August 29,1975
Charlotte, North Carolina
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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Media Board settles yearbook crisis
The Student ■ Media Board
decided, in their meeting of
. August 17, not to have an annual
printed for the 1974-75
; academic year. Constitutional
i changes and distribution of
..■f student fees were also taken
i care of at the Board’s last
'i summer meeting.
T Doug Lerner, proxy for
'Betty Chafin (representative
'ifrom the administration),
moved that the Student Media
Board rescind the contract for
j the 1974-75 yearbook of itself.
' Terry Fulbright, proxy for
Susan Baker (Student
Legislature representative)
added a friendly amendment
'which Lerner accepted stating
“that any remaining funds be
V reverted to the Student Media
Control Account. Be it
understood that the Chairman
of the Student Media Board and
the President of the Student
, Body shall cosign a statement as
to why no yearbook isbeing
printed. Be it also understood
that Mr. Keith shall receive no
additional stipend.” The motion
was passed by a vote of 2-1 with
two members abstaining.
Jamie Stemple, President of
the Student Body, explained the
-istatus of the annu^ and his
involvement in the troubled
situation. Stemple told the
Board of the lateness of the
. yearbook, the reduced size and
the lack of variety of
photographs. He associated the
problem closely with the recent
financial problems of the Club
' Football organization.
Following Stemple’s
statement. Bill Keith, editor of
the 1974-75 yearbook, provided
an oral financial statement.
Kevin Shoferty, the yearbook’s
head photographer, received
$150.00; Bill’s mother received
$154.00 to have the
photographers pictures printed;
Keith received from $400-500
in salary; telephone bills came
to $257.00; duplicating costs
were $50.00; mailing labels cost
$166.61; and Keith also had to
pay the remaining $4167.00 on a
debt incurred from Tom Alsop
and the 1972-73 yearbook. After
these expenditures, there is
approximately $10,620.00 left
in the Rogues 'n Rascals
account.
Keith continued by
explaining the content of the 111
completed pages of his annual.
He stated the annual contained
no advertisements, a class
section and student life. The 33
more pages he had planned to
submit were to contain sports,
the administration and some
Greek pictures.
Before the vote was taken
to not have the yearbook, a
number of alternatives were
considered, Michael Evans,
editor of the Carolina Journal
moved that the yearbook be
printed with some stipulations.
The motion failed 3-1 with one
abstention. The Board also
considered placing parts of the
1974-75 yearbook which [ were
completed In the 1975-76
yearbook. This was the eventual
decision.
Lerner again moved that all
material collected for the
1974- 75 annual be turned over
to Van Gill to be printed in the
1975- 76 yearbook at Van Gill’s
disgression with Bill Keith to be
listed as a contributing editor.
Those elgible for the 1974-75
yearbook this become
automatically elgible for the
1975-76 annual. Both Keith and
Gill agreed to do this should the
motion pass. The motion did
pass by a 3-0 vote with
tabstentions.
Distribution of budgets was
the second major item on the
Board’s agenda. Student Fees
Commission allocated the
Student Media Board the sum of
$70, 330.98 or 39.8% of their
total amount of student fees.
With the additional $10,000 left
by the decision not to print the
1974-75 annual, the Student
Media Board received the
amount of $80,330.98 to work
with. The motion was made by
Evans to distribute according to
the following percentages;
Carolina Journal: 30.9%
Sanskrit: 13.5%
Rogues ’n Rascals: 27.1%
Student Media Board: .6%
WVFN: 27.9%
The motion was passed
unanimously, 5-0. Further
restrictions on publications
publishing less than six times a
year were made in accordance
with the new budget figures and
the Rogues ’n Rascals problem.
Fulbright moved that all media
heads who publish less than six
times per year must report dates
to the Student Media Board for
all publishing deadlines and
must meet the deadlines within
a two week period. Failure to
by michael evans
meet such deadlines without the
Board’s approval shall constitute
direlection of duty. The motion
passed unanimously.
The Committee to review
the constitutions of each media
and of the Board itself had not
yet completed revisions.
Suggested revisions had been
given to each media head for
their preliminary approval.
Stemple/ Strieker
explain yearbook absence
Fellow Students:
Due to unforseen circumstances, publication of the ’74-’75 Rogues ’n Rascals
yearbook has been delayed and will be published, in part, in your 1975-1976 yearbook.
At a meeting of the SMB on August 17, 1975, it was decided to withdraw the contract
with Taylor Publishing Co. because only 144 pages were completed of a planned 300 plus
page book. It was thence the opinion of the board members and other prominent elected
officials of the University to withdraw the contract and to print a higher-quality book for
the coming year.
Let us note that all senior and non-continuing students pictures planned for the ’74-’75
yearbook will be included in the ’75-’76 book.
We regret this unfortunate occurance has happened, especially for our ’74-’75
graduates. However, we feel that the Board’s decision was in the best fiscal interest of the
students of this university and the university community itself.
Your questions or comments are welcome and should be directed to either Bill Strieker,
Chairman of the Student Media Board or Jamie Stemple, President of the Student Body.
Bill Strieker,
Chairman, SMB
Jamie Stemple,
President, Student Body
Entertainment in September
September at UNCC will be
packed with entertainment
including movies, singing groups
and even a Kung-Fu
demonstration.
Tiie Madeline Brown Group
will appear September 5 and 6
at 9:00 pm. Madeline Brown’s
voice has been described, to
quote Molly Bloom in
“Ulysses,” as falling “all over
you like a shower bath.” She
has repeatedly been described as
having a unique and sensual
voice.
On September 7, at 4:00
pm and 8:00 pm, “The Last
Detail” will be shown in Denny
200 This movie was an
Academy Award nominee. The
movie is centered around an
“arrogant but sensitive sailor.”
noon a Kung-Fu demonstration
will be presented in the North
East lounge of the University
Center.
“MorningSong” will be
featured September 11 and 12
at 9:00 pm. This group has
gained fame rapidly. After
refusing to be “Little Guy”
musicians, their determination
led to the release of their first
LP Listen to a Sunrise, and the
acquisition of Greg Taylor on
drums.
“Claire’s Knee” can be seen
Morning Song will be featured September ll and 12 at UNCC.
Related article can be found on page eight.
This picture envelopes the
humor of two veteran soldiers
who escort a young recruit to
the brig. Jack Nicholson, who
was Best Actor at Cannes Film
Festival, has been described as
the best part of the film. Judith
Crist remarks that “The Last
Detail” is “A gem of a
film...above all there is
Nicholson.”
Anyone and everyone has
the chance to come to the
Rathskeller on September 9 at
8:00 pm and do “his thing” as
this will be an Open Mike
session.
On September 10 at 12
September 14 and 15 at 12
noon. This picture tells the
story of how three charming
women upset the set order of a
bachelor’s life. Acclaimed film
director Eric Rohmer explains
that ‘‘Claire’s Knee is
superlative-and almost any way
to describe it must in some way
diminish it.”
Along with all the other
entertainment in September, it
is also the time to register for
Free-you courses. Registration
for any course will take place
September 8-12 from 9 am to 5
pm at the Cone University
Center Reception Desk.