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Demogra BY LEE POWELL Of The Gamecock staff Communist China will one day be a threat to the peace and population of the rest of the world, a noted demographer said Tuesday. Dr. Sripati Chendar-Sekhar, director of the Indian Institution for Population Studies and Indian Minister for Family Planning, said "By 1985, there will probably be one billion Chinese. Asia's problem is indeed the world's problem." By today's figures, there are 850 million people in China. Chendar-Sekhar spoke to a group in Callcott Sciences Center Pattersoi BY MARK MORROW Of The Gamecock staff The grade system change at USC will be beneficial to students, USC president William H. Patterson said. Patterson said he had expressed concern about the NC system because many students don't look at the NC as a punitive grade. He said the official university position is that the NC has nc meaning, but other schools and employers interpret the grade as being punitive. Last semester, the Gamecoclk did an in-depth study of the NC. I found that many schools consider the NC a failing grade. Mo Philips, admissions director at the University of Georgia ir Athens said, "You try in every wa) Republic of to visit Caroli Dr. Fredrick F. Chien, director general of the Government In formation Office of the Republic c China, will be on the USC campu Friday. Chien, a 40-year-old Yal, University graduate who also act as President Chiang Kai-shek' English secretary, is visiting , select number of American citie on behalf of his government. H, will spend Friday meeting wit] students and faculty of USC' Institute of International Studies The Government Informatioi Office, which Chien heads, serve as official spokesman for th, president, premier, and cabine and also in charge of ali goverr Hi WA1 PA RT DAYS/N Apply 1211 College pher: Chil Auditorium about population problems in China. At the request of the Chinese premier, he has visited the "new China" three times to study its population problem. Much of Chendar-Sekhar's talk concerned the inaccuracies of past Chinese census procedures. He said while he has access to cen turies-old population figures for China most are guesswork. He added, however, these were "extraordinarily correct guesses." A few years ago, the minister said, the Chinese premier wanted an accurate census. When one was taken, it made world headlines. Unfortunately, Chendar-Sekhar i discusses to make a failure a little sweeter, a little softer, but we don't do that here. If a student fails, he fails. If I see any NC's on a stud s records, I count them as s. It means that a student Xook the course and flunked it 9nd that's all." Kenneth Vickery said last semester in that same story, "We don't know what it (NC) means. Was it a failure? Was it a drop? There is always the element of doubt." The Faculty Senate removed that doubt Feb. 19, when it decided to go back to the old system of A, B, C, D, F, incomplete (I), with drawal (W), withdrawal failing (WF) and Audit (AUD). The NC system was initiated four years ago. Former USC president, Dr. Thomas Jones, said in a hina official na Friday - ment publications, and supplying - information to the news media. f BUGE s- Dr C.e ta could bf said, the results were never released. "Do they know or don't they know?" was the final question, he said. His answer: "They know but they ain't telling." According to Chendar-Sekhar, by 2000 A.D., the Chinese government is planning on rationing food, clothing and other necessities, "but they won't say what their population is." The Chinese have taken steps to control their population. They have had the Russians to help them in making contraceptives. They also tried late marriage in an at tempt to curb the number of people. This did not help, Chendar Sekhar said, for people engaged in "cheerful sin"--pre-marital sex. grade syst Faculty Senate meeting two years ago at the senate should look at e NC system because the NC was being interpreted as an F in other schools. Registrar of the University, Dr. Nick Mitchell said he thought the change is a plus for the students. Mitchell said last semester in the Gamecock study, "We don't look upon the NC as a prejudicial grade but it does mean that you have failed in some way to complete the course. It is more of a sub conscious thing when other schools see the NC. Many schools see an F instead of an NC," he said. Mitchell said he got many calls from perspective employers and BLUE The Fash There's n as well . . You don'1 Jeans, no ideas and Blue Den Spring. Pants Pay assem ble< im in th< westerns, models. . and vests It's Spring, uu-naw 1221 1 C S.C' a threat Dr. Chendar-Sekhar other schools asking him to in terpret the NC. He said he had gotten a lot of student comments about the benefit of the grade system change. Luke Genter, director of registration, said "We have essentially gone back to the old grading system. The only change that the senate made was the duration of academic suspension. In the new system, suspension will be for two semesters." The other major change is in graduation with honors. Summa cum laude will be 3.90 grade point ratio (GPR), Magna cum laude will be 3.65 GPR and Cum Laude 3.40 GPR. DENNV ion Fabric F( o fabric in the world . or feels as good as. Bli have to look sloppy to t anymore ... new mc most of all - new fits I im an important Fashion lion has searched the n I the finest selection of a Southeast. Baggies, p zipper fronts, and new not to mention match ,It's Denim, It's F main St. (Next to Carolina The lest selection of high style si Students ahif professors to test early From page 1 to get out before he gets in over his head." In terms of letting the student know if he meets the professor's idea of competency, the com mittee proposed a satisfactory unsatisfactory listings. The list, which would be posted before the drop date, would include students not meeting the professor's standards. Cassandra Christensen, also co-chairman of the committee, agreed to this proposal. "It would be especially good in those classes that are very large and no test is given. This is also the situation where the student and professor are on an impersonal level and the student is just a number." A meeting of the committee is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday. The final proposal will be drawn up and then presented to the Faculty Senate for ap proval. Send The Gamecock home! r Spring that wears de Denim. wear Blue 'dels, new iave made Fabric for iarket and Blue Den >i n-stripes, European ng jackets ash ion At str)me*