NORTH CAROLINA STATE AT RALEIGH

The Alumni Association received contributions Lou Holtz joined our staff as head football coach tot.Uling $121,800. on December 1, coming from the position The Alumni Magazine under a full-time editor at William and Mary. He succeeded A1 Michaels, received formal recognition on its format and con¬ who served as interim coach last year following the tent. resignation of . The Office of Information Services, in addition The athletics program continues to be sound to its daily press releases, prepared and broadcast financially. Net receipts over expenditures for the n\'0 weekly radio programs, "Spectrum” and "Affairs past year, however, are estimated to be only $23,000. of State” to berw'een 40 and 50 radio stations. Par¬ Costs constantly press against receipts. Paying for ticularly good coverage was given university events Carter Stadium will keep the athletics budget of by the television stations. Publications activity ranged N. C. State in a fairly tight position at least until from catalog production to fund-raising folders and 1980. brochures. Although the overall record for the intercollegiate The University’s public image was unnecessarily athletics program only merited us fifth place in the and irresponsibly damaged in some quarters by an 1971-72 Carmichael Cup standings, there were some unfortunate television editorial in January 1972, bright spots—notably the impressive records in which was widely reprinted and distributed in the swimming and the improvement in our tennis and State, region and even nationally. This editorial golf standings. The swimming team won its second erroneously accused the University of using a "text¬ straight Atlantic Coast Conference title and its sixth book” in history which damned capitalism and pre¬ in the past seven years and boosted All-American ferred socialism. The offending reading was included Thomas Edward Evans. Interest in track, tennis, golf as one reading of scores in a history course dealing and soccer continues to grow. with historical events, trends and issues of the 20th Cenmry. Obviously it dealt with the revolutionary movements (which are continuing) and the attack IMPACT OF 1971 NORTH CAROLINA on conventional institutions and ideologies (which GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATION wiU continue). It was a quite responsible course, designed to effect thought, awareness and compre¬ Legislation by the 1971 North Carolina General hension, not indoctrination. Indeed, the instructor is Assembly dealt with specific areas of higher edu¬ a free enterpriser for the American society. We have cation which had previously been delegated to Boards done our best to give a responsible reply to the of Trustees. This legislation had its impact on North damaging rhetoric and implications to the editorial. Carolina State University. Increase in non-resident tuition—Tuition for non¬ residents was increased from $950 to $1,300 for the INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 1971-72 academic year and to $1,800 for the 1972-73 year. Fortunately the General Assembly action per¬ Highlighting the year in athletics at North Caro¬ mitted the Board of Trustees to grant a special lina State University was the official dedication of tuition rate to those non-resident individuals who the Everett N. Case Athletics Center and the naming were participating in interstate regional training pro¬ of Louis L. (Lou) Holtz as head football coach. grams approved by the Southern Regional Education The athletics center, named for the late Everett Board, or in the Appalachian Regional Commission Case, long-time basketball coach, gives the athletics Program, or in the Coastal Plains Regional Commis¬ program a complement of physical facilities com¬ sion Program, or any other limiting Federally funded parable with any. It provides excellent office facilities program. This mition increase had a slight impact for the staff and a dining area for the athletes. on NCSU enrollment during 1971-72 and is expected

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