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Thursday, March 11, 1971 The Carolina Journal Page 3 D’s & F’s to be abolished? A proposal is presently in the Academic Discipline and Scholastic Standing Committee to eliminate the present method of grading, A,B,C,D,F, to Excellent, Satisfactory, and No Credit. Dr. Barbara Goodnight, who made the original proposal, feels the new method has many good features. But Dr. Goodnight eluded the fact that some students have voiced a desire to have the present system further implemented, to A+, A, A-, Many professors have fears about the new proposal stemming from the fact that they feel the students themselves would dislike the system. Dr. Gaberial, chairman of the committee, feels the proposal will be against strong It was a very good year? No? No. it hasn’t been a very good year--for student body organizations least. The Student Activities Fee this year was over $100,000, yet end products of the fees for the 1970-1971 year may cause a ^mdent to wonder wiry they are paying them. The main causes for the slump in Student Activities and Student 'government this year was the following: Students had absolutely no control over the major portion of their Activities Fees. The major Student Body organizations ubiications Board, Student Activities Board, Student Government) Received their funds on a percentage basis, without having to justify '"eir budgets to any student organization. This resulted in: (1) A sloppy Student Activities Board organization which, by its silure to black book’ entertainment and failure to publicize events, ^st thousands of dollars of student money and presented a poor ‘•ctivitics program. i, ) The Carolina Journal failed to publish for several weeks fora ack of funds" while at the same time trying to rearrange to budget so 'at five Publications Board members could go to a Hollywood 'Conference. II The Student Legislature for lack of any other organization to ocate money to, allocated approximately $3,400 to nine ndents-the UNCC cheerleaders. t| Perhaps just as bad as all of these has been the control of 10% of Student Activities Fees by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. ^ The lack of student participation in the supervision of Student ctivities Fee was only one reason for the poor entertainment ^ngrainniing this year. The major portion of programming this year ^ ‘‘s (lone by a University staff member. This is largely because the Periniental organization The Student Activities Board was a complete B P' tl'is I propose a partially elective, partially appointive ^|ird ot Directors for the Student Union. This Board will make major stuH operations of the Union building as well as program dent entertainment. This would be a board made up entirely of ddents, with faculty advisors. ^'udeiit services have a promising future in Student Government dd, toi' this reason, I have proposed a Student Services Board which ^uld operate the Student Government Book Exchange, the student shop, refrigerator rentals for the residence halls, and a student d'lee house in the basement of the Dorm cafeteria. ^ Concerning University government, 1 have proposed the formation j, departmental and college student government organizations. With ^ approval of the faculty the Student Department Chairman would "'e as a voting member of his department and other elected students . d serve on faculty consulters. It is time that students had a voice in 1^ disions concerning curriculum and other department functions that been ruled absolutely by the faculty. Ther 1 u many other changes in the Student Body constitution that elieve will lead to more student participation in University j: "ance and a more broad program of student activities. To find out please come to the hearings and read your copy of the ^dstitution. And, above all, please vote in the Constitutional ®tendum on April first and second. opposition when it passes out of committee. Many institutions are considering the new grading system, favored by the Carngie Report on Higher Education. It seems students responded in a more meaningful way when pressures of a strict grading system are ceased. WVFN (continued from page 1) The goal of the station is to become FM, and right now when not broadcasting live WVFN, the station rebroadcasts WSOC-FM. Each evening at 6 p.m. WSOC and WVFN present news, sports and weather on the 710 A.M. spot. Program schedules are in the midst of being set up along with commercials being arranged in the near future. All the man power is volunteer but up to now nobody’s had the time to notice the lack of paying jobs. They’ve been too busy just getting on the air. IMSOE Radical reconstruction on the way Honors programs (continued from page 1) honors. Students (mostly freshmen) will be required to take a general 200 level honors course, or its equivalent in another level, before actually beginning honors work. Presently, students who have completed one semester of any History 100 level course may enter directly into the program. A project must be decided upon by the student and professor. Upon satisfactory completion of the project and a sound score on the examination, the student is qualified to graduate with honors. Nominations to honors candidacy must be at least 3 semesters prior to graduation. It is possible for a non-major to graduate with honors in History and a degree in his own major simultaneously. This is possible because in upper division courses, “pass honors” courses will bring double hours credit. A non-major’s project could easily be revolved around his own major and the history honors program. For example, an art major that was interested in Byzantine art could study Byzantine history and prepare his project around a mosaic which reflected indepth study in Byzantine war tactics. Students will have a chance, if qualified and motivated, to excel within their own boundaries under the guidance of a professor. It is the finer part of education which the Forty-Niner campus is just beginning to know. A professional ABORTION that is safe, legal & inexpensive can be set up on an outpatient basis by calling The Problem Pregnancy Referral Service 215-722-5360 24 hours—7 days for professional, confidential and caring help. by brenda glenn "I am a radical reconstructionist." These were the words that Finley Campbell used to describe himself. He met with the Black Studies Committee and other interested students in an informal interview as a potential director of the Black Studies program here at UNCC in a rap session. Speaking with articulation in a manner than enthralled his audience, he rapped on such subjects as the purpose of a Black Studies program, racism, meanings of culture, and'radicalization. His career has expanded into the limelight of being one of the most controversial figures at Warbash College in Crawdfordsville, Indiana from a disgusted young Black in search of what is now called "identity." He went to Warbash as a token Negro and established the most progressive and radicalized Black Studies Program in that area. When he went to Warbash, Finley Campbell found six Blacks on the campus in the midst of nothing but whiteness. Now there is over one-hundred Blacks working in the program. Campbell instructed the Blacks on this campus to start working and stop feeling guilty about coming to a predominantly white university. If Finley Campbell is hired as director of the Black Studies Program he will expose Black humanism by radicalizing the UNCC campus. If it takes radical reconstruction to awaken the Black students on this campus'for some action, then I say, "more power to this brother." We definitely need some good leaders on this campus and Finley Campbell may be just what this campus needs. Black film series lectures and concert’s The following is a tentative list of lectures and films that will be shown in the Black Culture Series. Lectures March 25 Dr. Stephen Henderson, BLACK AESTHETIC- BLUES/POETRY 7:30 P.M. Parquet Room in University Center Howard Lee, THE BLACK MAN IN POLITICS. April 5,6,7 (exact dated to be announced) May 3 April 2 March 22 May 3 Dr. Alan Spear, THE URBAN BLACK EXPERIENCE. 8 p.m. Parquet Room in University Center Concert The Morehouse College Glee Club 11:30 a.m. Parquet Room in University Center Film Series * DUTCHMAN NOTHING BUT A MAN (All films are shown in C-120 at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.) FREE! Anchor Hocking 17 oz. ICED TEA GLASSES One With Each Fill Up of 10 Gallons or More of Phillips 66 Gasoline SPICY BROWN Offer good at College 66, up 49 from UNCC and University 66 on North 29
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