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VOL. 3
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1967
NO. 3
Enrollment
Over 2,000
These students want ACTION ...
Under leadership of Gene Herman, the organizational meeting outlined ACTION goals.
ACTION Group
Fights Apathy
By RONME FOSTER
' A group met last Wednesday in
the Student Union to organize what
could be the most out-spoken club
: on campus. ACTION, which stands
for Active Committee for Truth,
Individualism, Opportunity Now is
, being formed for those students in
terested in meeting and discussing
current issues which have direct
or indirect effect on the students
’ of UNC-C.
Library
Art Here
Now
“The symbol of the cruel and
harshly real cross ought to hold
contemporary meaning, while ro
manticism, sentimentality, and
nostalgia for a lost past would
seem hardly appropriate,” say
Louis Freund, whose paintings
are being exhibited now in the
University Ubrary.
The exhibit is titled, “Sixteen
Paintings on the Christian
Theme.”
Mr. Freund has been at Stetson
University since the fall of 1949,
first as director of the campus
art program and more recently as
resident artist. This fall he is
visiting artists at Bishop College
in Texas.
A native of Clinton, Missouri,
he took his art training at t'e Uni
versity of Missouri, St. Louis
School of Fine Arts, Colorassi
Academy (Paris), Princeton Uni
versity and Colorado Springs Fine
Arts Center.
He has painted murals for the
Chicago World’s Fair and six U.S.
Post Offices. His paintings are
represented in art museum col
lections, the Library of Congress.
“Unfortunately for us,”hesays,
“Much sacramental art devoted to
Christian instruction speaks a baby
language. Nursery emblems and
insipid paintings may be suitable
for small children but as one be
comes adult he needs to put away
childish things.”
“We are serious minded,active,
divergent, indealistic but yet real
istic people who are interested in
getting at truth,” said their act
ing president Gene Herman, a sen
ior political science major. Mr.
Herman made it quite clear that
ACTION is not in anyway affi-
licated with any social, religious,
or political groups. It is designed
to organize students so that they
may voice an opinion on current
issues of the day.
“We are concerned with what
we call an apathetic student body
who simply seem to either have no
opinions or merely don’t take time
to voice them,” commented Mem
bership Chairman Jim Patterson.
To Patterson, ACTION will be a
voice for ideas.
Amoig the goals of ACTION is
to promote a wider range of quality
speakers for UNC-C. A prospec
tive list mentioned at the Wednes
day meeting ranged anywhere from
H. Rapp Brown to Robert Kennedy.
They also feel that a question and
answer period should foUow these
speakers. It was pointed out that
heretofore the students had not
been aforded this opportunity.
Another of ACTION’S goals in
clude a better university news
paper. They wasted no time in
attacking the Carolina Journal for
its lack of informative news re
porting. A major criticism men
tioned at the meeting deals with
editorials. Rick Dancy, a former
editor of the Journal and a member
of ACTION, remarks “There
comes a time when it becomes
dishonest for a newspaper to re
main quiet.” Mr. Dancy continues,
“I am for any thing that will breathe
life into this corps.”
Ben Chavis also explains his
concept of ACTION in his slogan,
“Beep Beep Bang, Ungowa, Stu
dent Power.” He describes his
“Student Power” theory as an
ability to act, producting an effec
tive sense of individualism. Chavis
is also acting reasurer for the
group.
ACTION to be sure is a non-
complacent organization as re
flected in the views of Harold
Pulley. Mr. Pulley, actingprogram
chairman, states, “We have be
come too concerned witn the here
after and should become more
concerned with the world around
us.” He suggests that the students
of UNC-C become mere aware of
the world outside Mecklenburg
County.
At present, ACTION’S constitu
tion is pending before the Student
Legislature.
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T ransfers
After rumors prior to the
opening of school that enrollment
here would be lower than last
year’s peak, actual enrollment
has gone over the 2,000 mark, a
15 per cent increase over last
year’s figure at this time--1745
students.
The increased enrollment,
according to Mr. Robert Grogan,
director of admissions, is due to
a large number of transfer students
coming to UNC-C this year. Ex
pected transfers were 150, whereas
280 students actually entered here
from other schools. Some of the
increase also came from a new rule
on the admission of special
students. Thisallows students who
do not wish to work toward a degree
to enter the Universtiy without
meeting regular entrance require
ments or transfer student require
ments.
In addition to the 2,020 enroll
ment figure, 125 students are taking
graduate work in education on this
campus with credit being given
by the Chapel Hill campus. Ano
ther 60 students are taking an en
gineering review course without
credit.
The previous high enrollment
Robert Grogan
was 1,815 in the fall of 1965 just
after this institution had become
the fourth branch of the state
university system.
Chancellor D. W. Colvard has
said that the most significant jump
in enrollment is expected when
dormitories for 1,000 men and
women are completed. Construc
tion of the dormitories is expected
to being in the next two or three
months.
Publicity Laws
Must Be Heeded
By SONNIA MIZZELL
Put up a poster and face the
penalty! Rather, put one in the
wrong place and have it removed.
“Wrong places” are defined as
walls, planters, garbage cans, and
doors, to name a few. The stu
dents here now probably realize
that most of the places they have
seen posters on campus have been
in these wrong places.
However, no one is to be blam
ed for this. Much of it has happen
ed because the people putting up
the posters did not know the pub
licity rules. But, for now, these
people are forgiven. After Mon
day, October 2 at 7:00 p.m., there
will be no forgiveness, only action.
On Monday, Gerri Vest,
chairman of the publicity com
mittee, will conduct a meeting for
all club presidents and interested
persons. At this meeting will be a
discussion of the rules and regu
lations concerning campus pub
licity. This meeting will be nec
essary, not only to club presidents,
but to anyone who wiil be involed
with Student Legislature elections
on campus.
However, for those students who
will be unable to attend that meet
ing, here are a few of the basic,
very important rules:
1. All posters must be in good
taste and judgement.
2. All publicity concerning off
campus organizations and activi
ties must be approved by Gerri
Vest or another member of the
committee.
3. The people who put up pos
ters are responsible for taking
them down. This may be done any
time within a two day period after
trie posted date of activity.
4. During elections there is a
limit to the size and number of
posters.
5. Posters, banners, and signs
are prohibited on top of buildings,
and attached to the outside walls.
6. Location of posters in the
cafeteria must be approved by Mr.
Loren Haus.
7. Exceptions may be made to the
rules, but these must be approved
in advance.
These rules are for the benefit
of the students, and to help keep
the campus clean and attractive.
Fulbright Grants
Competition Opened
Competition is now open for
grants under the Fuibright - Hays
Programr Requests for application
forms will not be accepted from
October 15. Anyone who is inter
ested in applying must see Dr.
Robert W. Ricke, the UNC-C Ful
bright Program A.dvisor, iinmed-
iately.
These U. S. Government grants,
administered by the Institute of
International Education, were
authorized by the Full right-Hays
Act of 1961 to offer an educa
tional and cultural exchange pro
gram. The grants provide round-
trips transportation, tuition,
books, healtn and accident insur
ance, and maintenance for an aca
demic year in one of the many
participating countries.
Any student is eligible who will
have completed a BA degree or
its equivalent by June, 1968, who
had a quality point average of at
least 3.0, and who has language
proficiency sufficient to commun
icate with the people of the host
country.
Each applicant must submit an
outline of his study plan or pro
ject in his major field which can
Dr. Robert Rieke
be completed in one country in
an academic year abroad. The
selection of grantees is made on
the basis of academic work, lin
guistic ability, feasibiiity of the
proposed study project, and
personal qualifications.
“We hope very much to have a
successful candidate this year.
Two years ago, a candidate from
this campus received a Fulbright
Award to England in tlie face of
very stiff competition”, said Dr,
Rieke. “I think we can do it again.”