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Page Six This Is A Heat By MIKE KROCHMALNY Editor-in-Brief University officials have an nounced the purchase of a large structure now blocking traffic on Main Street. The building, which was sold by the city becauae of its bad location and its condition (it was one of the casualties of the Civil War) was purchased for use as a women's dormitory. It will be moved to the space behind Mc. Kissick Library. A University official said the purchase will "eliminate the need for the construction of more ante bellum buildings to be eyesoref in the future." He said USC noA has its quota of buildings to be antiquated by 1975. According t< his figures, the newly purchasei wE hAD nOTHING tO pUT hERE llood jjjdV *Ai.reqjrj 3jaissiXap inninvuaq at(I ju AJISJaAlurl aiq npjdmoa st j! uaq.% asnoo jjjl3 ut aauaaajaad UaAt2 lmm i)aaladsinpj oumj sjauo4l w i '10quoio pn003 1s "I49 S~ 'I a tJf3 UNIVERSITY OF S Columbia, South Carolina line building was outdated in 1889. A library worker said he was "very glad to hear of the pur chase because of the lousy view from the rear window of the li brary" where he spends most of his time. The structure, which up until now has been used as a home for the aged, will be replaced by an extension of Main Street (to Main Street) and two high-rise parking lots. A member of the Columbia Garden Club com mended the city on its "good taste" in eliminating the "eye sore" from such a conspicuous position. She noted that USC had the "good taste" to hide it behind the library. A number of faculty members who work in Barnwell and Hamil ton colleges have given notice they will "complain to the Ameri can Association of University Pro fessors and the American Civil Liberties Union." They said the addition of the building would add at least 500 yards to their hourly trips to the Russell House for coffee. Several members of t h e ad. ministration have complained be cause they do not feel the build ing will be "secure enough" for the women of Carolina. They ad vised the addition of steel bars in the windows or the use of leg irons. One low-ranking official e'x. pressed dismay at the placement of the building, "I had hoped," he stated, "that we could put a high rise reflecting pool there." April Fooll 01 POAOW aq lp!m otunaI p)uu aq sjMuapnis~ paju;u.% a~L s2nq aqjI ja2 uu; Aaql 0-3 p3jVZ)UA DUTH CAROLINA Tuesday, April 1, 1969 1' Staff Gamecock Doesn't Tr The Gamecock has been rated secutive semester. The record-shattering rating w time, it was announced that The semi-weekly-had received 3,506 c The paper was judged in com contest. An official of the judgin least as good" as the other entr April Fool? tunastloo 0144 JaPOU13. 01 sUUJJ tl3uo;) DSrl paj~ou u 2utlotuoa1d si; P !dnq snojawnu aql Inoy paT!jao.%% juqmautos uaaq p)uq jot J0A~ 01 141 696)l) ' I di. .-o ajPOultp jsodCoj 5.)tninotin x41tiaxJ nassaidx ami Founded 19081 ti Photo by Chies Ohatographer Chuck Keefer Number 2 y At All Super-American for the 173rd con as received this week. At the same Gamecock- the University's only f 4,000 possible points. petition with other entrants in the g firm said The Gamnecock was "at ant. Jlajq jo2 .IOAaU .10)VA -31a a snvaaq sassula 33ola,o OUIU 01 102 JaA,)U OqtA sjuapnis 2 U,I .13 UaAag Sq juaiutqv)ja) U4 -100IJ pJIq ) mAIJV t I 1UMUV'"1 JinnC 46 Jt a icumati USC A( Are By CARL STEPP Imagining Editor Seven administrators, striking stddenly and with little warning, seized a beautiful, modern USC dormitory last week and vowed to destroy valuable documents an(d art exhibits (Playboy collections) if their demands are not met. The group, including high ranking officials, moved into Preston residence hall about noon, Don't Read This Carolina and Clemson will be consolidated beginning next fall. A state official, who wishes tol remain anonymous, said the con solidation will necessitate several changes in the structure of the two institutions. These include: -all reflecting pools on the USC campus will be renamed "reflecting ponds" and will be used for cow troughs. -all books in the Clemson li braries will be moved to the USC campus. A shelf in McKissick is being cleared for these volumes. -Capstone will be converted into a high-rise hay loft. -the annual Carolina-Clemson game will be played in December on intramural field A. Winner will face the victor in the fra ternity division for intramural champion. -the USC and Clemson pep bands will remain consolidated. -a large new parking lot will be constructed at a neutral site half way between the two cam-! puses. -offices for the Clemson fac ulty will be furnished in the ob servatory. April Fool. C)!S;0A1Ufj PaIOUOq OL JO 03U9.11 -Ug -JOJ q)Jn1Oj IN aAIJJV Z .1ypun ioj Aut)iool sotpul plo luaa.as puu .)unouuu )jsa(l U011U110jul .w n iiatz4n,% airk Cn uuz!~ a Iministl t.evo1t] waking up all the residents, and barricaded themselves in the lovely lounge. They then issued a series of statements condemning The Gamecock for overpublicizing stu dents, demanding justice for ad ministrators, pleading that no dis ciplinary action be taken against erring administrators and re questing students to trcat ad ministrators as equals. "We feel the concept of ad ministrative power must be recog nized by the powers-that-be on university campuses," a spokes man said. "Students and faculty have run things long enough. "Look what a mess the younger generation has made of things," he continued. "Now we want our chance. We can't do any worse." Students and campus police im-1 mediately ringed the area. The president of the student body is sued a statement noting that ne gotiation was out of the question. "Unless they go through our proper channels-that is, by con sulting our ombudsmen-we will hear nothing of what they say," he said. High-ranking student officials demanded that the administrators be evacuated immediately. A cor don of 700 students, armed with water guns and X-ray ID card de stroyers, stood a vigil over the area. Spokesmen for the administra tors said the group also planned to demand equitable wages for administrators. "Students get stipends for work on campus publications," one said, "and the faculty get promoted and are always getting wages. Right now, though, we adminis trators are working for chicken feed-and we're tired of it." Still another administrator de manded to know why he couldn't join the student union organiza tion. "The concept of all-student groups is nothing but high-handed discrimination," he complained. "Administrators have just as much right as students to belong PUU JJUJG luijo1!uu( asn1OH llasnfH aql Aq pap!,%ojd IutuuiJU, -AoOJ )UODOS JxoJ 0AU0_ 1,-~::0 'JOOIJ JSJIJ 119 OAIJJV C,1:01 .10J 0.%ual IOU [I!.% J! lasua JU41 ul -ators mg to the student union." The administrators were sup. ported by several persons who paraded in front of the dorm with signs reading, "Liberate the Administration," " D e a n 8 Are Nice" and "Don't Wait, Adminis. trate." They also chanted and sang, at times jeering-at passers-by. Security personnel predicted the takeover might go on for days. "There's plenty of food in Pres ton," one said. "There always is. And who can break down the barricades in front of those mass. ive doors?" Another guard disagreed, how. ever. "They can't stay in there forever," he said. "Remember, they're in Preston. Pretty soon they'll have to go out back to use the toilet facilities." April Fool! USC officials announce(l week before last that the entire campus will be moved to Lexington next month. I The announcement came as a surprise to Lexington County officials, who im mediately announced they did not want the campus. "We'll get our own," they are reported as saying. In the ensuing argument the city of Columbia an Are You Kidding? nounced it had just pur chased the University of Georgia and will place it in the space vacated by USC. "We feel we can (1o more justice to the educational situation in South Carolina with this type of school." They gavc USC two weeks to move out. April Fool! a to 0 4% aq S4 ujam%ol jo olqnoal a41 01 Su!o2 uuql1 olqui!ns aio0w sIq puoj, .OJ snw. 011so -Op01 OO u eo 11A 10 Jf 1U WjqoL loJi UOJ 1o uilos0p0 3 ~q.(4