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Fifth T mro Quarter's Is The Las Day OursTo Drop A Course UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. .X No. 14 Columbia, South Carolina, Tueday, Octolwr 29, 1968 Founded 1908 yers peak ecretary to President ,yll(on! The Role of the President in i p.m. Saturday. Newsday newspaper, Moyers 'retary from November, 1963,1 until February of last year. His speech, in Room 207 of Russell House, will be spon sored by the Student Union lecture.s colilit'.ee. The journalist will speak for 15 minutes, then entertain questions. Following the Spevelc will be a brief recept it'l. Moyers revvivedl a bavhelo.r of Journalimll degre" from the lnI veisity of Texas and a baciel"r of livinit y. degree from Su4)th11w'es t ern Theological Seminary. l14 Served I-.; as vexcut i ve as sikta lit to . In1 lson11 (I u ring tei 191B0 preshdent ial cai paign and latEr was deputy 41irectmr of the P'eace Corps. -Campus I 1The AWV.\ I-: C4 ost it ution El sta its purposE as "the Stimulation, and implementation of discussion ol tho part of I'SC stude'S as individuals, the dissemination of ideas wh ich w%ouiI lemad st ud ents into all awa relness of the full spectrumi of political and social thought, the considerati(,n and a( tion upon miat!ers )ertaining to the intellectual and Physical well being of the Carolina comminunity." According to the SDS consti'u tion: "Students for a Demiocratic Society . . . .eeks to create a sus tained community of educational and politic,al conern . . . maintain at Vision of a democratic Societv seeks a relevance through the continual focus on realities and I on the programs necessary to ef feet change at the most basit levels of economic, plitic'al and social organization." The principles of Southern Stu dents Organizing Committee art s) Im ilr. This independent group places emphasis on the South andI its "speializel probliens." \n executive commi))ittee mem-I h)er olf A W A Ill-: (4l))cmeted4 0on the affiliations: "'AWAll- i' vll r'e'main) C MEDD1IN W's activities for the 1968-69 booklet issued by the Student mimencement Exercise" listed iseum. No other calendar has y3 planning a January gradua George ('turry, associ ate v'ice y, a mid-year commrenc'ement for the coliseum. The (late I distribution for basketball handled? How many tickets is? Will they be free? for issuing basketball tickets reloth, ticket manager of the they probably will be issuedl d basis without preference to )0 will be reserved per game staff, accordling to Faircloth. Bill ME Will Bill Moyers, former press ' Maines Johnson, will discuss a Time of Crisis" here at 5:1! Currently the publisher of served as presidential press se Hill Iloyers AWARE BIy KARIN SUR'IATT Staff Writer "Ye, Susie ('reamcheese. there is an SD)S." So began aII A W A In milember when asked at a recent Speak-Out to comment onl AWA It E's devi sion to affiliate with Students for a emocratic Society (SDS). The conmment waLs in reslons41 to what the member felt was a confused student reaction to the affiliation. AWARE members say they feel that many students view SIDS more as a threat to campus tranquility than a in o v e i e n t representing a progressive idele ogy. The motion to affiliate was P-assed unanimously at the Oct. 16 meeting, along with a mnotion to affiliate with Southern Stu dents Organizing Committee. According to AWARE officers,. the decision to affiliate with SD>S was based on tihe Common pur PoSes of the two groups, as de finedl in their resp)ective const itu - tions. By NANCII QUESTION: A schedule of 1!9 school year which was in a Union had a "Mid-year Co for Jan. 28, 1969 in the col this listed. Is the liniversi' tion? ANSWER: According to D)r. president of the Uvniversit exercise has bee'n planned for the exercise is tentati' QuTESTION: How will ticke games at the coliseum be will be reserved for studer ANSWER: A definite policy has not been set. Ray Fai athletic dlepartment, says on a first come, first serve class standing. About 7,0( for students, faculty and Mrs. Garnet Missy EiiLer has bWen nat and Black. Shte was chosen fr crimiA a trophy Tuesday at a sponsored by te Studenit Wive4. rogress 0 completely autonomous," and "No, (b we do not plan t4i take ovei the aI adIinist ration." fi However, AWAIE does have wi plans for action. The gr)up w\ill th sponsor an open gathering on :h Hi-orseshoe londay, at which stu- w. dents will d1iscus.-. the forthcom- 14 ing national elections. 1) On llesday, nat ional ele tion m< day, AWAR1E mlembers will piclo-1 th Homec By SUSAN ROSS Staff Writer av Homecoming '68 was a day to ac recognize your alma mater. tir To some, Carolina returned the recognition. During the festivities Ifl( an outstanding alumnus, the win ning floats a n d a Homecoming in queen were announced. I lu Wilbur S. Smith received the cl Distinguished Alumni Award Sat D( urday morning. A. C r a w f o r d Clarkson, president of the Alumni c A ssociation, p)resenited the award at a barbecue dlinner on the Horse- tv. shoe. eli Smith was selected for his dedi- tie cated service to the University. Honorary Life Mlemberships in St the Alumni Association were pre- Ial senlted to James F. Blyrnes, Dr. era Wilfred Callcott, Charles Fraser, rThomias Robertson and Prof. Rene ar Stenhan.G Staff Photo by Mike Tyler And Black ned the first Mrs. Garnet oit 10 iominees aid re. drop-iii. Tle contest was r Threat? -etioll po lIs in the Columhia en. Aecor-ding to AWARi- of ers, tihe purpose of the pieket il be to "point out the farce of E lections." A WI.\ iZ- is espocially concerned th what one officer termied "the k of choice il candidates. We pe that in 1972 there will he >re of a choice than the least of ree evils." oming The Honorary Memberships were :rded to persons who, although i-y are not USC graduates, have hieved success and have devoted ne in service to USC. W i n n e r s in the Homecoming )at competition were announced ring halftime. Top honors in the Jependent division went to Co mbia Hall and Sims Dormitory. aiming first place for Greeks is the Alpha Tau Omega, Delta !Ita Delta, and Chi Psi float. Halftime also w i t n e s s e d the own ing of Cheryl .\erchant, 196f8 mlcomIin g queen. Al iss M1erchant in the title in a camplus wide etionl a week b)efore the festivi 's. Mliss Mlerchant was greeted by uden'it Body President Tom Sa ne. A. C r a w f o r dl Clarkson ownedl the (lueen. Runners-up) andl h o a o r attend ts were Ronni Capici andl Sherry mtez. 1 App4 Ombuc willingness on the part of the ad- f. mimistration to topen up channels eo -of com Iu icat ion between stu- it #h-ntS and faculty and between a stidents and the administration." p Salane said student government will establish a student ombuds- r man committee to work with the f: faculty officer. Approximately 10 t] stud-nts "representing a cross sampling (of Carolina" are ex- iI pected to be named to the group. n A University ., okesm; n v stressed that the (imbudsman i., d not intendif"I to sUIpplant the fUnc- s, ions of the office of student af- h G And B Schedulef Twenty-eight girls have b e e n S nominated for Miss Garnet and Black. The winner will bw selected Nov. 7 at the beauty pageant spon st -1rd annually hv the yearbook staff. The tcontestants and their spon- I smrs include Betty Bishop, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Brenda Bowers, t T,wn Girls' Association ; G r a c e I Chastain, Preston; Ann Cobb, Chi ()mega; Ani CoPleman, Sigma Chi; Patsy Craig, D elta I)elta Delta; Sue Cyr. Lambda Chi Alpha; Di anne l>1)rmers. Signa Nu; Cindy 'llen. Z e t a Tau A 1 p h a; an(l Frankie Gwen, Capstone. Also running are Linda Hair, len's Tiwers; Linda Haltiwanger, t Sims; Martha Handy, Phi Kappa < For H ec o qu .r Roer . u miht n h Iia oce AsF Fons lls AyTietC tesiondUn-com ingovt pafrad n ceremonies Keefer and Chi To Jone left loa. Nolani First iy cAI, STi:m Asst. Managing Editor StUdlits wIth gripe., against the facultY, the administration or USC policivs now have somewhere to take them. If you have a complaint, Jir. .J. Ilubert Noland is the man to see. Di. Noland, professor in the Colle'. of Engineering, has been appointed faculty ombiudsmanl by, Pres-ident Thomas F. Jonefs. The newly created position is designed to prov if Id an a ven ue of re Ires for students with legitimato, com plaints. 'The fUne'1i os ,f the ombud.s man11 w.,II include: --estahl:shing procedures for receiving requests and grievances: -assit ing students in settling thei' prehlems. lie may advise the s'udent that the studnent's requist lacks merit, erommei I another tifficer of th. li\ ker ity, <r assist the s'u<lerl : 1lbt .1111n 1 an inf(rI l . e tIl rI-n' r iis probb-m. Th !-.f-fic'r will ha\v bri 4 ill. S.;tigkatory I)IwAl-s an14d rv:ad li a to all Ilivisity 'Ifficial . He I' (11re 'ft tol tho" pre-idient c,mli -lints fo(, r wh i-li ni remeidIy ha b114e.1n flfund and may include l hi.4 *41CoM m114lendation s fn the issues. The ilea ffr an ombudsman was a campaign issue raised last spring hy Tlm Salalle, who wa - Liubsequn ly el-eted st ident b.i\ S .' it-n vxre ,;,'e ed plf;asuirv at he appoilt mnil t 'f the facult. "First. of all. this was an Idea initiated by students, Salane said. "and I think it ahow a :Da) 9 S flmcoig ondcm actiity.At lft, orme Ga versity mc ing oun icati, pays the president's meda Ainted Isman tirs, the petitions or admissions )mmittees, or the faculty com ittees on scholastic standings ,id petitions, admissions or disci line. Neither will he serve as a bar er to shield University officials -om direct contact with students, ie spokesman said. "There is a real need for an idividual to feel he has a legiti tate avenue in which he can L'nt his feelings and look for re ress to problems he feels need dving." Jones said. "The om udsman can be that avenue." Pageant F.Nov. 7 igia; Angela Hill, Sigma Alpha :psilon; Kathy Ann Hummers, Pi appa Alpha; Dianne Hunt, Kap a Alpha; Dianne Latimer, Alpha psilon Phi; and Margo Malanos, outh Building. Susan McElrath, Alpha Delta 1; Beverly N;-ely, Chi Psi; Ida elson, Pi Beta Phi; Joanne Oit inger. Phi Delta Theta; Evelyn "ierce South Tower; Marilyn Pi olt, Delta Zeta; Joan Ligon Simp (in. Alpha Tau Omega; and Suz nne Stokes. Kappa Delta, are also neluded. Th.- pageant will be Nov. 7, at :1 p.m. in the Capstone Campus toom. Tickets which are 50 cents ach will be sold next Monday hrough Wednesday and also at the onors Eyrnes; former president wait; Willam H. Patterson, I H. Rawlinson, curator; and bhoir. In the bottom picture, re put on the prise-winning ii Psi float before the Home (Staff Photo. by Chuck lef Photoapher. Chi.p G.l.