the Journal
Volume 10, Number 17
Charlotte, North Carolina
January 21, 1975
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ASME obtains
national charter
The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
received their charter from the
National Organization Friday
January 17 in a ceremony at
Gus' 49er. Regional Vice
President Jack Foster presented
the charter.
The ASME Club was
recognized on the UNCC
campus, but would not be
recognized by the National
by susan sluss
Organization until a charter was
obtained.
The ASME is composed of
those people interested in
engineering or are engineers to
exchange information and find
out what's happening in the
engineering field.
Now that the club has
obtained the charter, UN.CCwill
be represented at National and
Regional conferences.
Hall assumes
H vice presidency
Left to right: Mr. Jack W. Foster, Vice-President Region
IV, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME);
Andrew T. Varszegi, Chairman of UNCC Student Section,
ASME; Norman A. Cope, Secretary-Treasurer; W. Gary
Sparks, Vice Chairman
Birnbraven speaks
On January 16, the first of
the spring semester psychology
colloquia was held in the Rowe
Building Recital Hall.
Dr. Jay Birnbrauer,
Professor in the Department of
Psychology at the University of
Western Australia in Nedlands
was the guest speaker.
Dr. Birnbrauer spoke of
advances in self-control
programs used to cure stutterers
and people with weight
problems.
He then discussed using
similar applications to help
deliquent adolescent girls. By
using the self observation and
recording methods in classes it
was hoped that these girls would
learn self managment and spend
less time in reform institutions.
The girls improved in basic
skills yet little improvement was
shown in English. It is hoped
that self management principles
can be adapted to younger
problem children to help
eliminate the necessity of
reform institutions.
on self-control
r-by susan sluss
Following the presentation,
the UNCC Psychology Club
sponsored an informal coffee
hour in the Northwest Lounge
of the Cone University Center.
The speaker was available for
conversation and questions at
the reception.
All sessions of the spring
psychology colloquia are free
and open to the public.
Topics of future colloquia
will include "Transexualism",
"Social Rehabilitation of
Psychopathology in Monkeys",
and "Babies have Fathers Too".
Other speakers are Dr.
David Barlow of the
Department of Psychiatry and
Human Behavior of the
University of Mississippi Medical
Center in Jackson, on January
23; Dr. Steven Svomi, acting
associate director of the primate
laboratory at the University of
Wisconsin, on January 30; and
Dr. Ross Parke, chief of social
development section Of Fels
Research Institute (Ohio), on
March 6.
The UNCC student body
now has a new Vice President.
Due to the resignation of former
Vice President' Jane Sigmon
December 10, the office of Vice
Presidency was left vacant until
Tuesday, January 14 when
Dennis Hal! assumed the duties
of that position.
In an interview with Hall
Friday, the Vice President
related that one of the most
important projects that he is
now working with is the revision
of the student body
constitution. Hall also stated he
would like to see the student
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by tamara sane
government "working in a
systematic fashion" and for
each representative to put their
interests to work for the
students.
Hall, a senior architecture
and geography major from
Kannapolis, will serve as speaker
of the Student Legislature and
work closely with President Ed
Hendricks.
The Vice President has
twice been elected chairman of
Judicial Committee, has served
on Media and Elections Boards,
and is now working in his third
year with the Legislature.