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N.C. ESSAY
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1974
Committee Coming
Self-Study Report Due
Essay Photo
by Marshall Thomas
BERNARD TURNER
Black Gjncessions
BLACKS, From Page 1
Proceeding in a point-by-point order,
the council first held discussion and then
voted on each of the grievances. Council
votes to adopt positions were unanimous.
Following discussion of black faculty
hiring, practices SCA the council
recommended to the NCSA Faculty
Council an increase in black faculty
members in all departments the faculty
hiring motion also asked that, all current
job openings, such as next year’s new
possible position of Registrar, be filled by
a qualified black person if possible. Don
Martin, SCA Vice President made the
motion. Louis Turner, a voice major,
made the second.
The blacks complained that the system
of dispersing financial and was unclean.
They asked how money for financial aid
and scholarships is sanctioned; How one
goes about getting the money; and for
“straight answers to questions about
financial assistance.”
Summers and other SCA members said
that the issue of financing one’s
education is an area of concern to not
only the black students, but the entire
student body of NCSA. A motion was
made by Marshall Thomas, D & P
representative, to pass the blacks
questions to administrators. Adam
Miller seconded the motion which passed
unanimously.
Blacks and SCA members, in a heated
exchange with Karen Shortridge,
director of Students Housing, complained
that certain students are shown
favoritism by Shortridge in single-room
assignments. In addition Blacks
questioned hiring a small number of
Black RAs for the dormatories.
Shortridge said that the housing
priorities were controlled on an in
dividual basis with the decision for
single-room tenancy based upon both
seniority and upon the emotional impact
on the party involved. She said she has
never consciously slighted any student
and said she could explain to any in
dividual the reason(s) for her-his par
ticular room assignments.
When que.stioned on the Resident
Assistant situation in the dormitories,
Shortridge said there are two black RA’s
in the high school dormitory complex,
Janet Tyler and Enrique Orengo.
Shortridge also said that since the
number of college RA’s had been reduced
from 18 for the 1973-74 school year to six
RA’s for the ‘73-74 school year and the
criteria for choosing these people had
become much more stringent.
Because of the policy of previous
screening of all RA candidates by the
Student Affairs staff, Shortridge said
that some of her own personal choices,
such as Ernest Stuart (a black college
student), had been effectively ruled out
of the running for an RA position before
the decision had ever reached her.
She gave the names of two black girls
who she would hire “as fast as I could if
they applied.” They were Karen Bryson,
Drama, and Shelia Stinson, Modem
Dance.
Robert Hyatt, Dean of Students, that if
any student had a problem with his or her
RA, a complaint should be made directly
to Shortridge as Director of Housing; any
further complaints should be registered
with Hyatt.
The council adopted motions asking all
NCSA housing policies and RA hiring
policies be published.
After a preliminary argument on
whether blacks should or should not
represent themselves on an activities
committee, five of the blacks volunteered
their services to the council-supported
Student Activies Conunittee run by Dave
Belnap. Volunteers were; Regina
Reynolds, Ramona Komegay, Johnny
Moirison, Rodney Bristol, and Wilton
Kemp.
Other action approved by the council
on Feb. 13th was:
The donation of a gift to counselor
Cranford Johnson, who was in Forsyth
Hospital recovering from a recent
operation.
A poll on smoking at NCSA. For
results; see HAPPENINGS leaQet for the
week of Feb. 22-28.
By DON MARTIN
and PRUDENCE MASON
Essay Staff Reporters
The head of the school self study
committee said last week that the
committee will issue a report which is
both complimentary and critical of the
school.
Rick Miller, director of the study, said
the report will be issued in the next few
weeks. The report comes at the two-third
mark of the two-year evaluation process
that will lead to reaccreditation.
When asked about the prospects for
reaccreditation, Miller said, “My per
sonal feeling is that there is no reason in
the world why we should not be reac
credited.”
The report is the first step in the
reaccreditation process which also in
cludes a visit by ranking college ad
ministrators from other southern
universities.
Southern Association
The self-study report is to certify to the
accrediting group, the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools,
“that the educational programs, library,
administrative programs, student ac
tivities, etc. are carrying out their
pledges as stated in the catalog,” said
Miller. “The committee has been at work
for about a year and a half,” he added.
According to the Southern Association,
“the essential purpose of the Institutional
Self Study Program is the improving of
educational effectiveness in institutions
of higher learning.”
Miller said, “The self study was
devised by the Southern Association as a
way of determining if a school is doing
what it says it does.”
When asked about the make up of the
committee and his role in the self study,
Miller said, “A steering conmiittee
composed of Sam Stone, Pete Ballard,
Sonya Tyven, Charles Frohn and myself
was appointed by the chancellor. The
steering committee has supervision of
the progress of the whole report.”
The committee then appointed several
sub-committees. Miller explained, to
make detailed reports on some of the
problems and programs of the school.
“I’m director of the self-study and editor
of the final report,” he said.
Five thousand dollars has been
budgeted for the study, but Miller said it
is hoped that expenses will not run that
high.
Committee Visit
“A visiting committ.ee will be on
campus March 31 through April 3. We
hope to have our report finished by
then,” said Miller.
The purpose of the visiting committee
is to give the association a more direct
look at the physical plant and also direct
contact with the people that make up the
school. The committee is composed of
educators in the arts and related fields
from institutions all over the country,
Miller explained. Jamison Jones, a
faculty member of the Memphis
Academy of Fine Arts, will head the
group.
Each department at the institution
being visited is allowed to make specific
requests for committee members, but
the final decision on appointments rests
with the Southern Association.
Miller said, “The committee will snoop
around the school, looking at us and
talking to students and staff.” He said
students need not make formal ap
pointments with the group but may
search them out for impromptu
discussions anytime during their stay.
“Copies of the self study report (to be
published in March) will be available in
the library for students and faculty,”
Miller said. “I’m sure some people will
disagree with some of the things the
report says. It’s a critical but con
structive analysis of the needs and
failings of the school.”
Chancellor Search
As reported in the last issue of the
Essay, three men visited the School
! during Feburary for interviews regar
ding the position of chancellor. “Any one
i of the three men, Allen Sapp, Grant
' Beglarian, or Robert Suderberg, would
make a fine chancellor,” said John
Kavelin, search committee member and
chairman of the NCSA faculty council.
The work of the committee is hopefully
over, according to Kavelin. “In our last
meeting, on Wednesday, February 20, we "
made the final decision on which names '
we’d recommend to the NCSA Board of
Trustees,” said Kavelin, “but I can’t
make those names public.” j
The next step in the selection process is -
the Board of Trustees. They will send two -
names to the University system Board of T
Governors. “As far as I know, the final
decision should still come by April,” said
Kavelin.
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Students Converge On Capitol Hill
NSL, From Page 1
Convention leaders explained the '
lobbying process to the delegates, then
conducted sessions in role-playing to help
the students become more familiar with
what they were to do on Capitol Hill.
Briefings were given on the major
issues to be lobbied upon. In addition to
the financial aiu items, members decided
by poll several months ago to ask for
stand-by discount fare for air, bus and
train; voter-registration by post card;
and a bill which would slightly change
rather than cut minimum wage law
provisions for youth and students.
Financial Aid
A student’s need for a Guaranteed
Student Loan is determined by the means
test, which is a financial investigation of
a student’s parents’ income and expenses
and what the student is able to contribute
from summer earnings. Presently, if the
adjusted income is greater than $14,000-2
to A year the student cannot receive a
loan. TTierefore students from middle-
income families receive no loan, nor do
students who do not actually receive the
amount figured in the means test
because of feelings of independence or
the needs of other children in the family.
NSL wants the adjusted income to be
greater than $20,000 before a student is
ineligible for a Guaranteed Student Loan.
Work-Study Money
Work-study money has not been in
creased over the past two years beyond
$270 million. During this time there has
been much inflation, and more types of
students are now eligible for this money.
Therefore there is not enough work-study
money to go around. NSL wants work-
study funds increased to $420 million,
which is the authorized level for the
program, without depleting other student
assistance programs.
In order to assure equal access to
quality education, costs of attendance at
public colleges and universities must ^
maintained at a low level. At the same
time, categorical- aid programs, as well
as scholarships to private college
students, must be maintained and ex
panded.
Youth Fare
Youth fare for air travel is now being
phased out and will be nonexistant July 1.
NSL wants congresspersons to co
sponsor a bill to allow stand-by discount
fare on air, bus, and train for those
persons over 65 years, under 22 years, or
who is handicapped. This should be
advantageous to the airlines as the
average airplane is flying with 40 percent
of its seats empty.
Minimum Wage
Presently, certain kinds of employers
can acquire a certificate which allows
them to hire youths and students for less
than minimum wage as long as they can
prove that titc,. are not displacing
workers who wuuld have to receive
minimum wage over the cheaper student
workers. NSL wants a bill passed which
would allow universities to become
certified, which does not help the present
situation but does avoid the passing of a
bill that would eliminate any need for a
certificate, and any employer could hire
any student for less than minimum wage.
Voter-Registration
The last issue was voter-registration
by postcard. This would enable students,
especially those going to school out-of-
state, to register without going home.
They would still have to return home to
vote. This has already been passed by
Senate.
There were six students from N.C. at
the convention, two from Duke, two from
UNC-G, one from NC-Central, and one
from NCSA.
On Sun. Feb. 24 Bob Woodward,
Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the
Washington Post, told the story of how he
worked in unraveling the Watergate
scandal, linking it to Erlichman and
Haldeman. He concluded in saying that
the influence they had shows that other
such issues have been neglected in the
past.
Dan Rather spoke on Mon. about what
it’s like to be a TV reporter and how hard
it is to deal with the White House, which
never answers questions. He feels that it
is the obligation of the news media to
investigate beyond what government
spokesmen say.
An equally important focus at the
convention beyond the national lobbying
was the great need for lobbying on the
state level because many of the issues
deal with funding in education which is
done on the state level for state
universities.
Mon. night Senator Hubert H. Hum
phrey spoke to NSL. He told of his early
political career and called for a return to
the basic ideals of the Constitution. He
criticized the Nixon Administration’s
handling of the economy, the impounding
of funds and the cutting of important
programs.
Humphrey stressed the need for more
national planning and more com
munication between the states and the
federal government. Hie government
draws up budgets with no coordination
with the states and no long-range plan
ning. He feels that the present system
which allows for the president and vice-
president to draw up a top-secret budget
which is then presented to Congress is
unsatisfactory. There should be an open
government in which more people aid in
the planning. He said that everything in
government should be open to the news
media, and the people have a right to
know what’s going on.
Congressperson Yvonne Burke spoke
to NSL Tues. She commended the idea of
student lobbying and encouraged youths
to lobby in state legislature.
Tues. was spent on Capitol HiU' lob-
bymg. The delegation was well received
everywhere. All were responsive and
receptive to what they had to say
although they did not agree with
everything.