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Business Viewpoint Snorts L- :?Ti^BrwiaigwraBgagcrsr? r dm ?........'....??...?.?* mSSESS^xixks *? -, ?*?>??s - lege students find tempore.* jobs. pa?e 5. & , - wa,min8 ?P ,or ? ,ou?h season ,he M""" co" lTi ference, page 7. The Gamecock Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 78, No. 30 University of South Carolina October Hi, 1(JS:> Tara Baii % By RONI BEA KAYNE Spotlight editor At West Junior High School in (iaffney, the boys who tackle, block, hit and throw each other around on the football field have a new addition to their daily practice ? a gill who doesn't wear skirts, carry pompons or cheer, "Cio (iaffncy." lara Bailey is a 12-year-old who wears dresses and goes skating on Wednesday nights. a And though she may not look different from girls her age, she is. She plays football on a traditionally male team after winning a court battle for equal rights. "We didn't start out thinking we were fighting for the feminist a I HI - W* wbs Regal The corps of drums of Her Majesty' Forums dis By MARIA FRATUS Staff writer I he second of lour public loruii lhe concerns of contemporary Soi Indians was held Sunday in Collci "The main topic was defining said Ciene Credilord, assistant me lessor. "It hasn't been until recei .1 **i. i ... u..:- : llicy I vl l cl lie til IU Ultll I Although the Catawbas of Y have state recognition, three othe I distos of Colleton, the J Orangeburg and the Pec Dees o Dillon and Marion are not rceog state. Many people think a person is s\r KI'k'L iniil ( "ri'e\iii\ri\ U' photo documentary lor the trave With legislative recognition, pi could receive funds for cult urn programs. I he recognition woul< clout with politicians who could 4% - btuay le By PAULA WETHINGTON Staff writer . a A recent study recommending ' colleges require their students l< pass proficiency tests in botl general education and their fielc of study led to a conference at tin Marriott Hotel in Columbia thi: week. The conference, which begai Sunday and ended Tuesday, sum mari/ed three regional con Terences for more lhan 6(K) of tin nation's leaders in higher cduca tion. I he National Institute o Education, which published th ^ 1984 report, "Involvement ii ) Learning," also sponsored th conference. | i ley just v movement," said James Bailey, lara's father. "She had played before and wanted to play again. Sfie pioved she could do it and s li o u I d he g i v e n t h c opporlunity." lara wanted to play on Iter high school's football team, as she had played four years on little league teams, hut the state High School League prohibited her from doing so. lara set a precedent in South Carolina on Sept. 13 as the first girl ever given the chance to try out for a junior high team. She challenged a league ruling never disputed before in South Carolina, said Malissa Bernctte, the attorney who handled the f||?|i gj gpj " '. gjg j gg ' jg IjJu ISHBi s Royal Marines performed Sunday night :nnss ST.. I of the Indian comrm to Crediford. rcs to discuss The Indians want ith Carolina said. Ion County. I.ddie Martin, the Indianess," dians, said Indiai dia arts pro- unemployment rate ii times that South Carolina, dentity." Some Indians belie ment hindered their ork County forced to go to out' r tribes, the were ostracized. Santees ol "They want their f Marlboro, ethnic slurs," Cred ni/ed by the resentful over the f made nrouress like tl either while The Indians live in produced a 2(X) people. I heir ho ling exhibit. block homes, he said iblic schools not very imposing, tl il awareness filled with family p I also create figurines. fulfill some "Photographs pla "In ;aud iu ic Peter Hwell, author and an of ficial of I he National Center fo ? Higher Education Managemcn > Systems, said colleges and univer i sities must develop their owi 1 means of evaluation or face tin c possibility of having outsid' s organizations, like slat' legislatures, force methods upoi 1 them. I*or students, this couli mean stanuartii/.eu testing as graduation requirement, c I-well said in schools with sue ccssful assessment programs f students learned more, am c credibility of the schools had in i crcased. He noted assessmcn c programs must be flcxibl enough to fit within the pai play footi discrimination in inicrscholaslic sports. The league admitted it couldn't prove the law was lair, and I'inkerton said the league didn't think it was a "big deal" 01 worth taking to the Supreme i/ants to! case on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union. I he law prohibited girls from participating in collision sporls such as wrestling, basketball and football in the seventh and eighth gldUO. I 111 Wlliy LALUJM1UI1 was I lie establishment of separate basketball teams for girls. It was assumed that girls in this age group weren't physically able to compete with boys without getting hurt, according to Jim Pinkerton, executive director ol the league. U.S. District Judge Matthew Perry ruled the law was unconstitutional because it denied individual rights based on sex ^j: ""'"T^v^C - v.:jjj in one of the series of Carolina Concerts ndian tribes iniiy's needs, according beyond their day economic progress, he Unfor culture, chief ol the lidisto In- language us have the highest although among any group in produce Mcmh ve the civil rights move- troducet! progress. Children were accordin side schools where they "I wi could i children protected from change,' iford said. "They are ing a lai act thai they have not the legis lc blacks." years." i groups of about 1(X) to mes are small trailers or I he n . Although the outside is 27, in ti le inside is very neat and in Mai II holographs, images and in the .V I he phc y a real important role forums. iduny uui ticular school while ensuring tha students learn a basic level o knowlcgc to function in the out side world. At the conference supper o Sunday, Terry Peterson, assistan to South Carolina Ciov. Kichar Riley, explained to the educator that state legislatures are m tcrcsted in higher education IrmL ul utii; nf unni i<t??;i seriously," he said. The reason i because legislatures have had t tell taxpayers why the cducatio ii systems aren't turning out pcopl i- that are competitive in today' it world." e Also on Sunday, Iran Newman, president of the Educt Court. "There are no restrictions whatsoever lor gills today, as tar as athletic teams are concerned," I'inkerton said. Other states have abolished laws barring girls from pursuing football careers. Hut I'inkcrlon said that before lara's case arose, girls in South Carolina were told they couldn't play fool ball, and they accepted it. "Ihe argument is that the 1 vr in WMwm!5?^^^B */ Whm^fE:; , 4"rr(rjgg& :"-mw a. ^L\^B--k-'^- \ mefa&fam SAM HOllAND/rtie (iamecock 1 at the Coliseum. concerns simple record keeping. Ii is pari ol '-by-day existence," Credilord said, tunatcly, (Ins is all that is left ol their Credilord said. They have lost theii , original religion and culture, i ihe Catawbas have continued to potter y. ?eis ol the slate legislature have in I bills to recogni/e the Indian tribes, g to ( rediford. >uld like to think my photograph* hange minds and help make <i ' he ?>::id. "I think the Indians are do rly go< d job of staling their case, bul lature process may lake two or three cxi forums will he held at 3 p.m., Oct ic McColl Area High School I ihrar; K>ro County and at .1 r.m., Nov. 10 luseurn of York County in Rock Hill dography exhibit will displayed at tin iference l tion Commission of the States j called this "the year loi undergraduate education' because "states have begun t< n reali/e education is the key to tlx it future." With this has come ; (I concern that higher educatior hasn't focused enough on (tuali i- Iy, as shown by recent certifica i tion lests that one third of th Is test takers have failed to pass, is "However, by quality, w o mean more than tests," he said n "We mean imagination, tisk e taking and civic involvement o s students." He also suggested ri quired civic service for student k to show them "what il (civi i- responsibility) really means." iall, fatht court cannot deny the tad th.it some girls can play and do well on the junior high team," Pinkerton said. "I don't think girls are going to take over foot ball, though." I ara's parents hi ought the ease to the AC I. IJ trying to prove that civil liberties were at slake. I he AC'I.U assigned the case to Hernette, known for her success and interest in issues ol constitu tional law. Hernette said she considers herself a feminist, and this case is just one more step toward equality. I ara's parents, James and Mat Bailey, do not consider themselves liberal, hut are sup Suspensk hurchor t I IUI Ol IUI L By SHARON COSTE Staff wtiler A change in IJSC's scholastic s effcct this semester. Passed by the laculty Senate, i sion rules for scholastically del deficit (CiPD) has fallen helow 2The change effects all two yea caster, Salkehatchie, Sumter, an campus. A student's (iPD can be cal hours attempted by two and thei Art West, director of records a ed that, as before, all students ;i point average (GPA) on all coup main in good academic standing I he new policy calls for immcdi whether it be by semester, yearly The change calls for students' every semester, and if the deficit dent will be suspended for the roughly eight months. West added that at the end of for rcadmission, but there is no may be readmitted to the univers his preferred college or school ail Once a student has been readn CiPA and slay above a 24.5 <?I* sion. A student could only be ad tee from his college or school ag highly improbable. Mike Welsh, assistant provost the policy was to keep students t ble I hey cannot gel out of . Before, a student had to gradi (iPA. He could take another se courses attcniptcd count toward I he new policy was changed which called lor a student to he he fell below a 2.0 Cil'A. I he sti bat ion and advised by his dean university. I hose students who failed to i , have been required to leave that A student's deficiency record [ spring semester, and if his < *PI) for two semesters. However, a student could att liis (ilM) above 24, fie could ret While on suspension, a slue toward graduation from any oth r other learning institution. The change has seemed to tn L. good because it can prevent peop back and not worry about it aru meone who wants to work," business major. Tracy Williams, a junior mai makes students try harder, and i giving the school a better name Muck Jones, a junior busines1 the academic quality ol the uni Pnrraotinn uui i i ______________________________ e On Monday The dame about Alcohol Awareness error, I lie story had the c' I the event actually takes pi, r- is inexcusable, and we ap( s c jf says poitivc ol llicii (.hiiifliin \ lie.] IWWI t I \ . ll-.ll.ill.- I .1,1, "I guess I was the tspKal Southern die h a i d in a I e chauvinist," liailey said. "I newt pictured the Southern white running into disei iininat ion before my daughter pointed to the inequality. And she cannot understand, at her age, vs11\ n inatteis whether she is a gul Me said he was w illnu' io lij-hl lor his daughtei's lights even il n meant spending every penny. "We wcte told the case would eost us S25,(H)0, so we put 0111 house and properly up loi s.ile," nancy said . I lie aim i ?>< ?v See "Football," pau<; 7 m rules his fall landing and suspension policy lake I he new policy involves new snspen icient students whose j?.radc pomi 4.5 points. r US( campuses llcauloii, I an d Union and the US( -( olninhi.i culated by multiplying giade pmni i subtracting grade points earned . . i. .. /\n" < . i. r > . . . .i I I ilv Wl I ILL O I I 11L l\ Cg I S 11 <11 , L \ pi<11II ire required lo maintain ;i 2.0 pade ses attempted ai IJSC in order to ?e and meel graduation requipments ate action il a 2.0 (il'A is not met. or cumulative. grades to he reviewed at the end ot reaches 24.5 points oi moie, tin- sin next major semestei and sininner. the suspension, a student may appk automatic reinstatement. A student ity, but he may not be readmitted ti? (I in:iv he lfirri*<l lo Ink in.iiiu nitted, he mus! maintain aho\e ;t 2 0 I), or he will lace indefinite snspen milled again if I he petitions commit reed. A favorable decision would he , said the main purpose in changing rom gelling into deep academic tiou jate with at least 120 houis and a 2.0 mester and lot gel ahoul it. Now, all a student's (iPA. I rom t lie policy passed in t.ill I ()X0, considered scholastic. 111 \ deficient it idem would he put on academic pio to withdraw from the collri'c oi the licet (he conditions of probation ma\ degree program would be reviewed at I he end ol iln fell below 24, he would be suspi-ndeii end summer school, and i! in taised urn (lie follow"' semeslei. lent can not ea. any credit homer college within the university 01 air akc an impression on students 'h >le who arc slack to just continue to mi 1 continue to take up the space <?t s*. saul ('litis Dunston, a sophomore rkcling major claims,"It's hettei !i I also tightens the school's sianilatih. > major adds," I he new poluv m.tkes veisity higher." cock ran a story on p;t{'c one Week. Because of an editing vents listed tor this week, hut ace next week. Such a mistake >logize lor any inconvenience.