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Black Ball tonight forma niht Vol. LXI No. 35 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Mike Oliver and Dave Kei of the Radicals for Capitall opinion during the SMC mee 4 SMCn strikin By BOB CRAFT Staff Writer "What. they need is support; visable support, getting out and talking to people," said Rita Fellers, president of Student Mobilization Committee (SMC), at a meeting held last night in Currell College. The meeting was called to discuss plans for a march in Georgetown, S.C. Saturday in support of striking steelworkers in that city. Miss Fellers said the steelworkers, have been on strike for the past 15 weeks and that the managemn"t of Georgetown Steel has not even agreed to negotiate. She said the reason for this was the management's belief that the people of South Carolina sup port them. She also said there had been a "press blackout" on the Georgetown situation. Miss Fellers cited working conditions at Georgetown and said there had been 250 injuries and one death in the plant last year. She said there was a plant in Atlanta of comparable size to Georgetown where the workers were paid, on the average, one dollar an hour more and the injuries were 75 per cent less than Georgetown's. She said the pollution prob!em at the plant was lbad and thai workers were subject to black and brown lung diseases. Miss Fellers said the group would leave the Russell House parking lot at 9 a.m. Saturday and the march would be at 12:30 p.m. She said those going should have signs to carry. She stressed the fact that the group was going not as representatives of USC, but as "representatives of SMC from Columbia." Teache Teacher evaluation in the College of Arts and Sciences wili take place Dec. 8-11, according to Mike Garet, chairman of a student faculty committee co-ordinating the survey and co-director of Contemporary University. The survey of the College of Arts and Sciences and of the Committee on Academics is designed to show what students think of professors, of the techniques used by professors, and of the texts used, Garet said. The questionaires which will evaluate the classes will be filled out in class by students. The in formation on each professor and course will be compiled by com puter and will be made available to students before registration for next semester. This sta vtey will evaluate on those classes in the College of Arts and Sciences, but Garet said he hopes it will be' carried over Into the other colleges In the Univer sity. Cards have been sent to every faculty member asking them to participate in the ealatioan ac inison (center) sm voice their Rita Fellers, ting last night. right. ,iarch su r steelm One of those in the audience got up and said "This is an affirmation to ourselves for our hopes, to get out of our armchairs and to get out on the picket lines." Miss Fellers said the march would start at the union hall on South Hazard St. go down South Hazard in front of the mill and then to downtown Georgetown and then to a rally. At about this point in the meeting, three members of Radicals for Capitalism who were sitting in the front row started to heckle Miss Fellers and con tinuously prevented the meeting from prWceeding. Miss Fellers asked the trio to be quiet. One of Televised approved Bv CHARLES BEERE Staff Writer The Student Senate passed a resolution Wednesday clearing the way for the taping and re broadcast of senate meetings on WOLO-TV (Channel 25). Before actual taping can begin approval is needed by the Vice president of Student Affairs and certain technical problems must be solved. The senate meets twice a month and each session is to be taped by ETV. The tapes will then be edited and broadcast in a 30 minute time slot of a later date. Mike Spears, president of the student body, said, "I think that it will make the senate more responsible and conscientious of its role as a legislative body." He said that the taping of senaate meetings may be the impetus senators need -- Arts and ,r evaluE cording to Garet. He said only four of the replies received at this time were negative. Those members who have not responded will be contacted by telephone according to Garet. The committee is composed of forty-six members, with one student and one faculty member representing each department in the College. The Committee Is Russell h subject ol The Russell House policy, passed last February by the Board of Governors of the University Union and adopted In March by the Board of Trustees, was the subject of a meeting of the Board of Governors Wednesday night. The Board decided to refer the question of enforcement of the policy to the facility sub committee of the Boa rd of governors for Intensive study. The policy was the result of a - Bi Nrwow president of SMC listens at Lpports rorkers the trio started heckling the plan! for the march. Miss Fellers askef them if they were going to Georgetown to not work agains the march because it would b4 "counterproductive" to th4 steelworkers. The hecklers became louder an( more unruly and Miss Fellers hao to adjourn the meeting. After the meeting, Miss Feller gave the Gamecock a statemen about the march. She said "SMC i: interested in cooperating with th4 labor organizers. They ari talcnted people and the striker: are in accord with them. We se< our -role as backing the strikers We are behind them all the way. sessions by Senate to act with a little more decorun wnd dignity. Spears also said tha it may make senators mor4 responsible to their constituents Only two mobile television unit: and crews are available for thf taping. One unit is owned by WIS TV and the other by ETV. T< facilitate the taping it will b necessary for one crew to wor over-time. Arrangements for cre% and editing will have to be com pleted before initial production car begin. Jim Bradford. president of th( senate, said that he approves of the plan. "I think that it will be beneficial to the University, the senate and students." Bradford has complained in the past of the lack of order during senate sessions and said that the televising of senate meetings may stop some of this. Sciences - tifon ne divided into several sub committees. Garet said the committee members are "determined and certain that the evaluation survey will be finished and published this time." Previous attempts to publish an evaluation were Unsuccessful for various reasons. ouse reg~ board m serious drug situation in the building last spring and "unauthorized use of the building" by high school students~ and others, Wes Sandlin, chairman of the Board of Governors, said. Wednesday's meeting was a "routine" meeting for the con sideration of the policy due to the "interest of the administration." Sandlin said. The Board of Governors previously nareed that the "status Capitalists Peace Cc recrut n( Di3trict representatives from t the Peace Corps will be visiting the University next week, December 7 11. John Collis, a district representative from the Peace Corps said yesterday that he and two other Peace Corps representatives would be at the University for the entire week to execute a recruiting program. Collis said that he and David Poole, both native Southerners, will be accompanied by a guest from Afghanistan, Alam Miran. Miran is a host country national, or a representative for the Peace Corps from the countries in which t they have Peace Corps groups working. Miran shows the work of the Corps in a different light, Collis said, since he expresses how the native country feels about having Peace Corps workers move into their country. The three men will be at USC to talk with them about the requirements for joining the Corps, what an application entails and any other matters concerning their work in foreign countries. Collis said he feels that many Southerners have a distorted view of the Peace Corps. He said that they feel all the Peace Corps is a missionary type institution. This idea is wrong, he said, since the Peace Corps offers much more to both the country involved and to the individual working there. xt week Tesurvey questionaires wvill be printed on computer forms Garet said. The problem involved with the use of such forms is that pencils must be used to fill them out. Garet said that the committee has developed a slogan to help students remember to bring a pencil to class: BYOP, or Bring Your Own Pencil. latlions eeting quo" policy is sufficient and the primary question now is not a new policy but how to enforce the present policy. "Issues much broader than this building are being dealt with. l"indings will affect other buildings lust as they will affect student life," Bob Alexander, director of volunteer services, said. "Russell House management and business affairs will also be affected," he (('outinued on Page 1n A. s.SM C -- BIN Nr.e vs.SM rps wil xt week Collis said he and the other two men will be available, to answer any questions concerning the Corps next week. CU parti mo &.dem4 EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a series of articles in which students who are participating in the Contemporary University Program will be interviewed about their CU projects. "Theater lives," says Julie Royall, a Junior at USC who is peering into the kaleidoscopic world of modern drama through the University's Contemporary University Program (CU). Visualize mentally an old barn like structure in the East Village. Inside there are various platforms elevated at different levels. The audience is seated on the plat forms. Sit where you will around the floor which will serve as the stage. The actors enter, the action of the play begins. Many things pass, references to the Manson trial and murders. The play developes, the audience hopefully responds. The actors go among the platforms and solicit pieces of paper from the audience. Tfhe action unfolds, the pieces of paper are burned, the actors become motionless. The play has ended, the audience leaves. You have just attended a play in the genre of the "New Theater" and one of the many viewed by Miss Royall during her recent two week stay in New York City. As part of her CU project on Modern [Drama, she studied first hand some of the new theater plays now in New York. [During her stay in New York, Miss Royall had the opportunity to see such plays as "Hair," *Commune," "The Golden Bat" and Andre Gregory's version of " Alice in Wonderland" to name a lew. She was also able to talk to such modern experts as Richard Schechner, producer-director of " Commune" and others in such productions as "Hair" and developed an insight into the happenings of the "New Theater." Miss Rtoyall's initial insight into the "New Theater" was stimulated by Dr. David Byrd, her CU advisor in the Department of English. F"irst Inspired to study modern theater in Dr. Byrd's freshman honors English course she has since worked with him in tutorial courses in this same theater genre. From her experiences and studies M'n Royall sees the "New Theater" as an innovation in audience participation. She finds theater moving toward a "learning experience" for the audience. She F aculty SG Cons The faculty senate approved the new Student Government Con stitution Wednesday. The con stitution will go to the Board of Trustees for final approval. The document was drafted last spring and was approved by the Student Faculty Relations Com mittee in September. A major provision of the new constitution is the creation of a student supreme court and a complete revamping of the judicial system. The Supreme Court will consist of two faculty members, a law student and six other students. Three of the students will be elected and three are to be ap pointed by the student body president. Students found guilty by residence hall courts will have the right of review by an appellate court. At the discretion of the supreme court a case rpay be heard which come under the constitution, the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, the Student Senate Statutes, the Code of Academic Responsibility, or a chartered campus organization and their officers. Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court includes all cases involving a student government officer who has been impeached, all cases in which a residence area government may be a party against the Student Government or the covernment of another area, and all election disputes. cipant exp zr9Mria pro says that in the "New Theater" the people must come and do more than sit passively for a couple of hours to be entertained. They are invited by the actors to join in the play at different points and feel that they have dedicated part of themselves to the production of the play. For example; in the play "Golden Bat," the performers, the Tokyo Kid Brothers, use their bodies in dance interpretation and their presonalities as they go into the audience to create a rapport with the people. One no longer waits to be entertained, says Miss Royall. but becomes part of the play. In the broadway musical "Hair" employs phantasmagoric methods Just chE Fig Romanysogyn, a chen checks the valves in the pool. 9$ are working on a peoleet to fix ft ipproves titution The Supreme Court will also hear all 'appeals from the traffic court. Basically, the new judkcial system removes disciplinary power from the offices of the Deans of Men and Women. Mike Grier, Assistant to the Vice president for Student Affairs, has been hired by the administration to coordinate disciplinary action. Penalties in cases involving discipline or honesty will be ad ministered by the Vice-president of Student Affairs in accordance with Student Senate Statutes. The Treasurer of the University is responsible for collecting all traffic court fines. The new constitution clarifies the basic functions of the executive and legislative powers of student government. The president of the student body is required to veto a bill within six days after its passage. A presidential veto may be over ridden by a vote of two thirds of the senate. Officers of the Constitutional Convention: Jean Neal, presiding chairman; Jim Bradford, ass't. presiding chairman; Pete Reed, elections chairman; Brian Rines, legislative chairman: and Peggy Harley, judicial chairman. Members of the 'convention Anne Clamp, Steve Cannon. Jim Corley, Eric Wyka. Jim Leppard, Trish Pough, Bob King, Julianne Lewis. Bob Chapman, Brenda Haulbrooks. Diane Davis and Pat Litchy. lains lect to enmesh the audience in the life of the East village. The masks of soeiety are remnved in "Hair," she says. and the problems common to us are all revealed. Miss Royall emphasized that whether the play be of the "New Theater." "The Theater of the Absurd" and "Experimental Theater" the ideas of ex travagance and fanfare are gone. Replacing them is the theater that mirrors life. Elaborate props and costumes are gone. and musical extravaganzas are muted by the simple accompaniment of a tambourine. All that remains on the stage are the actors. the audience and a confrontation with reality'. As Miss Royall puts it, *Theater is life, lite is theater." . - ~e tical engineering student, e and several other students i. valves