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Roses 0 in sugl BY MICHAEL BALL. Special Contributor In the fields of Kane there grow thorns and roses. There grow suggestions in the corridors. There grow relationships between dissimilar people. Part I In the fields of Dean Jim Kane of business administration, there has grown a student-faculthy com mittee on which the teachers work under the students. "Of course, I appointed faculty members who were pretty pro .student; I expect them to be pretty interested," Kane said. After three years of tending the soil, the Student-Faculty Commission, "working in concert with the Dean and faculty in an advisory capacity on matters relating to the college and the University -as a whole," has taken the place of individual student gripers. "I discovered a lot of students seeking me out with suggestions. Most tended to be after the fact, like, 'In the future you ought to do this....' You know, students react to certain stimuli. These suggestions often came from problem situations and graduates looking back," Kane explained. The commission's first year was spent in building a framework for itself, "with one notable exception -they adopted a series of what they called 'sound principles', after they kicked the hell out of them," Kane said. The eight principles were in the form of guidelines for professors. They included basic items like Student I robbed o: Another USC student was robbed while walking through the campus at night. David W. Malone was assaulted and robbed Sunday around 9:15 p.m. The attack occured on a walk way north of the Coker Life Sciences building. The victim stated he was walking through a dark area when he suddenly felt blows and a sharp pamn. When he recovered, the assailants had escaped with seven dollars. He was left with shallow lacerations on the back of his hand and bruises on his face. No hospitalization was required. The assailants have been South C Automob NOV. 50c DISi TO ALL U.S.C. STUDEN Good No CAOLN Han Un and th( restive different quizzes for the different sections of the same course, en forcement of the no smoking rule, at least one test before the "drop date" on lower level courses, etc. At its next regular meeting the faculty voted to table the prin ciples. "The faculty thought it was a set of rules the dean was going to enforce. If a guy didn't follow them, the dean would descend on you and -have grounds for dismissal," the Dean said. Kane added that he explained to his staff that his "problem Kane children" were not those who missed one of the eight on the list, but those who missed six or seven all the time. "And I would speak to those any way," he told the professors. The suggestions were adopted at the next faculty meeting. Since then the list has been circulated to students and teachers each issaulted, n campus described as three or four in number and at least one was believed to be a Caucasian. George Key, director of public safety, again stresses that students avoid. unlighted areas of campus and stick to well lighted areas or main roads even if they are out of your way. Fund drive (Continued from Page 1). Contributions this year are ear marked for the Woodyard Fund, Metropolitan Education Foun dation, Salvation Army, Columbia Urban League, Toys for Tots and the Wilkerson Home for girls. arolima ie Show 11-14 OUNT TS, FACULTY, STAFF v. 11-12 Nov. 11-12: k Aaron Buddy B6ker Miss Union 76 >rnes gi fields a semester as a reminder. Now a representative of the 15 student-six professor commission sits in on the faculty meetings as a real advisor who aids in decision making. A University charter for the organization is pending. It is presently financed with the business college's slush fund. Part II In the fields of Kane there were suggestion boxes in the halls without incinerators at the bottom and without cobwebs on the lock. S-F Commission members regularly empty the boxes and give the suggestions serious consideration. "The boxes are and are not effective," Kane said. The dean commented that most suggestions are serious, like some professor violating college policy, and I talk with the man. On the other side we get some of 'You ought to fire Professor X; he's a no good SOB.' We even had one suggestion that we move the suggestion box hanging over a couch because this guy hit his head on it when he tried to sleep." Part III In the fields of Kane grew workable pre-advisement. There are no waiting lines in the Coliseum for business courses and students handle registration, prepared to talk frankly about a professor or course. Assistant Dean Ada Thomas, nicknamed Mother Superior by Kane, previously would help students by telling them the truth about requirements and professors. Now the entire school is being offered the same service. Last registration 32 students tried the program and "drop-adds greatly decreased and less students took courses they were not suited for. It's important to Available at Better Books NEW WRI IN SOUTI CAROLIN Edited by WILLIAM PE and GEORGE GARRET ". ... a fascinating showcase o~ present day." 191 pages University of South C Publishers of Scholarly Bo rowing if Kane know that if you take Professor for accounting, it 's suicide to do so with less than 4.0," according to one of the student advisors. Kane said this student to student advisement prevented taking of out of sequence courses and taking the wrong professors. Part IV In the fields of Kane grew rewards for the best professors. Ms. Thomas Students have $1,000 to give the best 10 or more professors each year, to be determined by student vote. This is part of what the dean calls "roses and thorns" for his faculty. The rest is a computer stored rating of praise for good professors. The data will be gathered for four years and compiled to find the best teachers. "It can be assumed, I think, that the professors who receive the least praise are the worst teachers," Kane said. tores [TING A DEN T South Carolina writers of the T he Book E xchange ( Lond on) $6.95 rolina Press INV TES YOU TO AflEND 0 U0 0 $100,000 INTERNATIONAL STEEPLECHASE Saturday November 20, 1971 ICEE is giving away a reserved parking space and Pic Nic dinner for eight as a first prize in an exciting new contest. Second Prizes - there's five - are pairs of General Admission Tickets!! 1 st Prize $50.00 reserved parking space and Pic Nic dinner for eight! 2nd Prize (5) Pair of General Admission Tickets! 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