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'VOI,. I.XVIII NO. 5 THURSDAY, SKI'TEMBKR 23, 1976 y niverwtty of South Carolina,Columbia, S.C:. Patterson's * By CATHKIUNK TIIHIFT (iamccock Staff Writer Mis two-year administration will probably l>e remembered as a time of evaluation for the university, and that's the way William H. Patterson wants it. When the retiring president took office in February, 1974. he hoped to usher in a period of "consolidation" for the university, a pause to evaluate USC both academically arid physically. Under Patterson's direction, the faculty took a hard look at several .programs, including University 101, an orientation course, and the College of General Studies to determine their merit. Both were continued. As for the physical plant. Patterson said an extensive building program was unH rWf1**? , . ? <^F'!3L!!!!!!!^!!SM5BBHMWBBBBBBMEBviB>^ 'iViii i?^jJw*"**Mg^J ?: BBBBH Wfciy Guard's lonelv vi**il j - ~m" Solitary against empty seats, security Harmon watches the USC-Georgia ju Regional cant] By iMAHK .!. Ll'NIHiKKN (iamccock Staff Writer fa< th< Local autonomy was granted to the Aiken, Spartanburg and Coastal Carolina ha Regional Campuses by IJSC Hoard of pe i i ur)ii:ra miii iiIKS IIll'lM 1 llg I< 1S( I't'J Saturday. tfr, The vote will become effective when cu the official minutes of the meeting are trf approved by board chairman T. ftston sti Marchant. George Curry, secretary of sti the board, said he expects the paperwork nu will take about 10 days, during which fa< time letters will be sent to all personnel its directly affected by the action. Curry said he does not cxncci aiw bv ?, ?J ? objections to be raised regarding the ,K) action, so "for all practical purposes," the move is already official. f?i< I - . r? ? ir* # ^ * ? LIUfKirildifXIll derway when he took office and "everywhere you looked on campus, there was a hole." So far. the physical development has not reached the point Patterson would like, but he hopes that by the time his resignation becomes effective, June 30, 1977, the College Street mall, Gambrell Hall and the new Pharmacy building will be completed. If the buildings are completed when Patterson leaves, he will have fulfilled another of the goals he set when he became president. "MY Til IK I) desire was to renovate some of the older buildings, and eliminate the situation we have now where one-half of the faculty is well housed and tlx1 other half is in slums," he said. SlUSHHT* " j5lJE?,w.? .^ *^,v?' s "to "" tt i ' 1 mail II l I ?MMlia . _ j L-1X ?? II I li II I I i? . I i I r' guard Bill game at Williams-Hi mior varsity juses get a lit on I'his will allow the regional campuses' partic ml ties greater legislative power over main ?ir own affairs. Davis \ccording to the board, faculties shall cam pi ve, "legislative powers in all matters Dav rtaining to the standards of admission, sform; ^istration, requirements for and the contro anting of degrees earned in course, the chang* rriculum, instruction, research, ex- be a K'liri'K'lll.'ir ? - idents, the educational policies and Ace< mdards of the university, and all other of higl ittcrs pertaining to the conduct of body o nilty affairs, including the discipline of level < own members." school llli: IMHVKHS are subject to review puses the president of the university and the |).\Y 'U'd. patten The campuses involved have their own other I . ulty organizations, but will no longer the sai on a time of < / The renovation of the College of Engineering was part of Patterson's plan to shape up existing buildings, as was the million dollar education Iwiilding project. "There will still be a few things left un done," he said. One building Patterson hoped to renovate was Barnwell College, but lack of funds prevented it. "Most people are always wanting to build and expand." he said. "President (Thomas F.) Jones made a great contribution here, but I felt it was time to evaluate where we were going, l>oth from an academic and a physical point of view." Patterson said one problem he would rather not leave to his successor is one of A l-4: u: *?- trnrn - ? micjiiicu lliciik)iir>iiip^. wiin uj>l s regional campuses. "I would like to see this resolved before 1 iMMMilll I? r- | Sc V <r r 1 JSo llv (iamm I^M^JL^'c - JML.. - VIA! ?? ^'JT* "., " -.. T * IF BLTP 1,10 1 li.-..I jC TtfEor student ^aftjyjgi '.. JB^A^JEBatr idol it OE53E .j1Cyear JK* rtSri.^irfaf,;',*J,' >B7 r~>J32BWBBBEI2S? snout Iv a^i jkl? . .._ .4? i 11 (';, I . i..?^vmbb*mhhwSSSSSSS8SSSS83HSGSiSBS83R| ,m<><> >I 1114 H txK)kst( I? -J-J1 IWMIIIflg^WBT "MojJ - ami Mil 1 I } Gene Oo.ndiu i m? CAMGCOCK The e Russell ice stadium Monday afternoon, now of In the the hooK Olliy Kxihan'i " the ye? . tL ? w t, $t.WM.r?(i ipate in the Faculty Senate on the ,u campus, according to 11. Willard , vice president for regional woreVi jses and continuing education. <whu57 ' is hopes for a smooth tranition from the former form of The S I to the new one and said that the theOffic e? was necessary. One benefit will Kxckmj lighter work load for the main depende is administration, he said. >rding to state law. when a school TIIK her education reaches a student |>ortunit f 1 .(MM), it is eligible to teach senior receive courses, making it a four year The s Davis said this is why the cam- cxchan^i were granted local autonomy. it had in IS SAID the change tits a national return a 1, but sees little prospect of the sold. th< Five regional campuses reaching Thclx me status. bad not evaluation leave," he said. "The new president ought to know what our relationship with the ? ight branches is and I'm not sure we know PATTKRSON SAID the four-year coll ?s will have to Ix; recognized as such In le main campus rather than continue to be ~r 1 " ?- 1 uuju^ii ui dfi ici'uei s n?r int.' i^.oiumDia branch. "They will have to be relatively independent and report only to the president," he said. "The two-year campuses should remain as they are now. with an associate vice president in charge and courses similar to ours, to make transfer simple." Patterson said he hopes the Board of Trustees will take action in December to give the four-year schools autonomy in See PA ITI KSOV P;lf?<> :i uidelines ilit down [j activity M1K WIGG INS ?ck Staff \\ riter io\v defunct hook exchange operated by the Government < SG ? was operating against the ics of the state's General Appropriations Act. t Iv Alexander, dean of students, in a letter to ;ident Dave Wilsford. said that during a three riod SG had subsidized 55 cents of every dollar , the exchange. He went on to say that SG was e of the general appropriations act. lines of the General Appropriations Act the subsidizing of auxiliary monies. Student Government was not doing anything or immoral." Alexander "Wlmn th? and external auditors gave us their lindings immediate action to right the situation." shut down the book exchange and sold the the highest bidder. t'SC Campus Book Store. IT or Tin : MONKY went to pay for personnel " rent of the room.'' said Wiisford. "Hie > just weren't bringing their books to the ge. 1 believe the prime factors for the limited participation were apathy and location." xchange was located on the third floor ot the House. Wiisford said it was too far from the traffic. letter Alexander said that "during 1973-74, l Kxchange had general receipts of $1,662.30. enditures were S4.711.69. This gave the Book Sean operating balance of minus 13.049.39. In ir of 1974-7f>. the general receipts were i. The expenditures were $2,704.87 This gave U Kvchnnon llimni; ?1 1111 'V I" ?l .. --..V.. ??? . ^ V MIMIUO 1 , 1VM .4^/ . Ill I H/D* /o, \nv Keeeipts were $394.67. The expenditures 195.34. This gave the Book Exchange a minus tudent Government Ass<K'iation tS(JA> and e of Student Activities created the S(iA Hook l?c in 1973. It was to he self-supporting, not lit on Student Government aid SKItVKK provided the student an opy to dispose of unneeded textbooks and a partial refund hidi'Mi M-MIIM I'll" ?<*?..? Wsw*l. ?-v .u.v i i. uii\< iu.-> i v.vi i f\H>r\ III IIll* I M H) K ;c ol I ice and \\ ould lx* given a receipt saying il >t been sold within *H) days, the student coul(X*-"""'" nd pick up the te\tlv>ok II the book hijjcl *** ? student v^uld return for a retu??^ >ok l>ecani< the property ot *w' Ihhmi sold or reclaim^"*