IUa CanjotAMJou ^owuA/oJi Volume XI, Number 8 The Student Newspaper of the University of Nortli Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina October 7, 1975 legislature appoints two Justices to Superior court By Les Bowen The UNCC Student Legislature met ,n September 30 in Barnard 101. One of :he main issues dealt with in the meeting as the appointment of two Justices to the Student. Superior Court. ' ice-President Davis Trotter announced hat the Legislature had received a letter rom Student Superior Court Chief Justice Doug Lerner threatening to injunct the Legislature from meeting ■ intil they approved the two justices, .emer, who was present at the meeting, ixplained that although the Court does ,ave enough Justices to raise a quorum, ^it would not be able to do so if one Justice was premptorially challenged. The two Justices, A.G. Carmichael ind Francine Bruce, were eventually approved by the Legislature, but speaker ho-Tem Sam Wilson rebuked Lerner for hreatening to injunct the Legislature and le said he wished to make it clear that he rated for the appointments because they vere needed. “I was not intimidated by rau, Mr. Lerner,” Wilson said. Vice-President Trotter was also :ritical of Lerner’s action. He said the "ourt should attempt to persuade rather ban harass the Legislature.. Lerner replied that ;esture had been made “in good faith.” The Legislature then moved into a discussion of the Finance Committee recommendations specifically the proposal dealing with a possible trip to the National Conference on Student Legal Rights in San Francisco, California involving Attorney General Bob Verdinek and Director of the Student Legal Counsel, D.J. Hall. The cost of the trip was to be $638.94, Representative Greg Davis spoke against the trip, calling it “a junket.” Speaker Pro-Tern Wilson spoke in favor of the trip. He said it would help the Attorney General and Director of the Student Legal Counsel perform their duties more capable and would improve the equality of the UNCC legal system. Representative David Holloway also spoke against the trip, emphasizing the crucial funding problems of the Legislature. Representative C.W. Mclver spoke in favor of the trip. He said the conference would improve the Judicial system by giving the Attorney General and Director of the Student Legal Counsel a better knowledge of their duties. ' Representative Davis spoke following Mclver’s remarks, “If the Judicial system of this school is as screwed up as you say it is, I don’t see how going off to San Francisco is going concluded. to unscrew it.” he The motion to allocate funds for the trip failed 6-7-3. Carolina Journal photo by Gene Russell Davis Trotter, Chairman and Terry Fulbright, Chairman of Judicial Committee of Legislature. American Revolution Bicentennial Administration sponsors National Youth Debates with local competition on campus By Michael Evans A national program of the licentennial Youth Debates is going to be sponsored by the American levolution Bicentennial Administration. _ 'he debates will consist of a series of public speaking events in three ategories. Terry Scout, UNCC Director of the Bicentennial Youth Debates, said the three categories are debate “in the Lincoln- Douglas style,” persuasive speaking and extemporaneous speaking. Different issues will be debated at the different levels of the program with all the issues being indirectly related to the history of the country said Scout. University Senate elections returns College of Humanities (4 openingsJ ‘William Michael Owen 37 ‘Ervin Sims 39 ‘Robert McCain 38 ‘Rick Haggardly 34 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2 openings) David Holloway 40 ‘Michael Evans 42 ‘Ron Oxford 56 Patty Hearst (write-in) 4 College of Economics and Business (I opening) Evelyn Brown 25 ‘Bill Kincaid 92 College of Architecture (I opening) ‘Barry Jenkins (for) 10 Barry Jenkins (against) 0 College of Engineering (1 opening) Toby Tomberlin 6 Dan Kimball 4 *Sid Ballentine 22 College of Science and Mathematics (I opening) ‘Doug Lerner (write-in) 1 ‘WINNER The topic for the debate category is “Urbanization has lowered the quality of American life.” The persuasive speaking topic is “American frontier: Crucible of our national character?” In the extemporaneous category, there will be 14-15 different topics and on the day of the competition, three categories are chosen out of a hat with the speaker picking one of the topics. “Anyone who is not enrolled in a high school, has not received a bachelors degree or its equivalent and is under 25 years of age is elgible. First level contests will take place in institutions of higher learning and designated business/industrial/military settings.” Scout, a sociology instructor, said there would be a “local event held here if several people .are interested in it. If there is only one person in each category, he has won at the local level.” The speaker may then advance to the district competition after winning the local event. Prizes of $100 for first, $50 for second and $25 for third will be offered on this level. The speaker may advance from the district to the sectional, then the regional and finally the national competition with the prize money increasing on each level said Scout. In conjunction with the nation’s Bicentennial, the national competition will be held in June of 1976. Arthur Goldberg, former Supreme Court associate justice, said, “The Bicentennial Youth Debates Program can be expected to enhance the caliber of the national dialogue on critical American issues. The submission of hard questions about our national past and future to rigorous investigation offers a meaningful complement to other programs of our Bicentennial.” Senator Robert Taft of Ohio, also commenting on the program, said, “Debate is one of the most valuable .courses of programs you can have. It forces a critical analysis of public questions vital to their resolution.” Any interested persons should contact Scout before November 3rd as the local qualifiers must be certified by this date. Scout is willing to assist any participants. Anthropology major may become reality By Michael Evans An anthropology major at UNCC may become a reality of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors approve it. The sociology-anthropology department, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the UNCC administration have already approved the , request for an anthropology major. The Board Of Governors has not considered the recommendation or any other proposals though it has been on their agenda for 15 months, said Gary Ferraro, assistant professor of anthropology. “The program would not cost the state a cent. We don’t need any new people. The major change would be that more anthropology courses would cC offered on a regular basis. It would also allow a student to have an anthropology , major on his transcript.” Related work can presently be done in his area. The idea originated because “anthropology has always been a legitimate discipline on every college campus,” said Ferraro. “It was an area where there was interest. Anthropology has had dramatic enrollment records.” During the period from 1971-74 the student-faculty ratio for anthropology ranged from 1-36 to 1-46. The overall ratio at UNCC during the same period was 1-20. Ferraro said anthropology attracted twice as many students as other disciplines, (continued on page five)

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