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USC Provost Frank Borkowski said he was not involved in the decision to terminate the four faculty members' positions, and said such decisions are routine. "Deans have a pretty clear idea of what they are expected to take care of in regard to their college's budget, and some of the deans have tightened ^ up in some ways and other deans have Hirhtpn^H in nthor \ua\/c " Rnflfnuiclri ill vviivi TTUjUj livi nuitoiu said. "The action simply has not be^n taken yet dealing with that program (media arts). I do not nor do I request to be informed about those actions. Those are administrative actions within the colleges," Borkowski said. BUT DEAN Chester Bain of the College of Humanities and Social ? Sciences, who signed the letters, said, "I was told yesterday (Monday) afternoon to send out notices to the four untenured faculty members." He said the call came from "the provost of the university." Bain said he did not know why the decision was made or how much S.& EL EcTMMf J * Ipj . * f J J 1 President J J|%es?dent: j mich adrien This sign on the door of the Studeni announced the postponement of SG electioi :y lose jobs kmiAn'4 I ;id vvuii i i Chester Bain money it would save. He also said the media arts department would not be terminated May 15. Porter McLaurin, the department's chairman and only tenured professor, and three instructors are the remaining media arts faculty. Crediford said, "The instructors don't have to be told (about rehiring) until later in the semester. We are anticipating they will receive the same sort of statement. On the surface this totally eliminates the program." CREDIFORD SAID he was not surprised that four faculty members were being eliminated, but was surprised that it would take effect so soon. "This is what took me by surprise ? that I have 2 1/2 months to find a job instead of a year and 2 1/2 months." FitzPatrick said, "My real concern, and the reason I'm upset, is that they (the students) are the real victims. They have not been informed. They are flocking into the department now. They are really angry and they are OPS. ouiiits court By Chris Handal A dispute over wi ;tvlT an o^_camPus se |M,J| Student Governmei The dispute ar< jPj student, was not all il IS Wllk IT law sch??' beca l\AHI\l I on-campus student ? VJ |M|* " dorm in which the> only for seats assig I f fi Famiglietti app LJlJpl Monday morning, ; f" ' Harriford, chairm H r-resiueiu /\suiey /\ IAEL jiMEELY, .to ensure tv X Government push* E ThImAS Court" and a heart Famiglietti said p/twA student from runn allowed to run for off-campus student The court ruled mission decided to H: probably would ha' ggMjjft ggflBH Famiglietti would ^' allowed to run for a "The problem is I practice/' Harrifo omitted or lost or Photo by Mkhjel Backer AT THE REGU1 will define the fili [ Government office hopes the Senate wi is Tuesday. If the Senate kouo onnfr nuva byiiu frustrated because they don't know. Nobody is telling them anything." The media arts department has 170 undergraduate students and 41 graduate students. Both Bain and Borkowski said ineuia arcs courses would still De offered. "The university has a responsibility to fulfill degree requirements for students in a reasonable time. We have a real moral responsibility," Borkowski said. BAIN SAID teachers could be hired to teach courses on a special contract. He said he will consider temporary hiring so the maximum number of graduate students, seniors and juniors will be able to finish their degrees. "We will obtain the faculty needed in order to meet their (students) needs," Bain said. This method, however, did not meet Crediford's approval. "This is one of thp slvpst wflvs I'vp pupr pnpniintoroH " J *" J ** * * V W* XyV* They may ask us, if we're still around, to do it on contract basis. If they couldn't get one of us who were fired to teach the course, they would subcontract it out to local labor ? scab labor is the term in more unionized areas of the country." The announcement of the four nonrenewals came two weeks after rpnnrt? that tho moriin arte Honort. ment would be phased out, along with two-year programs in the College of Applied Professional Sciences. APS DEAN Harry Varney told the Columbia Record he "doesn't assume" any of his faculty members received letters and that any such information should come from Borkowski. Borkowski said he did not know of any other departments notifying faculty members of non-renewals. Bain also said he did not know of any other department that cut first-year untenured faculty. nt's appeal po settles late ct nether an on-campus student could run for nate seat forced the postponement of nt elections yesterday. 3se when Matthew Famiglietti, a law lowed to file for a Senate seat representing , luse he lives in Laborde dorm. In the past, s could run for Senate seats only for the r lived, and off-campus students could run ( ned to their major. < ealed th- decision to Campus Court according .0 a written statement by Chip I r.1 ~ ~? ? :?:? 1 an vn mc cicciiun uuiuiiussiuil, ailU ' bel. i i lat the elections were held fairly, Student i id for an immediate ruling by Campus ng was held that afternoon, the statement J 1 since no rule prohibited an on-campus 1 ^ A. 1 -1 1 J 1- - mg iui tin uuuciiiipus seat, nt; snouiu oe < the law school seat. A rule does prohibit s from filing for an on-campus seat. J for Famiglietti, and the election com- i postpone the elections because the results i ve been declared invalid on the basis that have been the only on-campus student n off-campus seat, the statement said. this (the old filing procedure) has h?en thp rd said. "Apparently, the rule had been just not written, so we'd like to put it in Isaid. jAR meeting tonight, the Student Senate ng requirements, and Harriford said he ill put the old practice into writing. does so, Harriford said, he expects acts renewed What they're saying now... 'I was very disappointed, and that's putting it mildly. J'm angry as hell.' - Media Arts Assistant Professor Kevin FitzPatrick 'The action simply has not been taken yet dealing with that program (media arts). I do not nor do I request to be informed about those actions. Those are administrative actions within the colleges.' - USC Provost Frank Borkowski 'I was told yesterday (Monday) afternoon to send out notices to the four untenured faculty members. (The call came from) the provost of the university/ - Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Chester Bain 'This is one of the slyest ways I've ewer encountered. They may ask us, if we're still around, to do it on contract basis...lf they couldn't get one of us who were fired to teach the course, they would subcontract it out to local labor - scab labor is the term in more unionized areas of the country.' - Media arts faculty member Gene Crediford stpones elections; indidacy dispute Famiglietti to challenge the rule. "We're going to push for a quick hearing because we don't want to delay elections any longer than they have been," Harrifordsaid. Some candidates have complained about the delay. "The ones i nave spoken to are upset,'' Harriford said. "One candidate felt his chances had been hampered by the delay " THE DELAY in elections is causing other problems. "If we ielay the elections too long, the new officers won't be able to orient themselves to the office before summer," he said. The date for the new election is "pretty much up to the Senate," he said. One plan the commission will recommend would have the initial election next week and the run-off shortly after spring break. Another plan would have both the initial election and the run-off after spring break, Harriford said. A plan to hold both elections next week will not be considered by the election commission because the run-off would lave to be on March 10 or 11, when some students will be leaving for spring break. This would be unfair to the run-off candidates, Harrifordsaid. Several problems will develop if Campus Court rules that an on-campus student can run for off-campus seats after the a. ? i i i t i ' jcnaie meets weunesuay, ne saia, Decause senate seats A'ould have to be reapportioned. "TO THE COMMISSION, it's pretty frightening that'd we'd have to change everything," he said. If a new reapportionment plan is needed, the elections could be delayed until late April or early May, Harriford said. Filing for Senate seats will reonen tomorrow and will last until 4:30 p.m. Friday. When filing closed last week, 72 people had filed for seats. No one filed for 14 seats, and 14 people were running unopposed. Filing for campus wide offices will not be reopened because the case did not affect the filing procedures for those offices, Harriford said.