The Carolijva Jovrival
■ Student Publication Of The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte -
VOL. 5
March 18, 1970
No. 20
Riabikoff In Concert
George Riabikoff, a European pianist,
will be performing Thursday, March 19,
1970, at 8:00 p.m. in the Parquet Room.
Riabikoff, who gave his first concert at
the age of four, comes from a musical
family related to Tchaikovsky and
Rachmaninoff. He has studied in
European conservatories and with the
great composer and pianist, Sergi
Prokofieff.
During the war and the terrible years
of Nazi occupation he helped persecuted
people and Jewish families to hide and
escape death. Trapped by the Gestapo,
Riabikoff refused to reveal their bidding
places. The Nazis, knowing he was a fine
pianist, swore that he would never play
again and drove hot spikes through his
palms, broke his arm, and crushed his
fingers. In spite of these tortures he did
not betray the people.
He was rescued by British and U. S.
troops Through faith, determination, and
long agonizing practice he regained use of
his hands and began to play again.
He was a concert pianist in the
American Special Service and gave many
concerts for the U. S. and British Armies.
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Freedom Of Press”
By Donna Raley
p ^ conference on the "Freedom of the
fcss" vvill Ijc held here on campus. The
^'^bference is an an outgrowth of
'Scussions over the quality of student
j!^*’lications. April 29 and 30th arc the
pUinned for this Forum and
'^“fkshop.
Four main objectives outlined by the
Plications Board to he achieved by the
'inference are:
1) To improve the supply of students
both the skills and the inclination to
^sunie editorial and other (tositions of
®^Ponsil)j|jty
2) To provide formal educational
^P'Periences in the field of journalism to
^^ist in the development of skills.
3) To develop a continuity of
operation for the Carolina JOURNAL.
4) To stimulate excitement concerning
the news media and their importance in
the daily life of the student body.
Those invited to attend the conference
are: all editors and staffs of high school
papers who have been accepted to UNCC
for September '70; staff and interested
students from UNCC; high school staffs,
teachers, and advisors in the eleven
county Metrolina area; staffs of college
newspapers in the Consortium (Davidson,
Queens, CPCC, Barber Scotia, Gaston,
Sacred Heart, Belmont Abbey, and
Johnson C. Smith)
c'.iintinued oi) page 6
College Grads
To Be Recruited
^ Federal Government team will be on
..pPPPus March 19, to present an
^Pploymcnt Outlook Program."
y’e program will consist of interviews
I'I ’ •*9ency representatives which will bo
in the Placement Office from 9:00
^2:00 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to
P.m.
^Qencies participating in the program
"'include:
A . i''il Service Commission, Federal
'ation Administration, Food and Drug
'Ministration, Internal Revenue Service,
honal Park Service, Social Security
^^•Ministration, U. S. Post Office, and
M^fans Administration Hospital.
Pllege graduates will be recruited for
two basic categories: administrative
orientated positions and specialty
positions such as Chemistry, Math, and
Engineering.
Graduating seniors interested in
administrative positions will be required
to take the Federal Service Entrance
Examination which will be offered on
campus March 22.
Those seniors interested in specialty
positions will not be required to take the
exam but will be evaluated on the basis of
education and experience.
More than 15,000 college graduates are
employed by the Federal Government
each year with starting salaries ranging
from S6,176 to S9,679.
^9er’s to Play Texas A&M
8( ^ UNCC 49er's will take on Texas A
ba,i a highlight of the 1970-71
Q^'ball season.
Will . teams to be played next year
lJniJ'^*''Pcle the University of Buffalo, the
of Toledo, the University of
0r|g Mississippi, and LSU at New
M»- Tulane University and the
the of Oklahoma will be added for
season.
®tf*Jleing these teams is the result of
'oach Bill Foster's efforts to place
By Joe H. McCorkle
UNCC in the University Division of the
NCAA.
Foster said that he is still negotiating
with some major teams for next year and
following years with the hopes of adding
major independent universities and
Southern Conference teams.
"We are continually working on a
first-rate schedule for the Charlotte area,"
said Foster. "We know Charlone area
people appreciate good teams and we're
trying to get them here."
Calls For Peace
Fast
By Mike McCulley
• ^ Washington.... The
Vietnam Moratorium Committee (VMC),
after many months of low-key, grassroots
organizing against the war, have decided
to state their opposition by calling for a
dramatic protest, a peace fast,! April
13-15.
The three-day fast will "demonstrate
our deep moral commitment against the
Vietnam War," according to VMC releases
from Washington.
Fasting has long been associated with
distress and mourning. The
Committee's espoused purpose of the
Fast is to "recall all those who have died.
North and South, American and
Vietnamese -- and to admit our
complicity in the immorality of the war
and in their dying."
Leaders of the Vietnam Moratorium
Committee also call the Fast "a time of
purification and rededication - to the
peace movement itself, to one's personal
beliefs and actions, for the justice of the
cause without being self-righteous, and
for nonviolent social change in the
tradition of Ghandi."
Coinciding with the last day of the
Peace Fast, April 15, the VMC states it
will "again stop 'business as usual' by
having rallies across the country on how
the war affects people at home vis-a-vis
taxes, cost of living, national priorities,
etc."
As a part of the Fast effort, the VMC
asks "that the money normally spent for
meals during these three days be sent to
aid the victims of war - in Vietnam and
at home." Also, the Committee states
"checks should be made payable to
'Peace Fast Fund' from which money will
be distributed to the American Friends
Service Vietnam Relief Committee, the
National Welfare Rights Organization and
the United Farm Workers."
Interestingly, the Vietnam opposition
group stated that many students are
"asking their cafeterias and dormatories
for reimbursements for their meals during
those three days."
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee
lists their address as VMC, Suite 800,
1029 Vermont Avenue, N. W.,
Washington, D. C., 20005, for persons
wishing to contribute to their Fast.
The Committee expressed their hope
that "millions of students will join us in
this serious effort."
Election Schedule
Announced
Tlic stiidoni legislature has
aniiouneed the schedule for spring
Student Government Association
elections.
Nominations for student body
president and vice-president will
be accepted from 10 a.m. until 2
p.m. Wednesday. Thursday, and
(•riday. April I - .1.
Campaigning for the elections
will lake place from April 0 - 10.
Buildings will be open from noon
until .'i p.m. Sunday. April 5. to
allow students to post campaign
signs inside. Posters may be placed
outside anytime after noon
Sunday.
Campaign speeches will be
made Wednesday. April 8, at
11:30 a.m. in the Parquet Room.
Voting for SGA officers will
Ix'gin Wednesday. April 8. and last
through Friday, April 10, from 9
a.m. until 3 p.m. each day. Votes
will be counted Wednesday, April
15.
It a run off is necessary,
elections will be held April 15 -
17, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Run
off returns will be counted April
17.
Nominations for class officers
and representatives will be
accepted April 22 through April
24.
Campaigning will begin April
27 with speeches on April 29.
Voting will last from April 29
until May 1, and votes will be
counted May 1. run-off elections
lor class officers and
representatives will be held from
May 6 - 8, and run off votes will
be counted May 8.