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Priority system
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There may be a fist fight on the Coliseum
floor come registration day.
Student Government has abolished the
priority system and claims that no one but
handicapped students may receive priority
cards.
USC athletes and the legislative pages have
traditionally taken advantage of the priority
system en masse and it is not known whether
administrative officials will make an eleventh
hour decision to allow athletes and pages to
register early.
Ironically, USC's first black vice president
Tim McConnell may be the man barring the
schoolhouse door, if administrators try to
renege on their agreement.
"As far as I'm concerned if there are no
priorities for regular students then the athletes
S i.ldn't have them either." McConnell said.
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"I will do everything I can to see that everyone
is treated equally in this matter."
Registrar Luke Gunter agrees. "We are
trying to hold the line and we should treat all
the same. We should keep an orderly flow. Ours
is a priority system.
"You register according to the number of
hours you have and if you have 50 you should
register at your time," Gunter said.
However, the final decision on priorities for
athletes will be made in the coming week by the
Registration Committee. The committee,
composed of faculty, administration and
students, has heard a strong recommendation
for not giving athletic priorities.
Gunter said he did not know how the com
mittee would rule.
"It was a hard decision doing away with
priorities," McConnell said. "I have been
accused of making the change when it wasn't
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