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Got A Question Write Inquiry,Qusin Care of The Gamecock What sinuiry? UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA vol. UX9 No. 17 Columbia, South Carolina, Friday, November 8, 1968 Founded 1908 Nov. 23 Cuts Sought Student Senate voted Wednes day to recommend suspension of classes the (lay of the Carolina Clemson game. In a resolution urging the ac tion, Senate contended "few peo pie attend classes" that day and n must cut classes to attend. Ihe bill will now go to the administration. Senate also recommended estab lishment of a night switchhoard for Columbia Hall. A bill to appoint two students to the loard of Trustees was re turiniei to committee for further stldy. Several new bills were intro diced and sent to Senate commit They included recommendations for the following: -establishment of a campus (Iraft information service; --investigation of establishing a "more equitable and less chaotic method of distributing football tickets"; --hetter use of indoor basket hall facilities; --publication in The Gaimecock of Senate absentees; -and creation of a code of con cit for non-University personnel visiting campus. Statement Oj What fly MARY JANE BENSTON Managing Editor Time and negotiation have left the embattled student bill of rights in essentially the same form since the document was printed in full by The Gamecock more than a year ago. The Statement of Student Rights and Freedoms Within the Aca denic Community, the Faculty Ad visory Committee's version of the bill, comprises a preamble and six Sections. According to its preamble, the statement has as its purpose the enumeration of "the essential pro visions f o r student freedom to learn." "Free inquiry and free expres s 'n an indispensable to the at tainment" of the goals of academic institutions, the preamble s a y s. A seventh section establishing a grievance 'ommflittee was omitted. Them section "Freedom of Access to ii ghcer Education" dlescribies ad iss5iions policies as "a matter of institutional choice" but says that the l3niversity should make its pol icies (clear and "undier no circum stance,s" re'fuse adlmission "on the b'asis of race, creed or national origin." Se-ct ion II, "In the Classroom," sy,"S t u d e n t performances should be evaluated solely on an aIcademic b lasis . . . Thle section includes provisions for: --freedom,i "to take reasoned ex dept ion to the dlata or views of fer,.d in any course of study and to r'eservei judgment about matters priotect ion agaIinst "plrejudiiced or (aprnicio,us acadlemic evaluation." - pro'tection against disclosure f "iformat ion about s t u di e nl t n'ews, beliefs and political associa t14"1 whinch prlofessors acquire in the c'ourse of their wvork." lThe section on studlent recordis contains1 limitations on access to information from disciplinary files and counseling files. "-No p)ermanent records should be kept which reflect the political aciiisor beliefs of studients," the section says. The freedoms outlinedl in the stu dent affairs section include the following --Studlents should be "free to organize andl join associations to plromo,te their common interests." StudeI Recon By CARL STEPP Asst. Managing Editor Student Senate sent the bill of rights back to cominlittee Wed nesday after intense debate and in the face of the bill's endorse ment by the Faculty Advisory Committee. The measure was recomnitted1 so specific objections could be dealt with on an individual and informal basis, according to Sen. Mark Sloan, who moved for re committal. The original bill, called the "Student Hill of Rights and Re sponsibilities Within the Aca denic Community," was passed Dec. 13, 1967, by Senate. It was forwarded to the fac ulty, returned to student govern ment for clarification, amended and returned to the Faculty Ad visory Committee. That group endorsed the meas ure Monday, after further modifi cations, including changing the name to "Statement of Student Rights and Freedoms Within the Academic Community." Because of the changes, the measure was returned to Senate Wednesday. Rights Does I1 cluding those affiliated with an extramural organization, should be open to all students without re-, spect to race, creed or nationall origin." -Students should be able to dis cuss questions and express opin ions freely and to invite any speak er they choose. -"The institutional control of campus facilities should n o t be used as a device of censorship of ideas." -"The student body should have clearly defined means to )artici 'Othello' Performance Set Friday The National Shakespeare Co. w ill present Willijam Shakes peare's "'Ot hello'' ne'xt Friday at l)rayton llall. There wvilIl be two perfo'rmiances --at 41 andl 9 p.m. Tickets canl he reservedl at the Russell Hlouse in formation de(sk. They are free to studlents with ID) caurds. In add(ition to the Shakespeair-' ean troupe, three University stu dents will be in the play. Rusty Weatherford, John fluffington and Brian Thorpe will take parts of soldiers. AW AR its' Bi tmitte( Ton Salane, student body presi dent, presented the bill, calling the changes "minor." "There have been no changes which have affected the thrust of the docuient," Salane told Sen ate. He also said the bill had the backing of Charles Witten, vice president for student affairs, and William Patterson, provost. Salane outlined changes in the document and was quizzed at length about its provisions. A fter Sloan moved for recoin mittal, several senators spoke against the measure. "I didn't come here looking for someone to guide me-I came looking for an education," Sen. Pete McCausland said, contending the bill would make students "sec ond class citizens." Another senator labeled it "a p)iece of trash." After considerable debate, re committal was voted. Witten voiced his support of the hill but emphasized that it is a "statement of principle-it isn't a specific way everything will be done14." He noted that like all bills of Say ? pate in the formulation and ap plication of institutional policy af fecting academic and student af fairs." -Student publications s h o u l d have sufficient editorial freedom and financial autonomy. The fifth section deals with off campus freedom of students. It states that students "as citizens" should enjoy the same freedoms of "other citizens." It says that University authority "should never be used merely to duplicate the function of general laws." The final section outlines "Pro cedural Standards in Disciplinary Proceedings." Such proceedings, it says, are "substantially secondary to counseling, guidance and ad monition." "Disciplinary proceedings should be instituted only for violations of standards of conduct formulated with significant student participa tion and p)ublishedI in advance," it say-s. It speci fies conditions u n d e r which searches may be carried out, a n dl t reatment of students "'de tectedl or arrested" for alleged se rious violations of Univer-sity rules or ordinary laws. Organization andl function of the dliscip)linary c-omnmittee is dliscussed( in the last subsection. One p)rovi sion says "the burden of proof s h1 o u 1(d rest upon the officials bringing the charge." Eness On The Hmi 11 Of] I BY rights, the statement would be subject to continuing interpre tation. He said almost all policies it outlines are now being followed by the administration. "It's good to get it all written down in one place," Witten com Parties, 'I Mark Elec By SUSAN ROSS Staff Writer "Richard Nixon became presi dent-elect because people are ready for a change," commented Richard Hines, president of USC I oung Republicans. "All Hubert Humphrey prom ised them was an instant gravy train," added Hines. "I think the people are reject ing having the government do everything for them. They want it to help them help themselves," he said. Tuesday night, Carolina election activity consisted of a returns watching party sponsored by the Student Union. Televisions, red, white and blue decorations, free refreshments and music by the Upsetters Review set the scene in the Russell House. Elsewhere celebrations were held by the Republicans, Demo crats and Independents. Jay Hodge, state chairman of Youth for Humphrey-Muskie, took the loss with a "great disappoint ment," but with an optimistic out look on the future. Faces reflect varying nood s (pictures at right and above) as students await returns during an election night party at the Russell House Tuesday. (Stall Photos by Chief Photographer Chip Gallo wray.) "The American people have chosen Nixon, although by a nar row margin," he said. "Let them experience Nixon for four years because in 1972 we're going to run Teddy Kennedy," said Hodge. According to Hodge, "Strom Thurmond promised South Caro lina to Nixon and he delivered it. "But the state party let the local race'ts dIrop in the p)rocess,'' Hiodge said of Republican losses locally. About 200 strong, Youth for Wallace has officially dlissolvedl after the election. The chairman of the organization, Brian C'isco, said he hoped that it would be c'ome incorporated into an Indle pe(ndlent p)arty organization. "Most people in this state andl throughout the South were dis couragedl in the last few weeks with~ the idea that Waillace hadl no ses hoe Rights, Senate mented. Senators questionel sections on search and seizure policies, stu dent records, make up of disci pline committees and the amount of faculty and administrative in terpretation the bill would per mit. v, Music tion Night chance to win." In South Carolina, Cisco at tributed this attitude to Strom Thurmond's effort for the Nixon race. )on Senese, chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, expressed regret that the South Carolina Re publicans lost seats in the House. "It's discouraging that South Carolina has lost the possibility for a challenging two-party sys tem," said Senese. 0 Commith A WA R E By FRED1 .MONK Staff Writer AW~AR E has (come under ques tion by the adlministratio'n for its recent affiliation with Students for a D emoc rat ic Soc iety and for alleged v iolation, of regulations luring TluesdayV's "Tleach -In'" on the Horseshoe. C'harles HI. Witten, vice presi dlent for, student affairs, said, "Tio me, affiliation of an organization with an extramural national or ganizat ion essentially changes the by-laws whether they say it or not. And it changes the basis undler which an organization was chartered." The Student Affairs Commi' - tee, which approves charters of organizations, may consoler the stat us of A WA RE (luring its next mleet ing Nov. 18. AWARE also came undler ques tion by tile admninistrat ion for al leged violation of U..niversity regu lations (luring the Teach-In. Witten saidl the liberal group usedl a public address system after it was madle clear to AWARE's chairman that a microphone could not be used; unauthorized non studlents were allowed to speak; andl buttons andl other material were sold without permission in violation of University regula tions. According to Witten, AWARE evidenced a "lack of responsible leadership" Tuesday, when in ab e MayXuestio SLink With SDS sence of its chatirman, no one p ro acheud by carmpus pol ice in the seemedl to assume responsibility morning and talking to Eugene f 'r the group. Cooper, dlean of men, he was noti lret ltursey, who presidled overfidtruhWte'ofiea the Teach-In, said the group had pm httegopddnthv no knowledge of the microphone'saprvlfrte icohn. e disapproval by the administration si htwe ewsntfe because AW ARE's c ha ir mnan,tegopdsoniudteueo by he nierstycoldotconfe thouhW iten' roupficed at3 tactthe roupdue o hopit .m.a thTachI thagou id purote wave tion Mndayrovab oyt the micrcpon. One Iluse sid e I)itn( hePAspadr thaid whnone waf the fiedi svseufro Dae hilips diec-dt grou cadidscntinu ned theeo Jerry ingat, whowasintifie tor of the Russell House, and was thpelealtatb mnaware of any violation. vtn h epewr gvn TheAWAE rousatedafle oeo cati lie athelTthat-afterabeing aurposncwas Anoter sanoer ofthe thati Four Seasisdeil niateagist oe,resntd thed cicofthe people orand chic in To in Hvoticing the candidesr."iin H add day aferbig ap-denembr."th WR IgopAnoe othaer studet what ThF our Seasons ilidpae abut agaennovone, and tahd pear atTowshiVAudi-l bttleAsubstntia owd e torium Thursday from 8 til ( surroundled the group in front of midnight. Mlaxcy Monument. SThe Gamecock incorrectly The Teach-In began at 10 a.m. reported in Tuesday'. edi- andl continued until nightfall. tion that the concert was A t an AWARE meeting Wed scheduled for Nov. 16, Sat- nesday members expressed a feel urday. ing of accomplishment by holding Tickets are on sale at the the Teach-In. information desk for $1.50.- One member said the purpose The concert will be spon-~ of AWARE is to arouse feelings sored by the Student Union and the. stimulation of ideas. "And ~Concert Committee- 4 that is exactly what happened 0mommmmmmmmmm a Tuesday." he added.