D.I.C,
Orientation great-
for seniors
his year's freshman orientation
iram was a great one- for seniors,
hat seems to be the majority view
iterviewed freshman who managed
overcome their apathy of the
ect (UNCC seems to be a hotbed of
ent opinion).
■or most, being roused out of bed
ht and early after our first big night
ollege- college -we're - finally - at -
ege -let's raise -hell was traumatic
ugh without adding, the additional
ma qf‘trying to find the gym and
idering 'what was going to happen
'ou when you got there. Here came
freshman's first lesson - follow lines
pray.
Dnce at the scene we were handed
in cards with strange names and
lerafs and herded inside. We were
eted with bright smiles and
coming speeches. Which, all admit,
e effective. At least we knew that
were in the right place.
Then we were broken up into small
ups, told to get acquainted, and left
ie, only to grin nervously at each
er and wonder if this was some kind
m encounter group.
Eventually the orientation
inselors arrived, with clean shiny
es, a decidedly upperclassman
tude about them, and arms loaded
wn with all the pamphlets a
freshman needed in order to get a good
start in this new life. Not to mention
the gummed name tags to insure that if
the freshman forgot his name in all the
confusion all he had to do was look at
his chest (effective only for those who
were bright enough to stick them on
upside down. If not, no one noticed
anyway.)
We were soon dragged off to
seminar rooms, where we had seme
games devised to amuse us and help us
get acquainted.
First, we walked around asking
people if perhaps they had the same
major, birth month, numbers of
brothers and sisters, and hobbies as we
did. If you didn't meet anyone who
did, you were prone to ask yourself
certain fundamental questions of life,
or say that it was all screwed and hope
that the next game was more
interesting.
It was. We had to get together with
one person, write down the five nouns
best describing ourselves, and
psychoanalyze each other.
All of this led up to an informal
discussion with our O.C., and later a
faculty advisor. They answered all our
questions as well as they knew how,
which in some cases. If your O.C. is a
nursing major and the advisor was an
engineer while you planned on a career
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in witchcraft, wasn't very far.
"The O.C.'s answered my questions
and all that just fine," said one
freshman. "I really fe't dumb when I
came here, thrown in with a bunch of
people I didn't know and felt very
uncomfortable with. Then I was told
to do those stupid games that were so
embarrassing. I didn't feel comfortable
and .1 felt like it didn't help me at all."
Most freshman interviewed felt that
they got to know people through the
program, even though most remember
being too wound up to enter into the
program with the amusement it
obviously required.
One freshman felt that the O.C.'s
were a lot of help with the questions
that arose, and said,
"It's a good idea if you stick with
orientation groups and questions and
dispense with the games."
One simply said it was a pile of shit
As time marches incessantly
forward, freshmen will be able to look
back upon their fear and ignorance afid
laugh.
Until then, it's comforting to see' a
familiar face and say "You! The kid
who described herself as girl, before
everthing else! What's happening? What
do you mean, where do I know you
from?"
journal photo/max street
A flotilla of ducks cruise the lake. They could be labeled
an endangered species here. Seems lots of people are trying to
get rid of them. Let's hope they stay.
SBG President Stan Patterson is
ding a drive by student body
»sidents of state colleges to
sorporate statements of student
hts into the set of regulations
rerning all state schools.
Patterson met this weekend with
mbers of the Board of Governors to
esent -suggested revisions to the
rmer Code of the Consolidated
iversity, which is being rewritten to
3ly to all 16 state-supported schools.
The .student body presidents are
jing that the state universities not
)itrate [student morals or enforce
:ietal norms. They will also try to
avince the Board to end university
licies of in loco parentis and to
;ognize students as legal adults and
izens.
A uniform bill of student rights will
o be presented, which will affirm the
eedoms of speech, press, and
lembly; the rights of students to
iend the lectures of their choice;
mplete freedom of speech for any
est speakers on campus; protection
ainst illegal search and seizure in
armitories; and student
aresentation in ail University px)licy
cisions.
Cooperative efforts among the 16
hools for publications contracts,
tertaingient, class rings, books, and
her supplies will be suggested. If this
oposal is accepted, the presidents
lieve, student fees and expenses may
icrease.
Other proposals include student
irticipation in decisions relating to
-by Sharon deck
residence hall regulations; a concerted
effort to hold down tuition and fees;
and increased availability and openness
of student records.
Since the Board of Governors has
just been formed and is not bound by
tradition, the student body presidents
hope that the members will be more
amenable to the inclusion of student
rights in the new Code.
Patterson is leading the effort
because he is the only student body
president to have had more than one
term in office. In the past, student
efforts have met with limited success
because by the time a president learned
the ropes, his term had ended.
Patterson hopes that the 16 schools
will form their own single organization
to represent them and to provide
continuity. The cost of such an
organization would be borne by the
students, but the cost would probably
not be more than 50 cents a semester.
Patterson believes that policy changes
could save the students much more
than would be spent on the
organization.
UNCC has less to gain from a
Uniterm set of policies than other
schools have, Patterson said, because
UNCC students already have many of
the rights that the Board is being urged
to include in the Code. But Patterson
believes that student rights and
university policies will be easier to
uphold when local administrators are
not quite as free to make policies that
differ from school to school.
M
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YDC starts to move
The first organizational meeting of
the Young Democrats Club began
smoothly. Kenny Johnson was duly
elected president and Cindy
Shoemaker was selected first
vice-president. In both races there were
no other nominees. When no one was
nominated as second vice-president,
president Johnson explained that the
"person who was supposed to
nominate the second vice president"
had failed to attend the meeting.
President Johnson went on to
explain that in keeping with the
guidelines established by the McGovern
Commision he wished to have an equal
number of blacks and women
represented. He then selected Arcie
Boyton, the only black to attend the
meeting, as second vice-president.
Further selections were Jane Lanigan
as secretary and Nick Karagius as
treasurer. According to Johnson they
were selected because of their desire to
work for the YDC.
Opposition to the selections was
voiced by ^Stan Shotkus. Shotkus
pointed out that he was unfamiliar
with most of the people attending the
meeting. Shotkus suggested that the
selections should be postponed until
the members could become better
acquainted. Johnson told the Journal
following the meeting that he
considered the selections to be
temporary and that he would set a date
for the election of permanent officers.
State iRepresentative Jim Beatty
addressed the meeting. He asked that
the YDC not ignore the local races.
Other candidates were given last
minute invitations to attend by '^Dr.
George Abernathy but only Beatty
came. Liz Hair, candidate for county
by ken dye
commision sent Betty Chafin as her
proxy. Ms. Chafin said that Ms. Hair
could not attend because of prior
commitments.
The meeting aHjourned after
selecting committees for the election
of Democratic candidates on the state
and national levels. The turn-out was
generally goody with 30 to 40 people at
the meeting. A constitution will now
be submitted to the State YDC and to
the student legislature for charter,
On the day following the meeting
Johnson approached the Journal
concerning its coverage of the meeting.
He pointed out that he was not
interested in influencing the Journal
but that he felt that the YDC "did not
need any bad publicity. He was right,* it
wasn't necessary.
Fall celebration week
m
The Student Union Board is
presenting Fall Celebration Week
September 17th through September
22nd.
Sunday night, September 17, Fall
Celebration will begin with the Nitty
Gritty Dirt Band in concert at the
UNCC gymnasium at 9:00 p.m. Tickets
are now on sale in Denny (C) building,
the University Center and the
Residence Hall Cafeteria - $1,50 with a
student I.D. and $2.50 for the general
public. Tickets are $3.00 at the door.
Monday, Septemner 18, the Acme
Dance Company will begin a three day
stay on campus, which will include
workshops and demonstrations.
Wednesday night there will be a
presentation in Rowe Building- $1.00
with I.D. and $2.00 for the general
public.
Tuesday night, at 8:30 p.m. in
the Parquet Room, Dick Gregory, well
know lecturer and social commentator,
will speak. No admission will be
charged.
Fall Celebration will - conclude with
a concert by the New York Rock
Ensemble with a special guest
appearance by Leo Kottke, well known
classical country guiatarist. Admission
for students is $1.00. The concert will
be held in the gym Friday, September
22, at 9:00.
volume viii,
number 3,
September 12, 1972
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