The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XVI, Number 28
Charlotte, North Carolina
Thursday, November 13, 1980
Cafeteria May Open
Following Breaks
By Chip Wilson
Carolina Journal Staff Writer
The current practice of not opening
the residence hall cafeteria on nights
when many students return to cam
pus from breaks may change, eventu
ally.
Donald MacKay, UNCC director of
auxiliary and business services, is
now negotiating with Professional
Food Management (PFM) to change
the current meal schedule. This
change would provide an evening
meal on Sunday, November 30, when
most, students will return from
Thanksgiving break.
Definite plans have already been
made to provide meals to students
returning from future breaks.
The current terms of the contract,
set by the university, require that
meals be served only on days when
classes begin after breaks.
“All factors are considered when we
decide to open or close,” said Gary
Freed, manager of the Residence Hall
Cafeteria. “We have to consider the
cost, which we try to keep down. Our
cost cutting helps keep the price of
the meal plans as low as they are
now.
MacKay said the cost to the univer
sity for operating the residence cafe
teria is about $3,000 for a weekend
day of operation.
One factor that MacKay has consi
dered is the increasing number of stu
dents that arrive back on campus on
nights ending breaks. This led to
plans requiring PFM to start serving
meals on the day when spring break
ends.
“On March 15, the Sunday before
spring break ends, PFM will serve
lunch and supper.”
Mackay said it is unlikely that his
office will be able to arrange for PFM
to accept the meal plan on the Sunday
ending the Thanksgiving break. One
alternative under consideration is
opening the residence cafeteraia for
cash-paying customers that night.
A primary reason why PFM was
not requried to serve meals on days
ending extended breaks was a con
tract term stating that the university
would pay the food service for a full
day, even if only one or two meals
were served.
Photo By Todd Woerner
Carl Rosen, pianist and singer, performed in the Rathskeller Thursday night playing a variety of
music from BiUy Joel to Elton John to a responsive crowd.
Legislature OK’s
Group Charters
By Chip Wilson
Carolina Journal Staff Writer
The Student Legislature defeated a
motion, presented at Tuesday’s meet
ing, that would have created a new
committee to review the current
regulations pertaining to student
government operations.
Commuter representative Vaughan
Winborne introduced the measure be
cause of a “lack of clarity” in certain
documents governing procedures for
campus elections and student legis
lature rules.
The bill would also have given the
new committee power to initiate
changes in the Student Body consti
tution.
Linda Russell, who represents nurs
ing students, said creating a special
committee to reiview documents
would limit the insight available from
other committees already dealing
with specific policy matters.
The proposal failed with 16 oppos
ing, 11 favoring and 7 abstaining.
Another topic receiving lengthy
discussion was a $100 allocation to
the Allied Health Club, the bulk of
which was earmarked for a field trip.
Opponents argued that an appro
priation to the club at this time would
not fulfill a committment of the
legislature to hold additional spen
ding down.
The Allied Health Club presented
no formal budget to the legislature,
because of a delay in chartering. The
allocation was approved, 21 to 14.
Charters were approved for the
UNCC Debate Team, the French
Club, Master of Urban Administra
tion Student Association and
Students for a Democratic America.
Some opposition was voiced to the
chartering of the Baptist Student
Union and the Moslem Student Asso
ciation. The BSU was approved by ac-
claimation and the Moslem group was
approved 18 to 8, with 6 legislators
abstaining.
Legislator Rick Van Pelt expressed
his concern to his colleagues that the
opposition to the Moslem group,
though spawned by political beliefs,
was a hinderance to freedom of rel
igion for students.