did Sandra Brantley and Candy Kimbrell go to Philadel phia? To accept the Nobel Booby Prize for Judy Hardison! How could you tell which people were from UNC-C attheCarolina- Wake Forest game? They were all sitting (?) on the 2 1/2 yard line!! How can you tell an illigiti- mate rice krispie from a normal one? It has snap, crackle, but no pop. And finally, the words of wis- , dom for the week; the “G” stands for goodness! Mr. Editor: Alan Newcomb, Director of Pub lic Affairs for WBTV in Char- ilotte, discussed his department With a young college student in I March , 1966. The professional jemalyst mentioned certtiin guide- jUnes for the student’s preparation [for political analysis. Last week, the student heard ■a small portion of a WBT news cast. Newcomb was ill in Chicago. The following morning, while add ressing a get-well card to post on the way to UNC-C, the stu- Ident heard a second newscast. I Alan Newcomb had died. Moral: A student does not have an eternity in which to leisurely prepare to make his contribution to society. His tutor may not al- United Appeal Drive Starts ways be around. A student hates to think that his past contributions were his last contributions to this oP world. Conclusion: By the time you read tiiis, one student will have caught up with his classes and might even be reading ahead. Kermit C. Ashley Harry High School Nixed Mr. Editor: This year, as in the past, the Charlotte - Mecklenburg United Appeal is asking for donations from the students and faculty of the Uni versity of North Carolina at Char lotte. As campus chairman of the drive, I am setting aside Wed nesday, October 26, as United Appeal Day. On that day our stu dent nurses wiU be in green uni forms and will be carrying contain ers for the receipt of donations. They will stop in the classrooms prior to class meetings and will ask all students to contribute their share. In addition a table in the lobby of the Student Union Will be used to receive donations throughout the remainder of the drive. The United Appeal is a collect ing agency which serves 43 mem ber agencies in our area. The Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A, the Mental Health Association, the Asso ciation for the Blind, the Asso ciation for Retarded Children, and many other agencies can operate only because of donations andcon- . tributions fromthepublic.Because the united way concentrates on a single drive and eliminates dupli- i cation and waste, 97(i of every 1 dollar returns to the member ag- I encies. 1 urge everyone to contribute the amount he wishes. No wuota is established but I hope that every one will give something to this worthy cause. Seth H. ElUs Chairman, United Appeal T believe Mr. Nolan can tell you how I broke my leg in the student-faculty football game better than I, Miss Smith. Mr. Editor: As usual, I read your publication last week. At this writing, I plan to read the newspaper in follow ing weeks. My friends read the Journal, and other students read the Journal. Even some professors and instructors read the Journal, as well as some of the adminis tration personnel. It is my opinion that these peo ple — including myself — should not find it necessary to weed out unimportant and insignificant tri via which is desifjned primarily to vent wrath upon a few people with whom the writers have a diff erence. We encountered this same basic problem once last year. Now, I refer in particular to the column written by Miss Watson and Miss Durteim. We aU know that high school newspapers spec ialize in Gossip Columns at the expense of students and teachers aUke. This is fine for high school, but if 1 am correct, tins insti tution is a branch of a major University. So, why, Mr. Editor, should 1 be concerned with be littling comments about students we all know. We do not care what these girls think. We are capable of our own opinions. Surely some of their “puns” are reasonable, but let’s cut the othe r nonsense and print some thing worthwhile — like this letter from a Puritan. Phyllis Henline Frosh Hopeful Sends Message Mr. Editor: During the present week the Freshman class, as a whole, wiU be given the opportunity to ex press their interest in the Uni versity through Student Govern ment. I personally feel that every member of the Freshman Class should most sincerely ask them selves if they really desire to improve the University ot which they are investing valuable time and effort. If the Freshmen do de sire to take a firm stand in the University to state that they as individuals are sincerely inter ested in the future of UNC-C, the entire Freshman Class will respond in the Freshman cam paign for offices and then in the elections on October 26, 27, 28. Since I am caicerned with the future of UNC-C, I earnestly en courage each and every member of the Freshman Class to uti lize his privilege to vote. In this manner, I am expounding myself to the extent of stating, through a campaign, that I am interested in UNC-C. This interest is most sincere and multipurpose, because I feel tha t there are many things to be done to meet the new needs of our growing student government, so that it meiy be successful in its ultimate purpose — self gov ernment of the students among the students. David Guy.
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