The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XIV, Number 23
Charlotte, North Carolina
February 5, 1979
Chancellor Fretmell adjusting
to UNCC life quickly
for the students and the university. It
is his hope for the students the
“Students discover ways to blend a
preparation for a career and a liberal
education. That's what separates a
university from a trade school."
His wish for the University is one of
self-renewal. “A good university,
even a young one, builds in the pro
cess of self-renewal, " Fretwell said,
“having the University look in the
mirror and see how it is doing.
By Rick Monroe
After only a month at UNCC,
Chancellor E.K. Fretwell has ac
cumulated piles of unfiled papers and
books on his desk, but he is getting
settled in, and according to the new
chancellor, “It feels good.”
Feeling good about the University
is one of Fretwell's most obvious
characteristics. At times, the chancel
lor seemed at a loss for positive adjec
tives. “Energetic; exciting; a desire to
get things done; a place that honors
the traditions of the academic world,
but is not rigid,” were some of his op
timistic terms when overviewing
UNCC.
Fretwell feels the University’s big
gest problem is the lack of money.
“There is never enough money for a
good University to spend well,” the
chancellor said. He thinks the key to
getting more financial support for the
school is to “expand the University's
good reputation, so we can get people
to believe in us.” He explained
because UNCC was such a young
university, the alumni support is not
of the extent of other older North
Carolina schools. Fretwell said it
would be difficult to compete with
these more established universities,
but “We’re going to compete with
them, maybe not in basketball this
year, but I'm ready to take them on,”
he said.
Not only is the chancellor ready and
willing to compete with the larger
schools for funds, but also for
students. Because of his work with
his high school newspaper and as a
stringer for the Associated Press dur
ing college, Fretwell is very in
terested in a journalism program at
UNCC. He feels this, plus a workshop
sponsored by UNCC for editors of
area high school newspapers would
generate interest in UNCC among
high school students.
However, one of Fretwell’s main
concerns is increasing the interest of
the students already enrolled at
UNCC in the workings of the Univer
sity. “If I could push a magic button,
I would have more participation."
Fretwell realizes most large com
muter universities have problems
with student input, but, he said,
UNCC is better than most.
In order to increase student input,
Fretwell has set up open office hours,
during which students may schedule
15 minute appointments with the
chancellor. He announced his next
open office hours for 10-11:30 a.m. on
Feb. 21. Students wishing to take ad
vantage of this opportunity should
contact the chancellor's office for an
appointment.
Aside from his immediate hope for
more student involvement. Fretwell
has developed some long-term hopes
(Photo by Pam Freeze)
Fretwell is right at home in new office in Reese Administration Building.
Concern expressed over student "no shows”
By Nancy Davis
More than 3,000 tickets are allotted
to UNCC students for all 49er home
games. These tickets are free to every
student who desires one just by show
ing an ID and athletic card. For one
dollar, an additional guest ticket may
be purchased. The student seats in
the coliseum vary, but all are con
sidered “ideal” compared to most of
the public seating sections.
The candy counter will be the only center for ticket pick-up until Thursday,
when the dorm cafeteria will house another pick-up location.
Even with these advantages, the
UNCC Athletic Department is having
a rough go at trying to fill these seats
with students. According to Dave
Taylor, assistant athletic director in
charge of ticket sales, students are
picking up the tickets, but are not us
ing them. Hundreds of seats are left
empty at every game; seats, Taylor
said, can't be sold to the public,
because supposedly a student has
picked up the ticket.
In a recent meeting with several
persons representing different areas
discussed ways to increase ticket
pick-up without increasing no shows.
Taylor is concerned with the fact the
athletic department may have to cut
the allotment of student tickets next
year because of the problem. To me,
a no show is worse than no pick-up,
said the UNCC alumnae. He also said
besides reducing the number of
tickets, they would have to reduce the
number of good seats.
To increase student pick-up and in
terest in the 9-9 49er team, a new
ticket pick-up point will open in the
Residence Hall Cafeteria on Thurs
day, Feb. 8. The athletic office is hop
ing to make student pick-up more
convenient for the dorm students.
Presently, student tickets could only
be picked up at the Candy Counter in
the lobby of the Cone University
Center.
Students will be able to get a ticket
Monday-Friday in the entrance of the
cafeteria from 11 a.m.-l p.m. during
lunch and from 4:30-6 p.m. during
supper except on Fridays. Beginning
Thursday, tickets for the New
Orleans and Georgia State games will
be available. Schedules and other in
formation will be posted.
Activity cards can only be obtained
at the Candy Counter. Regular pick-
up times will stay the same. All ticket
pick-ups end at 4 p.m. the day of the
game.
Taylor is hopeful this new ticket
center will help attendance at the
games. The athletic department loses
thousands of dollars every year from
student seats. Taylor said he gets a
lot of complaints from the public who
paid to sit in a corner seat as to why
he couldn't have bought one of those
closer empty seats.
“I have to tell him I don't know,”
Taylor said. “I don’t know why the
students won't come to the games.
But he also said it’s getting harder to
justify economically and the threat of
cutting tickets for students is great.