The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XIV, Number 10
Charlotte, North Carolina
October 31, 1978
$2.3 million: where does it go?
By James Braswell
$2.3 million. That's a lot of money.
That figure is what students paid for
the fall semester in tuition and fees to
UNCC.
Where’s it all going? Well, the tui
tion costs, which totaled $1,575,000.
went to the University System.
UNUC is not at liberty to spend that
sum.
But the rest? Well, it gets
distributed among eight different
organizations.
A couple of the distributions are
simple to handle. First, student iden
tification cards cost 50 cents to make.
But is 50 cents an economically feasi
ble charge when snags occur? Actual
ly not, but when the Public Safety
College life even has an effect on Halloween. The witch and ghost costumes are
thrown away for the “college look ” costumes. Some girls on fifth floor Sanford
dressed up as the cover of their favorite album.
department hits a snag it compen
sates. Example: bad film for the I.D.
camera creates a deficit. To make up
lor this deficit, it helps to charge $2 to
have new 1.1). s made for those who
lose them. The total allotment for
I.D.’s is $4,300.
A larger chunk goes to the Student
Union Building Debt Service. $03,000
($13.50 per fulltime student) is used
to pay off the bond that paid for the
construction costs of the student
union’s new addition.
The Student Activity Fees Com
mission (composed of five students) is
allotted $105,000 (15.50 per fulltime
student). This pays most of the stu
dent media expenses. They also sup
plement there own budgets with
Total Tuition & Academic Fees
12/plus hrs.
9-11 hrs.
6-8 hrs.
1-5 hrs.-
In-Stale
155.00
1 16.00
78.00
39.00
(Iut-( Il-Slate
1.021.00
766.00
51 1.00
255.00
University Fees
Union Bldg. I >ebt Service
13.50
13.50
5.00
3.00
Student Activities (SAFU)
15.50
15.50
5.50
2.00
University ( enter Operation
27.50
27.50
13.00
2.50
Facilities Fees
6.50
6.50
2.50
1.00
Medical Fees
18.50
18.50
5.50
2.50
Athletic Fees
1 7.50
17.50
6.50
3.1X1
Intramural Fees
1.50
1.50
1.50
.50
Student 1.1).
.50
.50
.50
.50
TOTAL UNIVEKSITY FEES
101.00
104.00
40.00
15.00
Total Combined Tuition & Fees
In-Stale
259.00
220.00 .
1 18.00
54.1X1
Out-(Il-State
1.125.00
870.00
551.00
270.(M)
advertising and donations. UNCC has
four media: ( arolina Journal (student
newspaper): Hogues 'n Racsals (year
book); Sanskrit (literary magazine);
WFAE-FM (radio station).
Student Body Government is allot
ted money to fund Student
Legislature, executive branch offices
(student body president, attorney
general, etc.). Most of the money is
used to fund clubs and organizations
with primary charters.
The University Program Board
(UPB) is also funded by the SAFC.
UPB is responsible for student enter
tainment: i.e. concerts, lectures,
films, etc.
$188,000 (27.50 per fulltime stu
dent) is directed toward the Universi
ty Center operation. This money goes
toward the salaries of the center’s
employees, maintenance of the center.
The Health Center gets $124,000
(18.50 per fulltime student). Most of
this goes toward the purchase of
medical supplies, which are sold at
cost (or free) to the students. In
terestingly. doctors and nurses'
salaries don't come from these fees.
A facility maintenance fee is also
charged. $44,600 ($6.50 per fulltime
student) is charged to maintain the
athletic and intramural fields.
The Athletic Department gets
$120,400 ($17.50 per fulltime
student). Most of this goes into the
minor sports program. A common
assumption is that the basketball pro
gram gets the money, but basketball
is a revenue sport, therefore is a lower
priority for the fees.
Finally. $30,400 is allotted for in
tramural activities ($4.50 per fulltime
student). Some of this pays for in
tramural referees, and equipment
used in all activities.
There are also special fees applied
directly towards the particular pro
gram. These include; all BCA fees, the
fee to take the scuba diving class and
physical education fees.
The overall figures shown above are
rounded figures and are subject to
slight change due to students dropp
ing classes and withdrawing from the
University.
Trustees take over Davidson’s WDAV
By Kathy Espin
Davidson College students voted in
favor of a resolution censuring the
college’s board of trustees for taking
Nuclear trip ”big waste”
By Lori Gulli
Duke Power has asked the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a
license to move 420 truckloads of
highly radioactive nuclear waste from
their Oconee, S.C. plant to their
McGuire plant in northern Charlotte,
near Lake Norman. This transport
has been opposed by various state
and city organizations. A hearing on
this decision will take place sometime
in December.
The route this shipment of radioac
tive waste will take passes over the
over programming of WDAV, cam
pus radio station.
The referendum was passed 616-94,
with little more than half of the stu
dangerous ramp at the intersection of
1-77 and I-85. Nine truck accidents in
the past five years have occurred
there. The drivers claimed to be going
under the suggested speed limit and
the trucks turned over due to a load
shift (caused by the severe curve)
which they had no control over. It has
been noted by newspapers, drivers,
etc. as a hazardous spot. The route
also passes two miles from downtown
Charlotte and as you probably know,
quite close to UNCC.
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dent body voting.
The station went off the air Mon
day, Oct. 16, when 60 student
volunteers resigned in protest over
administrative control.
The referendum is not expected to
have much effect on the board's ac
tion according to Martha Roberts,
Director of Communications.
The major point of conflict between
the students and the administration
was over the amount of time to be
devoted to playing classical music.
The students favored a balanced pro
gram of six hours classical, five hours
of jazz, five hours of contemporary
music including rock, and two hours
of educational programming. The ad
ministration favors a program con
sisting “primarily of classical music.”
The students also removed the sta
tion’s main stereo control board when
they walked out of the station on
Monday. Carrington Thompson,
former station manager, said the con
trol board was purchased with stu
dent funds and the students felt the
equipment belonged to them. “We did
not take anything that is not student
property,” Thompson said. “We
didn't take it to keep them from going
on the air, we took it because we felt it
belonged to the students."
The walkout occurred after the
Davidson College Board of Trustees
handed down a directive stating the
administration would make all deci
sions concerning programming for
the station.
“Personally, I will not go back to
the station.” Thompson said. “I feel
the students have been lied to and
misled, and I cannot justify going
back.”
The station is scheduled to go back
on the air Nov. 20.