the journal sept. 13, 1971 page nine
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The Greening of a campus is not easy. This is
one chapter of a story that is repeated
day-after-day. Charlie Sutton was one loss to the
unreality of the Administration’s viewpoint.
What of Charlie now? He has thought long and
hard over his future and plans to announce his
decision at a Student Assembly this week. All
students should come to ask him about his
situation, to ^ar his view for the future.
It is a great responsiblity -sifting through the
public statements, private conferences, and
individual personalities of the System- and a great
task to search for the truth concerning UNCC.
You must be diligent, for not everything is as it
first appears. The preparation of tliis story took
the large part of an entire summer and it is, as
much as possible, a reflective analysis and report
of those events and the factors that caused them.
As always, when dealing with human motivation
and cause/effect questioning, you can only apply
the best reason and intellect to considering why
humans do what they do and trust that your
ability to understand people is somewhat faithful.
The Charlie Sutton case is but one example
where the appearance is not the reality; hopefully,
this may have clarified the situation for many of
you. There still are many unanswered questions,
and they may remain so.
You must be the judge. You must keep your
mind in working order and your thoughts clear.
We must be prepared to fight for what we believe
-and part of that belief is that the future of UNCC
rests with its students.
There may be the day when you are the victim,
like Charlie, of unspoken, unrealized mental
genocide.
Blevins and Bigelow
two no longer with ns
campus
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(Campus Calendar notices may be sent
to the Journal, c/o University Center.
Keep items brief. Items will be run .
once, space permitting, and may be
edited for conciseness.)
A Trip to Nassau during the
semester break (January 3-7) has been
planned for UNCC students and
personnel. The cost is $198.00. For
more information, pick up an
application blank at the University
Center Info Desk.
Catholic Services will be held each
Sunday beginning Sept. 12, at 1:00
p.m. in Room U-231 of the University
Center
(continued from page 3)
The topic of faculty rights
came up and I asked him
specifically about the Dave
Blevins case. (Dave Blevins called
off his classes at UNCC in
November, 1969 while
participating in an End-The-War
Moratorium. He was subsequently
fired by the University for
violation of the Disruption
Policy.) Dr. Vermillion answered
quite readily;
“In the first place, myself, the
AAUP, and a large part of the
faculty were in opposition to the
Disruption PoUcy originally and,
therefore, were in opposition to
the firing of Dave Blevins. I feel as
though we (the faculty) had a
duty to protect our rights as
citizens and free moral agents and
take action in support of Dave
Blevins; however, the faculty
found an ‘out.’ Dave was
technically a member of the
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty since he
was teaching an extension course
at UNCC. So, the faculty here just
said, ‘Let the Chapel Hill Faculty
worry about it.’ Again, I don’t
feel that the faculty (UNCC) did
their duty.”
Dr. Vermillion exhibited a
display of subtlety when we
talked about the dismissal (failure
to renew contract) of Bill
Bigelow. (Bill Bigelow, Instructor
in Politick Science, was dismissed
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this year technically because he
failed to complete his Ph.D.
within the allotted time. However,
it is widely known that he was
politically active both locally and
nationally and was considered by
some to be a radical political
scientist.) Vermillion commented:
“The question involved here is
that of tenure and the
interpretation of the rules
governing it. Technically, the
action taken against Bill Bigelow
went by the ‘letter of the law;’
noT^, the ‘spirit of the law’ is
something else. It boils down to
this: a tenured instructor cannot
be arbitrarily dismissed; an
untenured instructor is subject to
all kinds of arbitrary decisions. Of
course, the inherent danger in this
sort of system is that the body of
tenured professors is very likely to
become merely a group of
‘yes-men’ for the administration.”
In concluding the interview, I
asked Dr. Vermillion if he could
foresee any major confrontations
or crucial problems concerning
academic freedom in UNCC’s
future: “No, not in the sense that
there is a dictator on this campus,
or anything like that; however, I
do see much potential danger in
Raleigh, concerning the proposed
re-structuring of Higher
Education. This is not to say that
the effort toward re-structuring is
not warranted; however, the state
legislators must be very careful
when considering these proposals
that they do not make the
mistake of allowing the N.C.
Higher Education system to
become more susceptible to
political control or influence. This
must be avoided.”
The Committee for Student
Rights of the AAUP—UNCC exists
in an effort to help protect the
student and his rights at UNCC.
Dr. John Robbins, Chairman of
the committee. Dr. Vermillion, or
Dr. Mays (current president of the
AAUP-UNCC) can be contacted
by any student who feels that his
or her rights have been violated.
Dr. Vermillion indicated that the
committee would attempt to help
in any way possible.
BITCH BOX
Dear Bitch Box;
So far I’ve only been to UNCC
for two weeks and for each day
I’ve been here I’ve got at least one
new door-chip on the side of my
car and a long scratch and dent
from my right rear wheel to the
bumper. Have the 49er’s got no
consideration for others cars? Did
they get their licenses at K-Mart?
Come-on people and try.
Depresed,
Joe Skipper
P.S.
If you work for Earl Schieb’s
disregard this letter.
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