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Htsm Ex-U.S. N USC presii Da. U?. D.Ua ay uoan noiiiuil Q erne cock 8tiif4 Writer The first black U.S. Marshall to serve in the South since Reconstruction, Andrew Chisom is also the first black to serve as an assistant to the president in the USC administration. Chisom's office, which replaced the Minority Student Affairs Office last July, will advise USC president James B. Holderman and will serve as a unifying agent for minority students, faculty and staff. Chisom said he has become accustomed to the status "first and only black" when he takes on a new post and hopes this position will provide "a sense of focus and a role model" for minorities on campus. "I WAS ONCE A minority ctn^pnf nttpnHino a nrnHnminontl\/ white university," Chisom said. "After an occurence with a state trooper, I realized that there was a better way than violence to address the problems of minority students on campus. These problems cannot be effectively solved outside the mainstream of campus." Chisom said he strongly urges minority students to participate fully in campus life in order to gain and benefit from USC. mj i co^uiuiuiiujf is iu u y iu create an atmosphere that is conducive for minority students to pursue their academic aspirations," he said, "and to provide the kind of systemic support to minority faculty and staff that will create a feeling of belongingness." Last spring a local radio station asked black students how they felt about attending a predominantly APPL1 Omicron D National L Requirements: 1) 60 or more hours completed | 2) cumulative 3.0 GP 3) significant contrib arts, athletics, me< Applications Availal rack near Info. Des ? Mm ico Career Planning & I Honors Program O' Deadline S? in latoiiaii is dential aid white university. The results showed that black students felt the university was unresponsive to the needs of the minority, according to Chisom. Chisom said he hopes to change this attitude by "making myself accessible and visible" and acting as an open means of communication between minorities and the administration. "PRESIDENT HOLDERMAN is attempting to make USC more responsive in all areas," he said, "and to develop programs that will deal with issues before they become problems." "The concept of this office will be broader than the Minority Student Affairs Office, Chisom said. "We will not only be dealing with students, but also with the faculty, staff and community relations." Only three percent of USC's lcujuity uicuiucia die iiiiiiuiiiy, Chisom said; "however, this is not the fault of the university." Minority faculty members "are not readily accessible" because prospects are not very numerous, he said. "My office will assist specific schools at USC in the recruitment of minority faculty members." A Minority Affairs Committee, made up of three faculty members, three staff members, three students, and three members of the community, will be formed to asisst Chisom's office in communicating with and advising the president. "We hope this committee will acquaint the minority community with the services that USC provides and create a feeling in the people that this is our university/' Chisom said. rnoi^s elta Kappa eadership iety R 91 utions to academics, Jia, and other activities ble: I ; k, 2nd floor Russell Placement Or Call 8544 ffice iptember 21 1 ,iV '^Ml iSHgSgigra Andrew .\pn/ifo i special < By Sharon Buchanan Oamacock Staff Writar The Student Senate will hold a special election Oct. 8 to fill 20 vacant seats, according to SG Vice President Mike Warshauer. The election will be held to fill seats vacated by senators who were forced to leave because they changed residency and no longer live in the district they serve. Empty seats left from last spring will also be filled, according to Warshauer. Warshauer read an opinion from SG Attorney General Peter A. Levinson, Sept. 12, which stated senators moving from their districts can no longer serve in that district. Dttcrmi jjjttg%- AHO Olfllrfetu SBFfoj M&w6a?6 cF i JRk <#l /MMff HOkjg ~ cTHT% > II I II r r %fc V j JSp;^ i Chisom to hold election THERE WAS a motion fr Senator Bill Fox to invalidate thi minutes of the last two meeting because he said the ex-senator should have been ineligible fo those meetings. Since the senat was unsure if they could invalidat the meetings, the minutes fror last week's meeting were ter tatively approved until the Rule Committee decides what actio they will take. The majority of the meeting thi past week was devoted to con mittee reports. Community Relations Con mittee chairman Gary Peti proposed getting communit privileges for students such as "USC week" which would giv mm Your Join r\ *H?W ma / > ) T(ce Catotiita wM Mi ib fwdi CAk&AlAilin(( Oil AI IU< 304 aj ike RuMd luf H yw Me Utte pdilm, peopfo, m U o|M and nut expwmm w? . v m mm w^wm Beefcij FliWdH aI students discounts and special deals at various stores just by showing their ID's. He also said he would meet with all the organizations on campus to see what they have planned month by month. THE OFF-CAMPUS Student Affairs Committee will put campus information on their three bulletin boards for off-campus students to be able to see what's going on. The Communications Committee is planning to put up suggestion boxes in various places on campus for student input. Both the Judiciary and the Powers and Responsibility committees presented appointments made by SG President Pete Haeseker to the Senate body and had them approved. P[R announced they had only 10 of 80 appointments left to review and bring before the Senate. The Residential I.ife Committee ' is looking into the AHA food price increase to see if it is fair. They are also looking into the possibility of updating dorm visitation rules. The Academic Committee reported they would be meeting with Faculty Senate chairman Dr. Cooledge about the withdrawal system at the university. The Athletic Committee reported ticket sales to be smooth but with a little less turnout than last week. y Senator Michelle Crout ane nounced her resignation after five s years serving as a senator. She s comnlimented thp spnato for thpir r work and challenged them to do a e number of things before she leaves e the university in May. Included in n her challenge was to get the plus i- grading system extended to s graduate school and to get the n senate to cooperate more closely with the judiciary system and the s faculty. l- "We've got to keep the administration from taking over our i- duties and telling us what to do, 11 KAnAIIC*A I*t?A flAAM /VA ~ ? 11 ucvaiuc A v C 3fXll IUU llldliy JAJWCI y grabs," Crout said. "There are a some faculty out there fighting for e the students as much as you are. Fate ... Debate! F(MMiC6 I meeting IHtuuUuf, 8:00 in Rmwt Heme. Stop ntoted in kavd, iid a good mum. m Uafl &tudmb U wm&wty. lim cofiC 7QQ-9Q(I7