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Volume LXIX, No. 126 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. April 9, 1979 76 apply By Tom Travis News Editor A new assistant director for programming and activities for the Russell House University Union, RHUU, will be selected by May 12, according to John Foster, RHUU president. ABOUT 76 applicants for the job are currently being reviewed by a search committee, according to Ken Brandt, Russell House business manager. Brandt said only 12 to 15 are "top applicants." Many applicants who submitted resumes are either unqualified or unfamiliar with the :?u 1?? - * - " - juu, according 10 Brandt. "Probably 50 people shouldn't have applied," he said. Brandt said the field will be narrowed to three applicants, who will visit campus for an orientation and exposure to student organizational activities. j|j ? *** jj| ......v ?Br" y&ms&^mm **** -? m*m Year-em I ( th< tei ev for unior Whi In An n 1 A% oKiv vii vauipua, uie niiai inree applicants will be interviewed by members of the RHUU executive council, students involved in programming, the current programming director and Tom Otts, RHUU director. Otts will have final approval in the selection process, Foster said. Qualifications for programming director include a masters degree or equivalent experience, specialized training in student personnel administration and four years minimum experience in union or related areas. A programming director "Must be able to counsel, advise and supervise staff and students; have a good professional and personal organization; an understanding of business and financial operations; and must have an excellent understanding of the Union programming concept," according to ,#Cl>V~ i] 1 ! 1 ?. 5-^ , j artiiawfv:.. * i tads ii '' --~H Jt-K ; * Ajt/? :*^^BW^yjy Bfejyl^ll V'v'?iMSH jMKmJL ^ " wuf " =* VaO. i celebrc Carolina students participated in their favorite ? annual spring outdoor concert. As thousands crowded intramural field A rtainment proved less important than the so ent. In other words, chugging beer and othe i pioyrciij the search committee's criteria fo reviewing applicants. DUTIES OF THE new director will in elude supervising the union's progran advisers, undergraduate student assistants all volunteer assistants, the Travel Center and Student Activities, according to the jol description. This past September, Gretchen Laatsch the current programming director, an nounced her resignation effective nex month. Laatsch filed a grievance witl university personnel after awaiting hei request for reclassification from the state Personnel Division for more than two years. LAATSCH SAID at the time that althougl the grievance was not the main factor in hei resignation, it influenced her decision. "] have been at the top of my (job) grade for 5 w .-.Mtoc-.i:' ??!> . . j? ' i| ? I I i i i. W-i _ < < :S x:: : l?v . I 1 jT ?" ^ j i ^ t PP$Sr*381fgfcf c JU?^^':.: -Wji Bk ' ' IMMBKB ?H V I SBT eSHHS^ i tion ; pursuit Saturday: ^ geS'smoking rcel Although the music w /-lirltr*'* * " *?" '" i wiv muoivai cir WIUII i dtxiti iu u^ payn cial aspects of the enjoyable, and a good tin r various alcoholic See story and pictures n position r two years, and I have received no raise except for a cost-of-living increase," Latsch said after announcing her resignation. 1 Laatsch received reclassification this past October, retroactive to Sept. 1. "1 had been doing the job for two years before 5 reclassification," Laatsch said; however, she said she was not receiving adequate salary. Brandt said the salary for the new programming director will be "between $16,000 and $19,000." t i Laatsch said the duties had changed since r January, when all functions of Student t Activities were added to the programming director's job description. "It's really a new job," she added. 1 "The person filling the position is going to I have to have a wide background," Laatsch said. ?T ? ...... y x J w*^ Jx :S. :^M.'i^l"r-?r f 1 r -'---:' r^;>>si is. :;'?-y'A-,^J;'] - E "" "^! ""/ ^ ~^,T^ :<^^jjjf 1 j fer and just plain partying was the theme of asn't nearly loud enough, and the students ig attention to it anyway, the bands were ne was had by all. on page 10.