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I ? ? " ?AMECOCK] Thursday, Feb. 24, 1977 University of South Carolina, Columbia S.C. Vol. LXVI1I, No. 32 tf WKiJ9|rt^<aa3atfafpE?aa!sesytey5^]aM9 % asnraBaBl^KmSBv u HI j^Hr/ a k Reach for it: TV 7*1 wn< pow universi By BETH HILL Editorial Page Editor Russell House Universit; and dominated by a paid, instead of by the elected s to some union members i A RASH of resignation; was caused by this domin bers' dissent. Seven lea auiueiiiic year. "The program adviser president's job and the vi know what she's supposed former union vice-presid member of the Cinematic "In the old Union stru< divided the committees ai duties didn't overlap. "The program director was making stupid mistakes, actually began taking ov and gave them to the progr Gretchen Laatsch, a stafl director of programs for Tho othpr nrnhlnmc said. "Because of weak ch are in trouble. They are to< suggestions of types of ] strong chairman to take them work well togetto chairmen have been sho\ Sam Irvin, Jr., who resi the beginning of the fall sei congenial, a haDDv famil< work, meeting the people like, too much red tape a Niles Reese, former un resignation letter that he the union's direction. He \ union has become a psycl The union is composed student officers and a prog professionals and three gra committee chairmen, off comprise the executive coi The staff and the union pr VrtfiO An rV\Hninc ^n?*tnr( n/v * vvv Vii pvuvivo UU1 lllg LU A PROGRAM staff of fo and three graduate assista These advisers, four stude 100 union members, and I union committees compri council. Domination by th staff caused several cl semester. The persons who resign Eddy Blakely, former chairman; Niles Reese, for Irvin, former union tr Cinematic Arts rnmmil Pringle, former Cultural man; Paulette Inabinet. peditions committee chai Special Programs commit "The policies are dec White. "If you disagree wi don't belong." Lisa Cagai "The union as a whole is Eddy Blakey, Contempt chairman until his resigns ii n nr o has the rer in the ty union? i y union is oeing controlled non-student advisory staff student officers, according ind former officers. > of union student leaders ation, as well as by memders have resigned this has taken over the vice ce president doesn't even to do," said Terry Dugas, ent and until recently a Arts Committee. cture, two vice-presidents id made certain that their ? to guide <eep thein from She tGretchen Laatsch) er the coordination duties am advisers," Dugas said. r member, is the assistant the union. ; at the committee level, he lairmen, some committees ) weak to oppose the staff's programming. It takes a 15 or 20 people and make sr. Weaker and weaker vn through resignations." gned as union treasurer at uester, said, "It used to be y. You had fun doing the . It's turned too businessnd rules." ion secretary, said in his also wasn't satisfied with vrote, "My position at the lological burden for me." of nine committees, four [ram staff of four full-time iduate assistants. The nine icers and program staff incil, which meets weekly, esident have voice but no uncil meetings. ur paid, full-time persons nts are the union advisers. ;nt officers elected by the the chairmen of the nine se the union's executive le chairmen and the paid lairmen to resign last ed from the union were: Contemporary Sounds mer union secretary; Sam easurer; Emmy Koss, ttee chairman; Phyllis Series committee chair lurintM lrips ana t,xirman and Tom' Cockle, tee chairman. ided by Grctchen," saiu th Cagan, or Gretchen, you n is the union's president. /* too staff-dominated," said /a >rary Sounds Committor' . .Jj ation fall 1976 and a u* >h See RHUU, page to / }f