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Volume XI, Number 19
The Student Newspaper of tlie University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
January 27, 1976
Ells named Vice Chancellor
By Les Bowen
Leo E. Ells, former Vice President
for Financial Affairs and Treasurer of
Texas Tech University, has been named
Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs at
UNCC.
Ells replaces Louis Moelchert. who
resigned last summer to become Vice
President of the University of Richmond.
Ells is currently working at Texas
Tech in Lubbock, Texas and will start to
work at UNCC on Monday, February 16.
When asked why he decided to come
to UNCC, Ells said, “There are a lot of
reasons, actually...geographical
considerations had a lot to do with it.
Lubbock is- as flat as a pool table-il
doesn’t have any trees or water.” Ells
said he enjoys hunting and fishing and is
basically an easterner, anyway.
“Geographically, Charlotte has a lot of
appeal to me,” he concluded.
“On the professional level,” Ells
continued, “Chancellor Colvard has done
an immensely good job...he has built a
solid base on which to grow. I want to
help this university double its si/.e-l
think that definitely will happen. We
have a great pt^pulation to serve, a great
need to fulfill.”
Ells said he would like to improve
communications between tlie Business
Office and the University community.
“We must communicate,” he said, “it is
important that we tell why and what for.
I think the Business Office exists to serve
the deans and the students.”
Ells holds a BS degree from tlie
University of Maryland, an MBA in
Co mptrollcrslvip from Syracuse
University and is a graduate of the Army
Command and General Staff College.
Ells is married and lias three
children. His oldest daughter enrolled at
UNC-Greensboro a few weeks ago, after
learning the family was moving to North
Carolina. Ells said he and his daughter
agreed it would not be wise for her to
attend UNCC while he was here as an
administrator.
Ells, who has been at Texas Tech for
six years, will be responsible for tiic
Physical Plant and fiscal affairs of UNCC.
lie will be working with a budget in
excess of 14 million dollars per year.
UNCC prepares for bond referendum
By Michael, Evans
The Board of Trustees has formed a
committee of faculty, staff, students and
trustee members to organize efforts for
LT^CC to increase the chances of the
bond referendum for higher education in
North Carolina passing this March 23,
The election will be held on the same day
%s the presidential primary in North
Carolina,
Addison Reese, Chairman of the
Committee, and Dennis Rash (Dean of
Students) are spearheading the efforts.
The $43.2 million bond issue will provide
$6 million for U’NCC. The money is
going to be used to allow the school to
continue growing by constructing
additional buildings in the area between
the Rowe Arts building dnd the Reese
Administration building.
13 of the 16 campuses in the
University of North Carolina system will
receive money if the referendum passes.
The three schools not included in the
referendum each have projects presently
underway. East Carolina University
received $28 million for its School of
Medicine, North Carolina Central
University received $2.5 million for a
new Law School building and the North
Carolina School of the Arts received $3.6
million for a new classroom building.
Of the 13 campuses who will get a
cut of the money, UNCC receives the
largest amount. In addition to the
amount each campus on the referendum
will receive, there is $1.5 million for an
university-wide architectural barrier
removal to aid the handicapped and
Occupational Safety and Health Acts
projects and for land acquisition.
■ Support for the referendum has
already been announced by Edwin Gill,
treasurer for the state of North Carolina,
and Leo Jenkins, chancellor of East
Carolina University. All of the other
chancellors or presidents of the
University of , North Carolina system
institutions have announced their
support as well.
The need for space at UNCC was set
forth by the Board of Trustees in a
statement to William Friday, president of
the University of North Carolina system,
and the Board of Governors. The
resolution stated, “The Board - of
Trustees...requests...all possible steps [be
taken] to alleviate the present critical
space and faculty problems of UNCC and
me loreseeable problems in the near
future...”
The North Carolina General
Assemby for 1975 voted to allow the
bond issue for a public referendum. The
House of Representatives passed the
legislation unanimously and the Senate
with only one dissenting vote.
Anyone interested in aiding the
committee’s elforls to pass the bond
issue should contact Dennis Rash at
597-2375 during normal university
hours.
UNCC homecoming linked to
bicentennial by theme%et freedom ring’
By Susan Siuss
The 1975-76 UNCC Homecoming
could not only have the theme “Let
Freedom Ring” but could also have the
therne , “It’s time for a change.” There
are a number of changes in this year’s
format.
The theme “Let Freedom Ring” is
centered around the bicentennial. Kat
Braswell, co-chairman of the activities
said the reason for selecting the theme,
besides the obvious, is“it will be the only
chance the University student body as a
whole will have to participate in the
bicentennial. 49cr Festival Week has been
sanctioned by the Mecklenburg
Bicentennial Committee as an official
Photo courtesy of
Rogues ’n Rascals
Legislature,
WVFN
funds audited
Dennis Rash, UNCC's Dean of
Students, who, along with
Addison Reese, will head the
committee formed to help pass
the March bond referendum.
Rash has been recently named
"Man of the Year" by the
Mecklenburg County Jaycees.
In the. next issue of the
Carolina JournaL we will print
an exclusive interview with
Dean Rash in which he will
discuss how he won the award
and his feelings about the
award.
By Brad Rich
A recent audit ofvStudenl Legislature
and WVFN funds by Susan Helms,
Student Body Comptroller, resulted in
WVFN’s funds being temporarily frozen.
The freeze was temporary, however.
Accordingto Michael Evans, Chairman of
the Student Fees Commission, the reason
for the action was the station’s books
had not been kept accurately. To rectify
the situation, station manager Bozo
Pittman announced the hiring of a new
Business Manager, Frank Talbert (also a
member of the Student Fees
Commission).
Helms said that she wished to
emphasize that the blame for WVFN’s
financial situation was not directed at the
station itself, but at an cx-employce.
The audit of the Student
Legislature’s funds wa? also slightly off.
According to Helms, their subsidiary
count was in order, but the control
count, which gives a running balance of.
how much money has been spent, was
off by approximately $5,000. They have
been given one and one half weeks to
correct the situation, after which their
funds might also be frozen.
Bicentennial event.”
One major change that Ms. Braswell
secs is the crowning of Miss 49 before the
basketball game Saturday night. “We
hope to set a precedent where the queen
will not be crowned at the game, but
rather sometime proceeding the game.
Although the queen will be crowned at
the Bicentennial Ball and Coronation
CereiiKinies, she and her entire court will
be presented at the game.”
Another major change in the
activities is the queen will be called Miss
49er Homecoming Queen rather than
Miss UNCC. Miss UNCC will be chosen
later in the year.
A new award will be given this year.
It is called the Gold Nugget Award. It
will be given at the Saturday night game
and is based on the number of people an
organization sponsors in attendance at
the game.
In the past, the Student Body
Legislature has sponsored. the
Homecoming Activities. This year, the
University Program Board has taken over
the responsibilities. The Rathskeller,
Special Iwcnts and Social budgets will
cover the cost. The budget this year is
$3,000.00.
This year’s activities will include the
community as much as possible, blaster
Seals will have a unit in the parade on
Saturday. There will be over 35 units in
the parade, including floats, cars, horse
drawn carriages and majorettes.
Debbie Temple, last year’s
Homecoming Queen, will be on hand to
crown the new queen. She will
participate in the activities Friday night,
be in the parade Saturday and, of course,
be at the dance Saturday night. Kenneth
“Fish” Foster, the other co-chairman,
has been involved in the homecoming
activities for the last five years. To keep
the festival consistent, both Braswell and
Foster are keeping records.