page two/the journal/october 18, 1971
Charges made
To the Editor:
The following letter has been
submitted to Mr. Stan Patterson,
President of SGA and the other
members of the executive
committee of the SGA.
“I hereby contest the SGA
election of September 30/October
1, for Moore Hall President, and
request a revote as soon as
possible, in order to clear up this
matter without further delay. My
reasons are as follows:
“The Elections Committee is
guilty of violating the following
Election Regulations:
(1) Section A, Nominations.
Part 1: In violation of this
regulation, I was forced to
fill out a blank sheet of
paper instead of the legal
nomination form. (There
were no nomination forms
available at the nominations
desk in the Student Union
when I placed myslef in
nomination on Wednesday,
September 22, 1971, at
approximately 2:15 P.M.)
(2) Section A, Nominations.
Part 1: In violation of this
regulation, neither I, nor
any other candidate, was
required or even asked to
sign any form stating that
we would obey any Election
Regulations, following the
discussion of these
Regulations with Mr. David
Lazenby on Thursday,
September 23, 1971.
(3) Section A, Nominations.
Part 3: In violation of this
regulation, 1 was not
notified by any member of
the Election Committee
(nor anyone!) as to whether
or not I was approved as a
candidate.
(4) Section B, Voter
Qualifications. Parts 1 and
2: I have personal
knowledge of; at least one
student who was flatly
denied the right to vote;
and, at least one student
who was allowed to vote for
candidates from a class of
which he was not a member,
due to errors in the
computer printouts used in
identifying students. These
facts lead me to believe that
there is a certain possibility
of other grave errors in the
computer printouts which
have not yet come to light.
(5) Section C, Polling
Procedures. Part 9: In
violation of this regulation,
the Dorm polls were closed
at 1:00 P.M. on Friday,
October 1, 1971. Since
there was a sign in front of
the Dorms during the Sept.
306Oct. 1 voting days, (1
have a picture of this sign!),
informing all resudent
students of the timew which
the polls would be open, 1
must assume that these were
the times approved by the
Student. Legislature. We
were informed that the polls
would be open from 11:30
A.m. until 1:00 P.M. and
from 4:30 P.M. until 6:15
P.M. on both Thursday,
Sept. 30, and Friday, Oct.
1, 1971. However, the polls
did not reopen on Friday,
Oct. 1, at 4:30 O.M. I
personally know of
numerous people who,
because of this action, were
not allowed to vote. A
projection of the number of
votes which would have
been cast at this time, based
on the number of votes cast
during the three previous
polling times, is clearly an
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statements and good taste.
won’t have Duncan to kick
around in the press anymore.
But next time, put one lonely
reporter on the campaign to
report what each candidate says
now and then.
Sincerely,
Dean F. Duncan, III
* P.S. In six years, I would like to
say that I will neither seek nor
accept
amount sufficient to swing
the election in the opposite
direction.
(6) Section F, Ballot Counting.
Part 2: In violation of this
regulation, I was not
informed of my privilege of
sending one representative
to witness the ballot
counting, nor was I given
any advance notice of the
time and location of the
ballot counting.
(7) Publicity Rules and
Regulations; Restrictions of
Publicity. Section 4,
Placement: My opponent is
guilty of having violated this
regulation by using the
inside walls of the Dorms
and the side of the Dorm
Cafeteria for publicity
purposes during his
campaign. When Mr.
Lazenby spoke to the
candidates on Thursday,
September 23, he promised
us that these Publicity
Regulations would be
enforced by the Elections
Committee. The Elections
Committee did not.
“I have evidence to support,
without question, all of the above
charges that 1 have made.
“The intent of this letter is not
to ridicule or place blame on
either Mr. Lazen% or Ms. Earle; 1
am sure that they both worked
very hard in the performance of
their duties. However, I stand firm
in my belief that the legality of
the Student Legislature as
presently constituted must stand
publicly in question until a valid
election has been held. I am sure
that you are aware that the
student voter feeling of efficacy
concerning the SGA is at a very
low ebb at the present. I should
hope that you will make every
effort to improve this situation.”
Sincerely,
Charles Herndon
So long. Dean
To the Editor:
I would like to thank all the
people who voted for me in the
election. 1 will be eternally
grateful to them.
One last thing. People say what
about the past. They say what
about losing the election for
Sanskrit Business Manager and
losing the SGA Vice-Presidential
race. 1 did not win. I have no hard
feelings against anybody — against
my opponent and, least of all, the
students of UNCC. 1 got my
message through in the two
weeks. Nevertheless, it’s the
people’s choice.
I think that it’s time, though,
that our great newspaper had the
same objectivity — the same
fullness of coverage for each
candidate.
I leave you gentlemen now,
and as I leave, 1 want you to know
what you will be missing. You
from Sanskrit
To the Arts Editor:
This is not an attempt to
disparage in any way the
doubtless sincere effort of your
review of Sanskrit. However,
being a rather oddly eccentric lot
at best myself, I feel compelled to
pose a few pertinent questions.
Would someone please tell me
why a contributor to Sanskrit was
allowed to review the issue? Also,
the significance of Dobson’s age
escapes me — transpose 18 and
he’d be 81 — would that make
him a better editor?
May I suggest, as a precaution
against charges of favoritism and
familiarity, that the next issue of
the Sanskrit be judged by the
employees of the City Sanitation
Department, who should be
eminently qualified. Perhaps the
head of said department would,
consent to review it for the (
Journal.
And Besides, what $25.00?
Susanne Dean
Being a notoriously eccentric
myself (thank god), I feel
compelled to reply to your few
pertinent questions. 1) As a minor
contributor to Sanskrit, I felt that
I could give it a fair (and perhaps
too kind) review. In addition, I
couldn’t find anyone else. Could
you suggest a more impartial
reviewer for the next issue? The
employees of the City Sanitation
Department probably saw too
much of the last issue to be
objective.
2) The significance of Dobson’s
age escapes me too. Only someone
in the last stages of paranoia
would react negatively to the
presentation of such a fact. After
all, Michael Dobson is, at
eighteen, the editor of a campus
publication. That is simply all I
said. Does that make him a better
editor? Hell, I don’t know — do
you? jay eaker
(LETTERS, continued,
page II.)
Election
bulletin
The SGA announced late
Friday, Oct. 15, that the Run-Off
Election will be held Wednesday
(Oct. 20) and Thursday (Oct. 21).
Bob Anderson and Aubrey
Hilliard will compete for Business
Administration Representative,
while Sally Garr and Annie
Howell are up for Sanford Hall
President.
The student body at-large will
be asked to vote for a
representative to the Publications
Board in a previously
unannounced election.
Nominating dates and procedures,
along with polling times, were not
given the Journal by the SGA.
—The Editor
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"at the last taculty meeting on Octobbt 6, Tlley
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names and games... students will no doubt be left out of naming the
new dorm when it’s completed, much the way their input in past
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benefactors and contributors to its progress. Actually, it has little to
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