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IIhz (Ikamewrk Editor 8OB3BAKER Managibg Editer News Editor CARL NAYLOR MARION ELLIOTT Advertising Manager ART FRANK Alflmugh the GAMECOCK is a publication of the students of the University of South Carelka, It is not am official publication of the University. The opinions expressed herelon do not necessarily represent those of the University, the student body or all the staff nembers of the GAMECOCK. Just Where Is USC Headed Several years ago, the University of South Carolina seemed to be changing its image from that of just another mediocre state university diploma mill to that of a well-rounded academic institution. Many things were contributing to this change and many things were important to its continuation. Most important, the administration and its ideas were working for this transition along with faculty and students. Over the past eighteen months since former President Jones' resignation was announced, however, things have been happening to reverse this trend. Although not openly witnessed by most students, the University has probably ex%erienced more resignations in the last year than in any previous year of its existence. Consider the following list: Vice Provost for Liberal and Cultural Disciplines, Vice Provost for Advanced Studies and Research, Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Dean of Freshmen, Director of the Center for Cultural Development, and Director of Contemporary University. In spring of '74 all those positions were filled by qualified faculty personnel, most of whom were intent on providing the best at mosphere for academic learning possible. None are still around in those capacities. Most have joined other talented deans, professors, instructors and ad ministrative personnel who have left USC, but who came here with the idea of making USC a top-notch institution for academic learning. These losses which can only be called coincidental (because most prefer not to talk) also mean possible losses in grants-in-aid and even a substantial decrease in requested state government allocations. We have been told by many sources, both influential and not, "that many programs under Jones gave the administration the feeling that it had just about lost control over students." Whether or not the administration had indeed lost control of students is not important now. What's im portant is that both students and- faculty need to be aware of changes which determine the quality of education they are respectively getting and giving. For who knows how long policies to change the future of USC will continue? There is one sad note to all of this. As long as students and faculty desire to express little or no interest in their academic training, the USC legislative politics has no future but to continue its present existence and keep Carolina in its stronghold recognition as another well placed diploma mill. RLB World or Notion We are certainly proud of our Gamecock baseball team and applaud their success in the College World Series. However we question the use of the term "world" in connection with the tournament. The United States does think of itself as a pretty important country. It does think the rest of the world couldn't get alone without it. But good grief, it doesn't think of itself as the whole world, does it? 'Te United States wouldn't like it if the Soviet Union held a tournament of its best basketball teams, called it a "World Series" and declared its winner the "world champions." We would think it awfully conceited. a JNV R Y 0 Gee, It's been fun The GAMECOCK invites all persons within th, and thoughts known to our readers. It is your vc weekly in our 'Letters to the Editor" sectior promised, and though longer letters will be prin preference due to space requirements. And, it anonymous letters, though we will withhold nam Preferably, letters should be typed with name deliver letters personally to our office in Room Drawer A, USC, Columbia 29206. Faculty Responds TO THE EDITOR: Your recent editorial concerning the merger of the two colleges seems to indicate that you do not have all the facts concerning faculty participation in decision making. A faculty sub-committet did recommend to the Academic Forward Planning Committee the continuance of three colleges. The latter committee conducted a survey of the faculty of the three schools and received a response from only 37 per cent. This response indicated that this fraction of the faculty moderately favored maintaining three schools and slightly favored recombination into two. The Forward Planning Committee reported to the Faculty Advisory Committee that it con sidered the recombination into a single college to be the desirable goal but recommended con tinuance of three units for the present. The Faculty Advisory Committee, after studying the reports submitted to it and con sidering the financial saving to be accomplished, recommended the merger. Some additional facts con cerning faculty participation in decision making are: --The administrative a! Champ Our conceit, by calling thes< "World Series," is certain: ethnocentricity. Ethnocentr term for collective ego-trippini It is where patriotism comes can be psychologically harm 'The thinking behind the use our opinion, harmful and on ti the term "gook" in referenc We hope that in the future t called by its correct name -' CAN CI .LI for a year. But, just how do I get this n Lettei e campus community to make their opinions lce--we are the vehicle. We attempt to print i all letters received. Minimal editing is led, letters of 200 words and under are given is the decision of the editors that we not run s for valid reasons. and address of the author included. Please 318 Russell House or write Campus Opinion, reorganization mentioned in the editorial was largely the recom mendation of faculty committees. -On faculty recommendations the Board of Trustees adopted the system by which the faculty is the primary judge of tenure and promotion. --Procedures have been developed for extensive faculty participation in the selection of department chairmen. --The Provost of the University was selected from a short list recommended by a faculty com mittee. The same procedure will be followed in the selection of a dean for the newly merged College. These and other developments demonstrate very clearly that the faculty of the University of South Carolina has progressed further in making its own decisions and in participating in the University governance in the one year of President Patterson's ad ministration than in the previous 19 years under three other presidents. RUFUS G. FELLERS ChaIrman Faculty Advisory Committee ED.-We spent three weeks tracking down information on the proposed merger and knew well in advance that it was going to happen. If anyone thinks we don't have the full report, it's prmbably because LeConte Cathey, chair Tons ? e national championships ly a by-product of our icity, a social scientist's g, is in itself a good thing. from. But its by-products ful. of the term "world" is, in ne same scale as the use of e to Asians. his "World Series" will be 'National Champinship." AL. CTUR GENE HOOD iess back together? -s To The man of Academic Forward Planning, tells us that AFP's complete written report will not be completed until July 8. one week after the merger is to take place. The alleged survey which the AFP conducted only involved 37 per cent of the Arts and Sciences faculty. It is indeed a sad fortune when only that many faculty show a concern in their University's future. Dr. Fellers allusion to "moderately favored" and "slightly favored" lead some question as to interpretation of figures. According to the poll conducted, 57 per cent of the faculty polled showed strong support for leaving the arts and sciences schools as is. As a second option, presumably meaning if the three schools couldn't be left as is, 42 per cent of the polled faculty showed support for merging two schools. As a third option, only 18 per cent of the polled faculty favored merging all schools. While the compilation of statistics is a tricky business, and always leaves some margin for error, the poll clearly indicates no real support for merging the schools, yet the decision was made anyway based on the 37 per cent who responded. How come no effort was made to reach the other 63 per cent? QGamrck 8taff Entertainment Editor BR ENDA BELL Sports Editor BILLY BAKER Photography Editor JOHNNY DR UMMINGS Production Manager TERRY COON Cir culation Manager GR EG TOWER Y Contributors JACK BAIN GENE HOOD ELLEN BILES PHILIP JAMES DONNA BISE JULIE JONES R. VANCE BUTTS MITCH KNEECE SUSAN CATE KIM MCDOWELL MARK DILLARD MARK MAYER DANE EDENS KAREN PETIT KATHY EDWARDS SUSAN STEVENS ALISON ESTES LYNN SWEATT HANK GILMAN GREG TOWERY BRENDA EASTERLING