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He: J. Albert Brown
The Carolina Journal
Thursday, March 11, 19711
Hickok was trying
to help students
Dear Editor;
In reference to the letter from
J. Albert Brown in the March 4,
1971 edition of the CAROLINA
JOURNAL, 1 would like to add a
few comments.
Besides being defamatory, Mr.
Brown’s information was grossly
inaccurate. According to him,
“Mr. Hickok believes that he
should have the power to appoint
some of our student senators.”
Mr. Hickok did not say that. He
said the president of the S.G.A.
should be allowed to do so; not
necessarily himself. Considering
the fact that Alan Hickok leaves
oflice in less than a month, he
would not be the person to
appoint senators.
It seems evident that Alan
Hickok was merely trying to help
the students by seeking additional
student representation. This letter
is neither to support not to damn
the policy of senatorial
appointments by the SGA
president, but rather to call to
attention a grave injustice at Mr.
Hickok’s expense, which I feel
needs to rectified in some manner.
the Carolina journal
A paper that is entirely the product of the student body becomes at once the
official organ through which the thoughts, the activity, and in fact the very life
of the campus, is registered, it is the mouthpiece through which the students
themselves talk. College life without its journal is blank.
the Technician, vol. 1, no. 1, February 1, 1920
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You’ve done a good job,
Editorial comments:
It’s your money
This is the third article on the
“Respect of Student Fees
Sub-Committee,” and the further
I go the more vague it becomes.
To an individual who reads it, in
order to find out why student
activities fees were taken from the
Student Legislature it becomes
quite frustrating.
but you’re fired
— by ed wayson-
It's that time of year again for the students of UNCC to elect new
editors, business managers, student legislators, and SGA officials.
This past Monday, March 8, University Senate elections were held. A
brief analyization shows that only 815 students voted out of a
approximately 4000. According to records, this should call for a
celebration, because this is the highest number of students in UNCC’s
history to have voted in a one day election.
Perhaps this is so, but the dorm students deserve the majority of
credit. Without the dorm vote, the number of students voting for
University Senate candidates may have hit an all time low. Out of 815
votes, 526 were dorm votes. In terms of UNCC history, the figure 526
IS unbelivabic considering that there are only a little over 800 students
inhabiting the dorms.
On the other hand, just as much can be said about the commuter
MOO unbelievable when taken out of a possible
During a time when, across the state and nation there is so much
controversy about student fees, how can any student here at UNCC
allow just anybody to be elected to a paying position such as editor
business manager, or SGA president.
Of course. University Senators are not, by any means, paid for their
services, but up-coming elections will determine who obtains the paying
positions. How can any student on this campus be apathetic about
nearly $4,000 in salary and grants?
II you are apathetic about UNCC elections and don’t care enough to
choose the most qualified person for the job, then maybe this will
console you, it’s all money out of your pocket.
First, you find out that the
registration fee is not actually
used for registration, but is put
into the total operating budget of
the university. It goes to academic
costs but is listed under general
fees (which is for non-academic
purposes). There you find out
that every semester the student
pays a laboratory fee, even if he
doesn’t take a lab course. The
point is, that no matter which
way you turn you are hit with
generalities.
retributive action against any
publication or organization in the
disbursal of the student activities
fees, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS A CHANGE IN
THE CURRENT PROCEDURE.”
What in the “hell” does that
mean? It’s like saying well, you
have done a good job and there
never has been any complaints
against you; but you’re fired!
Undoubtably, this whole
committee was a staged farce.
The administration had already
decided to weaken the Student
Legislature, and take control of
student fees, before the
I do have two constructive
proposals for the next Student
Legislature to do.
1-An immediate in depth
study of all fees payed by the
students each semester, both
academic and non-academic fees.
Don’t worry,
no emergency
In this age of modern technology, it seems a shame that the fastest
growing university in North Carolina can only receive 15 phone calls at
once.
01 course, not even the campus operator can guess how many lines
going out of the university there are. But look, of the fifteen only 5 are
solely for incoming calls, the other ten accomodate both incoming and
outgoing calls.
Let's look at the campus situation. Work is held up in the offices as
frustrated secretaries wait for hours to get a line to call another
extension, or an off campus number.
It you think they get
frustrated, you should see the 400
coeds in Sanford Hall, who can’t
even get calls from their boy
friends.
The underlying question is
what happens in an emergency?
You can t even get the campus
operator from 7:30 p.m. to
midnight, much less an
ambulance.
Perhaps the administration is
not aware of the careless,
ineffective and dangerous way our
telephone system is run. But then,
too, with a campus this apathetic,
we II never have an emergency.
THE JOURNAL expresses
appreciation to all students,
faculty, and administrators who
donated their blood to the Red
Cross on Tuesday.
What the report boils down to
is that the Student Legislature
should be relieved of all controls
of the student activities fees,
except its own operating budget.
First it points out that there is
fear among students on the
Publications Board of puntive
action from the Student
Legislature. Then the
sub-committee notes there hasn’t
been any proof that the
Legislature would restrict the
Publications Board. Dr. Cone also
says that she feels the student
legislature has done a good job,
and there is no reason why it
shouldn’t keep on delegating
student activities fees. Then in the
very next paragraph the
sub-committee proposes that the
student fees be divided into four
areas: 1-Student Government
Assoc. 12%, 2--Student
Publication 38%, 3-Union
Governing Board ,40%, and
4-Contingency fund 10%.
The prize sentence of the
whole report goes as follows; and
I quote, “Although there is no
evidence that the legislature has
ever been guilty of puntive or
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committee was even set up
the old tactic of divide
conquer; they would de-centralize
student fees, so none could be
used for anti-american activities as
they did in Chapel Hill or the
University of Maryland. At those
two campuses money was given to
anti-war activities in the former
and to the Black Student Union
and Black Panther Party in the
latter (all were campus chartered
organizations.)
2-To regain control of all
student activities fees and disburse
them on a yearly basis.
1 have also two suggestions for
the administration;
not even worth the paper it’s
printed on.
Many people have said to me
that my articles have been too
negative. Well the point of these
articles was not to support the
irresponsibility of the
administration, but to show that
we as students have been screwed!
1-To give up the contingency
fund and give it back to the
Student Legislature and.
The real jewel was the 10%
contingency fund set up under the
direct control of Dr. Cone, who
sets up a committee of six people
to review requests for additional
funds. Of these six people, two
are faculty. I’m really curious as
to what authority do faculty have
the right to decide what students
do with their activities fees? Also,
this committee has no official’
connection to students and are in
no way selected by students, but
by Dr. Cone.
2-To relinquish all review
power over student activities fees
since it is none of their concern
what the student does with his
non-academic fees.
1 hope these articles are of
some help to you as students in
understanding how out
administration really cares about
its children!
The administration does not
realize that these kiddies who
supposedly can’t control their
own tinances are being killed in
Indo-China, are working 30 hours
a week and going to school, or are
married and have children. As far
as I am concerned the report is
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