Page 4 THE CAROLINA JOURNAL February 24 February 25, 1970
editorial
By Marcia Walker
A student petition bearing 52 signatures was considered by
the Traffic and Parking Committee on Friday,
1970. This petition covered various subjects, such '
failure to complete the roadway, sidewalks, and street lights
leSg toThe’^dorm parking lot. Other subjects mentioned
were the hideous landscaping that surrounds the dorms and
the aggrevating parking situation that students and visitors
^'Vhe'^mai^n SnSn of this is the parking facilities here at
UNCC. The student petition requested
students to park their cars in spaces assigned to commuter
students Authorization was given some weeks ago for U
cars to use other parking lots after 5 p.m. But as Yoo must
have observed, there is a shortage of P^'''"'"^
visitors faculty, staff, and commuter students. The Traffic
and Parking Committee cannot ^iUrthe
unrestricted intra-campus parking for D cars during the
day.
'Therefore the Committee has
CHANGES THAT, by coincidence, HAVE ALREADY BEEN
PURCHASED! It gives such a secure and warm feeling to
know that the Traffic and Parking Committee so eager (to
fullfill their recommendation) that they jumped the gun
and purchased PARKING METERS without taking time to
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A total of 94 parking meters have been purchased and vyill
be situated as follows: 36 will be placed in the mam parking
lot 5 in the Smith building area, 24 in the Union parking lot,
and 29 will be placed in the dorm horse-shoe lot.
"Meters in the main. Smith, and Union parking lots wiM be
set for a minimum of one hour and a maximum of three
hours arrd at a charge of 10c per hour. These ^
policed from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m, except on^turdays, Sundays
L holidays," as stated by the Traffic & Parking Comm,ttee_
"Meters in the dorm horse-shoe lot will be set for a
minimum of thirty minutes and a maxirnum of one hour and
at a charge of 10c per thirty minutes. The^ thp
policed 24 hours per day and 7 days per week except that the
sLrity Force may exercise DISCRETION during late hours
and on special occasions.”
So now that the ground rules have been set, controversy
creeps in. First, let's have a look at the pros concerning the
parking meters. Putting up 36 meters in the mam
and 5 in the Smith building parking lot has its advantages
because there are many students that are taking only one
course a semester. For these students, it's more economical
to pay a dime and attend their hour class than pay the SlU
parking fee each semester. . . , "n"
Also since the Committee decided against allotmg D
cars the right to park their cars in spaces assigned to
commuter students due to the shortage of parking sp^es,
these parking meters will allow the dorm students with D
stickers to pay a dime and park legally m one of the three
oarkinq lots restricted form the dorm students.
Secondly, to even the score, let's have a look at the cons
concerning the parking meters. Before going any further
(this may be a little off the subject, but) there is one question
that has bothered many students: Why isn t there a
reasonable size parking lot for the visitors of the dorrn
students? The person who planned the miniature horse-shoe
parking lot in front of the dorms to accomodate visitors for a
possible one thousand students must have done so m a very
humorous mood because it is entirely too small.
To get back on the tracks, according to the rules stated
above if two parents come to visit a dorm student, they can
park in the horse-shoe or at the Union. Well, if they happen
to have several dimes on hand and have no qualms about
hiking a half a mile to the dorm, they can park in the Union
parking lot. On the other hand, if their supply of dimes is
double and they are lucky enough to find an empty parking
space in the horse-shoe, they can conveniently park in front
of the dorms. ^ . .
This example brings about a few other questions. For what
reasons are the parking meters going to be installed exMpt as
a donation to the funds of the Traffic
Committee? Why will dime parking meters be installed? What
has happened to the penny and nickle meters? Greedy litue
rascals, aren't they? Also, why will a dime buy an hour at the
Union and only thirty minutes at the dorms. At least
someone on the Committee felt pity for the inconvenience of
having to park in the Union lot and cutting the meter price in
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THE CAROLINA JOURNAL
EDITOR
SHERRY DRAKE
business MANAGER
ROD WHITE
NEWS EDITOR
SPORTS EDITOR
COPY EDITOR
Clay Owen
David Taylor
Allan Roger
STAFF; James Cuthbertson. Peqqy Caldwell, Karen Dorman,
Wayne Eason, Joe H. McCorkle, Mike McCulley, Howard Pearre,
Donna Raley, Marcia Walker, Doug Whitley, Marlene Whitley.
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Richard Bartholemew, Alan Guggenheim.
By
Mike
McCulley
ey Are
A’ Changin
To Whom It May Concern.... Accolades
to that drunken Hostileman who
demolished the Union Cafeteria door for.
proving to all the world how "tough" he
is. His reminder will daily inspire me to
love my fellow man....
Notes From All Over.... Can't wait to
see some of the new recruiting posters for
our All-Volunteer Army. Suggestions:
"Uncle Sam Pays For You;" or, "Fight
For Pay, Save The Day," et absurdum.
Automatic problems: Will the day come
when the call for troops goes out and
they're on STRIKE? Or maybe the day
when the 82nd Airborne is "out sick"
with the Friday "flu"?.... With the cost
overruns on the C-5A and other military
projects, can you imagine what your new
1980 EAGLE might cost IF the
Government starts making all the cars?
Shudder, shudder!!....
Reports from Moscow are carrying the
news that the Russian production of
"Hair" will undergo some slight changes.
A TASS press release states, "The play
concerns a young Bolshevik who has
some problems with his local laundry,
during a barber revolt, and is influenced
by decadent capitalist ideas of sex-is-good
and sings his way out of it. Predictably,
another sell-out performance will be
rendered by the Young Lenin-Maxist
Dr3iTi3 Group for Soci3list Domin3nc6....
Literary Coup,... Pornography buffs
found themselves "taken" when they
dirty-mindedly bought "The Peter
Principle" expecting well, you know.
Casualty Report, Roads-and-Grounds
Division.... Latest available figures show 4
seniors, 3 juniors, and 7 freshmen stepped
off the concrete walkway heading for the
dorms and immediately sank out-of-sight,
never to be seen again. Names are being
withheld by the Records Office pending
notification of next-of-kin.
Indiangivers?.... A letter was received
by the Student Legislature from Dave
Blevins thanking them for their support
and 100 clams for the Defense Fund.
However, "due to things that go bump in
the night," the money will not be
donated. It was the thought that counted,
right? Into from the Fat Radical
gratefully acknowledged....
Employment Highlights.... Prospective
sugar harvesters enroute to Cuba to make
coins should be forewarned that most of
the sugar mills are 19th century types,
i.e., very, very manual labor required.
Free transportation unintentionally is
provided by Miami flights of Eastern,
Delta, TWA, etc....
Taxation Woes.... Those forthcoming
parking meters in the U-circle of the
dorms and other parking areas on campus
are too, too much, man. Is parking THAT
critical? Some easing up on parking by
visitors in decal-limited areas would sure
be better. Funds collected by the meters
is no doubt to be used to hire another
security guard to...you guessed
it...enforce parking restrictions....
Note To Faculty.... "Aardvark - n., a
burrowing mammal, having a stocky,
hairy body, large ears, a long, tu^^lar
snout, and powerful digging‘claws." No
further comment.
Now, with his timely prognostications,
here's Dan.... 2070, Hollywood.... Mickey
Mouse Productions today announced the
release of its premiere attraction for the
year, "Sex for Fun and Profit". Rated
"Z"' by the Motion Picture Association
because of its theme, the movie breaks all
final barriers in censorship. A spokesman
for the MM Production Company stated,
"It's the heart-warming story of a young
family in California who struggle against
society's problems of pollution, crirne,
etc., but who have numbers of orgies
along the way as they fail to succeed. The
film is being released in Europe under the
title "If You Can't Win, Quit and Live It
Up Anyway"....
2070, New York.... An overdue bill
today was sent to the Soviet Union by
the United Nations for the
$5,234,678,679,000,000 owed in dues
since 1945. Contents of the letter were
not disclosed but a clerk who typed the
letter said, "We told them in a firm tone
to pay up or we'll get tough about iL"....
2070, South Vietnam.... Members of
the U. S. Army's 25th Division today ran
head-on into conflict with their
commander near Da Nang. Colonel John
Harold, the commander of the unit in the
Volunteer Army, stated, "There was this
hill, see, and I told the guys to take it.
Now, one guy asked me how much
money I'd pay him to take the hill and I
told him this was a job for volunteers.
Immediately, I asked for volunteers and,
darn it, everybody laughed at me." The
level of fighting around Da Nang was
reportedly very light today....
Thought To Sleep On.... Al Capone
died insane of syphilis. G-men couldn't
get him, but I think G-strings did. There's
a moral there somewhere for you, but
you might have to look to find iL...
free flick
N.B. on Friday, Feb. 27, at
11:30 a.m. in the Student Union,
Rooms 230-231, a film will be
shown about the Palestinian
Commando’s training and their
objectives sponsored by Union.
The Union
This Week
February 25, 1970 - Concert;
Lawrence Wilson; Parquet Room; 11:30
a.m.
February 27, 1970 - Green Garter
Coffee House; John Cronin and The
Emporium; Parquet Room; 8:00 p.m.;
Admission: $1.00.
February 28, 1970 - Green Garter
Coffee House; John Cronin and The
Emporium; Parquet Room; 8:00 p.m.;
Admission: $1.00.
March 2, 1970 - Film; "The Bedford
Incident;" Parquet Room; 1:00 p.m.;
Admission: 25^.
By Marcia Walker
Lawrence Wilson, an accomplished
pianist, will be performing here at UNCC
on February 25,1970, at 11:30 a.m.
LAWRENCE WILSON holds the
bachelor of arts degree in music from
Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota,
the master of music degree from Indiana
University, and is presently working
toward the doctorate at Indiana
University. He has studied with Donald
Betts, Josef Battista, and Jorge BoleL He
joined the Queens College faculty in
1968, having previously been a member
of the faculty at Hastings College in
Hastings, Nebraska.
Mr. Wilson was the first place winner in
the Schubert Club of St. Paul Piano
Competition in 1963. In 1964 he
performed Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano
Concerto, Qp. 73, with members of the
Minneapolis Symphony Qrchestra. He has
given recitals in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and
Collegeville, Minnesota; Bloomington,
Indiana; Washington, Pennsylvania; and
Hastings, Nebraska; and since coming to
North Carolina, has played in Charlotte at
the Mint Museum and at neighboring
colleges including Johnson C. Smith
University, Pfeiffer College, and
Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia.
Mr. Wilson's repertoire will include
"Sonata" in B flat, K.333 by Mozart.
"Reflets dans I'eau" by Debussy, and
"Sonata" in f minor. Qp. 5 by Brahms.
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