-4, No. 8
North Carolina School of the Arts
24. 1969
REVIEW BOARD ALTERED
This year the Review Board will
operate under an altered structure
from the past years af'NCSA. When a ,
student is called before the Board
for discipline, he will appear be
fore one of three boards, depending
on whether he is from the lower,
middle, or college division. Each
Board consists of a Student Govern
ment member and Review Board member
elected from each residence, plus
the Faculty Representative and House
Parent. So the Board will consist
of more students than faculty, and
the students will be the same age as
the students called before them.
Whoever refers the student to
the Review Board - student,
faculty, staff, or administrative
person - must be present at the meet
ing. The student will be notified
one week in advance of the meeting of
the Board which he is expected to
attend. The Board will meet when it
has cases to hear, and so far this
year there have been no Board meet
ings.
Many students are unaware of the
fact that they can appeal to the Board
if an automatic penalty is imposed in
a minor infraction. The staff member
imposing the penalty should be in
formed by the student at the time of
the infraction that he intends to
appeal. The penalty will be sus
pended until the Review Board has
made a final decision. Appeals to
the Review Board may be made either
by personal appearance before the
Board or in written form. Cita
tion to the Board must be answered
by personal appearance.
Only the Judicial Board has the
authority to suspend or expel a stu
dent. However, the Review Board may
refer a student to the Judicial
Board if they feel the student's
offenses are that serious.
STUDENT GOVT MINUTES
SGA Planning Dance
19 November, 1969—Today's meet
ing was opened with two announcements.
There will be an All School Council
Meeting Sunday afternoon, the 7th of
December. This council consists of
faculty, staff, administration, trus
tees, and SGA. All SGA members are
urged to attend. Also, a Christmas
dance is being planned by the Middle
Division. Mary Gaebler is to inquire
about the plans for the dance (sched-
DISCUSS YOUTH FEDERATION
SIfjGERSNEETW.S.S.U. CHORUS •
5n Saturday, November 15, the
Camerata Chamber Singers here at NCSA
were host to an informal meeting with
the chorus from Winston-Salem State
University. The main purpose of the
meeting was to discuss the possibil
ity of starting a youth federation
within the American Choral Directors'
Association. The objectives are to
provide a choral organization exist
ing only for young people in th,e
United States that would not be
school-sponsored. A special kind of
spirit exists in the non-school spon
sored choirs because of the freedom
and voice that the members have in
choosing and performing the music.
Another important objective of this
type of organization is to co-ordi
nate choral techniques and repertoire
throughout our country and in connec
tion with a similar organization in
Europe.
uled for 6 December) and suggested
that it be an all-school event.
We had a report from the Consti
tution Committee. Their main concerns
at this point are that the committee
presently consists of three students
and Mr. Hyatt. Any interested stu
dent is urged to submit any questions
comments, or suggestions concerning
the constitution to Mr. Hyatt's
office. Several students have ex
pressed impatience at the slowness
of the committee in establishing any
thing concrete. We would just like
to remind all concerned that the es
tablishment of a constitution is a
very involved and time-consuming ef
fort. Steady work is being done upon
it.
The Financial Aid office is re
organizing its policy. It has plans
for two new committees; each to con
sist of an equal number of student,
faculty, and administrative repre
sentatives. One committee will meet
monthly to establish financial aid
policy. The second, a subcommittee
of the first, will handle business as
it arises between the meetings of the
major, policy-making committee.
We would also like to call to
the attention of the students the
student-administration forum, to be
held each Wednesday immediately fol
lowing convocation.
Celia Sparger
Secretary SGA
Accreditation
In Progress
an analysis by Sam J. Barcelona
The November 5th convocation,
that was led by Dr. Gordon Sweet of
the Commission on Colleges and Schools
of the Souther Association, seems to
have been quite successful. Accord
ing to Dr. William Baskin of the aca
demic department. Dr. Sweet spoke in
terms of When instead of I^. Dr.
Baskin told me that this is where
NCSA stands at this moment. Status
report forms for application for ac
creditation have been sent from
Atlanta, Georgia, and at this time
are being worked on day and night by
the faculty to reach a November 24th,
1969, deadline (the forms themselves
are about 50-60 pages in length).
These forms are set up in various di
visions, including faculty, financial
aid, infirmary, food service, etc.,
all of which must account for expen
ditures. personel, and procejiure.
The accreditation program is simply
an evaluation of the workings of a
school.
If NCSA presents the accredita
tion board with evidence that we have
adequate facilities for fulfilling
our stated purpose, and the status
reports are accepted, there is a
strong possibility that NCSA will
move into phase two of the accredita
tion process. This phase involves a
visit of the accreditation team which
may arrive here as early as this
spring. Their visit will be slated
for approximately a week and their
purpose will be to observe the school
in progress. It should be emphasized
as well as maintained that this is
where the students themselves will
become directly involved with the ac
creditation program.
Nutcracker Tour
Three performances of the Nut
cracker Ballet will be given at the
Fage Auditorium at Duke University at
8:15 p.m. on Dec. 16, and at 4:00p.m.
and 8:30 p.m. on Dec.17.
Mrs Ella Fountain Pratt, Student Union
at Duke University, is in charge of
ticket sales there.
A matinee and an evening perform
ance will be given Dec. 19 at the War
Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh at 3:30
and 8:30 p.m. In charge of Raleigh tick-
st sales is Jerry Pierce, N.C. Symphony
Inc., Bingham-X, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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