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Study finds 'no undue - overlap' BY LEE POWELL Of The Gamecock staff In a report to the faculty senate last year, the General Studies Study Committee announced that no undue overlap was found bet ween the General Studies program and programs of other colleges. At the same time several courses are taught both to General Studies students and undergraduates in other colleges, but for General Studies students the course goes toward an associate degree while for other undergraduates it goes toward a baccalaureate degree. These were some of the findings of the committee during its study of the College of General Studies in March 1974. Some other findings include: (1) The college provides students in associate degree programs with learning experiences which differ from those of baccalaureate degree programs. (2) The working relationships between the College of General Studies and other colleges and schools on campus were good. (3) General Studies has an unusual numbering system which presents some complications when compared with other universities. This and other material will be presented to the academic For ward Planning Committee on Feb. 7. On the basis of this information, the committee will decide whether or not an investigation into the college is necessary, said Dr. Charles Collidge, chairman of the committee. General Studies will be around at least until next year. A special session of the Academic Forward Planning Committee was held Wednesday to discuss the College of General Studies situation. Coolidge called for the special session at which both USC President William H. Patterson and Provost Keith E. Davis were present. Although Davis was unavailable for comment, he was reported to have said the College of General Studies would be around at least until next year, Frank Siano, undergraduate student representative on the committee, said. Both Patterson and Davis made the same statement, Siano said. Coolidge said Davis requestd his committee to see if an In vestigation of the program is needed. The committee agreed, according to Coolidge. To assist the committee, Coolidge asked Jay C. Smith, secretary of the committee, to gather Information on the situation. So far, Smith has in formation on the college's history, structure, goals and other findings. Dorm sig BY MARI9N ELLIOTT Of The Gamecock staff Sign in-sign out regulations were temporarily eliminated by the Board of Trustees. Upon recommendations of the Advisory Committ6e -hiSC.Board of Trustees last week eliminated the regulation fOr Oe rest of the spring semester. AThe. end of the semester the dvisory Committee will examine the e t of the rule change and make another recommendation to the Board for a more permanent setup. Leventis: Adn disregards stu At last Wednesday's Student Senate meeting the consensus was the USC administration was enacting programs regardless of student opinion. Student Government Association (SGA) President Leigh Leventis told the senate "I see the univer sity moving away from its reponsibility to the students. This is becoming evident in dealings such as the General Studies matter." Leventis said "Not one student or one faculty member par ticipated in the decision spung on the university community late last Wednesday (Jan 22) by Provost (Keith E.) Davis. General Studies needs our help and yet we sit back and watch the proceedings." Along with Sen. Weaver Grayson, Leventis is concerned about something like this hap pening again. Grayson has been circulating petitions for several days trying to get signatures against the "reorganization." Grayson said, "I feel the (General TH MIG MINI MWNP FOR ri-in rule i The rule change means that a dorm visitor does not have to sign a register but still must be escorted by a dorm resident. Mimi Parrott, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Campus Life, said the registering rule had proved very difficult to enforce. "Students were constantly forgetting to sign out or were late doing so," Parrott said, "and enforcing the rule was almost impossible in certain dorms." ,Parrott said enforcement was very difficult in boys' dorms because of the number of en unistration dents Studies) college has to survive as a viable entity" to help the students. Commenting on the im peachment suit filed by Sen. David Frierson, Leventis said this situation reminded him of the Watergate hearings. Suggesting the senate drop the matter, he said, "The legal authorities will not pursue the;natter which we are about to spend a great deal of time and money on." Leventis was unhappy over the USC Board of Trustees decision to allow USC president authority to grant admission to seven per cent of the law school freshman students. Leventis said this would be "quite unfair" to the rest of the freshman 'elas. This proposal would be-effected if the law sc h o's* administration accepts it. The ard's decision was op posed bf tkree law student senators. Sens. Robert Kilgo, Tom Efland and George McMaster proposed a bill that requests the Law School to veto the Board's proposal, IE ITY JTE emporari trances and lack of personnel. "The rule change fixes the responsibility of keeping unescorted visitors out of dorifs solely on dorm residents," she said. Mike Honeycutt, co-chairperson of the Council of Presidents, consisting of presidents from each dorm, said the registering rule had never been enforced except in the girls' dorms. 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