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Beginning Monday, March 12,
students interested in becoming
resident advisors (R.A.s) the
coming scholastic year may pick
up applications and job
description sheets from the
Housing Office or any one of the
three resident co-ordinators.
The deadline for returning
applications is March 21, and an
appointment for an interview
must be made. No applicant that
does not take an interview will be
considered. Applicants will be
judged by a board of seven, to
include one student R.A., the
three resident co-ordinators, and
one student from each dorm. The
student representatives will be
chosen from a pool of about 30,
15 to be elected in house meetings.
All members of the panel will
have an equal vote.
Those applying for R.A.
positions must have at least a 2.0
average and have at least
sophomore standing when they
assume the position. Also required
are the fall orientation program
for R.A.s and the academic course
designed for them which offers
three hours credit.
Beyond this, outside work and
activities must be limited so as not
to conflict with the
responsibilities of the R.A. Work
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other than that involved with the
job will be limited to six hours per
week: this can be negotiated.
The job of the R.A. is less easy
to define. The R.A. is intended to
be primarily a friend and
counselor. The R.A. has no power
to enforce university policy,
which prevents some potentially
embarrassing conflicts between
duty and friendship with the
residents. The R.A. is able to refer
students to professional
counsellors and various facilities
of the university if the student is
troubled or doesn't know where
to look for something he needs.
All R.A.s have single rooms in
order to make students who come
in for counseling more at ease.
Pay that the R.A. receives is
equivalent to double room rent;
telephones are required and the
R.A. is billed for half the cost.
To quote the qualifications
sheet, the R.A. must show that he
or she is capable of "strong
leadership, a high degree of
sensitivity for people, handle
stress and emergency situations
and have a high desire to be
involved in student programs in
the Residence Hall."
Approximately 100 students
are expected to apply for the jobs
open.
George
McGovern
Senator George McGovern,
1972 Democratic presidential
candidate, will be the annual
Harry Golden lecturer on April 9
atUNCC.
Dr. Morton Shapiro of UNCC,
chairman of the Golden
Lectureship Committee, said that
tentative plans call for a cocktail
party at the home of Charlotte
broadcaster Stan Kaplan, a dinner
at about 6:30 p.m. in the
University Center cafeteria and an
address at about 8:30 p.m. in the
UNCC gymnasium.
The most recent Golden
lecturer was former Attorney
General Ramsey Clark in 1971.
The lectureship was established
by UNCC by friends of well
known Charlotte writer Harrv
Golden.
journal photo/m. aldridge
A lazy, rainy afternoon at Rowe...
Plans
Complete
for Center Addition
The Statement of Program of
the University Center Building
Committee has been completed
and sent to Raleigh for approval
by the Division of Property
Control. Once approved, work
will get underway for the 40,000
square foot addition to the
University Center.
The addition is latecoming for
a number of reasons. First,
according to Dennis Rash, Dean
of Students, there was a
substantial difference of opinion
between the committee planners
and the architects hired to help
with the planning. Second, loans
from the Department of Housing
and Urban Development were
refused since UNCC already had
applications in for two
dormitories. HUD approval finally
came in April of 1972. Third, an
increase of 300 seats in what is to
be the lecture area made it
necessary for plans to be revised.
The addition will be built over
part of the parking lot adjacent to
the Union and will.include an
open plaza, lecture hall, lobby,
lounge, conference area with
lounge, and games room with
lounge.
The lecture hall will include a
small foyer which will contain
restrooms, book and coat racks,
and access to the mezzanine: area,
ft is planned that the foyer be
used for art shows and similar
displays. The hall itself will seat
about 550 and will be equipped
with motorized dividing walls to
separate the hall into three smaller
meeting areas. The hall will be
used for lectures, films, readings,
skits, forums and conferences.
The main lounge area is
planned as the campus "living
room." It is hoped that it will be
the main place on campus for
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informal discussions, receptions,
and meetings. Its appearance
should be the most decorative in
the Center. It will contain an
information desk and sound
system for music listening areas.
The outdoor plaza will be used
for art shows, movies, cabarets,
dances, concerts, and exhibits.
The addition to the center has
been planned with the "university
community" concept in mind.
The statement of concept in the
Statement of Program says that
the "University Center serves as
the one facility on the UNCC
campus where students, faculty,
and staff tend to come together
periodically for productive
interchange."
Ground breaking will take
place sometime this year or early
next. The addition should be
completed by the summer of
1975.
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—petitions
Complaints Against
Servomation
Campus residents are again
planning to file a complaint
against their food service, in
respect to both the dorm cafeteria
and the dormitory vending
machines provided by
Servomation. Last fall a petition
was circulated around the dorms
that brought attention to the
alleged poor quality of food and
unclean nature of the silverware in
the cafeteria.
This time a new petition has
been prepared and circulated by
the Moore Hall Dorm Council that
specifically cites the "pitiful
quality" of the food served in the
cafeteria and the "slipshod
upkeep" of the vending machines
located in the dormitories. The
petition request improvement of
the cited conditions and threatens
that should Servomation refuse to
comply with this request, "we will
take those steps within our power
necessary to rectify the
situation".
What those steps might be is
presently unclear and it also
appears as if they may never be
taken. An interview with Greg
Johns, the elected president of the
fourth house of Moore Hall,
provided information that the
mere circulation of the petition
may be having a beneficial effect
on the nutritive conditions
surrounding dormitory residence.
Johns said that the initial
complaint arose in the Moore Hall
dorm Council several weeks ago
because some of the Council
members felt the food in the
cafeteria was too often 'cold and
poorly prepared".
The freque'nt uncleanliness of
vending machine areas was also a
complaint, though Johns admitted
that this is not entirely the fault
of Servomation, Another machine
worry had to do with their
tendency to run out of supplies.
It was finally decided in the
Moore council that a petition
specifying these complaints would
be circulated in each house of all
three dormitories. House
presidents were charged with the
duty of petition circulation. The
initial plan also called for
presentation of the completed
petitions to administrative
personnel of both the University
and Servomation, but at this time
the plan is to submit the
documents only to James Soch,
administrator of the dormitory
cafeteria.
Circulation of the petition has
not yet been completed, due to a
by d. Patrick miller
late beginning of the necessary
work in Sanford Hall. But Greg
Johns reports that a high
percentage of resident students
are signing the petition, and he Is
hopeful that it will have a
powerful effect. He noted that
Mr. Soch has already been in
touch with the resident
coordinator of Sanford Hall, and
agreed with a query suggesting
that Servomation may be
anticipating the petition by
already beginning improvement of
its service.
All in all it seems as if this
problem may soon resolve itself.
Campus representatives of
Servomation appear fairly
responsive to the needs and
complaints of their customers,
and usually react quickly enough
to satisfy those customers, at least
for a little while. Moore Hall
Fourth House President Johns
says that his petitioners are
"serious" in their complaintf and
intend to "get something done".
Hopefully, what is necessary will
be done, peacefully, to allow
Servomation and especially their
customers to get down to even
more serious questions of
existence.