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'Think '] (4,ont1in4ued4 from Page 1) conference Professors should be encouraged to retire earlier, while ranteeing -them a certain egree of job protection, and only granting tenure for a certain number of years were proposed. RACIAI DISCRIMINATION Overt racial discrimination practiced by the housing office in the assignment of rooms was the most emotional issue to evolve out of the conference. Housing. ap plications request the race of the student, and blacks are not assigned rooms with whites. In the case of one black delegate, she was forced to move out of her room because her roommate left school. By "accident" she was reassigned to a suite with three other blacks. O" another case a white asked that he be assigned a black roomate. This request was denied by housing. One student made the remark that he had applied for housing late and a housing office staff member made the statement, "It may not be the best, but you won't have a nigger for a roommate." I'REASURER'S OFFICE INSENSITIVE The office of the treasurer was heavily criticized for the treatment received by students from per sonnel in that department. Several students voiced dissatisfaction and recommended that staff members be compelled to attend a human relations program. If this wasn't possible, it was suggested that they dismiss the whole staff and start over. 'mplaints about the treasurer's ie ranged from simple discourtesy to blatant rudeness. As one girl said. "If they are going to be rude, the least they could do is Senate (Continued from Page 1) establishment of a permanent laculty-student committee for teacher evaluation was debated during the Wednesday meeting bel ore its referral back to the Academic Affairs Committee for further study. The bill recognizes. the im portance of an effective measurement of the quality of teaching at the University and e'stablishes a faculty-student ~b mmittee to be called the Coin .-tee for the Evaluation of Tleaching and outlines its purposes aind provisions for membership. The Le. Rest. Studemi Monday I s is a chance to visit Restaurant For a minimu includes choice cut sirloin stE items at salad bar) choice of coffee Appropriate Please Call foi 741 Samm.. rank:' ch4 smile while they are doing It." Another student complained of having to wait for service while employees drank coffee and gossiped. Tl CAMPUS SIMoP A committee was set during the conference to help solve com plaints of high prices, rudeness and the financial policy of the Campus Shop. A spokesman for the administration said that the future of the bookstore depended on several factors. Size of the facility, variety of books, management and the general policy of the Campus Shop are being re-examined and decisions in each of these areas will be made in the next few months. OMHUDISMAN The office of Ombudsman was discussed by the conference and the group generally agreed that it should be re-established. A faculty member, with access to the ad ministration and in good standing with fellow faculty members was the criteria designated esential for the position. Dr. Jones' office is now accepting recommendations from students, faculty and staff for the job. ATll IC~lS The recruitment of black athletes, more intramural playing tields and the proper role of athletics in the University Com munity received the most com ment. Several questions were raised including hiring black coaches, the atmosphere of the Roost, and having potential black athletes talk to black students on campus.. action The resolution was reported lavor'ably out of committee and the original recommendation for the legislation was made by Dean Nelson. College of Arts and Sciences. Sen. Tim Carpenter, chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee said the faculty student committee provided for in Ihe resoltiffon would function as an experimental committee next year. Several amendments to the resolution were proposed and Sen. Carpenter requested that the bill be given to the Academic Affairs Committee for further study since the amendments, if passed, would proloundly alter the bill. is Head mrant Special lit. Only '9 Columbia's most exclusive m price-Student Special ak, salad (From choice of 15 3 potatoes, bread, and tea or Dress Please SReservations. 25s-s14I anges At the close of the Cherry Grove Think Tank", commit'ees were established to deal with problems in specific areas. Each committee plans to make an in-depth study and research the feasibility of implementing change in that problem area. The willingness of the administration to utilize these recommendations will . be the determining factor in whether or not Cherry Grove was a success. Bouknight receives Chem honor Long-time University of South Carolina chemistry professor .Joseph W. Bouknight receivid the 1971 Outstanding South Carolina Chemist Award from the American Chemical Society S.C. Section Wednesday. The group, meeting on the University campus, also gave Miss Mary .Jane Purvis the Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher Award in recognition of her "many years of dedication to the teaching of chemistry and other sciences at Columbia High School." )r. Houknight, a member of the USC faculty since 1942, was recognized for "his success in arousing and maintaining students' interest in chemistry." lie holds a bachelor's degree from USC. a master's from Nor thwestern University and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He received Carolina's Russell Award for I)istinguished 'reaching in 1962. A former chairman of the American Chemical Society S.C. Section, he has headed several committees for the group. Miss Purvis hoids bachelor's and master's degrees from USC. Head of the science department at ('olumbia High School, she has taught chemistry, biology and physics there for 24 years. She has done graduate work at Furman I University, Carnegie Tech, Con verse College. the University of Nottingham, England and the University of St. Teresa, Minn. D The Grateful Dea Paul Butterfield . Sature at the 3 p All South Carc One I.D. per4 4. Figure it ou Green St. seen as By BOB CRAFT Staff Writer Green St. from Sumter St. to Pickens St. was closed Thursday Irom 14 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of the observance of Earth Day. Barracades were set up and city police orficers were stationed to watch them. No traffic was allowed in or out of Green St. during the six hour period. . Scott Holsclaw. president of ECO 70s. the group sponsoring Earth Day. said response to the closing of the street had been -overwhelmingly favorable." uke University Un Presents Blues Band day (tomorrow) 24 football stadium m?. to 11 p.m. lina Students weic ouple-m $7 per thci -84H Norwood t yourself! closmng vorable H1otsclaw said that he doubted if the street would be closed again this year because "we had to fight for our lives to get it closed for six hours.'' Holsclaw said that ECO 70 will go to the traffic committee in the tall to ask the street be closed for one day in the fall and for it to be closed for the entire week of Earth Week next spring. St udent reaction to the move was generally favorable. "Fantastic. it should be like that every day," Richard Carter. a freshman said. ('ntinued nill Page 8) ton 13each Boys Mountain oe