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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,
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