Carolina
Volume Six
Thursday, March 11, 1971
Number 18
It’s like a summer’s day here in front of Sanford and Moore Halls. Students congregate to rap, sing, & fly
their kites, (photo by dean duncan)
WVFN-
Radio stations don’t come
cheap. When the group of twenty
bNCC students decided that 1971
'Vould be the year to hit the air
^aves, they weren’t sure what
hind of station they would have if
they got the equipment for it.
WVFN, the voice of the forty
^liners, makes its home in a one
foom studio in the University
Center. Put together with donated
®nd second-hand equipment, the
console is surrounded by egg
Cartons tacked on the plywood
Wall.
The console is on “permanent
loan” from UNC-G. The
turn-table, equipment racks, and
*Uicrophone were bought
^cond-hand. The records were
jlonated for the most part by a
local radio station.
“A lot of the D.J.’s use their
uwn personal records,” said Tom
Swicegood, assistant manager who
in charge of programming.
Equipment and location
Problems postponed the
broadcasting from the first of
January until February 22. The
Jtation was supposed to be in the
basement of Moore Hall, the
•Pen’s dorm. However, flooring
^d furnishing the storage room
Would have held things up
•udefinitely.
“That’s where the egg crates
•^ome from,” Swicegood
^•rplained. The egg cartons and
^rpet around the console cut
upwn the echo effect of the
Cinder block walls and linoleum
floor.
According to Swicegood, “At
the first of this semester,
everybody was scared that the
only people we’d get would be
engineers who wanted to build the
station or those who wanted to be
disc jockeys. But that didn’t
happen.”
The tiny station is regulated by
the Federal Communications
Commission but has not yet
received a license.
Broadcasting is only received in
the 75 feet of the dorms since the
station has no antenna. The
station is classified as a current
carrier station. The transmitter is
located in Moore Hall and the
power lines act as antenna. The
only two buildings on campus
able to receive the programs are
Moore and Sanford Halls.
Eventually the programs will be
piped into the upstairs of the
University Center where the
station is now located.
(continued on page 3)
Honors programs offer
advanced study
Steve Garrett, a junior
•Pajoring in engineering and the
^fation manager, dreamed two
years ago of a radio station at
ffNCC. He spent a year in school
?f UNC-G before returning to
J-harlotte to put the station
fPgether.
by vicki hinson
Graduate and doctoral
programs are valuable assests for
the nourishment of academic
ideas on any college campus.
There remains the basic fact that
there are few programs of
individual development for
undergraduate students. Honors
programs are being established in
some departments to eliminate
this need.
At present there are 3
undergraduate programs on
campus-Foreign Language,
Chemistry, and Mathematics. The
History department is naturing its
honor program. The Honors
Council has not given its approval
as of yet, but an answer will be
made public in the near future.
The program in History is similar
to the present three recognized
programs. This analysis is
concentrated upon the proposed
history program.
A student does not have to be
a History major to participate.
The program will be composed of
majors and non-majors who seem
to command the necessary ability
and interest to pursue
independent study under the
supervision of an assigned advisor.
Students will not have to worry
about being a profs pet to get
into the program because the
History department is designing
its program flexible enough, so a
student can introduce himself into
the department. A keen interest
must be evident in the student
before he could convince most
professors that a one-to-one basis
would be profitable as a learning
experience for both the student
and the instructor. It is often not
realized that when a professor
accepts a student for independent
study his honor is at hand because
he has to defend the student’s
work during the course of study.
The grading system will be
“pass honor”, “pass”, and “no
credit.” It is possible to
participate in only a few courses
and not pursue a degree with
(continued on page 3)
Faculty’s 6 to student’s 6
University Senate
race is half over
by susie sutton
The first round of
elections is over, and the
University Senate is off to a
start, despite threatened
student non-compliance.
The six student senators
elected in the March 8
election are Ed Wayson, Phil
Nesbit, Dean Duncan,
Humphrey Cummings, Larry
Marshall and Ron Foster.
In a record turn out for a
one-day election, 815
students chose among
fourteen candidates who
were nominated by the
student legislature. Junior
political science major, Mike
Drye added an extra bit of
excitement as he staged a last
minute write in campaign. He
polled 106 votes.
Bill Sigmon came in
seventh place with 289. Ed
Burnson, followed with 286;
Reggie Smith, 225; Chip
Goldipg, 221; Barbra Best,
220; Kristi Harl, 206; Paul
Phillips, 152; Randy Russell,
107.
There was a larger
percentage of dorm students
voting than there were
commuters, who voted 289
of their ranks of 3100. The
dorm students voted over
50%, of their registered
voters.
The faculty senators have
been elected; the six being:
(continued on page 4)
Ask Us!
Egg crates and determination
Ed Wayson led the race
with 491 votes; Phil Nesbitt,
440; Dean Duncan, 375;
Humphrey Cummings, 367;
Larry Marshall, 316; Ron
Foster, 310.
(that’s what we’re
here for)
Increased
library
fines
In the interest of meeting
the demands placed on the
library’s collection, the
library is instituting some
new circulation policies.
The maximum library fine
for each regular circulating
volume is being increased
from $1.50 to $5.00. There
will be no maximum fine for
overdue reserve books. Fines
will be charged for each day
the item is overdue that the
library is open. This will
include Saturday and Sunday,
(continued on page 4)
WHERE'S all the
furniture from the lounges in
Moore Hall, it's been gone
since. Christmas? When are
we going to get it hack ?
The Journal asked Lon Weston
of the Housing office to explain
the furniture situation. He said,
almost all the furniture in Moore
hall was sent to a Derita
upholsterer for repair work the
week after Christmas. Delays in
getting metal legs to brace the
lounge chairs postponed the
return of furniture. Two weeks
ago, Weston insisted on getting
the furniture repaired and
returned. Half came back last
week. The other half is expected
“in a week or two.” He added
UNCC no longer sends furniture
to that firm. ^
Questions for this column may be
placed in the Carolina Journal box
behind the University Center
information desk, or addressed to a
Journal staffer.
Cabarrus men
get scholarship
A new scholarship at the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte will honor the memory
of a Cabarrus County soldier
killed in action in Vietnam.
The Penn-Carol Division of U.
S. Industries at Mt. Pleasant has
established the Glenn G. Ritchie,
Jr. Memorial Scholarship at
UNCC.
The firm qualified as a Patron
of Excellence, which means that it
has pledged at least $10,000
toward the scholarship.
Young Ritchie was a graduate
of Mt. Pleasant High School and
had planned to enroll at UNCC
following completion of liis
military duty. He had worked
after school and during summers
to earn money for Ws college
education.
The scholarship will be
available to Cabarrus County male
students. The donors have
requested that the recipient have a
patriotic interest in his country.
Preference will be given to
students who through dedication
have improved their performance
during their high school careers.
The donors prefer that the
student be interested also in
studying engineering.
The first award will be made in
1971-72 and will be renewable
each year.
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