Volume Six
MARCH 25, 1971
No. 19
Contract renewal nndecided
will SAGA foods leave UNCC?
by Charles n. hartis
The fate of Saga Foods at
UNCC is still very much in the
balance but no matter which way
•he dice turn up, 49ers will be
sating better next year.
Saga Food Service, a California
based operation, is having a tougli
foad with school officials over the
question of their return.
Mr. Jerry Foster and Mr. Frank
brooker, co-managers of the
safeteria, are about the only
People on campus who would be
jpft quite jobless if the contract
[alls through, but they have
ironically little to do with
rietermining the decision. Having
io negotiating power, they have
resorted to their only course of
sction--to make as much
"riprovement as possible before a
final vote is taken. Foster
contends, with the sincerity of a
country preacher, that if the
standards of his operation were up
to the “Saga Tradition” the
quality of service could not be
topped anywhere.
This quality skidded first
semester because the former
manager, Mr. Ernest, was suffering
from bad health and was unable
to keep the cooks and helpers in
line. Cooks ad libbed with their
own home remedies instead of
following the Saga menus and
recipes. This often left students
with three kinds of rice for entries
and hominy and turnip greens for
vegetables.
With half of this semester gone,
many improvements have been
made. Menus are being strictly
adhered to, fresh meats are the
rule as opposed to frozen stock
used before. Also there are fruit
plates, diet soft drinks, and skim
milk for dieters.
In addition, Foster and
Brooker are trying to instill a
greater sinse of moral and pride in
the kitchen workers. As Foster
put it, they are supposedly
professionals, being paid as
professionals with students’
money; they should turn out a
pro quality product.
And that suggestion box by the
door isn’t just for show, either.
It’s checked daily, and the
co-managers consider-each form.
Most they classify plainly as
“bitches” but any valid suggestion
or complaint are checked out and
acted upon.
Biologists study
conservation sites
Students at the University of
blorth Carolina at Charlotte are
Participating in a State-wide field
study project to pinpoint natural
'•feas in North Carolina that
^bould be preserved and
Protected.
The natural areas survey
Project is being sponsored by the
J’Orth Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development’s
P^rks division. C&D Director Roy
V Sowers, Jr. issued a relea.se
"rlay announcing the program.
University of North Carolina
^’irdents involved in the program
Working under the direction of
^ J. F. Matthews in the
Apartment of Biology.
Tlic students are visiting sites
near UNC seeking to list and
describe those areas which possess
qualities of significant scientific
and educational values worthy of
being preserved.
The student groups will file a
written report at the end of the
current semester with the parks
division. A complete summary of
the areas judged most suitable for
preservation will be published by
the C&D agency, according to
Sowers.
Sowers, who initiated the
project, said the students involved
will receive academic credit for
their work.
“This is a great program and
it’s the kind of thing State
Government agencies should do
If a student complains of too
hard brownies, Mr. Foster has an
immediate pow-wow with the
baker.
Donald McKay, one of men
batting for the students in the
contract negotiations, gave few
facts outside of the April deadline
for the decision. His opinion was
guarded, but officially he was
impressed with Saga’s efforts of
improvement and was glad to see
the student consensus moving
towards the affirmative. But Saga
“still has a long way to go.”
Therefore, as long as Saga is
kept in ‘ suspense, our eats will
continue to improve, but if in the
end they lose out, despite their
changes, they will only logically
be replaced by an outfit that is
already superior.
Either way, students’ stomachs
will get a better shake come this
fall.
Pub Board
reverses decision
more of,” he said.
“There are many needs in
North Carolina and we in
Government should be more than
willing to take advantage of our
students’ interests and concerns,”
Sowers added.
The project is being
co-ordinated by Robert Teulings,
who is associated with the
Conservation Council of North
Carolina, and a member of the
parks division staff.
The extent of student
involvement varies with each
institution, according to Teulings.
In some instances, two or three
students are engaged ithe natural
areas survey, and at other schools,
entire classes are conducting the
study.
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health Services Center rests in the valley between the dorms and gym. It opened last week.
^to by dean duncan)
by ron foster
The Publications Board handed
Mike McCulley the right to run
for Editor of the JOURNAL,
Monday, as they struck down a
March 10th decision. Over an
Friday
Halmos
talks on
math
CHARLOTTE—One of the
nation’s outstanding
mathematicians will lecture at the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte at 11:30 a.m., March 26
in room 220 of the Denny
Building.
Dr. Paul R. Halmos, who was
chairman of the Department of
Mathematics at the University of
Hawaii before being named
professor of mathematics at
Indiana University in 1969, will
give a lecture of general interest
entitled, “Some Mathematical
Prejudices.”
At 3:30 p.m., he will give a
more specialized lecture on
“Algebraic Operators.”
Recognition of his teaching
service came in 1970 when
Indiana University awarded him
the special title, “Distinguished
Professor of Mathematics.”
Professor Halmos received the
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from
the University of Illinois. He has
taught at the University of
Syracuse, the University of
Chicago, and tlie University of
Michigan.
Among other honors. Professor
Halmos received a Guggenheim
Fellowship for research in 1947
and in 1948 was recipient of the
Chauvenet Prize for Mathematical
Exposition, presented by the
Mathematical Association of
America.
hour of debate preceeded the
board’s reconsideration of the
earlier decision which disqualified
McCulley from the Editor’s race.
The decision comes after more
than a week of appealing and
petitioning the student body by
the former managing Editor of the
JOURNAL for the right to run.
McCulley will now face
Student Legislator, Susan Sutton,
in the first dual race this campus
has seen in five years.
Also seeking positions on
student publications in the April 1
and 2 elections are: Peggy
Caldwell and Melanie Wilson,
co-editors of the ROGUES AND
RASCALS; Mike Dobson and
Charlie Peek, SANSKRIT; Gerald
Jones and Doug Monroe,
JOURNAL business manager;
Garry Scotty, ROGUES AND
RASCALS business manager.
Vicki Hinson and Dean Duncan
are seeking the business manager
spot on SANSKRIT.
Constitution
goes to
committee
The controversial proposed
SGA Constitution has been
referred to an eighteen-man
review committee. Legislature
voted to postpone the approval
until the 19th and 20th of April.
The move caught np one by
surprise. Public hearings brought
to light conflicts between the
SGA, the Union, and publications,
that could not be resolved by the
April 12th ratification date.
A resolution asking that a new
site be chosen for the proposed
hospital on Randolph Road
passed the legislature easily. A
move supporting the ill-fated
consolidation charter also was
approved.
Rick Norton broke a tie vote
on a bill asking for a fixed agenda
during legislature meetings. The
bill, introduced by Claire Tausch,
was defeated.