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BEAT iRacl DUKECocr Next Friday UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. 1JX, No. 30 Columida, South Carolina, Friday, February 7, 1%9 Founded 1908 A city policeman changes one of approximately 40 par C) 1,000 S1 fy STANLEY HENSLEY Staff Writer Reaction to the University Union Short Courses Program has been StudentsAn For Tenemc Around 40 Carolina male stu dents got new rooms this week their f o r m e r dormitories were closed for repairs. According to Joseph A. Barnes, director of housing, residents of tenements 18, 19, and 20 were re- I assigned rooms to allow for repairs I to plumbing facilities in the three ' Horseshoe tenements. t The dorm residents were noti fied Monday and reassignment of rooms was Monday night between 10 and 12. Barnes said the residents were not notified before they reserved < second semester rooms because the % University had not learnedl the re pair work could be (lone.< Views By FRED MONK and ED CHIEN ~1 Staff Writers Viewvpoints variedl widely on the racial problem in America as d~(ivergent g r o u p s v'oicedl Stheir opinions this wveek (luring SWhite Awareness Week. IApproximately 75 p)ei-sona istened to op)posing viewvpoints on the problem in an open w orkshop Tuesday. S Bret Bursey, chairman of the sponsoring g r o ui p , A WA RE, opened the meeting saying, "The racial problem in America is not. a black man's problem, but is the problem of the white community." Paul Mathias, executive di rector of the S. C. Council on * Human Relations, told the group there is much work that needs to be (lone in the state, but that most people are ignor ing racial problems. Speakers for the workshop includedl Palmer Stacy, a mem ber of the National Youth Al liance, and Alan Weiss, state enordlinator for that group. Changes Ahead? the head of which were va king meters See story below T IS, Canadians Lgn For 'excellent," according to Scottie i Barnes, chairman of the lectures .ommittee, and response to the c (lea has brought comment from t Relocated nt Repairs s n The work, which will begin Mon lay, is expected to take about six veeks, Barnes said, after which he residents may return to the u enement dorms. E Thirty-one of the residents ex- t pressed their displeasure at the t nove in a petition requesting a review of the decision to vacate li he above tenements." 0 "Forcing us to move will disrupt a ur studies considerably," the peti- n ion said, "not to mention the usual l djustments which will have to be s made, such as new roommates, etc. "We do not understand why this e ecision cannot be postponed, and ij e respectfully request that the h1 ousing authorities review their y ecision."v Emergc Both representatives of the NYA expressed their feeling that Negroes were culturally andl genetically inferior to whites andl that White Aware ness Week should strive for the improvement andl adv~ance ment of the white race rather than (discussing racial p)rolems. Doug Th iee, wvhite p)rofessor' at Benedict College, told the group the time is comning when there will be no workable solu tions to the racial problems in the United States. "The black man has been op p)ressedl for :350 years and it is not going to he easy for the white community to communi cate with the black people." Thiele said, "The black com munity cannot trust white peo ple any longer. Therefore, any thing the whites say is almost worthless to the black peCople." On Wednesday AWARIE pre' sented itself to faculty memi hers after the monthly facul y meeting. Bursey talked to President Thomas F. Jones and C. 11. Witten, v'ice president for st a (dent affairs, before the meeting Staff Photo by Chuck Keefe ndalized on Green Street. Join Clamo Short .s far as Toronto, Canada. Radio Station CHFI in Toront alled W USC last Friday abot he program after learning abot t in a UPI news release. Keit Jichols of WUSC explained th rogram to CIFI. Nichols has taped a five minut sterview for CBS radio's Dimer ion on Education Program. Th rog-am has also been reported i ewspapers throughout the South ast. More than 1,000 students signe p for c o u r s e s by Wednesda) arnes said the response was fron ie Columbia population as well a le University. Barnes pointed out that the pub c will be allowed to take course nly on a second priority basis fter all student, faculty, and ad. inistration requests are satisfied arnes expected nearly 2,000 t( gn up by today. Barnes said that ) r a c t i c a >urses such as cooking, bartend ig, self-defense, yoga, income tax ow to make a 2.5 without killin oursel f, and auto mechanics wer' cry p)opular. OnEF and asked to acddress the meet - mng. Hu rsey saci(l he was told t he group would not be able to talk~ to the formal mneeting on such short notice and that only tw ice had the faculhy been addrliessedl by students, bo0th t imes by Programi Conttinues White Awvarenmess WVeek, be ig sponsored by AWARE, will run through Saturday. F"riday's workshop includes students from S. C. State (Col lege who will discuss the shoot ing incident in O)rangebuirg last Feb. 8. It will begin at 7 p.m. in the Riussell House. A commemorative a e r v i e e will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Rtussell Hlouse audi torium for the three students killed in Orangeburg. Speakers set for Saturday are Douglas Thiele, a white professor at Benedict College, and D)r. Charles .Joyner of North Carolina, a graduate of ITSC. Facull Five - By JIM WANNAMAKER Asst. Managing Editor The Academic Advisory Counc! received Wednesday a recommer dation from the Faculty Advisor Committee for University adoptio of a modified five-day class schel ule. The committee recommendatio calls for 75-minute classes and H minute breaks on Tuesday an Thursday mornings as there no) Studeni DiscusS r By FRED MONK Ast. News Editor Student Senate argued for a hour and a half Wednesday on b:ll to set up a referendum askin Course.s Vietnam history, draft laws, ti o psychology of self - improvemen t contemporary art and t h e a t e t w i t c h c r a f t, and conversationi Ii French were the most popula e "except for lovemaking, of course said Barnes. The Union will try to limit eac . class to 12 to 25 people but if th d demand is great, several sectior 1 of the same subject will be org - ni zed. Courses will probably begin nex Wednesday, Barnes said, after n( tices are sent to the students. Each class will decide its ow meeting time, procedure, and for mat, but the emphasis will be o participation and dialogue rathe than a lecture. Barnes said th classes will meet for 6 to 8 week but could continue if the class dc cides to. The classes will normall meet in the late afternoon an evening. Persons with questions about th I program or an interest in teachin: a class can contact the lecture committee at 777-3881. I Registration information is the~ R u s s e II lHouse informatio dlesk. tiace Pr presidIents of the student body, who arranged in advance to speak. Tlhe faculty members were noot if i ed that the AWVARE groupi wished to add(ress5 them and approx imately 75 per cent remainedI afte'r the regular meeting to hear Bursey. Hurseyv told the faculty nmem h'ers the 1purpjose of Whit e A\wareness Week, and urged all faculty memhers to attend the wo rkshops. D onald McKieever, a black student from S. C. State Col lege, told about 100( people at Wednesday night's forum that he sees no progress being made toward the black power move ment. "Black people have tried everything but have failed," he said, "Therefore, I see no rea son why changes cannot be brought about by revolution." McKeever, accompaniedI by about 25 other students from Orangebu rg, sp)oke following a sp)eech by D)r. James McBride lDabbs, the main speaker. D)ahbs saidI the catalyst for the hlack nower mnement to .yGro ay S are these afternoons. Certain schools and depar I ments would continue to schedul - seminars, field trips, laboratorie classes for special groups, ar i other needs on Saturday. The recommended proposal f< the five-day schedule and anoth( i for a system of three 50-minu - class meetings per course sprea :I over five (lays were sent to ti v committee by the council durir tGover ed By students what type of student go ernment they prefer, if any. I David Eckstrom, vice preside: of the student body, asked the sei ators to reevaluate their positior and duties as student represent; tives. "It is time for some soul-searc ing on the part of the senators Eckstrom said. Vote on the bill, introduced L Fred Magner and entitled "A bi to establish a basis for the co tinuation or discontinuation of st ( dent government on the Caroli1 campus," was postponed until ne Wednesday because of lack of quorum. Several student senators voic their displeasure at the bill by sa ing that student government cou h be reconstructed within the co Traff Going atch 3 Carolina students can now tal a bus to class. A 55-seat University bus bega regular 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. roun( Thursday to help students nav gate the ever-expanding Carolir campus. The bus route is from the Ru s sell flouse to the Roost to Russe House to Capstone to R u s s e tlHous" to the Coliseum and ba< r1 to Russell House to begin anoth< 'circuit. oblems day, which he termed "black awareness,'' is caused by cen turies of' "wvhite awareness,'' Tlhe wh i:e people have been so conlscious of themiseves as a race that it has caused the black I eople to become con - scious of t hemselves as a race, he said. "Th e cliefc (;amage the whites have (lone to the black people overi the years,'' he continued, "'is that they did not give the black people a chance to win self-respect and the respect of others in society, both black andl whit e." "WXVe've tried segregat ion, in tegration andl non-violenc'e, hut they haven't worked. That's it," McKeever said. "I see no progress made any where," he continued. "Take black studlents at USC. Sure they are here now, but they should have been here from the very beginning. "This entire system must be changed," he concluded. "If no solution is reached soon, I see no reason why changes cannot be brought about by revolu tin." up Pr( chool November. Dr. William Pat.erson, Univer e sity provost and council chairman. 3, said no decisive action was taken d Wednesday. The change iight help the University more effec or tively utilize space, he said, by! !r allowing more use of classes on 'e Tuesday and Thursday. d )r. Jan Boal, chairnan of the e Faculty Advisory Committee, said ig the committee also discussed 15 nment senate v- stitutional framework of the stu dent body. t But o t h e r senators contended that tOe only way future student g.vernments could be effective is by overhaul:ng the present system. Sen. Pete McCausland said he was dismayed by the activity of Senate. "It is disheartening to sei that when a senator tries to in troduce s t u (I e n t improvements through the Senate, insignificant details impair our actions." "It is basically a good bill," Eck strom said, "but some parts of it a need to be reworked." Kt A main objection to the bill was a an amendment for a referendum on student government. The ed amendment was originally part of y- the bill but stricken while in com Id inittee. It was reinstated by a ma i- jority vote. Ic Notes ro Class? "he Bus .e The route takes approximately 30 minutes. n * 4 Is Two new parking areas are now - available to students with regis a tered cars. A parking lot at College and P a r k streets with 74 availabi, sices miay he used by students from 7:8(30 a.m. until f; p.m. The k lot is owvned byv theit state. Cars ri must have student decals. Studlents mayr par1k in the lot south o'f the Co'liseum from 5 p.ni. until 6 a.mi. The lot, on B1lossom St reet, is u sed byt facultyv antd staff immbrs tduring the da but can be ustd by tdecale'd carvs at niight. City polict'men e h a n g e d the heads of the parking meters on Green St reet Wednesdlay afternoon after the mechanisms oIf 4(0 mete'rs were miade inoperative by vantdalIs. Gravydon V. O l ive Jr., assist an c'ity manageri, said, "'There is nv way tto prove who is (doing this, but it is a goodl assump)tion that it is the students." 1live said that, contrary to rui miir, thlet meters' Iiminits woul d no t heu chia ngetd from five hiourvs to :4( minutes. Commemor: For Orange] The A ssoc iat ion of A fro - Amriti can St udent:s will sponlsor "i'''(; I)ays l,ater- -O.n T'he 'Oirangeburig Massacre''" Sat urtday aft ernooni at Itussell Hlouse. Evenits wvill b'egin at noon with a commemoratory cere'mony' ton the Russell House patio, fhollowe(d at 1 p.m. b)y cauc'uses in Russell House. Urban renewal, p)reschool educa tion for black children, anti tape a worms andl public health in South .Carolina will hie caucu topics. >poses Week minute breaks between Monday lWednesday-Friday classes, but was unable to determine the mini mum number of days and/or hours of classwork required by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for ac creditation. )r. loal said considera'ion of abandonment of most Saturday classes while the University is asking for a larger state ap propriation is not unreasonable be cause most state offices are closed on Sa'urday. It would also allow more efficient use of Tuesday Thursday cvases, he said. Clem son is considering a similar move and most professors and students dislike Sat irday classes, Boal added. USC Girls Get Ride Of Lives By .TODY STONESTREET Staff Writer 0vrc rowding of an elektor in So.ith Dormitory Monday night aused a slo,w, unexpected descent from the fourth to ground floors for 22-28 coeds returning from a dorm meeting. None of the girls was injured as be elevator bounced on i s springs and came to a standstill a few fee, beneath ground floor. ' wasn't as frightening as it might sound becau;e we didn't teali:e what had happened un*iI we clinibed (Iu','' said .(eanne Ahe-nathy, one of the passengers. According to a supervisor of the tis Elevator Co., the slide was caused by overcrowding, not fault:y mech.aies. He also said this was frec lent occurrence. Each elevator has a special safety device which causes a slow descent. rather than a fall. South Dormitory elevators have a ca pavity of1 I; persons or 2,500 poundls. Riepairmlen Werecal, and the elevator was put in'o working order by 12:.15 a.m. Tuesday. The elvatoi was inspected by Edward II lendrson chief engiTnet'Pr consul tant, and .lack Williams, local m.anager if Mtis Elevators. Coeds Cani Suggest Changes In Code ('ar'lina coedis dlissat isfied with their rul1 s are bI 'ng asked to sug igest el ange's in thle Carolina Coed 'Te Associatedi Women Students 1 S art' revising the code and are~ placing suggestion forms in eachI women's r'esidlenc-e hall. Sugg st ins will be' brtought be fre' thlit ('o'd ('iCod nommittee andi ties. If ptassed, I they w'ill go tot the 'ean of' womnil fori approv'al. Kathy K eenan, chairman of the tinntitt tt, has re'questedl that sug ge'stins hei mailetd before the endI( ito"fli Ferary. F"irms may' also be 'lita ined from th tall represent at iv'es. ition Set :rurg Deaths "'Since we have' not the power to see that justice is (lone, we take this opportuonit y of the ann iver sar'y of tht' deatths of our brother's toi symbol icatlly expr'ess our dis cotettnt,"' saidl a statement issujed by the assoc'iation. "We resolve to firmly resist continituit.g opplression by white so ciety, its pteople and tnstitutions. We dedicate ourselves to the task of perpetuating collective concern and cohesiveness in the Black com mnity."