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UJULY South Carolina 30itco r1 1975 Volume LXV No. 63 July 4th brought more than f Parachute Club participating in Bi story page 2. Fraternit BY MITCH KNEECE of The Gamecock staff USC fraternities in McBryde Quadrangle have a new housing option beginning this fall designed to prepare them for eventually moving off campus. The 14 McBryde houses are currently operated much like other residence halls, and each frater nity member contracts for his room with the housing office for $220 per semester. In order to keep the house and the lounge, each New Natj To Open BY BILLY BAKER Sports Editor USC's ultra modern natatorium will open to the Carolina community Friday at 11:30 a.m. according to James Cooper the director of the Sol Blatt Physical Education Center. Cooper considers the olympic size pool to be one of the finest of its kind in the nation. In addition to the pool, new basketball, handball, and squash courts will be open for 'use by University students, Johnny Drummings Ireworks in the sky with USC's l Camp festivities. See related res Grante chapter must fill at least 14 of the 26 bed spaces. When a fraternity accepts the new plan, it agrees to be respon sible for collection and payment for all 26 spaces, a total of $5,720 per semester. Fraternities will no longer have to pay a monthly fee for the lounge. In addition, under the new plan each chapter will be responsible for room assignments, ad ministration, programming, and counseling in their house. Ac cording to the agreement, "the 3torium Friday faculty, and their dependents. Construction on the Sol Blatt Physical Education Center began in October of 1973. The recently completed con struction doubles the size of the building. The new con struction came at a cost of $2.6 million and covers an area of 91,000 square feet according to Cooper. Assigned lockers will be available and include use of g ym clothing, swim .suits (available on a check-out basis at time of use). Daily locker fees are 2cents. A $1 guest fee is iquired for visitors. Budget Cuts Not I Faculty S BY MARION ELLIOTT News Editor Matters discussed by the University Faculty Senate at its summer meeting Tuesday can be labeled minor in relation to their total effect on USC. Many matters News Analysis not discussed, however, clearly have more impact on the University, its students and faculty. While budget cuts and several restructurings of various USC departments have recently been announced, the Faculty Senate did not discuss these matters ai all Wednesday. Surely, the cutting of department educational supplies and the recent academic merger of the College of Arts and Letters and Social and Behavioral Sciences as well as the other recent restruc turings approved by the ad ministration affect USC's faculty. John Herr, chairman of the Faculty Senate, defended his group as to why these matters were not discussed. As far as budget cuts are concerned, the faculty at-large does not really know how in dividual departments will be af fected by them simply because annual orders are just now being formed, Herr said. "We don't have responses from the department heads yet," he said. When the General Assembly d Options University reserves the right to supervise and assist as it deems necessary." In return for assuming these administrative responsibilities, the University will reduce the total rent charge for the 26 spaces by 10 per cent. The agreement requires that each chapter deposit half of this rebate into a reserve savings account. The housing office will continue to pay for the utilities and custodial services in McBryde, and students will still be subject to all Univer sity regulations. Michael Compton, coordinator for informal education and advisor to the Greeks, originated the new plan over a year ago along with Michael Rabasca, then assistant dean for residence life. The plan has since been sup ported by the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC), the Student Government Association, Dean for Student Activities Robert Alexander and has been approved by the administration. Compton said the new plan is an intermediate step towards fraternities eventually moving off campus and managing and paying for their own houses. "We have never before provided the struc ture for the fraternities to develop organizational maturity and responsibility," he said. IFC President Tony. .Loywman Please Turn to Page -3 es Issues will be easier to get a quorun," Herr said. Rufus Fellers, a senate member, said usually about 55 per cent of the Faculty Senate attend its meetings. With 50 per cent established as the official quorum figure and people leaving early as the meeting proceeds, sometimes a quorum is hard to maintain, Fellers said. He pointed out that the Faculty Senate's 55 per cent average at tendance is twice as high as the Student Government Association's average. However, that fact should not and does not excuse poor attendance at the Faculty Senate meetings. It only points out that a bad problem for the Senate is even a worse problem for the SGA. Certainly, neither of the two can be proud of those statistics. To be a competent representative body for a group of faculty, it logically follows that attendance of members of that body to its meetings is mandatory. In other matters, the Senate approved a new faculty manual. "There were countless number of significant changes in the manual from last year," Herr said. However, the manual was unanimously passed with very little discussion Tuesday. Only one question was asked concerning it and that was inquiring where copies of it were .Yet, it was passed in less than two minutes with practically no discussion. One member put it quite ap propriately after the manual was passed when he whispered, "You mean a new faculty manual was passed just like that and no discussion?" -Herr defended the small amount. of discussion on the manual Tuesday evening after the Senate had adjourned. "It was discussed at various committee meetings and practically all the changes made have been studied throughout the year," he said. However, how many members of Please Turn to Page 2 rientation or Freshmen B. BILES cock staff imen begins July 14. ector of orientation, there will be freshmen. Two sessions are also roximately 2,000 persons are ex y come the second day of each ritation can register and pay fees orientation will be held August 26 ammer sessions. ms, said more than 2,400 bac 3 attend the U'niversity this fall. ber expected every year, he said. ~ister how many are going to be have already signed up for the nd one night at the t'niversity. ken out to Bell Camp. Small said. the transition fromi high school to nts with the U'niversity. she said. umen complete forms c alating Oiscussed enate Miss Jeonny Drvmmings Dr. John Herr started hinting that it may cut back University funds, a Faculty Senate committee-authorized by the full Senate-sent a protest statement to the legislature documenting what impact such cuts would have on USC's programs, Herr said. "Once the cuts were passed, there wasn't much left that we could do." However, the feet that faculty members do not know what real effects budget cuts will have on them appears to be a good reason why such a topic should be discussed at the Senate meeting. As the only body representing the entire University faculty, it seems that just what effect such changes may have on the faculty would have been discussed at great length at the meeting. One area that was discussed Tuesday was a change in next year's makeup of the Senate which it hopes will help solve problems of not being able to maintain a quorum at meetings. Next year the body will be made up of ten per cent of the total University faculty instead of the 18 per cent standard it has used in the past five years. "With a smaller Senate we think it Summer 0 Planned Fc BY ELLEN of The Game Summer orientation for fall frest According to Dr. Judith Small, dir eight two-day sessions for incoming planned for transfer students. App pected, including parents who ma; session. Students who attend summer orie for the fall semester. Small said fall - 27 for those who cannot attend the si Art WVest, director of admissloi calaureate freshnmen are expected ti That is approximately the same num "We don't know until after they rei here," West said. According to Small. 1,600 person' summer orientation. They will sp( And, for the first time, they will be ta Orientation is designed to help make college easier and to acquaint stude Small also plans to have the fresi the orientation program.