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Facult BY DOUG WILLIAMS Gamecock Staff Writer A bill proposing a student-faculty appeals committee for students with problems . concerning academic fairness and teacher responsibility has been referred to Faculty AdvisoryCommittee,much to the dismay of Ombudswoman Eileen Berlin. The committee, which Berlin said would convene "if students feel teachers are not acting in accordance with the code of teacher responsibilities" as outlined in the faculty manual, was first sent to the Student-Faculty Relations Committee after being passed by acclamation in the Student Senate. However, a recommendation at the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday referred- the proposal to the Faculty Advisory Committee for further study. "We didn't want it to go there," Berlin said, "because there are no students on the committee. This is a faculty-student matter." Berlin added that a recom mendation by Dr. Robert Deysach of the Psychology Department to establish an ad hoc committee composed of four faculty members and three studenfs was ' ."shot down" prior to the bill's referral to 1.a Cone maI To Stu 'It seems like sc trying to infring accountable onl We are not tryii the faculty committee. As outlined in a memo to all deans and. department heads, the Committee on AcademiE Fairness and Teacher Responsibility would have the primary' objective of actively upholding "the guidelines stated in the manual and to act as a fair and impartial body for redress and-or grievance." Berlin said the whole purpose of the committee would be to give the student the right fo due process if he believes a teacher is grading subjectively to his detriment. "It seems like some faculty members felt we were trying to infringe on their rights as teachers to be accountable only to them selves," Berlin said. "We are not trying to screw the teachers." The committee would be made up of an equal number of students, faculty and administrators.. Students would be selected through lets you you OV4 stacks i In navy, yourca kes fQbhdes pe I S.GJ me faculty membe e on their rights af ly to themselves. ig to screw the tec the' Student Senate; faculty members through the Faculty Senate; and administrators ap pointed by'Dr. Thomas F. Jones, USC president. All selections, however, would be subject to approval by the "We didn't want it to go there (Faculty Advisory Committee) because there are no students on the committee.' SAACS & CO.,9NC. live the easy, open life 3 in Cone denim Fit A vith a sidemetas 27-38 WAt m us shp 0tod:. "17 ople live In. MLL 40BOADWAY NEW YORK N Y 100)A F J:irr rs felt we were teachers to be ichers.' president of the student bod: chairman of the faculty senate an university president. The student would be given for channels to follow if he had complaint against a teacher: Discuss the matter with th teacher in question; discuss th matter with, the dean or depar ment head; consult the on budsman. If none of the three wer satisfactory, the student woul then go before the appeals con mittee. "The ombudsman gets cases ai can often satisfy the students, Berlin said. "But if he can't, wher can the student go? The con mittee would be a fair represei tation of students and faculty." Such an appeals committe would not have the power to force change in grade for any studen Berlin said. "It would have Survey: S.1 Slowed In The South Carolina econon slowed during September, a cording to a report to be releas this week by USC Bureau Business and Economic Researc The report, "South Caroli Economic Indicators," revea that 12 of the state's econom indicators series declined and improved. However, the repo notes that the decline was slig and appears to have been caus4 by special situations. A reduction in the labor for according to the report, is now major limiting factor in the state economic growth. Continuf growth seems to depend on ti employment of resources in tho areas not now developed and in i further training of marginal productive labor, it determine Unfavorable developments leading economic indicato during September include declin in the manufacturing workweek, new business incorporations and nonfarm job placements. In a dition, the total unemployme rate increased but remained we below the national average. Favorable developments inclui a decline in initial claims fi unemployment insurance, i dicating the high levels of er ployment, a slight increase 'nonfarm job openings unfilled at a drop in the insured uner ployment rate to I per cent which as low as that series recently ha been. GAMI The Gamecock Is published t's sday during the fail and spring summer, with the exeeptiom of I Change of address forms, u should be sent to The Gamece 29206. Subscription rate is $3 The Gamecock received a36,e 3973-74. Offices of the Gamec< Russell House on the universit; are 7774178 and M-4249, ews iess Bill strong power of recommendation and aggravation. There will be times when the student just isn't justified in his complaints," she added. Any recommendations from the committee would then be funneled to the professor, the department head or the dean. Though the Faculty Advisory Committee has no students on it, John Gardner of General Studies advised the Faculty 'Senate that d student input ought to be allowed 9t meetings of the Advisory Com r mittee, though students would not a get a vote. Gardner was unavailable for e comment. e The guidelines set forth in the . faculty manual include stating the . instructional objectives of each course, and the directing of the e instruction toward those ob d jectives; informing students as to . how grades will be determined; that graded examinations and d papers will be returned to students for discussion. ,e Also included are insurances . that the classes will meet regularly . at scheduled times; that faculty members will schedule a e reasonable number of office hours; a and that advisors shall be in their t offices at specified times during a registration. C. Economy September ly Unemployment insurance c- benefits also were down in Sep d tember despite the large number of of employes insured and their im h. proved wage scales. ia The coincident indicators Is strongly suggest a slowing in the ic economy but many of the declines 5 can be attributed to an unusually rt large summer student work force ht returning to school. ,d Total employment, nonfarm wage and salary employment, ::e textile and related employment a and average weekly manhours in 's manufacturing establishments all -d declined slightly while the only ie employment series increasing was se durables manufacturing. ie Residential construction in ly creased slightly during September, d. according to the report, although it in was expected to continue to decline rs because of high interest rates. es The report notes increased ac in tivity is expected in nonresidential in construction which is not as sen d- sitive to interest rates as nt' residential construction. 'II "Commercial electric power sales," the report, ''declined le slightly on an adjusted basis, a >r welcome sign in the present energy a- crisis." a- In addition the South Carolina in Personal Income Index (Incodex) id declined in September. This series ra- is based on a number of activities is and declines in employment and is bank debits combined to 'depress the series rather sharpj,y. BCOCK vice weekly on Monday and om ibur semesters and once a week during the salversity holidays and exam periods. ubacriptica requests and other mail ek, Draewer A, USC, Columbia, S.C., ~er semester and $2 for the summer. s0 from the student activity fund for ick are rooms 317, 318 and 319 in the e campus, 1400 Green St. Telephones ,and 777-3888, advertising. Second