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Miss UNCe 1970 Cindy Teal (center) is flanked by her court (from left to
^ght) Laura Jacobs, Dorothy Conley, Barbara Jean Smith, and Kit Ward at
the Miss UNCC Dance Monday night, March 20.
Teacher Evaluation
System Among Retreat
Discussions
By Donna Raley
How do you establish rapport amoni,
students, faculty and administration? A
*^®freat held near Reidswille, IM. C. this
''''^ekend aided in breaking the barriers
3hd establishing effective communication.
Forty-six people were taken from a
cross-section of departments and the
student body by a Retreat Committee,
^hiong the topics discussed were the
alienation of teacher and student, teacher
®''aluation, freshman were orientation,
'I’e University as an agent of social
change, the improvement of the Carolina
®ornal, and graduate courses.
The conference was split into six small
Sfoups to concentrate on special points of
Concern.
„ Instead of the usual uninformative
I’acking around", several conclusive
**cps of action will be taken:
The student is encouraged to take an
^'ive part in determining the curriculum
his major.
Steps in beautifying the campus will be
^hen by several sororities; landscaping of
he dorms is to be done in the spring.
There will be a meeting Tuesday to
cide if the shape of the lake should be
Changed.
Ffeshman orientation will become
hjOfe effective Opinions were that a more
® 'icient orientation may do away with
h® apathetic student. Definite steps such
a pre-freshman newsletter and "big
. “'hers" and "big sisters" were decided
“Pon.
^ teacher evaluation system is being
'Icvised for the fall to aid the students in
*®lccting courses and to provide the
FtPtessor with more insight into better
teaching.
There will be a revitalization of a
student committee to provide the library
with feedback from students.
Faculty members will have an
opportunity to take an active part in the
Counseling Center. There is a plan that
will cover a three year period to acquaint
the teachers with means of establishing
communication with students.
The Carolina JOURNAL will be made
a more effective instrument of
communication possibly through
journalism courses or seminars.
An Inter-Club council will be
established to provide students with an
important means of interaction.
Activities to bring faculty staff and
students together on common ground
were discussed. Suggestions such as
picnics, curriculum planning and informal
exchanges of ideas will be put into action.
As one of the Administrators said, "We
are a big team, and must take steps to
complement each other."
The necessity for an Annual Workshop
was sighted. Communications on campus
will be improved by circulation of the
"Green Sheet" an administration paP®^
specific bulletin boards and a large bill
board announcing University activities.
The positive attitude of the conference
was summed up by Miss Nugent If its
able to be thought about, it can be done
if we want it done badly enough.
If you wish to
these activities, contact the JOURNAL
staff in B-4, for the name of the involved
person to speak to.
Clay: No More ‘Moving On ’
V cniin
"outdated philosophic ideas"
’materialism" on the part of a
lority of Americans as the core from
j. most environmental problems
q Or. James Clay addressed a small
“P of students and faculty on March 5
the "Move on Environment". The
and Dr. Clay's address were a
®kminary to the "Teach-In" on
ljl^''“'’mental problems to be held at
OO and on high school and college
"^^Puses nation-wide on April 22.
[j ^^'erialism and outdated ideas' said
have led to uncontrolled air
pollution, water pollution, wund
dilution, resource depletion, population
increases and military adventurism.
Americans have been ®ble to
"move on" when the area in which they
were living became too crowded or ceased
to be productive. Dr. Clay, howver,
asserted that this "out" was no longer
open to Americans. .
The "Teach-In" to be held here on
Aoril 22 is only one of six hundred taking
olLe the same day all over the U.S.
and tin,es for .h, UNCC
Teach-In will be announced soon.
Veep Hickock Cites
Major Legislation
By Joe McCorkle
This year’s Student Legislature
has received more attention than
have those of past years. The
increased attention is the result of
the Legislature’s extension intc
areas such as the Viet Nam War
and the Moratorium. Just
recently, it donated $100 to the
Dave Blevins Legal Defense Fund,
only to call a special meeting and
change its mind.
The notoriety of these few
actions has tended to divert
attention from other legislative
activity. The following is an
interview with Alan Hickok,
Chairman of the Student
Legislature. It reviews all of the
Legislatures activities of this year
instead of focusing on the more
controversial resolutions.
Hickok is a 20-year-old-Junior
majoring in math and has
previously served as Freshman
Representative and Sophomore
Class Vice-President.
JOURNAL: In your opinion,
whal should be the main objective
of the Legislature?
HICKOK; It should serve the
needs of the students, seek-out
the needs of the students, and it
should see what’s wrong and make
changes.
JOURNAL: Should there be
any limits to the Legislature’s
activity?
HICKOK: Well....They should
be involved in any legislative act
that would be of benefit to the
students.
JOURNAL: Any comments on
the Viet Nam de-escalation
resolution that was adopted by
the Legislature.
HICKOK; The Legislature felt
at that time that they were
representing the decisions of the
students in supporting the
resolution. As to whether they
really were or not is an unsolved
question.
Poet Dana
On Campus
Thursday
Poet Robert Dana will read several of
his works on Thursday at 8:00 P.M.
Mr. Dana is widely known in poetry
circles outside the South, but this will be
one of his first appearances in this area.
He has published four books of poetry,
the latest one being "Some Versions of
Silence."
Among the magazines his poetry has
appeared in are, "The Paris Review,"
"The Sewanee River Review," "The
Prairie Schooner," "The New Yorker,"
"The North American Review," "Poetry"
and the "Nation."
The poet is a native of Massachusetts
and holds degrees from Drake University
and the University of Iowa.
He has taught at Cornell College in
Iowa since 1954 where he was editor of
"The Hillside Press" and later revived and
edited "The North American Review."
The reading, sponsored by the UNCC
English Department, is open to the
public.
Hickock
JOURNAL: The Viet Nam
resolution was an interesting one
but what about the legislation
that doesn’t get on T.V.? Could
you list some of the more
important legislation?
HICKOK: It’s hard to rank
them as to importance, but I feel
the major pieces of legislation
have been the amendment of the
Judicial Act establishing dorm
courts, an amendment allowing
the publication of Student Court
records after a trial, and another
Judicial bill allowing the right to
discuss trial proceedings in public.
1 also feel the new
Cheerleader’s Constitution is
significant.
JOURNAL: Why is it
significant
HICKOK: Because this
constituion provides for the
election of cheerleaders by a panel
of judges from four different area
colleges in addition to UNCC.
This will afford the opportunity
for Black representation in the
election of the cheerleaders.
JOURNAL: Are there any
other Legislative actions which
merit comment?
HICKOK: Yes. One area in
which the Legislature should
concern itself is dorm‘life. Very
important steps have been taken
in this direction by a special
committee of the Legislature
which has looked into the
possibility of erecting basketball
courts and this should occur
within a few weeks.
Another area is course
evaluation. I’m disappointed that
a system could not be in
operation by this semester, but
enough ground work and research
has been made so that, with
proper leadership, a system should
be in operation by next fall.
JOURNAL; How will a course
evaluation system help the
individual student?
HICKOK; He will be able to
obtain information and criticisms
concerning courses, professors,
and textbooks which may be of
interest to him.
JOURNAL; In terms of
legislation passed, how would you
compare this Legislature to last
year’s?
HICKOK: With the advent of
dorm life, it became necessary to
enact new rules for the general
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