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Theriault Talks About New Constitution
BY MARK A. CORUM
Cof?E4K«r
In a public referendum being held
today and tomorrow at UNC-G, the
student body will vote on proposed
changes to the student government
constitution aimed at clarifying the
document and allowing for more
representative representation of
student* in the decision-making pro-cesa.
According to SG President
Kim Theriault, this referendum is to
put into law changes that were
mandated by the chancellor of
UNC-G-William Moran-more
than two years ago.
"The group that made these
changes (in the constitution) was
composed of all branches of student
government. . , plus student* who
were not involved with student
government and faculty advisors
such as Vice Chancellor Allen,
Cherry Callahan, and Dr. Cliff
Lowery. Of course, we were work-ing
under the mandate of the
chancellor to fix things, even
though he did not spell out in his
mandate exactly what he wanted to
see changed," said Theriault. "We
set out to revise the constitution so
that it was more concise and to get
rid of ambiguities and things in each
branch that didn't fit. We wanted
to make everything continuous.
Secondly, we tried to make the
branches of student government
more united because in the past
they've been working as three
separate entities and that resulted
in overlap and ineffectiveness. So,
for one thing we are establishing an
appropriations board that will
hopefully be impartial and have a
chance to look at all budgets before
they reach the appropriations com-mittee.
There probably won't be
any delays as a result of that
because it takes two weeks to get
a budget before Senate."
"This board would be chaired by
the SG president and he would be
responsible for appointing its
members," she added.
The most controversial and
misunderstood of the changes pro-posed
by the group are those regard-ing
representation. "Representa-tion
is the basic change and it seems
to be the most controversial—
people don't like it because they
don't think it's going to work. A lot
of them think the elections process
for senators will become too com-plicated
and some people just don't
think it will be as representative as
it's supposed to be," Theriault com-mented.
"They think that since we
are cutting down the number of
senators from the Residence Halls,
it will be taking representation
away. What we are trying to do is
to reassign the weight of represen-tation.
Now, you can only elect a
senator through the Residence
Halls or through the Commuting
Students Association. It's gotten to
the point where a Commuting
Senator can get elected just by
writing his name on a piece of
paper. We don't think some of them
are really representing their consti-tuents
like they should be. They are
supposed to be representing 6,000
commuting students. In Residence
Halls, a lot of students become
senators because no one else wants
the job, so they come in represen-ting
themselves-not those they are
supposed to be representing-and
not reporting back.
"We are trying to reach out to
commuting students and give them
better representation by reaching
into the academic areas to elect
senators. Commuting students are
so varied that the only thing they
really have in common is academics.
So by electing senators out of the
schools and colleges (of UNC-G) we
hope that these senators will be able
to know who their constituents are
and represent them properly. This
is not to say that we are moving in-to
academics, we just see it as a way
Welder Named
Semifinalist For Truman Scholarship
BY BOB PEARSON
FHtlTN EifUf
William R. Welder, a sophomore
bio-chemistry major at UNC-G is a
semi-finalist in the Harry S.
Truman Memorial Scholarship
Trust Fund.
The purpose of the Foundation is
to recognize President Truman's
high regard for the public trust, his
lively exercise of political talents,
his broad knowledge of America's
political system, and his desire to
enhance educational opportunities
for young people.
This is the first year that UNC-G
has had a semi-finalist. One resident
of each state receives the annual
award, while an additional fifty
students are chosen at-large.
All candidates for the Truman
Scholarship possess a G.P.A. of 3.0
or above and have selected an
undergraduate field of study that
will permit permission to a graduate
program leading to a career in
government.
Welder has also submitted an
essay, dealing with Public Health.
His essay, entitled "The Delanev
Clause: Repeal or Amend?", deals
with a part of the 1958 Food Ad-ditives
Amendment to the Food and
Drug Act of 1938, which controls
the addition of cancer-causing
substances to foods.
Winners of the scholarship
receive a maxirrHim of $6,000 an-nually
for up to four years. Eligible
expenses include tuition, fees,
books, and room and board.
Welder will attend an interview
at Vanderbilt University on March
15 to complete the final stage of the
selection process.
Spring Fling In-Works
Despite the recent wintery
weather the Spring Fling Planning
Committee (SFPC) has already
begun making plans for a weekend
of springtime activities. Spring
Fling will be April 27-29.
Rosalyn Weston, Chairperson for
the SFPC, optimistically states
that, "It is our hope that this will
be a Spring Fling that the students
on this campus will not forget for a
long time." Weaton says that it is
the responsibility of the SFPC to
plan and schedule the events for the
weekend. Once the Committee has
finished making the schedule it will
go to Elliott University Center
Council and Student Development
Advisory Board for final approval.
The SFPC is made up of some
EUC council members and a varie-ty
of organizations. These organiza-tions
include Student Government,
Neo-Black Society, Commuter Stu-dent
Association, Graduate Student
Council, Interfraternity Council, In-tersorority
Council, Residence Life
and the University Media Board.
The committee meets on
Thursdays at 7 p.m. The meetings
are open to all students. The next
meeting will be held on March 15.
By attending these meetings and
voicing their opinions students will
help decide what kind of Spring
Fling they want to have.
Ask Us-
BY LEIGH TRAPP
AiiiiUM Ntwi Editor
ASK US welcomes any questions
of general interest from Carolinian
readers and will attempt to provide
answers to all questions submitted.
The names of those submitting will
not be printed; however, names and
telephone numbers must be provid-ed
in the event the questioner must
be contacted for clarification. Ques-tions
may be mailed or brought by
the Carolinian office, care of the
News Dept., in EUC. Names will be
kept confidential.
it it my understanding that
several dorm* on campus have had
telephone line access connector* in-ntaUed
in each room. Although the
university had said connectors
would be installed in every dorm by
this spring, there are still several
dorms which do not have this ser-vice.
When will the lines be
connected*
According to the Operations and
Planning Manager for Residence
Life Madeleine Bombeld, there is no
specific date set for finishing the
telephone line accesses, although
the university is doing everything it
can to have the project finished as
soon as possible.
During the summer and early fall,
prewiring was done in all of the
Quad buildings, Phillips/Hawkins
and Cone. South Spencer was wired
priot to these buildings. After com-pleting
the work on these residence
halls in early September, the
university set out to negotiate with
contractors and come up with a bid
for the remaining work which had
to be done.
Because there are very strict
rules regarding contracting prices
for state schools, UNC-G had to
send the bids off for approval. "The
bids were such that we needed ap-proval
from Raleigh," Bombeld
stated. "To my knowledge we are
still waiting for word on whether or
not to go ahead...we need Raleigh's
'o.k.' before we can initiate further
work on this project."
Although no date has been set for
completion of the project, Bombeld
said she hopes the pre-wiring will be
finished sometime this summer.
"The university is committed to do-ing
the prewiring and we are in-terested
in finishing as soon as
possible."
to filter in these students and say,
'We're going to represent you from
there' (the academic area)."
As for the support that this pro-posed
constitution change has had
from the academic areas affected,
Theriault stated that, "I've already
talked to deans of all the schools and
colleges and they seem very in-terested
in having students involv-ed
in their governing because there
is a governing board for each school
and college. But while the students
could be elected from these boards,
they are not in any way going to be
appointed by the deans—they will
be elected by students just like the
others."
There are a large number of
changes in the proposal that will in
one way or another affect moat
students here at UNC-G. Theriault
urged all interested parties to read
the constitution to see how it will
touch them and then vote at the
referendum to show their approval
or disapproval.
Friedman Accepts Appointment as
Dean of Business and Economics
Dr. Philip Friedman, chairman of
the Department of Finance and
Economics at Boston University,
has accepted appointment as dean
of the School of Business and
Economics at UNC-G.
Dr. William E. Moran announced
Dr. Friedman's appointment and
said it becomes effective this June
1.
Dr. Friedman thus will become
dean of UNC-G's largest profes-sional
school. The university's
School of Business and Economics
has grown rapidly through the
years and now has 2,029
undergraduate majors and 489
other majors at the graduate level.
The school has 76 full-time faculty
members and offers studies in four
departments: accounting, business
administration, business informa-tion
and support systems and
economics.
'The School of Business and
Economics and the university are
indeed lucky to have secured Dr.
Philip Friedman for the deanship
and Dr. Friedman and family con-sider
themselves lucky to have
found our institution and
Greensboro," said Dr. Elisabeth
Zinser, vice chancellor of academic
affairs. "It is a marvelous match.
Dr. Friedman is a respected scholar
and teacher.
"He has a broad and creative
view of undergraduate and
graduate education in business. He
has worked extensively with the
business community, and with state
and federal agencies on policy
Dr. Philip Friedman
issues. Dr. Friedman has a sound
reputation as an administrator and
he possesses boundless energy,"
said Dr. Zinser.
She added that he was selected
for the position following a national
search which attracted 120 can-didates.
The search commitee was
chaired by Dr. Charles Woelfel, a
UNC-G professor of accounting.
At UNC-G, Dr. Friedman will
replace Dr. Robert Cline, who has
served as acting dean since August
1, 1983. Dr. Cline replaced Dr.
David Shelton as dean after Dr.
Shelton resigned the post, effective
but July, after 13 years in it to
return to full-time teaching and
research within the Department of
Economics at UNC-G.
Dr. Friedman has bean at Boston
University since 1977, and now
serves as chairman of the Depart-ment
of Finance and Economics
within the School of Management.
He also has served as associate dean
of the school and director of the
M.B.A. program within the School
of Management.
Contacted by telephone in
Boston, Dr. Friedman said his mis-see
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FOCUS on UNC-G
Approximately 300 high school
juniors, seniors and transfer
students from six states are ex-pected
to attend "FOCUS on UNC-G"
programs, scheduled for March
at UNC-G.
In addition, the students' parents
and high school guidance counselors
are expected for the semiannual
FOCUS program which is designed
to acquaint prospective freshmen
and transfer students with the
campus.
The UNC-G office of Admissions
this year will be using a new format
for the FOCUS activities. A series
of eight programs will be held, with
one for each of the university's six
professional schools, one for the
College of Arts and Sciences and
one for students who are undecid-ed
on academic majors. Previously,
a one-day program was held.
"With this new format, prospec-tive
students will be able to better
visit the campus and the schools or
departments in which they'll be tak-ing
classes," said RaVonda
Webster, an assistant director of
admissions at UNC-G who is coor-dinating
the FOCUS programs.
"They'll be able to talk with facul-ty
members, see where they'll be
taking classes and generally get a
better feel for what this university
has to offer them.
"It looks like this is going to be
a very good series of programs from
the initial response we've had. The
day is planned so that students and
their parents not only have the
chance to see the academic side of
the university, but also what the
Doctor of Musical Arts
to be Offered at UNC-G
The doctor of musical arts degree,
which is designed to prepare
graduate students for careers as
professional performers, composers
and teachers in higher education,
has received final approval and will
be offered as a new program by the
School of Music at UNC-G.
The Board of Governors of the
UNC gave its final authorization to
the new degree program at its
meeting in Chapel Hill on Feb. 10.
The new doctor of musical arts
ilfits is expected to place initial
emphasis on a concentration in per-formance.
In the future, however,
concentrations in composition and
theory may be added as well.
At present, a decision has not
been made concerning when studies
in the new degree will begin at
UNCJG. However, it the new pro-gram
does not begin in the fall
semester of 1984, it will be offered
beginning with second semester of
the 1984-85 year.
Dr. Elisabeth A. Zinser, vice
chancellor of academic affairs at
UNC-G, said the university is
highly pleased to have the new doc-toral
degree approved by the Board
of Governors.
"For many years our university
has been recognized for excellence
in educating future musicians and
teachers of music," she said. "Our
faculty's capability in music scholar-ship
and performance has continued
to develop over the years to the
point that we are prepared to add
this superlative doctoral program in
performance. It complements very
nicely the doctor of music education
degree which we already offer."
Dr. Zinser pointed out that the
new program is the only doctor of
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social life is like at UNC-G."
Dates for seven FOCUS pro-grams
are as follows: March 14,
School of Business and Economics;
March 16, School of Nursing, March
16, School of Education; March 21,
School of Health, Physical Educa-tion,
Recreation and Dance; March
22, College of Arts and Sciences;
March 28, FOCUS program for
students who are undecided on ma-jors;
March 30, School of Home
Economics.
Any students who are interested
in attending one or more of the
seven FOCUS programs should
contact the UNC-G Office of Admis-sions
weekdays at 379-6243. All of
the programs are free, but registra-tion
is encouraged to allow for
attendance.
Students and their parents will
spend most of the mornings in joint
sessions on the individual academic
areas. Later, students will meet
with representatives of campus
organizations, tour the campus and
visit Elliott University Center and
residence halls. Parents also will
tour the campus, in addition to at-tending
special sessions on support
services offered at UNC-G.
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