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Patterson Continued from Page. 2 faculty and student body. All o which I think was handled ex traordinarily well. But we d< know now that we have reache< the end. of that era. In addition to this, we have ii South Carolina a mass expansioi of post-high school educationa opportunities. We have the Tec centers, our own branches, wi have the establishment of ad ditional state colleges liki Francis Marion. As I see thi situation, we are going to hav to look toward consolidation which gives a great opportunit: Sui SA 20' Everl Exotic Wooden Items Handwoven Tapestries Exotic Jewelry Alpaca/Lama Skin Rugs See From Th Lo Nt Arri Sa to re-examine where we are today and how best to go in the future. I am not despondent by the fact f that we have reached sort of a - plateau of student population. Fact is, I think it gives us a great I opportunity. GAMECOCK: Howdo you feel i about parking as problem of expansion? PATTERSON: In regards to a parking, I am not a particularly - 'optimisti":! human being by outlook and I would have to say that I don't know. Short of not having so many autormobiles, we will never solve the parking ' problem. But it is one that is Timer LE 4Off f thing Ponchos, Shawls, and Sweaters from Ecuador and Peru Hand Embroidered Shirts, Blouses, and Dresses from Ecuador Our Imports South America 2704 Devine Street 779-7995 Hours Mon. - Fri.' tin lam - 6pm 4Wa1 les l receiving considerable attention and planning from the ad ministration. We do have some parking' garages under design now. We are looking to the future to see what we can do. We have 20,000 students and half of them have automobiles. And finding a place to put 10,000 automobiles around here, I ex pect, will be rather difficult. GAMECOCK: Do you forsee more off-campus students than on-campus students? PATTERSON: I see it staying about the same. I don't see us building anymore residence halls. If the population remains static, the numbers will remain about the same.. We are studying some campus transportation systems. This may permit us to use more peripheral, parking which I think in the long term, whether we like it or not, may be the only real solution. GAMECOCK: The Board of Trustees has ruled that students living in the co-ed dorm (Bates West) should have parental consent. How do you feel about this? PATTERSON: Living close to the campus and being a part of it for as long as I have, there are a good many things that I don't necessarily approve of, .but I expect are inevitable. I think the co-educational dormitory, once we built it as we built it, should be run on the basis of one living in an apartment. Therefore, I myself, would not require that. But whatever the Board rules, we will do our best to pursue. GAMECOCK: You don't think it will be changed then? PATTERSON: Oh, I think it will be changed. I have seen in just a few years a very definite change in the dormitory regulations from very, very strict ones a few years ago to what I would call rather lenient ones today. I think these things need a sort of evolution. As we go down the road, our views change. GAMECOCK: There were a lot of unanswered questions con cerning Dr. Jones' resignation. Do you think these will put a damper on the beginning of your administration? PATTERSON: No, I don't think so. President Jones' and my relationship has been quite normal. We have worked together just like we have always worked together. I feel the transition will be a rather easy one. GAMECOCK: What are your prime objectives now? PATTERSON: I would like us to take a very hard look at where we are today. I am sure that some of the younger faculty will think of my age, and a tendency to be quite conservative and traditional, but I was really one of the people most interested in the creation of the College of General Studies. There are more ways than one to do the job. I am concerned about the grading system of the University. I know from experience that NC's are looked upon as punitive grades. I think it doesn't quite give the better student the op portunity to display his or her real talents. If nobody can make below a 2.0, the span of Need A Ni Phone the professionals i .MEl Modeling / Finishin Special summer workshc offered in ... F E I' B.J.'sI WELCOME UNDERm 2218 Emwd bia Live Asik . Mm our Are4hs ply oui Mese Reck ? Re Meumbe,.bMgn $1 achievement has been somewhat limited. I would like to see a study of the grading system. Maybe the one we have is the best one we can have. I don't know. I think that University 101 is a very good idea. If it is an in troduction to college life, it could be used very profitably. It probably should be structured a little bit more than it has been in the past. But then again, perhaps it is serving its purpose best like it is. I think Contemporary University should be looked at to see whether it is achieving what we hope to acheive. We have created a center for cultural development. I have to confess that I am not too clear in my own mind what its purposes are. Some of the faculty in' the University may have the same confusion I have. We need to clarify that and find out just what its purposes may be. I think there are many academic questions that we should look at. . The faculty should look at them. It is primarily their responsibility. I think we have been so busy rushing from 5,000 students to 20,000 that we might not have looked back. I think maybe it is a good time now to see whether the road we took was the best one or whether there are 1greater improvements ahead. bw Innoge? Eat ... LIE LEWIS g School / Agency ps at a $70 discount personal Development asic, Advanced, Professional lodeling icensed by the S.C. 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