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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.
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"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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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minutes of the last two meeting
because he said the ex-senator
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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.
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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
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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.
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nounced her resignation after five
s years serving as a senator. She
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n her challenge was to get the plus
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with the judiciary system and the
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