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VOL. IV
Wednesday, September 18, 1968
NO. 1
FAC Greets Freshmen
Mature, Eager Freshmen Convene
SGA Meets Today
Today at 11:50 a.m. there wdl
be a meeting of the Student
Government Association (the
Student Body) in the Parquet
Room of the University Union.
The intent of the meeting will be
to inform students of some major
steps taken during the summer tc
improve University government
and communications.
The first step was the
designation of an ad-hoc
committee for community affairs
by President Bill Billups. Phil
Wilson, a senior psychology
major, will serve as chairman. At
present, the main concerns of this
committee will be to present the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte to community groups
and organizations and to assist in
recruiting new students. The
committee will attempt to
develop a framework this year
such that a permanent standing
committee may be formed.
The second step of the summer
was the establishment of a
University Discipline Committee.
The two responsibilities of this
group are:
1 . “to review current
procedures for handling discipline
and to make recommendations to
the Vice Chancellor for Student
Affairs for such changes as seem
appropriate.”
2. “to handle cases of discipline
involving sexual offenses and cases
involving drug abuse until such
time as action is taken to establish
a permanent structure for the
handling of discipline.
Dean of Students, Donald
MacKay, is serving as chairman
and the student members are
Frank Crooks, Larry Clifton,
Gayle Watts, and David Kluttz.
The faculty is represented by Dr.
Dan Morrill, Dr. Barbara
Goodnight, and Miss Elinor
Caddell.
The establishment of a
“University Council” is a part of a
continuing effort to improve
communications among all phases
of the University community. The
members are Chancellor Dean
Colvard, Vice Chancellors Bonnie
Cone and Hugh McEniry, Dr. R.
W. Rieke, Mr. Kenneth Batchelor,
Mr. Billups, Mr. Stewart Auten,
Miss Bobbe Berry, and a person to
be later designated by the
Publications. The group will meet
at least once a month, usually on
the first Monday.
Chancellor Colvard also
requested President Billups to
designate a student representative
to serve with Vice Chancellors
Cone and McEniry in developing
the calendar for the next year.
Dr. Ellis
Promoted
CHARLOTTE—Dr. Seth H.
Ellis has been appointed to two
new administrative positions at
the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte.
Vice Chancellor W, Hugh
McEniry said today that Dr. Ellis
has been named assistant to the
vice chancellor for academic
affairs and also director of the
summer session.
Dr, Ellis has been serving
temporarily in these capacities.
Dr. McEniry attributed much of
the success of the record summer
terms to the efforts of Dr. Ellis.
Enrollment was up by more than
37 percent.
Dr. McEniry said that Dr. Ellis
will also retain his rank as
associate professor of English and
will do some teaching.
His duties in his new positions
include scheduling classes and
counseling students who have not
chosen a major. For the summer
session he is the executive officer
for the office of academic affairs.
Dr. Ellis holds the A.B. degree
from The University of Delaware,
the M.A. from The University of
Missouri and the Ph.D from The
University of Southern California.
He has tauglit at The University of
Alabama and The University of
Redlands before coming to
UNC-C.
Would you believe English 303?
Photo
By Bill Sloan
New Students Stand
In Line for Hours
by Louise Napolitano
Once again the Freshman
Advisory Council, headed this
year by Joe McCorkle and advised
by Miss English, has been on hard
to make transition into college life
as little nerve-wracking as possible
for UNC-C freshmen. While taking
active part in the orientation
program, the FAC has served to
introduce the new students, both
freshmen and transfers, to the
academic, social, and cultural
aspects of our campus.
Mr. McCorkle and his steering
committee, consisting of Valery
Mallis, Bill Billups, Carolyn
Bobbit, and Mike Purser, began
their work early in July. In order
to make the orientation period as
meaningful as possible for each
incoming student, the students
were divided into four groups.
Two of these groups participated
in the July enrollment program,
two in the August program. All
students who were not able to
attend either of these times went
through orientation last week. It
is estimated by the chairman of
the FAC that the total enrollment
program involved approximately
seven-hundred-and-forty new
students who were aided by
probably one-hundred FAC
members.
The format for each enrollment
group was basically the same. The
first introduction to college life
consisted of the foreign language
placement tests. Immediately
following these tests, the FAC
members served as guides and
took the new students for a tour
of the campus. The tours, which
lasted about an hour began at C
building and progressed to such
places as the amphitheater,
foreign language lab rooms, the
greenhouse, the library, and the
Administration building. The last
place visited by the tour groups
was the student Union, where the
FAC had set up an informal
reception to refresh the students
after their hike and to give them
an opportunity to talk freely
amoig themselves and with
student leaders. During the
reception of the early enrollment
program, Mrs. Boyette and Dr.
Mathis gave a concert for the
students.
The reception was followed by
a general session in which Dean
MacKay, Dr. Simono, and Mr.
Mitche informed the students
about the services of the
University. Dr. Ellis-spoke of
college curriculum and the
academic responsibility of the
student.
From the large session group,
the students dispersed into small
discussion groups, each group led
by an FAC member. The
organizers of the FAC wished to
provide the best situation for
group discussion and the greatest
opportunity for each student to
question the group leader. For
this reason, the groups were small
with ten or fewer students per
FAC member. The hour-and-a-half
discussion period was begun with
a ten-minute, twenty-five-point
test. This test covered mateial
from the GOLD DIGGER and was
designed as a means of
encouraging the students to raise
questions about factors of UNC-C
hfe with which they were not
familiar. In general, the
discussions covered such topics as
Union activities, rules and
regulations, campus publications,
the quality-point system, campus
organizations, the athletic
program, and the services
provided by the University. With
the end of the discussion came the
completion of the first day of
orientation into college life.
The second day was
high-lighted by a convocation in
which several administrative
figures addressed the students,
chancellor Colvard welcomed the
new students and introduced
some members of the
administrative personnel and of
the faculty. Several of the student
leaders were also introduced.
Vice-Chancellor Cone greeted the
freshmen and transfers and
explained many of the functions
of the Student Affairs branch of
the University. Encouraging words
were given by Dr. McEniry wbo
explained that the students had
See page 3
Union Presents
Marlena Show
Count Basie has said that Miss
Marlena Shaw is probably one of
the best popular singers “to come
out of this decade”. She will be
Loonis previously at a
concert in Freedom Park.
jazz
performing her own brand of
music (which seems to correspond
to a synthesis between Nancy
Wilson and Aretha Franklin) at
Miss Shaw’s performance will
be in the form of a concert, with
dancing between her sets. The
Union Social Committee expects a
the first edition of The Club
University this Friday night in the
Union Parquet Room. Miss Shaw
comes to UNC-C from Basin
Street in San Francisco where she
fairly large turnout. Miss Linda
Craven and Mr. Homer Gaddis
report that decorations will
provide a nightclub atmosphere to
complement the entertainment.
completed a “very successful
engagement.” Miss Shaw will be
backed by Loonis McGloohin’s
Orchestra. She appeared with
Miss Shaw, who cancelled a
previous engagement with the
Monterrey Jazz Festival to come
to UNC- C, is scheduled to move
on to the Chicago Playboy Club
next week.