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You can take -- Clemson 1969 out of the country, 1969 but... -ol. LX - NO. 32 (See pages 8 and 9) ..*.*.*.*.. .......... . U niversity of South Carolina, Colum bia, S. C . 29208 o e b r 2 , 1 6 500-c Ache( Earthqual relatively By GERRY ENGLISH Staff Writer Dr. L.G. Barre, the recorder of the USC seismograph and professor in the Physics Depart ment, was plagued by several calls Wednesday night concerning an earthquake which disturbed many area residents. In fact one woman -frantically inquired, "Is the world coming to an end?" Several students on campus were asked about their reactions to the earthquake. Leo Bloschock commented, "I was leaning on my desk and the thing started swaying. I knew I wasn't drunk, and after the movement ceased I passed it off as just a dizzy spell." Not until later in the evening did Clemson weekend *starts Carolina-Clemson weekend begins today but the first game isn't the big one. The two Rugby teams meet at 5 p.m. on the intramural field. The annual "shirt-tail" parade leaves Russell House at 6:30 p.m. After the rally on the Capitol steps the annual tiger burning will be held on Field A. The event sponsored by Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and aided by the Delta Zeta pledge class will feature an obese tiger with a 60-foot tail stuffed with fireworks. Dionne Warwick's concert will follow. The University Union Concert Committee said that the concert was already a sell-out. Wild-fire will also perform. Saturday's activities will begin with the 1:30 football game and continue through the Dance Committee's program at the PepemitBuilding. B.J. Thomas, the Columbia Entertainers, and Mara Love, will offer non-stop entertainment from S until midnight. Harry Burns. head of the committee, said that shuttle buses will run from Russell House to the fairgrounds from 7 until1 am. i esta Dv DON BARR Staff Writer -' The Student Senate Wednesday a bill estab constitutional conventi mit tee. The commit tee is repre: of the student body and toward completely amen present constitution, a claimed. The bill names Barry president of the student committee chairman. Knobel will appoi representatives from School to act as an 8 council. He will also I :8responsibility of appr '- council of t0 faculty ministrative members to :the committee. DELEGATES Voting delegates for mittee will be Mike Spe president of the stnda arpa 5uled ke said light Bloshock realize what had hap pened when he heard an an nouncement on the radio. Harris Capps was caught in a similar situation. He said, "I was sitting at my desk writing, when I noticed that my paper began moving. I had a queasy feeling. At first I thought it was something I had eaten." Many students in the same dorm were under the im pression that the building was failing apart. According to Dr. Barre Wed nesday night's tremor, which stretched from Virginia to Georgia, was relatively light. "Heavier quakes register about 9.0 on the Richter scale. This one only recorded at 4.5. The high reading was noted in Virginia at 4.75," he, said. Barre continued, "The distur bance was as bad a shock wave as we've seen on the East Coast in quite a few years." The first shock waves were registered at 8:02 p.m. Wednesday and lasted approximately nine minutes. Damage in the Columbia area was thought to be very slight. C lasses cai bid rejecte4 President Thomas F. Jones has rejected a Senate proposal to suspend all classes on Saturday, due to the 1:30 p.m. football game against Clemson. He announced earlier this week that Saturday classes after 11 a.m. would be cancelled. In his statement yesterday, Jones said in part, "The Student Senate action as reported to me Lebanese to USC may be the only university in the area to offer classes in classic Arabic. If not, the students will at least get a chance to learn about Iebanon. The International Committee of the University Union is sponsoring informal classes in classic Arabic beginning Monday at 7 p.m. The instructor is Fawzi Bitar, a tum.onm buished (except when acting president pro-ter passed senate and three lishing a chosen by the on com- presidents and vic4 the Town Men's A sentative the Town Girl's A vill work president of Asso ding the Students, three dele ivocates female dorm presic delegates from th Knobel, presidents, chosen t body, as presidents as a presidents of the nt two sophomore and fres he Law and a representat advisory Afro-American ave the President of the Ir oving a will be consider and ad- president. serve on Knobel was autti point a full-time stu< a delegate who fai he com- committee 'neetings. mrs, vice replacement must nt body same representative glot open ionist Andre I t mystifies Andre Kole, one of America's leading illusionists, amazed and mystified many skeptical students in the Russell House cafeteria with Tuesday night's demonstrations of extra sensory perception (ESP) and the supernatural. With eerie music and a darkened room for background, Kole per formed magical card tricks for the standing-room-only crowd. Calling his alleged powers of ESP into play he taped and blind USC makes cash offer to church USC has made a cash offer to Green Methodist Church for the building and surrounding area. The University has tried for over four years to obtain the area through Urban Renewal but has met resistance from the church. Both the church, and school decline to disclose ~the amount offered. The Rev. Murray Yar borough said that the decision was up to the 28-member Church Conference and t hat the body could not legally meet without 10 days notice. mntion. dent Se is replacing. niade i tST MEETING to carr hedule for committee entrust< was also specified by e first meeting of the The bi s to be during the week form as mrd the resulting con- Welfare il go before a special b)ill wa he Senate on Feb. It. sect ions tution will be available Afro-An tion in the Feb. 13 delegati The Gamecock. A commiti of the student boy beforei I on March 2 and if to students the con I go before the faculty and then before the in ofl rustees for final ap- refused of dor ioke briefly before the presidei sion and urged the "automa exercise its respon bough not mentioning A re utional bill directly. Lecon. I the Senate that no ira; al reform could be was pa: Itr kin to c Illw 11UIL "SRO" audience Illusionis By JODY STONESTREET Staff Writer icellation I by Jones offered no reasons for changing the previous announced decisions. "Let us turn our attention to backing the Gamecocks and completing our season with a most important win." The decision to suspend classes after 11 a.m. was made after consultation with the faculty ad visory committee and discussion with a number of students. Jones said. teach Arabic University student and a native of Lebanon. The purpose of the informal classes is learning some con versation, a little writing and about Lebanon, according to a committee member. The course is open to all University students. The room number is available from the Russell House information desk. 11 COflV by Sm as chairman ),delegate hE ripore of the yI'l senators to be A time sc Senate; the operations presidents of the bill. Th ssociation and commit tei ssociation; the of [)eec ciated Women stutioni wi gates from the seso of I ents and three The const e male dorm for publica y eachhbody of edit ion of whole; the referendum senior. junior' will be helt hman classes; acceptable lve from the stitution wil ociety. The on March ter-Fraternity hoard of ed a dorm proval orized to ap- ,Knobel sI lent in place of Senae s led to attend senate to sibilities T However, the the constit be from the Knobel tok body as the cntitution at by J Vole skeptics folded his eyes. Kole proceeded to identify various objects without touching them. The illusionist explained that when the supernatural is presented in a serious manner. even the most intelligent people can be taken in. He further stated that "seeing with one's fingers" is a "simple trick that a youngster could learn," and warned students to be careful before believing people who claim ESP. Kole justified the accuracy of predictors on the basis of a prediction service that studies the trends and sells their information to their clients. ..He credited the "magic powers" of the ouija board to unconscious muscular movement, and said that the only danger in this is becoming too involved with it. Kole also told the audience that willful communication with the dead is not possible, and noted the story of Mrs Harry Houdini who tried to contact her dead husband for I10 years Closing his presentation with a predIic' ion of the return of Christ in this generation, he cited what he considere'd definite signs of this in the Rihle rou UP nate iless the Senate was willing y out the responsibilities d to it by the student body. lI was passed in it s original submitted by the General Committee However, the debated and passed in Sect ionfIl. which gives the erican Society a voting on the constitutional 'e. was hotly contested was passed. )THER ACTIONS ier business, the Senate o seat once again a group nI and organizational mis claiming to be itic senators." solution by Sen. Gzonzalo calling for complete nation of coed dorm rules, oliseum inuary6 A 33% increase in student spaces A parking lot behind the Coliseum--with capacity to hold about 500 cars--will be ready by Jan. 6, according to Harold Brunton, vice president for business affairs. It will be used for decal parking, he said. And on dates with Coliseum events, there will be a $1 charge for cars 1parking there. There are currently more than 5,000 cars competing for 1,469 parking spaces on and around campus, according to a recent estimate by Douglas 1. Fitzgerald, assistant to Brunton. 33 PER CENT HIKE The soon-to-be-completed lot represents approximately a 33 per cent Increase in parking spaces for the students. Of the current 1,469 spaces, 236 of them are metered. The other 1,233 are for decalled cars, that is, those registered with the University. Armed with petitions representing more than 5,000 student signatures, three student government represen tatives this week were thusly assured by Brunton that the University is indeed doing something about the parking problems around campus. The university has submitted a substantial parking lot building program for the next five years, as part of Carolina's over-all expansion plans. UP TO THE STATE Brunton told the group that it now up to the state legislature to provide money for the projects. "Bring your petitions to them and maybe it will do some good," Brunton said. He noted that the State Budget and Control Board is now studying the request for a $112 million program for the University for the next five years. Part of this program includes money to start con struction of our parking garages around the University. Brunton also said that a special sub-committee of the House Ways and Means Committee will also be studying the University's requests for appropriations. STUDENT POWER Brunton said that maybe if students used their power on these groups their desires may be met. The student representatives, Fred Allyn, Carlton Lar mon and Scottie Barnes, asked Brunton what priority' the University gave to alleviating the parking situation. Brunton said that the University had established 10 priority programs. He added, however, that no special priority was given any individual program and that the University was trying to get funds to begin working one all the programs. Fitzgerald said that a parking lot on Green Street, which is already being used for student parking, will be leveled and repaved as soon as approval is received from the city. Another parking lot which the University hopes to be finished soon is one on Pendleton Street which Fitzgerald said the University is still debating with the city of Columbia over certain specifications. OTHER PLANS Other than these immediate parking remedies, the University is hoping to go ahead with the construction of a four-tier parking garage at Blossom Street as early as next spring, if the state legislature provides some money in order to begin construction. Brunton also said that a parking garage is planned at the present site of the infirmary. Formal plans for this garage and two other planned for construction before 1975 have not yet been made. Brunton made note that the University has now set up an individual fund used for future parking study and con struction. He said that the fund has been established through parking decal fees and parking fines. ''So, be happy when you go pay your parking ticket," Brunton said Proposed Blossom Street gaiwg