The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XVI, Number 38
Charlotte, North Carolina
Monday, February 2, 1981
Tuition May Jump
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$55-65 Next Year
By David E. Griffith
By a recommendation of the Ad
visory Budget Committee of the
North Carolina Legislature, the
General Assembly is considering a
$55-$65 across-the-board tuition in
crease for resident students and a pro
portional non-resident increase.
According to Student Body and
University of North Carolina Associa
tion of Student Governments (UN-
CASG) President Ron Olsen, the in
crease is due to a Une item in Gover
nor Jim Hunt’s 1981 budget. The line
item requires a 6.2 million increase in
UNC-system revenue.
Bill Friday, president of the UNC
system, said, “The UNC system has
not had an across-the-board increase
since 1971.” Friday says the increase
will not go into effect until after the
legislature passes the appropriations
bill.
UNCC Vice Chancellor for Business
Affairs Leo Ells said, “There is no
question in my mind that there will be
strong support for a tuition increase
in the North Carolina Legislature and
very little opposition.”
UNCASG plans to present a posi
tion paper on the tuition increase at
its Feb. 13-14 meeting. Olsen said he
did not expect the legislature to
discuss the increase until mid-March.
Charlotte Mayor Eddie Knox, who
heads the Advisory Budget Commit
tee, was unavailable for comment
because of recent events in Charlotte
city government.
J.
Photo by Debbie Miller
Students found traveling difficult as campus received two inches of snow Fri
day. Cars were abandoned on Highway 49 and some accidents were reported.
Student Legislature
Campus Affairs considers request
By Chip Wilson
After a seven-week delay, the Cam
pus Affairs Committee of the Student
Legislature will consider a request by
Black Student Union President
Michael Kemp for an investigation in
to the editorial practices of the
Carolina Journal.
In a memorandum Sharon Chis
holm, chair of the committee, said the
meeting will be held in the student
government conference room at 12:30
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5.
Kemp presented his petition to the
Student Legislature on Dec. 9, 1980.
In the request, made on behalf of
the Black Student Union (BSU),
Kemp lists five reasons for the re
quest.
The first asks for an exploration of
“the reasons why on a wide basis the
student population does not view the
Carolina Journal favorably, and why
black students in particular are
dissatisfied with the coverage provid
ed by our student newspaper of issues
directly affecting them.”
Secondly, Kemp charges that ar
ticles relating to black students are
“distorted, with regard to actual
facts taken out of context, and edited
of valid information.”
The BSU petition also asks the
legislature to explore various ways of
bringing about change within the
newspaper. In addition, the letter re
quests that creation of a new alter
native media source be reviewed.
The fifth request asks the legisla
ture “to explore the feasibility of a
constitutional amendment that would
restructure the composition of the
Student Media Board such that it
would consist of members elected at-
large by the student body with the
editors and chairpersons of campus
media serving on an ex-officio basis.”
Inside:
Students protest
in Phase II p. 2
Afro-American
History Month ... .p. 5
Photo by Debbie Miller
UNCC was forced to close at 3 p.m. Friday due to hazardous conditions.