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THE CAROLINA JOURNAL
March 25, 1971
the Carolina journal
A paper that is entirely the product of the student body becomes at orxe 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
EDITORIALS
OPINIONS
Re: Hensley’s letter
Sutton differs with
Hickok on constitution
Dear Editor;
After having been referred to
several times in the JOURNAL, I
would like to exercise the riglit to
reply. Mr. Jerry Henseley and 1
have never met (obviously since
he wanted to change my name to
Sitton)as we have never discussed
anything about the new SGA
constitution.
At any rate, Jerry seems to
think that I had a great deal to do
with the new document, quite the
contrary is true. Alan Hickok
asked me to work only on the
STudent Bill of Rights and the
Judicial System.
After reading the present SGA
constitution, I certainly do think
change is necessary. Concerning
particularly the Student Activities
Board, it was painfully evident
this year that students did not get
their money’s worth of
entertainment. Students have paid
for top rate entertainment, but
have yet to receive it. 1 think
students should be in charge of
their own entertainment since we
are paying the bill.
Ed Wayson’s article was a bit
With regard to the conflict of
interest rhetoric, Ed and I have on
many occasions discussed SGA
operations, and as he knows I
have repeatedly said that there
should be check and balance in
Student Government.
Also, 1 have said that SGA
should be for and open to all
students and not controlled by
one clique. Anyone who knows
anything about Student
Government affairs does not want
an executive dictatorship which
caused me to wonder why Ed
made a motion recently that the
Student Legislature be
dissolved-'leaving only the
Executive Branch, not a very
democratic check and balance at
all.
1 think Students are beginning
to wonder if anyone is looking
out for their rights and interests.
Why have we never had a Student
Bill of Rights before?
And any student who has had
his car towed away wonders who
is looking after his interests.
As Jerry Henseley pointed out
students knew of NOTHING that
SGA had really done for the
students. I think it is about time
SGA do something for students
and stop all the verbage and
rhetoric and get to work.
Charlie Sutton
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Repercussions, The Carolina
Journal, in care of University
Center.
This was once a creek
There once was a creek behind te health center — It’s no\
longer there — The contractors in partial landscaping filled d
up.
Scum is foaming on the water and the rest of the creek d,
DRY. (photo by dean duncan)
Editorial:
puzzling. It had been my
understanding that the new SGA
constitution was only a working
document--a proposal to be
worked on in the ensuing weeks.
As I noted earlier, 1 had
personally only worked on the
Student Bill of Rights and Judicial
System. As, a metter of fact, I
have several changes for the
proposed constitution that I
would like to recommend.
iVo wonder Hickok was upset
How could one student
write a constitution that is
supposed to govern 4000
students at UNCC? Yet this
is what Alan Hickok did,
with negligible help from
Charles Sutton.
After attending one of the
two open hearings scheduled
for the new proposed
Student Constitution, we
believe it is inconceivable
Way!
son declares constitution
oriented toward executive control
Dear Editor
I would
opportunity
points which
my article
proposed
like to take this
to clarify some
I made last week in
about the newly
constitution.
then, will be oriented toward
executive control. This is a logical
result but 1 still question if this
executive control represents the
interests and concerns of the
students. This is why I insisted the
constitution be sent to a review
committee which would more
likely represent the student body.
Ed Wayson
Unfortunately, when the paper
came out some of the information
was already outdated and
incorrect. The constitution has
been placed into a review
committee consisting of 18
students from various factions of
the University Community. The
revised document will be
presented to the Student
Legislature on or before April
15th of this month.
First of all, 1 would like to
thank and commend Alan Hickok
and Charles Sutton for their
dedication and time consuming
efforts in writing this
constitution. But, another point
must be taken into consideration
when reading my article, in one of
background and standards. \Vlien
two men who consider executive
control valuable decide to write a
constitution, the finished product.
journal staff
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EDITOR
BUSINESS MANAGER
STAFF ARTIST
Marcia Walker
Gerald Jones
Mike Whorley
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Caldwell, James Cuthbertson, Stephan Dreyfus, Dean
Duncan, Ron Foster, Brenda Glenn, Bill Holder,
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Stuut, Susie Sutton.
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that Mr. Hickok could spend
several months writing a
constitution (that is to
govern 4000 students)
without once consulting a
review committee to advise
him in the right direction.
In the second open
hearing, much to Hickok’s
verbal disgust, the Rules
Committee moved that a
review committee be
established. The Student
Legislature approved the
motion. It was then left up
to the Ways and Means
Committee to choose the
members of the
Constitutional review
committee.
During the open hearing,
Mr. Hickok’s reaction to
questions and outright
disapproval of “his
constitution” was very
surprising to many students
in that Mr. Hickok couldn’t
believe that every student
wouldn’t fall in line with his
ideas.
A case in point was the
section dealing with
appointments to th^
Chancellor’s student-faculty
committees. Whereas, now
Hickok recommends
prospective appointees,
under the new constitution
the SGA President will have
the power to appoint,
outright, the student
members.
Under fire on this point-
Hickok’s reaction was
surprising in his remark thaj
the Chancellor woum
naturally go along with him
on this point. Commenting-
Dr. Ben Romine, the
Chancellor’s assistant, said he
thought that the Chancelim
should be consulted. THE
JOURNAL agrees. After all-
this proposal denies the
Chancellor the right to
appoint his own committees-
Since the whoH
Constitution needs drasti^
alterations, the Student
Legislator’s wisest move tins
year may have been to refet
it to a committee.
Mr. Hickok believes that
this is a time for decision.
agree. The difference is,
want the students to make^
good decision; possible onu
after studying all sides of th^
Constitution question.
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