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VOL. LXi - I- NO. 12 UniversitY of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. 2920A MONDAY,ICOE ,17 For academic excellen Group BY CHARLES FELLENBAUM Aset. Managing Editor This past weekend, over 100 students, faculty members, administrators and one member of the Board of Trustees travelled to Camp Gravatt near Aiken to suggest methods to create a better in tellectual environment at this University. The Student Government-planned Conference on Academic Atmosphere grew out of the Cherry Grove 'Think Tank' held- last Spring. It was jointly funded by SGA and the University President's office. President Thomas F. Jones said, "In all my ex perience at four institutions, this is the first con ference of this sort and most productive from the standpoint of value to the institution that I've ever been to. "It is naive to think everything proposed will come, but we have a proposal for change for a better in tellectual environment. "It is clear that a group of 100 could not think of everything-we must have a continuous generation of new ideas now that we have momentum," Jones said. Only capsule ideas of the various committees' proposals are presented here. No details are given as the skeleton outlines will be expanded and clarified in much greater detail in the final report. The incomplete proposals have been referred to an executive committee which will publish the com pleted version on Nov. 1 and made available to everyone. Why am I here?~ A student studying in the Gamecock Room pause and say, ''Is it all worth it?'' ICrucible editorship 0] I Anyone Interested in applying for the editor! the Crucible-USC's literary magazine-is asi Sindicate this in writing and submit it to Dea S tudent Activities, Bob Alexander, Pent Building, no later than Ot. 6. SCe proposes ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT - better access to advisors with an i number of advisors. - more accessibility to course informatic registration. PERIPHERAL ACTIVITIES -creation of more areas and increased utili existing areas to provide common grou students and faculty to meet. - emphasis on improvement of facilities suc bookstore, library and intramural sports. INTENSIVE PROGRAMS -fuller development of the honors progra more intense recruitment. -Contemporary University should conti function and should foster similar research i EXPERIMENTAL FRESHMAN PROGi -creation of an academic atmosphere for i to seek and find self-identification. -less emphasis on structure to define educ broader terms. STUDENT FACULTY RELATIONS LIVING-LEARNING EXPERIENCI -experimental provisions for special groups to live together. -emphasis on increased interaction I students and faculty members. CU:a This semester, a USC student, Lee Spence. is "treasure hunting" off the Atlantic coast. He is part of an 80 man crew that he helped organize. Lee Spence will get 15 hours of credit for his work. Spense is participating in Contemporary University, (CU) a program of independent study "based on an assumption in creasingly supported by research that the PROCESS of education is more important than specific course content," Rick Kasschau, director of CU said. "CU offers the student the possibility of spending a full semester in depth study of a topic typically related to his major and of particular interest to him," he said. 'GPR is in no way related to whether a student gets into CU. yette owart Students w seems to BY LOU TENNANT Stafl Writer Students majoring in an a thropology and sociology will soon have a chance to take part in the Sdecision-making of their depart gg ment in a program initiated by the j n faculty, Dr. William D. Davis of the Sociology department said. hip of Graduates and undergraduates ed to will vote this afternoon for infor students to represent them in In general faculty meetings and on lieton standing committees within the , deartmnt. Ibestudents will elctfor otngmembers toat tend the faculty meetings of the new ic POL' ncreased -recognition of n before communication I TENA STt -a better acad zation of with a highly i nds for -increased use under-utilized nc h as the -more flexibilit system. ACCEP' im with STU - priority to a nue to motivated stude: models. - better orients are in close cont AM students - methods are r ation in the immediate ne Southeast. CENTE SC -to bring to U interest opportunities. - the center shc between atmosphere that academic excelle unique prt Students in the program this semester have GPR's that range from 1.8 to 3.7. "A certain amount of research funds are available," according to Deb Sterling, associate director of CU. "These are dispersed through a finance sub-committee which reviews the budget proposal. "CU is a unique program. It's a community of students involved in a different kind of educational experiences, and is to a large extent self-education," Sterling said. "There are also no artificial motivational forces as tests and final examinations." One of the major problems students have with the program is getting credit hours distributed, Kasscnau said. "Some schools have rigid requirements. We are ill help mak Anthropology and Sociology Department. These four members will be one graduate student and one undergraduate student from sociology and two undergraduate students from anthropology. There is no graduate program in an thropology. The purpose of this committee is to be decided by the represen tatives antd faculty advisor, Dr. William D. Davis, but one of Its responsibilities will be to interview prospective candidates for teaching positions within the department, They will submit. a. written report evaluaing ada leas PICAL INFLUENCE ON 'HE UNIVERSITY political pressures and increased o deal with it. RNC METHODOLOGY, DENT MOTIVATION emic atmosphere could be achieved brsonalized structure. of educational facilities that may be w. y of departments and the grading rANCE STANDARDS AND ENT RECCRUITMENT ttraction of already academically its. tion for students and persons who act with prospective students. USC'S PART IN S.C. EDUCATION ieeded to make USC responsive to eds of students from S.C. and the R FOR CULTURAL AND IENTIFICSTUDIES C a greater selection of cultural uld be the nucleus of an academic : would set the standards for nce here. >gram' willing to sit down with the student and his advisor or dean and try to work out the problems so the project can be done. "There is a certain amount of research funds available, "Sterling added. "These are dispersed through a finance sub committee which reviews the budget proposal. "On the average many students work much harder than they do in the regular curriculum," she said. "They are also motivated to the extent that they do much better in classes after CU. CU is now accepting ap plications for the spring semester. "For a student to enter the program, he or she must find a faculty member to advise the (Continued on Page 4) e decisions candidate to the Faculty Comn mittee on Recruitment. All student representatives will be elected for one-eemester terms and may not miss more than three meetings, or they will lose their position, and another represen tative will appointed by the student representatives to the general faculty meeting. Dr. Davis expressed hope that this program would provide a mechanismi by which faculty and students could get to know each . othr.buttd tattis vy*gtp... be seen.