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Vn K VOL. LXV. NO. 9 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. EEPTEMBER 30, 1974 USCJ BY "MOBY" SALAHUDDIN Gamecock Staff Writer NEWS ANALYSIS Second of two paris The kind of thing that really makes me consider leaving USC is having associates who would like to place me in a niche of young or old, Yankee or Southerner, Dean's man or not, tenured or nontenured. It reminds me of what people do to gamecocks - set them against each other. USC Law Professor. R ecent decisions made by the law center's tenure committee Gibbes Green c Gibbes ( Moves ti BY LEE POWELL Gamecock Staff Writer The much-discussed con struction work on the Gibbee Green project, roughly the area between the Pickens Street overpass and McKissick Library, is scheduled for completion by the end of the week, USC of ficals said last week. Ed Bass, director of engineering and construction for the Gibbes Green project, LawlCej We are h have caused strong dissensior within the law faculty. Since n< specific reasons were given for asking Professors Sullivan Zimmer, Barvick and Toal to leave at the end of the academic year, there has been a lot of uneasy speculation about the "real' reasons behind these terminatior notices. By retracting the earlier instruction at its peak d ,reen con oward coi said bricklaying operations are approaching their final stages and should be finished by the end of the week. Landscaping precedures could continue for another three to four weeks, he said. Dr. Richard A. Rempel, head of the Facilities and Grounds Advisory Committee, said Friday the Gibbes Green project is one of the least expensive construction por jects on campus. The original constructinn riter: AI ere to contribute to legal 'ot to fight political battli decision on Sullivan and Zimmer, the tenure committee acknowledged the inadequacy of its first judgment. Even more suggestive is the news, supplied by Sullivan, that the American Association of Law Schools has appointed a subcommittee to in vestigate his case. One need hardly point out the significance of this decision, coming as it doo uring late July 5truction npletion plan for the area was presented to students and faculty last spring on a plywood board in the Gibbes Green area. The project was greeted by a flood of protest, from both students ans faculty, and a SGA petition was circulated calling for the administration to halt further work in the area "until complete student and faculty imput had been ontinued on Page a1 iouse di scholarship, es.' -Thomas Ward despite the fact Sullivan has be" reinstated. While members of the tenwe committee continue to hug their reasons close to their hearts, other faculty members are talking. By and large, the talk is gloomy. There is nothing, says Professor Thomas Ward, that can return the situation to normal. "Now the question is, how to minimize your For honor studen Committe Separate By FRANK] Gamecock| A separate honors colleg and faculty offices on the H by a committee establi Presidentdesignate William The Committee on Currict for South Carolina ColleE reported "there was a grea structure which would stre the undergraduate level to t of the state's finest high sc ''The proposed renovation of the Horseshoe provided a natural setting for the College," the report continues. "We have examined the buildings, met with Vice-President (for operations) Harold Brunton and with the Facilities and Grounds Advisory Committee. It seems we may indeed be able to use the Horseshoe as envisaged." After the renovation, according to the report, the Horseshoe will accomodate approximately 175 honors students while the others wi campus. Approximately 27! Horseshoe. The committee is compose Colleges in the university. 2 Horseshoe government set presently seeking student a Continued on vided loss?" By one authoritative count, eight professors, for various reasons, have left the law center this year. According to Ward, besides these, there are six or seven professors who are "in vestigating other job possibilities." Professor Walter Reiser, who is. on the recruiting committee, an ticipates problems in finding replacements. Reiser said even under good conditions it is difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to find competent professors. With the present controversy still un settled, new people might be weary of coming to USC. Especially, suggested Reiser, if they have a chance to go to a comparable Continued on Page Two ts e outlines facilities [)ELOACHE taff Writer a with dormitories, classes Drseshoe has been proposed shed in March by USC Patterson. lum and Program Planning ,e as an Honors College t need on our campus for a ss academic excellence on he point of attracting many hool graduates. DR. CHARLEs COOLiDGE ...recelves recommendations 11 live elsewhere on-or ott students now room on the di of faculty from different iceording to Rancy Guida, retary, the committee is rid faculty reactions to the Page Three