The _
Charlotte Collegian
, Volume 18, Number 8
Official Charlotte College Student Publication
Charlotte, North Carolina
April 27, 1984
Five File For SGA President
JOHN SCOTT
MARTIN RICHEK
BOB ANDREWS
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I, John Scott, a candidate for
president of the student legisla
ture and an interested student
and council representative, be
lieve that there is an urgent need
for reform ir-, our present student
government at Charlotte College.
I feel that these reforms must
be dealt with now if the student
government is to ful fill its pur
pose and meet the demands of a
growing senior college.
First of all, I do want to make
it known that I am supporting
the now constitution as it now
stands amended as of April 13.
It is a sound and workable docu
ment. However, I am strongly
in favor of including a bill of
student rights in our present con
stitution, which would define the
rights and responsibilities of
every student in relation to his
fellow students and to the col
lege. Furthermore, I am for in
creased class representation in
the student council.
I am for a basic honor code at
Charlotte College; however, I
do not feel that the proposed code
satisfies our needs at this col
lege. I am against the proposed
code because it does not have a
system of higher appeal; it has
placed the burden of proof on the
accused, and it can render only
one punishment for any and all
violations, that is, expulsion from
school.
In the student council, as a
sophomore representative, I
voted against the council’s
recommendation to raise the total
activity fees from $16.00 to' $23.00
for next fall. I firmly believe
that this increase is particularly
unfair to our night students, who,
if taking one course, will have to
pay more money in activity fees
than in tuition. Furthermore,
our night students seldom have
the opportunity to benefit from
our day - time social programs,
yet they are required to pay the
same social fee as everyone else.
If elected I will do everything
within the power of the office of
president to bring about a move
reasonable social activity fee!
NOW is also the time for the
student legislature to exercise
tighter control over its financial
budget. If student money is only
allocated to those icampus organi
zations and events having defi
nite purposes that will benefit
the college as a whole, I am sure
we can keep the activity fee at a
minimum.
In closing I urge all students,
who are not satisfied with the
way things are being run by our
present student council, to vote
for some new blood to fill these
offices. If your views are compa
tible with mine and if you are
interested in seeing these impor
tant reforms and better govern
ment come to this college, give
tme your full support!
GEORGE SIMPSON
George Simpson
The time has come once again
when you the students will elect
those persons whom you wish to
represent you during the coming
year.
While announcing my candi
dacy for president of the student
body, I would like first of all to
introduce myself to those of you
who may not be acquainted with
me. I am a rising senior, major
ing in English. I am now Junior-
Class President and Chairman of
the Special Activities Committee
of Student Council. I hope to
meet each of you and to answer
any questions you may have con
cerning my platform, beliefs, or
qualifications.
(1) If elected president, I shall
strive to work as a liaison be
tween students and administra
tion or faculty.
(2) Since ■! do' not believe in
the Spoils System of government,
I shall do everything in my pow
er to see that this system is not
used in the student government.
(3) I shall endeavor to procure
a more united council—as free
from “cliques” as possible. In the
past a great deal of legislation
has been passed to please a small
factior in the council rather than
to please the student body. I
shall try to keep this type of
thing from occurring.
(4) I shall strive to see that
each student gets something for
each dollar he pays into the stu
dent council. There has been
much thoughtless spending to
benefit a few students in the past.
(5) I shall strive to keep
friendships from influencing any
decisions I might make; so if you
are considering voting for me
with some personal favor in
mind, please do not vote for me.
This does not mean however that
I have a closed mind to advice or
suggestions.
I realize the duties of president
are not easy to perform, but if
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BOB SCHAEFFER
Bob Schaeffer
As a candidate for President
of the Student Legislature, I feel
that I have an obligation to the
students of Charlotte College to
state the reasons why I am seek
ing this office. In my opinion a
candidate should be motivated
by a genuine desire to take on
the responsibilities involved.
My foremost desire is to raise
Charlotte College to a level of
equal respect with other educa
tional institutions in North Car
olina. It is my belief that with
hard work and good representa
tion, this College can have a
place in the minds of school of-
ficals, students, and the public
equal to that of any other school
in the state. Once this is accom
plished, the benefits in terms of
pride, gratification, and oppor
tunities to the students of Char
lotte College will more than
make up for the work that goes
into this.
I am equally interested in pro
moting better campus relations -
especially between the student
government and the student body
which it represents. Included in
my platform to promote better
communication is a seperate Stu
dent Legislature publication, a
prominent posting of committee
actions and issues before the le
gislature, recorded vote of the
representatives, required class
meetings, regular student sur
veys through questionnaires, and
improved methods of obtaining
student suggestions.
Part of my platform to im-
begun. At their last meeting of
the Student Council I introduced
Amendment Into the new con
stitution which provides for
election of night student repre-
senatives. I am also interested in
the establishment of a girls ser
vice organization similar to the
present all—male organizations.
I also favor revision of student
fees, making part mandatory and
part optional, depending upon
the particular situation and de
sires of the student.
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' Nominations clo.sed Wednes
day night for the elected offices
of the Executive Council of the
Student Government Association
There are five nominees for the
office, of President, three for
the office of Vice-President;
and two for the office of Trea
surer.
Nominees for President are;
Robert Andrews, Martin Richeck,
Bob Schaeffer, John Scott, and
George Simpson.
For the position of Vice Pre
sident those nominated are: Man-
uiel Kennedy, Kearney I. Smith,
and Gus Psomadakis.
Judy Hardison, Carole, Ken
nedy, and Linda Kincaid are
competing for the office of Sec
retary.
The two nominees for Trea
surer are J. Morris Spearman
and Sid Llewellyn.
All campaign material must be
placed on the bulletin boards on
campus. Posters are not to ex
ceed the size of 2- inches by 27
inches, and each candidate must
Bob Andrews
This candidate does not wish
to make known his platform at
this time.
not have more than 15 posters
on campus, Ethelyn McMillian is
Chairman of the Publicity Com
mittee.
The election quilifications are
as stated in Section IV, Article
III of the the Constitution. Sec
tion IV states.
a. A candidate for the Execu
tive Council must have success
fully completed at least 45 sem
ester hours credit at any nation
ally accredited college or uni-
versit,y.
b. A candidate must have suc
cessfully completed at least nine
semester hours credit at Char
lotte College during the semes
ter immediately preceding the
election.
c. A candidate must be carry
ing a minimum course loan of
nine hours at Charlotte College
at the time of election, and he
must maintain this munimum
course load during his term of
office, except when only fewer
than nine hours are needed to
complete the chosen curriculum.
d. A candidate must have an
overall scholastic average at
Charlotte College of at least 2.0
at the time of election, and he
must maintain an overall schol
astic average of at least 2.0 at
Charlotte College during this
term of office.
New Constitution Approved
By DAVE NANNEY
Demonstrating their concern
Martin Richek
At Charlotte College. Student
Government can no longer be a
game. It is a business. This year
it was a $20,000 Charlotte Col
lege Student Government, a very
serious business. It would seem,
then, that we, as students, owe
it to ourselves to choose execu
tives who have shown evidence
of ability and interest.
The first rue of efficiency in
business is specialization of
duties. The College Union is the
obvious center of, co-ordination
for cultural, recreational, and
social activities. At the same
time, control of this large seg
ment of campus life must re
main in the proper hands — the
hands of the student “stockhold
ers.” I would propose, therefore'
that the Executive members of
the College Union be elected
by the Student Body at large,
and that the Student Legislature
be continually informed of the
Union’s progress through the
Student Legislature Liaison to
the Governing Board.
We continually hear cries of
“factionalism” in our Student
Legislature. This may very well
be true. But the reason for this
“minority control”, is not found
in any sore of corruption, nor is it
found in that favorite of all col
lege political issues. Student
“Apathy.” The overwhelming
ma.iority of our students are not
kept properly informed of ac
tions of the Student Legislature.
I propose a constant grinding out
of news, both in detail and in
eye-catching synopsis form, of all
the events on and about our
campus, and, especially, those
concerning Student Government.
It takes much more than posters
and bulletins to keep our stu
dents properly informed. The
members of the Student Legisla
ture must themselves be active
sources of campus news. The re
sponsibility falls on the President
more than anyone else. This calls
for a president who has more than
jist a general/ knowledge of
what is going on. It calls for a
president who knows from first
hand experience what is hap
pening on all levels of Student
Government.
It would be foolish and irres
ponsible for me to attempt a
“brief” solution to the various
problems involved in the area
of student rights and respon-
siblities. I will say that it is time
to stop putting this matter off
for the next administration to
tackle. The next adminstration to
solve this issue is this coming
year. It is time we learned to
progress instead of procrastinate.
for and obviously their confi
dence in the widely-discussed
Const i t u t i o n Referendum a
whoping 85.6% of those who cast
their ballot voted in favor of the
revised edition. Only 72 students
of the 484 who voted were op
posed to the referendum, and in
total almost fifty per cent of the
student body voted.
Only a few days after the first
version of the Constitution failed
to be approved, a group of in
terested students met, discussed
the weaknesses, and recommend
ed changes in the former Consti
tution. The changes were (1)
The new Constitution stipulates
that iclass officers and council
representatives shall take office
on the same day before or on the
first day of May. This change
satisfied students who felt that
the old Constitution did not pro
hibit perpetuation of member
ship. (2) The old Constitution
made it necessai-y for tlie secre
tary and treasurer to have 45
hours to be qualified for election,
thus making the sophomore actu
ally a rising junior. (3) The old
Constitution gave the President
the power to appoint new offi
cers to fill vacated offices with
the approval of the Executive
Council. The new Constitution
stipulated that the vacancies of
the Presidents shall be filled by
election. (4) The old Constitution
gave a vote to' only the President
of the class officers. The new one
gives the vote to both Presidents
and Vice-Presidents.
Other changes in the Constitu
tion were stylistic.
‘I am,” states newly-appointed
elections chairman Bill Queen,”
very proud of the forty students
who made it possible for the elec
tion to come off so smoothly. The
polls were attended at all times
by two responsible students dur
ing the two days of the referen
dum.” The new elections com
mittee is composed of Dennis
Pressley, Susan Proctor, Dave
Nanney, Alma Royster, Manuel
Kennedy, Bob Schaeffer, Gran
ville Broome, Laurie Auten, and
Ben Horack. “Also,” says Bill, “I
want to thank Gerald Broome,
Joyce Pressley, Frank Swearing-
ton, Manuel Kennedy, Bob Scha
effer, Granville Broome, and
Alma Royster for serving on the
Counting Committee. They did
an excellent job. Then there
was Mrs. Gates who served as
faculty representative.”
The new Elections Committee
will be handling the upcoming
Student. Government elections.