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Irk A'GAMECOCK VOL. LXV NO. 33 The University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1975 Generc BY JIM HERSH Editor of The Gamecock USC's College of General Studies will be vastly reorganized after the second summer session this year, it was learned Wed nesday. Dr. Keith Davis, University provost, said the college's "mission and duties" will be changed by the restructuring. The decision was announced to Residents of McBryde Qua been complaining about Impeach for SGA BY BILL PRATT Of The Gamecock staff A bill of impeachment was filed against a Student Government Association (SGA) cabinet member Wednesday night by an SGA senator. Sen. David Frierson charged Michael Pincelli, secretary for Campus Community Relations, with misconduct and neglect of office. However, Frierson refused to comment on the grounds of impeachment. Pincelli also had no comment on the case. Sources close to the situation said an Investigation had been conducted by Frierson since November. But, the%e sources failed to identify the nature of the study. Studi General Studies' officials and student senators Wednesday afternoon. According to Davis, students now in the General Studies will complete their studies in the same program they entered, despite changes in the college's structure. However, in the future students who previously would have taken' courses in General Studies will be drangle have conditions poor living goes on oul ment sug Cabinet In the bill Frierson said, "Propose a bill of impeachment to impeach Michael Pincelli from all Student Government offices and responsibilities for misconduct and neglect of of fice." After the bill was Introduced it was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The chairman of that committee, Tom Efland, was unavailable for comment concerning the nature of a committee investigation or when such an Investigation would begin. The conduct of the im peachment proceedings will be prescribed by the Constitution, Allen Lawhead, president of the Senate, said. Lawhead added that some sort of legal counsel would be brou1ht es aces forced to take similar courses in other University departments. More than 1,300 students are enrolled in the College of General Studies. In addition, the college has 45 full-time-and 30 part-time faculty members. Davis said it is expected that most of the faculty members in General Studies will be offered positions in other departments. The decision to restructure the Rick WiddlfikW while library construction tside. gested fficiaI in. He refused comment con cerning the nature of this counsel, saying, "I'd rather not get into that, I'm not sure." Lawhead said he was unsure what power the Judiciary Committee would have. But, he said, "It will be up to the Senate to Initiate action." On the floor of the Senate, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will preside. A two-thirds vote by 75 per cent of the Senate is required to determine guilt. If an official Is found guilty, he is stripped of all powers of his particular office. After proceedings are con cluded, there can be no appeal of the decision. restrut college was finalized "a couple of days ago," Davis said. The basic duty of the General Studies program will be to serve as an administrative depart ment, as well as "integrating" students who are undecided on a major field of study. Davis said the bachelor's of General Studies degree will be retained, as will some of the present courses offered, such as University 101. General Studies will also be charged with the supervision of all freshman advisement, Davis said. According to Davis, the new format will increase the ef Fraternity 'bad,' resid BY MARK DILLARD Of TheGamecock staff Conditions in USC's fraternity houses are bad and not enough is being done to improve them the President of Inter-fraternity Council (IFC) said Monday. Mike Runager, IFC president, said missing ceiling tiles, water damage from burst pipes, and showers without hot water are typical problems in the fraternity row. Other McBryde residents agreed with Runager's com plaints. Tom Worrell, a resident of "C" building, said, "Sometimes the heating doesn't work. It seems the heat only works when its warm outside." He added, "In the showers you can't tell whether you'll get hot or cold water. " Runager said Housing Services has not been responsive to IFC complaints. "Usually our requests are not met." Rum*er said it is possible Housing has been slow in responding because there is a chance McBryde Quadrangle might be torn down if it gets in the way of the new Un dergraduate Library. But even if the buildings in McBryde Quadrangle stay, fraternity members may not stay there long. Runger said the fraternities are trying to raise funds to build houses off campus and want financial help from the University. "I feel the University should aid the fraternities," he said, "They make up a viable part of the campus. Over five per cent of the students are In volved." Robert A. Stewart, director of Housing Services, said he knew of no plans to destroy the buildings in McBryde Quadrangle. Such a 7 turng ficiency of the General Studies program by cutting down on the duplication of courses offered both by General Studies and by other departments. Dean of General Studies, Harry E. Varney, said Wednesday night that he was told of the decision on the restructuring earlier Wed nesday. He said he did not want to comment on the reorganization decision until after he had time to "analyze" the changes. Varney said the General Studies faculty, which has 45 full time members, will hold a meeting today at 4 p.m. to discuss the changes and their effects on the college. housing lents say decision would come from USC's Board of Trustees. Stewart said, "As long as we have a big demand for housing,the Board of Trustees would be reluctant to do it." Stewart said the uncertain status of McBryde does have an effect on what repairs are done on the eight buildings. Repairs there are made, he said, on the same basis that they are on the Horseshoe area which will later undergo remodeling. "What we do over there is we don't try to make any renovations:' he said. "But we still try to maintain liveable conditions." "There's a. lot of little things that need to be done," he said of the McBryde buildings. "We spent all last summer just sweeping through there making small repairs." Most of the maintenance problems there have been caused by vandalism, Stewart contends. He said this vandalism could have been done by McBryde residents or by members of other fraternity houses retaliating. During the period April 1973 to April 1974, Stewart said, the cost of damage done to buildings in the Quadrangle averaged $8.22 per resident, the highest in all residential areas on campus. Stewart sail student response to the pasteboard ceiling tiles make it difficult to keep the buldings in good shape. "A favorite sport seems to be to reach up and put your fist through one of them." Stewart said last year's survey found 692 broken ceiling tiles in McBryde Quadrangle. "We just can't replace them over the year because they break them out so fast."