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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1966 THE CAROLINA JOURNA Do Students Want To Change Mascot? Many Are Undeceded BY LIBBY HOLSHOUSER Should we change the name of the school mascot frqm the Forty- Niners? This question was posed to var ious students this week and mani' had answers. One general senti ment that prevaled was that it’s not the name itself which is causing so much grief. It is, rather,i tlie She Tells What Happens But It's Not Necessarily Truth BY CORNY STILWELL An old bartender once told me (huh, I mean told a friend of mine) “Don’t cry in your beer, it’s already watered - down enough!” But it’s hard to do when you’re an irresponsible coed. I neatly folded and pressed my brother’s Comet around a drunk garbage can. It stepped out right in front of my car- well, would you be lieve that it sneaked under the back bumper? (It did) Anyway, that was at the beginning of our “night out with the girls”. “Say, Corny”, said one of my companions, “what will you tell your parents?” “Don’t be silly, Janice. I’ll tell them exactly what happened.” “Gee, your parents must be super. Mine would clobber me if they found out I did something dumb like hit a garbage can.” “What are you, crazy? I said I’d tell them what happened- I didn’t say that it would necessar ily be the truth!!”. So onward we pressed - to ward our destination - Shoney’s! Yeah team! Only, we don’t live in the big city of Charlotte and in out little tovm, nothing quite as bit as Shoney’s is there, but we did have to hurry or we’d be late getting a parking place. See, it was about 8:00 and we had to hurry down town to watch the little old lamplighter light the lamp on the square. But that’s nothing compared to the big ac tion!! At 8:30 the street - roller- uper comes along and rolls up the street! Course, then we all went home or rather, to one of the girl’s homes to spend the night. Boy, how the mothers ever put up with us. I’ll never know. But at any rate, this night the girl’s mother put up with us.... unfor tunately for me. If I’d beer, at home, I might have been all right. Here we were at Beth’s house in the basement playing records and giggling ( a very popular game way back when I was in school), when all of a sudden Beth grabs my arm. “Corny, huh, I don’t want to scare you but - THERE’S A MAN OUTSIDE THE WINDOW!!!!! After I picked my heart out of my throat, I said, “OhBetli, you’re such a scream. Y'ou should know by now that I don’t panic easilj'- stop being so funny.” Meanwhile, I turned in her dir ection and my eyes swept right across the ^dow and right by a pair of yellow-beady eyes. After I picked my heart out of my mouth this time, I calmly (can’t you imagine) said “Well, don’t panic, Beth, now everyone, just play it super cool and, and, ... and RUN!” Three flights later - my heart now is no where to be heard and feel that I dropped it on the stairs and stomped it while I scrambled over everyone to get to the top of the staircase. Now Beth comes out to tell us just how it is that her mother’s so willing to put up with us-she’s out of town with Beth’s father. Well, there is noth ing to do but call the police. Beth picks up the phone and be gins to dial when s-q-u-e-a-k (I’m not too good at describing a rusty door as it opens). Well, if you can now imagine my reaching down to pick up my heart which has just sprinted to the top of the stairs, you might have an idea as to just how frightened I WAS. But Beth was shaking so hard that it was up to me to finish that phone call. I did! But now someone is on the bottom step. Closer and clo ser come the footsteps...(scary, isn’t it?). I grabbed a coke bottle and stood behind the basement door on top of a chair. Then the doorknob turns. I catch my breath. The door opens. I life the bottle high. The door closes. I faint. The last thing I heard was “Trick or Treat”. Yes, this is Halloween weekend. Don’t open your doors too wide. Someone could use the night as an excuse to do you some harm. Professors, BEWARE! I wouldn’t give an exam this Friday or you might find yourself completely wiped out of cany on Halloween night. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS fact tliat we do not have a tre mendous football team to pin it on. Some students seem to feel tliat when tlie day of big-time sports comes to tlie UNC-C campus, tlie mascot name will have little or no prime significance. The good (or bad) team itself will make tlie mascot name eitlier good or bad. One student remarked, “a mascot is a mascot is a mascot.” Many students suggested animal mascot names. Some of tliese were: Squirrels, Muskrats, The Swans, The Boars, The Ducks, and the Stallions. Some other suggested names were: Wilderness Wonders, The Flames, Trail Blazers, Ro mans, Soutliern Gentlemen, Cool Crew, The Spoons, Spectacular Specs, The Astronuts, and The (Continued on Page 4) The Forty-Niner. Should he go? If so, what will replace him? So You^ve Seen Tower, Tams; Wait Until You See ^Alfie^ BY PATRICK McNEELY _ . *' BY PATRICK McNEELY You say you’ve seen the Eiffel Tower, the Tams, Terry Jacob’s mini-skirt, and the F. A. C. party; well you haven’t seen any thing until you see “Alfie”. “Alfie” which is now playing at the Plaza theatre in Charlotte is more than a movie; it’s a phil osophy, a way of life. Michael Cane does a brilliant job of portraying Hugh Heffner’s “ideal man”. He is helped con siderably in this production by supporting actresses Shelly Win ters, Millicent Martin, Jane Asher, and other lovlies too numberous to mention. Fine acting and snap py dialogue make this one a must for movie-goers. I disagree with other writers and critics who present this show as a comedy. Judith Crist (NBC Today Show): “A delightful com edy... witty, funny ...” Bosley Crowther ( N. Y. Times): “ ‘Al fie’ bubbles with impudent humor and ripe wit!” If you ask me these people have about as much Insight as a crip pled frog. The actions and words were quite comic throughout most of the show, yet when the movie is over and you think over the situation as a whole, the tragedy seeps into your every pore. The glaring reality and human despair will shake that grin right off your face. Don’t miss “Alfie”; it’s a great way to learn a valuable lesson and have a ball doing it. Baptists Meet; Cheerleaders Practice; Freshmen Campaign Wednesday, October 26, 1966 The Baptist Student Union will meet in U 233 from 11:30 until 1:30, All Freshmen are urged to attend the Campaign Speeches of students running for Freshman Class Of ficers in the Ballroom at 11:30. The Cheerleaders will practice in U 231 and 232 from 4:00 until 5:30. The Air Force Recruiting Team will be on campus from 9:00 until 5:00 in the Union Lobby. Alpha Phi Omega will meet in U 234 from 12:00 until 1:00, The North Charlotte Rotary Club will hold a meeting in U 215 from 11:30 until 1:00. The Varsity Letter Club will meet from 12:15untill:00inU 209. Friday, October 28, 1966 Halloween Dance with the Fab ulous Five in the Cafeteria from 9:00 until 1:00. Social Committee should be in Cafeteria at 3:00 Friday afternoon. Monday, October 31, 1966 Student Legislature meeting in U 209 and 210 from 7:45 until 9:30. lllniKspol better., ^ Coke Scott Wfiton Minrirhs m Scott Wciton ' Ivan \ . fiinnrns Campus representatives of Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company — Suite 909 N. (' National Hank Hinhhny INSUR.A.NCK — STKDKNT IM.A.N'S — KSTATK RLANNINti Connecticutt Mutual The Blue Chip Company ELECT DAVID GUY YOUR UNI VERSITY PARTY CANDIDATE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERN MENT Patronize Carolina Journal Advertisers "class X THINK IT'6 TIME WE REWEW TH^ fDUICY ON CUT$. (RECOmiENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES) imcHAaciuNE,sAIIIE MllllCENTMARnN •JULIA FOSTHI.'JANEASHBt • SHIRLEY ANNE FLED VIVBi MERLm* BEANOR BRON • WITH SHaifY VVINTBLS AS RUBY TECHNICOLDR-TECHNISCflPE-t LEWIS GILBERT PHOOUCTlflH f^a. con, ■ ■ HBiai MB ■ ■ u >I« « ■! wan • wc n nn nui • moi a WB » os aaa Plaza Theater
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