The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XIV, Number 28
Charlotte, North Carolina
February 22, 1979
Student body elections plans underway for spring
By Kathy Espin
The Student Legislature approved
the appointment of a co-chairperson
of the Elections and Publicity Com
mittee.
Tom Chumley, chair of the commit
tee, announced Cathy Allred would be
his new co-chair.
The committee will also include two
or three other people along with the
Nuggets, who will help run the stu
dent elections scheduled for March
27-28 and a vote on a constitutional
referendum to be held on March 5-6.
Chumley said he sees no conflict of
interest in the Nuggets working the
elections even though Kim Burns, a
candidate for student body president,
is president of the Nuggets. “We
have had candidates who were con
nected with the Nuggets before and
we have never had any problems,"
Chumley said, "besides, Cathy and I
will probably be at one or the other
polling places at all times during the
elections.”
Polling places for the elections will
be in the dorm cafeteria and in the
Cone University Center. Dorm
students will vote in the Residence
Hall Cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and commuters and campus apart
ment students will vote in the Cone
University Center from 10 a.m. to 9
p.m. Chumley said he is planning to
have three voting machines at each
location.
“I would like to get at least 15 per
cent of the student body to vote this
year,” Chumley said. "The usual tur
nout is less than 12 percent. We have
a higher percentage (of students
voting) than at Carolina (UNC-Chapel
Hill). It's not really a matter of life
and death to vote around here. This is
the 1970s, the age of every man for
himself, but 1 will do everything
possible to increase the turnout.”
Nominations will be open in the
next five school days, Chumley said.
Any student interested in running for
a position in the Student Association
should watch for the nomination
dates and then go by the student
government offices in the Cone
University Center and fill out a
nomination form.
"I think everything will run
smoothly this year,” Chumley said,
“with the voting machines it should
be fair and honest. The people at the
County Elections Board will come
and count the votes for us and the
results should be out one hour after
the polls close.”
(Photo by Pam Breeze)
Cathy Allred is to serve as co-chair of the Election and Publicity Committee
with Tom Chumley.
Carolina Journal gets new racks
Kim Burns announces her
bid for student body president
By Kathy Espin
Another student body president
hopeful has declared her candidacy
for what looks like an interesting
race.
(Photo by Bob Henderson)
Student body presidential aspirant
Kim Burns.
Kim Burns, a junior in the English
department, said she had decided last
semester she wanted to run but there
have been many points of indecision
since that time.
“You know, every time someone
else mentions they might run, you
stop and think, ‘do I have a chance
against them?’ “ Burns said.
Burns said the theme for her cam
paign will be “Participation, the key
to productivity." She said if she is
elected she will concentrate on get
ting more qualified people to par
ticipate in student government. “I’m
still talking to people about things
they would like to see changed and
improved but one issue I have heard a
lot of people talk about is changing
the allocation procedures for student
funds," Burns said.
Burns, 20, is a native of Charlotte
and a graduate of West Mecklenburg
High School. She is now a work-study
student working in the Student Bank.
She has served as freshman class
president, a member of the Student
Legislature, chair and vice-chair of
the Student Legislature Rules Com
mittee, special legislative committee
chair and as news editor of the
Carolina Journal.
The Carolina Journal
is starting a new "rack-
ette.” Begining next
Monday, Feb. 26, the
Carolina Journal will be
located in designated
areas around campus.
Six “mean green” racks
have been placed around
campus, in an effort to
distribute the paper to
as many students as
possible.
Every Monday and
Thursday afternoon,
newspapers will be plac
ed in these racks located
in the following areas:
outside the Commuter
Cafeteria, beside the
candy counter, in the Re
sidence Hall Cafeteria,
in the Denny overpass
and outside the Book
store. Bundles will also
be dropped off in the
dorms, the academic
buildings and the gym.
Presently, the
Carolina Journal is stu
dying to see where the
best pick-up areas for
students are. If any
students have sugges
tions or ideas, please call
597-2325.
Plans are being made
to order more racks and
locate more distribution
locations. For now, the
staff will be looking at
pick-up in these designa
ted areas. If any theft or
damage is done to the
racks, the service will be
discontinued and past
distribution methods
will resume. Hopefully,
students will cooperate
with the this effort and
report any distribution
ideas that may prove
beneficial to the news
paper.
(Photo by Pam Freeze)
Carolina Journal distribution will be made simpler
through the use of these new racks.