The Carolinian [January 21, 1975]

              Chancellor vetoes
locked dorm rooms
BY CLIFF MITCHELL
St»ff Wnt.r
It was learned late yesterday that
Chancellor James Ferguson vetoed a bill
passed by the Senate last semester
which would have allowed students to
lock their doors while having members
of the opposite sex in their rooms.
The bill, which Senate had passed
unanimously, would have deleted the
section of the Judicial Policy which
Chancellor James Ferguson
6 Sex and the
single room
(CPS/ENS) - A first-year woman
student at Jersey City State College
has received a court-ordered eviction
from her dormitory room because she
allegedly caused an embarrassing
commotion while her roommate was
making love.
Teresea Fernandez and her
roommate had apparently not been
getting along very well since they
began living together last September.
The breaking point came when
Fernandez entered her room with
several friends and discovered her
roommate in a compromising position
with a boyfriend.
Instead of leaving, "They just stood
there pointing their fingers and calling
names while the poor guy who was in
bed didn't know what to do," said the
dorm supervisor during the court
hearing.
School officials say that when
roommates don't get along it's up to
the one with the least seniority to
move out. That would have been
Fernandez, but she steadfastly refused.
Finally school officials took the
matter to court, where an eviction
notice was issued.
As for the roommate, no action
was taken. Officials say there's no
"written rule against fornication on
campus."
currently makes it an Honor Court
offense to lock a door "during the
hours of visitation if the residents of
the room have a guest of the opposite
sex."
Ben Sells, sponsor of the bill, said
last night that he was disappointed by
the Chancellor's action and promised
that the veto would "not go by
without some questioning."
According to Sells, it is the policy
of the university that once the
Chancellor has vetoed a bill, his action
is final. The only other avenues open
are either an appeal to the Board of
Trustees or a civil suit. Sell's did not
rule out the possibility of either.
Chancellor Ferguson was not
available for comment last night.
Recomendation for veto
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
James Allen said last night in a
telephone interview that he had
recommended to Chancellor Ferguson
that the bill be vetoed.
Allen said that the students are
"entitled to their privacy," but
continued that he didn't believe that
"their rights are being abridged."
He said that he would like to know
"why students would want to lock
their doors" and continued to say that
he "didn't see anything to be gained
by the locking of doors."
Allen remarked that the University
had not "embraced the kinds of
policies which courts have given the
administration's to persue."
VP expresses disappointment
SGA Vice President Cathy Krinick
said that she was "disappointed by the
Chancellor's veto, and added that she
"hoped that the Student Senate
would take further action on the bill."
Vice Chancellor Allen said that he
doubted that the Chancellor would
change his mind if Senate passed the
bill again or it was approved by a
referendum of the students.
' An official of the Student
Government Association has said
privately that the Chancellor's action
was taken so that he would have
something on paper to show the
parents of students complaining about
the visitation policy.
Vice Chancellor Allen said in
response to that statement that the
"Chancellor doesn't operate on this
basis... he did what he felt was
right."
Affront to intelligence
In regards to the
actions, SGA President
said, "I expected him
action, although it's
Chancellor's
Jim McAbee
to take this
always a
disappointment in matters such as this.
I believe that many students consider
this part of the visitation policy an
affront to their intelligence and right
to privacy - besides it doesn't work."
The Carolinian
January 21,1975 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Volume L1V Number 26
Carolinian plans Fellini festival
The Carolinian announces the
completion of plans for a film festival,
April 4-12 featuring six films directed
by Federico Fellini.
Highlighting the festival will be a
two-day symposium April 10—11 with
John Simon, critic for Esquire
magazine, and Jay Cocks, critic for
Time magazine. They will speak on the
subject "The Deterioration of
Federico Fellini?"
Area film critic Henry Black
John Simon
Ingram of the Greensboro Daily News
and possibly Fred Chappell, a member
of the UNC-G faculty, will also be
included in the symposium.
Thursday, April 10, will be devoted
exclusively to Fellini. Starting at 2:00
p.m. and continuing until 4:00 p.m.
will be a seminar discussion during
which the audience may ask questions
pertaining to Fellini and his works.
Following at 8:00 pjn. that same
evening will be a lecture by the two
visiting critics on the deterioration of
Fellini.
Friday will be devoted to the topic:
"The Critic's Responsibility to the
Public." A seminar on this subject will
be held from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
An open reception for the critics will
be held immediately following this
seminar.
All seminars and lectures will be
held in Cone Ballroom and will be
open to the public free of charge.
Fellini was chosen as the topic of
this year's festival because of the
renewed interest in his work and the
immense popularity of his latest film,
Amacord. Amacord was critically
acclaimed by almost every critic with
the exception of John Simon.
Simon believes that Amacord has
followed Roma and Satyrico in the
deterioration of Fellini. Just the
opposite. Cocks believes that Amacord
is the reaffirmment of Fellini's genius.
The critics were chosen because of
their differences of opinion on this
particular film.
Certain Fellini films will be shown
the week before the symposium and
during the time the critics will be here.
Jay Cocks (with "Chinatown" poster featuring Jack Nicholson)
Selected films have been ordered, and
tne list wui be made public when
confirmation is received.
Cocks, a native of Brooklyn, New
York, has been writing film reviews
since the age of eight. He attended
Trinity School in Manhattan and
Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio,
where he took an honors degree in
English.
While at Kenyon, Cocks organized
the Kenyon College Film Festival,
which showed and gave awards for
independent and experimental films.
The festival was a new experience for
the citizens of Gambier and raised a
Consumer advocate challenges
public to immediate action
BY PAM BLACKBURN
Staff Writer
North Carolina's foremost consumer
advocate Lillian Woo visited the
UNC-G campus yesterday to announce
the legislative program of the North
Carolina Public Interest Research
Group (NC PIRG) and the Consumers
Center of North Carolina which Ms.
Woo founded last November.
Ms. Woo held a morning news
conference with Wib Gulley of NC
PIRG and also recorded an interview
Campus vets acheive goals
through hard work, perseverance
BY KURT BERON
Stiff Writ.,
A student going to college
encounters many new problems, yet
he is assured that as he grows older
and becomes more mature, solutions
will become easier. One 27-year old
sophomore might well disagree with
this.
Jeff Clarke, state coordinator for
the National Association of Concerned
Veterans (NACV) for North Carolina
and president-elect of the Veterans in
Action (VIA) at UNC-G is "very
optimistic" about the future for
veterans. It's the present that concerns
him.-
The organizations he works with
have had great success recently with
the enactment of a congressional act in
December of 1974 extending
educational benefits for undergraduate
veterans from 36 to 45 months.
Though he considers this "one of
the biggest victories for veterans," he
is already working on improvements
for the act. "We now have bills before
both houses of Congress which would
make the extra time applicable to
graduate study as well as
undergraduate study."
But it is not all this easy. 'The
saddest thing about being a veteran
from Vietnam is coming back and
being kicked in the face by the people
we were fighting for," Clarke said.
"For example, while the nation's
unemployment rate was about 7
percent in December, the
unemployment rate for veterans
during that same month was over 12
percent."
The drama-speech major was
appointed state coordinator in
October by Tim Craig, national
president of NACV. In his full-time,
nonsalaried position, he has worked to
increase benefits at the federal level,
and he plans to try to expand the
existing programs on the state level for
disability and dependents.
He would like to see the state
establish a tuition waver piogram for
veterans and to make interest-free
loans available to veterans, modeled
after the existing federal program.
Clarke believes these programs can
be created within the next year. "We
are trying to organize veterans by
forming coalitions - power bases so
that when things come up, we can
work on effecting a change," he said.
He mentioned that there are 700
veterans from Vietnam on campus
with 1 1S additional dependents,
20,000 veterans from Vietnam in
North Carolina, and millions of
veterans in the country. "If we could
get one-tenth of the vets to join, the
effect would be astronomical."
program for WUAG-FM. She spoke
Monday night in the Kirkland Room
of EH on the "Future of the
Independent Consumer Movement in
North Carolina."
The priority item for the two
consumer groups is utilities. They plan
to work for the repeal of the future
test year law which they said in their
joint statement allows utility
companies to use estimated costs in
their rate requests.
Other facets of the program include
increased accountability ol the utility
commissioners, full inquiry into the
merits of the fossil fuel adjustment
clause and a specifid percentage of fuel
cost increase to be absorbed by utility
companies, a utility customers bill of
rights, involving due process for rate
payers, and prohibition of winter
cut-offs, and relief from high
electricity bills for economically
hard-pressed families in North
Carolina.
Ms. Woo told her audience that the
people of the United States have lost
much of the freedom that they
celebrate on Independence Day. They
have a supposedly democratic
government which is manipulated by
big industry for the business interests,
according to Ms. Woo.
She also believes that the
indifference of the citizenry which is,
Lillian Woo photo by Chuck Houska
in her opinion, a far cry from the
American Ideal, has its base in the
affluence of the times which assures
not only the wealth of the big
business, but also the basic wealth of
individuals.
Ms. Woo pointed out that it is no;
enough for consumers and citizens to
wait around to be aroused by
consumer advocates such as herself.
The citizens must assert their interests
on the grass roots level, she said.
"Complain where it will help," said
Ms. Woo as she outlined various cases
See WOO, page 4
lot of conservative eyebrows.
In the summer of 1965, Cocks
worked as a reporter trainee for Life
magazine. After a short period in
which he acquired more schooling, he
joined the staff of Time. Although
hired as a reporter. Cocks was soon
writing reviews.
Besides school publications and
Time Cocks' writings have appeared in
Changes, Take One, Film Quarterly,
and T. V. Guide. He also edited the
National Society of Film Critics
annual anthology with David Denby.
John Simon was born in Yugoslavia
and educated in Yugoslav, English and
American secondary schools. He
earned his A.B., AM., and Ph.D. from
Harvard University. Simon has taught
at Harvard, University of Washington,
M.I.T., and Bard College.
Currently, Simon is Drama Critic
for New York magazine. Cultural
Critic for "New Leader," and Film
Critic for Esquire. He is also the
author of many books, the latest being
about his favorite director, Ingar
Bergman.
Women Greeks
receive charter
Epsnon Zeta is the name given to
the UNC-G chapter of Gamma Sigma
Sigma, a national service sorority, in
ceremonies Saturday, Jan. 18.
The UNC-G colony underwent a
probation period for two years during
which the local group sought to prove
itself worthy of becoming a chapter of
the national organization.
The primary objective of the
sr—ority is service to the campus and
to the community.
The service projects of the local
colony have included assisting with the
Red Cross Bloodmobiles, ushering at
the UC/LS events, guiding tours
during Operation *79, working with
the United Fund Carnival and
Falderal, and having an egg sale to
raise money for Multiple Sclerosis.
The officers of Epsilon Zeta are
President Kathy Green, First Vice
President Carol Moffitt, Second Vice
President Martha MacAvoy, Recording
Secretary Candy Greninger, Treasurer
Alice Veach, Historian Mary Maxwell,
and Chaplain Anna Villani.
Jeff Clarke photo by Chuck Houtka Glasser to direct workshops
Garke stressed that the VIA was a
student organization first and a
veterans group second. "We are vets,
but we want participation in the group
by everyone. We have had experiences
which other students have not had,
and we would like to share them."
While the VIA has done things
specifically for UNC-G veterans, such
as convince the university to accept as
college credit correspondence courses
taken while in the military, it does
See VIA, page S
UNC-G News Bureau - Dr. William
Glasser, originator of reality therapy
and the author of the book. Schools
Without Failure, will direct two
workshops at UNC-G Tuesday, Jan.
28.
The workshops are sponsored by
the residence life staff at UNC-G. The
day's program includes a coffee from
8:00 ajn.-9:45 a.m. in the lobby
outside Cone Ballroom, EH, and two
workshops: "Reality Therapy: Theory
and Technique" from 10 a.m.-12 noon
and "Reality Therapy As Applied to
Individuals, Groups and Classrooms"
from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Both workshops
will be in Cone Ballroom.
Pre-registration for the workshops is
necessary as participation will be
limited to 300 persons. A fee of $ 15
for non-students includes the cost of a
luncheon to be held at 12:30 pjn.
Full-time graduate and
undergraduate students are invited to
attend the workshops for a fee of $5.
Inquiries should be made to the
UNC-G Office of Residence Life at
379-5440.
Dr. Glasser is the founder of reality
therapy, a psychiatric approach which
is distinguished by its emphasis on
human involvement, problem-solving,
and teaching the client how to take
more responsiblity for his own life.
A chemical engineer at 19, Glasser
became a clinical psychologist at 23
and a physician at 28. He then
received his psychiatric training at the
University of California at Los
Angeles.
He is the president and founder of
the Institute for Reality Therapy,
where the technique is taught in
intensive one-week seminars.