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. H . ?" The Gamecock Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 77, No. 75 University of South Carolina ^ March 27, 1985 *State senai By Bob Kudelka South Carolina senators want the attorney gei states such as South Dakota in filing suit agains government for its drinking age mandate. The Senate has adopted a resolution asking general to join suit with South Dakota and other j the federal government for threatening to with funds if the state's legal drinking age isn't raisec old by September 1986. The House is consideri W request. A State House spokesperson said Attorney Cu Mcdlock is soon expected to make a decision 01 not South Carolina will be named in the suit, town at this time. "BY NEXT WEEK, we will have more inforn Assistant Public Information Director Marsha S The state Senate Finance Committee will vote i m a bovernor s plan 'university officii Bv Amy Bedenbauah USC officials say the university is already working on the improvements proposed in Gov. Dick Riley's five-point program for excellence in higher education that was announced Friday. Francis Borkowski, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, said the university has "already begun to address a 4k number of the points raised in the plan." I nf ^/liu>af inn U'hii'h hpnin switching two years ago to a new undergraduate teacher certification program, is fulfilling the part of the plan calling for more rigorous undergraduate curriculums, said Dean John Mulhern. UNDER THE NEW 138-hour curriculum, students earn a degree in either humanities and social sciences or science and mathematics and a certificate in education. A high SAT score, not previously required, will be essential to get into the program, which will admit its first students in the fall, 9 Mulhern said. Another of the plan's proposals is to use standardized exams such as the Graduate Record Exam to get a better idea of the quality of the state's college graduates. The College of Education gets feedback on its grauuates oy reviewing meir resiuis on me National Teacher's Exam, Mulhern said. The test is not part of the university's graduation requirements, but a student cannot get a certificate in education unless he or she passes the exam. Mulhern said he expects about 300 students to graduate with certificates each ^ year under the new program, a drop from an Should areeks. as well as non be rotated for football block : A V 9" IS mn ' u 1-? ^ out ana | USC students speak ' on block seatinc i I tors may sue 11 cm'to join /\ State House spokesperson 5 t the federal , _ General Travis Medlock is soon expec the attorney decision on whether or not South C itates against ... ? old highway named in the suit. J to 21 years ng a similar the bill that would raise the state's drinking :nera! Travis The House passed the bill in February, bu 1 whether or two concessions. The first occurred when an He is out of would raise the age immediately failed. Th calls for the age to go up in August of 1986 But another amendment, called the Sunset lation," said pass. The passage means if the federal coi ilver. government's mandate and threat towithholi next week on the legal drinking age will return to 20 imnr nothing new, jIs maintain mm average of 375 graduates h year under the old program ' ? The changes in the undergraduate educa- V tion progt.un, Borkowski said, "are the " reason why the Summit Conference, spoil- | sored by the f 'ational Institute of Education, d ...iii u.? urti,i ... i ic/" :M M win uc itciu <u u JV. ill vytiuuti , ui ingiii? |M|. 2,(KK) leaders it education from across the United States to Tolumbia.'* MKftP * "L'SC'S PRESIDENTIAL Commission is W Bt currently taking an extensive look at the undergraduate progra.n throughout the nine- j i~r campus system," Borkowski said. I c Elmer Schwartz, deai. of undergraduates ' in USC's College of Engineering, said the college regularly monitors its graduates' results on the Engineer In I aining Exam, a student's first step to getting \n engineering license. The lest is not reqiired before graduation, but "most students do choose to take i( before (hey graduate," he ?aid. 'v'v y'/.-t The subjects in the school's cu riculum, which is "fixed by the Accreditory B.>ard for Engineering and Technology, is alrcau more rigorous than you'd want to shake a stick at," Schwartz said. Riley's plan also calls for strenghtcning die \ * l..,L K.oknnlc in.l xnll?n.? VV' ' entering students know what's expected 01 them in college. Achieving this goal doesn't FWBMGSM mean "writing clearer college catalogs, but g| .. giving high school students a background on 0 0111 the skills they need to be successful in college," said Thorne Campton, dean of the Englisl College of Humanities and Social Sciences. yester Sen "Plan," page 6. ? ? 1 greeks. "?cvy UUIUBINHM seating? By Gregg Lasky New guidelines for registering campus events involving alcohol have been ' . ? implemented because of changes in the >em is sat ,irSni,;n?i-?,c venn501 ^he purpose ol the new policy is to . t o designate areas on campus where a stuana It), dent Of legal age may consume wine. Id pretty ^eer or liquor and to classify the condi-. , t, ' ' tions under which students may use ? alcoholic beverages. . Student organization coordinator Hn SimOllt Donna Null said before student groups Sonior )puu.>ui all uii-idinpu) cvcm iiiYuivmg } alcohol, they must send a represen? j tative to a planning workshop. j But some groups have found it easy OUl to switch to dry parties. Panhellenic Coancil President An Ij nette Pricc said the first dry fraternity rushes went well. "We were really pleased with how See page 3 wc" l',e fraternities abided by the ?.i rules," she said. over drinl TIIK COMMITTEE aid Attorney bc rc'"?vcd ' It the bill passes the cc :ted to make a where it will be reviewe arolina will be wiu '? "!i; s;c"a,c dcs! amended. If it is passed end up on Gov. Dick Ri The South Carolina di 10 19 years old last June age to 21. t opponents won Two protest marches ' amendment that State Student Legislatui n Llrtiico tiarcinn i UrM I TTC r# i < iv iiuujw ?\.i jiuii (u/uui "tuiutim. Also, almost 2,000 stii Amendment, did the drinking age, an efl urts overrule the Snell and SG Sen. Trip 1 d highway funds, to the legislators the da; ediately. main in the SG office. '"'He' ffl 1 JBHBS' ng around I) freshman Chris Stevenson, unlike many s day's warm weather. Instead he played pool ; require alcohc Intrafraternity Council President Kevin Hall said "We've tried to take the stress off of alcohol, f or instance, there will be no alcoholic beverages at Greek Week games this year, and we are replacing Quad happy hours with cookouts." The possession and consumption of liquor is only permitted in a student's dorm room provided that those participating are at least 21 years of age. The possession and consumption of wine and beer on campus is limited to students at least 20 years of age only in the following areas: residence room or apartment, fraternity lounges, sorority rooms, some Russell House rooms, residence hall social rooms, Top of Carolina, the Golden Spur, Alumni House, Bell Camp and McKissick Museum. All students attending an event where beer or wine are served must carry proof ot age. At activities wnere king age MAY rci-voinmcnd that the Sunset , or may approve the bill as it stands. >mmittee, it will go to the Senate floor d favorably or unfavorably. Next it ( for debate where ii could possibly be by the at-large Senate, the bill would ilcy's desk for ratification. tU iinarr mlA I I I I IN I I I llV. ? V I I l 14 I f I I V* 11 I I ll J 1111 .1 VMU , and then to 20 years old in January. were sponsored by the South Carolina e and Student Government, drawing idents signed a petition auainst raisinc fort organized by SCSSL Gov. Tony i'hilpot. The signatures were delivered y of the first vote. Blank petitions re BRME- ! ^tiA V ' ' ^^BIISiSS? V JOSEPH GARNETT I The Gamecock tudents, chose to stay inside during at the Russell House Gameroom. il workshops there are students both of legal drink mg age ana under the age ot zu, the hosting organization is responsible for insuring that only those of legal age drink beer, wine or liquor. Nonalcoholic beverages and food must be provided at each event. Jim Estes, president of Sigma Chi fraternity, said the university's new policy has helped his fraternity. "We had one of our most effective rushes ever. We didn't have alcohol in the way. The pledges were much more open and were not as intimidated as in other years," he said. USC fraternities agreed that any chapter which violated the dry rush rule would be fined $10 per member. Dormitory groups can register events through the Department of Resident Student Development. Other student groups must register through Student Activities office.