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Vol. IV
Wednesday, November 20, 1968
No. 9
Students, Newsmen Attend ^^Bitch-In”
By Donna Raley
Rumor had it that there was to
be a “Bitch In” last Wednesday at
11:30. The “Bitch In,” as
someone so cleverly named it, was
defined as an opportunity to “air
your gripes.” One was led to
believe that it was to be a calmly
conducted, rather purposeless
meeting, (purposeless, that is,
because no problems were to be
solved.)
As about seventy-five students,
faculty, and outside observers
gathered, one was able to watch
cameramen, a WSOC-TV reporter,
and newspaper reporters. Perhaps
something great was to be said. It
took a while for the cameras,
microphones, and lights to be set
up, so the event was delayed for
several minutes. A hush came over
the crowd as if they were
watching a play. And then it
began.
The meeting was conducted by
Rick Arnette, who had quite a lot
to say, and by Mike Combs, who
had nothing to say. Mr. Arnette
opened by saying that we were
there to discuss several
topics—among them being
censorship, where Union funds go,
the speaker ban law on campus,
and the fact that the campus
policemen carry loaded guns. He
then stated that his first gripe was
the removal of a poster advertising
the “Bitch In” by a member of
the Publicity Committee. He
could not understand how
Student Court
Not Dormant
Although it is the least known
branch of the SGA, the Student
Court is not dormant. It is active
and working to establish reforms
which will improve its efficiency.
Of these reforms, John
Lafferty, Chief Justice of the
Court, says “We are attempting to
continue the process of reform
which was begun last year under
Perry Moser’s guidance, but I
would rather not comment on the
nature of these reforms at this
point.” In the line of reform, the
Court has already adopted a
procedure which Mr. Lafferty says
will provide a fairer trial than
those procedures which were
previously followed. In the past,
the members of the court have
contacted the Attorney General
who then called a meeting of the
Court. Under the present system,
the Attorney General, Wayne
Eason, investigates cases and then
contacts members of the Court.
Mr. Lafferty feels that one fault
in the Student Court is that it
does not have the power to handle
academic honor violations. Such
violations are handled by a faculty
committee headed by Dr.
Whitaker. The Student Court has
been in contact with this
committee which is willing to
compromise and form a
Student-Faculty Court for the
hearing of cases of academic
honor violations.
So far this year, the Student
Court has had one case come
before it. Tliis case will not be
open to the student body and will
not be publicized unless the
defendent so requests. All cases
are handled in secrecy in order to
provide the greatest possible
fairness and protection for the
defendents. In keeping with this
policy, the Student Court will
remain an active but little heard
of branch of the SGA.
someone could be given the right
to censor any publicity on campus
as being offensive. When the
matter was taken to Dean
MacKay, it was stated that Mr.
Arnette was unaware of the
proper channels to go through
about publicity. Bill Billups then
pointed out that Mr. Arnette
should have seen him or the
Chairman of the Ihiblicity
Committee and the matter would
raised for the past four years.
There was quite a bit of response
from the audience about this
point until someone asked, “What
is the purpose of this meeting?” It
was then decided that anyone
who had a gripe could come up on
stage and voice his opinion. The
first to speak was Bill Sloan. Mr.
Sloan stated that he is paranoid
about the police force and the
growing concern with
conservation. His biggest concern
was that the revolver would come
Dr. Cone
Airs Views
On Funds
This article is the second in the
series being written as a part of
the JOURNAL’S investigation of
the General Fee.
On Tliursday, November 16,
1968. The JOURNAL interviewed
Dr. Bonnie Cone, Vice Chancellor
for Student Affairs, to discuss her
feelings about the fees.
Dan Wilson attacks
have been taken care ot .
Upon the mention of Dean
MacKay, the question arose about
the position and authority of Mr.
MacKay. Dan Wilson said that Mr.
Winninian should be given more
authority, and Dean MacKay
should either be regulated or have
some of his powers given to
someone else. Bill Billups pointed
out that these questions have been
off the hip first if there were any
demonstrations. He then
requested Jerry Williams, a senior
who has not been here since ‘65,
to shed some light on the subject
of loaded guns. Mr. Williams then
proceeded to explain that men are
never allowed to use a loaded clip
in their guns when they are trying
to control a demonstration, yet
the policemen carry loaded guns
here. “This is an academic
community!” He commented that
an article in the JOURNAL about
the subject sounded like a Sunday
School supplement. Mr. Williams
continued with several gripes: the
officeholders on this campus are
incompetent, the SGA gets
nothing done, and there is a
Speaker Ban law at UNC-C.
Bill Billups defends
Bob Wenton, a freshman, then
read his speech about an article in
COMMENT (a History Club
publication) entitled “Action,
Action, Action.” Bob then stated
that someone is not a “poor,
deluded kid” and that he is
interested enough to sign his
name.
Mr. Eric Anderson suggested
that he put his body where his
mouth is-to which Mr. Williams
replied that he did. He said that
he and Rick Arnette asked
Chancellor Colvard for several
answers, all of which were
arbitrary.
As the drama continued, a
casual observer had a chance to
notice a few characteristics about
the audience. The first thing one
noticed was the laughing and
ridiculing. If the audience liked
the person speaking, there were
shouts of encouragement and
applause. If the speaker was not
liked, there were nasty comments
and muffled laughter. A quick
glance at the expressions of the
members of the History
Department was almost appalling.
The history professors, for the
most part, made no comment.
(Qmtinued of fxtge 4)
Journal Interview
Miss Mabry ^^Sells^^ University
Earleen Mabry graduated
from UNC-C last June and
returned in the late summer
to a position of admissions
counselor. She was secretary
of the SGA, Miss UNC-C, and
a holiday queen. She majored
in English and was
considering being a teacher in
junior high schools.
On the way from the
JOURNAL Office to Miss Mabry’s
office to do an interview with her,
this JOURNAL staffer met Miss
Mabry in the cafeteria and the
interview began during the walk
to her office.
Jour: I tried to get in touch
with you Wednesday and was told
that you were on a trip to Virginia
Beach. Was it business or
pleasure?
Miss M.: It was a lot of fun but
some business. If you write that
down and get me in trouble...
A JOURNAL photogrpaher was
taking pictures at the time and
Miss Mabry made the comment:
“thats not fair to take pictures of
me on Fridays.” Miss Mabry had
noticed that the staffer was
writing and she quit talking. After
a moment she asked to see the
staffer’s pad. The staffer refused
believing that Miss Mabry
intended to do destruction to the
pad. “Tell the photographer to get *
a picture of me hard at work. I’ll
have to fake it...”
Jour: What made you take this
job?
Miss M.: 1 get to travel and also
be here at the school.
Jour: you graduated from this
school didn’t you? What made
you come back?
Miss M.: I didn’t enjoy
teaching. 1 may go back to it.
Jour: Would you go back to
teaching junior high?
Miss M.: No. I’d like to get a
masters degree then, teach in high
school or maybe college.
Jour: What is your job here?
Miss Mo.: When I’m in the
office. I’m usually working on
admissions or trying to help those
who have questions about
admissions.
Jour: What is your official
capacity?
Alpha Kappa Psi
Tours Wica Chem
On Wednesday afternoon, Oct.
30, the brothers and pledges of
Alpha Kappa Psi toured Wica
Chemicals. Wica is a producer of
textile chemicals of different
types. They produce the
chemicals that go into the making
of permanent press fabrics of all
types, and also the chemicals used
in backing indoor and outdoor
carpeting. Wica representatives
guided the tour througli the
accounting department, research
and development department,
production department, and
warehousing facdities. Brother
Larry Smith, who is employed
with the firm, set up the tour and
also helped in guiding the brothers
through the plant. During the
tour, the brothers asked questions
of the Wica employees in each
department.
A. K. Psi is also working on a
fund raising project on campus.
The project will be a campus
clean-up. The Pledge class also has
a project. They are working in the
hbrary to get a financial statement
and brief history of the top five
hundred corporations in the
nation for future reference by
students. This date is obtained
from FORTUNE Magazine’s
yearly listing of the top five
hundred corporations.
(Continued on Page 6)
No
JOURNAL
Next
Week-
Due to
Holiday
Schedule
JOURNAL: Why are students
given a part in the allocation of
funds;
DR. CONE: Some, older
institutions don’t consult with
tlieir students at all. They feel
that it isn’t up to them, the
students, to suggest these things.
I’m not sure that the way we’re
doing it is the best way. We have
had controversy between the
Publications Board and the
Legislature, but I feel that we can
trust the Legislature to be
discreet, fair, and equitable. We
feel that it is a learning experience
for the students to participate not
just in deciding how much money
to spend but in helping put an
effective program into operation.
Learning to live within a budget
can be educational for our
students.
JOURNAL: How do you feel
about the Memo that Mr. Billups
sent to you?
MISS CONE; Just because
we’ve been doing things a certain
way, there’s no reason to continue
doing it that way if we can find a
better way.
(Continued on Page 7)
CampusCops
Speak Out!
The Journal is sponsoring a set
of petitions in the University
Union in an effort to gain some
sort of insight into student petitions
opinion concerning the issue of
the campus security force.
The facts: The University has
recently hired a campus security
force to regulate traffic and to
insure the security of University
facilities and personal property.
These guards are armed with
loaded revolvers which they carry
at all times while on duty.
Does this bother you? Does it
in some way psychologically
impair you in your pursuit of
education? Are you pleased to see
that the University has finally
gotten a real police force?
There will be three
Journal-sponsored petitions. They
will read: (1) We the undersigned
are in favor of an armed security
force on campus to guard our
property, rights, and university
property; (2) We the undersigned
are in opposition to armed
security guards on campus. We
feel that this .represents a
deterrent to our pursuit of
education in an atmosphere of
academic and personal freedom;
and (3) We the undersigned wish
that it be known that we are
informed members of the
University community. We are
aware of the issue of armed guards
on campus, but we do not wish to
choose a side in the issue.
Copies of the three signed
petitions will be presented to the
Dean of Students, the
Vice-Chancellor for Student
Affairs, and the President of
S.G.A.
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