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THE VOL. LXV NO. 4 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COLUMBIA. S.C. 2920IJ EEPTEMB16,17 SGA4 BY MOBY SALAHUDDIN Gamecock Staff Writer "Lot of time we just sit ar6und. And we are looking for issues." Student Government Association President Leigh Leventis asked students to use their government more often. "Whenever students have a problem they should call us. If something bothers them they should call up and let us know." Leventis said SGA would follow "basically the same pattern" as last year but added there would be Womer By FRANK DELOACHE Game cock Staff Writer An ad hoc committee for womer in sports is accusing USC athletic director Paul Dietzel of scare tactics and misrepresentation ol proposed federal guidelines. Regulations proposed byt the Department of Health, Educatior and Welfare under the auspices Title IX of the 1972 Educatior Amendments would not allow sex discrimination in educatior programs or activities that receive .n A Running room USC quarterback Jeff Grant: I room as two Imposing Georgia prepare to pounce down upon him| 'Basica "more service oriented projects this year." He said this does not mean SGA will neglect student problems. "When it comes to taking a stand," Leventis said, "we are definitely going to take one. "Right now we are working on a student survey on grades," he said. This poll will try to discover student opinion on the proposed change in the grading system at USC. President William H. Patterson is reportedly reverting back to the 1's grout federal funds, according to the Daily Beacon, University of Tennessee's newspaper. In a letter Aug. 14 to Gamecock Club members, USC's official athletic booster club, Dietzel said proposed Title IX requirements -"could easily bankrupt every athletic department in the coun try." Athletic departments can either double their budgets or divide present budgets "equally between men's and women's programs." The ad hoc committee contends A8 oks for running Atlanta. It was a Tech defenders the junior fri.n, Ite aturday night in Gamecocks. Gah carries. Story and ly the so A, B, C, D and F grading system. Under this plan, the D's and F's would count in a student's Grade Point average. Presently, when a student makes a lower grade than a C he gets an NC. NC's are not counted in determining a student's grade average. Leventis said "It would be harder to change the present grading system" if most students oppose the Patterson plan. Does this mean a majority of students can stop the change? "It doesn't necessarily mean that," Leventis ) ssais the regulations require no such division of funds. The committee is composed of representatives from the National Oranization for Women, Women's Equity Action League, American Civil Liberties Union Women's Rights Project and USC alumni, staff, faculty and students. Committee member Vicki Eslinger said the requirements mean a proportionate division of funds not an exact 50-50 split. Eslinger said the regulations will eliminate the heavy weight put on all photo by Doug Holladay long and disappointing night for i Air, Md.-as well as the rest of the ,tz was limited to 51 yarids in 12 game wra-nn.pa begins n on aes '7 ime pal said. If there is strong student opinion against the new system, Leventis will duly inform Pat terson. But, "all I can do is argue," he said. "The next thing is a teacher's evaluation. It's going to be a massive thing." Leventis said the evaluation procedure would cost between $5,000-$6,000 -- "that's how massive it's going to be! "We are doing Carolina Cares again this year." This SGA project collects "food, clothes, montly, and toys" for needy Dietzel male intercollegiate sports. A committee letter answering Dietzel's statements states, "Federal law does not presume to dictate what specific philosophy or practices an institution must follow concerning sport. This is an educational decision which belongs to those who formulate education policy at an institution. Federal law does require, however, that once a philosophy or practive is determined, it be applied equally regardless of sex and that it does not havedisproportionate impact on one sex.'' Dietzel proposed three exemp tions to the proposed regulations for sports programs. First, "We feel that football and basketball should have an exemption the extent of their gross receipts or donations. All monies generated by revenue producing sports should be retained for the conduct of their respective programs." Second, in his letter, Dietzel protests equal claims "although equal aggregate expenditures are not required for men's and qomen's athletic programs, equal opportunity and comparable ex penditure must be provided in each and every sport and the two programs as a whole." He protests requirements of "equal number of scholarships for men and women; same recruiting, equipment and travel budgets for men and women; and same per diem for travel and comparable housing for women and men." Their letter the committee asks, "Is it fair for women's teams to get 'left over' or second hand equip ment from the men's teams. to be required to furnish their own uniforms or pay for their own travel? Is it fair that men's teams have their equipment furnished and the women's teams do not?" "Is it fair that medical services, training facilities and better In surance are make availabe to men athletes and not to women athletes? Is it fair that the men's teams get the choice of practice time? These are common C'nntinued on Page Tuwn tern' people. Leventis said a Health Hot-line service, run by students, provides information on V.D. and abortions. SGA is also working on a Con sumers Bureau that will deal with complaints about landlords and local!stores, Leventis said. For off-campus students, the Student Government provides free bus-rides to & from the Campus. This service is not open to students living in Columbia Memorial, on Continued on Page 4 FOSTER Dismissal Decision Reached From Staff Reports A decision by a majority of the tenured faculty of the USC Law Center to retain two of four professors whose contracts had been ter minated last spring, has been approved by the University provost. The decision, made by the tenured faculty Aug. 15 and approved by Acting Provost Keith E. Davis, was an nounced late Wednesday by Law Center Dean Robert W. Foster to a special meeting of law students. Notified that they had been retained were Charles Sullivan and Micheal Zimmer, assistant professors of law, while the faculty apparently approved the dismissal of Willam Barvick and William Toal. The Aug. 15 session was recommended by an ad hoc committee of senior tenured University faculty to con sIder all possible factors in the dismissal decision. The committee was appointed by the USC administration to look into Law Center tenure, Continued an Page Six