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THE VOL. LXVI NO. 8 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1975 Special meeting possible From staff reports U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings has called for a public hearing by the USC Board of Trustess to "clear the air" concerning the USC Law School controversy. A letter from Hollings to Board Chairman T. Esten Marchant was quoted by the Associated Press Sunday as saying Hollings wishes to clear up the "scattered stories, mistreated facts, resolutions by the bar association, the student govern ment association and the law school association," surrounding law school entrance requirements. The AP quoted Marchant as saying he will discuss with the Board the possibility of calling such a special meeting. The next Board meeting is scheduled for December, but, by a vote of the Board, a special meeting could be held sooner. Reached at his home Sunday night, Marchan4 said "Idon't have any idea (what might be done) until I get to talk to them(the executive committee.)" The Board's executive committee will be meeting in Florence Tuesday afternoon the discuss budgetary matters. "I doubt the (executive committee would do any more than discuss it (Hollings' letter), and they may call for a full meeting of the board" to determine an action, Marchant said. Marchant added that " the first thing the board wants is to get this accreditation visit out of the way." A three member inspection team from the American Bar Association will visit the campus on Oct. 2 to determine if the board's admission of 14 students to law school is in violation of the school's accreditation standards.. Hollings' son was one of the 14 students allowed to enter law school after State Sen. Edward E. Saleebyj whose son was also involved, questioned alleged irregularities in the grading in the exams of students enrolled in the Summer Pre Admission Trial Program* (SPAT). What does oni By BILLY COX Gamecock Staff Writer The blazing orange moon stayed low or Friday night. "Wow," gaped one engrossec think that's a real trip, at least." Moonlight madness might be held partiall for the relative incoherence of the crowd of at the real culprit was probably Old Milwaukee was Carolina's first big brew bust of the seas out under the stars at the State Fairgrounds, it people happy. And a lot of people mad. SCHIEDULED for an 8 p.m. tap-off as a warm-up for the football game; it cruised slown-" ed start. Then, ossibly na an ill om Subcommi General St By BILL PRATT Gamecock Staff Writer Problems with transferring credits from General Studies to otherschools within the University will be the central issue studied by a presidential subcommittee that will beganwork Tuesday. A secondary factor in the study is the duplication of courses offered by both General Studies and other schools at the University, committee members said. The subcommittee grew out of a Jan. 23 announcement, when plans were made to reorganize General Studies after the 1975 summer sessions. Later the an nouncement was called premature by Board of Trustees Chairman T. Eston Marchant, but he did not deny that a reorganization of the college was being considered. ON JAN. 27, USC President William H. Patterson said that no final decision had been made to abolish the college. e do when thei Swamp Fox-lost its power di conked out for 15 minutes. Once underway, though, the the horizon to be easily accessable. "Thi I student. "I looks good, and by 9:30," not be pretty well out of it." y' responsible out 3,000, but Early optimism dried up qu beer. Yes, it "This stinks!" blurted a sac on, and, held cup, gazing at the lone beer t made a lot of stretched 10 deep. "Look at tI drunk but can't." Swamp Fox did an ironici nreliminary Mama Don't Dance," and >ff to an easy, daughters didn't, either. Thei nen. the band.. between the bulk of the sti ttee to exami udies proble: The latest study, conducted by the joint subcommittee on the College of General Studies is aimed at solving the problems discussed in the early part of the year. The nine-member subcommittee is composed of three members of the Faculty Advisory Committee, three members from the Academic Forward Planning Committee and three members from the General Studies faculty. At the subcommittee's first meeting LeConte Cathey, committee chairman, said that they did "essentially nothing. That's about all you can say. "Fundamentally, the transfer of credits is being studied," Cathey said. With secondary emphasis placed on the "in vestigation to see if there are duplications." In a report released in late 1974, the General Studies Committee said that there was no undue overlap in courses, but that there are several courses that overlap with those offered by the rest of the re 's not enougi ring its first number and was everyone av AT 8:30, tU e beer looked like it was going "What's that e band looks good, the crowd and instantly ed one observer, "we oughtta A lot of the relief from th just gonna n1 ickly as the hordes poured in. remarked a si l-eyed student with an empty Some got a ruck surrounded by lines that hidden strand tat. Everybody's trying to get sprawling on spectator. "S illy appropriate tune, "Your "SHE SPII it looked like her sons and down," he ad< r'e was a 20-foot no-man's land adents and the band, which The light at the end of this tunnel is just another class for those students who take an un derground route to the Coliseum. "Hoy inle Ms University. These will be studied by Cathey's subcommittee. The essential problem, Cathey said, is the transfer of credits. He described this situation as "the big sticker." CATHEY, HOWEVER, did not criticize the General Studies courses, saying, "It's not the courses that are in trouble, it is the mechanism" for transferring. He said under the present system, a student must go through a dean's office to insure that a course transfers. "It is almost impossible to transfer credits," Cathey said, "The faculty has to come to grips with the problem." The committee has no deadline for its report, but the subcommittee's secretary, John N. Gardner said they are trying to finish by Dec. 1. The next meeting is planned for 3:30 p.m., Tuesday Oct. 7 in the Faculti Senate Conference Room of the Osborne Ad ministration Building. 1 brew? ided like a minefield. ere was anxious movement in the crowd. A new tap?" went the cry. "Oh raise hell!" the new outlet was engulfed. partiers fled the ground level bedlam to seek e crush in the stands. "People are probably bellow out, sit back and do a little herb," udent who called himself the Tin Man. little too mellowed out. Unsure steps and a of rope set the stage for a girl who wound up the concrete. "She was out cold," said a he went down like a ton'a bricks. LED the beer all over my shirt as she went led disgustedly. "I was very upset." Plase See R'ST, Page FIes.