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"VOLUMN LXVI NO. 2 University of South Carolina Columbia, S.C. september 8, 1975
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Students
oppose
board vote
By DON BRANYON
Gamecock Staff Writer
USC Law School students are
petitioning the USC Board of
Trustees to rescind its decision to
admit 14 freshmen law students to
the school.
The petition also supports a
resolution by the law school faculty
not to grade the 14 students'
papers.
Biff Sowell, president of the
Student Bar Association, said most
students were angry because they
felt it was not the board's place to
pass judgement.
The 14 students were admitted to
the law school last Tuesday by the
board. Among those students were
the sons of U.S. Sen. Ernest F.
Hollings, D-S.C., and state Sen.
Edward E. Saleeby, D-Darlington.
The 14 students were previously
refused admission because of
unsatisfactory grades in the SPAT
program
The SPAT program allows
students with grades below what is
required to enter Law School to be
admitted to the school for a
summer session. Students are then
admitted to the fall session if they
pass the summer session. Saleeby
claimed his son's grades were
compromised because of his
political beliefs.
Foster to speak
on admissions
USC Law School Dean Robert W.
Foster plans to speak on the ad
mission of 14 previously ineligible
students to the school by the
Board of Trustees.
The speech is scheduled for noon
Wednesday at the Law Center.
Law School student Leonard
Ledford said, "Mr. Saleeby's
argument about a compromise is
based on a false premise. I don't
believe any of the three professors
involved in the SPAT program
would violate the grading system
they put into action."
One law school student who
wished to remain unidentified said,
"I'm outraged with the board's
decision and disgusted with the
politics involved." He said the
board had endangered his career
with the decision because now the
school's accredit ation is in
jeopardy.
The student said the situation
had come to a showdown "If the
board doesn't back down, he " he
said, "the law students will have to
chool
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The signing of the first major
joint research agreement between
USC and Clemson University was
announced Friday by Gov. James
B. Edwards.
The new agreement calls for the
two universities to join efforts in
teaching and research on Hobcaw
Barony near Georgetown in con
nection with the Belle W. Baruch
Foundation. It replaces two
existing, separate agreements the
universities had with the Baruch
Foundation, which oversees the
17,500 acre Hobcaw National
reserve on the South Carolina
coast.
Gov. Edwards commended the
joint effort between USC and
Clemson and encouraged others to
adopt its spirit as a hallmark of
state programs. "I am en
thusiastic about this team ap
proach to utilizing the resources of
Ilobcaw Barony and the great
potential it has for improving the
quality of life for South
Carolinians," he said.
The agreement is designed to
provide for the most efficient use of
the Barony property, which is set
aside for training and research by
the state's universities.
Tlhe H-obcaw Barony was one of
the first colonial estates to be
carved out of the wilderness that
became South Carolina. After
several transactions the Barony
was acquired by Belle W. Baruch
in 1958R
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USC, Clei
In Baruch's will she directed that
the property and net returns be
used for the purpose of teaching
and research in forestry, marine
biology, and the care of wildlife
and flora and fauna in South
Carolina, in connection with the
college and universities in the
state.
In 1968 Clemson signed an
agreement with the Baruch
Foundation to carry out research
and training on the Barony, and in
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By MARIAN E. DI LLASIIAW
Gamecock Staff Writer
A Capstone resident was assault
11:30 Wednesday night, according
Libby Bradford, Resident Assista
attacked in the park ing lot between
assailant grabbed the girl by her h
fled when the girl sc reamed and kic
who received only a scratched elbo
Bradford said many girls in Ca[
Approximately 50 g irls came to the
called the desk, and still othern
mediately. Bradford said apprc
mediately came to the scene.
Connie Henderson, resident assi:
staff at both Colum bia Hall and Cap
preventing such occ urrences and ha
George Key, director of Campi
happened between 11:20 and 11:30
mitory area. The v ictim was parkit
came up behind her nnd warned her
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1972 USC also signed an agreement
for research training there.
Clemson now conducts research
on the Barony into forestry
management, beach dune
stabilization, water table levels
and tidal movements and wildlife -
research. USC is studying how
marshes and estuaries function
and their value to the total marine
environment, the effects of
pollution on marine life, the food
roducing ability of Lhe marshes
and oyster production techniques.
oed eludes
:d attacker
ed by an unidentified offender at
to USC officials.
nt of C apstone, said the coed was
Capstone and Columbia Hall. 'Te
air, th rew her to the ground then
ked hi m, Bradford said. 'The girl,
w, then ran inside the dormitory.
stone responded to the scream.
liesk t o report the scream. Others
called the security policy im
ximately six security police im
tant at Columbia Hall, said the
stone are aware of the problem of
ye wa rned girls to be cautious .
is Police, reported the incident
an Pendleton Street near the dor
ag her car alone when the suspect
not to scream.
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By MICKEY TRIMARCHI
Gamecock Staff Writer
USC Board of Trustees Chair
man T. Eston Marchant refused to
comment any further on the
current law school controversy
until he confers with the other
Trustees.
"I will not comment through the
public media until I have had a
chance to meet with the board
again, which will be on Friday
morning," Marchant said.
The resolution passed last
Wednesday by the law school'
faculty stated "that in light of the
accreditation standards of the
American Bar Association (ABA)
and the proper function of the law
faculty, compliance with the
resolution passed by the Board of
Trustees on Sept. 2, 1975, would
compromise the function of the
Law Center and its accreditation."
Controversy erupted when the
Board ordered the law school to
admit students who had obtained a
1.66 Grade Point Ratio in the
Summer Pre-Admission Trial
Program (SPAT). A 2.0 GPR is
generally required for summer
program students to be admitted to
the law school in the fall.
Beginning with the summer of
1973, the Law Center has main
tained the SPAT Program for those
applicants whoqe records do not, in
the judgement of the Admissions
Committee, qualify them for
regular admission to the Law
School. The program provides an
opportunity for these individuals to
demonstrate their capacity for
satisfactory work by successfully
completing three first-year sub
jects taught by the Law School
faculty. The normal requirement
is that the student achieve a 2.0
GPR in the three courses but a
degree of discretion is excercised
by the three professors teaching in
the SPAT Program in admitting a
few students below the 2.0.
The following statement is sent
to each student invited to attend
the SPAT Program:
Invitation to the Program is not
acceptance to the Law Center.
Attendance at the prograM is not
enrollment in the Law Center.
Work done in the program will not
earn credit which will transfer
anywhere else. Those accepted
will not get course credit for the
courses taken in the program. The
final decision of your acceptence to
the University of South Carolina
Law Center for the 1975-76 year will
depend on your success in the
Summer Trial Program.
The Board decided to admit 14
participants of the 1975 SPAT
Program to the law school after
hearing a protest over grading
procedures. Participating in the
protest were U.S. Sen. Ernest F.
Hollings, D-S.C., and State Sen.
Edward E. Saleeby, D)-Darlington.
Their sons were admitted to the
freshman (class following the board
decision. Despite the action of the
board. Hlollings' son has decided
not to attend.
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