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RHA Bill CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 roommate contracts still stand; so, ultimately, the power of visi tation really does get handed down to the individual.” USC now has four different visitation policies in place. Plan A, effective only in the basement of Wade Hampton and the first floor of Douglas, calls for ab solutely no visitation. Plan B allows visitation from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m., and is imple mented in Patterson, McClintock, Wade Hampton, Maxcy, the rest of the Towers and Bates House. Plan C includes unlimited vis itation on weekends. This policy is in place in Capstone, the Roost, Sims and South Tower. Plan D allows residents to de cide their own visitation hours and is effective in Bates West, Columbia Hall, East Quad, McBryde, Preston College, Thornwell, Nada, South Quad, Woodrow and other halls on the Horseshoe. This policy of self-de termination is similar to the one RHA hopes to put into place. Current visitation policies were created in the early ’90s, and only the president can change them. Dawgert described USC’s current policy as “one of the strictest in the Southeast.” Hark said he hopes to send this message to prospective stu dents: “At USC, housing is al ways changing, and you can be a part bf that.” Though Maxcy is a coed dorm, it still operates under Plan B, which Hark called “kind of point less in a place where you live amongst people of the opposite sex. “It’s not a question of promis cuity or morality; it’s just point less. There’s really no reason to have that rule in place. ” Moore School of Senator Sen. David Bomemann supported the recommendation and helped bring the issue before the Senate. “I think it’s a really strong poli cy; it’s great for the empowerment of the students in general that live on campus here,” he said. Hark and Dawgert were not required to present the recom mendation to the Senate, but Hark said they did it “out of re spect. We wanted to share this with Student Government.” “This serves as definite proof that the student body here is be hind this resolution,” Hark said in response to SG’s decision to pass the bill. “Recommendations to change visitation policy will be made within housing and registration. Their recommendations will go to the president, and the president will make changes,” Dawgert said. Even if the recommendation is accepted, students should not expect to see a change in their visitation policies during the spring semester. “If we see changes, they will be put in the system over the summer,” Dawgert said. Hark noted, how ever, “The groundwork has been laid for change, and that’s the most important thing.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Faculty Senate CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 nents of a ‘comprehensive’ or ‘flagship’ university.” “The bottom line is this thing is driven by the budget crunch, and that’s not the way to do a report,” Rosati said. The faculty were also wor ried about the Value Centered Management idea, in which funds are allocated to different units based on factors such as enrollment and fund raising. “Those not able to raise money will see their programs cut,” Rosati said. “Not only will the faculty and community suffer, but students will suffer.” Because President John Palms will retire this spring, the Faculty Senate enate rec ommended that no action be taken until a new, permanent president is hired. “It’s a polite way of saying not to tie the hands of the new president,” Rosati said. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com BRIEFLY Author to discuss race in medicine Well-known black history au thor Darlene Clark Hine will de liver the speech “A Black Feminist Manifesto: Race and Gender in the Early Medical Profession 1890 1940” on Feb. 28 at 5:30 pan. dur ing the USC Women’s Studies Conference. Hine will fo cus on the expe riences of black Hine women physi cians. She will compare Susan Steward’s work experiences to those of Lucy Brown and Matilda Evans. Hine is a history professor at Michigan State University. Her new hook is “Black Professionals and Race Consciousness: Origins of the Civil Rights Movement, 1890-1995.” The speech is free and open to the public. Researcher to speak about biotechnology World Future Society Vice President Graham T.T. Molitor will give a presentation about fa'.. .... . ... . .. “Biotechnology and the Future” today at 7 p.m. The discussion is part of USC’s Townsend Series. The Townsend Series shows biology’s impact on society. Other speakers include David Rembert, Loren Knapp, Gene Stephen and Edward Munn. Molitor has done research for the White House Conference on the Industrial World Ahead. He has had roles in three presidential campaigns. The evening will end in a ques tion-and-answer session. 3 finalists chosen for vice provost position After a national search, three finalists are being considered for^ the position of vice provost and^ dean for libraries and instruc tional services. Joanne D. Eustis is a university library director at Case Western Reserve University. John M. Meador Jr. is a university li braries dean at the University of Mississippi. Paul A. Willis is uni versity libraries director and a law professor at the University of Kentucky. The new dean will succeed George Terry, who died in October. SG invites students to discuss race relations Race relations will be among^| the topics discussed in a Student^ Government forum in Russell House Ballroom A on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. All students are invited to attend. 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