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Studeni BY LEE POWELL Of The Gamecock staff USC's grading system continues to generate differing opinions. The Faculty Senate has added fuel to the fire, and students are talking. A student failing a course would get an F instead of an NC and this failing grade would effect his grade point ratio (GPR), ac cording to the grading system passed by the USC Faculty Senate last Wednesday. USC President William H. Patterson and the Board of Trustees must abpove the change before it is effected. The Faculty Senate's decision to do away with the NC is against the wishes of the majority of students Bill Brown A great 4-che for $4 4rONEE 4-Channel Now you can enjoy every 4-< tern -- CD-4, SQ, RM and disc the remarkable Pioneer QX-64( it's also a full featured 2-chant with connections for record headset. 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I am for the(NC) system because the D and F are out moded." 1NMWe system S9.95. TR QX-646 System hannel reproduction sys rete tape. It's all built into quad receiver, Of course, el AM-FM stereo receiver :hanger, tape decks and Tninimum continuous pow el, 40Hz to 20,000Hz, and lc distortion. Matched up aker systems and an ex I-channel at its very best. EM Receiver ker Systems m Efficiency Irnvie bey's 25a-O5seI .o gradi Jeff Bryson, also a sophomore philosophy major, said, "I think the one that they didn't pass-- the one with pluses-was best. If a student was short of an A, he would get a B +, which would look better plus give a better representation." Bryson added that it was good the change was made "because other schools didn't know what to do with the NC." A sophomore education major, Billy Kretz, said about the systems, "I didn't like either of them. If I transfer I'll need a C at least anyway." Kretz proposed an alternative. "I'd like to see A, B, C, D, NC. It's pretty improbable but it would be nice." He added, "I think it would be a good idea to be like other schools; transfering and all." Dan Russell, a freshman economics major, is also unhappy with the change. "I like the NC system better because it makes the college a little bit tougher. A person has to make a C to pass instead of a D, but I guess it's easier for people just trying to get by. I think a student gets more out of a course if he has to work har der. He might have to drop it and take it again." Russell agreed the change in the grading system would facilitate transferring of credits. "The ,m l I LMJE Ot I"A MM, L rig chan transfer reason; I think they have a good point for changing it for that reason, but is that the priority transfering to other schools? I don't think so." Joey Brown, a sophomore biology major, said, "I think they ought to keep the NC system because I'll flunk out of school if they change. In some aspects a higher GPR can be gained by the NC system. Some people it (the change) doesn't hurt because they're good student anyway, but it does hurt others." A graduate student, Kathy Cole, studying for her M.A.T. in chemistry, said, "I like the NC system better. I don't feel a student ought to be penalized for failing a course. Often, freshmen Vicki Eargle SEA PLA' FRIEE FRlE FILL HI FR CC GA UNIVERSITY DINIl ges drop out of school because they don't apply themselves, and when they come back they have this (failing) mark against them." Vicki Eargle said, "I like the A, .B, C, D because with the NC system it looks like you just barely passed the course if you make a C. A C shows lowest." Eargle, a junior majoring in journalism, said the change is good "cause I know a lot of people who had trouble getting into graduate schools." Wanda Pearson, a freshman journalism major, said, "I think I like the NC system better; it will get me through courses that I might have flunked otherwise." About the change, she said, "As far as graduate schools, it will help in changing to a school on the same (grading) level." The new system has its sup porters too. "I think it's better than the NC system," Bob Mallin said. He said he feels the present system "discriminates against the good student. It makes the GPR worthless, a good student is competing with a student who has failing grades." Mallin, a senior majoring in anthropology, said the new system "brings it closer to reality. It makes the student more aware of what he's going to face when he goes to graduate school." UOOD rTER 1 SHRIMP -- D SCALLOPS... ET OF FLOUNDER i JSH PUPPIES ENCH FRIES LE SLAW RLIC BREAD '1.65 4G SERVICtg LEAS===..