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8B This park at Asssmhly and Greene streets is the site USC I as the future home of an arts center for USC. USC officials diffi ByJoeCumbia "i .. I . i .. l.ii . if i. i n"< Hi i r' 1 - .... i . .. nil r. Although USC President James B. Holderman said in a recent press conference that plans for a new arts center are in the making and that the center would be one of the university's main fund-raising goals in the upcoming year, several USC officials knew nothing about it. David Rinker, systems vice president for USC's facilities planning division, said no plans for such a center have come across his desk. " I know little about a proposed center," he said,''but Mr. Vlahoplus may know more." (Chris Vlahoplus is head of the administration/trustee committee).Vlahoplus could not be reached for comment yesterday. Art department chairman John O'Neil said an arts ! center had been on the drawing board for quite awhile, but he knows of no definite plans that have been made to this jnjiui. "They've been talking about it for quite awhile, but now it's kind of on the back burnerwith the economic situation what it is," he said. Hal Brunton, systems vice president for USC's facilities planning division, said he knows nothing about an arts center either. "I know absolutely nothing about it," he said, "but Dave Rinker might." William Moody, chairman of the the Music Department, said he knows nothing about the proposed center. Steve Beckham, executive assistant to the president, could not be reached tor comment on the matter on Friday, Monday or yesterday. In August 1980, Holderman said a major arts project Commission proposed to cut ii Some 2-year pro; From Staff Reports tourism progr The two-year programs in the College of J? Appnea professional Sciences are under the ^""^eir'decK budget ax for the second time in 21 months. aiipffpd1v KaJ Friday, the state Budget and Control Provost Board tentatively approved a recom- January 1981 , mendation by the Commission on Higher "The comi Education that the two-year programs be recognition of phased out by 1985. students in the The Commission made a similar a(jded ??q recommendation in January 1981, but the are in demand measure was killed by the House Education cjiiu i-uDiic worns committee. Commission* CHE ruled at the time that seven January 1981 associate degree programs in the College of "Concerns al> General Studies, as Applied Professional Studies are o\ Sciences was then called, duplicated changes woulc existing programs at Midlands Technical institutions to t College. The decision was based on studies USC appealc made by a Cleveland consulting firm. February 1981 The commission ordered USC to ter- appeal, accon minate its secretarial and hotel-restaurant- was that the s * * ".A- * y V. lev*-. * ? v* C * ?*/ - v %,?/ * . .. k-' ..c;<>*. v.* . .\* <* 2&^mHCSPmIBF^^ ^':f^P?r^Sr:-i^^-? _ v- VI 3BSIsi ?? -^RlS : mmBKM ~ < |*g^ . . fll | * ^ *a?i~i ?0H ' : ^ *?&* ;^^||j|jtttfHnB. _- - - - 3'JV^- - >, - '^/_"7V | 'resident James B. Holderman said is being considered ? - - er on arts center should be thg ''top priority in the state." "You show me one major university in the country that doesn't have a developed arts program. I'd like to see it," he said. "This program is not a Jim Holderman fantasy." Gov. Dick Riley expressed concern at the time that the arts center might cost more than the state could afford to pay. When the Budget and Control Board allotted $250,000 for nlnnnin#* i. ' ? Claiming iui tuc ccmer, nney s press secretary Kuss McKinney said, "The governor is saying, 'don't spend $250,000 and come back with a blueprint for a $40 million arts center.'" Six auditoriums were planned for the center, but Riley had asked Holderman prior to an August 1980 Budget and Control Board meeting whether USC could use existing facilities for performances. In November 1930, the Commission on Higher Education recommended to the Budget and Control Board that the state appropriate $5.2 million for the 1981-82 fiscal year to pay for the first year of construction. At the time, the center ranked seventh on CHE's list of 78 construction v|/uyiio? C. Otis Taylor, chairman of the commission's Committee on Facilities, said he felt the center was very important. Not all CHE members agreed, however. "I think every project on this list is more important than the USC arts center," Commissioner Fred Sheheen said at the time. "I have a problem with ranking a non-academic facility over academic areas," commission member Robert C. Gallagher said at the time. 1 1981 * iiaa r grams ai U5i lacf ams and to convert the five sultants that the prograi ograms to four-year bac- eliminated was erroneously grams. the consultants' final report, jion to drop the programs is About CHE, the appeal d on the consultants'report," confusion and inconsistenci Francis Borkowski said in mission's activities and p "But that is just fraudulent. clearly illustrate the dangei mission has shown little action." the fact that there are 2,300 Sheheer. ,aid CHE had tak< i General Studies programs," to reach a decision. "The u: raduates of* these programs what they want to read and ir by employers." the way they want them ir ... said in February. fir Fred Sheheen said in that USC was overreacting. gov. Riley, the only Budg out the collapse of General Board member willing to rerdramatized." He said the latest recommendation with* 1 contribute to "shaping the iast week, also supported heir appropriate missions." directive. "The Commissi* id to th<? Hoiisa in ? -* - - - -- ? ?,? ;?" uaucauon must De upheld L. One of the bases for the mendation if we are to ha iing to the USC statement, coordinated system of higher itatement by one of the con- said at the time. Senate considers campus court changes By Rachel Waterhouse Student Senate is considering a new Student Government judiciary code system that would change the names, com isuauiim ctnu jurisdiction oi tne campus court system. "The change will be a more philosophical one than a structural one," said Dana Morris, Student Judiciary Committee chairman. Morris said the new system will have more of an educational purpose than a legal one. UNDER THE new system, the Campus Court name will be changed to Campus Judicial Board, and the Supreme Court name will be changed to the Judicial Appeal Court, Morris said. Campus Court, selected by 24 judges, has four students, two faculty members and an administrator-elect. A student . presides as the chief judge. Under the new system, the Campus Judicial Board will have seven students: five undergraduate and two graduate. Two faculty advisers will serve on the committee, with one as chairman. The Supreme Court has five students, three faculty members and one administrator serving. The student chief justice serves as chairman. THE NEW JUDICIAL Appeal Board will have five students: three undergraduate and two graduate. There will be two faculty advisers, with one as chairman. The number of staff members stays the same in both systems, but the composition changes with the new system. Students will be the majority on both boards, but the position of chairman will shift from a student to a faculty member. Morris said he is concerned about the change of power. "Students should be chairing the board over student problems, not a?iministrators," he said. Under the new system, students will be appointed by the university president, with the approval of the SG president and members. Faculty advisers will be appointed by the Facultv Senate chairman UNDER THE CURRENT system, students are appointed by the SG president and confirmed by the Student Senate. Faculty members are appointed through Faculty Senate procedures, and administrators are appointed by the university president. Therefore, the overall appointment power will shift from Student Government to the university president. "The nrPfsiHprit nf thp Iinivofcitu hoc mnM " g . v-. o??.j uao UlUi C UUl.1 CUUil UI1UU1 uic new system," Morris said. Another change under the new system dictates that students can be removed from the Judicial Appeal Board, but faculty advisers cannot, Morris added. The present system has jurisdiction over student conduct, academic discipline and SG problems, such as election disputes. THE NEW SYSTEM will deal only with student conduct, Morris said. The boards are responsible for hearing cases for violations of the General Student Conduct Regulations through an educational peer review process. Morris said he is concerned about proper representation of academic discipline and SG problems. "If another election dispute like last year occurs, in the new system there will be Sm "Judicial Systm" page fter ; budget ax again tis should be March 3? 1981> House committee t inserted into ted 11-6 to kill the CHE proposal. CHE Chairman James Bostic Jr. attributed the "Tho victory to Iisr'c cnr^ri . ?iJV, ? ? "V.J/V-.ivi ii/uujtug puwer es in the com- and legislator's "shenanigans." ronouncements ________ ___? of precipitous - m eight months I O & 1 ? ? niversity reads While the Gamecocks are practicing iterprets things for football action, the Carolina band is iterpreted," he practicing for Saturday halftime. Page three. et and Control * Amy Grant' a contemporary Christian accept CHE's vocalist, provided a few surprises in her Mit rpsprvation concert Monday before a mostly high the first CHE scho?l- and college-aged crowd at The on on "Higher Township. Page eight. in its recom- Senior Gordon Beckham has been ive a rational, named starting quarterback for USC's education," he football team. Page 10,