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i Volume XI, Number 6
The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 23, 1975
Black Student Union bui^et discussed by Legislature
By Les Bowen
The UNCC Student Legislature
considered the Black Student Union
budget in an emotion-charged meeting on
~darolina Journal photos by Gene Russell
finance committee as a whole for the
purpose of dealing with the Black
Student Union budget.” The motion
passes and the Legislature moved into a
Sam Wilson, Chairman Pro-Tern; Pat Rose, Secretary; and
Nancy Brown, Treasurer of the Student Legislature.
September 16. The meeting, held in
paom 209 of tlie Cone University Center,
was chaired by Speaker Pro-Tern Sam
Wilson began by reading from a
prepared statement (printed in full on
the editorial page of the Journal) in
which he castigated the Legislature, its
.committees in general and the Finance
Committee in particular for what he
termed “a lack of professionalism.”
Wilson also said-, addressing the
cLegisiature as a whole; “We must work
together or we will become the
laughingstock of this University...believe
fne, we’re halfway there already.”
Wilson referred specifically to the
11 on- mec t i ng of the Finance
Committee” on September 15, in which
the Finance Committee was supposed to
meet with the Black Student Union to,
discuss the BSU budget, but the
'.committee could not raise a quorum and
did not meet.
hollowing Wilson’s 'speech
Repre.sentative Greg Davis moved that
the Legislature “be converted into a
Committee-as-a-whole.
Representative Terry Fulbright
proposed a motion calling for the BSU
budget to be considered in terms of
whole figures rather than itemized
figures. Under Fulbright’s motion the
Legislature would consider the budget in
terms of a lump-sum allocation, rather
than discussing each item individually.
Representative Davis spoke against
the motion, pointing out that the
Legislature could, by a majority vote,
allocate BSU a figure far below its
requested $9,539 dollars. Davis
compared the proposal to “asking us to
put a noose around our necks.” The
motion was passed by a 9-6-0 margin
despite the objections of Representative
Davis and Ms. Cynthia Bennett
spokesperson for the BSU.
Ms. Bennett explained the BSU
budget and was questioned on various
aspects of the BSU, including outside
funding and the previous budget.
Several other figures, progressively
lower, were discussed, and the debate
heated up considerably. Rep. Davis
UNCC hosts first
photo courtesy of Marian Beane
Michele-International Dancer.
By Nancy Buchanan
UNCC is holding the first
International Festival, September 27,
1975 from 10 am until 5 pm. This event
will be held in the Library Plaza with the
exception of the buffet dinner which will
be in Cone University Center Cafeteria.
From 12 noon until 4 pm, German
folk music will be played. During breaks,
there will be Spanish ajid Indian dances.
Folk games on the lawn were selected for
[reople 5-70 years of age. Travel films of
Europe and the Far East will run
continously.
The International Buffet Dinner will
begin at 5:30 pm. Persons may come by
paid reservation only. The price of the
ticket includes dinner and entertainment
which will include The Scottish
Highlanders. Greek Community Dancers;
and. the final act-Michele.
Michele is a professional belly dancer
from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She
received classical training in dance from
Martha Graliani.
proposed an “absolute minimum” figure
of $5,635 dollars. When this proposal
was defeated Rep. Davis rose from his
seat and was warned by Wilson not to
leave the room “or you will no longer be
a member of this body.” The original
1:45 pm deadline was extended several
times as figures ranging from $3,500 to
$4,900 were discussed.
A visiting member of the BSU was
given the floor. He said that the
Legislators were responsible to all of the
students of the University, not just to
their special constituencies. He warned
the Legislators to .“leave your biases at
home.”
Rep. Braswell was given the floor
following the visitor’s comments. She
appeared to be quite angry and said that
she “had felt threatened” by the visitor’s
remarks and went on to say that the
black students on campus represented
only 8% of the student body and “should
realize that it is only through our
graciousness that you get any money at
all.” Ms. Braswell’s comments were not
well received by the audience, and she
later apologized for what she termed her
“emotional outburst” but added that she
had been speaking “as a four-year
member of the Legislature.”
The motion that was finally passed
stipulated that the finance committee
was to allocate the BSU “no more than
$4,700 dollars for the academic year
1975-76.” This action meant that the
finance committee could allocate less
than $4,700 to the BSU if it so desired.
Greg Davis—BSU spokesman.
Hare Krsna group on
UNCC campus
International Festival
By Ruth Townsend and Susan Sluss
For all those who are wondering who
the individuals were that sang and played
in front of Cone University Center
September 18 and 19, they are members
of the International Society for Krsna
Consciousness, or Hare Krsna,
The philosophy of the group is to
revive everyone’s dormant love for Krsna,
or God. The purpose of life is to become
more aware that we are all servants of
God and process the dormant love for
him, according to their beliefs.
Their purpose for being on the
UNCC campus, according Gerard Hynes,
whose Hare Krsna name is Gokularanjana
das, is “to teach the chiidren (other
individuals) and to enlighten them into
the ways of Hare Krsna, and also to
inform people of their farm located on
Mallard Creek Road.” Hynes holds a
Masters Degree in Social Science from
New York University.
Their conception of God, said the
Carolina Journal photo by Gene Russell
spokesman, is that there is one God, with
many names. It is man’s imperfect
perception that there are different Gods,
because of the different names. Krsna is
the ancient and true name of God,
known before Sanskrit writing was
developed. They do not deny that Jesus
Christ is the son of God, and that
Muhammad and Jesus Christ are servants
of God, but Jesus is the only pure son of
God.
The group, which is from Atlanta,
has a Spiritual Master who teaches the
scriptures. The book of Scriptures is
called Bhagavad-gita. To become a
Spiritual Master one must be qualified.
The Master has six bodily urges that must
be controlled. They are tongue, belly,
genital, mind, words and anger.
The chants that the individuals were
chanting were praises to God, said Hynes.
The various color of clothing indicates
the level of learning and profession the
individual is on.
Members of the visiting Hare Krsna group