pages the Carolina Journal december 17,1969
editorial
and the list goes on •—
At a recent meeting of the PAs in the residence halls, the
General consensus was that our experiment m letting the
students rule themselves is a failure. Perhaps our situation is
relatively unusual because of our recent conversion frorn a
commuter college to a live-in college. Students all over the
nations are fighting to have the privileges we were given
Perhaps that is where our basic problem exists. Our students
were given these privileges without having to work for them
The administration planned for the residence halls on the
assumption that college students were mature enough to
Govern their own lives and made plans for residence living
accordingly. Perhaps because many of our students are
unfamiliar with living in a dormitory type atrnosphere they
simply were not prepared to live in such a situation.
Whatever the reason for the present situation it is
intolerable. On any given morning the library and tv lounges
are a shambles; a telephone was maliciously ripped from a
wall- a wreath was stolen off the residence manager s door,
other Christmas decorations are also missing; cigar^te butts
are repeatedly put out on the carpets or in the water
fountains; excrement was spread on a pillow in the women s
library lounge; most of the ashtrays have been stolen; people
walk on table tops or simply prop their muddy feet on the
furniture; chairs have been crushed; an entire niattress (sheets
and all) was thrown out of a window ... and the list goes on.
Many of the students, of course, co-operate very nicely but
a large number do not. There is a lack of understanding of
the general principles upon which these residence halls are
supposedly run. Something must be done to give these people
a sense of respect for themselves and for the people with
whom they live. , _
But in order to do this the judicial procedures are gomg to
have to be strenthened. We advocate that the Student Court
be impowered to suspend students found guilty of violations
of university policy concerning the residence halls. As the
procedures now stand, students found guilty of such offentos
are penalizied with nothing more than a symbolic slap of the
Unless the students themselves do something to change this
situation and do it now, it is time for the administration to
step in and do it for them.
grass by a nose
From the Black Viewpoint
By James Cuthbertson
God bless everyone
Approximately 1,969 years ago, a man was born on our beloved
planet. This man brought love, understanding, and peace to to all. He
was our savior, Jesus Christ; and in eight days, people all over the world
were celebrating his birthday. . ,
In 1,969 years, our world has changed drastically. There is little
world-wide peace and plenty of provacation between people and
nations. When Christ was born, world-wide communication was a
problem; but today it is a reality. Everyone knows what everyone else is
doing, and this leads to hostility. Hostility and hate are thus two end
results of communication.
It is a shame that hostility will be abundant on the day that we set
aside to celebrate our Savior's birthday. Hostility is prevalent in Viet
Nam between the Americans and the Viet Cong; in the Middle East
between the Arabs and the Jews; in South Africa where that nation's
apartheid policy transforms men into animals; in Manchuria betvveen
the Soviets and the Chinese; in America between the Blacks and Whites;
and in many other places around the world.
How do we get rid of this hostility? The answer is simple. Man will
have to forget about personal and selfish interesU and he will have to
treat everyone as his brother and sister. He will have to look past color
and nationality to the inner self of his fellow humans. He will have to
treat everyone with a high degree of understanding, and he will have to
respect everyone even those who are obviously in the wrong.
Can man redeem himself and bring peace to our world? Man possesses
the knowledge to climb tlie highest mountain. He has the ability to
cross the widest sea. He has the know-how to go to the moon or Mars.
He has the knowledge to bring peace to the world. Yes, man does have
that knowledge; but until this day, the masses of people have chosen to
take another course. Maybe the world could use another great &vior
like Jesus Christ; but at this time, many of the world's religious
crusades are run by mercenaries who seek only money. Yes, man can
redeem himself; but will he? The answer is obviously "No" because
man is basically a hostile animal who strives on hostility and hate. I
hope that all men will keep the spirit that they would capture on
Christmas Day and carry it into the New Year. As Tiny Tim of Dickens
In the interest of allowing people all over the world to enjoy
Christmas, and especially individuals in the Charlotte area, there will be
no Star Spangled Banner Award until after Christmas.
Merry Christmas to all, especially
Tricky Dicky
Loud Mouth Bragnew
Our Governing Robin Scott
Tom Leak
The Young Americans for Bombing Hanoi
Death Valley Reagan
Porky Pig
South Africa for denying Arthur Ashe a visa
Merry Christmas to all and Peace for the New Year.
What are they going to do with a
convention center if they cant get
conventions? How are they going to
attract swinging, swigging conventions to
come to brown-bagging Charlotte while
swinging, swigging Atlanta is so close?
Progress is a nice thing and Charlotte
definitly does need all the goodies in the
bond issue package. Some people say a
convention center in Charlotte will bring
a lot of pressure for liquor-by-the-drink.
Wow. If they don't get l-b-t-d/p-d-g they
can use the convention center for UNCC
basketball games. They always draw such
big crowds.
Early Spring Grass is winning the UNCC
Downs Sweepstakes by a nose over Dorm
Diner. Gymnasium is running third. Two
late entries - Fine Arts and Son of
Library -- are, however, making
impressive gains on the leaders. Previous
favorite Bell Tower seems to have become
bored with it all and quit.
New Rule: The cheerleaders must be
two'and one-thirds Caucasian, two and
one-thirds Negro, and two and one-thirds
Mongoloid. The remaining full one
cheerleader consist of all the other minor
races in proportionate shares.
In addition, there must be one Jew, one
Moslem, one Buddhist, one Shint (0), one
Catholic and three Southern Baptists.
In addition, there must be two
Democrats, two Republicans and two
independents, and two who don t care.
In addition, there must be three males,
three females, and two who don't care.
In addition, there must be two
brunettes, two blonds, two redheads, and
two steely greys.
In addition, there must be one from the
2-10 age group, two from the 11-20 age
group, two from the 21-40 age group,
two from the 41-60 age group, and one
from the over group.
Finially, there must be proportionate
representation from the over-weights,
under-weights, tails, slims. Communists,
Facists, upper-middles, lower-middles,
drinkers, non-drinkers, country-western
lovers, non-country-western lovers,
farmers, industrialists, consummer^
producers, capitaliste, proletariates, good
guys, bad guys. Ford-lovers, Chevy-lovers,
night-people, day-peoples, our side, and
their side.
Also they must all know how to say
RAH, RAH, CISCUMBAH. And be
purdy.
HOWARD PEARRE
Aquarian Hope
ED STONE
Well folks, the Bond Issue went
through. Civic Center and all. Seems
funny to me that everybody believed the
OBSERVER and the NEWS when they
said it wouldn't cost us anything. Down
in the find print on the ballot it told
anyone who took the time to read it that
the city would be authorized to levy a
"sufficient" tax to pay the principle on
the bonds. We were told that the progress
of Charlotte was on the line, but they
won't let us even vote on liquor by the
drink. They said it wouldn't cost us
anything, and that we could make
$770,000 per year profit. But what about
the streets uptown. They can't handle the
traffic on them now, much less that to be
drawn by the Civic center. The people of
Charlotte have bought another one in a
long list of promises. Remember the one
about cutting our property taxes?
Meanwhile, back at the Dorms, there
seems to be a concerted effort to tear up
anything breakable. It seems that the
actions of a few people will make
necessary strong administration controls.
When we moved in, we had two rules; No
liquor in the lounge, no persons of the
opposite sex in the Rooms. Since tha
time, several hundred dollars worth ot
damage has been done, not to mention
the total disillusionment of those who
came there to live and study. Something
must be done and when the
Administration finally takes action, ^ert
will no doubt be cries of "repression •
But that is the name of the game.
I didn't hear much about the Womens
Liberation meeting but stand by fellows-
maybe we can get retroactive reparations
for the money we've spent on dates.
I would like to take this opportunity to
present the First Annual New Left Free
Speech Award. The recipient of this great
honor is an ad hoc committee of a
non-organization created for the purpose
of protecting students. This protection
consists of tearing down or defacing the
posters of Young Americans for Freedom
so that students will not have to decide
the merits for themselves. Congrats.
THE CAROLINA JOURNAL
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