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Page 5 The Carolina Jotirnal December 1
That Son of ‘’‘Bitch-In” -Firing Line
1968
By Walt Sherrill
Friday was your chance and
you probably missed it, for that
(vas the day that Chancellor
Colvard, Vice-Chancellors Cone
and McEniry, and Business
Manager Batchelor met in the
Parquet Room from 11:30 til a
little after 1.00 to answer
questions from students and
faculty about what was or wasn’t
being done on campus. Yet only
about twenty-five students,
among them members of
action, the student legislature,
and innocent bystanders, took the
opportunity to ask, listen, or take
pot-shots at the people who say
What, Why and When.
Conspicuous for their absence
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were several of the more
outspoken “Bitch-In” critics, the
active members of the History
Club, and the staff of Comment.
Perhaps these people were lost in
the jammed mass of thirty or so
that filled the Parquet room, but 1
doubt it.
Bill Billups, S.G.A. President,
served as moderator. Faculty
participation was small, with a
few members of the History,
Language, and Philosophy
Departments making brief visits.
They did visit, however.
There were a few questions that
might’ve been asked that weren’t,
and a few that were that
shouldn’tve been, but all in all, it
was an interesting afternoon. (One
of the questions that weren’t
asked-I didn’t want to take up
the whole time period-was what
our administrators thought of the
Student Protest Movement.
Needless to say, the attitudes of
those in policy positions and their
understanding of the problems of
students can have a great effect
upon the potential for such unrest
here on our campus. One of the
factors that led to the Columbia
take-over, according to the Cox
Report, was a lack of
communication between faculty,
administration, and students.
Firing Line, as this discussion
session has come to be called is a
step in the right direction-and it
was begun last year, long before
Columbia.) What were the
Questions?
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“I’ve never approached Mr.
Haas, and I don’t know whether
any other students have or not,”
said Dan Wilson (who was at the
Bitch-In) as he spoke to Mr.
Batchelor about the feasibility of
“Student Specials” for the
Cafeteria menu-economical meals
like those offered on other
campuses in the state at prices
ranging from $.45 to $.75. Mr.
Batchelor told Dan to speak to
Mr. Haas, as there was no reason
to believe that the Cafeteria
couldn’t start something like that
if the demand were large enough.
And to make it clear that he
wasn’t all criticism, Dan had
nothing but praise for the
improvements made in the
Cafeteria since Mr. Haas came
here. Its just that its too expensive
to eat a decent meal in the Union,
and people get tired of
cheeseburgers and potato chips.
Chancellor Colvard took the
opportunity to speak about some
of the problems UNC-C
anti, ipates in the near future with
tire Cafeteria. Food service, he
said, is a problem with many
schools, and UNC-C will probably
have bigger problems than most:
the dormitories will soon be open
and and the Cafeteria additions
will probably not be finished in
time to handle the increased
student patronage anticipated.
Further, shifting over to a
three-meal schedule will cause
some problems not yet
anticipated; and the very fact that
the Cafeteria operates at a very
small margin of profit makes
freedom of choice in operations
difficult. So if you think we’ve
got problems now, just wait.
Alan Hickok asked why so little
credit was given for Computer
courses when even the Math
faculty admits that these courses
require as much, if not more time,
than 3-hour courses; other
campuses in the state have begun
to give 2 and 3 hours credit for
them. Dr. McEniry said that the
problem has been recognized and
that efforts are being made to
reevaluate credits, but just when
these efforts will be realized is
unknown.
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Is there any policy about
visiting speakers? Alice Folger,
one of the more A.C.T.l.V.E.
members of ACTION was
concerned about the Speaker Ban
Law. Dr. Co’ ard said that..." we
can only answer that question
when a real issue is brought
up...we’d like various viewpoints
to be discussed openly. The
Speaker Ban Law has been
amended and we’ve been given
some discretion...and as far as 1
know, no “Group” of people have
been banned...but of course
groups advocating violence or the
overthrow of Government have
been excluded by the
Legislature.” Its clear that even
our Administration isn’t as free to
act as they’d like to be.
Larry Miller asked about the
University Governance
Commi 11ee--i ts proposed
functions, form, and power, but
the only answer he could get was
that the whole tiling is so new
that nobody knows where it’ll end
up. Its really an innovation and
participation seems to be the key.
Dr. McEniry mentioned some
of the unweildy methods the
Administration and Faculty have
been forced to use recently in
their efforts to step out of the
bog, and it might’ve been funny if
it hadn’t been so serious. The
proposed opening of Faculty
meetings to students was cited as
an example: the motion was
defeated simply because the
Faculty constitution required that
the vote be passed by a 2/3
majority—and not enough
members participated to give the
necessary number of votes. Yet
those voting were clearly in favor.
1 asked about scholarships, the
Bell Tower, and deferred
payments, and got a rather
interesting assortment of answers.
With all due respect to Mr. Bclk,
I’ve always felt that the money to
be spent for that particular piece
of construction might’ve been
better spent on grants-in-aid and
scholarships. Many of us on this
campus have to work a lot more
than we’d like-and working
makes college pure drudgery.
Dr. Colvard agreed that there
were often better uses for money
received, but gifts are gifts, and
they’re usually donated with
directions as to how they’ll be
used. Dr. Cone said that a great
effort has been and is being made
to secure more funds for grants
and operations; she also stated
that no student, if there was need,
would ever have to drop out of
school for financial reasons. She
only asked that we, the students,
let her know when we needed
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help. 1 think she meant what she
said too. Mr. Batchelor said the
deferred payments were stopped
because nearly 3/4 of those using
the plan dropped out before the
semester was over, and the school
never say the money. Tuition and
fees are a part of the Lhiivcrsity’s
iperating funds, and the school
nust pay salaries and bills. The
school just doesn’t have any
reserve funds.
Dan Wilson asked about course
scheduling, and why there were so
few course offered in one major
during a semester. Dr. McEniry
said that UNC-C has growing
pains-but that no student would
ever be kept from graduating
because of such a technical
problem. There aren’t enough
faculty members to go around,
and the Legislature dictates the
number of members allowed. “I
wish I could say the problem
would be solved in three
ycars-you don’t know HOW
much I wish I could say that...”
Dr. McEniry noted that Dan was a
Econ/Business major, and if he
tlrought he had problems he
should speak to a Sociology
major.
Ron Caldwell asked about the
efforts to recruit Black students,
faculty, and the adoption of
related courses being made by the
University. Dr. McEniry said that
we’ve tried, but in more than one
case UNC-C hasn’t been able to
interest Black instructors. “There
are two types of Black
instructors: the good ones can
command any salary they want,
and the others we can’t use...I
sent a list of about 25 names of
Black Faculty members to the
various departments and they’ve
followed them up. Many of these
people wouldn’t move to UNC-C
for various reasons. But that
doesn’t solve your problems now.
If you’ll get us a list of names you
can bet your life you’ll get a
sympathetic ear. We don’t want a
showcase Negro and we don’t
want to just meet the demands of
the time. We are presently talking
to some members of the Johnson
C. Smith Faculty, trying to get
one or two of them to teach
part-time on our campus, be that’s
still unresolved.”
Dr. Cone, in response to Ron’s
question about recruitment of
Black students admitted that
UNC-C has far too few. “And
you’ll have to forgive me, I
haven’t learned to call you other
nairres...you’re all students to
me.” Dr. Cone suggested that
Black students prepare a list of
needy students and she’d do
everything she could to help get
them enrolled.
Phil Barnette asked about
afternoon classes and the classes
that met only once a week for
three hours at a stretch. This was.
Dr. McEniry said a deliberate
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