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The Student Newspaper of the Uaiversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
February 15, 1977
Siimmftrlin swom in as Legislature chair
By Michael Evans
Jack Summerlin was given the oath
' office as the new chairman of the
tudent Legislature in the body’s
jbruary 8 meeting. Summerlin was
irmerly chairman of the Executive
ommittee and the Finance Committee
f the Student Legislature. Student Body
resident Rickey Pharr administered the
oath of office.
Summerlin replaced Bobby Roberts
as chairman. Roberts submitted a letter
explaining his resignation saying, “My
reasons (for resigning) are personal and
private and private but I’d like to thank
the Student Legislature for letting me
serve as its chairman.”
In an action of gratitude, the
Student Legislature sent the following
letter to Roberts: “The Student
Legislature of UNCC would like to
convey its great loss over your
resignation. We, the members of the
Legislature, will greatly miss your
presence in the jWSrs to come.
“Bobby, it has been a very difficult
arolina Journal photo by Pete Nfeigw
Use of Student Fees being
reviewed in conunittee
Karen Popp in action for the
women 49er basketball team
against Catawba College. The
women 49ers won their first
game of the season against
Catawba, 60-49. See related
story on page fifteen.
By Steve Bass
The Student Activity Fee Review
Committee is presently meeting to
investigate the present system of
allocation and accountability for student
activity fees. (The present rate is $15.50
for each fulltime student per semester.)
The student activity fees go to pay for all
student organizations on campus. The
review committee was established by Dr.
Douglas Orr, Jr., Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs, to investigate the
current method employed by the
Student Fees Commission to allocate and
account for student activity fees.
The committee, according to
secretary Michael Evans, is going to split
into two subcommittees, the
Accountability/Procedures subcommittee
and the Membership/Authority
subcommittee. “The purpose of the
accountability/procedures subcomittee is
to check out systems in use to deal with
the problem and compare it with our
present system in order to develop
suggestions to improve and modify the
system.
“The membership/authority
subcommittee,” said Evans, “will review
the composition of the Student Fees
Commission and the elections for
Commission membership. (Presently the
Student Fees Commission is composed of
two persons from each of the three
divisions of the Student Association; the
Student Body Government, Student
Media Board and the University Program
Board; , and three ■ students from the
University at-large.)
If tire subcommittee recommends
changes in the allocation of membership,
Evaiis points out that the odds are good
that the interested people already on the
Commission will reappear. “The
individuals will just run as students from
the student body at-large. Of course, it
can’t be the people at the top of the
organization, but the representatives will
be on the Commission.”
Among the important business which
has been transacted is taking testimony
from representatives of the three
divisions of the Student Association
(Doug Lerner and Rickey Pharr of
Student Body Government, Michael
Evans of the Student Media Board and
Mike Doyne of the University Program
Board). Lerner’s testimony, delivered in
written form to the committee on
February 1, went into detail of the
history of the student activity fee
arrangement, and made
recommendations for the Committee.
Lerner, as student Attorney General,
reminded the Committee to be careful of
making drastic changes in the present
system since it has been approved as a
part of the Student Body Constitution,
approved in a campus-wide referendum
last spring.
The Student Activity Fee Review
Committee will be holding an open
meeting for the entire student body on
Friday, February 18 at 12:30 p.m. in the
Gold Room (inside the Commuter
Cafeteria) of the Cone University Center.
The Committee is interested in hearing
criticisms and suggestions for the student
activity fee structure.
English Department may lose
four instructors in overprojection
By Les Bowen
UNCC may have to give up
pproximately six teaching positions as a
esult of overprojected enrollments. Four
if those positions are currently filled,
nd all four are in the English
lepartment.
Although English department
Chairman Glenn S. Burne declined to
lame the four professors who may not
ye rehired, the Carolina Journal has
earned that they are Joan Bowen,
Jorothy McGavran, Rebecca Selden and
Jeth Umson.
“At this point, we’ve been told that
ve may have to give back positions with
he assumption that our enrollment this
feai will not come up to the budget
dlocated figure,” said Phillip Hildreth,
/ice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. “I
lave to be prepared to have these
xisitions available to give them back to
hem. I have instructed the English
lepartment thay they are not to refill
Four of their positions at this time...the
others were vacant positions; the English
lepartment was the only one where there
are people in the positions.”
Burne said, “Nothing has actually
happened yet. The English department
has been told that it will probably lose
four positions because current
enrollments and projected enrollments
are out of line.”
Burne would not name the four
professors who may lose their jobs
because “everything’s up in the air
now...but the department has, is, and will
continue, to protest.”
Meanwhile, a petition drive has been
started on campus by two students.
English majors John Threatt and Joni
MiUs began the petitions.
“At this point, I don’t know if I have
to give back six positions. It may be
more than that, or it may be less,”
Hildreth said.
The directive concerning
overprojected enrollments came “...from
the General Administration,” said
Hildreth. “The General Administration
goes over our projections and gives us a
budget. Every year so far our projected
enrollment has gone over the budgeted
figure. This year it didn’t, due to a
number of factors. We had 300 students
waiting for dorm space whom we
couldn’t accept. We turned down
students in Nursing, Architecture,
Creative Arts and Business
Administration because of lack of space
and not enough faculty positions.”
Other sources contacted said the
“non rehirings” in the English
department were announced as definite
two weeks ago but had apparently
become “less definite” late last week.
Sources also said the curtailment of seven
positions, overall, not six, was originally
announced
INSIDE
49er Sporto — pages 14>16
Arts & Entertainment — pages 11-13
Campus News — pages 2-3
Letters — pages 4-5
Editorials — page 8
Features — pages 8-9
year for you and the Legislature; but,
due to your great leadership and
dedication to work, we have scored far
better. When we as a body forgot our
main purpose, it was you that reminded
.us, in your own way, to straighten up.
Bobby, you have given the Student
Legislature a much better name due to
your constant reminding us to put forth
the best. We will also miss your deep
compassion to fellow studertts and your
willingness to serve. In your future
endeavors, what ever they might be, we
wish you sincerely the best of luck.
“In conclusion, Bobby, we hope that
you will visit us many times and offer
your assistance, if need be.”
Doug Love, through the Clubs and
Organizations committee, proposed that
“Due to the extension of the privileges
granted by a secondary charter, 1 move
to reinstate the policy of leaving each
club go through the procedure of having
a secondary charter for one year before
requesting a primary charter.” Richard
Spain objected to the idea and asked that
the period for having the secondary
charter be reduced to a semester. The
Student Legislature voted to accept the
proposal with Spain’s requested
amendment.
Two decisions were made involving
the Executive Committee. Jack Green
moved “that the Executive Committee
chairperson be in charge of the secretary
on a day to day basis.” He explained the
secretary needed to clear her operations
through only one person rather than
tracking down eight persons each time.
she had a problem.
Also, speaking for the Rules
Committee, Green said, “The Executive
Committee should no longer be
considered as a primary committee.” He
said the Executive Committee meets only
once a month, and all legislators should
not be given their salaries for attending
one meeting a month when all of the
other committees meet four to five times
a month. The Student Legislature
delayed consideration of the proposal.
Spain, in cooperation with Kim
Burns, presented a proposal, which was
accepted overwhelmingly, asking that the
Student Legislature “pursue an
investigation of the Physical Education
department for exterminating activity
classes...to include an account of our
student activity fee expenditures.’
Summerlin announced that the
investigation would,be carried out by the
Ways and Means Committee, who would
report back to the Student Legislature as
a whole.
In the president’s report, Pharr told
the body that the Student Activity Fee
Review Committee would soon be
holding an open hearing for the entire
student body, asking for suggestions on
how the student fee stmcture should be
formulated. He asked that all legislators
attend the hearings, saying that the
committee’s recommendations would be
sent to Dr. Douglas M. Orr, Jr., Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs, and could
drastically change the future of student
fees.
In other action, Andy Ringler
resigned as the chairman of the Judicial
Committee and was replaced by Karen
Cozart, only selected to serve on the
committee at the previous meeting.
Angela Threatt defeated Elaine Howell
for the chairmanship of the Executiver
Committee, one of the seats vacated by
Summerlin. Howell and Spain were
selected over Michael Owen to represent
the Student Body Government on the
Student Fees-Commission. The two open
seats on the Student Fees Commission
were vacated by student Attorney
General Doug Lerner and Summerlin.