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Two Voices Heard In Free Society Progress is our most important product. Fear is our most recurrent deterrent. Given any society in which men are free to express their ideas, one will find in evidence two voices: the voice of progress and g'rowth, and the voice o fear. Neither of these voices is projected from any ^^ss of protoplasm. Each one comes from one or more individual in tellects and personalities. Aclr,nanc This last thought is the key to understanding. As long as each individual member of the society ma^ces every effort to learn evaluate, consider and decide on the basis of his per sonal’ experience and ideals, then democracy is a living, vi brant being. The danger to the potential quality of social action is the danger of the members allowing themselves to be ma nipulated as a mass of protoplasm. ^ ^ To use a college education merely to build a storehouse of facts and figures is a waste of time and intellect. tn other hand to use a college education to tram one s to think is the epitome of growth. This is our challenge. We can accept it as grounds for accomplishment, or we can run from it in fear of the unknown (or, even worse, the fear of admit ting that there is an unknown). The idea of using one’s college education as a training ground for life is the basic premise of collegiate e)dra-curricu- lar activity on the campus of Charlotte College. Here is ou opportunity to learn and practice the use of the ant the most basic, and the most powerful of all human tools. t\1p?,XTe‘pn„°5ple» to Charlotte College today is a simple task We have heard the voices of students trying to establish democratic ideals and to make them work; and we have heard the voices of students trying to propagate and distrust. These are the messages. This is our choice. We recommend a decision for progress and us not forsake the earnest efforts of our elected representa tives to make our democratic system workable and meaning ful The argument that our elected representatives are Fst a Dower clique trying to rule the school is one we have heard time and time again, and one we probably will hear again “%*i?tat«tTng"?Lg is that this voice of .fear prevaUs regardless of the identity of the present admmistration. The “out” group screams it until they are the m . S'-” then the new “out” group takes it up, screaming it until they once again are the “in” group. Frankly, it’s getting ]ust a little boring and ridiculous. Parking Problem Compounded The condition of the parking lot behind the Liberal Arts ■Ruilding is bad However, some students are making it worse ?v pSS betweL the legal parking rows^ This not only cremes an obstacle course for drivers but also blocks the legal Iv narked cars The reason usually given for this situation is Safthe'stud^nt was late and all the P^-^^ing P aces in the were already taken. The real reason is often that the student is too lazv to walk from a less convenient position or that he doesn’t want to get his shoes muddy by walking through un- praveled areas But shouldn’t this be the penality for coming fate’ Should the late student be pampered with the unfair Tjrivilege of parking between rows and thus blocking the legally parked cars? Of course not. If the situation cannot be cffed up by the students themselves, we suggest some form of legislation be passed to fine the offenders. Letters To The Editor 'I Personally Have No Axe To Grind' Schaeffer SGA Statement (Continued from Page 1) manship of C. U. committees. Both of these actions were ap proved unanimously by the Student Legislature. (4) Following the ratification of the Constitution of the Student Government Association in May, 1964, the Si Si, the Charlotte Collegian, and the College Union assumed a differ ent relationship with the Student Legislature. These organi zations, because of their growing size and diversity, were re moved from the direct control and influence of the Student Legislature. The only remaining connection between these groups and the student government is, of course, the neces sity of acquiring a charter in order to function on campus. We feel that this is a highly workable system in that it allows these student organizations to assume their own du ties an responsibilities, and simultaneously it allows for a limited means by which the student body may protect its in terests and the interests of other student organizations. CONCLUSIONS We believe that the Student Legislature has and is prov ing itself to be a responsible means of determining the range and scope of student organizational activity and this after all is and should be a prime integral function of mature student legislation. ... Therefore, we conclude, on the basis of the principles and beliefs mentioned heretofore in this statement, that the College Union organization should and must remain within the family of campus student organizations. Editors, The Collegian The time has come for the stu dents of Charlotte College—those who are truly interested—to hear the other side of a story just once on this campus. In this case the story concerns the article in the last issue entitled “A House Di vided.” Before we discuss the article, however, let’s point out a few vital facts: (1) An editorial was printed about a petition to the President of Charlotte College from the College Union Governing Board. (2) The ethics of printing something addressed to the Presi dent without prior consultation with either the sender or receiver are questionable at best—especial ly as she has hardly had time to read it, much less take any action. (3) More important is the fact that nobody from the newspaper talk ed with anybody within the C. U. or expressed any desire to get the facts about a matter which was initiated by the C. U. In fact, the petition itself and whatever slant ed facts were given must have come from the Legislature—em phasizing the ‘‘constant effort of the Student Legislature to cooper ate in any way” with the C. U. (4) The reaction of the newspaper has been the same as that of the Legis lature Officers — uncompromising reaction to something which they don’t understand, and worse, make no open minded effort to find out about. With this attitude on the part of its representatives, how is the stu dent body to find out about or un derstand anything? However, The Collegian is not to blame. It is the suppliers of information who should be accountable. But now to the issue: C. U. is not just another campus organiza tion to be bounced around by the controling group of the Legisla ture. Its membership consists of every student on campus, in the same way that every student is a member of the Student Govern ment Association. But the Union goes one step further and includes the faculty and administration within its membership. These peo ple are on Union committees and take part in the program develop ment, and although they cannot hold executive offices, they can and do take part in Campus activi ties. The Governing Board includes not only five student members at present, but also three faculty members and one Administrative representative. These people, how ever, cannot represent the faculty and administration on the Govern ing Board in the same manner that the students on the Board can represent the Student body, be cause they are directly responsi ble to the Legislature which char ters the C. U. When Faculty and Administration are directly re sponsible to an annually changing Student Legislature, this goes far beyond the principle of student self-government! What the C. U. Governing Board has asked for is nothing more thqji direct responsi bility to the President—and if the petition is read carefully, it can be seen that the Student Legisla ture loses no measure of control or “power” over any student on campus — because its function is solely legislative and judicial, and any student or students in an organization must abide by the legislative and judicial actions taken by the Legislature—regard less of who their Governing Board is responsible to! And when the statements of those who fear los ing some measure of what they consider power are stripped of color and high-toned words, this truth is evident. Finally, let me say that I have been in this quagmire of campus politics for a long time—too long to suit me at this point—but in this time I have repeatedly heard distortions and half-truths and flat- out propagartda perpetuated on the unsuspecting student body by a small circle of selfish ambition who fancied themselves ‘‘real” politicians time and time again to further the interests of this small group. And never have I heard such a blatent, ridiculous and ig norant charge as the one in “A House Divided” which states that the Governing Board, under the leadership of Dr. Slechta, Mr. Sto vall, Miss Dunn, Mr. Tinkham, and Dean MacKay, does not have the organizational ‘‘maturity” and “responsibility” to be on its own. In this matter, I personally have no axe to grind. There is no “pow. er” in the position of C. U. Chair man, and I certainly stand to gain little from any position of respon sibility to Dr. Cone. More import ant, new elections will be held in February for all C. U. offices and I am not a candidate for this pisi- tion again. It becomes >>bv;ous. then, that the only people who feel they might “lose control” are chose who scream the loudest against the measure. And this is none other than the same small group who has been successfully promot ing themselves on campus in the guise of studer.i interest ever since they wrecked the efforts to adopt the first four-year constitution last spring merely to gain publicity. It is now time for each student to give thought to the best interests of the entire school and the future of the school beyond the time he will be in attendance. This re quires just a little giving on the part of each student. If any of you who read this really give a damn about Charlotte College as an academic institution which you will hold a degree from, start look ing for the truth under the muck of distortion that has been accum ulating here for so many months. Bob Schaeffer Chairman. College Union (EDITOR'S NOTE: The petition of the College Union Governing Board was published at the re quest of one of the recipients of the petition. The Student Gov ernment Association President, who felt that it was his responsi bility to inform the student', of this serious action. The Chair man of the College Union Gov erning Board was fully aware of the intent of the President to publish the petition.) CCUN Presents... (Continued from Page 1) One point Mr. Sanford brought out about his training was the psycho logical tests the volunteers took each week. “I believe they were especially designed to drive us out of our minds.” One of the ques tions Mr. Sanford remembered was “'I hate my mother or I hate my father.’ We had to choose one.” University of North Carolina graduate Bob Bell was a Corps volunteer in Columbia. Occasion ally using Spanish phrases in his discussion, Mr. 'Bell pointed out some of the obstacles he had to overcome in order to gain the con fidence of the Columbians. My main problem was convincing these people that I was not a rich Yankee. Once I had done this, we got along just fine.” In Columbia, Mr. Bell helped in organizing and building schools. In discussing the Corp's examination, he emphasiz ed that the test is not competitive with failing or passing grades. “I like to think of it as an inventory; it’s you on paper”. After the informal panel discus sion, the panelists answered ques tions put to them by the student body. Dear Boss time now for another chapter of peter and the wolfman or life begins at forty nine as you may remember when we left our story the duck had just seen the pussycat coming and had tried to hide its head in its low snow when grandmama in her infinite wisdom realized that all would be lost if peter could not hear the song of truth that the bird was singing so she ran out into the crabgrass and with one fell swipe cut the horns off the dilemma of the wolfman then she quickly turned around to shoot the pussycat and stop his meowing in very cash register when peter said quote do not shoot we have already caught the pussycat just help us take him to our laboratory so that we can perform a frontal lobotomy and solve all our troubles unquote and so they all marched off through the crabgrass to the laboratory marching in single file serenaded by the truthful songs of the bird leaving nice straight forward moving footprints in the low snow of the duck the beginning vw the beetle • j.ii is i postscript happy term paper one and all vw
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