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New c By MARK J. LUNDGREN Gamecock Staff Writer The office of Residence Life Se education program this fall inch of beer and wine in residence 1 The goal of the program will students about the consequenc "certainly not to banish alcohol coordinator A1 Menard. Menard said there is a feel alcohol abuse in recent years ai relating to alcohol abuse have GUIDELINES GOVERNING t residence hall functions were d cording to Menard. They state tl at these events. This bartender r hall representative or any othe The bartender is responsible au uiiiiuia win nut ue served anc who are "maliciously drunk" M and other dormitory staff memb stop serving beer. Having a bartender will allow know who is actually disbursing if this policy is not followed,, th tacted by the Residential ! reprimanded. The use of a bartender, Men; drunk persons and identify tho participate in the event. Retire i Batson, 65, i its mandato will be back By MARGUERITE A. RYAN Editor-in-Chief One of the professors fighting retirement at 65, who was scl retire this summer, will be allowe to teaching this fall. The hearing of biology profess< Batson's suit is still scheduled fc morning before U.S. District Ju< Hemphill, but Batson said tt department chairman notified h that the university had agreed teach in the fall. Batson said he h books and schedulpd fiasco BATSON, 65, and Paul Blacks professor in the Department of G and International Studies, filec week against the university, ar the university is violating t stitutional rights and is breachinj under which they were hired. When Batson and Blackstock c; university, mandatory retiremer 70, but since then the univ? miriiofroftArk V* r? J 4' * I.uiiiou UUUII naa IUWCICU lilt' age I in 1967 and to 65 in 1974. Batson h the biology department for 25 Blackstock in GINT for 18 years Batson said he assumed the i age effective when he joined the would be applied to him. "I wasn' for the real shock I got whei ministration informed me that retire." He said the provost calle asked how he felt about next year to Batson's retirement. That was the first he kne ivM>v*iivm tiuo ;cai, UdldUIl SHll HE COIJLI) not say if he wi challenged the 65 retirement age i been the cutoff age when he ca university. "It's hard to say what under other circumstances." He argued that he would be pi ilcohol TT total that rvices will begin an alcohol quai iding guidelines on the use lalls. TI be to educate and inform At es of alcohol abuse and, tore " from campus, said area pres Dc ing there has been more mus id, in fact, more problems mus occurred. Pari Co :he use of beer and wine at desi| rawn up this summer, ac- tionf lat a bartender is required pert nay be the hall advisor, the Nc r hall resident. Tfc for checking identification with 1 to refuse serving persons A1 enard said. The bartender area -ci o hm; uctiue wneiner 10 Til resp / the residence life staff to Th beer or wine. Menard said duct e bartender would be con- A1 Life staff and possibly Resi FY ard said, will help control held se who are not eligible to assu cont mentsuing (JSC ov ry retiremen >-at least for teach as well as last "I believe I would Teaching is his life, mandatory Blackstock was i fieduled to ment. d to return Attorney for Ba Victoria Elsinger, s >r Wade T. are challenging the >r 9:30 this to lower retiremer Ige Robert current retirement < le biology faculty manual, to im Friday university under dif to let him However, Phillip as ordered counsel said the f equivalent to a contr most of the term tock, 64, a faculty, he said. ] overnment ministration has th I suit last retirement age. guing that heir con- WHEN A person is I contracts he signs a contract manual for terms ol ame to the the manual is not it age was changed by admini ersity ad- trustees action, and wice-to 68 current university las been in policies followed w years and were hired, i. The suit broug retirement Blackstock alleges university enforcing the 65 reti t prepared persons can be hii n the ad- Batson's salary is i I was to Blackstock's is mor d him and When Batson ant , referring USC, there was no started publicatioi w of his William H. Patt< 1 ministration before statement of princip ould have sen* around to profes if that had has since replaced, b me to the not remember if it cc I would do stipulations. epared to ELSINGER SAID guidel ie guidelines also state that at leas I money spent for alcohol must be non-alcoholic beverages must be a^ itity for the number of people pre IE POLICY'S GUIDELINES also tendance at hall or dormitory part sidents and their dates. Dorm keys ented to verify their eligibility to mil or nan parties neid on Friday t be ended by 1 of the following mo t not be served after midnight o ;ies held on other nights must end at insumption of beer or wine must gnated area of the event. No "brii > will be sponsored with dorm rru ain to private parties, Menard sai > liquor may be bought with dorm lere are ways to get around the poll dormitory money, Menard admit 1 hall functions must be approved coordinator two weeks before the d le dormitory or hall which sponsor onsible for damages and cleanup. lose sponsoring tne event are resp of individuals attending. I paperwork for the event mus dence Life at least one week before inctions at which beer or wine will in areas with controlled access. 1 itant vice president of Residence rolled access will mean that the are< decide > federal would b er court, ir wise, shi years. t POliCy, universi " membe Neuman the fall SSS the com Arid SI faculty s ., . , rememb year or the year before objectioi be a better teacher" ? auenuor , he said. Ackeri lot available for com- enters th the faci tson and Blackstock, formati aid the two professors regulatic administration's power 0f parti it age and apply the manual ige, as described in the contains those who came to the faculty ferent conditions. regulatit M. Grier, university and priv acuity manual is not by-laws act. It does incorporate senate, s of employment for He also said the ad- RETI1 e authority to change "benefit! the mam rights, pi hired by the university, faculty and is referred to the promulg r employment. Because The cl a contract, it may be made for strative and board of Grier sai -L!j- * ,av.vm^ aoiue Dy assume policies, regardless of retroacti hen faculty members detrimer M. L> ;ht by Batson and Departm that the university is presiden rement age so younger Americj -ed at lower salaries. Professo more than $27,000 and retroacti e than $21,000. policies. 1 Blackstock came to if chang< faculty manual, which faculty r t\ I ? Ift/QO * J A .. 111 i30i. rrcsiueni universit ;rson, dean of ad- operating 1962, said a basic les of employment was hk SA sors, which the manual has not ut Patterson said he did fr0m fact mtained retirement age, does not 'and'Blac courage the hearing today will situation; inesis st 20 per cent of the held will i spent on food, and admitted /ailable in sufficient Sponsoi sent. sportatioi . Wertz ! include: finding aj ies must be limited to prever or ID cards must be If the e^ attend. toilets mi or SaturHAV niohtc rning. Beer or wine event, wit n Saturday nights, security j 11:30p.m. be limited to the MENA1 ng your own" func- be expec )ney. This does not municate d. be "more itory money. Wertz s cy and obtain liquor because ted. students. I by the respective Thegui* ate of the event. said, but s an event must be general. 1 potential onsible for the con- The pol , , ... See ALCM t be submitted to the event. f be served must be I See Dr. Richard Wertz, Life Services, said a where the event is vhether the case will be hearc or state court. She said the c e settled more quickly in fedt 1 a minimum of two years. OU e said, it could take as much as I however, said he does not think tv will hp GlloH hll ntlin- f- ? .J vuvu ujf UlllCI ldCI rs concerning retirement a i Connor Jr., chairman of committee of the faculty senate two years, said no faculty has as mittee to consider retirement a tephen Ackerman, chairman of ;enate until Aug. 15, said he did er any faculty member's bring is to retirement age to the senal i. man said when a faculty mem le university he is advised to loo* ilty manual, which contains 4 on concerning Univers )ns and procedures considered tc icular interest" to faculty, says in its foreward. The man information on administrative ? organization, on univers ins and nnliri#?c rpeoapph Kara ? r a VWV%4* VII) MVI1C ileges, facilities and services < and standing rules of the faci REMENT AGE is included 5 and privileges," and, according ual, "Changes providing additio rivileges and benefits shall applj members employed prior to ation of such changes." hanges in retirement ages w< "various administrative reason d. However. Ackerman cniH fooii changes will not be appl vely if they are to the facult it. -nn McCauley, professor in I ent of Theatre and Speech a t of the local chapter of I in Association of Univers rs, agreed with this view ve application of faculty man) Manual policies should be bindi ?s made are to the advantage nembers, he said. But when I y ceases to do that, it is "no lonj > in good faith," he added. II) the local chapter of the AA1 received any omcial complaii ilty concerning retirement age. expect the suit brought by Bats :kstock, successful or not, to < other professors in simil ? to bring suit, he said. sued allow sponsors a means to ha\ rs of events held off-campus i to and from the place of the < >aid sponsors have previous jpropriate transportation mei it intoxicated residents from yent is to be held on an intrai ist be provided. y personnel may be required h the area coordinator detera personnel needed. *D SAID opposition to the ne ted if the residence life sU the logic that dormitory or J i than just beer busts." >aid he expects students to much of what it contains delines are "not a discipline t are directed at the problem The purpose of the policy is problem of increased alcoho lirv wac ~ ? ?j ..uu vi vuicu iu assure 3HOL, page 4 other alcohol pol page 4. I in He explained that ase "relatively conservativ iral plus the tight nation ler- university professors, fitrn r*r>l? ""*1' ^ I tiuv.tain IU i lhjiv lilt! U on to what they've got the Grier said the admin Jlty retirement age, but 8e- General's office issuec the November 1976 that for ministration could not ( ked be lower than that stip l8e- laws, Elsinger said, the Grier said there was pot in retirement age amor ing he added other state s university's retiremenl However, according ber L,aws, section 9-1-1530, i \ participate in the S.C. .,n" must retire when the certain circumstances > be may get extensions bu the ual GHIKH SAII) the S.< ind has not ruled specifi ?ty ministration's power t( within state law. md McCauley also said i Ity S C. Attorney General could not be lowered b; not made known to the i n violation of faculty rig ? to if the two professors' nal based on the uncon ' to retirement age lower the state employees, is succ there could be importar ere could affect every ci s." every state institution, ilty mean retaining all emp ed faculty, until 70, she ex y's it could prove expensh the md TIIE FACULTY ma the ^'n made with consid ity for the past three ye of administrative assista: nal said. Since she started ing three years ago, the nf committee, one of th*? the powerful faculty comrr jer with her in drafting ri feeting faculty, Pretty j manual is printed, no\ jp distributed in draft fori nts on campus. Faculty are He make suggestions abou ion Pretty said she is not un- faculty input was con ar faculty manual change editing it. 'e control over who is i must provide tranivent. ily requested aid in thods, such as buses, driving. nural field, portable to be present at the fining the number of w guidelines will not iff is able to comlall functions should support the policy was suggested by ype of thing," Wertz of alcohol abuse in to get on top of the 1 abuse, he said, reasonable use of icy stories, USC faculty is e." For this reason, al job market for most professors are oat. They're holding I? istration can change the S.C. Attorney 1 an opinion in midthe university adio so if the age would ulated in the state's not much uniformity ig state agencies, but agencies share the : age of 65. to the S.C. Code of state employees who retirement system, y reach 70. Under , a state employee t must retire at 72. Attorney General ically on USC ad> set retirement age if a ruling from the that retirement age y the university was faculty, it would be a hts. sun, pari 01 wnicn is stitutionality of a than that for other essful, Elsinger said it repercussions. "It irrent employee in " she said. It would loyees, including all plained, adding that 'e to the state. nual changes have erable faculty input ars, Donna Pretty, nt to the provost, editing the manual ; faculty advisory most important and lmees, nas worked nanual changes afraid. And before the .V every year, it is m to several places asked to read it and t changes. sure to what extent sidered in making s before she began