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THE VOL. LXV NO. 21 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1974 SBA, Afi SAC funding in question, group told BY MICKEY TRIMARCHI Of The Gamecock staff The Student Bar Association (SBA) is not in violation of its constitutional guidelines, ac cording to an initial investigation by the USC Chartering Com mission. The organization was the subject of legal action, filed Nov. 1 in the USC Supreme Court by David M. Frierson, which seeks to stop the organization from spending the $6,787 it received from the Student Allocations Commission (SAC) last year. Chartering Commission members feel the recent SBA in vestigation should have been sent to the SAC. Although the SBA was not found to be in violation of their charter, the major problem comes down to the funding of the organization. "There was nothing wrong with the SBA membership clause. It's just that they cannot receive fusids if they have a closed membership policy," said commission member Frank Siano. Article 1, Section 2 of the SBA constitution specifically states that membership of the organization shall consist of all regularly enrolled USC law students. While this does not readily exclude all other students, the Chartering Commission feels that an in terpretation of the SBA mem bership clause is needed. Mitch Willoughby, president of SBA, said, "There's never been a need to interpret our constitution. No undergraduate has ever been denied membership, but then again, no one has ever tried for admission into SBA." It was brought to Willoughby's attention that unless an in Continued on Page Five No-credit BY MARK MORROW Of The Gamecock staff Last of a series "Students attempting to transfer non-credit grades are treated, for the moat part, as second-class citizens: or they are only recognized when all of the other applicants have been processed," according to a report given at the American Association of Registrars Conference last year in Atlanta. The report went on to say, o cleared IV Easy living After a long and strenuous day books, one of the best ways to wind d talk. This new shipment of benchet 'Administrative bureauci Governan< BY SID GRIFFIN Of The Gamecock staff Due to "administration bureaucracy," the faculty senate postponed any action on the University governance proposal at last week's meeting. Leigh Leventis, president of the Student Government Association, said much of the fault lies with "administrative bureaucracy"of the University printing office, who forgot to mark the governance proposal "rush." As a result, according to Leventis, he was forced to pass out grades tri 'Apparently, we just don't know what to do with these students. Some institutions are making an effort to treat them equitably and <.ontcurrently with all other ap plicants." The schools The Gamecock contacted expressed varied opinions on the USC grading system and its effect upon the transfer student. Some said the USC grading system had no effect upon their decision for a transfer student. Others, however, said the effect could be great. by Chartf 9f battling the placed around the iwn Is to sit and 4 already made goc i has yet to be Courtney Dicely. racy' blamed be hearing p the proposal at the meeting, rather than to have the senators receive it via campus mail and have extra time for study and review. The governance proposal will have to wait until the next senate meeting, in December, to be acted upon, according to Dr. John M. Herr, chairman of the senate. "Anything that represents change must be in the hands of the Faculty Senate one month before the next scheduled meeting, so even if the printer hadn't fouled up Leventis we could not have acted. on It other than to refer it to a committee to go over it before the Pated as so Mo Phelps, director of ad missions at the University of Georgia in Athens said, "You try in every way to make a failure a little sweeter, a little softer, but we don't do that here. If a student fails he fails. Besides, the student ought to have the right to fail." Phelps said if he sees any NC's on a students reocrd then he counts them as F's. "You can't take them as anything else. It means the student took the course and he flunked it and that's all," he said. At Georgia Tech the general 0m ring Con campus. but many students have d use of them. Staff Photo by Ostponed next meeting," he said. The proposal could take any number of courses of direction at the next meeting, he said, saying it could be discussed and endorsed at the meeting, it could be sent to several committees for sectional studies of it or it could be post poned for further study. The proposal needs to be ap proved by the student senate, the faculty senate and the Board of Trustees before it becomes official University policy. Both Herr and Leventis said the Continued on Page 12 cond-clai policy is to average in a zero for the NC. However, James Clegg, assistant director of admissionst said there was no set policy. "It would depend what they (NC's) were in because if the grade was not in his ma~ area then we might have a tendeny to overlook it," he said. Clegg said Georgia Tech "plays it by ear'-' and are interested more in the overall grade pot'nt ratio (GPR). However, Clegg added. "the NC gives us problems. We are almost forced to give an F for the NC. We LInussion Afro charter not violated, panel reports BY MICKEY TRIMARCHI Of The Gamecock staff The USC Chartering Com mission, in response to a request from the student senate has finished its investigation of the Association of Afro-American students and has again ruled that the organization has not violated its charter. The commission's investigation was prompted by a bill passed in the student senate several weeks ago. Tbe bill, introduced by Russell Putnam, asked the com mission to "initiate an in vestigation of the various and sundry aspects of all chartered organizations." The report, distributed to members of the senate Nov. 9, says the commission has studied the Afro matter "carefully" and found that: -"the membership policy poster on the second floor of Russell House was not standard operating procedures of the club. --" the stated constitutional membrship policies are open to all students. -"assurances have been given to the Commission by the officers, executive council and faculty advisor that membership is open to all students." The commission said no charges regarding violation of the group's charter or denial of membership have been filed. The commission will hold an open hearing at 4 p.m. Nov. 14, in Room 321 of the Russell House, to provide anyone with "documented evidence concerning any con stitutional violations." the chance to register a complaint. Commission member Tamara S. Cagney said, "we won't undertake the revision of 214 constitutions at this time." is citizens really don't know what to do with them." At Florida State University the NC's are taken as an audit. "Norm~aly If no credit is given It means that the student audited the course," director of undergraduate admissions, Willi Caldwell said. According to Caldwell, the NC would mean no credit and would not be taken as an F and not taken into final GPR considerations. Somhe schools said they have not ontinued on Pae Twon