Student Media Approves Barnes As
Darkroom Coordinator
Student Media Board held
two meetings this past week in
an attempt to solve some of the
pressing problems within the
media. The status of WVFN
obtaining FM was a major topic
of discussion at both meetings.
Ben Barnes was approved as
the Darkroom Coordinator.
Barnes also drew up a list of
darkroom guidelines which
included such things as the
cleanliness of the room, the
requirements and duties of the
darkroom coordinator and the
allotment of equipment. Dick
Wyzanski moved that Ben
Barnes be accepted as darkroom
coordinator and the guidelines
be accepted including the $100
per semester salary. The Board
also moved to allow the
darkroom to have $300 from
the Media Board budget. The
motion unanimously passed.
Joe McCorkle of Sanskrit
asked the Board if he could
place two persons in technical
positions on a salary at $150
each. McCorkle also announced
that the lay-out editor had
become the assistant editor
because the members of the
Sanskrit staff felt that one
person could not do a truly
creative job of layout. Wyzanski
moved that the salaried
positions be accepted and the
Board unanimously agreed.
In the Media Reports, Bill
Keith of Rogues 'n Rascals told
the Board of the Importance of
his recent trip to Texas, and
announced that Craig Berry won
the bicycle given away for
people having had their pictures
taken. The Journal report, by
Michael Evans, announced the
addition of a new arts editor,
Phil Cutrell, following the
resignation of Salamander East.
McCorkle provided the
Sankrit report. He said that final
selections have been made for
the fall semester issue. Layout
began the week of October 28.
The magazine should go to the
press the week of November 3.
Wyzanski told the Board
that the ten-watt proposal
would go to the Chancellor
within the next week or two (it
is now known that the proposal
will be on the Chancellor's desk
on Monday afternoon.) He
added that 5,186 students
would be reached as a result of
FM. Wyzanski reported on his
meeting with the Finance
Committee of Legislature. He
said that FM would have to
come now instead of waiting
until next year because there is
only one frequency remaining.
Wyzanski explained that the
Broadcasting course was
originally for all interested
people. However, Dr. Smith
decided to limit the class to 15
paying and 15 non-paying
students. Continuing Education
as well as WVFN was caught in
the middle of the problem.
In the special meeting held
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later in the week, Wyzanski
presented the Board with an
informal proposition. He stated
that the ten-watt FM package
would be financially sufficient if
$1754.92 could be raised for
Student Legislature. He
requested that the Media Board
set aside a small amount for
WVFN's use. The Board decided
to wait until the proposition
had gone through legislature
since the Board's funds are not
large.
Betty Chafin moved that
IStudent Media Board go on
record as strongly supporting
the WVFN bid to get 10-watt
FM. Joe McCorkle seconded the
motion and the Board passed it
unanimously.
ilOURKitL
Volume 10, Number 10
Charlotte, N.C.
November 6,1974
Val Gray Ward-Revamping Art
Those people who went to
the auditorium in the Rowe
Arts Building Monday October
28 at 7:30 p.m. thinking that
Val Gray Ward was just another
lecturer were extremely
mistaken. Sister Val Ward, a
native of Mourd Bayou,
Mississippi, founder and
currently director of the
Kuumba Workshop[ in Chicago,
delivered her message through
poetry and song.
The program, presented by
the UNCC Black Studies
Department and the College of
Humanities, opened with
Cynthia Bennett singing "He
Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother".
She was followed by the UNCC
Black Gospel Choir who sang
"You Can't Compete with
God", "I told Jesus it Would Be
Alright if He Changed my
Name", and "Teach me. Master,
Teach me".
Instead of coming from
back stage to deliver her
presentation, Val Ward came
from the audience. She began
by singing about how strong
love can be between a man and
a woman. The mood was then
set by Mary Harper singing a
few lines from "Sometimes I
Feel Like a Motherless Child"
(also from the audience).
Sister Ward's presentation
centered around Black
Liberation. She believes that
"the only way to be liberated is
to liberate ourselves". Black
people must stop acting out
white images of them and gain
individual identity. She stressed
the fact that black people must
help themselves and they must
realize that they are black and
should be proud of it. Vat Ward
told her audience that black
people have an oral history. The
best way for black people to
learn about their background is
from their grandparents who are
still alive. Their knowledge is
very valuable to black culture.
Val showed that "black art
is black life". The poetry that
she dramatized depicted all the
struggles that black people have
faced and will continue to face.
The poems told about
"Luuuuuuuv" and how deep
love can be. A poem called
"Speak the Truth to the
People" written by her husband
Francis Ward, was geared
towards the younger people in
the audience. It explained how
it was up to them to shape the
future of the black people. Val
performed an excerpt from the
Life of Harriet Tubman, also
written by her husband, after
which she was given a standing
ovation. She was accompanied
by Michael Martin, on the
congas, for several poems.
Val Ward now lives in
Chicago with her husband and
five children. The Kuumba
WDrkshop is a drama workshop
that she organized expressly for
those concerned with Black
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Liberation and with black arts.
She has appeared in several
movies, plays, on television and
radio.
Even though she was having
trouble with her sinuses, Val
Gray Ward's performance was
beautiful. She left her audience
with a new realization of what it
was like to be black years ago,
and of what it is like to be black
today.
Hendricks To Present Bill
For Stndents Rights
I he Presidential Cabinet
attends a weekly meeting with
various merr^bers from the
Student Affairs Office, i.e.
Dennis Rash, Betty Chafin,
Louis Moelchert, to provide
direct student input into
university administration. The
October 31st meeting was
convened to discuss a model bill
of students' rights at colleges
and universities in North
Carolina written by Ed
Hendricks, student body
president of UNCC, and Tom
Fenton of Lenoir Rhyne. In
approximately one week Mr.
Hendricks will attend a
Students' Rights Conference in
New York City to present the
model bill.
Some of the sections
include the confidentiality of all
student records with the entry
of any non-academic records
being expressly prohibited. The
student press is to be declared
free of censorship from without
and through proposed section
35, there shall exist student
participation in the formulation
of school policy which is to
include tenure matters. On the
business of college housing, the
relationship between the dorm
residents and the institution is
defined as that of landlord and
tenant, thus making withdrawal
from the lease by the student
acceptable. The reporting of
grades will be reported to the
student to an address which he
appoints and the receipt of a
degree shall not be denied the
student should he be convicted
of a misconduct if he has
completed the academic
requirements necessary for the
degree.
Also reviewed at the
Cabinet meeting were the
possible avenues for finances
available to \WFN for their
completion of installation of the
FM equipment. Since the
legislators expressed their
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opinions on the matter by
voting to table the WVFN
budget, there was a suggestion
to a p proach the Fees
Commission on the possible
allocation of a portion of the
buffer of $6000 which was
allowed for the 1974-75 fiscal
year. It was reported that the
buffer monies have already been
allocated and/or spent, but it is
not known to what or whom
the finances have gone. It was
requested that Mr. Hendricks, as
president of the student body,
call a meeting of the Fees
Commission to determine the
feasible allocations to WVFN.