The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XIV, Number 25
Charlotte, North Carolina
February 12, 1979
Lady 49er$ win Sun Belt Tournament
By Nancy Davis
The Inaugural Sun Belt Invita
tional Tournament for women ended
on a winning note for UNCC, the host
school. UNCC won the tournament
after beating the University of
Alabama at Birmingham in the cham
pionship game, 62-61. The Lady 49ers
reached the finals after defeating
Georgia State University 71-65 the
night before.
Five teams participated in the three
day tournament. Georgia State beat
the University of South Florida in the
consolation game and the University
of New Orleans was out of the tourna
ment after losing earlier in the day to
South Florida. UNCC Coach Judy
Wilkins said all the teams seemed real
pleased with the tournament and
hope it will be something the Sun Belt
will continue. South Florida Coach
Joanne Rogers said, “I think some
strong rivalries will start from this
tournament. It can’t but help the Sun
Belt Conference.”
Wilkins said the tournament was
“more than I hoped it would be.”
Thrilled with the attendance and en
thusiasm of the crowd, Wilkins gave
a lot of credit of her championship to
the support shown by the crowd. In
the final game, UNCC was often in a
pressure situation where a lot of en
thusiasm was needed.
Starting the second half with a
38-32 lead, the 49ers even stretched it
to a 12-point lead. Alabama-
Birmingham was a much more
physical team than the Georgia State
Panthers and UNCC got into foul
trouble early. With more than seven
minutes left in the game, UNCC lost
Kim Fox and Paula Bennett, both
leading rebounders and scorers, with
five fouls. Wilkins then had to rely on
substitutes Patricia Tennent and
Laurie Livingston to replace the two
starters.
“It wasn't the first time I’ve had to
put in subs during pressure points.
I'd say there have been more situa
tions this year when subs had to deal
with the pressure games than the
starting five," Wilkins said, praising
the efforts of Tennent and Liv
ingston.
Alabama-Birmingham took advan
tage of UNCC’s foul situation and
built up a 52-49 lead. However, luck
and skill came through for the Lady
49ers and in a matter of minutes had
come back to take the lead. Liv
ingston converted on the two free
throws that sent Alabama-
Birmingham superstar Wanda
Hightower out with five. Hightower’s
replacement failed to check in with
the scorer’s table and Brenda Brown
hit the technical foul. Together with a
basket by Brown before the foul and
another basket by Patricia Payne after
gaining possession of the ball
resulting from the technical, UNCC
was ahead 56-52.
It took Alabama-Birmingham’s
Gloria Helton to stop the 49ers from
going any further as she scored their
last nine points, giving Alabama-
Birmingham the lead, 61-60. Brown
made the basket and the rest of the
49ers kept the Blazers from putting
up another shot. Thus time ran out
(photos by Debbie Miller)
UNCC coach Judy Wilkins answers chants of “We want Judy" by joining her team in the victory celebration. Kim
Fox (left) and Paula Bennett (right) were UNCC's contribution to the Sun Belt Invitational All Tournament team.
More cheating incidences being reported
By Nancy Davis
It hasn't been an easy year for At
torney General Billie Stickell. Accor
ding to her, this past year has been
“rough." Stickell said the biggest
reason is because of past inefficien
cies and problems with continuity.”
Another reason the year has been
rough is because in the process of
making up for past problems, Stickell
has taken on quite a load of cases in
an attempt to restore a little faith in
to the office.
"The administration, PFM, the
Bookstore and other university
departments have had very little
faith in our system here. Now they
trust us a little more ... but we've
got a long way to go,” Stickell said, in
her office, located in the student
government complex.
The attorney general's office
handles all charges brought by
students, and various university of
fices. Stickell said she has had a hard
time trying to get these people to
come to her for help, because of the in
efficiency shown in the past.
Working to improve the office's
relationship with the university,
much to UNCC’s pleasure and the
62-61 victory was final.
“Alabama-Birmingham was so
much more physical than Georgia
State. And the calling wasn't as con
sistent as I'd hoped for. The refs were
tight on our end and loose on the
other,” Wilkins said after the game.
The UNCC team thought Alabama-
Birmingham was the tougher team,
but Wilkins thought Georgia State
Stickell has made some changes in
policies. She has tightened up the
security in her office, so now she alone
has access to her files. Her assistant
can only see the files he is working
with. She is speeding up the process
and finishing up cases much quicker
than in the past.
When appointed attorney general
by Student Body President Larry
Springs, Stickell then resolved to do
something about the number of
unreported cheating incidents going
on in classes. It has been difficult for
Stickell to get faculty members to br
ing cheating cases to her, because
they don't feel the attorney general’s
office can effectively help. Presently,
the attorney general's office is work
ing on more than 11 cheating cases.
None of these cases have had to go to
court. Stickell would prefer an out-of-
court settlement and said most
students do, too. She and the pro
fessor agree on a penalty and usually
the defendant will plead guilty and
take the penalty.
There are seven cheating cases pen
ding in the engineering department,
which Stickell said is the“biggest
was. Wilkins also said she didn't get a
“true picture of South Florida,
because they had an All-American sit
ting on the bench hurt.”
Two Lady 49er players, Paula Ben
nett and Kim Fox, made the All-
Tournament team. They were joined
by Joyce Harrell of Georgia State
Wanda Hightower of Alabama-
Birmingham and Most Valuable
Player Terese Allen of Georgia State.
problem right now. The instructors
are working closely with me and will
prosecute."
Besides cheating, Stickell has
handled out-of-court cases dealing
with property damage, disorderly
conduct and indecent exposure.
Twice, she has had to go to court. One
'case involved throwing fireworks out
of a dorm window “which is very hard
to prove,” Stickell said and the other
was a plagiarism case. It was found in
this case the defendant was unaware
he was plagiarizing and was sent to
the Learning Awareness Resources
Center to “learn how to write a paper
and turn one into the court before he
graduated."
Stickell said this is a good example
of the different way they must look at
various cases. “We have to ask what
is the problem, why did this occur?
These are people with problems and
must be judged on their own merits.”
Most of the cases, such as book thefts
and vandalism of vending machines
involve students who want it to be
resolved “as quickly as possible.
They give you no trouble and never
do it again."