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VOL. LXI I- NO. 14 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29201 FRIDAY, OCTOBER , 1971 Commi rejectii BY JULIE LUMPKIN Staff Writer The Student Senate Wednesday passed a bill which provided for a committee to investigate the feasibility of abolishing final exams and providing alternatives to them. The committee will report its findings by Dec. 1 after consulting faculty and students through surveys and personal interviews. The bill was response to an approved resolution which said "the Student Senate believes that the now dormant student and faculty ingenuity in the area of testing can be aroused to create alternative methods for deter mining the student's grade in a course." It was sponsored by senators Barbara and Greg Ohanesian. The original resolution was amended before passage by eliminating the final clause which read, "be it resolved that all written and oral midterms and final exams which are designed solely by the faculty who possess sole subjective power of the grading of these exams, be abolished." Speaking for the resolution, Vice president Julianne Still tem porarily relinquished the chair and. said "at the Academic Atmosphere Conference (last weekend) it was brought out by President Jones that there are alternative means of teaching. There are lots of areas that can be looked into and there is faculty support." Sen. Tony Daniels said, "the resolution is too much for the Senate to pass right now. I think we should set up a committee to consider the rCsolution." In other business, a committee was formed to investigate the delay of Veterans Aid to veteran students. The committee members are Sens. Latimer, Meagner, Thomasson, Sloan and Eckstrom. Walker: nix to class officers SGA president Harry Walker vetoed the bill that would have provided for class officer elections this fall. Sen. Tony Daniels move to override Walker's veto failed by a vot e of 17-13. Walker said he vetoed it "because I'm against the concept of class officers. Past history has shown that they are very inef reelve, a duplication of effort. "We should have one centralized mechanism for effective student leadership," he aied . ttee wil ig final Text of I Individual freedom to creatively is stymied due to learn what the professor w much recent research h choice exams (particularly answers) are ambiguous, designed to trick the stude theme-type exam may be gr4 different but well-qualified this research has proven ti indicative of what the stud4 this research has shown really tests for what the stud the physical health and preciable number of studen fected; the notion of final exams professors are able to hold ci the student will not pass the attend; final exams are oftentimei learning and often create students who could and wou "musket barrel-at-the-back it is the belief of the Stude students at USC are mature themselves what informatloi life-long work aspirations; be it resolved that the Sti now dormant student and fi testing can be aroused to c determining the student's g Bike decal "The new bicycle decals are primarily for the owner's protection," Harold Brunton, vice president of business affairs said in a memo to The Gamecock. "When a stolen or lost bicycle is recovered, the prescence of a decal will enable us to contact the owner. "It is also contemplated that the decal number can be stamped onto the bicycle frame for even more permanent identification," he said. Brunton said that when the University Is able to provide enough bicycle racks, "we plan to restrict bicycle parking to these racks. "We expect to issue warning -notices to bicycles illegally chained to trees, buildings, ramps, and if necessary, we may have to impound some bicycles tem porarily," he said. This is "because bicycles are in the way of pedestrian traffic, and are hurting the trees," he said. "People can't get In some buildings. "Our main object for five years was to encourage bice sae, 1 probe .exams -esolution learn and express oneself anxiety and undue pressure to ill ask; as proven that: (1) multiple. the type asking for the O'best" (2) true-false exams are nt; (3 ) a particular thesis or ided on a range from A to F by professors; tat many written exams are not mt knows or learns; that many written exams are ent does not know; mental well-being of an ap ts is every year adversely af is propagated because many ass only through the threat that mid-term or final if he does not unnecessary for the process of insurmountable obstacles for Id do quite well without the old ' approach; nt Senate that the majority of Individuals able to discern for i will best equip them for their ident Senate believes that the Iculty ingenuity in the area of reate alternative methods for rade in a course. . i-protection but it came much faster than we thought. "We ordered 25 racks this summer, and four times as many are needed now. We con servatively estimate that there are 2,000 bikes on campus," he said. He said 30 more racks are or dered, but have not come in yet. Brunton said the racks will be put in good security areas, "well lit areas" and that security is another reason for restricting bicycles to certain areas. State of The USC Student Senate passed a resolution Wednesday censuring the State of S.C. "fur flyig daily a symbol (the Confederate flag) of infamy and pain which is a direct insult to all Americans who truly believe in the Declaration of In dependence and the Constitution of the United States of America." Sponsored by senators Greg and Barbara Ohanesian, the resolution called the Confederate flag "a symbol of that portion of Down th A student enjoys his spaghe Night supper. Senate non will be nex Nominations for the USC Senate elections Wednesday, Oct. 27, will be received Monday and Tuesday by the Student Government Election Commission. A $1 filing fee will be charged to defray election costs. There are 20 open seats in the following districts: Wade Hamp Charters noi Nine campus organizations failed to file for renewal of their university charters with the dean of student activities. Bob Alexander, dean of student activities, said that the organizations must file an appeal with his office by Oct. 15 if they want to be eligible to use USC facilities. S. C. Ce the U.S. which at one time in its history fought and died in order to...preserve the 'right' to enslave a man because of his color." The resolution further read that "this flag fles over the State Capital as a constant, ugly reminder of this sad period in history." Copies of the resolution will be distributed to all state legislators and..the executive bech .(of, t,he state of S.C. NION e hatch tti at the Bates House Italian unations t week ton, Sims, McClintoc.. (two), Capstone-North (one), Towers two,-Bates (one), Roost (one), off campus seniors (two), off-campus juniors (one), off-campus sophomores (one), off-campus freshmen (six), Law School (one), and off-campus Graduate School (two). renewed He said that the student affairs committee will meet Oct. 20 with representatives from the organizations to consider their appeals. The organizations that must appeal are; Student Mobilization Committee, International Relations Club, American Institute (Continued on Page 5) nsured "asymbol of infamy e e ea e a e a em. e e - A 4 * e e 4