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Editorials'""" 7W' abi The Faculty Senate lasl Wednesday voted to abolish the 'W" in the grading system foi U9C students. Its decision wat an excellent one. The most important reasor why, the "W". was deemet unnecessary was that iti Another proposal Last week USC submittet another proposal on Greer Street to Columbia Citj Council. Presumably, US( officials think the chances o this one being accepted by th4 Coufieil are somewhat bettei than the proposal to entirell close the street to traffic. The new plan calls for at island in the middle of th4 street and for no parking oi Green between Sumter ani Bull. The speed limit un th4 street would be 15 miles)pei hour and slightly elevate4 walkways would cross mai student traffic lanes to slov traffic. The plan, the work of USC'i Facilities and Grounds Ad visory Committee, is probabl: better than allowing thi situation to stay the same, bu it is not what would be the bes solution- that is, closing th street. It is commendable that US4 officials, and also studen government, are trying t, make the situation better fo students. However, it is also., shame to watch as they bea their ideas against a cit: council that has bee1 unreceptive to the University' views on the subject for mor than 15 years. Adding a strip of grass in th middle of the street is certainl not what the vast majority c USC students would like to see What the students would like t see is the city come to th realization that Green Street i not a major thoroughare an that its closing wil have ni adverse effect on the city traffic flow. THE GA JI Managing Editor ST EVE~PAR KE R .News Editor Photogr BILL PRATT MARl E ntertainment E ditor Produc CHUCK CROMER TEl The Gamecock welcomes letters fron subject and a maximum of 300 words. 1 Pseudonyms or other aliases will not bi circumstances warrant. To assist us in~ your mailing address and a telephone nu right to edit all letters, not for conteni Camnus Opinion. Drawer A. USC. Coan dished 1 meaning was never adequately defined. S9me people said a "W" showed that the student could not handle the course and thus had to drop it. Others said the grade should not be i interpreted as a failing on the student's part. A major reason why the grade was dropped was that. the "W" infringed upon the free drop option for students. The purpose of the free drop date is to allow students to have the chance to drop courses which they are not satisfied with for one reason or another. The "W" would have F penalized a student for exer cising his option to drop a course before the free drop period. It was a mistake for the Faculty Senate to include the "W" in its original grading I system proposal. Fortunate.y, it has corrected the mistake. Special Olympics t USC students will have an t excellent chance to help in a worthwhile project Thursday with the Special Olympics at the Weems Baskin Track. t Hopefully, many students will 3 take advantage of the op r portunity. t Volunteer Services is y coordinating the running of the i track meet for mentally s retarded young people. This is e the first year the meet has been run totally by students e and about 150 student y volunteers with some if knowledge of track experience . are needed to run the meet. o Volunteers should contact e John Elkins, director of s volunteer services, at his office d at the Pendleton building. The o meet is guaranteed to be fun s for the participants and the volunteers. 1E COCK Editor M HERSH Advertising Manager ART FRANK aphy Editor Sports Editor MASENG PETE FEHELEY tion Manager Copy Desk Chief RY COON FRANK DELOACHE readers. Letters Should be.limited to a singl. hey must be signed with the writer's true name, used, but the writer's name wili be withheld If verifying the identity of writers, p!ease include mber where you can be reached. We reser ve the , but to meet our space limitations. Address: imbia 92W. Marchant retr at the Law Cen AI T. Eston Marchant brought his defense of the Board of Trustee's 7 per cent admissions proposal to Law Center Tuesday. It was an utter failure. Marchant, a successful Columbia attorney, was faced with his toughest case in some time as he tried to convince a crowd of more than 200 students and faculty of the proposal's benefits.. Marchant, in fielding various questions from students and faculty, created more questions that he answered and did little to placate the openly hostile crowd. Time and time again Marchant skirted the issue of just why the Board felt it was necessary to add an additional admissions category at the Law Center, finally resulting in the crowd taking up the chant, "why, why." It is a reasonable question to ask. The Law Center already has a discretionary admissions category in which students who do poorly on admissions tests are' allowed to enter on a probationary basis. Another such discretionary category would seem to be a duplication of ef fort, at the very least. Marchant then defended the Board by saying the 7 per cent proposal was the result of "input' from various sources outside the University. This admission prompted several unsuccessful follow-up questions which sought the identity of these sources. Despite Marchant's contention that these sources were not of the "sinister" nature, the crowd remained unconvinced in the need for outside influence in Law Center procedures. The crowd won a minor victory of sorts in Marchant's relevation that the proposal was still Carolina red 1 hurting WUS BY BILL PRATT student gove News Editor station's other In the secon As the student-run WUSC radio on FM the stati statioM makes final plans for ob- budget fror taining an FM frequency, it estimated $16, becomes painfully evident that the self should jusi search should have been com- but so far a cc pleted weeks ago. been delayed. The station has been required to decision by th get the approval of the Student made until it Board of Publications and Coin- meeting in Ma munications, USC President Once the Boi William H. Patterson, Provost act 6n Patter Keith E b Davis and Dean for will probably Student Activities Robert E. apply for the Alexander. Final approval is up to situations the the Board of Trustees. Patterson's This administrative jungle has student as the severely hampered the main thrust decisions. of the proposal: to obtain an FM This view frequency as soon as possible for comments of University use. Mungo, when One of the main benefits from views on the 'i such a frequency would be the in the hell cai tremendous increase in the doesn't affect number of listeners the station He added th~ would receive. Currently, WUSC- prepare the at AM only reaches on-campus it then I'm al residents, but with an FM frequency the station could reach Thus, USC 50,000 listeners, as station one of the mo manager Ed Turner estimates. towards the st At the same time, the station's time. And, purpose-that of serving the USC has not be Community-would be born out, ministration and WUSC's funding would no efforts to ge longer come under attack from frequency av eats ter ly Bill Grant under negotiation and -that no new admission policies would be implemented until first ap proved by the Law Center's Admission Com mittee. The reasons why the Board is seemingly backing down from its 7 per cent proposal are obvious. Opposition from students was probably expected and had very little to do with reopening of "negotiations." However, members of the Law Center faculty. recently voted unanimously in opposition to any changes in the admissions policies at the law school. Such a vote could not be ignored, and the Board was forced to back down and compromise. The whole scenario of events bears a striking resemblance to what happened, or what didn't happen, to the General Studies program. The USC administration came out with its totally unexpected announcement that it was dismanteling General Studies by the end of the summer. The announcement brought a flood of protest from both students and faculty members and, in addition, some unfavorable publicity from the local news media. The administration then backed down and "re-evaluate" its position. Now the whole program is under consideration, presumably under the protests die down. Under a proposal submitted Friday to USC President William H. Patterson, final approval of all freshmen entering the law school would rest with the Law Center's Admission Com mittee. Both Patterson and the Trustees would be wise to pass this proposal and return control of admissions policies back to Law Center of ficials, where it belongs. .ape The Gamecock's C mai rnment, and the Denver entertaining; critics. I year of operation on would also cut its Cromer gets kicked $31,695 to an 525. This cut in it ify the move to FM, TO THE EDITOR: ncrete decision has I have never had my tail kissed And, as it appears, a by John Denver (or anyone else for a Board will not be that matter), but I did feel a s regular summer distinct kick in the hindquarters on iy. reading Chuck Cromer's March 31 ird assembles it will column ("Spring semester's ac son's approval and tivities varied"). I now feel that allow the station to my only choice is to reciprocate In license. In most kind with a swift kick to Cromer 's Board relies on seat, or wherever he keeps his - proximity to the journalistic talents. main factor in its To refer to John Denver as a is reflected in the musical con man is, I hope, an trustee Michael J. outrage to myself and others who ,. he was asked his enjoy both his music and lyrics. WUSC search. "How Take another look at your by-line, a I answer that? It Mr. "Entertainment Editor." me," Mungo said. - Webster's Collegiate Dictionary at "if it will help defines entertainment as udents who work on "something diverting or i for it." engaging." John Denver is just that. may be postponing at beneficial projects We don't ask for deep social udents in quite some comment; there is enough of that ince the application in the newspapers. We just ask to en filed, the ad- be entertained, and Denver does It. is endangering the Besides, Mr. Cromer, very little is t the best possible offensive to a cockroach. silable. JL IE