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THE CAROLINA JOURNAL
December 10, 1970
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Radio station request
$600 from SGA funds
by Humphrey cummings
Next semester will mark the half way mark in the life of the Black
Studies Committee of UNCC. (Assuming an undergraduate life of four
years to prepare one to fend for himself) The Black Studies Committee
was appointed by the chancellor and chaired by Dean Mathias of the
College of Humanities and charged to study the need, resources, and
feasibility of establishing a Black Studies Program at UNCC. The BSC
was viewed with suspicion from its inception - the birth child of
confusion, tension, and near-violent confrontation. Unlike most infants
the BSC was destined to crawl along unguided and with little direction
for quite some time. Then the Committee was given five goals, to
summarize - 1. individual aid to Black students as an incentive to
success and ad a corrective instrument in removing "root and branch"
de jure school segregation from the N. C. education process; 2. a
major/minor interdisciplinary program in Black studies; 3. exploration
and research in all spheres of Black culture; 4. a living exposition hall of
the soul and body of Black awareness; and 5. a vehicle of self liberation
for Blacks and the final destruction of "the white man's burden" for
others -- to guide its life.
At the beginning this homeless child was up for grabs from two
spheres, the establishment on one hand and the Black students on
campus on the other. The Black students in deference allowed the
Great White Father (Big Daddy to many) adopt the child. Certainly
such a powerful daddy as this - personnel, resources, space,
organizational structure, etc. - could provide this child with all the
nutriments for a successful development. The Black students were
assigned the role of godfathers.
As the child reached a discerning age, it soon concluded that it was
no more than a stepchild to his father of many. All Big Daddy's other
kids shunned this child.
One day the child openly quabbled. It was told of the many
problems Big Daddy faced and how it should be assured that its share
of the spoils were being protected and how Big Daddy sometimes had
to hunt in round about manners so as to avoid detection and perhaps
slaughter. The child felt a little safer but still unloved.
Now, as the child approaches the middling years it is surer than ever
before that there's no feelings in Big Daddy's heart for it. Christmas is
coming and Big Daddy has already sent his list to Santa's statewide
headquarters in Raleigh. All the other kids are in for lots of building
blocks to build buildings and the latest in new machine toys and all
kinds of supplies and services and new dolls to play with and lots and
lots of stuff. The BSC child is dothless, and hungry, and shelterless, but
it saw no goodies on Big Daddy's list for it. The child is mindful of the
little time he has left to reach maturity and be able to fend for itself
and hold its head up among the people around it.
But, feeling very sad and alone, the child doesn't know what to do or
where to go. It remenobers, however, that it has some godfathers with
the duty-bound obligation to care for it and raise it if for some reason
its daddy can't or won't. Will the godfathers save this unfortunate
child?
Mental retardation
by Charlie peek
The foundations were laid for
the SGA and Theta Psi to jointly
open a book exchange on campus
at the legislatures first meeting
since the holidays. Two
organizational constitutions were
also passed, and the Student
Broadcasting Association was
alotted more money to help start
their operations.
The provisions for the
SGA-Theta Psi book exchange
operations are 1) The Theta Psi
Fraternity will supply all manual
labor for said book exchange, 2)
The Student Government will
supply all equipment, materials,
and overhead costs for it, 3)
Profits from the book exchange
will be divided between the SGA
and the fraternity, with 60% going
to the SGA and 40% going to
Theta Psi. 4) The contract w3l be
for a two-year term, 4) The
contract will be reviewed each
year by the Student Legislature.
Negligence on the part of either
party would be cause for voidage
of the contract.
Much discussion erupted over
the question of whether an
organization such as Theta Psi had
the right to enter business dealings
with the Student Government.
Representative Bill Gwen felt that
perhaps this fraternity would
monopolize the business with
backing of the SGA. Stan
Patterson, a member of the'
fraternity, said that there would
be no time for the SGA to
organize a book exchange by the
coming semester. Pattersori also
emphasized that the fraternity
could operate the exchange with
or without the legislatures
approval of the contract so it
would be beneficial for the SGA
to accept it. The contract was
passed by a roll-call vote of 15-4.
Two new organizations on
campus were chartered. The first
was the STUDENTS FOR
POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY,
which has as its purpose to
incourage participation in public
affairs by means of increasing
information and providing
opportunity for involvement. The
second charter was granted to the
SOCIETY OF PHYSICS
STUDENTS. This club hopes to
achieve the advancement and
diffusion of knowlege of the
science of physics and the
encouragement of student interest
in physics throughout the local
and academic communities.
The Student Broadcasting
Association asked the legislature
for $600 in order to buy a
transmitter which would enable
them to begin broadcasting in the
dorms in the near future. Ed
Wayson questioned whether this
money could not come from the
students’ Contingency Fund. A
move like this could put greater
control of the fund back into
student hands was the contention.
Clare Tausch recommended that
Vice Chancellor Bonnie Cone be
asked about the possibility of
getting the money from this fund.
At any rate the SBA was allotted
the money.
The legislature approved a
resolution passed by the Junior
Class on December 3, and now
Won-A-Date
From UNCC dating capital of
the wojcld cpipes, the Wiq-a-Qate
Contest sponsored by the Delta
Delta Pledge Class from November
8 until November 22.
Pledges sold chances at 25^ a
piece and the coiitestants chose
who they wanted to date. The
beautiful hunks that the girls had
to choose from were George
Lloyd and Terry Sloan.
On the block to be won by
.boys^ were Debbie Butler and Julie
' Bruce'. More ch'ahces%ere'b6u^t
by the guys than girls.
The winners were Becky Glenn
who won George Lloyd and
Melanie Wilson who won an
evening with Terry Sloan.
The lucky fellows were Sam
Wall who won a date with Debbie
Butler and Bill Troutman who
won an evening with Julie Bruce.
Letter
careers
All future teachers, social
workers, psychologists, nurses,
speech theraphists, and other
interested parties listen up.
Thursday, December 10, will ^
Careers Day in Mental
Retardation at UNCC. It’s free.
It’ll start in the Parquet Room
at 9:00 and last all day. There will
be about 200 to 300 high school
students at the function. Any
interested persons are welcome.
A film, “A World the Right
Size’’ will be shown. There will be
study sessions in such areas as
special education, nursing, social
work, vocational rehabilitation,
psychology, and others in the
rooms near the Parquet Room.
SBA offers tours
IHERLockerburger
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radio and TV at Clemson and
UNCG.
Tom Swicegood, our Assistant
Station Manager and Porgram
Director, attended school in
radio-TV announcing, writing,
news, sports, programming and
engineering. Tom holds a valid
first-class radiotelephone license
by the Federal Communications
Commission. He is presently
employed with a major local radio
station.
George Thomas, Director of
Technical Operations, has had
three years experience in radio
and TV in Columbia, S. C. He
holds a valid first-class
radiotelephone license, as well,
and is an active amateur radio
operator. George is a junior in
electrical engineering. With these
qualifications, several years of
electrical engineering and business
management can be added by the
News and Public Relations,
Manager, Wayne Taylor and the
Business Manager, Gary Williams.
Also for being stated that,
“Anyone experienced in student
participation will automatically
recognize an attempt for the
irtipossiblc,” I must say that an
impossibility cannot be a truism
when there are relative facts to
the contrary. Anyone interested
in questioning these relative facts.
contact any one of the above
Officers of the SBA and they will
be glad to take you to the studio
now being built in Room B-8 of
the University Center and they
will show you the equipment
already obtained, and only upon
the granted request for funds we
have applied for from the
Publications Board and the
Student Legislature will anything
be lacking from its full
completion at its temporary site
which may be on around the first
of the year.
Wayne Taylor
News and Public Relations
Manager
under consideration by the
Athletic Committee. This
resolution reads: WHEREAS: we
the elected officers of the Junior
Class of UNCC, regard the existing
number of student and
student-date seats allotted for
athletic events in the gymnasium
as inadequate and oppresive to
students, AND WHEREAS: we
resent the placing of two rows of
reserved seating in front of the
student section since it not only
interferes with student-cheerlead
er cheering but also abstructs
student view, BE IT
THEREFORE RESOLVED: that
we demand at least fifty per cent
of all seats at University athletic
events held in the gym, AND BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that
we demand the immediate
removal of the reserved seats in
front of the side student section.
Basketball:
Dec. 12
our gym