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SG runoff results p. 3 irf~?>- H Play evokes emotion p. 8 S USSI^P??m H^aif gj| AB&Qbl ^jw H^V March 25,1983 Deacons dump USC P- 11 | | | hBI University of South Carolina I* Committee cuts in 4 de Bv Glnnn Rnrbinc $ The Academic Affairs and Faculty Liaison Committee of,the USC board of trustees proposed cuts in four academic departments yesterday. The committee met in executive session for 3 1/2 hours to i discuss these proposals. The committee proposed suspension of the masters degree in anthropology. The program will not be eliminated, but two vacant positions will remain unfilled. The undergraduate degree in health education will be phased out, with emphasis instead placed on the graduate department. ? This program was chosen to be cut because of an enrollment reduction. Dean Winona Vernburg said enrollment in health education has declined from 111 to about 55 students in four years, partly because admission standards were raised. THE FOUR associate degree programs in me uonege ol Applied Professional Sciences will be phased out in two years or more. Dean Harry Varney said he feels the restructuring of the college will make it more beneficial to the university. In the Department of Media Arts, the undergraduate degree will be reassigned to ? the College of Applied Professional Sciences. The masters degree will be suspended. USC President^ James Holderman said it was originally intended for the media arts department to be under APS. "I feel the solution is perfect," Holderman said. "It allows us to draw on faculty in the Applied Professional Studies Department." He said the media arts masters degree program was only suspended, so it may be # brought back if the economy improves. Holderman said students now enrolled in the Quorum dissolves as st Confusion n * % PIk Steve Short, Finance Committee chairman, financial appeals of student groups. Five orga the committee for more money at the Student Wednesday night. proposes ipartments program will be allowed to graduate. Porter McLaurin, media arts chairman, had no comment on the proposal. He said he is not sure what will happen to the faculty members who received notices their contracts, will not be renewed. DEAN OP" the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Chester Bain said he feels the merger of media arts with the APS is a "workable solution to the dilemma facing the university." The proposed cuts will be recommended to the full board, which will act on the proposals. The proposed merger of media arts with APS could end the long controversy surrounding the media arts department. The controversy began Feb. 11 when McLaurin said the Department of Media Arts was informed that the administration planned to recommend a phaseout of the department. It was also rumored the APS department would be phased out. The ohaseout of mpdia arts would have affected seven faculty members, 170 undergraduate students and 41 graduate students, McLaurin said. SOME FACULTY members, after hearing the rumors, charged the administration with not consulting faculty before making such decisions. The controversy reached its peak Feb. 28 when four media arts faculty members received letters telling them their contracts would not be renewed. Students majoring in media arts later received letters advising underclassmen to consider changing majors. If the latest proposal passes the board of trustees, only the graduate division will be eliminated and the undergraduate division will merge with APS. inatnrs walk nnt # b it wy B Wy W W GDt ^ tL larks SG Senat assa^ By Rachel Waterhouse Confusion and controversy r the last scheduled Student r . ..... ~~~~ meeting Wednesday when a % from organizations on their a budgets were heard. Five organizations filed appe more money from the F Committee and the Student i after the budget was passed Ma \ The Student Bar Associatio largest organization on ca requested money in addition to: the Finance Committee allotted DISCUSSION ON SBA's r was scheduled to be heard aft USC Dance Company's appet For more than an hour, se contradicted each other, voted t and out of executive sessioi deliberated on whether to fur organization. The Finance Committee allot funds for the dance company thi because of poor fin a management in the past, comi Chairman Steve Short said. USC Dance Company spokesw ar IN SENATE debate, it was rei the company accumulated standing debts, created bad rel >to by ^ry Ann Mollis with vendors in Columbia an coordinates the properly used purchase rei nidations asked (money drafts required when Senate meeting university funds) You are punishing us, but yi also abolishing us," Earle said. _ -,J~ /_ -J _ Disappointment in Greensboi Columbia resident Mary Osean looks on in disa| as Carolina's men's basketball team lost to W National Invitational Tournament. See page 11 foi e budget appea narred 'I don't have anything to ppeals ^e' anC' ' C'0n t See y?U Hotted all have to hide. We are here ais for to represent the students.' inance Senate _ Finance Committee Chairman rcn 9 n, the Steve Short mpus, No decision was made on the dance company's appeal because two hours equest 'nt? ^e Senate meeting, so many er the senators had left there wasn't a il. but quorum (a majority), and the Senate quests After 20 minutes of debate, a fiveusing minute recess was called. m are AFTER THE recess and a few clarifying statements from Erickson, )f the was unable to vote. com- During discussion about the dance company, a senator requested the nators Senate go into executive session. 0 go in 1 and THE SENATE decided to do so, but id the then heard motions from senators who wanted people other than i 1 __ _ onnof At*C f A of atf I\j^ r-? *?lr rio o ia/ oy lYlcll IV flit ICIVviUIlj syear assistant to the dean of student afncial fairs, was allowed to stay as an admittee viserMatt Ward, Academic Committee 'Oman chairman, moved to let the Gamecock e not stay in the closed executive session. 'ill go This brought controversy on both sides of the issue as senators shouted their opinions. /ealed "I don't have anything to hide, and I out- don't see what you all have to hide.' Ve ations are here to represent the students," d im- Short said. p ^mSSS i f |E|H^PH^^'^l 1 iES^ ^?B8Bg9Bb>. * ffi ?*T3m Ml ?:V..-V' y... ' " ,_ Pholo by joe |a< kson u ipointment last night in Greensboro, N.C., ake Forest in third round action of the r game story. il meeting the Senate decided not to go into executive session. SG Vice President Mike Sheely decided it would simplify the Senate's legislative process to go into executive session and then vote to come out. All organization representatives, guests and the media were sent out and minutes later allowed to go back in. It was found the Senate no longer had a quorum to carry on business, so a meeting was scheduled for Wednesday. The Senate is to decide the appeals of the dance company and SBA at this meeting. THE SENATE did decide appeals of three other organizations. The Graduate Society for the Advancement of Physical Sciences appealed because they received a two-thirds cut from the 1982-83 budget, but the allotment remained at $1,290. The USC-Columbia Correctional Institute organization's appeal was also denied. The prisoner-educating program will have three prisoners graduating from USC this spring, but its budget stayed at $700. The Senate complied with the request of the Graduate Association of I .if#* ^ficnonc thiJ HiaIv v,.> uiui mull UUU^Cl remain the same, but be reap portioned. A student senator who wished to remain anonymous told the Gamecock after the meeting that "probably $2(M) will be allocated to the dance company at the next meeting." The senator said the money will come from next year's Senate contingency fund.