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The Carolina Journal
— Student Publication Of The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte —
VOL. IV
Wednesday April 9, 1969
No. 23
Stewart Wins SGA Presidency While
2,000 Stndents Abstain from Voting
Former G.L to Assume
Goodnight
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Dr. Barbara A. Goodnight,
Assistant Professor of Sociology,
and Mrs. Edith P. Brocker,
Chairman, Division of Nursing
have recently received a grant
through the North Carolina
Board of Higher Education for a
“Workshop on Drug Abuse for
Educators and Youth Workers.”
The workshop will be held here
on the UNCi campus next fall,
probably in September. The
grant is for $2,485, and it will
be matched by a grant of
$1,242 from the University.
The specific objective of the
program “is to institute a
short-term, intensive workshop
on the causes, consequences,
identification, and prevention of
drug abuse involving youth in
the elementary and
secondary-school age range.”
Participation will be by
invitation. The invitations will
be sent to school personnel
(principals, counselors, nurses,
and social workers) of
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Gaston
County, Concord, Kannapolis,
Union County, and Monroe;
youth workers; and youth
leaders of Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, YMCA, YWCA, the
Youth Bureau of the Charlotte
Police Department, and the
juvenile courts of the Charlotte
Metroplitan area.
The program was instituted
after Dr. Goodnight attended a
conference on drug abuse at
Chapel Hill last summer. It
occurred to her that students
probaUy knew more about
drugs than did the workers who
were supposed to be helping
and counseling them and that it
would greatly benefit the
community to hold a workshop
to better inform these people.
The workshop will be
generally concerned with the
physical, emotional, and
community health problems that
result from drug usage. “More
specifically, it will focus on (1)
identification of drug abusers;
(2) examination of reasons for
and consequences of drug abuse;
and (3) education for the
prevention of drug abuse and
the treatment of drug abusers.”
The format of the workshop
will be lectures, panel
discussions, movies, and small
discussion groups. Each person
attending will also receive a
packet “of resource materials
for study and reference.”
Office on April 30th
President-elect F.N. Stewart
Student Court Convicts
and Reprimands Chavis
By Sherry Drake
F. N. Stewart will be the
new Student Government
Association President. He was
elected by a substantial majority
of votes (270) over candidates
Gary Killian (74) and Arthur
Williams (52). In the same
election, Alan Hickok, who ran
unopposed, was confirmed as
SGA vice president for
1969-1970. He received 314
votes. Nine write-in votes were
cast for the position for vice
president.
When interviewed after his
election, Mr. Stewart had the
following to say about his
election and his plans for next
year;
What is your primary goal'/
To make this a better
Benjamin Franklin Chavis had
his day in court on Wednesday,
April 2, 1969 The Student
Court, presided over by Chief
Justice, John Lafferty, met at
11:30 a.m. in Union Room
209-210. Mr. Chavis was accused
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Chavis protests in silence.
of violation of Student
Government Bill 64-65-2, or
more specifically, that he
willfully caused the sponsoring
of a non-authorized press
conference without seeking
permission from the proper
authorities.
At the request of the
defendant, the court was open
to U.N.C.-C. students, but by
Student Court ruling, closed to
all those not directly associated
with the University as student
or professor. Mr. Chavis was
accompanied by a Charlotte
attorney, Mr. James Ferguson,
and Dr. Reginald Hawkins.
There were four court appointed
bailiffs at the door to assure
order in the packed courtroom.
In his opening remarks. Chief
Justice John Lafferty reminded
Mr. Chavis that counsel was
restricted to a student or
faculty member of U.N.C.-C.,
and he was further instructed to
ask his attorney and friend to
leave the courtroom. The
attorney for Mr. Chavis objected
on grounds that the defendant
was being denied his
Constitutional right to legal aid
of his choice. The court
recessed for five minutes to
discuss this technicality. They
returned in seven minutes, and
denied Mr. Chavis his request
for representation by
non-U.N.C.-C. affiliated defense
counsel. Without hesitation, the
attorney for Mr. Chavis
approached the chair and
advised that on grounds that
Mr. Chavis was being denied his
constitutional right to counsel
of his choice; and, the general
public was not allowed inside of
the courtroom; and, the Dean
of Student Affairs was included
in Student Court deliberations;
the defendant was being advised
to stand mute through the
entire proceedings, and not
respond in any manner. He then
left the courtroom, and Mr.
Chavis made a short statement
stating that he was the victim
of trumped up charges,
stemming from institutionalized
racism, and that he would not
participate in any way.
The defendant was then
charged by the prosecuting
attorney, and the chair asked
how he was planning to plea.
The defendant remained silent.
The prosecuting attorney
proceeded to document his
(Continued on page 4)
Chavis and Council exits.
Union Seeks Committee Chairmen for ’69
j Today is the day for any
students interested in serving as
Union Committee Chairmen,
Committee Vice-Chairmen, or
Sub-Committee Chairmen during
the coming year to do
something about it.
The method to be used in
selecting these chairmen will be
through interviews with any
student by the new executive
council. These interviews are to
be arranged during the hours of
2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 9 through
Friday April 11, and located in
the Office of Mr. Howard
Winniman in the Union
Building.
The standing committees of
the union are Arts Committee
Social Committee^ Recreation
Committee, Special Activities
Committee, Publicity Committee
and Lectures Committee. (The
functions of each of these
committees were described in
THE CAROLINA JOURNAL,
April 2, 1969). Positions are
available in each of these areas.
Additional information
concerning these applications
university in all ways possible.
That sounds shallow because its
easy to say. It’s like saying let’s
go out and build a building.
There’s a lot of work that goes
on behind it. In general, 1 have
a bunch of ideas and 1 will try
to accomplish this goal from
that point.
Do you think being a
philosophy major will help you
in your new office'/
Philosophy helps you think
and reason. That gives you an
admiration for logic that helps
you anywhere.
What do you think your
relationship with the legislature
will be'/
I’ve got a damn good vice
president. I don’t think there
will be any problem. 1 probably
won’t take an active part in the
legislature-that shows a lack of
confidence in the vice president.
And I don’t really thiiik I will
be needed.
Have you thought about your
appointments yet’/
I’ve spent a great deal of
time thinking about them, but 1
will be available at the Union
Information Desk. If there are
any questions concerning this,
or if anyone has a schedule
conflict which would not permit
him to meet with the executive
board at these times, please
contact Carolyn Bobbitt, Vice
Chairman of the Union or Mr.
Howard Winniman
V.P. - elect Alan Hickok
haven’t made any final decisions
yet. It’s more a question of
who will do what best. We’ve
got some good working people
in the freshman and sophomore
classes, and 1 intend to use
them. I’ve got to sit down and
take a long hard look at all of
it, see what I like and what I
don’t like and go with it from
there.
What about the new dorms’/
We’ve always thought the
dorms would play a very large
part once they were erected.
I’m not sure that they will be
that important next year. The
rest of the University will go on
as well. There will come a time
when they will be the center of
student life, but not next year.
Analysis of the election:
This very quiet election was
remarkable in only one way, the
lack of concern shown by the
student body. Out of almost
2500 students only 396
considered this election
important enough to vote. And
this was the election for the
highest student office on the
campus!
Last year approximately 700
students voted in a very hard
fought election, All years are
important in the University’s
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