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The Student NewS|»aper Ot the University Oi North Caro ina At Charlotte
Volume XIII; No. 23
April 5, 197
Springs Runoff To Face Hace Hall Ir
Jeff
Hall
Larry
Springs
By Brad Rich
Jeff Hall finished second to Larry
Springs in last week’s voting receiving 289
votes to Springs’ 369. He attributed his
own strong finish to a lot of hard work and
getting out among the people.
But Hall’s feelings go beyond just his
own performance in the election. In an
interview last Monday, he said, “1 was glad
to see the large amount of turnout in the
election. I would have liked to have seen
one poll around the dorms, preferably in
the cafeteria, but -overall I was impressed
■ with the number of people that turned
out.”
Hall was fairly satisfied with the
election results. “I was glad to be in the
runoff,” he said, “But obviously I would
like to have won without a runoff.”
He felt that his campaigning - talking
to individual students and organizations,
handing out flyers and putting up
numerous posters -- was effective. “But,”
he said, “I would have liked to have spent-
more time out among the people...! was
away from campus all day Friday.
participating in a “Salesman for a Day”
program at Eastern Airlines through the-
business department. Being gone Friday
definitely hurt me. I found people who
would have voted for me who forgot to
votp ” '••11
Hall and Jack Summerlin, who finished
third in the voting and didn’t qualify tor
the runoff, had been away once before
during the campaign, spending a week in
New York City ai the Model United
Nations.
“I think bein’ away hurt Jack and
myself,” Hall said, “just like Larry and 1
both being at the NCSL (North Carolina
Student Legislature) meeting will hurt the
turnout for the runoff...but Larry was wise
to take advantage of us being away.”
Hall said he felt the presidential
campaign was a good one. “I think having
so many ideas and issues brought out will
benefit whoever wins,” he said. There was a
lot of ideas brought out by other
candidates 1 would have liked to use: For
instance. Lew (Massey), who helped me in
my campaign, thought of suggestion boxes.
But Larry had already been using that in
his campaigning, so I couldn’t very well
bring it out.”
While Hall is gone, his campaigning will
be done by a cache of friends who have
supported him all along. “In addition,” he
said, “several legislators who were
non-supportive of my actions may be
helping me...People who feel that they
need someone with experience in there, or
maybe another fiasco will occur.”
Win or lose, however. Hall feels
comfortable about his relationship with his
opponent ^and would like to work with
him. “I met Larry through NCSL,” he said,
“and in the short time I’ve known him I’ve
gotten a lot of respect for him. He's an
extrovert — 1 like him. We get along
well...we campaigned beside each other sit
beside each other in class. He’d be an asset
to the student body ”
By Les Bowen
Larry Springs, a 24 year old junior
political science major who virtually came
from nowhere to blitz two better known
candidates in last week’s student body
presidential election, is wary of “taking
anything for granted” heading into
Monday’s runoff against second place
finisher Jeff Hall.
“Really, I don’t want to be takii
anything for granted,” Springs said. “I
use that (finishing first in the first electioi
as a motivation to work even harder.”
Springs said his objectives were
make sure that all the dorm students knc
that I’m in the runoff and to vigorous
pursue their vote again...and also to purs
the commuter and foreign students’ votes
The situationois this: Springs got 369
votes the first time, while Hall got 289,
Jack Summerlin 231, Bryan Burns 55 and
Gary Davis 45. Since no single candidate
received as much as 50 percent of the vote.
Hall and Springs were tabbed for a runoff
Monday, April 10.
Springs’ success in the first elect!
was at least partially attributable to
hard work standing outside the polls
students walked by. In that atmosphe
Springs was able to talk candidly ai
earnestly yet with casual humor
hundreds of people each day.
On the surface. Springs would appear
to have the runoff locked up; he was the
leading votegetter in the first election, and
most of Summerlin’s support is expected to
swing to him. But Springs points out that
less than 1,000 students out of the 8,000 or
so that were eligible to vote in the first
election actually voted; a substantial
turnout increase in the runoff could turn
He says he plans to continue wdrl
in that manner Monday. Hall also spei
lot of time at the polls in the first elect:
employing a facile, smooth style t
lacked Springs’ humor, but seer
effective nonetheless.
•Springs acknowledged that ■
personality was an asset in campaigni
but said he didn’t think that was the o
things around for Hall. Also, Springs, who
worked comfortably and well in the
“underdog” role in the first election, says
reason he did well. “There were some otl
things too; some people came up to me a
said they voted for me because of wf
he must fight complacency among
supporters, the “Aw, I won’t bother to
vote, since he’s got it won, anyway”
attitude.
they read in the news'paper, when t
Journal interviewed all the candidate;
(Springs was endorsed by the Carol!
Journal in the March
issue.
Amendments To Be Voted On
By Nancy Davis
Along with runoffs and
Student Superior Court
justices, the student body will
be able to vote for or against
the proposed constitutional
amendments.
Student Legislature
passed the amendments and
according to the constitution,
the student body must pass
the proposed changes before it
can, be approved by
Chancellor D.W. Colvard.
Below are some of the changes
that will be voted on,-
Article 1 of the
con .vj tut ion will be revised in
accordance with the present
authority and overall
composition of the Student
Activity Fees Commission.
Article 1. Student Activity
Fees Commission
Sectioii 1. Authority.
The - Student Activity Fees
Commission shall have
responsibility for all student
activity fees and, therefore,
will require accounting for the
use of activity fee
expenditures from all three
divisions of -the- Student
Association. The Commission
shall have the specific
authority to:
1. Make percentage
allocations of student activity
fees to the divisions- of the
Student Association. These
allocations must be completed
by July I for the academic
year next following.
2. Hold budgetary
hearings and establish
procedures for the conduct of
such hearings in connection
with allocation of fees.
3. Require periodic
financial statements from the
student divisions and/or
organizations receiving
student activity fees in such
form as the Student Activity
Fees Commission may
reasonably require.
4. Investigate ’and hold
hearings regarding
unwarranted or unauthorized
expenditures of student
activity fees.
5. Freeze any student
activity fees allocated to a
division or a student
organization under the
procedures and circumstances
as the. Commission shall
establish.
(continued on page 10)
Who won, who lost, and who’.s in a rnnoff;
See page 10 for a eonipleti' li.sting.
Voting Machines For Runoff
By Brad Rich
Acting Elections and Publicity
Chairperson Tom Chumley said last
Thursday he had talked with the
Mecklenburg Board of Elections Chief Bill
Culp, and UNCC would probably have
voting booths for the major spring election
runoffs.
“He told me,” Chumley said, “that if I
_got him the correct wording of the
constitutional referendum and the list of
candidates by Monday the 9th, we could
have two voting machines on the 10th.”
Originally, runoff elections were
scheduled 'for April 11, but the voting
machines were already scheduled tor use
that day.
The one day change in the run
elections means Chumley will have to
before the Student Legislature and ;
permission for the date change. “You i
bet I’ll be doing a lot of lobbying betwt
now and then,” Chumley said.
Chumley said the reason vot
machines were not used during the Mai
29, 30 and 31 election was that the count
Elections Board was not given enot
notice. “There wasn’t enough timi
Chumley said. “They would have had
reprogram the machine, and it was just t
coninhcated ”