The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XIV, Number 38
Charlotte, North Carolina
April 5, 1979
Where to go for help
By Nancy Davis
Where do you go when you gotta
have help and you gotta have it now
and it's gotta be quick and it's gotta
be good?
That's a good question. During the
past year, the university has been
much more aware of those persons in
volved in the process of filing griev
ances and appeals. At the same time,
it has also proven to be a slow, com
plicated process, many times result
ing in persons taking their grievances
outside the university system.
It has been a concern of the Dean of
Students office to make students
aware of the procedures involved in
filing an actual complaint. It has also
been realized there is not a solid base
for them to rely on. Dean of Students
Chuck Lynch drew up a rough draft
outlining procedures a student could
take and then realized how unclear
the process was.
According to Lynch, students
should consult with the attorney ge ¬
Abzug thrills campus audience with
multi-faceted talk on womens issues
By Luann Whitley
The honorable Bella Abzug im
pressed a UNCC audience Monday
afternoon when she explained the
ERA. Abzug said, “Congress has the
power to open the draft to women
regardless of the Equal Rights
Amendment, and they might just do
it."
Abzug is a native New Yorker
where she attended Columbia Law
School and served as a Congresswo
man representing New York City.
Recently, Abzug was dismissed from
her volunteer, co-chairperson position
on the Women's Advisory Committee
to the President.
Of her dismissal, Abzug said, “The
President was upset with the actions
of the whole committee. I was used as
a scapegoat. Because of my firing,
Carter has damaged his relationship
with the women of the country."
Abzug spoke about her family say
ing they were very close. “Martin, my
husband, is my strongest supporter.
He believes in me and is an important
part of my life,” Abzug said. Abzug's
youngest daughter graduated this
year from law school.
Abzug said “the constitutional
structure of the country needs to be
changed. The forefathers of the coun
try didn't give a ‘hoot' about the
foremothers."
Being born in 1920 symbolizes to
Abzug she is perfect for the fight to
get equal rights established for
neral's office in student government
whenever they feel their rights have
been violated by another student. The
attorney general will then check with
the Code of Student Conduct to deter
mine whether a violation has occur
red. Presently, there is no published
Code of Student Conduct, nor is there
any publication of the current judicial
procedures under which student
government is operating. In fact, un
til the ratification of the student con
stitution in last week's election, there
was not even an approved code of con
duct.
The attorney general's office deals
mainly with disciplinary offenses. If
students feel their rights have been
violated or they have been treated un
justly by a member of the staff or fa
culty within the university, they
should appeal to that person’s imme
diate supervisor. From there. Lynch
said, students should go to that per
son's head or to the dean of the col
lege or area and then to the dean of
(continued on page 12)
Bella Abzug during her entry to the
UNCC campus.
women. 1920 was the year women got
the right to vote. Abzug also worked
very hard on the campaign to get the
bill passed for the 18-year old vote.
“Women are hardly noticed by men
except when they want to keep them
in their place,” Abzug said.
“Women's place is everywhere.
Women need to become more
politically aware," Abzug said.
While on campus, Abzug asked
students questions about “how
women here feel about the ERA and
how active are they?" Abzug received
the reply “the women at UNCC are
not active and we do not have a
strong leader." Abzug hoped her in
fluence on campus would help to
(continued on page 12)
Chuck Lynch, dean of students, is in the process of outlining procedures for fin
ding the proper appeals channels on campus.
students or vice chancellor for the di
vision. Lynch also said students were
having the most problem with admi
nistrative appeals.
“The problems are not getting re
solved at the lower levels,” Lynch
said. “When it goes one step higher, it
takes more time.”
Legislature to support charges
By Bill Peschel
The chancellor has asked the Stu
dent Legislature, in a letter to Stu
dent Body President Larry Springs
and Student Legislature Chairperson
Joel Gilland, for any information to
substantiate their charges of racial
discrimination against nursing stu
dent Donna Blunt.
“I am of the opinion your action
and the public attention it has receiv
ed has cast a shadow of public doubt
on the reputation of the College of
Nursing, UNCC and UNC," he wrote.
“Further, I believe ... I must take
the necessary steps to restore public
confidence in those institutions.”
Fretwell then asked the body for
their “assistance and cooperation in
(Photo by Debbie Miller)
Chancellor E.K. Fretwell.
Dr. E.K. Fretwell will be installed
Friday in the Charlotte Coliseum
See related story, page 3
Every time the case is taken to a
higher official, that official must call
in all parties involved and hear both
sides all over again. Often times, se
veral vice chancellors hear the case
before it finally reaches the one who
has jurisdiction over the area. There
that effort.” To aid him in any future
investigation or action, he asked
them to “contact each of the students
who made those complaints and urge
them to submit to me in confidence
.. . a written statement detailing the
alleged incident . . . giving rise to the
complaint.
“I ask that you submit to me the
facts upon which the Student
Legislature based its findings the
case of Donna Blunt epitomized such
harassment and racial discrimina
tion.”
While the Student Legislature has
passed many resolutions, this is the
first where the chancellor has asked
for the facts on a resolution.
(continued on page 5)
The man in the black leather chair
is more than a title
no less than a friend
a lover of beginnings
hesitating to end
listens without overhearing
watches without peeping in
walks without overstepping
reaches where no one has been
evaluates all his decisions
working to make it all fair
much more than just another
man in a black leather chair