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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XVI, Number 35
Charlotte, North Carolina
Thursday, December 11, 1980
Campus Beer, Wine Sales Endorsed
By Chip Wilson
Carolina Journal Staff Writer
Beer, wine and malt beverages will
be sold on the UNCC campus, if the
Student Legislature, along with other
groups, convinces the North Carolina
General Assembly to change the law
prohibiting sale of alcoholic bev
erages at state universities.
Laurah Van Poole, campus affairs
committee chairperson, introduced
the resolution based on a similar pro
position by the North Carolina Stu
dent Legislature.
“If we pass this resolution it does
not mean that we will instantly have
the sale of beer and wine on this cam
pus,’’ Van Poole told the legislators.
“The General Assembly would have
to pass the law, then the Board of
Trustees at each individual university
would decide whether or not to distri
bute the beverages.”
The cover letter for the proposal
referred to the death of seven stu
dents at Western Carolina University
who were killed in automobile ac
cidents while they were away from
campus.
Student Body President Ron Olsen,
who asked for removal of the restric
tion before the state Alcoholic Bev
erage Control Board, said the sale of
beer and wine on campus would pre
clude the possibility of students leav
ing campus and becoming potential
drunk drivers.
William Faquin, Arts and Sciences
representative, disagreed. “The whole
resolution is based on the idea that
on-campus alcohol sales will reduce
deaths. That is totally absurd. Wes
tern Carolina is located in a dry coun
ty, so students would have had to
leave anyway. In wet counties, beer
and wine are already there for
tudents to obtain.
“At campuses where many stu
dents commute, you could increase
the drunk driving problem when they
could be going to campus, drinking
too much and drive home under the
influence,” Faquin said.
The representative for undeclared
majors, Baker Smith, voiced his fear
that on-campus sale of beer, wine and
malt beverages would encourage stu
dents to consume more alcohol.
“We are an academic campus, con
cerned with giving people an educa
tion. We don’t need to encourage stu
dents to drink” Smith said. “On-
campus beer sales will heighten the
possibility of students going into
class drunk.”
Kim Fortanbury, sophomore class
president, responded to the claim that
on-campus sales would encourage al
cohol use. “Students will not decide
to drink, just because we have it for
sale on campus. We would only be of
fering them the chance to do it here
instead of driving somewhere else tc
get it. It would be their alternative.’
The resolution was passed by a roll
call vote.
Also at Tuesday’s meeting, the
Black Student Union asked the legis
lature to initiate an investigation intc
the editorial practices of the Carolina
Journal.
In a statement to the legislators,
Kemp expressed his anger over alleg
ed distortion of news coverage, espec
ially that which affected his consti
tuency, the BSU. Kemp would not
comment on his charges.
Legislature chair Barry Brown re
ferred the investigation to the Cam
pus Affairs committee.
Legislators
Honor Lennon
Che following is a
resolution passed by the
Student Legislature. It
^as proposed by Com
muter Representative
Mike Derby.
“Few people have cap
tured the hearts and
minds of American
youth quite the way
John did. We loved his
music, we idolized him
and forgave his faults.
“John Lennon, with a
little help from his
friends, changed the way
we view the world, listen
to music and judge our
numerous pop stars. He
and the Beatles set the
standard for everything
musical that has been
recorded since “Meet
the Beatles” first cap
tured our imaginations
17 years ago.
“Though we may still
play his records and
watch his movies, no one
will ever fill the void
created by John’s un
timely death. No one can
heal the emptiness mil
lions feel at his loss.
“May his place in
heaven be secured.”
Math
Professor
32, Dies
By Teresa Skipper
Carolina Journal News Editor
Lynn Pearce, 32, an assistant math
professor, was found dead last Satur
day morning.
Pearce was to host a brunch on Sat
urday morning. When her guests be
gan to arrive Pearce’s mother also
came, worried because her daughter
hadn’t answered her phone all morn
ing. A back window' was finally bro
ken out, and Pearce was found dead in
her bedroom.
Pearce became a member of the
UNCC math department in 1977. She
specialized in statistics.
The cause of death was not known
as of this writing, however, foul play
was not suspected.