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Goldigger needed
The SGA has taken some decisive actions in the
past few weeks, and not all of them have been
wise. Eddie Bernson’s illfated project, the UNCC
Goldigger, was denied any funds and has
apparently died for the year. The student
handbook would have proved valuable to new
freshmen and transfers, with its informative data
on groups around campus, rules and academic
matters, we think the Goldigger should be printed
and it was evidently politics that prevented its
funding. Bernson’s budget included some
questionable items, but those could have been
deleted by the Finance Committee and printing
funds only authorized. It is said that the SGA’s
own publication cannot be printed. Perhaps they
don’t think we need any more campus
publications. In this case, we definitely do.
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An empty battle by dave lazenby
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The battle over Sanskrit funding and policy has
not even begun in the Legislature, but it’s boiling
already. Tliere’s indications that Sanskrit’s
constitution will be thrown out by the SGA and
the new one prepared under their guiding hand.
Judicial Committee Chairman Winn and editor
Michael Dobson have exchanged heated barbs on
the matter of Sanskrit’s autonomy.
While the issue develops, we think both sides
should not become embroiled in personality
clashes that will inevitably eliminate any possible
settlement. Petty bickering and name calling
neither produces a literary magazine* or sound
fiscal student-fund management.
The SGA is wiser than to attempt direct control
over student publications; the publications are
guaranteed freedom from such influence.
However, their pursestring control, and the
granting of charters, are grave responsibilities not
to be taken lightly.
Thus far, the disagreement with Sanskrit has
not taken the SGA to crucial and potentially
explosive steps. We would hope they fully consider
alternative settlements to their problems with
Sanskrit and not attempt to dictate the editorial
policy of the publication.
The Publications Board several years ago faced
a similar situation from the SGA and that matter
was resolved with editorial freedom and
auautonomy sustained. And it would happen again
today. There is little room for grudge battles at
UNCC and we all must prevent any group or
individual from taking our interests and our talents
into problems of personality.
Dead giveaways
It was enjoyable to hear Sister McAllister in the
Rowe Recital Hall, but don’t look for the privilege
too often. In his self-stated policy of delegating
authority. Chancellor Colvard has given total
control of two campus buildings away. Dr. Harvey
Murphy reigns over the gym and if you don’t think
his word is law there, test him out.
Now, Dr. Mathis has control of Rowe Building
and determines the use of it, exclusively.
We have no personal hostility towards either
Murphy or Mathis: they both are capable of fine
efforts. But, we do feel the policies on the
buildings should make room for student input.
It was encouraging to learn that the gym has
declined to charge last year's rate of rental ($75 an
hour) for the Kristofferson concert. The Union
Board gets the facility for utilities’ cost alone. The
gym management have decided to wait for a
committee decision pn whether to continue rental
charges for student-oriented programs in the gym.
We think this was an excellent effort on behalf of
students.
Goodbye Columbus was seen in Room C-200
by hundreds of stuffed-in sardine-students a few
weeks ago while the Recital Hall sat empty less
than 100 yards away. We’re not getting the full use
of our facilities in this manner.
Mathis is concerned over the Rowe. Building’s
cleanliness, and rightly so. The Union Board has
offered to provide student marshals to enforce no
smoking, no food or drink rules in the Recital
Hall. We think that can work, and the new
building can be fully used by all, students
included, for non-fine arts events and for fine arts
events.
The taxpayers paid for the building, but we
doubt if they intended for its surgical newness to
last beyond a few years under the herds of
students to use it. Of course, if students don’t use
the building, then it’ll last longer. A lot longer.
Unless, of course, somebody tries to tear it down.
Charlie peek
UNCC
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October 18, 79711
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films for idiots
I finally got around to seeing the much-hailed
Summer of ^42 last week. I’m hardly the expert
movie critic but my impression was that this flick
was a combination of the very good and the very
bad.
The lighthearted scenes between the adolescent
boys were quite cleverly done, but the dialogue
and interaction between the hero man-child and
the older-woman-whose-husband-has-died
-in-the-war became so stupidly symbolic and
bogged down as to appear very nearly motionless.
Nevertheless, the audience ate it up, and long tales
have been told of couples returning to see it over
and over again. And this point brings me (finally)
around to the point of this column which is the
disgusting manner in which Hollywood panders to
the emotions of its audiences in the guise of being
intellectual.
I consider myself at least a reasonably
intelligent person, yet over and over I have been
duped by my friends and by Charlotte theaters,
into spending half a week’s salary for the privilege
of seeing something which is a direct insult to my
intelligence while trying to ever-so-tenderly tug at
my heartstrings.
After sitting through Love Story I swore that 1
would never allow myself to be pandered to in
such a manner again. But I was. After this movie
was such a raging success, producers all over
America started turning out heart-rendering, tragic
love stories like an assembly line turns out
automobiles and most of these were even worse
than Love Story.
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the obscure.
First there was Easy Rider, then after a
Billy Jack. While these two productions
superb in all that they attempted, somewhere
between, a multitude of flicks “telling it like h .
and showing “what’s happening on today’s yo
scene” hit the market, ^me of -these attemp ’
even though lacking in any originality or real
were remarkably successful.
And all the kids today just don’t seem to
how they’re being exploited. A very
movement of social consciousness and high w
arises and what do the fat cats in Holly
about it? They make a movie hke Wild w*
Streets turning serious hopes into sensation
and raking in the kids’ money like the gre^i^y
that they are. It has always seemed
ludicrous to me that today’s youth should gP
movie theater to find out “what’s happed ®
today’s youth.”
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pandering and the revolutionary, sexy
movies, our “bright, inquisitive” minds are
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gradually turned into cheese.
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rare exceptions that are truly memorable. > jn
movie script writers want to always tell y^j-jlh
plain detail, every socially significant or
significant gem that is contained in their pn-
They leave nothing, absolutely nothing,
imagination. Even in a movie such as y jd^";
the implications, instead of being subtly |
smack you square in the face. Believe it °
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having a professor standing over my
telling me all that I should glean from
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are now able to do this. But Hollywood
believe this. They feel that if they
everything, the viewer, in his unwashed ign ^
will miss it. ,iid^*u^
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social and moral conscience, who s* ^ (c'^’
offices of the movie studios make
maybe even just one film, that would r lity
talk to our culture as if we had the men
six-year-olds?
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