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U nver BY JOYCE SLATER of The Gamecock staff Good news - University 101 is here to stay! On the basis of a recent evaluation con ducted by the Educational Development Office of USC, University 101, a program for freshmen is to be continued, according to present coordinator, Dr. John Gardner. University 101 is a course designed to orient the freshman to the University by helping him develop more positive attitudes toward the University and the learning process. It was originally set up under the Thomas F. Jones administration in 1972 as an educational experiment. It was made a permanent course in 1973. Persons instrumental in designing the course at that time were R.V. Heckel, H. Manning Hiers, John Zuidema and Barbara Finegold. Because the first evaluation of the performance of University 101 did not adequately meet the requirement of ob jectivity since key persons involved con Writets *nd reporters aime ne We ..4 people iterested I iwant it 0vered, ItyouareintE then please come by our staf Russel ouse. y(you lien1 e to ate" citing student newspaper then . . S sitY101 r ducted it, last December the administration deemed it necessary to conduct another evaluation. The person in charge this time is Dr. Paul Fidler, director of the Educational Development Office for USC. Fidler said he is very pleased with the outcome of the evaluation. It was both subjective and objective in that question naires were administered to freshmen who did not take University 101, to the faculty who taught this course, and to the freshmen who did take the course. Fidler pointed out that major concerns of evaluation questioned the effect, if any, of University 101 on the academic performance and retention of freshmen students and more accurately measured whether the course is working at USC. As a result of the study, Fidler reports there is some indication that University 101 makes a difference in student survival rate. This indication will be watched very carefully. this fall. Fidler said University 101 is doing an ided for the summer '75 GAMECOCK n cover*4 -the UNrsitynthe rested 'orking Qn the sum An I meeting today at 7:00 p.m. Room bs men g, 4 ould 4 tU e r~v~ k Marion Elifet at 77-41% o* JAWS o Re Con excellent job of orienting the student to university life through three major areas: 1. Students are better informed and make better use of university resource personnel - faculty members. 2. Students make better use of such services as career counseling, development center, minority affairs office, com munication skills, libraries, legal aid clinic, etc. 3. Students participate more actively in university extracurricula activities. Most striking of the findings, Fidler says, is that both faculty and students feel that the course is meeting a need and should be continued. Specific recommendations will be available upon final completion of the study. Present coordinator of University 101, Dr. John Gardner, provided Fidler with all information necessary to the study. Gard ner said he is enthusiastic about the out come of the evaluation and also pleased with supporf from the administration. I * Fratei From Page 1 agreed. "We weren't ge experience in handl: problems of running a ho new arrangement will b opportunity to show the U that we're capable of ourselves." Lowman i pleased that the new mown,s agreement allows frater make improvements in t 417 of the areas of the houses. Although the plan is for on an experimental basis, said that it would be pe unless a major difficulty He predicted that it will I five years before the frE The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No.1 best seller. NOW SHIOWIN4 IO"4:30-7:O@0 tinued "We will try to communicate more clearly what the course does with advisors, faculty, and students," Gardner said. "Also, we hope to offer more diversified classes this fall, that is, a University 101 course aimed at students interested in education and jour tialism," he said. Gardner believes the course has un dergone many changes since its inception under Jones. "The basic philosophy is the same, but University 101 has been -given more structure and more organization through several innovations," he said. "We now have a central office of planning and implementation for the course," he said. "Also, recruitment of a broader spectrum of faculty members is going on and we are getting more shape and direction for the course from faculty members," Gardner said. The enrollment for the course is 1400 students. Gardner said this is conclusive evidence of how the students feel about the value of the course. -nity Options tting any are able to move off campus. ing the use. The Compton said that nine of the 14 e a good fraternities with houses in the niversity quadrangle have accepted the new handling plan. The others will operate was also under the old sysiem, but will have housing to fill 18 bed spaces instead of 14 in nities to order to keep the house and lounge. he living Eventually a chapter will have to fill all 26 spaces or forfeit their one year house to another fraternity. Lowman Several national fraternities rmanent have expressed an interest in arises. starting chapters at USC, but be about Compton said there is no space iternities available for them. 9:30