The Caroliiva Journal
Of U«fv«rWf|r Of Ck^rk
VOL. 3,
Wednesday, April 10, 1968
No. 25
Billups Elected By Wide Margin
Bill Billups gives
Surprisingly Wide Margin
For Both Major Positions
By JOE McCORKLE
In one of the most sensation
al student government elections
to date. Bill Billups defeated
Hank Heidenreich and Phil Wil
son for the presidency of the
wmmng
speech. He was elected
president of the Student Government Association in the elec
tion that followed. )Photo By Charles Howard)
Davis Wins Student
Art Competition
By Sonia Mizell
Where does a winning artist
get his insplritations? “I have
wierd dreams,” said Phil Davis,
a 23 year old art major, who
won the $25 prize in the stu
dents’ art exhibit during the New
Arts Festival. And I’m sure that
many of the people who viewed
the exhibit last week did con
sider his entry wierd. It was
built as a result of an assign
ment given to Phil in his scul
pture class. The problem was to
build a sculpture with two mov
ing parts that had no motion
in it.
Phil does not consider his en
try exactly as a fine art. He
was surprised that it won, but
feels, however, that it probably
won because of its craftsmanship.
Every piece of the sculpture was
hand made and assembled.
Phil did not begin his art train
ing until a year ago when he
began in some art classes here
at school. However, he formerly
tect. He does ink renderings and
builds scale models of plans.
He likes to use his hands and
be creative in most things he
undertakes. Even though, he has
little time between school and
work, Phil does manage to do
some painting at home.
He plans to put the $25 prize
in the bank to use to purchase
some land for a future home for
his family. The sculpture may
be entered in an art show at
the Mint Museum in a few weeks.
Student Government Association.
Mr. Billups, the University
Party candidate, received 404
votes (53.5%), while his closest
opponent, Mr. Heidenreich, in
dependent candidate, received
222 votes (30.2%). Mr. Wilson,
Student Party candidate, polled
123 votes 06.3%).
Stewart Auten of the Univer
sity Party captured the vice
presidency of the Student Govern
ment Association by defeating
Jerrold Burks, an independent,
503 votes (67.7%) to 237 votes
(31.9%).
Larry McAfee of the UP and
Kay Troutman of the SP won the
two seats of the Consolidated
Student Council of the Univer
sity. Mr. McAfee received 362
votes and Miss Troutman re
ceived 340 votes.
Gayle Watts, a write-in can
didate, was unofficially elected
to the Board of Student Pub
lications pending verification by
the Election Committee. She re
ceived 156 votes and her closest
competitor, Mike Combs, receiv
ed 104 write-in votes. “Single
shot” write-in votes were not po
tent enough toprevent Miss Watts
from gaining a simple majority
of the votes.
The newly elected Mr. Billups
exclaimed, “To begin with, I
was more surprised than I can
projected his talent in the area
of model cars. One of his models
was a national winner out of 350,
000 entries, and won for Phil a
5 foot trophy. He also has 37
other trophies that he won with
his model cars.
At the present time, Phil is
working for a Charlotte archl-
As an appropriate finale tor the
New Arts Festival last week on
campus, Raul Spivak, musician-
in-residence here, presented the
last in a series of four con
certs entitled “Perspectives In
Music Through The Keyboard:
Baroque To Contemporary.”
The concert, presented to ap
proximately 100 people, included
selections by Prokofieff, Bela
Bartok, Villa-Lobos, and Al-
beniz.
The highlight of the concert
was the presentation of “Twelve
American Preludes” by Ginas-
tera, a piece dedicated to Mr.
Spivak, which had never been
presented in this area before.
The third part of the program
included selections from Gersh
win, Granados, and Stravinsky.
Mr. Spivak prefaced each piece
with remarks about which he
says, “It is better to have a
few spoken remarks concerning
the music as it relates to my
interpretation rather than purely
printed facts and dates concern
ing the music being performed.”
‘Let Each ...
Meditate’
The tragic killing of Dr. Mar
tin Luther King shook this cam
pus last week. At noon a five
minute period of official silence
and mourning was observed by
the University family.
Following the silence. Dr. Loy
Witherspoon, University chap
lain, conducted a brief service at
the bell which was attended in
a steady rain by approximately
seventy people.
Many classes were dismissed.
describe, although many ^of my
supporters predicted this out
come several days ago. Second
ly, I am truly humbled. I want
to thank the entire student body
for their vote of confidence and
re-emphasize my availability for
suggestion.”
“I shall begin work immed
iately and will not settle for
less than the best for this stu
dent body,” he continued. “I
also wish to thank those who
campaigned relentlessly on my
behalf, especially Rod Smith, my
campaign manager. Without the
assistance of the faithful follow
ers, this eHort could not have
been a success.
Mr. Auten, the new vice pres
ident, was unavailable for com
ment.
Miss Watts, who received news
of her victory late Sunday af
ternoon, said, “I am pleased to
receive the opportunity to con
tinue to work closely with the
publications by working on the
Publications Board.”
The vote count, under the sup
ervision of the Election Commit
tee, lasted one hour and thirty
minutes, with the count for the
Publications Board election last
ing an additional forty-five min
utes.
A total of 754 people
voted which represents approx
imately 40.7% of the student body.
Many had hoped that the votes
would top the 47% turnout of
last year.
Filing Deodlines
The filing deadline for ihe
upcoming elections of April 17-
19 including class officers and
representatives, judges, and ed
itors of the Carolina Journal and
the Rogues ’n Raacals, is today
at 4:30 p.m. Candidates whohave
not filed should do so upstairs
in the Union lobby anytime from
9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
New Arts Festival Is
Pronounced A Success
By BARBARA JEAN SMITH
Spivak Presents Ginastera’s
Twelve American Preludes
Was the New Arts Festival
Week a success?
Yes, although the lectures and
art demonstrations were attended
by rarely over 30 people, the
week was a success.
Considering the fact that el
ections to(* place the same week,
and thus overshadowed the ad
vertisements, the overall attend
ance and interest was good.
Monday, the lectures of Howard
Thomas, Donald Sexaur, and Tom
Mason were on Painting, print
making, and pottery. Also Mon
day, adding to the normal pub
licity for the week, was a de
monstration of pottery-throwing
by Tom Mason in the Union, and
by several “painted women”—
their appearance expertly altered
Tom Mason demonstrates pottery-throwing in the Union.
(Photo By Charles Howard)