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LV 't Bob MEF mea Bob Alexander, MEF camp organization working in resp and principally black." Court der by UFO The South Carolina Supreme Court denied a motion Wednesday to lower the bail for two operators of the UFO. Yet to be considered by the court is a motion by the defense at torneys to obtain a temporary federal restraining order to prevent prosecution of the UFO operators. The American Civil Liberties Union also filed an action in federal court to prevent Columbia city police from trying the group on violations of the anti-litter statute. Five persons were arrested last If"iday for passing out handbills that announced a rally to protest the closing of the Coffee House. The group is seeking to obtain WE HAl ONE WO ENGHNI GRADI *Opporti Opport involved in earth's Opportunity to appla a wide range of challeng shipbuilding, nuclear prop generation, and heavy i Opportunity for adv< research work with leadir and universities. And opportunity to< country's most pleasant li areas. Find out about immediate Mechanical Engineers N( Electrical Engineers Nt Marine Engineers Ci Industrial Engineers Mi See our representative on He'll be interviewing Office and will answer yc THE OPPORTUNI NEWPOARTNEWS. VIRGI A UAJOn Cosmo..4.., Of An equol annnetunlity gmpIaoa -Craig Kilmart ns action us director feels, "We are )nse to the needs of the pc 0 kies plea )perators the necessary legal injunction order to re-open the coffee hoi The UFO was closed Jan. 20 its operators arrested and char with "keeping and maintainin public nuisance," where "min were encouraged to be rebelli and disrespectful to their par4 S. The warrant also contended t the UFO was a gathering pace marijuana users. At present the group is trying find a new location, since owner of the building where UFO was located has served th an eviction notice. The closing of the establishm has set off a number of deni strations and picketing, the lat being a massive rally at Dray Hall Sunday. YE JUST 'RD FOR ERING JATES. inity. unity to become deeply last frontier, the ocean. Sall your abilities to ng assignments in >ulsion, nuclear power Justrial equipment. >nced degree or ig research centers 'njoy one of the ving and vacation career opportunities for: ival Architects clear Engineers il Enginec . 'tallurgical Engineers Monday Feb. 16,1970 at the Placement ur questions about: TY COMPANY IIM,IetCo P.c MEF By HARRY HOPE Chief of Reporters Born out of crisis, living in action and heading toward progress, the Metropolitan Education Foun dation (MEF) works for people and welfare. MEF came about after the Orangeburg crisis of 1968, when businessmen and educators realized that the illusion of racial harmony was shattered - that, in reality, blacks were dissatisfied and that they wanted visible signs of progress, according to Bob Alexander, MEF campus director. IN RESPONSE TO NEED The MEF project gained support from the student body and faculty of Carolina, and two days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Student Senate passed a bill establishing MEF as a campus organization. MEF is, basically, a coalition of students, faculty and Columbia businessmen. As Alexander put it, "We are an organization working in response to the needs of the poor and principally black. "We have two purposes," he continued. "One is to raise funds for progress in poor and prin an cipally black communities by or programs designed and carried out by the people in the communities and the other is to educate the total community to economic and racial problems. "The idea is to muster the resources of the larger community so that they will respond to the needs of the smaller community. The people in these smaller communities know what they need in a Art show ged o' features ous "t sculpture hat A sculpture show including for castings in bronze, aluminum, brass and lead is being presented to at The University's Huntington the Gallery during February. the The 30-piece show includes the Im work of sculptors from the University of Georgia, East Carolina University and USC. nt Open to the public, the show in on- cludes many pieces for sale by the est artists. on Sponsored by the art depart ment. the show illustrates what students can do with a foundry where they are able to cast their own sculpture. The department has only recently acquired its own foundry. The gallery, located in Sloan College, is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. THE PU COLUMI 1405 MAIN ST. ~sa. Send your Valentin ORDE R 3Di Devine and SaIm Crea and they don't need someo, telling them what they need or ju giving them what they need. "The disadvantaged need I develop skills to help themselves. In Operation Technique, ME applied for a grant to instruw students at Booker T. Washingto High School the basic reading an comprehension skills. Universit students taught BTW students ho to take tests, while measuring th We throw a block so the I TowerL privile "Many residents of the Mens Towers are not aware of their privilege to come before the Towers' court," Chief Justice Stephen Smith said in an interview yesterday. Smith said any Towers resident may appeal disciplinary action initialed by a dorm counselor by coming before the court. and presenting his case. He said that the Dean of Men has "preemptive powers" in all cases but that the court makes endeavors to enforce its decisions. "1f the court finds a student guilty," Smith said, "then we hold last to that decision. However, once we find a student not guilty we work just as hard to see that the decision is carried out." According to Smith, the Towers' PE SMOKER * FINE PIPES * IMPORTED TOUACCO * PIPE REPAIR * CLEANING SERVICE South Carolina's largest Seleto IA, S.C. PHONE 256-6284 ,I LOVE YOu,' e a Love Bundle. NOW i Shop la - F're Pinks ted to ie advancement of students in tht at program against skills anc education they had before the) enrolled in the program. Th o project also involved teaching the students how to take standardized p' tests. bt n SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES d "We caused some significant y changes," Alexander said. N Operation Expansion is a project e which brings fairly intelligent o help themsel people can get through the tigh !Court E res of s Court is composed of six justices and a Chief Justice. He said that one justice is elected from each Tower and that the Mens' Towers president appoints an additional justice. He added that the Chief Justice is then elected by his fellow justices. Smith said that he feels the court has been largely successful. "The court gives a student the privilege of being tried by his peers," he said, "and this makes it easier to accept disciplinary action. But it also gives the student a means of defending himself if he is in nocent." Smith reiterated that a lack of publicity was one of the biggest problems facing the court. "I think most of the Towers' residents are aware of their right to come before :.the court," he said. "But as I said, many of them are not." Board (Continued from page 1) contingency fund, according to University regulations, but the board strongly recommended that $723.25 from that fund be returned -to the student station for tran smission facilities at the Roost and an improvement of transmission .:facilities at the Towers. T he board also concurred with r equests from WUSC-am and The Gamecock that their offices remain in the Russell House. Discount To L 4 IN PI N* H E "PYNDL* NC PlsTHE TEIGL -sPl s Hes pO R N A LS Admission $4. ALL SEATS $1.00 ( ON $4.5O AND $4 1 STUDENTS. SHOW Fbruary 13, help studenti to campus, where th are taught basic Afro-Americ history, reading and cor prehension skills and t psychology of race relatiqr according to Alexander. "We throw a block so the peop can get through the tight spots Alexander said. MEF has also helped th organization of teen clubs, a fact 1 xp 4 yes t spots," Bob Alexander sah tudents FR ~~Young America Co) Horsesho to fill two Representatives of the Hor seshoe Residence Government decided Thursday to have a special IES., FEB. 17 ncert 8_p.m. JSC Students ?RSON 4 4 N rp P 'TATIONS N MISS SLINKY * "I WOUtDIN 'WA aginS MAN6 Ne is" 50-$4-$3.50 RESERVED. 1CKETS FOR USC V0UR ID CARD. 1910- THE GAMRCOCK.-- Pp3 people Dy of work to which Alexander at in tache the greatest importance. a- "These teen clubs can place an be emphasis on youth: they can be 5, mobilized and can respond. They can also help educate the older le people in community," he said. The whole idea of this, according to Alexander, is to help organize e community structures - to set up e commuhications within com munities. A project which Alexander said he hopes to institute this summer is a guaranteed income program for "hard-core teenagers." In this program, students from the University Business Ad. ministration School would help black teenagers organize businesses in their communities to do needed work. This would be done through a series of feasibility studies in areas such as Cayce New Life, Camp Fornance, Arthurtown and Ridgewood. ANOTHEM PROBLEM Another problem is the lack of recreation and park facilities, he said. The residents of the com munities would plan and carry out the construction of these facilities themselves. An example of this facet of MEF at work is the Wheeler Hill com munity center, which was set up in an old laundromat near Bates House. The project is headed by Louis James, a Carolina student. MEF plans in the near future to call for a fund-raising drive, which would be carried out in a manner similar to that of the United Fund Drive, with door-to-door callers and a campaign to solicit money from local colleges and univer sities, such as Carolina, Allen, Benedict and Columbia College. MEF hopes to raise $10,000 from these schools. ANKLY SPEAKING. "by Phil Frank 4 P./11304 Ashby Rd./ St. Louis Mo./ 63132 e election vacancies election Feb. 26i in order to fill vacated offIices of vice president and treasurer of the government. T'hose who wish to run for these positions should have a 2.0 GPR and should give their names and the positions they want to run for to Fred Monk, president of the government, so their names will be placed on the ballot. "T'lhere are a lot of qualified people.'' Monk said. "and we want to keep interest alive so we will have an active voice on policies concerning our homes here." This is the first year the Hor seshoe has had a government and according to Monk, although the pace' has been slow there have been some definite ac complishments made since the government has been formed. He said the government is now working with the administration to decorate the lounge and provide water coolers eventually for all the individual tenements. Itepresentatives of the govern iment plan to meet next Thudey night at 7l in the Horseshoe Lounge. Send the Gamecock