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GAMECOCK I Monday, Sept. 19, 1977 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S,C. Volume LXIV, >To. 5 ^ m?fi?iir i i ii iw i 11 i i ???? , ?- rnramr? an i ti ^ Studerr By MITCH SHERWOOD Gamecock Staff Writer Failure by students to properly ident register their property is the main r< for the low recovery rate of stolen iter campus, George Key, director of f k CofoK/ Q# *J r Ut un. Uinvciauy, KillU. Many of the thefts in residence halls < because students leave doors unlocked out or sleeping, Key said. Most of the i stolen out of rooms are pocketb wallets, money and jewelry, but there been more thefts of pocketbooks this Key said. SG renovi attract cri I By THOMAS P. WILKINSON ai Gamecock Staff Writer Of The SG annex renovation bill is still strongly opposed to by several cc senators despite having cc passed the Student Senate by a 24- fii 10 margin. The bill now awaits se approval of USC President James n< B. Holderman. re Senator Sandra Perry of th Humanities said "I don't think the us bill should have passed. There is a Pi shortage of SAC (Student th > Allocation Commission) funds, the bi University Union and many other st organizations have taken severe budget cuts. With so little money 10 go around, renovations such as ei the SG annex should be very low on h< the priorities." w THE BILL provides that the 'a Senate petition SAC for $5,500 of Si the amount required for con- p* struction. P* Kill Leslie, Towers senator, said 10 the bill itself was poorly conceived. However, he said the renovations se Faculty senc curriculum c By BRIAN TURNER in ( amecock Staff Writer a^ Hi The faculty senate adopted ur resolutions on grade changes, St course changes and Humanities Classroom Building space Wed- Hi nesday at its first meeting of the de > year. ot Biology course changes include or the addition of courses in su molecular genetics and bacterial ec genetics and the deletion of a pa course in fundamental genetics. Anatomy will be required of pharmacy students as well as re nursing students. Gi pa THE CHILI) development re practicum and seminar will be ar reduced from nine to six hours. de One laboratory hour will be added m to the marine biology course. CO ? The senate passed a resolution to go prevent any administrative action fr; reducing the number of classrooms \ neglige FROM JULY 1976 to June 1977, pi valued at $1000 was reported stolen i larceny from residence halls. 0 ify or campus police recovered $220. In tha cnwu nine period, V24.UUU in propert; ns on reported in grand larceny and $2,00( mblic was recovered. Petty larceny is t items worth less than $5C, whereas occur larceny entails items ever ?50. while Key said finding stolen items si items bicycles, citizen's band radios am ooks, decks is difficult unless they are reg have or have an identifying mark. year, "The chances of getting stolen pi hack are very slim unless he (the thie ations fjjjjj ticism If -e needed and he would no longer jyfEgjj )pose the measure. Bj^H One of the main reasons for the Ssjfl instruction is to house the student >urt offices. Mark Hopkins of the nance committee said during the \ |?E-~ mate debate the student courts !r^ ?ed privacy and security for their tcords and meetings, tie added at 80 per cent of space would be if: ;ed by the campus courts. John incelli, chairman of finance, said f ; / e renovations would "help to h.*7' '. ing about more interest in r udent government." |l|?li "OUR UNIVERSITY is big HB lough to provide offices for court || / tarings. The argument no cases o -|j? ere tried last year because of j |-;'t ck of office space is poppycock," ^ aid Sen. Robert Smith of j 1| igineering. He added, "We've ?en cutting back on clubs for so 1* ng and now we're spending three | ff urths of our budget on our- , ue makes | V hanges S i the Humanities building I fb mailable to the College of uinanities and Social Sciences s itil a study could be made by the Klpprina USC President James B. I alderman said such a move, ' signed to handle the expansion of | her university departments, had ily been discussed, and was ibject to studies to find the most gfclgM onomical way to handle ex- SHH inding departments. B8|b8B /kiAj (iltADK alterations i commended to the senate by Uie ||| *ade-Changes Committee were jj^^H issed. Each semester student's j |S||||| quests to have grades changed lpi?S e reviewed by the committee to IHH termine if the changes should be Ve rl ade. Holderman called for faculty i operation in outlining university What als. He said hopes to "lay out a - stairca amework identifying our See SENATE, page 5 V nee helps "operty to sell it," Key said. "If we do recc n petty stolen item, then it's the problem of i this, tifying it." it same v was THPRPiiACnM , . ..u..u .mu nui uccii iiiuui cnange ) worth number of thefts since last year, heft of Harrelson, campus police chief said. 4i grand now, the number of thefts is pretty sti he said. The average theft is betwe< uch as and $30 from pocketbooks or wallets d tape about $80 for bicycles. istered Harrelson said about two per ce stolen bicycles are recovered. Most < operty bicycles are not registered and the f) tries found usually have an identifying ma 1 T*Wi1V^"'fagWiWSS6^ '' ' :,"-"T^- -^S^"-? ,-.p ^M &S- -' Pjf^v j^^pjpjp-', -y; BIWiH^-'^":Pw-j. ; - - HaliHpiSfc?!^ igo evil lurks at the bottom of this sti se in Barnweil College, waiting to sti __ . ^ s thieves >ver a them, he said. iden- According to Key, the Columbia Police Department has jurisdiction on campus, but ' usually doesn't get involved unless the in the camous doHcp m m - uivu aooiauaiit'C. M.D. After the campus police file a report on a Eight theft, they forward a copy to the city police. ?ble,M he said. ?n $25 , and "Means of prevention is the biggest thing we can advocate," Key said. 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