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Wednesday, May 8, 1968
No. 28
Faculty Reduces Requirements For
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Graduation At UNC-C
By MIKE COMBS
The BeU rang 120 times after
the faculty meeting last Wednes
day. It was a significant figure in
that the faculty had just voted
Legislature Holds
First Meeting
By SHERRY DRAKE
Dr. Loy Witherspoon Brings Good Tidings
The first meeting of tne new
Ugly Man Selected
In APO Contest
legislature convened on Monday
April 29, with only one absence.
Mr. Bill Billups, SGA Presi
dent, recommended his appoint
ments for next year to the body.
The list was approved unanimous
ly. They are:
Corresponding Secretary: Kit
Ward; Speaker pro tern: Gus
Psomadakis; Parliamentarian:
David Guy; Publications Board:
Sherry Drake; Clerk; Louise Napo-
litano; Advisor: Dean McKay; Con
By BARBARA JEAN SMITH
Who’s the ugliest man on
campus r
A.P.O. Fraternity is conducting
the “Ugliest Man On Campus”
contest to raise money for their
scholarship fund.
The contestants are sponsored
by groups on campus. Jerry Page,
alias “Yellow Pages”, is spon
sored by Roraract. John Gaither,
“The Image”, is sponsored by
A.li. Psi. The Maggots are spon
soring Bob Lemmond as the “Mad
Maggot”. APO is sponsoring Elli
son Clary or “Ellie Baby”. And
the Six Pack are sponsoring “Roma
Rocket” alias Mike Anderson.
The winner of the contest will
choose a date from the girls in
Support your favorite contestant
and vote by pennies, or any amount
of money you wish; it’s for a
good cause — the APO scholar
ship fund.
Secretary: Kay Watson
Treasurer: Patsy Hansel
Presidential Assistant: F. N.
Stewart
Academic Affairs: Dwayne Spitizer
F.A.C. Chairman: Joe McCorkle
Elections Chairman: Jerrold
Burks
solidated Student Council - Senior,
Mary Bets Moran, Junior, Louise
Napolitano, Sophomore, Allan Hic-
kock; Ways and Means Committee
Chairman: Homer Gaddis; Fin
ance Committee Chairman: Danny
Phillips; Judicial Committee
Rules Committee Chairman: Perry
Bliss.
Congratulations to the new
A.P.O. sweethearts! Dalhne
Taylor has been chosen as the
fraternity sweetheart and Barbara
Rockecharlie as the Pledge Class
Sweetheart. The girls were chosen
last week.
A.P.O. is sponsoring a carwash
next Friday behind the Union. The
charge will be $1.50 per car.
The wash will begin at 8:30 and
last until all the cars in the world
are clean.
Handbook: Rodney T. Smith
Budget: Patsy Hansel
Publicity: Donna Raley
Judges: John Lafferty, Perry
Moser
Student Defense Agent: Hank
Heidenreich
Attorney General: Wayne Eason
After Mr. Billups recommenda
tions were approved, the legis
lature elected their new repre
sentatives and committee chair-
ment. They are:
Mr. Psomadakis requested that
the new finance committee
chairman make a report at the next
meeting explaining how finances
for publications should be handled
so that the new legislature might
better understand the procedure
for allocating funds.
Mr. Mike Carmichael, who is
not a member of the legislature,
asked the legislature to endorse
the five representatives that were
elected to attend the faculty meet
ing for degree requirements. The
Legislature endorsed their atten
dance as observers tothe meeting.
the “Ugly Girl” contest. The girls
vieing for this honor are Mary
Reynolds, Sue Folger, Donna
Raley, Mary Bets Moran and Wendy
Woodcock. The two winners will be
given tickets to Charlotte’s Bi
centennial Jazz Festival.
Thus far in the contest “Ellie
Baby” is winning by three dol
lars. After the first two days
of voting there was $59.05 for
the scholarship fund.
New Judges Sworn In
student body president Bill
Billups will administer the oath
of office to the members of the
1968-69 Student Court. The jus
tices to be sworn in are: Perry
Moser, John Lafferty, Bob Lem
mond, Carol Haywood, Carolyn
Bobbitt and Mike Combs.
Four were elected in a popular
vote. Mr. Moser, who has served
Lieutenant Justice and Chief Jus
tice this year, and Mr. Lafferty
received their seats on the Court
via executive appointment.
Mr. Gene Herman, who is also
not a member of the legislature
asked that the University assist in
the Poor People’s March when it
comes through Charlotte on its
way to Washington.
The meeting was adjourned, and
a reconvention date of May 13 was
established. All interested stu
dents and faculty are invited to
attend this or any other meeting
of the legislature.
Beloved Spanish Instructor-Humanist Dies
Victor Lopez is dead. And his
soul is at rest at last.
Last Saturday afternoon Senor
Victor Lopez, Spanish instructor
at UNC-C, choked to death while
sharing dinner with one of his
students. This exicting little man,
who fled from Spain as a young
man to escape the tyrannical re-
giem of Franco, will be mourned
by all who knew him. . .and his
absence will be unfortunate
for many who had not met him
before he died. The heart of this
twentieth century romanticist was
greatly troubled by the problems
of the world, both great and small.
Every man’s problems were his.
Victor laughed and cried his
way through life. . .a man neither
afraid to display his emotions
in a spontaneous outburst
nor capable of any untruth, any
dishonesty, any insincerity.
It will be a long, long time
before the halls of the language
building ring, once again, with
the energy of a man with such
feeling for mankind, a man
who knew and despised “man’s
inhumanity to man”, as much as
Victor did. Mr. Lopez was an
instructor who made a language
that was strange to most of his
students come alive. He taught
more than the Spanish language.
though. He was one of the wor'd’s
great teachers of humanism, and
will be remembered as such. His
every lecture transported his stu
dents on an affectionate and never-
to-be-forgotten journey into his
tory and into the Spanish temper-
ment.
Victor laughed at death before
Saturday. Now he’s just laughing
from a new place. Our loss. Adios,
muchacho. Vaya con Dios.
Mass will be held at St. Gab
riel’s Catholic Church on Provi
dence Road, Wednesday, May 8
at 7:30 pjn.
to lower the degree requirements
from 126 to 120 hours. Courses
that students were required to
take under the old system were
reduced from 85 to 32 hours.
The reductions in certain areas
are as follows: English - 12 to
6; six hours in either foreign lan
guage, logic, or math rather than
six hours in math and nine hours
in foreign language; natural
science - 16 to 8; social science
9 to 6; and the six hour requirement
in humanities was retained as is.
The six hour requirement was
abolished, while the 15 to 21 hours
of related work was amended to
be set by the department.
Another motion concerning
the nomenclature of degrees was
presented to the Academic Policy
Committee for future study. This
new motion would modify the names
of the degrees according to the
option taken in the mathematics-
foreign language phase of
the changes. A student taking the
mathematics phase would receive
a bachelor or science degree, while
the student taking the foreign
language phase would receive the
bachelor of arts degree.
At 12:30 on Wednesday last, the
cafeteria was bustling with its
usual non-directed activity when
Dr. Loy Witherspoon descended the
stairs with the victory smile on
his face. A few words from With
erspoon, and a wave of excite
ment swept the cafeteria. He was
followed by other faculty mem
bers who looked very proud of
themselves.
Reactions from the students
were generally those of jubilation.
Bud Stewart took it calmly, be
cause Bud Stewart takes every
thing calmly. Sherry Drake said
that she thought it was a sense
less to hafe students take all
that math. Larry McAfee very
appreciatively stated, “Man, it
saved me.” Wayne Eason re
marked, “Christ, you’re kid
ding.” And that’s a note to end
on.
Spivak Gives
Last
Concert Here
Musician - in - residence Raul
Spivak will offer a program of
various movements from different
piano concertos today at 1:00 p.m.
in the Union Lounge as he pre
sents the last in a series of in
formal programs for students
here.
Students who attend Mr. Spivak’s
Piano Master Class will parti
cipate in this program of selected
concertos from the works of
Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff
Grieg, and Gershwin.
The highlight of the program will
be the performance of Grieg’s
Piano Concerto in A Minor,
first movement by Mr. Spivak, an
internationally acclaimed pianist.
Bicentennial Festival - May 10, 11