East Carolina University - Buccaneer Tecoan Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Trustees Approve Liquor on Campus Above: Trustees and Administrators gather in Mendentiall Student Center to discuss major issues. Above Right: Board of Trustees Ctiairman Troy Pate. Jr looks on wtiile Chancellor Leo Jenkins outlines important points- Above Left: Clifton Moore, vice chancellor for business affairs, and Col. Charles Ritchie Blake, assistant to the chancellor, listen with interest to reports given at the winter meeting of the Board of Trustees. A proposal allowing the poses- sion and consumption of alcoholic beverages on campus was passed at the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees. The full Board ' s approval did contain stipulations, however. Among them were provisions that alcohol could not be bought with student fees and that no drinking would be allowed in Minges Coli- seum. Another stipulation was that alcohol on campus could not con- travene existing federal, state or municipal laws. The Board of Trustees set up a committee to formulate guidelines for the ECU athletic program. Sub- jects under consideration by this committee are ECU ' S affiliation with the Southern Conference, ac- tions regarding any decisions the NCAA may make, and the question of enlarging women athletic pro- grams, (seep. 152) Also approved by the Board was a revised outline of tenure guide- lines. The new policy states that faculty members must be hired on a probationary basis for tenure. Probation periods is now three years for professors and associate professors and five years for assis- tant professors and instructors. 14 Board of Trustees

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Opposite Page, Left: ECU Chancellor Leo Jenkins Right: Robert Holt, vice ctnancellor and dean of the university. Below: Administrators confer with Board of Trustees- Left: Chancellor Jenkins mingles with guests at a showing of his paintings at Menden- hall Student Center. Below: Col. Charles Ritchie Blake, assistant to the chancellor.

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ECU Students Required to Sign Contracts to Live in Dorms For the first time in ECU history students were required to sign con- tracts before being assigned a dor- mitory room. The signing of the contract, which was necessary for all students with 96 hours or less, obligated students to either occupy their dormitory room for a nine- month period or lose their $60.00 room deposit. Only students planning to stu- dent teach, graduate, marry, or who have medical excuses were allowed to break the contract. Others who were dissatisfied with the contract had to present their case to the ECU Housing Appeals Committee. According to Housing Director Dan Wooten, the contracts helped to maintain a higher rate of dorm occupancy. This year alone occu- pancy increased three percent and resulted in a gain of $30,000 for the year. The money went back into the general housing fund for dorm maintenance, improvements, salaries for residence hall person- nel, and monthly dorm rent pay- ments. The contract allows us to take care of more students in a nine- month period, and maintain a lower rent, Wooten said. Room rent would probably have increased if the dorm had not been filled during winter quarter, Wooten added. Under the present contract system, room rent will remain the same as long as dorm expenses do not increase more than five percent. The last rise in rent occurred during fall, 1974 when the $5.00 laundry fee was phased out as a separate expense and incor- porated in the total room rent fee. Students have complained that they had no input in the contract system. Commenting on this lack of student participation, Wooten said, Last year when we were intro- ducing the contract to the Board of Trustees, we had several students on the housing committee review it. These students did not have in- put into the contract as such, but they did see a rough draft of it. There were no objections from the students on this committee. The only thing the contract has done for the Administration is to bring on more work. We are sup- porting it because it will be better for the student, Wooten added. ' Above: Director of Housing Dan Wooten reviews notes on the opera- tion of ECU ' S fifteen dormitories. Left: For some without room contracts in the fall, finding a place to stay was not an easy thing to do. Housing 15