$2100 allocated
Women,
writing:
Right on
by Charlie peek
The writing of “The Portrait
of the Artist as a Young
Ionian” is a subject new to
^ost of the literary world
including young won\en. But
lliere are a few revolutionary
niinded individuals who are
exploring its prospects; among
liiem Ms. Bertha Harris, UNCC
English instructor and author.
One note here; Ms. Harris
advises that the “Ms.” does not
stand for “manuscript.”
Ms. Harris traveled to
Wesleyan University November
17 and 18 to read from her
"'orks, notably her soon-to-be
published book “Confessions of
Eherubino,” and to lecture on
the place of the liberated
u^oman in the literary world.
The speech, she said,
^fintered around the emergence
a new art form from the
free woman.
She said that Wesleyan
University was a coeducational
school with women still in the
Minority. It’s an expensive
School with a strong women’s
studies program, she said.
She mentioned however that
^he students “seemed very
tame” with “no creative
tension.”
SGA creates abortion
loan fnnd
Journal photo/bartholomew
TERRY SLOAN taps one through, a helping hand to a
romping opener over Tusculum, 106-63. The 49ers tailspinned
after that though, dropping to a 1-2 record. Stories are on page
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When asked whether the
new form of feminist writing
would form a dichotomy
between the literary worlds of
the sexes, she said, “We write
out of who we are. This will
make another way of writing, a
new way of using the language.
All this will necessarily have an
effect on men’s writing.”
But as to whether writers
will be delineated as to their
being male or female, she said
she couldn’t foresee the results
as yet.
Ms. Harris stressed again the
revamping of our use of the
language coming from the
feminist view. There will be a
difference, she said, “even in
the way we construct
sentences. The whole business
of the subject’s domination of
the object could change.”
She said that there were “a
few” works out now by
feminist writers that were
explorations of a new art
form rather than just
propaganda.
The Journal asked the
author what it took for a
woman to become a liberated
writer or even a liberated
woman in general.
by Charlie peek
The Student Legislature, by
a vote of 14-8, Monday passed
a motion establishing a
committee to work out the
details of a Student Abortion
Loan Fund. The committee was
allocated $2100 of the SGA’s
funds but was advised not to
spend any of it.
In another action, the
cheerleaders were allocated
$250, in addition to their
regular budget, to finance
“49er Day” activities in the
Cahrlotte area.
Frequently becoming bogged
in lengthy debate and
explanations, the motion for
the Abortion Loan Fund went
from the Ways and Means
Committee to the Finance
Committee and on to the floor
of the assembly in an attempt
to act on it before the
semester break.
A motion was passed to
waive the rule that all SGA
allocations be itemized before
any allocation could be made.
It was stated by Finance
Committee Chairman Phil
Nesbitt that such itemization
could not realistically take
place.
The rule was waived but,
due to an extra last-minute
amendment, the committee was
prevented from having
jurisdiction to spend the money
pending approval by the
legislative body.
The entire motion read as
follows: “Be it so moved that
we, the members of the
Student Legislature of UNCC
hereby allocate $2100 to be
used for the establishment of a
Student Abortion Loan Fund.
“We further move that the
provisions and stipulations of
the fund be as follows:
1) A seven-member
committee, to be called the
Student Abortion Loan Fund
Committee, will be formed to
investigate the legal aspects as
well as other specifics of the
program, such as administration
of the loans. The members of
this committee must be
approved by the Legislature.
2) Any student duly
enrolled at UNCC is eligible to
apply for and receive a loan
provided he or she is eighteen
years of age or older.
3) The person who is to
receive the abortion must also
be at least eighteen years old
and must submit a positive
pregnancy test to the person or
persons charged with the
transaction of the loans. After
the abortion is performed, the
woman who received the
abortion must also submit a
complete copy of her hospital
and doctor’s bills to the
administrator of the loans
before, the first monthly
payment is due.
4) A maximum of three
hundred dollars is to be placed
on each loan with no enforced
minimum. Monthly payments
will be made, with the amount
of these payments set by the
Student Abortion Loan Fund
Committee. These monthly
payments will be consistent for
all borrowers regardless of the
amount of the individual’s loan.
5) The person to whom the
loan ' is made must sign a
promissory note. This action
thus furnishes the Legislature
with a legal means by which it
may recover the loaned money
in the event the borrowing
party should refuse to repay.
6) Final plans will be
submitted to the Legislature for
review and final approval of
the entire program before any
loans will be made.”
Nesbitt emphasized that the
Abortion Loan program would
have to be incorporated to
protect the school and the
legislators from legal action in
the event of malpractice.
The committee, to be
appointed by the SGA
president, will begin setting up
a working organization to be
advised by a lawyer, a doctor
and perhaps a clergyman, said
Nesbitt.
The cheerleaders won their
request for a $250 allocation
but lost a bid to reapportion
some of their travel expenses
into the “49er Day” fund.
They had asked .that, since
they were not able to make
the trip to Clarkesville, Tenn.
for the Austin Peay game, that
$150 of that money be used
for “49er Day”.
According to Kenneth
Foster, the “49er Festival
Week” (Jan. 16-27) will include
a sports car rally, an exhibit, a
bonfire pep rally, a concert
and a parade through
downtown Charlotte.
Patterson, in his report to
the assembly, said that plans
were underway for the SGA to
take control of the space
presently occupied by the
bookstore in addition to their
present offices.
Commenting on his veto of
the Rogues ’n Rascals
allocation request, Patterson
said that their report of the
amount of money left in the
Publications Board account was
incorrect.
“They should go through
the proper channels next time,”
he said.
journal
interview
“It’s very frightening because
you’re rejecting things you’ve
lived with all of your life. It’s
like being in totally uncharted
country. You’ve got to have
consistant support.
‘‘It’s an enormously
exhilirating experience. There’s
a revolution in your head just
as violent and extraordinary as
any revolution, including all
that the term implies.
“You also have to keep
from falling back into the old
patterns. The consciousness
raising groups are to keep from
doing this. Eventually, you find
out that there’s nothing wrong
with you (by wanting to be
liberated).”
Mentioning the groups of
feminists in New York whom
we visited during her stay,
among them the celebrated
activist Kate Millet, who said,
“It was exciting. They are so
together, but there’s still an
incredible warmth, openness
and happiness. They give
constant support to each
other.”
“I saw the possibilities of
what this (the movement)
could mean to the human
race,” she said.
Ms. Harris also discussed her
book, ‘‘Confessions of
Cherubino” which she said was
due to be published “in late
January or the first of
February.”
“It’s a loosely structured
book, basically concerned with
Mozart’s opera “The Marriage
of Figaro,” mostly the
character of Cherubino.”
“I’m trying to reflect the
music of the opera in the
writing style,” she said. “I’m
not sure whether I made it or
not.”
The book takes place in
“unspecified” Southern territory
and on the beaches of Long
Island. The time period is
“generally the present.”
The book was written
“unfortunately,” she said,
before her liberated days.
“It’s a vision of what a
(non-Iiberated) woman’s life is,”
she said.
Ms. Harris is now working
on another novel and in the
process “trying to wipe-out the
old style and trying to bring in
the changes reflective in me.”
Extra
THE SGA has announced
that A, B, C, and L Buildings
will be open 24-hours per day,
starting Decenfter 8, until the
last day of exams. SGA
Vice-President Ed Wayson
obtained the extra hours so
that study areas would be
available.
Study rooms
Applications for Private
Studies for assignment for
Spring, 1972 will be available
at the Circulation Desk
beginning December 6, 1971.
All applications must be
submitted to the Librarian’s
Office (Room 215) by
December 15, 1971, for
assignment during the Spring
semester.
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detember 9, 1971