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By TIGE WATTS
News Editor
The USC Board of Trustees d:
proved Coastal Carolina's secession
letter written by Trustee Chairman
chael Mungo.
The letter, dated Aug. 26, says,
board, in my opinion, does not cc
with your commission's recommend
and is, in fact, more strongly comm
than ever to the University of South
olina System."
Mungo was responding to a letter <
Aug. 12 from Clark Parker, Chaimu
the Horry County Higher Education (
mission. The first letter officially dec
Coastal's intentions to secede from
USC system.
Mungo, however, did say that he ui
stood the problems of the Coastal cam
"As you know, there have recently
significant initiatives taken by me, b]
specially constituted board Ad Hoc (
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Two campuses
hurt by plan
By TIGE WATTS
News Editor
USC President John Palms said
Tuesday former President James
Holderman's "2001" plan is a major
cause for the difficulties at the
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"I think these problems are the
result of promises not kept and unrealistic
expectations," Palms said.
When asked if he was referring
to Holderman's "2001" plan,
Palms said, "Yes."
Palms refused to elaborate on
the claim further saying, "There's
nothing more demoralizing than
unfulfilled expectations."
Palms said he believes there was
a lack of trust and support from
the Columbia campus in previous
years.
When asked to comment on
whether "2001" caused the system
problems, Holderman, in a brief
telephone interview at his Jacksonville,
Fla. home, said, "I'd rather
not talk about those problems."
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planning to break away from the
USC system. A transition team has
been put in power and the USC
Board of Trustees officially discouraged
the movement
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Michael Mungo, chairman of the
Board of Trustees, said the board
and Palms were more than willing
to work out any system problems
through different, more direct
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the board and the (Horry County
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Mungo said
Mungo also said the board
understood the problems at Coastal
and would work them out.
Faculty members at Spartanburg
gave Chancellor Olin Sansbury a
"vote of no confidence" this past
summer. Secession rumors have
popped up on the campus, but no
action has taken place.
Meanwhile, Palms said he is trying
to settle conflicts at Spartanburg
with Sansbury and the
faculty.
"We've received both verbal.
and written concerns from the
Spartanburg branch. We're going
to ease out some problems and the
chancellor is addressing items
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for the concerns to subside. At one
time, there was a lot of tension and
little reasoning. I think it would be William F.
the hallmark of higher education to tives, open;
deal with conflicts in a rational ba- bate was p?
sis," Palms said.
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tionships between campuses. The concerns
have especially been at Coastal and Spartanburg,
and I think it's a good time to
clear up those problems," he said.
One concern the campuses have discussed
is charges for services the Columbia
campus provides other system
campuses.
"It's their belief that the charge backs
are too high for a low service. They think
the services should be at a better quality
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Services the Columbia campus provides
include registrar, financial and business
services.
'They're paying hundreds of thousands
of dollars and they want to make sure they
get what they pay for," Palms said.
Palms was unsure of what faculty members
felt about the secession. Earlier this
week, Coastal Student President Jonathan
Shanks said it's too early to decide
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By KATHY HEBERGER
Staff Writer
Racism, sexism and McCar
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for the special debate episode oi
i"On the Firing Line," conserva
tive William F. Buckley Jr.\
talk show that debuted in 1966.
The resolution up for debau
was "Freedom of Thought Is Ir
Danger on American Campuses."
The debate will air or
PBS Sept. 6 at 9 p.m.
One aspect of this topic was
the neutering of language tc
avoid offending women and
minorities.
Buckley's opening remarks
set the stage for fireworks,
I "Bright students won't put up
with it. You can't call people
new to campus 'freshpersons.'
We're numbing the brain to
prevent hurt feelings," he said.
"Of course it's the less than
|H bright students we have to
^ worry about, and they're prob
ably Democrats," Buckley
added, raising laughter from the
audience.
Catharine Stimpson, captain
conserva- 0f the panel opposing the resol3.
The de- ution, said there was an absence
leater. 0f courage on campuses.
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whether to sever ties.
'There has to be more research. They
tave to check every option, be clear that
ill the data that's been accumulated has
been correct. It would be a horrible to
make a decision and find out the data was
incorrect," Shanks said.
Coastal has already established a transition
team, chaired by Jimmy Johnson.
Johnson said the university has no
birthright claim to Coastal since they
joined the system six years after it was
established.
Palms has said that the secession would
not work because of a weak economy.
Johnson dismissed that reasoning and
said, "A weak economy is a weak excuse
for denying Coastal the equity and status
the college and people of this region
deserve."
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"Professors everywhere are
whining because their students
0 are saying 'please don't do that'
(in response to racist and sexist
remarks)," she said.
John Silber, president of Boston
College, said neutering language
trivialized women's
J rights. He said working for on1
the-job daycare would be a
f stronger step for women's
rights.
1 Another topic that arose durf
ing the debate was the growing
presence of multi-culturalism on
s campus. "There's a lot of
nonsense that goes on under the
' label of American academics,"
i said Leon Botstein, director of
the American Symphony Ori
chestra and a professor at Bard
College.
i USC President John Palms
was also at the debate. The au1
dience included college and
high school students and
i professors.
The more liberal panel, the
one opposed to the resolution,
repeatedly referred to USC as
an open-minded university.
Some universities have "sensitivity
classes" that students
who make racial or sexual slurs
against their peers must attend.
Stimpson said it is important to
see the difference between free
dom of speech laws and antiharassment
codes.
"We can't have a group of
students yelling 'faggot, faggot,
faggot. I'm going to kill you' at
an individual in class," she said.
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