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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
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tors may sue
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t the federal , _
General Travis Medlock is soon expec
the attorney decision on whether or not South C
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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
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"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.
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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. ? ?
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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.
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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.
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, 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
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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.