Vol. V
The Carolina Joernal
- Student Publication Of The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte -
Wednesday, September 24, 1969
Legislature Votes for De-escalation
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In an unprecedented action, the Student
Legislature on Friday Sept. 19, voted
unanimously in favor of a resolution
supporting an accelerated de-escalation of the
Vietnam War. The resolution, introduced by
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ed
Wayson, reads as follows:
“A Resolution Concerning Present
American Military Involvement
Whereas:
We the members of the Student Legislature
of the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte feel that the undeclared war in Viet
Nam has become increasingly unpopular with
the students of this University and the
American public in general, and
Whereas:
President Nixon has begun withdrawal of
American troops from South Viet Nam and
has expressed desire to alienate all forces from
future involvement in Southeast Asia.
Be it Resolved:
That we hereby support acclerated
de-escalation of military involvement in
Southeast Asia, and we further advocate this
de-escalation to be of major priority during
the present Nixon Administration, and
' Be it Further Resolved:
That this statement be formally presented
to the President of the United States to
express our concern and awareness of the
present situation.”
Mr. Wayson, who is also campus
representative for the Viet Nam Moratorium
Committee, felt that the Legislature was
“being patriotic by passing this resolution
because it is supporting a cause which will
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save the lives of our American troops
abroad.”
In addition to tbe Viet Nam resolution, the
Legislature passed or tabled other significant
motions.
Gary Williams, Chairman of the Judicial
Committee, introduced a successful motion
which will require all campus organizations to
be rechartered by the next regularly
scheduled meeting of the Student Legislature.
Any organization not rechartered by this time
will be denied its privileges of the use of
campus meeting rooms, advertising, and
publicity. Campus organizations whose
charters have been approved for this year are
The Student Nurses Association, The
Association for Childhood Education, Biology
Club, Fencing Club, Rotaract, Alpha Phi
Omega, The University Party, The University
Union, and the Civinettes.
Finance Committee Chairman Charlie
Brown mentioned that any organization
desiring money from the Student Legislature
will be required to submit its budget to the
Legislature. The Legislature will allocate
money to any campus organization which
sponsors an activity that is opened free to the
entire student body.
Some new publicity rules were presented
to the Legislature by Joe Davidson, S.G.A.
Publicity Committee Chairman. After some
deliberation, the Legislature decided to table
a vote on the rules. If the new rules are
accepted. Students and organizations will not
be able to' post publicity until such publicity
is officially approved by the Publicity
Committee. Also, the proposed new rules
contain a set procedure tor dealing with
students and organizations who fail to remove
outdated publicity. The procedures range
from a written warning to a withdrawal of
bulletin board privileges for one semester.
Robert Welch, Rules Committee Chairman,
introduced an airiiendment tothe Judicial Act
of U.N:C.-C. which would allow the
establishment of residence hall courts. The
motion was tabled because a question arose as
to whether or not the establishment of
resident hall courts will require an
amendment to the S.G.A. Constitution.
In another constitutional matter, Gary
Williams presented a successful motion to
abolish Night Student Representatives to the
Legislature via constitutional amendment.
The amendment will be brought before the
student body at .the time of the Freshman
elections and will require an approval of
two-thirds of the voters.
The Legislature also dealt with some
problems that have resulted from the overall
2.00 grade point average which is required for
certain offices. Upon recommendation from
the Board of Student Publications, the
Legislature waived the 2.00 requirement for
editor of the Rogues ‘n Rascals so that the
position could be filled. In a matter
concerning the Legislature itself, two
members of the Legislature do not have a
2.00 at present. Both of these members
submitted their resignation to the Chair but,
the Legislature tabled a motion which, if
passed, will allow the quality point deficient
members to remain.
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WASHINGTON -(CPS)
-Airline youth fares will continue,
but not at the current half-price
discount.
The five-man Civil Aeronautics
Board (CAB) decided here this
month that while the fares, which
enable persons 12-22 to fly
standby at low cost, were fair in
principle, airlines should be
allowed to raise them to 60 per
cent of the regular coach fare.
The reason: steep wage
settlements, more expensive fuel,
and higher landing fees have
lowered airline profits excessively,
according to the CAB, and price
increases in both regular and
promotional discounts are
necessary to increase revenue. The
major air carriers offering special
youth fares — American,
Continental, Northwest, TWA,
United, Eastern, and Westem-are
expected to take advantage of the
CAB ruling and raise their prices.
The new rates will take effect Oct.
1.
A CAB spokesman said further
he
a rings will be held on the
’economics” of the discount rate
as soon as a court case brought by
Trailways Bus Systems against the
CAB is settled. Trailways
contends it is discriminatory for
there to be any discount for
youth at all, since adults must pay
full fare.
The youth fare issue was
forced to a head last January
when several bus companies, all of
which had lost business to the
airlines on account of the fares,
filed suit to make the CAB listen
to their arguments that the
discounts were illegal.
The Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals in New Orleans, agreeing
with some of the arguments,
ordered the CAB to investigate,
and CAB examiner Arthur S.
Present subsequently found the
fares to be ‘‘unjustly
discriminatory” and in violation
of the Federal Aviation Act of
1958.
Present recommended the fares
be abolished, but the GAB
delayed action when protest was
registered by the National Student
Association, the Campus
Americans for Democratic
Action, the National Studeiit
Marketing Corporation, and many
students and parents who deluged
CAB offices with letters.
Three measures were
introduced in Congress in support
of the low-cost youth fares.
In its recent decision, the CAB
concluded, contrary to Present’s
earlier findings, that the fares
were not discriminatory, but
benefitted all travelers. By
engendering development of a
new market they “have
contributed sizably to making
modern equipment and
convenient schedules more
broadly available,” the CAB said.
‘‘It is clear that the youth
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An Increasing Trend In Education
For several years, the trend in
education has been steadily
drifting towards audiovisui
learning, especially in the primary
grades. As a result of this, the
Department of Audiovisual
Education (DAVE) was formed to
bring together the North Carolina
State Department of Public
Instruction and the North
Carohna Audiovisual Association.
DAVE, a branch of the North
Carolina Education Association, is
composed of educators interested
in the development and use of
audiovisual material to improve
teaching techniques and the
learning environments in the
public schools. A series of
Educational Media Clinics was
scheduled by DAVE: two of
whidi were scheduled here, at
UNC-C on September 17 and 18.
The purpose of this
Education^ Media Clinic was to
bring all public schools of certain
counties and city units assigned to
this clinic together with the
manufacturers of the new
audiovisual learning equipment.
The counties and city units
represented at this clinic were:
Mecklenburg, Cleveland, Lincoln,
Gaston, Stanley, Union, Anson,
and Cabarrus. Each school sent
one representative; each of which
had to be a recognized leader in
the use of educational equipment
in their school. Ten companies of
the North Carolina Audiovisual
Suppliers Association were
represented. A few of the
companies were the Coronet
Instructional Films, the
Encyclopedia Britannica
Educational Company, and
McGraw HiU Films.
The two clinics were held in
the Parquet Room, and each
lasted about two hours. The
representatives were split up into
groups. Since there were ten
companies represented, there were
ten stations. Each group of
representatives spent twenty
minutes at each station listening
to the company representative
explain and demonstrate his
company’s equipment. During the
allotted twenty minutes, the
company representative handed
out literature concerning the
equipment. After each group of
representatives had completed the
cycle, there was free time to
return and ask additional
questions or to order the
equipment.
In addition to these two
clinics, there are two state-wide
conferences held each year. There
is a summer conference held each
July and a winter conference held
each January. The next
conference that is scheduled, the
winter conference, will be held at
Wake Forest University on
January 28, 29, and 30, of 1970.