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[gamecock Thursday Oct. 13, 1977 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Volume LXIV. Xo. 12 - Incomplet wi |/VVI W Bv KDITII McNKli.l, News Kditor Studenls exhibiting poor writing skills be given incompletes and sent to a writin university officials. ThP writino loK !< ? ?'-1 * n <uu is ci 3|m:iiii service pro ? their writing skills and is located on th? building. "A handful of professors have alread students down here for help," said Li Writing I^ab. "T1IE POLICY has been in effwt nm Holland. Many professors are in favor of i official. When a student is given the incomplete, F if the student doesn't make up the work also causes problems in records as well when determining what the incompletes One proposal to offset the Droblpm ui a t)l use of a system used by the University < _ riemunn. director of freshman English ? skills are poor may be given what is c conditional. "T1IK (('is put beside whatever their g Lindemann. "It doesn't mean much nnki signal any problems students are having u An example of how the system works, si one journalism professor required a stude correct his writing problems before the coi "If the student has such severe writing f one semester, the student might need t< Sw Petrols to < Clemson v< It\ DI Hmi: SIIKI'AHI) (ianu'tork Starr Writer In I ho continuous war l>etween Carolina a have been painted with bright orange tige and fans. Kill in 1U77 ' ,,,, *???iiuiiu win m* reaay lor trodueed Sept. 21 lo the student senate by help alleviate the problem. The bill passed signed by I-SO President James Holderm "Students, on a volunteer basis, will pa Wednesday night before the game <Cai Sweet man said. "It is hard for the campu area, from the stadium to Capstone." Tin: STl'DKNTS must be approved by campus police. "We do not want any studc beating someone up." said Sweetman. The volunteers will u;?lk in nnirc O 4* I I\ I i III anything suspicious, they will radio the cs actually seen and the police do not have ei students are to follow the vandal and ge Student finai ll.v JOSK Dl'VAI.I. (ianiocwk Staff Writer Participation in USC student financial aic programs has increased dramatically over the past four years, according to Martir Mf.P.irt -*?1 " ui.cviui ui Muueni nnancial aid. "There has been an increase in financial aid each year recently," he said. "A lot ol people think that because colleges and universities are not in the best of financial situations, financial aid opportunities have es, lab . riters N| -vrsv. in their courses may officially > .*?{ g lab if a proposal is passed by \ vided to help students improve e first floor of the humanities y been sending some of their irry Holland, director nf fho )fficially for two years," said Wt&HA linking the incomplete system ^JtL/TJ it automatically turns into an within a year, said Holland, it ^^9 kfl for the deans of the schools W ving incompletes might be the w^A \f Mnrth Pn??K-? " *' ' uiuici. CiDKB Liin* MT said students whose writing Kr ARBF jflH ailed a "cc," or composition r JeBB, iBB rade in the course was," said de the university, but it could ith their writing." aid Holland, was shown when nt to go to the writina laK or.ri - jrse could be completed. >roblems we can't help him in a take an incomplete," said IN'COMPI.ETKS, page 7 "llorlr ind Clemson, many buildings r paws by Clemson students I A ' " uiviii. /\ resolution was inSenator Mark Sweetman to the senate and was recently ^BH| trol the campus starting on rolina-Clemson) Saturday." s police to patrol such a big Chief M.D Harrelson of the Ovor tho toi nts going on a rampage and ' ry walkie-talkies. If they see th^^'miiviH^Vh ' i in pus police. If a vandal is ,h<'s,' ""ls,de iiough time to get there, the t a description and license See YAM)\I.S. page l? racial aid increai decreased. That is not true." McCJirt said the increase is primarily a result of the "terrific growth" of the Basic i (Educational Opportunities Grant program. a federally-funded program which provides i nonrepayable grants ranging from t2nn in >e _ ? - vc? ?I,4UU. I de "TIIK BKO<; has gone from nowhere to CW1 I being the largest grant program during the J?ri past four years," McGirt said. "Other ? programs have increased slightly." % 1 h ^ ir # f GHU insurmoiu fcono hard c*?- .... ?? ??n <_y? j |#o ou\ii iiitMit'ii, in Law Center seem almost relaxation ses during pas At I'SC. 2,549 students received $2,113,257 1k? 1976 1977 under the BKOG program In w\ 73-74, 106 students received $43,78H in ne COG funrlc av< 'II think BE()(i will grow again this am ar," McCiirt said "We had a peak last ? ar because it was the first year all un Dii rgraduate students were eligible for lar federation." The BKOG was phased in crt idually over the four years, with only the shmen eligible the first year. I Hit: HKO(i is intended to provide the J ??? Mark Altxamter THE GAMECOCK liable. But once the energy is sume persevering student can head for ? and the haven of home. >t four years sis of the student's financial aid package len more than one type of assistance is eded HK()(I aDDlieatinn . W. mr> 111 r nilablefrom high schools, public libraries tl college financial aid offices. dc(iirt said the work study and National -eel Student Loan programs, the other ge programs on campus, have also in ascd in funding and participation over past four years n 1976 77, 1,033 students participated in See \ll>. page I