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Viet Nam - W ' love It or leave it lgh See pageN2 Vol. LX- No. 65 --- -University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 2920 q ------------ ---- 9999 AWS officers nominated Nominations for next year's Associated Women Students of ficers were made Thursday on the floor of the AWS House of Representatives but the last date to make nominations has been extended until tomorrow. President Peggy Harley said that several residence halls complained that they were notified Wednesday that nominations would be made Thursday and thus the final date for nominations was extended. Mary Holstein, a junior from Monetta, S.C., who is presently vice president of South Building was nominated for President. Nominated for first vice president were Kathy Wooten and Mary Cook. Other nominations are: second vice president: Connie Tyler, Mary Holstein and Ellen Boggs; secretary: Cynthia Smith, Lo Cecil Donna McElroy and Nan Lyles, and treasurer: Cynthis Smith, Kathy Keener, Carolyn Traylor, Sherry Holden, Kathy Porter and Juliane Lewis. Miss Harley said that these students would be contacted to see if they wanted to accept their nomination. Also nominations must be approved by the dean of women. To be eligible for president a coed must have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPR and at least a 2.0 GPR last semester. All other officers must have at least a 2.25 GPR and at least a 2.0 last semester. Also president and first and second vice presidents must have at least ayear'sexperience in AWS. Miss Harley said that this does not necessarily .man .expwrience In the AWS House of Representatives but also hall chairman. Any woman student wishing to make further nominations should contact Miss Harley, Jena Neal or Mary Cook by Tuesday. A workshop for new officers will be held April 25 and the In stallation banquet for new officers will be April 29. The House also decided to place forms at residence hall desks for any student wishing to have a rule in the Coed Code. These forms will be out by Sunday, according to Miss Harley. In other AWS news "Penny-a Minute" night will be held the nights of March 20 and 21 pending the approval of the dean of women. This project works on the premise that freshmen women will be willing to pay to have their curfew extended. For these these two nights AWS regulations, which usually close the freshmen girls residence halls at 1 p.m. on week ends, will be relaxed on the con dition that coeds pay a. penny for each minute that they remain out past their curfew. "This campaign has been very successful in the past," Miss Harley said. "The girls have ( Continued on Page 3) Day fc Miss Nancy Hanks, chosen Sept. 3, 1969, by President Richard M. Nixon as chairman of the National Council on the Arts, will be in Columbia March 25 and will speak to University students that af ternoon. While in Columbia, she will speak to both the State Legislature and a banquet sponsored by the Columbia Art Association, the S. C. Arts Commission and the University. Mortar Board, senior women's honor society, will present Miss Hanks to USC students at 3 p. m. in Capstone The third women to achieve ranking status as a Presidential appointee Miss Hanks was selected from as many as 50 candidates considered by Nixon for the post. Concerning the appointment, Nixon said, "On. of the impoetant 'FTA Cloudy eclipse Cloudy skies proved a problem for Dr. John L Safko's expedition from the University to view the solar eclipse Saturday. The expedition of students and professors headed by Safko, director of USC Melton Memorial Observatory, went to Girhan's Ferry State Park on the EMioto River near Summerville. Safko said last night that most of his data is incomplete "I haven't heard yet from the jagnetic ex periment, which concerns par ticles in upper atmosphere in cluenced by cosmic rays, " he said. He has yet to interpret all data that he did get, including the ac curate time of totality to the last fraction of a second. Committee to review AWARE Charges against AWARE will be considered Wednesday afternoon by the Student Affairs Committee. The group has been accused of soliciting money without per mission and of allowing an excess number of outsiders into a meeting limited by the administration to 50 non-USC personnel. Officers of the group will meet with the committee. After the hearing the committee will recommend to Vice President for Student Affairs Charles H. Witten whether disciplinary action should be taken. rthe a goals of my administration Is the further advance in the cultural development of our nation." The National Council on the Arts was created almost four years ago in the Government's first attempt at patronage of the arts. The agency has helped support per forming arts groups as well as encouraged the career of young writers, poets,painters and ar chitects. Miss Hanks will serve as chairman of the 26 member council for four years. Her position also requires her to head the National Endowment of the Arts which disburses federal funds on advice from the council. After her appointment Miss Hanks said, "I didn't know President Nixon until I accepted this job, unless you can count one meeting in a small, Intimate group of three thousand. "But the day of my appointment Festival' at fairgrt skies I experi He said that the clouds hurt them in the experiments. The haze reflected light and so it never did get really dark. "I could have even read a book during the time of totality," he said. The total time of eclipse was about three hours, he said. He explAined that USC EdbWAti6nal television taped a 36-minute film clip around the time of totality. ' USC ETV worked with CBS television in Valdosta, Georgia,and had the opening shot on TV pan ning from earth to the sun during the eclipse. The USC ETV also lent CBS a crane for the use in setting up equipment as a "public ser vice." Safko explained that they couldn't see any stars, so the exp eriment involving star plates being done fol a Belgian astronomer did not work. He said he had not yet heard from an airplane which was in the air during the eclipse. He said it was simply not a clear enough day and therefore two experiments were ruined. "From optical data we have I saw nothing astounding but I really was expecting nothing astoun ding:' he said. The National Science Foun dation had granted Safko $3,500 to study certain aspects of the eclipse. Also working with him were Profs. Leconte Cathey, R. L. Childers and F. H. Giles Jr. along with a number of students. rts Nancy Hai University, we had a long talk. I think It's clear he ~stands the Im portance of our ciltural resources He is particularly interested in youth and the arts. The big up surge of support Is among young people," she said. Concerning the problems of the council's limited funds Miss Hanks said,"It's surprising and sad that Congress has not given the arts council more recognition and funds. But I don't think that is the fault of Congress." "The basic problem is that those concerned with the arts have not made their case for more money before Congress. I am extremely hopefuil forw the future as com munities realize the importance of their total cultural resources." Prior to her appointment, Miss Hanks was the executive secretary of the Special Studies Project of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for 13 years. Under her dieceton the Punds 1inder nce Clue told to Bunny CQntest . Who is the Carolina Funny Bunny? 'Ihink you know. Well for the next two weeks The Gamecock will aid your decision by printing a clue with each issue. Today's clue is "a hobby of The Funny Bunny is writing poetry." Whether or not you got the answer you have until March 23 to submit it for the $10 prize money. Here are the rules: Your answer should include your guess at the identity of the .'Funny Bunny along with your .-iname and phone number. The exact time of submittance must also be included. The person who gives the first correct answer will win the $10 prize. Answers must be submitted to the designated box at the "Russell House Information ~Desk by 5 p.m. March 23. All clueswil be posted in the The Funny Bunny is a :familiar campus personality. ~,The event which is in con Sjunction with Carolina Follies is Ssponsored by the University Union Special Events Coin :mittee and The Gamecock. iksto visit legisla ture project published the first com prehensive report on financing the performing arts. Miss Hanks, 41, was graduated Magna Cum Laude from Duke University in 1949 and served as president of the student govern ment. She attended the University of Colorado and Oxford University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Her previous government ex perience includes staff positions in the Office of Defense Mobilization (1951-52), President a Advisory Committee of Government Organisation (1053), Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1953-54) and the Special Projects Office of the White House (1955) She Is also serving as president of Associated Councils of the Arts, a national nonprofIt organisation concerned with the supaport and development of the arts in the U. S. and Canada. 'T F. pictux BY HARRY HOPE Staff Writer The "FTA Festival"yesterday was a picture of people, 2500 of them, according to the Pinkerton guard who had counted the in coming crowd. There were probably more, but this was of fficial as of 4:15 pm. Poets and artists, as well as masters of pornography, filled the two toilet walls covered with paper with their work. G.I.'s wrote about their superior officers and HEW ex4 Universit) By ROCKY In a recent visit to Carolini of Health, Education and We University's policies. According to Thomas F. Jo visit was part of an overi colleges in South Carolina. made by HEW to determine if with Title VI of the Civil Righ Jones said the HEW delega at the University, Including added that the delegation co groups and employes of the According to President Jo faculty recruitment, stud curriculum development and the overall en vironmental conditions present for minority students. Jones said that the delegation gave no hint as to their impression of the University's practices. "They were close-mouthed through the entire visit." He ad ded, "We are waiting for their report. It is our intent to comply fully." Jones said that there were only four black faculty members at the University. He said: "We have had few applications from qualified blacks. We have refused to seek qualified blacks from other in stitutions. We don't think this would be fair." In the area of student enrollment, Jones said that there were only 300 to 350 blacks enrolled at the University. He added, "We have admitted "very qualified applicant regardless of race, color and creed." He said the low black enrollment was due to a general lack of in terest of blacks to enter the University. He added that some Negro high schools refused to participate in "College Day," an event which would inform Negro students of the advantages to be founid at the University. Doug Doug Clark and the Hot Nut at the Golden Sp... Weane-d t Fest -e of non-coms, and students just wrote whatever came to mind. Outside, there was a "car smash" Passers-by took turns smashing the old Plymouth with sledge hammers and metal bars. "Just pretend it's the sergeant," cried one soldier to another, who proceeded to finish off the wind shield. Finally a band of soldiers and civilians overturned the car and went to work on the universal joint muffler and gas tank. As Barbara Dane, a folksinger immes r policies HARWOOD i, officials of the Department fare conducted a study of the nes, University president, the ill study of state-supported He said the study was being state schools were complying ts Act of 1964. tion visited all study divisions the athletic department. He nferred with various student University. ies, HEW is concerned with ent enrollment practices, Columnist to speak BY VIRGINIA TAYLOR "Protest, Revolution and the Permanent Things, will be the subject of Dr. Russell Kirk's lec ture Wednesday at 8 p.m. in South Cafeteria.Kirk, brought to USC by the University Union Lectures Committee writes and speaks on conservaative thought, educational theory, literary criticism and foreign affairs. His daily syndicated column, "To the Point " appears in all 50 states. Kirk is the author of 14 books which have sold over a million copies. His best known book, "Conservative Mind," is a work concerned with political theory and has been translated into several languages. He will arrive in Columbia Tuesday and stay at Capstone. Wednesday morning he will ap pear on "Today in Columbia," on WIS television. Throughout the day. Kirk will appear in various English and history classes. He will be honored at a banquet at 6.30 p.m. in the Top of Carolina. A discussion will follow the lecture on the 17th floor of Capstone. In addition to several radio and television appearances, Kirk has lectured at more than three hundred campuses. C'lark and the Hot s will appear sday nights at S y9 and Thur- and 10 p-.m. asu "uimaY, malrcn v, 1970 ival. )eople from New York, began to sing, the crowd eventually sat in a semi circle on the concrete floor. "Freedom" came on the stage. The crowd listened, sang, danced, and congeniality was everywhere. One of the most popular at tractions with the soldiers was the massage. Three girls worked diligeptly on the mattresses on the floor. For a dime you got massaged and tickled. If you were male, it was worth it. There were no incidents, and agents from the State Law En forcement Division milled around rather uneasily with nothing to do. "There are people taking Pictures of the SLED agents taking pictures," one person commented. The festival today was sponsored by St. Mark's Universal Life Church, over the weekend AWARE-SDS and other groups picketed city Hhall Friday. "FTA" has been explained as "freak the army" and "free the army". The festival lasted from about 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Peppermint Building at the Fairgrounds. Saturday, a smaller groups had partidipated in a "Blot Out the Sun" march through Columbia. They had promised to bloi out the sun in retribution for the closing of the UFO, and timed the march with the solar eclipse. Sunday,s gathering had political overtones, but few people seemed to care. The rally was a massive assembly of all types of people, "freaks" and "straights." One message on the graffitti board seemed to sum up the 'ntire festival. It was a quote from In dian mystic Meher Bba and read "We are all one." Maeh9 Universal ife Religious Association. room 205. Russell House. Volleyball sponsored by International Committee. Naval Armory. Fellini Film Festival, "La Strada" and "The Nights of Cabiria." continuous showings. Russell House Assembly Room. Interfraternity Council, 5 p.m.. Rm. a0 Russell House. International Committee, Him Language 7:00 p.m. RM. a0 Russell House, Arabic, 6:30 p.m. Canference Room. March 10 Philosophy Colloquium. Room 316. Humanities Classroom Building. 3:30 p m , Dr Robert J. Mulvaney of Fordham University will speak. Felhini Film Festival. "Juliet of the Spirits." Russell House Assembly Room. 3:30. 6 and 9 Sailhng Club. Room 118. Business Ad ministration Building. 5:30 p.m Engineers Joint Council. Russell House oanference Room. 5 p m. Meeting of Carolina Catholic Association at SiTomas Moore Center. 7:30 p.m.. 1610 Green St. perscople. Shows ae t 4 a -le -nir ee sad.