The Carolina Joernal
— Student Publication Of The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte ~
Vol. V
Wednesday October 1, 1969
No. 3
President
Friday
Announces
Policy
In response to questions
concerning the proposed
nioratorium planned for October
15, President Friday and the
Chancellors have announced that
the policy statement on
disruption adopted by the
Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees on July 7
reaffirms the rights of members of
the university community to
^rrsage in free discussion, and
peaceful demonstration and
assembly.
Dr. Friday further states that
class attendance will be a matter
of concern to the students and the
trnit of the University in which
they are enrolled. Trustee policy
states, however, that any attempts
to prevent students from
attending classes constitutes a
tdolation of the policy.
Participating in the proposeQ
rrioratorium by members of the
faculty and staff is not prohibited
as long as such participating does
not conflict with the performance
cf validly assigned duties. A
"illful refusal to meet assigned
duties necessarily invokes the
terms and conditions of the
Trustee Policy.
The University will conduct its
uormal operations and functions
On all campuses on October 15.
See Related
Editorial on
Page 2
Legislature Adopts New
Judicial Procedures
In a special call-meeting on
Wednesday, Sept. 24, the Student
Legislature approved previously
tabled legislation allowing the
establishment of Residence Hall
Courts. The legislation,
introduced by Rules Committee
Chairman Robert Welch, was
achieved by amending the
U.N.C.-C Judicial Act of 1966.
The new Residence Hall Courts
are appellate to the Student
Court, meaning that the Student
Court may hear any claims
appealed from the Residence Hall
Courts. Each Residence Hall
Court has jurisdiction over the
violation of rules particular to
that Residence Hall, and houses
within that Residence Hall.
The five judges of each
Residence Hall Court are chosen
by the following process:
Elections are held in each house
to nominate three candidates per
house (One house equals two
floors - about one hundred
people). After nominations are
completed, the judges are selected
by the Chief Justice and the
Lieutenant Justice of the Student
Court, the Dean of Students, and
the President of the S.G.A.
Selection is based on interviews
and recommendations.
The selection of Student Court
judges differs from the selection
process of the Residence Hall
judges in that five Student Court
judges are directly elected by the
entire student body and the
remaining two judges are
appointed by the S.G.A.
President. The two appointed
judges must meet the approval of
the Student Legislature.
The creation of the new court
system requires no amendment to
the S.G.A. Constitution because
in Article VII Section 6 of the
Constitution it is stated that,
“The Student Court shall establish
procedures for the efficient
conduct of its business not
specified in nor in conflict with
the action of the Student
Legislature.”
Another item removed from
tlie table was the Publicity Rules
of the S.G.A. Publicity
Committee. The rules were tabled
at the previous Legislature
meeting because of controversy
over a section of the rules which
would prevent students and
organizations from posting
puWicity until such publicity is
officially approved by the
Publicity Committee. The same
type of opposition was evident at
this meeting as one legislator
referred to the approval-before-
posting provision as
‘‘cumbersome’’ and
“hyperbureaucratic”. Gary
Williams made a motion that the
rules be sent back to the Publicity
Committee and, after a second to
the motion, a long discussion
period followed.
S.G.A. President Bud Stewart
pleaded with the Legislature to
approve the rules and suggested
that, if necessary for approval,
modifications be made to the
rules at the meeting. President
Stewart also stated that outdated
publicity is still on the bulletin
boards and that citations will be
given to students and
organizations if they fail to
remove outdated publicity. He
then called upon Publicity
Chairman Joe Davidson to show
to the Legislature a certain poster
which had been removed from a
bulletin board by the Publicity
Committee. To the surprise of all,
the poster contained a large
picture of two nudes bu the
glimpse was brief as Legislative
Chairman Alan Hickok ordered
the poster to be taken out of
view. Shortly thereafter.
Sophomore Representative Ed
Wyson questioned the right of the
Publicity Committee to decide
what is or is not in good taste.
Joe Davidson, who also urged
the approval of tlie rules, asked
the Legislature if anyone had any
suggestions for improvement.
After more discussion, Mr.
Davidson agreed with the
prevailing sentiment that the rules
be sent back to his committee. A
vote was then taken and the
motion to send the rules back to
the Publicity Committee passed.
Judicial Committee Chairman
Gary Williams introduced a
motion to recharter the
Cheerleaders and approve the
constitution of the newly formed
Soccer Club. Both of these
organizations were approved
unanimously. An interesting
change has been made in the
Cheerleaders Constitution which
allows for a much broader
election base of the Cheerleaders.
Two delegates from each
chartered organization will now
be, voting for Cheerleaders in
addition to the regular electors.
Mr. Williams re-emphasized
that all organizations must
recharter by the October 6
meeting of the Legislature or they
will lose the privilege to function
on campus. After the October 6
meeting, the Finance Committee
under Charlie Brown will send a
letter to all rechartered
organizations explaining the
Legislature’s allocation of money
to certain organizations which
sponsor an activity that is open
and free to the entire student
body.
The Legislature also concerned
itself with elections and
resignations. A motion, tabled at
the previous Legislature meeting,
which would have waived the 2.00
grade point average requirement
for two legislators died because no
motion was made to bring it off
the table. Thus, the resignations
of Gary Williams and Gordon
Lawrence were to have been
effective at the next meeting of
the Legislature. However, Gary
Williams requested that his
resignation become effective
immediately so that his positions
of Judicial Committee Chairman
and Speaker Pro-Tern could be
filled at the meeting. The
Legislature granted his request
and Robert Welch became the
new Speaker Pro-Tern; Ronald
Rogers became the new Chairman
of the Judicial Committee. Both
Rogers and Welch were approved
by acclamation.
Mr. Williams and Mr. Lawrence
were also President and
Vice-President of the Sophomore
class respectively. The resignation
of another Sophomore legislator.
Representative Dorothy Conley,
had been announced at the
beginning of the meeting.
Due to these vacant offices of
Sophomore President,
Vice-President, nd Representative,
a special election will be held
October 6-8. A three-day election
of this nature is unusual for this
campus because in previous times,
whenever there was a vacancy in
the Legislature, a class meeting
was held and the vacant offices
were filled at the meeting. The
difference this time was that,
instead of following precedence, a
dogmatic interpretation of
election laws was attempted. The
result was confusion. According
to S.G.A. President Bud Stewart,
the election regulation bill
contradicted the Bv-Laws of the
S.G.A. Constitution. Also,
neither the S.G.A. By-Laws nor
the election regulation bill (S.L.
BILL 67-68-1) mention a precise
procedure for dealing with vacant
class offices. The By-Laws only
mention that “the class shall elect
a person to the office” in a
“special election” which “shall be
held within ten (10) class days
following the recognition of the
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Executive Committee Adopts Amendment to
Policy Statement on Disrupt ive Conduct
The Executive Committee of
IBs Board of Trusteees adopted
two documents concerning the
definition of disruptive conduct
and procedures for dealing with
such conduct on September 12.
The first document was the
Executive Committee’s policy
statement of last July 7 which is
printed in THE GOLDDIGGER.
The second is an amendment to
this statement. It follows in full.
This amendment will come before
the entire Board for their final
approval at their October 27
meeting.
In summary, the amendment
(1) broadens the coverage of the
first document, (2) establishes a
single agency to handle disruption
cases whether the defendant is a
student, a faculty member or an
employee, (3) requires each
Chancellor to establish two
agencies on his campuses: (a) a
Board of Inquiry and (b) a
University Hearings Committee.
The two committees have
already been established on this
campus and are as follows.
board of inquiry. Dr.
Raymond E. Turner, Chairman,
Mr. James 0. Cuthbertson,
Student; Mr. Edward O. Wayson,
Student; Dr. Barbara Goodnight;
and Dr. Louts A. Trosch.
UNIVERSITY HEARINGS
COMMITTEE: Dr. John A. Chase
Jr., Chairman: Mr. Arthur W.
Williams, Student; Mr. Neil E.
Carriker, Student; Dr. Ma^ R.
Embry; Dr. NeweU R. Bush; Dr.
Robert H. Gibson; Dr. Robert G.
Williams.
These committees are
appointed for a twelve month
term.
The document reads as
follows:
Procedures To Implement
Executive Committee Resolution
On Disruption
A resolution of the Executive
Committee of the Board of
Trustees dated July 7, 1969,
defines disruptive conduct by
members of the University, and
places upon the Chancellor or his
representative the duty to identify
persons who engage in such
conduct, marshal the evidence
against them, and report their
names and the evidence to the
President. The same resolution
places upon the President the
duty to “take all steps which he
deems advisable to protect the
Uniyersity of North Carolina, and
any of its component institutions,
and to see that its Rules,
Regulations and Policies are
enforced.” The President is
required to insure that any person month’s terms. The Chancellor
or persons found guilty of shall designate one member of the
violating the University policy on
disruptive conduct “shall be
disciplined in such manner as may
be waranted.”
To implement the University
policy on disruptive conduct, the
following procedures shall be
adhered to in each component
institution of the University:
1. The Chancellor of each
component institution of the
University shall establish a Board
of Inquiry consisting of not fewer
than three nor more than five
members of his institution. To
this board the Chancellor shall
appoint at least one faculty
member, one student, and, if
available, one person with legal
training. The appointments shall
be made annuaUy at the opening
of the academic year for twelve
Board of Inquiry to serve as its
chairman.
2. The Chancellor of each
component institution of the
University shall also establish a
University Hearings Committee
consisting of not fewer than five
nor more than seven members of
his institution. To this committee
the Chancellor shall appoint at
least one faculty member, one
student, and, if available, one
person with legal training. The
appointments shall be made
annually at the opening of the
academic year for twelve months’
terms. The Chancellor shall
designate one member of the
University Hearings Committee to
serve as its chairman. No member
of the Board of Inquiry
established under paragraph 1,
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