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THE (I. I.X\ NO.50 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA. S.C. 29208 Feb. 25 1914 Governa BY LISA GARDNER University Governance, a propose designed to allow equal input from faculty students and administrators to represer the University before the Board c Trustees and to make major polic decisions, is still under study by a tas force authorized by the University Facult Senate. David Rosenblum, a studer member of the committee, said th present proposal would create 27-membe University Council: nine students; nin faculty and nine administrators "Basically our understanding c University Governance is one c democracy," Rosenblum said. "Democracy implies that all segments o a community have equal input in plannin and making policy decisions. That is th goal of University Governance." Because of its composition, Rosenblur sees the Council as being highly effectiv in making major policy decisions simila Vaile has, its bulldog; Southern Califor has its terrapin; and USC has its Gamec the shoulder of swimmer Sam Waufoi Insid Berlin R esign s A s Om bi Elections Coming; See Jlimi Schnnper Goin g T nce Plan 'The Council will have po t f will be representative of t] Y t r e f f to the broad policy concerns of the Board of Trustees. "What the University Council f voted on would be law. The Board of g Trustees wouldn't have to take action e unless it deemed a University Council action inappropriate," Rosenblum said. "People ask what good will it be if the e Board can override Council's decisions" r Rosenblum said. "But given the premise conflict betweG executive and tl office of studeni clashed with thi Wednesday in a 1 three Rita Mcki landed on the se bombshell. Senate politica an effort to presidential vet polarized the sen two vetoes being third passed eas thirds requireme The bill wh2 McKinney's veto Sen. Robert B. ( the $46 student divided into t graduate studenl graduate studeni option of paying = LdF and be denied the one not paid." ia has its Trojan: Maryland Under the gi ock here perched proudly on legislation, the a A. Gamnecock Photo by Russ be divided into $1 $20 irlfirmary.fe student activity I McKinney, the e for the senate r objections to the j)~~ 3 senate before the E(A~IU3 to McKinney, proposal would new bureaucrac: necessary paper' Editria, Pae 6 also objected to t only graduate s undergraduates. L I Claiming. "Aln at one time or o Russia, Page 9 sm evc ac'tivity fee'' ti n resident also hill Bein litical clout because it le community's feelings.' David Rosenblum that any individual given all the in formation about a situation will make a rational decision, and given the fact that the Council is representative of all segments of the University Community and can provide the Board with more complete information, the decision of the Council should not be so adverse. to that of inney, Senat Three Veto( 1. BAAB principle that the student fee is "a justified mandat< some degree the However, the senate, n our national graduate student Jeffery e congress, the stood solidly behind their body president vote on the bill and disr student senate McKinney's objections ir ail of rhetoric as that saw only five s rmney-vetoed bills dissenting. nate floor like a The second McKinney-v( that the senate attem maneuvering in override did not emul override the success of the first. The 1 Des successfully authored by Clarkson, die itors and ended in senate floor after an ironi4 sustained and the which only five senators si ily over the two the measure. nt. The bill which was anoth ich triumphed long line of Clarkson was a proposal by proposals to reduce or re larkson to allow the student activity fee, c activity fee be "all rents, profits, net hiree parts for etc. from the campus shol s and that "any turned over to the shall have the Allocations Commission, any separate fee for those funds which go privileges of the academic scholarships. A to the bill, the profits of the iidelines of the book store this year amo ctivity fee would $70,000 of which about $40, 2.50 for athletics, niostly for athletic schol L, and $13.50 for lowever, in her veto 1 *e.ntpeetMcKinney claimed the ug ntpeetstated in the bill were in< iceting, had her "According to Doug Fi bill read to the of Auxiliary Services th< vote. Ac cording down of profits last yea the Clarkson follows: $20,000 for non require a whole scholarships, $35,000 for ti to handle the and $7,500 for the cheerbi orbll' afe te MKineey senate debate huentlls affectin two bills seemed small 1 tudets nd ntp.arison with the inflan ost ver stuentrhetoric that was ignited another ~ will us third bill that attempted tc rovided by the gauntlet of a presidential e student b)ody P*roposed by Sen. defended the Shealy, the bill called foi r Studied the Board of Trustees. "The Council will have political clout because it will be representative of the (University ) community's feelings." Some of the policies the Council could be acting upon are budget requests, ap pointments, salaries, promotions, tenure, discipline and grievance resolutions. Rosenblum said it is his understanding that the report or University Governance will be presented ' to the Faculty Senate March 6. Public hearings will be held to get feedback on the proposal in March and April. To become law, the University Gover hance constitution would have to be passed by the Student and Faculty Senates and the Board of Trustees. One of the biggest obstacles facing the proposal is time, Rosenblum said. Toward the end of the year people tend to get disinterested. I feel that the chances of it (the proposal) dying are as strong as the chances of it being implemented in the fall." e Struggle d Proposals activity the student senate fill the vacan ry fee." cies in the USC delegation to the led by South Carolina State Student Greene, Legislature. original According to proponents of the egarded legislation, the reasons for the bill a vote go back to last fall when the enators majority of the USC delegation to the SCSSL walked out in protest of toed bill what the iSC members termed pted to obsessivq politicking of the SCSSL ate the member delegations. )ill, also In her veto message, McKinney d on the said the bill excedes the normal vote in advise and consent role of the ipported senate by placing the ap pointments to the USC delegation er in the solely in the hands of the senate. iuthored According to McKinney, the USC -allocate delegation to the SCSSL "is meant illed for to represent the entire student returns, body and deals with two branches )" being of the Student Government Student Association, and its vacancies except should not be filled solely by the toward one branch, the student senate." :cording McKinney said, "The SCSSL has campus become a political tool of the inted to Republican Party" and because 000 goes "we (the USC delegation) were not arships. a partisan delegation our nessage usefulness and working ability was figures stifled." McKinney's veto orrect. message to the sente ended with a tzgerald warning that "by further en break - couraging SCSSL in its present r is as status, we are misusing the name -athletic of student government, the te band, university and this student body." ~aders," llowever,senate supporters of the bill claimed McKmney's remarks an these were irrelevant to the main issue. y corn- One prime proponent of the imatory legislation, Sen. ,Jim Stuart, by the summed up .ais feelings about the run the bill saying, "1 think the fate of the veto. Rodney (See SCSSL, Page 2) having