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Legislature committee develops handbook
By Michael Roseman
The Ways and Means
Committee of the Stu
dent Legislature is pre
sently putting together
a handbook for UNCC
students. David Currie,
chair of the committee,
selected a subcommittee
to work with Chuck
Lynch, dean of students,
to man the project.
Work on the handbook
began last semester
when handbooks from
other universities and
colleges were collected.
These handbooks were
reviewed and a table of
contents was developed
to cover information
that fits the needs of the
students.
“We’ve looked at
handbooks from all over
the country. We tried to
come up with the best
ideas suited for our cam
pus,” Lynch said.
Governor’s cabinet member
to speak on campus Friday
By Luann Whitley
Sara W. Hodgkins, se
cretary of the North Ca
rolina Department of
Cultural Resources, will
highlight Arts Forum
Week Friday, March 2.
Hodgkins is a member of
the North Carolina Go
vernor’s Cabinet, has
served as music special
ist for the Moore County
Schools and Southern
Pines Schools. She has
also served as president
of the North Carolina
Arts Council, and was
the first woman member
of the Southern Pines
Town Council in 1975.
Pat Kyle, political sci
ence professor, said,
“There is much talk in
the Democratic party of
advancing Hodgkins to
an even higher position
of importance. Some
people have already
named her as the first
female governor of
North Carolina,” Kyle
said.
In response to Kyle's
aspirations for her,
Hodgkins said, “Being
governor is not a goal of
mine. Right now I have
plenty to do in my pre
sent position.”
Hodgkins’ speech will
be centered on the theme
of the week, “The Arts:
Reflections and Chal ¬
To get this informa
tion, someone related to
each area listed on the
table of contents was
sent a memo asking
what they would like
printed about their de
partment, club or organ
ization. When all of this
information is returned,
the subcommittee can
compile it into a book.
The handbooks should
be printed this summer
and be ready to distri
bute to students this
fall.
“We’re trying to con
solidate information,
students here may, at
one time, need to know,
into a publication. We
see it as a continuous re
source for students just
as the undergraduate ca
talog is but it won’t du
plicate the catalog.
“This will mainly be
lenges,” with a state
wide perspective.
The importance of the
arts in various ways and
what the arts do for peo
ple will be presented.
Also, Hodgkins will talk
about the arts in a finan
cial sense, for instance a
city well versed in the
arts is attractive to ma
jor businesses wanting
to move into the area.
Excellence in accessi-
bility and opportunities
will be brought out by
Hodgkins in the sense
them Pines with her
husband and three
daughters.
Sara W. Hodgkins, secreatry of the North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources, will highlight
the Arts Forum this week.
nonacademic. It will in
clude information on op
portunities available to
students outside the
classroom,” Lynch said.
Carol Nunnally, a
member of the subcom
mittee, said, “We’re try
ing to get something out
to the students about
the university in general.
Hopefully it will answer
any questions a student
may have about it.”
Tentatively, the areas
to be covered in the
handbook are: people
you should get to know;
clubs, organizations and
activities; student go
vernment; university se
nate; student rights and
responsibilities; services
and facilities, and intra
mural programs.
The handbook will
also have a section on
“where to go for infor-
art programs should be
held in areas people can
easily get to.
Some of the impres
sive art programs in
Charlotte will be pointed
out and complimented
by Hodgkins.
Hodgkins is a North
Carolina native, received
a B.S. in music educa
tion from Appalachian
State University and
presently lives in Sou-
mation about. . .” It will
be a problem-solving in
dex of common student
questions, concerns,
issues and where to get
them addressed.
In the past, the school
has published intramu
ral and orientation hand
books. Now these two
will become a part of the
larger, all-purpose hand
book. Lynch said, “Now
we will have information
for all students, not just
freshmen.”
The basic problem for
Student Legislature moves
general spring election dates again
By Bill Peschel
Both the Student
Body Constitution and
the Student Disciplinary
Governance Act was
passed with little debate
by the Student Legisla
ture. They will now go
before the students in a
referendum March
27-28.
The legislature had
moved the date back
three weeks to avoid vio
lating the present con
stitution. The law re
quires a referendum on a
amendment to the con
stitution to be held no
less than two weeks af
ter passage by the legis
lature. The new date will
coincide with the spring
general elections.
(Changes in the consti-
tuiton and Judicial Act
will be described in the
next issues of the Caroli
na Journal. Copies of the
the handbook now is
funding. Nunnally said
she hopes “the hand
books can be given out
free.”
To help finance the
project money has been
taken from several
sources. Two sources
were the funds for the
old intramural and orien
tation handbooks since
they are combined with
the new handbook. To
help pay for itself, the
handbook will contain a
“yellow pages.”
acts may be obtained
from the student go
vernment offices in the
Cone University Center.)
The legislature passed
several motions realloca
ting funds to clubs.
These funds, budgeted
to clubs last semester
were not spent and re
verted back to the legis
lature last December.
The National Art Educa
tors Association, send
ing six members repre
senting UNCC to a con
vention in San Francis
co, got their request of
$1,200. The Political
Science Club got $300,
and the Phoenix Society
got $400.
UNCC’s Student Con
sumer Union was gran
ted a secondary charter.
Originally asking for a
primary charter, the
club reconsidered when
pointed out other clubs
Lynch said, “We're
sending ad letters out
this week. Later, the
Ways and Means Com
mittee will follow up the
letters making personal
contact with local mer
chants.”
Nunnally added the
“yellow pages” will con
tain “ads of places stu
dents like to go ...
places that treat stu
dents well. This will also
be a good reference for
freshmen and other new
students.
were told by the govern
ment they must first get
a secondary charter and
wait six months before
applying for a primary.
The union’s request for a
primary charter was
legal, yet some feared re
sentment from other
clubs.
The Chartering Act
was amended to comply
with what was conside
red a law. New clubs
must now apply for a se
condary charter and
wait at least one semes
ter after that to apply
for a primary charter.
(According to the
Chartering Act, a secon
dary chartered club is
granted permission to
operate on the UNCC
campus. A primary char
tered club can apply for
funds through the Stu
dent Legislature.