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! VOL.LXVIIINO.il ., . ?4, , ^ . THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1976 I Diversity of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. ? HI I " I III ? I I I IK . I . I ????? L i MosI * Gerald! Te ...to Patters The text of the lettei Vice President Geral President William II P The word 'forged' was Re: May 13, 1976 con Government Dear Mr. President: ^ Please accept my hun 1976 correspondence fr< Carolina Student Govern support. I do not support this have an active part in u I did not affix my signat i don't nave evidence of signature. Review By CATHERINE TIIR1 Asst. News Editor Within the next few w Knrtin u^giii me 1 uvcaa which the process of becomin The USC administi ati candidates for ter.ure 01 job security for ? >me, Denial of tenure at dismissal, according to that a faculty member 1 teaching, research wor public and USC. "There is an evaluatic areas and tenure is aw dards of the college or Although a certain ar professor becomes eligi the basis of time at US A FACULTY member year prior to the end of five years for assistan associate and full pr< university. Davis said any univc system of tenure and p k ey adi -r S B _ **-. ' ' '. V:^ ;' ' . ^v ^ M iSte- ' gg ; '" Mosley, foregroi ?* # o A # 2-? ltd (/I I'll ion 11 * that Student Government | id Mosley sent to USC atterson on May 24, 1976. - 1 underlined in the letter: respondence from Student |? lble apology for the May 13, )m the University of South nment which implicates my correspondence, nor did I writing this correspondence, ure to this correspondence. ! who might have forged my i j See PATTERSON, Page 8 *r of tenv I FT eeks, certain faculty members will decide whether they stay 01 g tenured. ion will begin reviewing all elig [i Nov. 1. Their decisions will m job hunting for others. ? Yor* i ? - - is me same as a notice Provost Keith Davis, on groi has failed to meet the standard k, scholarship and service to in of the quality of the work in tl arded based on meeting the s department," he said. nount of time is involved befoi ble for tenure, it is not awardec JC alone. must be evaluated at the end of the probationary period, whic t professors and three years rfessors hired from outside ?rsitv <4u/nrth ifc coif ?nill t?m. v"1 OUII Will MOV romotion." nits h " V.'t:. 51$ UJJLUl Jl> a V JLI e letter | ...to The Gan The text of the letter George Morris by Mosl Wllsford, SG Attorney G mer SG secretary Nancy Carolyn League on Oct. Mr. Morris: At a May 7, 1976 lu ceremonies, Dave Wilsf< Russell Putnam discusse the mailing of a letter Ma ] letter was read in Geralc Wilsford to Gerald Mosl Shortly thereafter Gerald The letter was typed by C 1 then signed by Dave Wils I Mr. Mosley was not avails | the letter, and at that i See Ti ire can* Specific methods o the basic ingredient win ana aeans 01 college * go, non-tenured colleagi The advantage to I [ible awarding tenure i lean revaluation of the "guarantee of a firs a of In addition to givir inds faculty members wl Is of standards, Davis sa the recognize achievenru lose THE ADVANTAGI tnn. A spdsp nf inh s?^nriti retained unless there re a in the faculty manu: i on Davis said dismis failure to meet the r tenure is not a coi the ployment. h is "This doesn't hapj for might be a case whe the years," Davis said. Davis said USC has e a in the past three yean tenure. Some faculty e kne - \ iiByk i Wilsford $ lecock to The Gamecoek Editor ey, SG President David ieneral Steve Brown, forDozier and SG secretary 4, 1976: ncheon after graduation 3rd, Gerald Mosley, and d the events that led up to iy 13, 1976. On May 13, the 1 Mosley's office by Dave lev and RircpII Putnam Mosley left for Edgefield. Carolyn League and it was ford and Russell Putnam, ible to put his signature on point Nancy Dozier, HE GAMECOCK, Page 8 didates f awarding tenure vary, but 1 is a decision by the departm s regarding the performanc les. '*? mt; luuversuy 01 navmg a pi is that it provides for faculty, which Davis sa t rate faculty." ig the university a way of m 10 are not meeting the dep id it gives the university ;nts by professors. Z to the professors is that it g y in that once a person has te is "cause for dismissal" as >1. 1 tA r istti may resuu irom a p equirements of his college, ! nplete guarantee of contii sen all that often, but I'd s re this issue is raised once < lost 30 to 50 faculty members ? 11 4 I * s, uui an was noi Decause oi a members sense they may n< w abou By MICKEY TRIMAUCHI News Editor Student Government (SG) Vice P admitted knowing that a controve President William H. Patterson in 1 role in its composition. Mosley, who in September denied in a May 24 personal letter to Patl correspondence" and "did not have my signature" on the May 13 lette letter at right). The word "forged"1 To document facts surrounding me lener, Mosiey, wuslord, former SG secretary Nancy Dozier, SG secretary Carolyn League and SG Attorney General Steve Brown met on Sept. 30 and sent a letter to Gamecock Editor George Morris, (see text of letter at left) According to the letter, the meeting was held "to clarify the (stated) facts and to agree that Mrs. Dozier's complete innocence and good faith in this matter need to be affirmed" in regard to a front page article in the Sept. 27 issue of The Gamecock. THE LETTER STATED the Dozier was asked to sign the letter in Mosley's absence. The letter said that it was "not an unusual procedure" for secretaries to sign correspondences when the SG officers were aware of their contents. It said that Dozier did not read the letter and was unaware of its contents. Dozier admitted in a Sept. 27 story in The Gamecock that she signed the letter. Dozier is now employed as a secretary in the Business Administration department. The letter, written by Wilsford on May 13, was in response to SG executive members not receiving an invitation to a private dinner party given by Patterson and his wife Mary Alice. The party, held May 7 at the Patterson's home, was for several honorary degree recipients. Wilsford, Mosley and Putnam See MOSLEY, Page 8 begins Nc Oavis said tenure and begin look ient heads period ends. :e of their DAVIS SAID the fac process of becoming t< rogram of an(j college deans are frequent faculty member eligib id is the t0 prepare a record o Students may also ieding out decision because sti artment's department head 14we a way to ber." How faculty mem be i ives thpm dlscern' Davis said' *> nure it U 11 may ** a nerve v described faculty members aescriDeo I)avjs sajd (hc ,lpub] ,,,, member is asked to lea lessor s unfair. so having tllpH ?m. 'Killid mtn v... uiin is meini individual's performai say there one. jvery two "We expect faculty tributions to knowledj ?per year adding that a professc i denial of the subject is more qi >t receive level courses. t letter resident Gerald T. Mosley yesterday ;rsial letter was to be sent to USC May, but he denied having an active I knowledge of the letter, also stated terson that he "did not support the ; evidence of who might have forged r to Patterson, (see text of May 13 was underlined in the letter. f \ Text of the letter sent to L'SC President William II. Patterson, copies of which were sent to Board of Trustees Chairman T. Eston Marchant. Board Secretary George Curry, former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger and Gov. James B. Edwards: IDear Sirs: As representatives of the Student Government of this University, we feel we must apologize to you and your guests for our absence at the pre-Commencement dinner given at your home Friday evening, May 7. Our official invitations never reached us, and it was only very late in the day that we received word of the occasion. We sincerely hope that our ! absence did not cause any undue embarrassment for you or any of your honored guests. I realize that it must Innk hnH fnr th<? awa v? VkllVlOA student body officers not to have been present at a function so closely related to graduation, by nature a student-oriented affair. Had we been able to avoid this embarrassing situation, we must (sic) assuredly would have. In the future, of course, we will be most happy, as we should be, to continue our participation in such events. >v. 1 ing for jobs before the probationary ulty has a great deal of input into the inured, in that the department heads the ones who set the standards. Each tie for tenure is given sufficient time f accomplishments for review. make a difference in the tenure udent complaints lodged with a irfh hoo iriltf ? i(5?> ii*_? v uj ct^ciiiiai a litcuiiy Mlt'Illrs feel about the systeni is difficult to ecause, although they participate in tracking experience for non-tenured lish or perish" rumor, that a faculty ve if none of his work is published, is od the university has of judging an ice, Davis said, but it is not the only members to be making some con >e or creative work, too," he said, ?r who is more knowledgeable about lalified to teach advanced graduate