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* . I Registration smooth p. 5 irMl B m ItlOUdclJ "War Day" p. 12 ftV|,l%lTll#V Bflk April 30. 1984 Gamecocks win p. 16 ^IfilB^HBB fl B B~sS University of ^Sooth Carolina Saga most lil tor Spur s ne By Cal Harrison The Golden Spur's management may be replaced by Saga, the campus food service, to consolidate the Sour's food and beverace service and programming, Dean of Student Affairs Dennis Pruitt said. Golden Spur manager Mark Taylor told his employees this past week that the decision had been made, and Saga would manage the Spur next semester. The announcement of the decision was made this past week at a Russell House staff meeting, but Pruitt and Carl Chandler, director nf c:iv fhprp ic "nnfhino in mrifino " - ~~D~ >W>16. ''People can talk about things ? about things possibly happening ? and I'll go along with it and say 'fine,' but I don't believe anything's for sure until it's in writing," Chandler said. "For the Spur to be successful, it must operate as an auxilliary service. An auxilliary service can't lose money. In order for the Spur to be a responsible facility it's got to have a good food service, beverage service and programming, Pruitt said. Pruitt said the Spur had not had good food service for the past 3 or 4 years. League Green, the Spur's assistant Professors ca By John Deiner and Ann Farmer Tenure was the issue at hand 12 days ag( Zeltner bolted into USC President James Hole and took a student intern hostage ? a siege t |U? A . W 111C CA-piUlC53UI 3 ucaui. However, that incident is probably wider kn tenure actually is, and how a professor ob understood, its importance is hard to dismiss. A professor who obtains tenure is guarantee< university for as long as he wants it and is i dismissal unless there are extenuating circumst "I SUPPOSE the original concept was to members to freely discuss topics that could g faculties," said Henry Price, associate dean of Journalism. "Because their jobs are protecte< open to the vagaries of public opinion. "It also ensures that the university will the kinds of teachers any outstanding universit to remain outstanding," Price said. Price is a former member of the University nn/4 DfAmAHAnp Af 4 'PAmmWfA idiuiw auu i luiuuuuiu, v/i iuw vvi/iuiuikiv makes final tenure recommendations to the ' who then makes recommendations to the Boa The Committee of 24's decision for or again ed on the successive votes by a professor's coll ment chairman, dean and the USC provost. PROFESSORS USUALLY are considered ing their fourth year of teaching, USC Lega Ward said. m: ?? IMIUdlciyilcfM dU By Chris Handal The CIA's minning of Nicaraguan harbors may curtail the spy agency's increasing u/hifh hpoan whpn Rnnnlfl took office. News that the Central Intelligence Agency was directly involved in mining Nicaraguan harbors, a violation of international law, brought a storm of controversy on Capitol Hill that climaxed in CIA director William Casey appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee this past week. Criticism of the CIA was not contained to partisan alligencies. One of the most strident critics of the operation was staunch conservative, Sen. Barry Goldwater who wrote in a letter to Casey that he was "pissed off." HE ALSO wrote: "This is an act violating international law. It is an act of war. For the I life of me, I don't see how we are going to exrilain it " 11 And, New York Democrat Sen. Daniel Moynihan had threatened to resign as vice <ely choice w managers manager said, "We discontinued Saga as our food service at the beginning of this semester because their product wasn't fresh and it wasn't prepared properly." Pruitt said on a projected basis the Spur would be losing money. He said a pure auxiliary service must operate on at least a break-even basis, and the Spur will not meet these guidelines. Although he wouldn't comment about where the idea for the change originated, Pruitt said he would have the final decision. "We've talked to Dennis Pruitt and he said he would like us to consider the idea of possibly running the Spur next year, and at that point we said we would be interested, but we are waiting to get something from them in writing that would indicate what avsiuv kji uiv^it ^uiiv^un v^uauuici daiu. Taylor said the profits from the Spur go back into the Spur and directly benefit the students. Chandler said if the Spur were run by Saga, USC would receive a percentage of the profits. He added that having the Spur run by Saga would eliminate USC's liability for tne spur s losses. ill complicate! 3 when Phillip lerman's office ha, ended with <<(Temlre) is a system t own than what rights as you can possit tains it. Once no#* nL A x ? USC Chapter of Univei i a postion at a protected from :ances. > allow faculty et them in dif- "Typically, individuals do i the College of fourth year of appointment. 1 i, they are not year, but if you still have an year, you receive a letter of have available work for the final year before y needs to have Ward said. Committee of 24 Chairman Committee on three criteria for granting a e of 24," that cellence, scholarship and servi [ isr nrpcirt#?nf Hpnarfmpnl wants to nlace on rd of Trustees. nature of the department, she st tenure is bas- "There's a whole lot of d eagues, depart- journalism. You can do a lot going into a laboratory," Alt< for tenure dur- SHE SAID sometimes a tea 1 Counsel Paul be evaluated by anyone at USC university's expert in that par tivitv mav nnrt I 1 chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee although he changed his mind after Casey met with the committee. ^ mnr r%r\? /\nlii nnn*>ti o t tKn O w nui aiii?i y ai uiv uci vji mining the harbors but also at the fact that they were not kept informed of the CIA plans. The law governing the CIA says that the director must keep the intelligence committees of Congress "fully and currently informed." BUT THIS was not the first time, Congress was ill-informed by Casey. Democratic Rep. Norman Mineta of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence told Newsweek in October 1983: "We are like mushrooms. They (the CIA) keep us in the dark and feed us a lot of manure." That same article also seemed to foreshadow the current controversy. "Critics on and off Captitol Hill say Casey shows an old, cold warrior's insensitivity to the poten No strings attached Lisa Bishoo. a local bank <\~r!ifsf? employee, helps with registra- -" tion amongst balloons at Satur- 1jdSi 'Jlllp day's March of Dimes Walkathon. ' I J. i tenure procei ??????? candidate's refer* university, who courtesy., . which gives you as many ye^taid lly think of." the tenure procej rsity rrotessors r resident "Tenure is a r Peter Becker there is a need to flexibility (in the "There's a peri _? don't know of ai changes have not not receive tenure before their "eachers are reconsidered every THE CHAIRN adverse decision in your sixth way is right and r< non-reappointment. You then system does the leaving the university faculty," serves. Student input a Inon A Itol rncp caiH arp hppancp ctuHpnt e , J V til I nilVIXI UOV ilivi V V UVVU14UV V? V MV4VIIV ? professor tenure: teaching ex- departments to ji ice. The amount of emphasis a "Student evalu i each criterion depends on the the most import said. Business Adminii ifference between physics and 24. of things in journalism without "(The BA tenu skruse said. unannounced an fessors feedback cher's area of excellence cannot tenure the first t ^ because the teacher may be the teaching style wii ticular field. In those cases, the oil riA'o rnlo iaj tin uin o i uiu vv news analysis tial embarrassment and diplomatic danger that secret missions always pose ..." In itial reports after Casey's visit to the Senate Intelligence Committee suggest the in ciueiit win reditu 111 miilici icpuiwug piucedures for the agency. The danger is that Congress could go too and damage the CIA as it did in 1970s. During that period, Congress cut the clandestine agency's budget by 40 percent and personnel by 50 percent. Also, operatives were reduced to around 300 during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. In the early '60s, the CIA had thousands of oneratives. PRESIDENT REAGAN took office with a committment to improve the agency. The Republican platform said: "We will provide our government with the capability to help influence international events vital to our na 1MW Vo a <x3^&BE&&%&3& _9ksXi?IG^&\ mHr i i ' m^Hnm *^^vnflflESHl I^h ww ^ ^ M* ?? < ' ^ j| ||m &> ?* < /> <j* 't . ^ BS ^ ^HHIBHHB^HIV Photo by Jennifer Wooten lure fair snce papers are sent to a "referee" at another then reviews them as a matter of academic o has served as committee chairman for a nt changes in each department's criteria allow ;s to be as fair as possible. pcnr\nci'hilifv that tc v^cfpH in f fopnlti; If Ljpvil JIW11UJ tllUi V'OkV'V* ill ill V I MVU1IJ A 1 amend it, it can be done since there is enough process) so that criteria can be changed, odic review of each department's criteria ? I ny year that some small improvements and been made," she said. IAN admitted that she could not say "every osy" with the process, but she said the tenure best it can do for the amount of people it ,lso helps decide what teachers will get tenure ;valuations are extensively used by different ldge a professor's teaching ability. ations are an important component, but not ant," said Susie Vanhuss, member of the stration tenure board and the Committee of ire board) also visits faculty members' classes d then the department heads give the proshe said, adding if a teacher is denied ime he can often learn how to improve his th student evaluations. See "Tenure," page 6 orldwide tional security interests, a capability which only the United States among the major powers has denied itself." Since Casey took over, he has convinced Congress to increase the agency's budget 20 percent or more each year and a substantial increase in CIA employees, according to Time. And, Time and Newsweek agree that the quality of reports the CIA presents has improved under Casey's leadership. The CIA churned out 60 national intelligence estimates, a quintupling from the previous year and Casey's reorganization of analysts has also improved the reports, according to Time. Now, however, the feeling of mistrust is oacK between congress ana tne cia. lime bleakly sums up the situation: "No oversight arrangement will work, or will any program tr> rehnilr! America's covert canahilities work, until a way can be found to dissipate the corrosive mistrust and suspicion that has built between Casey's CIA and Congress."