The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XVI, Number 31
Charlotte, North Carolina
Monday, November 24, 198
Verdict Protest
Tomorrow, 12:30
By David E. Griffith
Carolina Journal Campus Affairs Editor
The Executive Council of Student
Body Government announced Friday
that they are planning to have a rally
in protest of the Greensboro verdict,
Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Belk Tower.
Sponsored by Student Body Gov
ernment and the Black Student Un
ion, the rally is open to all students.
Featured speakers are Ron Olsen,
Student Body Presdient, and Michael
RLO Problems
Handled Slowly
By Chip Wilson
Carolina Journal Staff Writer
When Jackie Simpson took over the
UNCC Residence Life office,
interviewers gave her a general view
of the challenge she would face upon
her arrival.
Now holding the reins on the many
projects, Simpson sees the detailed
problems of directing campus hous
ing office at a university growing in
spite of an opposite nationwide trend.
“The resident population of this
campus has grown by one-third, while
we have only hired one additional
staff member to help direct that
photo by Bob Henderson
Jackie Simpson
“Charlotte grows, so UNCC
grows, everyone tells me...
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Kemp President of the Black Student
Union. Other possible speakers have
been contacted.
UNCC Public Safety director Jerry
Hudson said, “We will take no unus
ual security precautions. It is their
right to do just that, as long as they
don’t go against university rules.” “I
don’t have any reason to believe there
will be any violence,” Hudson said.
“If there is violence we’ll cope with it
at that time.”
growth,” she said.
“I’m not trying to sound like a
Pitiful Pearl, because other areas of
the university have been having the
same problems with growth.”
Residence Life does face a number
of problems, with limited resources to
affect them.
Among the problems are:
• New construction occurring on
campus now. Simpson calls supervi
sion of the current building program
“a full-time job in itself,” in addition
to the careful planning that is needed
for projects on the board now.
• Upkeep of campus apartments.
“The campus apartments were de
signed to have the features of off-cam
pus living, but we do become involved
with their operation.”
“With utilities, we have to deal
with Duke Power if there is a misbill
ing. Usually they are small, nit-picky
things, like a wrong name. It may not
involve a lot of money, but it’s impor
tant to a student.
“The logistics of managing the
whole apartment concept currently
finds support through a satelite office
for the Phase II/III area, Simpson
said.
• Lack of Housekeeping staff. Al
though students have the task of
cleaning the individual apartments,
staff personnel must handle the final
cleaning after the spring semester
and during summer conferences. At
present, the housekeepers for the four
high-rise dorms handle cleaning for
the apartments. Physical plant staf
fers deal with maintainance, but Sim
pson feels employees should be speci
fically assigned to residence life.
• Space in the residence halls. “We
always have waiting lists, sometimes
they are heavier for men and some
times they are for women,” she said.
“Right now, it looks like it will be
tight this spring for men wanting
housing. It’s a guessing game right
now, but it looks like we’ll be full for
Photo By Bob Henderson
Giddeon Representatives were on campus distributing Bibles to students. A spokesman for the
group said they were incouraged by the response and the students politeness.
the spring semester.”
A major problem for prospective
students is the late deadline for hous
ing confirmations. That date will be
moved from July 1 to June 15, and
the pre-payment deposit will rise
from $50 to $100 to insure a firmer
commitment on rooms.
Nothing will be final until current
residents re-sign their contracts in
February, Simpson said. Priority is
always given to those students.
• Population decline, resulting in
fewer prospective college students.
“That is the great philosophical de
bate when we talk about construc
tion. If we construct new buildings we
have to make sure we will have stu
dents to live there,” the director said.
“Charlotte grows, so UNCC grows,
everyone tells me,” she said. “We are
trying to handle that growth, but we
don’t want to be over supplied.”