Volume VIL No. 3
•lOWSKAL
September 20, 1971
Senate votes to add students and employees
-ANALYSIS-
by ken dye
The September ISth meeting
of the University Senate was
dominated by a proposal, drafted
by Ed Way son, to alter the
make-up of the highest
deliberative body of the
University’s new internal
government. The proposal, which
will increase student
representation to equal that of the
faculty and will add two
representatives from the
University’s non-academic
employees, passed despite strong
objections from the faculty. It is
still, however, subject to voter
approval as a constitutional
amendment.
The proposal, which was
submitted to the Senate by
Humphrey Cummings (student),
has been under consideration for
over nine months. It was rejected
by four standing committees and
public hearings were held last
spring. After a period in limbo, it
was revived by a joint meeting of
the Executive Committee and
members of the Student
Government Association on
September 13. Its journey
through the maze of bureaucratic
red tape will be finally complete
when it is submitted to the
constituency for approval.
Opposition to the proposal
expressed fears that the faculty
might react negatively to any
Senate action which had not been
submitted to public scrutiny.
Evidently ignorant of its
availability for consideration last
spring, Senator Wade Williams
(faculty), submitted an alternate
proposal which should have
deferred Senate action for thirty
days. Senator Williams suggested
that the matter be turned over to
the University Affairs Committee
with instructions to hold public
hearings and return it to the
Senate in one month, this
proposal was defeated by an
eighteen-to-nine vote.
At one point during the
debate. Senator Williams
questioned the desire of the
non-academic employees to be
represented. Senator Wayson
(student) responded that he had
questioned approximately 30% of
the over 200 employees and had
received an overwhelming
response in favor of
representation. Senator Williams
then expressed concern over the
extent of the survey and again
asked the Senate to consider
delaying the measure. Other
questions were raised by various
Senators concerning undeclared
majors and part-time employees.
The status of the College of
Architecture was also discussed.
Wlien the original proposal was
finally brought to a vote, negative
votes were cast by Senators Clay,
Emery, Orr, Wayne and Williams,
ail faculty, with Senator Jamgotch
(faculty) abstaining.
Strong support was lent to the
measure by Senator John Robbins
who felt that the Senate was
under heavy scrutiny from
elements of the University
Community. He further suggested
that passage of the proposal
would strengthen its position with
its constituency. Senators Simono
and Fishman (faculty), concurred
and expressed the belief that the
immediacy of the proposal
precluded any necessity for delay.
The effect of the proposal, if
passed, will be to raise the number
of senators to 47: 19 faculty, 19
students, 2 non-academic
employees, and seven chosen by
the Chancellor. Hopefully, the
increased student representation
will make the Senate a more
legitimate governing body which
will truly reflect the wishes of the
entire University Community. The
addition of the two non-academic
employees will bring into the
University government a group
that has been previously ignored.
Since the number of
non-academic employees is
comparable to that of the faculty,
their recognition is timely if not
overdue.
Other business on the agenda
included the election of members
to the standing committees and
discussion of information
gathered by the Ad Hoc
Committee on Judicial
Appointments. Time limitations
forced the Senate to defer these
considerations until the next
meeting which was set for
Wednesday, September 20, at
11:30 a.m. in Room 231,
University Center. The meetings
are open to all University
Community members.
Journal photo/wilcox
teachers. The 1971
IN THE SEARCH for knowledge, we need
Outstanding Teachers at UNCC were presented awards Friday night by
NCNB Chairman of the Board, Addison Reese. Dr. Barbara Goodnight
(Sociology), Dr. Nish Jamgotch, Jr., (Pol Sci), and Dr. Bill Dailey
(Music) were voted by their peers and their students as 1971’s Teachers
of Excellence.
Congress facing a
‘Poor service,’ students claim
(edited from wire reports)
dorm STUDENTS PETITION
SAGA
A petition bearing 262 names
of resident students was delivered
to SAGA Food Service officials
last Thursday by a student who
“felt some improvements to the
food service operation were badly
needed.”
The student, Paul Phillips, a
senior, expressed concern not over
the food this year as much as the
overall operation of the service. “1
got the names in a little over an
hour in the dorms. Most of the
students agreed with me that
Some improvements were
needed.”
The petition read as follows:
“We the undersigned, resident
students of the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte,
request the manager of Saga Food
and the director of auxiliary
services consider and take
immediate action on the following
request: (1) That both service
lines be open during breakfast. (2)
That stepts (sic) be taken to speed
up the service lines. (3) That
supper be served from 4:30 untill
(sic) 6:30 p.m. (4) That complete
menues be publicly posted 48
hours in advance. (5) That greater
care be taken in the washing of
silverware. (6) Tliat an open
hearing be held to discuss these or
the
any other request that
resident students may have.”
Because, of deadlines, no
comments from SAGA or Donald
McKay, Director of Auxiliary
Services, were obtained; however,
action on this petition will be
followed in forthcoming issues of
the Journal.
Rowe gallery
opens big
4,676 of us
Juniors biggest
The Registrar’s Office has
! '■^ported the official Fall
' 'Enrollment for UNCC as 4,676
Students. Undergraduates
'-n'liprise 4,176 of the total figure
"''Hi 500 graduate students
'^'^nnding out the enrollment.
. Juniors are the largest
"dividual class with 1,381;
^"Phomorcs edge out freshmen
'E'' second largest class
size
(950-945); seniors compose the
smallest group of the year
although it is the largest senior
class ever at UNCC, 724. A total
of 176 special students and
visitors to the campus complete
the enrollment figure.
Men outnumber the women as
in years past, 2,700-1,976. The
new freshmen (735) and transfers
(821) have swelled the student
population by 1,556 new faces.
Students are attending UNCC
from 28 states and Puerto Rico
and from nine foreign couiTtries.
The first art exhibit in the new
Rowe Creative Arts Building at
the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte will open at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 19, in the main
gallery.
Titled, “From a North Carolina
Collection,” it has been loaned by
the owners.
The eclectic show has been
chosen by members of the art
faculty at UNCC.
Featured are two Rembrandt
prints, a Picasso print, a Constable
painting and drawing, and a
\Vliistler etching.
The gallery will be open from 2
to 5 p.m. Sundays througli
Fridays. The public is invited to
the opening and to the gallery
during open hours.
WASHINGTON — Congress
faces a backlog of 39 major
legislative items and five
appropriation measures as it
returns to work. House Minority
Leader Gerald Ford (R-Mich.)
stated, “While time marches.
Congress crawls.”
President Nixon’s economic
package heads the list of pressing
business. Three measures needing
Congressional attention are: (I)
repeal of the ten percent auto
excise tax, (2) increased personal
income tax exemptions to $700
starting next year instead of in
1973, and (3) a ten percent job
development tax credit for one
year and five percent thereafter to
encourage industrial development
and more jobs.
Also a priority item is
reactivation of the draft until
mid-1973. Nixon’s draft phase-out
plan was passed by the House and
awaits Senate approval. The
Mansfield amendment requiring
•American troops to leave Vietnam
within nine months now reads as a
“sense of the Congress” resolution
that the troops be withdrawn as
soon as possible — language that
may displease the Senate,
although it won House approval
on a 298-104 roll-call vote.
Other measures Congress must
tackle include:
Higher Education: Nixon’s
proposed legislation to re-focus
college aid toward low-income
students passed the Senate in
modified form and is up for
House consideration. A proposed
National Foundation for Higher
Education has not been
considered.
Environment: The
Administration’s 18-bill plan has
yet to reach the floor of either
house in any form. This package
includes a sulfur-emissions tax,
ococean dumpii)g regulations, and
a land use policy act.
Drugs; For Nixon’s “war on
crime,” money is needed. This
$155 million program would
include setting up a special action
office for drug abuse prevention
in the White House.
Government Reorganization:
The planned regrouping of federal
agencies into functional lines is far
down Congress’ priority list. This
will be the hardest to get through
Congress this session.
Welfare Reform: The so-called
Family Assistance Plan passed the
House in June and has further
Senate hearings scheduled. FAP
would not begin until 1973 even
if passed this year due to the new
economic policy.
Those five appropriations bills,
totalling more than $80 billion,
are the final portion of funding
for fiscal year 1972 — now into
its third month. The bills break
down to the following amounts:
Defense Department, $73.3 billion
District of Columbia, 0.9 billion
Foreign Assistance, 3.6 billion
Military Construction, 2.3 billion
Public Works, 4.6 billion
All in all, the Congress has
plenty to keep it busy for at least
another decade or two.
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