The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XVI, Number 52
Charlotte, North Carolina
Thursday, March 19, 1981
Photo By Debbie Miller
A stoneware coiled figure appeared next to the lake by Rowe Theatre shortly after spring break.
Suellyn Beeren, its creator, is a former UNCC student who graduated last December.
Forum To Feature
U. S.-Soviet Debate
By Chip Wilson
Carolina Journal Staff Writer
The relations between the U.S. and
the Soviet Union will be the topic of
discussion at the 15th University
Forum to be held March 26 and 27.
The event will begin with a presen
tation on “The U.S. and the Soviet
Union: Conflict or Confrontation in
the ’80s.”
John Stoessinger, a noted expert on
the subject will deliver the keynote
address, following a banquet in the
Cone Center.
Stoessinger, a professor at the City
University of New York, fled Nazi-
occupied Austria on the eve of World
War II. He lived in Czechloslovakia
and China prior to coming to the U.S.
in 1947.
Stoessinger visits UNCC at the in
vitation of Nish Jamgotch, a political
science professor at UNCC and a
close friend of the speaker.
“I have used his texts for 16 years.
I consider him to be one of the most
perceptive analysts of the world
scene,” Jamgotch said.
Stoessinger authored 10 leading
books on international relations, in
cluding The Might of Nations, which
won the Bancroft Prize for the best
work in that field.
Jamgotch said Stoessinger could
not be classified as a liberal or conser
vative.
“It would be hard to put labels on
him. However, he would agree that
the relations between the U.S. and
the Soviet Union are moving in a very
dangerous area.”
Could visitors to the forum expect
to hear Stoessinger discuss the new
Reagan proposals on Soviet foreign
policy?
“I’m positive of that,” Jamgotch
said.
The next day, two speakers rep
resenting the respective Soviet and
American viewpoints will address the
topic of “What Future Ahead” for in
ternational policy.
Valentin Berezhkov of Moscow’s
Institute for U.S. and Canadian
Studies will speak in McKnight
Auditorium along with Seweryn
Bialer of Columbia University.
“Berezhkov has been active for a
long time in Soviet-American rela
tions,” Jamgotch said. “He was
Stalin’s translator during meetings
with President Roosevelt and Win
ston Churchill at the end of World
War II.”
Bereszkov has written a book en
titled Stalin's Sucessors, which
surveyed the leadership in modern
Russia.
“We are fortunate to have so many
excellent speakers on this subject
come to our campus,” Jamgotch said.
“I hope many in the community will
attend, because never before have
American/Soviet relations been so im
portant. In view of President
Reagan’s $220 billion military budget
proposal, the talks promise to be very
timely.”
Tuition Cut Sought For Grad Engineers
By Chip Wilson
Carolina Journal Staff Writer
The exodus of engineering grad
uates from classroom professorships
to higher paying corporate jobs in in
dustry was discussed at Tuesdays
Student Legislature meeting.
A resolution, introduced by Sharon
Chisholm and Laurah Van Poole, calls
for the University of North Carolina
system to waive the higher out-of-
state tuition graduate engineering
students now pay. Affected programs
would be UNCC, N.C. State and N.C.
A&T.
“Why should graduate engineers
have to pay less?” asked John Gor
dan, Moore hall representative. “It
would not be fair to students in other
majors, such as biology and chemis
try.”
Student Body President Ron Olsen
addressed Gordans remarks. “Reduc
ing out-of-state tuition fees would not
be unfair. If we could solve this pro
blem, then we could look at it for
other disciplines.”
Some legislators questioned tuition
reduction as a way to attract more to
the academic side rather than cor
porate positions.
“We may be giving out-of-state
engineering students a discount, but
they won’t have to teach,” said Ginny
Newton, junior class president. “They
could do anything they want to with
their degree.”
Chisholm, Chair of the Campus Af
fairs Committee responded. “What
we are trying to do is to attract a
large pool of engineers to North
Carolina. By sheer numbers some will
have to teach.”
Commuter representative Ed Hau-
sle said the problem involved the pay
differential between teaching and in
dustry jobs.
“Not all graduate student engi
neers are after the almighty green
back,” Olsen said. “In our state, the
pool of people is not large enough to
fill engineering jobs in demand.”
The legislators voted to table con
sideration of the bill to the Campus
Affairs and Student/Faculty Liason
committee.
In other action, the legislature:
* Granted a charter to the Sigma
Nu social fraternity.
* Approved, a line item change in
the Sanford Hall budget. $150 was
originally granted to the dorm council
for a stereo, but Chisholm, the San
ford representative, said it was not
needed. The money will now go to
ward a banner for Family Day.
During the discussion period fol
lowing legislative business, Phase
II/III representative Jan Hobbs told
her fellow legislators her comments
“might step on a few toes.” She con
tinued: “Before I left for spring
break, I read a list of candidates for
legislature. Some of the people run
ning are graduating in May. If elected
they will only be in office for four
weeks. I would urge students to vote
against them.”
No one responded to Hobbs’ re
marks.