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EHK VOL. 1.XV NO. 7 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CA ROLWNA. COLUMBIA. S.C. .9208 SEPTE MBER 2.17 PAUL DIETZEL: ...'We will still have a good year. It's a matter of p.iorities-and my Maker and my family come before my job and pert.onal feelings.' Tenuret BY "MOBY" SALAHUDDIN Gamecock Staff Writer First of two parts "If people could have kept their cool we might have been able to approach the tenured faculty in a more effective way and possibly some cocessions might have been made before a 'noisey' approach was taken." USC Law Professor On July 2, 1974, USC Law Professors Charles Sullivan and Michael Ziraimer were asked to leave at the end of the current academic year. This decision was made by a majority of the Law Center's tenure committee. On Aug. 15, 1974, a majority of the same committee asked Sullivan and Zimmer to stay on. "I think the press release covers the whole story," said Law Center dean Robert W. Foster. The Sept. Dietzel BY JAMES P. HERSH Asst. Sports Editor Paul Dietzel's turbulent career as Carolina's football coach will end after this season. The unexpected announcement was made by Dietzel at his post game press conference after USC lost its second game of the season Saturday night, 20-14 to Duke. As Dietzel left the field after the game--but before his an nouncement-he was jeered by numerous Carolina fans, who have grown impatient waiting for him to build a nationally-ranked team, as he promised to do when he came to USC nine years ago. The scene has recurred after nearly every Carolina loss at Williams-Brice Stadium the past few years. Dietzel did not tell his team of his decision until after the game. The players, normally quiet after a loss anyway, moved around the lockerroom almost in total silence after the announcement. The resignation is of a contract, which would have expired in 1982, as both athletic director and coach. However, Dietzel said he hopes to be rehired as athletic director. The University, meanwhile, remains noncommittal about its plans. USC President Dr. William H. Patterson said a decision about Dietzel's future as athletic director is "of course left up to the boasr of trustees and myself, too. Right now we don't have any plans." fecision du Zimmer said he "considered a better best pub 11 press release, put out by University Information Services, quotes Foster as saying "new information not in existence during the discussions earlier this year was on the basis on which the majority of the tenured law faculty changed their decisions."~ "The new information on the two assistant professors," said Foster, "included publication of articles in law review journals and sub stantially higher scores on more recent. -student critiques of to give However, Patterson said he thinks Dietzel has done an "amazingly good job" in his nine years as athletic director. "The choice to hire Coach Dietzel has never been regretted," Patterson said. Meanwhile, T. Eston Marchant, USC Board of Trustees' chairman, said "there very definitely has been no decision and no com mittments made" about Dietzel's Optional Given ap From Staff Reports The USC Board of Trustees unaminously approved a resolution allowing part-time stuc Onts the option of paying the student ac tivities fees. The- resolution, which became effective today, states -that the payment of the activities fees by part-time students, those carrying less than 12 hours, be "permissable but not mandatory." The board had taken this option away from students earlier in the year. The part-time fee question was just one of many topics discussed by the board at their bi-annual meeting Saturday and at a full day of committee meetings Friday. The committee meetings were open to the public and the press for vides USC& was asked to leave despit teacher by the students i ication records on -the U classroom preformance." In earlier meetings, the tenure committee, apart from non retaining Sullivan and Zimmer, had also approved the dismissal of Professors William Barvick arnd William Toal. These were unpopular decisions. Thre was strong student and faculty protest. According to Jay Bender, a third year law student, students organized to discuss these decisions. There were some meetings with Foster. Members of ip co ac future at the University. Marchant said he was told of Dietzel's decision to resign after this year on Friday, but was not aware the announcement would be made after the Duke game until Saturday afternoon. According to Marchant, Dietzel gave no indication as to why he wanted to make his decision public when he did. In a prepared statement, Dietzel fee paymi proval by the first time, as a direct result of a July ruling by state's attorney General Daniel McCleod. McCleod said the board's long standing practice of holding closed-door committee meetings was in direct conflict with the South Carolina Freedom of In formation Act. The part-time fee question was presented to the board's Student Trustee Liason Committee Friday by Student Government President Leigh Leventis, who said he con sidered the problem a "top priority" item. The fee, which totals up to $52.50, is the sum of three separate fees, student health , $27; student ac tivities, $13.50, and intercollegiate athletics, $12. Several advantages and Law Cente e the fact he was ind had one of the iculty." the Law Review, said Bender, went to see USC President William H. Patterson and communicated their concern to him. Apparently, Patterson was impressed and formed an ad hoc committee, composed of senior University professors to look further into the tenure decisions. The ad hoc committee, in its reoort to the President, questioned whether the tenure committee, in approving dismissal of four professors, had all avasial 0 ug said he decided this summer to resign as coach, but told his plans only to his wife, Anne, and Pat terson. Dietzel said he originally planned to make his retirement public near the end of the season. Dietzel's health seemed to be the major factor in his decision to resign. Last year he missed two games because of an operation for Continued On Page Seven .nt plan Board disadvantages were pointed out by the USC administration for re enacting the optional fee plan for part-time students. Presidents William H. Pat terson, who presented the plan to the board's executive committee for its review, said by making the fees optional more part-time students would take advantage of the University's medical service, the University would generate more revenue and these students would feel more a part of the total University life. USC officials also said the system would be fair to those students who are part-time only because they need a few courses to complete a certain degree program. Continued on Page 11. rfaculty evidence before it. The ad hoc committee also raised doubts whether, in dismissing these four professors, the tenure committee had beeen led exclusively by merit con siderations. It therefore requested the tenure committee to reconvene and reconsider its decision. The tenure committee met again on Aug. 15. Each of the four faculty professors involved, Barvick, Zimmer, Sullivan and Toal were invited to appear before the committee and submit further proof of their qualifications. Bravick refused the offer and resigned immediatetly. 'Te other three professors presented ad ditional information regarding their professional activities. The tenure committee, after evaluating the new information, decided to retain Zimmer and Sullivan. Professor Toal, however, was again asked to leave at the end of the academic year. Zimmer said there was. enough Continued on Page Four