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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
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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
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'resident James B. Holderman said is being considered
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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
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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
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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.
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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*
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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 .
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es in the com- and legislator's "shenanigans."
ronouncements ________ ___?
of precipitous -
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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,