The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XVI, Number 21
Charlotte, North Carolina
Thursday October 16, 1980
Consortium Colleges
Show To Feature Students
By Renee Wright
Carolina Journal Staff Writer
The Charlotte Area Consortium of
Colleges is looking for talented
students. On November 8, Student
Activities directors from 11 area cam
puses will gather at Davidson to ar
range bookings for the best of the stu
dent acts.
Each college will bring their three
most talented student acts to the
Davidson Showcase. The consortium
sponsors the Showcase in order to
identify and support local talent. Dur
ing the year, the colleges plan many
events that need musicians, singers,
dancers, comedians and specialty acts
like magicians and mimes. Program
ming boards prefer to promote local
people rather than bringing in acts
from outside.
The last Consortium Showcase was
held 2 years ago. UNCC entries
received bookings at Queens, Sacred
Heart and Belmont Abbey as a result
of their participation.
The UNCC Talent Search is being
sponsored by Cone Center Programs
and the Special Activities Committee
of University Program Board. Acts
will audition in front of a live au-
dience. Rating will be done by a panel
of Student, Faculty and Staff judges.
The top three winners of the UNCC
competition will receive prizes in
cluding a $50 cash prize for first
place. The deadline for registering for
an audition is Tuesday, October 21.
Any UNCC student is eligible to
compete in the Talent Search. In a
group act, the majority of the per
formers must be students. Contact
the Caucus in Cone Center to register
or call 597-2521 between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m.
Faculty Studying
General Requirements
By Teresa Skipper
Carolina Journal News Editor
An unofficial group of faculty have
been checking to see if there is a need
to study the general education
requirements at UNCC.
Faculty and students feel two goals
should be met. The first is what every
student should have when he leaves
the university. The approach is not
from what courses the student should
have but, what the student should
have from the standpoint of an
educated person. The second goal is
to discover what the university is cur
rently doing to meet these goals, and
what needs to be changed.
The first objective is to determine
the consensus on campus, and decide
what should be achieved. According
to Dr. Schley Lyons, a member of this
unofficial body, the topic has not been
discussed at the university since he
has been here.
Lyons and his colleagues got the
idea when they attended a conference
on general education sponsored by
the American Council on Education.
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PFM’s Sanitation
Rating Back To “A”
By Kathy Merritt
Carolina Journal Staff Writer
The Residence Hall Cafeteria has
regained its “A” sanitation rating.
According to Steve Bucko, general
manager of food services, the “B”
rating the cafeteria received October
3 was due to faulty equipment, not
sanitation problems. Bucko said the
cafeteria regained its “A” rating
when he “showed the inspectors that
we were going to get the proper equip
ment.’’ He said the new grade was
Fretwell Elected Chair of
Council On Education
By Teresa Skipper
Carolina Journal News Editor
Chancellor E.K. Fretwell Jr. has
been elected chairman of the Board of
Directors of the American Council on
Education.
The ACE is an independent, higher
education association and is the na
tion’s major coordination body for
post secondary education. ACE
represents about 1,600 universities,
and provides comprehensive leader
ship for improving educational stan
dards, policies, and procedures. It is
considered the major voice of
American higher education.
Chancellor Fretwell was pleased
with his election. He thanked his col
leagues and the UNCC trustees for
making it possible to accept the posi
tion.
“This is a most appropriate time for
the American Council on Education
to bring together all those institu
tions, associations, and agenices seek
ing effectively to strengthen the total
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Money had to be appropriated for
the equipment.
A few students commented on the
“B” grade but were “very nice about
it,” said Bucko. He said he assured
them that the cafeteria was doing
everything “properly.” Bucko en
couraged any concerned persons to
“come back right now” and see the
new rating.
Fretwell
community of American higher
education,” Dr. Fretwell said, “l am
honored to have the chance to help
this vital endeavor at a time when
higher education needs to develop its
potential to the maximum and to
enhance public understanding of
what we are all about.”