Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' j fco'- ? ?* ^ bulk ua; ii_ SouthfoCaroliniana?Library> U paid t ?oreeshoe *** _ . ... ?'? ??%???? ?? ?-??? ? Bostic quits CHE p. 5 MfagSfoss,. ^ssflife, B ? lfid<Xy Greatest Show On Earth p. 10 S iiMI/^rTMi MmT February 4,1983 Bill Foster plans return p. 13 ^sjj^g|| j| ^ II University of South Carolina Faculty Sen study of edi By Leslie Potesh The Faculty Senate voted Wednesday to have the facultv advisorv eommittw* ctnHu the processes that led to the Board of Trustees' eliminating the College of Education's undergraduate program. Representatives of the College of Education also moved that the Faculty Senate did not have the right to participate in the decision to cut education, specifically referring to Chairman Robert Patterson's remarks to the Board of Trustees Dec. 10. Patterson responded by repeating his statement saying the "recommendations were fiscal in nature only and were not to be taken as substitutes for academic planning." JUDITH JOYNER of the College of Education did not see the decision as purely fiscal. "You cannot present a fiscal matter without presenting those matters to which those fiscal things pertain," she said. Patterson said the College of Education, as a memoer or the Senate, had input into the decision. "The College of Education has representation in the Faculty Senate, and one of its members served on the ninemember grievance committee (formed to protect faculty in the event of budget cuts). USC violated i * From Staff and Wire Reports USC denied a homosexual organization its rignts to freedom of expression and assembly grant the group a campus license, a feder; Wednesday. The university had refused to grant campus the Gay Student Association on the ground! stitution advocated conduct that is illegal in So But Perry disagreed. "Nothing in the cons plaintiff association may be read as ei promoting activity in violation of the law," he 5 "The university was applying the laws of th< Carolina to the facts of this case as it viewed First modern-day bSai 'I did not corr By David Hill Henrie Monteith Turner, the first black student to attend USC after Reconstruction, opened the Afro-American Scholar Lecture Series Wednesday night. Her speech emphasized the need for blacks to use their education to improve not only themselves but other blacks and the J n worm as well. She said her enrollment twenty years ago was an event whose time had come. "The most important aspect of it to me was I had a chance to go to the school of my choice without oppostion from anyone," Turner said. Turner, a 1965 USC graduate, spoke on the "Eights to and Responsibilities of an Education" and also spoke about her historic enrollment at USC. She said she did not see any violence or open opposition towards her. but she was aware of tight security that ensured she could go where she wanted. "I did not come to the university to be liked," she said. late orders jcation cuts "PROCEDURES FOLLOWED were those established by the Faculty Senate, and it is that procedure which I endorsed in a limited way. I hope that these remarks will put the issue to rest," Patterson said. After the motion to study the procedures was passed, Joyner told the Faculty Senate her view of the problem. "Approximately 200 courses, in effect, are to be deleted, probably 25 degree programs. In fact, the entire undergraduate program of the College of Education is to be eliminated, and that was kept in secrecy until after he (Patterson) had gone to the Board of Trustees," Joyner said. "For this reason, we say that process is not consistent with what t have always understood to be the rights and responsibilities of the faculty of this university with respect to curriculum and program changes. inow, l Know that the administration has the rationale for keeping this matter secret from the facility. I'm sure there must be a rationale. I just don't understand it," Joyner said. USC PRESIDENT James Holderman offered the support of the administration in evaluating the procedures. "The administration, the provost, all of us will be happy to meet with the faculty advisory committee at its pleasure to discuss the processes that were followed," he said. jay organizatioi and federal law," said Carl ?7: : university. 1 constitutional by refusing to "It was a clear-cut violation of al judge ruled right of freedom of speech, cAwuuve director 01 tne S.C. A ^ ... have a leg to stand on." i recognition to & 5 that its con- Perry made a summary ruli uth Carolina. hearing for the GSA, which hac ititution of the ?n'versity and its officials. icouraging or The organization is for USC sti >aid. has about 30 members, accord i state of South that at most?the group is a "pro-1 both state law He said it seeks to "promote ;k USD grad ie to the universi Her intention, she said, was to receive an education. The decline in the status of blacks after Reconstruction was the fault, not of the black majority, but of their educated black leaders, Turner said. She said today's blacks are declining in terms of employment, health, education and socio-economic status. She said author John Reed, in his book "Black Americans in the i 1980s," said the situation of blacks is not j. good and may worsen. c Within the last decade, the percentage of t working blacks in white-collar jobs appears t to have fallen, as has the income level of blacks, Turner said. Turner, who chairs the biology depart- \ man) nf ** ? " liviu ui nuanui a morns nrown UOliege, said blacks should use education to be agents of change in the community. "Quincy Jones said, 'What good is a song a if it doesn't inspire?' Education is our s song," she said. Turner said nuclear waste dumping in S South Carolina is an issue in which educated 8 ?*? . * ^:4JB a.5, ~ l^-^un,,! 111' fl m- .. . ^ ~ o. "- ^ - iff " "ijtl ^ ^ :41, ,?... !< ' ' \vl vavwHMWX.'-'. ,.v.v.v>X -Xvi-Xv'v Thumbs up! USC mascot Cocky gives passers-by the basketball team's loss to Florida State Wednesd *. * n's rights, judg Epps, an attorney for the society concerni devotes itself to their First Amendment vices to its m< " said Melissa Metcalfe, orientation. CLU. "The university didn't The unidentifi Buhl and Patrick ing from the bench after a accepted the case 1 filed a lawsuit against the "I think you recognized the p] _ ? w , constitution," Bu udents, faculty and staff and association, free< ing to Metcalfe. Perry said that all of us are e homosexual organization." Epps said ugc e understanding within the appeal the decisi* ity to be liked/ " 'Quincy Jones said "What good ( is a song if it doesn't inspire?" Friliratinn k nnr cnnn ' * ?,a* i - First modern-day * black USC graduate Henrie Turner * i >lacks should exercise leadership. She cited r ligh death rates from cancer and other :auses in counties around the Savannah liver Plant and said it is notable that "all c hese counties are rural, poor and usually, I >ut not always, black." Turner said blacks attending v predominately white institutions may gain h in education but often lose their roots. ^ b Turner said she was not4 'greased through a at USC); I had to work." She said that once a black student enrolls, he has a responibility to finish. g F Tiirnoi* 4 m"?1' uiuv* vi^uncu uci ituni, iviaajesKa ^ limkins, with preparing her for her smooth b tart at USC. h Rfo. ;.|:?j^|| 5^*?? * "* ? ** . - SM K w. ~ *;> Photo by Michael Becker thumbs-up sign despite Carolina's men's ay. e rules ing the lifestyle of the members and which providing information and counseling ser3mbers concerning their own needs and ed students were represented by Herbert : Flynn, who were hired by the ACLU, which have to feel very good that the court laintiffs' First Amendment rights under the hi said. "They have the right to freedom of iom of expression and freedom of assembly mtitiled to under the constitution." officials have 30 days to decide whether to m. Furrier says After the speech, Turner answered juestions from the audience of about 200. Simkins spoke briefly before Turner and ;aid her niece was at a Catholic university n Maryland when the court decision illowed her to enroll at USC. The next participant in the Afro-American Scholar Lecture Series will be Levone robin, who will give a recital on Feb. 24 at lutledge Chapel. Tobin received her naster's decree in miisir* frnm it.qp ir? iqoo .. v??a v/K/V a?a AlAM. ? u The appearances of Turner and Tobin oincide with Black Observance Month at JSC. Larry Francis I^ebby, an artist whose /ork is known throughout the South, will lave a one-man exhibit at McKissick luseum March 2&-31. Lebby received his achelor's degree in art from USC in 1972 nd his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1976, lso from USC. Dr. Raphael Lee, a Boston plastic surgeon ranted a research grant by the McArthur 'oundation last year, will speak April 21 in rambrell Hall Auditorium. He earned his achelor's degree from USC in 1972 and also olds a Ph.D. in that field.