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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.