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cover photo by john baynard
volume ix, number 16, January 22, 1974
Legislature Refuses to
Rule on BSU - SUB Battle
After welcoming the student
legislators back from Christmas
vacation, Richard Butterfield
began his presidential report by
citing several goals to be achieved,
hopefully, by the members of the
legislature before their terms end
the spring. A system of
information concerning
admissions available to new
students to the campus, a
constitutional review and rewrite,
an effective system of financial
management within the SBG, a
l^aplacement for the Fees
Commission, a method of
streamlining the electoral process
atUNCC, proposed guidelines for
the Student Superior Court and
Cl General and the
election Board, and the role of
the SBG in relation to the senate,
ma Student Media Board, and
tudent Union Board are among
hose which constitute the
Ptojected accomplishments of the
student fegislature. Butterfield
mentioned his presence at a
Board of Trustees meeting where
the recent price hikes in such
categories as traffic & parking fees
and health fees were decided
upon. Butterfield said that the
explanation -gtA/^n for these
additional expenses was the need
for monies to finance student
parking lots.
Jack Dunne submitted his
vice-presidential report which
included mention of the vacancy
in the position of Election Board
Chairperson being filled by Robin
Greenwald and the reception of a
letter from one of The Journal's
editors, Mike Aldridge, concerning
the poor quality of maintenance
existing at the University.
Following, a petition was
presented to the legislature by
Terry Fulbright requesting
inclusion of twelve constitutional
amendments on the ballot of the
spring elections to be voted upon
by the students. The petition wa
signed by over four hundred
persons, thus making it
constitutionally valid. The
constitutional amendments will
now go to the Elections Board for
final decision.
A second petition was
submitted by the Executive
Committee of the BSU which
consisted of three articles, the
first being that one black band be
contracted to perform during the
week of UNCC Homecoming
festivities or money be allotted to
the BSU for the purpose of
securing a band. The second
article Is a result of a precedent
set in 1969, where the first
runner-up for the title of
Homecoming Queen during the
weekly festivities, and calls for the
runner-up In this year's
Homecoming Court to be
permitted this privilege also. The
third article requests revocation of
the charter of the 49er Festival
Committee if the legislators fail to
vote upon these issues.
Ranay Canedy of the SUB was
present for explanations of
committee and SUB activities
dealing with the contracting of a
band. Tensions bubbled directly
below the surface and may have
come to a point of no return if
vice-president Dunne had not
reminded those persons present at
the meeting that similar ground
had been covered many times
previous, and the legislature was
not going to make a ruling, thus
leaving the last alternative of
revocation of the committee
charter to the discretion of the
BSU Executive Committee.
No standing committee reports
were given, except a word from
the chairman of the Orientation
Commission, David Brown,
mentioning the continuing
recrutment of members of the
74-75 Orientation Commission.
During new business two
motions were tabled to the Ways
and Means Committee concerning
a legislature commendation of the
49er Festival Committee and a
thorough investigation of UNCC
by rita mccloskey-
parking lot facilities. Tabled to
the Rules Committee for
formulation into a constitutional
amendment was a motion by Bob
Hardee initiating the
establishment of a committee to
Investigate the "energy crisis".
The last motion presented was a
motion by Dennis Hall was tabled
to the Judicial Committee
subsequent to the defeat of a
motion for imme'diate
consideration on the matter. The
motion requested a revision of
two words in the major spring
election section of the Election
Code, substituting the preposition
"by" for the word "during", in
each case. If the motion is passed
when it proceeds out of
committee the two sentences will
read, * "Election to be held by
the second week of March," and
** "Election to be held by the
second week of April".
A motion for adjournment was
made and seconded and the
legislators did so at 12:45.