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March 5, 1969
No. 18
Student Legislature Acts on the Security
Guard Situation and Initiates a Petition
Governor Scott to Be
Contacted Soon
Stewart Auten calls meeting to order.
Auerbach Assumes Editorship
of the Literary Magazine
The Publications Board met on
Wednesday, Tebruary 26. For the
first order of Business, Dr. McCall
reminded the Board that
nominations for the Journalism
Award should be brought to the
magazine, ttiis year known as “3”.
Last semester’s editor, Roger
Grosswald, explained to the Board
the reasons for the delay in the
publication of the magazine and
showed the proofs of the
Board agreed after a long
discussion in which its members
were assured that the problems
plagueing the magazine during the
first semester has been overcome
and that the second edition of the
next meeting. The Award is given
each year to the staff member
who has, in the Board’s opinion,
given the most service to his
publication and has contributed
the best quality writing.
The next order of business was
the approval of Eileen Aurbach as
the second semester editor of the
campus literary magazine. The
editor is elected by the
BARNSTORMER staff subject to
the approval of the Board.
The major portion of the
meeting concerned the literary
magazine which came out
yesterday. Among the difficulties
the staff experienced were lack ot
experience in putting a magazine
together and the failure of people
to turn in promised literary and
art contribution.
Mr. Grosswald then explained
that due to a misunderstanding
with the finance committee of the
Student Legislature, he had spent
almost his entire allocation; he
then asked the Board to approve
his going before the Legislature to
ask for additional funds. The
magazine could be published
before the second semester ended.
The Board also approved an
additional allocation of $200
from its remaining funds. This
allocation left $200 in the Board’s
account with which to deal with
any emergency that might occur
in the other publications.
The election of the editors of
the ROGUES ‘N RASCALS and
the CAROLINA JOURNAL were
set to coincide with the class
elections in April.
About twenty black students
walked out of the Student
Legislature meeting of Feb. 24 in
protest to the legislature’s refusal
to meet their demands. The
meeting was held at 11 ;30 A.M. in
the hope that some students
would attend, and attend they did
- in excess of a hundred.
The meeting began with the
rather routine swearing in of four
new members and the rejection of
Gordon Lawrence’s resignation. In
the President’s Report, next on
the agenda. Bill Billups spoke of
the possibility of a student
discount plan by next fall with
several local merchants and
encouraged students to participate
in the investigation of possible
discount locations. Mr. Billups
then introduced Student Court
Chief Justice John Lafferty, who
announced the vacancy on the
court and suggested several
possible candidates. Two of these
were nominated from the floor;
both were interested juniors who
fulfill the quality point
requirements. Jerry Hammond
was present and was asked to
leave the room, which he did. Gus
Psomadakis questioned the
legitimacy of voting on the two
candidates with the limited
information available. The vote
was taken and was a tie - nine to
nine. Chairman Stewart Auten
broke the tie by voting for
Hammond. Mr. Billups then
suggested the following dates for
Spring elections: SGA elections -
March 31 through April 3 (with
nominations to fall between
March 24 and 26), Class elections
- April 21-25 (with nominations
to fall between April 14 and 16).
The legislature passed a motion to
this effect. Mr. Billups then
charged the legislature once again,
explaining that the body had only
two-and-a-half months in which to
do something.
Mr. Psomadakis stated in his
Judicial Committee report that
the committee had approved the
constitution of the Forty-Niner
Sports Car Club. The Legislature
then passed the constitution.
Then he stated that he had
received constitutions from both
the Flying Club and the Black
Student Union, but that both
Students, Faculty Retreat
A chartered bus will leave from
the University Union parking lot
next Friday. March 7, carrying 60
persons composed of 7
administrators. 20 ■ faculty
members and 33 students to the
Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center in
Reidsville, North Carolina.
The purpose of the three-day
Retreat will be to help “create a
total community atmosphere, to
ensure that there is always a line
of communication open between
the component parts of the
university community, and to
realize the true equality of the
various roles existing within the
university family.’’
The retreat, which is the first of
its kind for UNC-C, was organized
by a committee of students and
faculty under the direction of Mr.
Howard Winniman, assistant
director of the University Union.
Tlie plans when completed were
presented to Chancellor Colvard,
would have to go through
committee.
Under new business Mr.
Psomadakis questioned the role of
the security force that is now on
campus. He wished to know
where the ultimate authority
concerning the force was
concentrated and just exactly
what were the correct rules
governing parking and traffic on
campus. Mr. Billups replied that
the force was responsible to Mr.
Batchelor and the Chancellor. He
was corrected on this by Rick
Arnett, who stated that the force
is directly under the Governor of
North Carolina. Mr. Arnett
suggested that the legislature draw
up a petition to the effect that the
force be placed under the
jurisdiction of the Chancellor and
that this petition be placed in the
hands of the History Club for
distribution. Tlie petition is to be
sent to Governor Scott.
Wliile Mr. Arnett was
conferring with a legislator
concerning the wording of the
motion, Mr. Ben Chavis and Mr.
Ron Caldwell speaking on behalf
of the Black Student Union,
demanded that the legislature
forego all normal procedure
concerning the submitted
constitution and vote on it
immediately. After much
discussion, the legislature declined
to suspend the rules, and the
black students filed out (see
related article on page 4 ).
The motion concerning the
petition to Governor Scott was
passed unanimously. Sherry Drake
suggested that more pay
telephones be installed in the
Union and that stamp machines
be made available to students.
Steve Rayborn suggested that the
barbed wire around construction
areas be removed. The legislature
voted to address a letter to the
phone company concerning the
telephones, and President Billups
said that he would see to it that
the wire was removed. Sophomore
Representative Sonia Mizell
brought up the missing clapper
that belongs to the campus bell. It
was decided to investigate the
matter. The meeting was
adjourned until March? at 11:30
in the Parquet Room.
"who approved it and found
private funds to make the trip
possible.’’
Mr. Winniman, when
questioned by the JOURNAL,
said that the “names were picked
fairly and objectively.” The group
of students were chosen from
among the student leaders and a
random selection was made from
students at large. This is to insure
that an accurate cross section of
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