“The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.’'
volume X, number 29
charlotte, north Carolina
april 24, 1975
Media redistributes monies
Sir Toby Bclcli(J)lin Lee Lowrimore) reads a foryed letter,
the key to a plot also involving L'ahianlKathy Gelhaeh) and
Sir Andrew AgueeheeklKeith Hill), in a scene from “Twelfth
Night,or What You Will’’. Related artiele, page II).
New Venture Program
now on campus
There will be an
organizational meeting of the
Venture Program on Thursday,
April 24th at 12:30 behind the
information desk at the Cone
University Center in John
Griffin's office for commuters
and at 9:30 that same evening in
the lobby of Moore Dorm for
the resident students.
Students do not need to
have had any previous
experience in any of the
Venture activities to participate.
The organizational meeting will
be for all person interested in
the Venture course to be taught
this summer, but attending the
meeting does not obligate you
to take the course.
Venture is a two-week
experiential learning process
which attempts to meet several
fundamental needs
complementary to the student's
education. It utilizes a western
North Carolina wilderness
setting and small group
dynamics in order to increase
the student's understanding of
self, interpersonal relationships,
and the environment. The
program is action-oriented with
one experience building upon
another. Venture is life in its
simplest form. Day-to-day living
rhythms and patterns are
dictated by the sun and the
weather, instead of the clock.
Your day begins when the sun
rises and may end long after
dark. It is a unique educational
experience.
The program provides an
opportunity to climb sheer rock
cliffs, prepare a meal over an
open fire, hike in the wilderness,
rappel down the side of a rock
face, learn, first aid and
emergency care in a wilderness
setting, negotiate white water
rapids in an open canoe, and
exist by yourself for three days
and three nights with a
minimum of survival equipment.
More importantly, it will give
you a chance to acquire a sense
of yourself through confronting
the challenges of a wilderness
setting and to better understand
small group d y-na m i cs,
leadership- development, and
interpersonal relationships. Each
person contributes the best of
his personal talents and
experience to the group, be it
physical strength, sense of
humor, intelligence, cooking, or
other abilities, and each person
is free to seek his own challenge.
No previous experience or
training is necessary. Your
instructor will help you through
personal example and close
individual attention.
Because enrollment is
limited, ail applicants will be
interviewed by a Screening
Committee. Participants will be
notified on their acceptance by
the end of April.
There will be a $150 special
fee and tuition cost.
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In two meetings held by the
Student Media Board during the
past week, the Board was
informed of the commission to
investigate the Media Board and
decided how the extra money, if
any should be received, would
be alloted. The Board, in their
second meeting of the week,
ruled almost every motion in the
meeting out of order.
Doug Lerner, proxy for
Beth Griffith, moved "that the
Media Board adopt the
following, more stringent
minimum qualifications for the
approval of a prospective
candidate for the office of radio
station manager because of the
evident, larger responsibilities
that he/she will undertake in the
scope of fulfilling the duties of
operating a 'community'
oriented FM station:
1. That the prospective
candidate must be a member of
the Student Broadcasting
Association.
2. That (a) such
membership must have been for
a period not less than one
calendar year or (b) such
membership must have been for
a period not less than one-half a
calendar year if in the remainder
of that calendar year the
prospective candidate was
directly involved with the
operations of some professional
or student radio station or
involved in other professional or
student radio experience."
After much discussion, the
motion passed 5-0 with two
abstentions. However, the
motion was ruled out of order
at the second meeting because
the motion had not originally
gone through the Student
Broadcasting Association.
Michael Evans moved "that
during Student Media Board
voting concerning 1975-76
academic year budgets the
constitutional article concerning
majority votes and 2/3 votes be
waived and the official Student
Media Board budgets may only
be approved with unanimous
approval of the entire
membership of the Student
Media Board." The motion was
tabled at the first meeting of the
week, but was ruled out of
order because of an ineligible
second. When brought back up
at the next meeting, the motion
to table passed.
In the Media reports at the
second meeting of the week,
Griffith provided the Sanskrit
report saying the two magazines
which will be published this
semester are now at the printer
and it will now be at the
printer's disgression as to when
the issues will come out before
the student body. Evans said the
Journal would conclude
publication for this semester
with the April 22nd issue and
. by michael evans
that two new' typesetters had
been hired to aid in the
Journal's hopeful growth next
year. Ted Cannaday, giving the
WV F N report , said the
Executive Board of the SBA was
presently assigning various
responsibilities for the FM
station. There was no report
from Rogues & Rascals.
The committee to
investigate the need for money
for the remainder of the year
gave their report at the second
meeting. Evans gave the report
and moved that the money be
divided as follows: (1)
WVFN-45%; (2) Carolina
Journal-40%; (3) Sanskrit-10%;
and (4) Rogues & Rascals-5%‘.
This percentage basis is to cover
any further money which the
(continued on page two)
Student Legislature
approves appointees
Student Legislature
chartered several new
organizations, confirmed four
presidential appointments, and
chose the recipient of the
Outstanding Clubs and
Organizations Award.
The History Club and Pi
Beta Tau were granted primary
charters. Pi Beta Tau is an
honorary academic society for
engineering students.
Student Legislature
approved three presidential
appointments for next school
year for the following offices:
Student Body Treasurer -
DeeDee McKee, Student Legal
Council - Dennis Hall, Attorney
General -- Bob Verdenick.
Approved to fill a temporary
seat on the Student Superior
Court was Tom Leiendecker.
Sigma Phi Epsilon was
. by terry fulbright
chosen from three nominees for
the Outstanding Clubs and
Organizations Award. This
award recognizes the
organization on campus which
the Student Legislature feels has
contributed most to the
university and community
through its activities.
In other actions. Student
Legislature allocated $50.00 to
the Attorney General's office
for supplies, released the
Elections and Publicity Staff of
certain responsibilities for the
recall election and referendum
scheduled for April 23 & 24,
and authorized Student Body
President Jamie Stemple to fill
present vacancies on Student
Legislature by appointment,
with the appointments expiring
next fall.