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The president of the student body was not present at the legislature
meeting of January the 21st, so no presidential report was submitted.
Jack Dunne, the vice-president, did submit a written report which
included mention that' a new representative is needed from the
legislature to serve on the Fees Commission, a date will be announced
as to when the study report of SBG's financial procedures by the
Financial Services' is due, and the exception of one, to attend the
National Entertainment Conference in preparation for the 74-75
academic year.
Jane Sigmon, Chairperson of the Ways and Means Committee,
submitted a report of the meeting of January 18th citing Investigations
into: admissions information to be used as an insert in the application
form of UNCC, the possibility of a gravel path behind the University
Center in response to a letter from Journal editor, Mike Aldridge, and
legal aid available on campus established through Peer Counseling.
During new business a motion was made to inquire about the
regulations at Chapel Hill concerning the cost of parking stickers and
the rule that freshman are not permitted cars on campus. Two motions
out of committee were voted upon and passed by the legislators
officially recognizing Randy Myers as the new treasurer of the student
body and Robin Greenwald as the new Elections Board Chairperson.
The Judicial Committee report of January 16th was submitted by
Chairman Dennis Hall and the motion discussed at that meeting was
brought upon the floor and passed, causing the major spring election
section of the Election Code to read,"...election to be held by the
second week of March,...election to be held by the second week of
April."
Chairperson Debbie Maynard submitted the report of the meeting of
the Finance Committee from which two motions originated. Allocated
to the financial service budget was the sum of $262.00 to be placed
into salaries to match work study accounts. At the present time no
action has been taken on the following budgets as there were no
representatives present at the Finance Committee meeting from either
of them: Student Volunteers Program Budget and the Foreign
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Language Drama Competition Budget.
No motions came out of the Rules Committee, chaired by "Fish"
Foster, however, after submission of the committee meeting report the
chairman reminded the legislators that those motions, whose passage
would mean a change in the bylaws and which were discussed by the
Rules Committee, would be voted upon by the legislature at the next
meeting.
Denise Somers submitted a report of the 49er Festival Committee
meeting which included discussion of the possibility of a pep rally on
Thursday or Friday of Festival week at 11:30 a.m. in front of the
University Center. The parade, led by the cheerleaders, is scheduled for
Saturday, February 2nd at 12:00 noon. Radio spots have been obtained
from WAYS and WIST and Jay Thomas will act as the Grand Marshall
of the parade.
David Brown, chairman of the Orientation Commission, regretted to
inform the legislature that the proposed new source of income for the
commission was voted down by administration officials, so future
finances must be state funded.
During new business three motions were passed providing for a
report to be written by the Rules Committee dealing with the nature of
the proposed constitutional amendments, a Ways and Means Committee
investigation of the drainage problems surrounding several of the
dorms, and the rescintion of a motion calling for special elections to be
held this month. Two motions moving to allow dorm presidents and
college representatives to the legislature the right, should the situation
arise where they would not be able to perform all of their expected
duties, to appoint a member of their respecitve council to act as official
proxy. These motions were tabled to the Rules Committee. Tabled to
the Ways and Means Committee was a motion to suggest to
administration executives the need for effective signs around campus
publicizing the need for carpooling.
A motion was made and seconded for adjournment which the
legislative assembly did at 12:50 p.m.
Martin says legislature a ^"^waste of time.
refuses to attend meetings
At Monday's legislature
meeting a significant piece of
social drama took place.
Myra Martin, president of
Dorm 72, told the legislature that
her dorm council considered her
presence on the legislature to be a
waste of time, and that she would
no longer attend meetings.
"I waste one and a half to two
hours in here every week, sitting
while people bicker over Robert's
Rules of Order," she told the
body. "I feel this is a waste of my
time. I could be doing things for
my dorm. I don't think this body
is doing anything important, like
fighting the administration and
doing things for students.
"Many problems in the dorm
are handled better by the
residence coordinator and the
residence life office.
"The dorm council voted
unanimously that I not come to
legislature any more and that I
spend my time more wisely."
As Ms. Martin resumed her
seat, vice president Jack Dunne
reminded the body of several
problems it needed to overcome
and several issues it needed to
investigate.
But soon, Ms. Martin came
under attack by legislator Lyndle
Schenck, who asked her why she
never brought dorm problems to
the attention of the legislature.
Ms. Martin said that the
problems that come up in the
dorm are smaller ones not worth
bringing to the attention of the
body, or else they are problems,
such as with the heat in the dorm.
that need immediate action and
cannot afford to be shuffled
around in the legislature
bureaucracy.
Fish Foster supported Myra's
position by making an aniaogy
between the federal and state
governments, asserting that state
problems should not have to be
taken to a federal level to be
solved.
But soon, the typical
legislature bureaucuracy took over
and a debate started as to whether
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Ms. Martin wauld remain
president of Dorm '72 if she.*
resigned from legislature.
Amid assertions that the
legislature is an added feature of
the dorm office and that Ms.
Martin would indeed forfeit her
position, Dunne told the Rules
Committee that they would be
responsible for coming up with a
ruling in the case.
Further details of the meeting
will be available In next week's
Journal.
liOlIRSBAtL
volume ix, number 17, January 29, 1974
The Caroliiva Journal