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Pubhished PublshedVoted best tri-weekly university paper - ~ in Southeast Vol. LX - No. 67 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S C 29208 ~ . Friday, March 13, 1970 Sen. Chip Galloway rela; during the debate over c revision. Galloway later exF onstit 9 bog St The Student Senate temporarily resolved several controversial issues Wednesday and tentatively approved Article II and parts of Article II of the proposed Student Body Constitution. Most of the amendments made were in accord with an earlier amendment which allows the of fices of secretary and treasurer to reatain their elective status. Originally, the new constitution gave the president the right to appoint the officials. Since this provision had been changed, it was necessary to ammend the parts of Article II which gave the president direct control over the secretary and treasurer. The amendments were added after relatively brief debate. Subsection B of section 3 presented another problem. The subsection calls for any vacancies in the Senate to be filled by ap pointments made by the president of the residence area involved. It was argued that vacancies should be filled by elections. Unable to reach an agreement, the Senate postponed consideration of the subsection until a later date and moved into section 4 of Article III. However, subsection A of section 4 provided still more controversy. Originally, the subsection gave the Senate "the sole power to make rules and regulations governing the non-academic conduct of the Student Body." Senator Jim Bradford offered an amendment to this provision which qualified it by adding "subject to review of the President of the University and Board of -Trustees." &'b Bradford, a member of the Constitutional Convention Com mittee, which drafted the new Constitution, said that the amendment would have to be By El) ('Il Staff Writi The chairman gay mittee to order as d once again on the mi di'awing all troops fr by D)ecember. Tlhe committee mei room are sending mi and forth to eac'h othe deal has just been n1 eloquent speech is igi ar'e stacks of bills, re! other' documents pile chairman's desk. On other days, tl discussion may be solution to the Middi flict, or the "survival .. or the American "p Laos. The Senate Foreig .. Committee in action, .%Well notite Thea Motion tabled ces in Senate Gamecock thi onstitutional tention by rapI lained to The was unable to ution ci adent S made before the Faculty would approve the Constitution. "Originally, we said to hell with 'em," Bradford said. "But unless we make this change the faculty will vote no." Bradford's amendment was accepted but then the debate turned to another point. Some senators contended that the phrase "sole power" would give the Senate control over the Greek organizations. Vice President Mike Spears said the amendment subjecting the Senate's power to administration would prevent this from happening. Senators Chip Galloway and Jim Bradford argued that the highly Kirk: Re commercul Speaking on Protest, Revolution and Permanent Things, the con servative columnist and author of The Conservative Mind stated that the protest movement and talk of revolution has subsided in the past year. He cited a Harris poll taken last Dr. Russell Kirk told an audience at South Cafeteria Wednesday night that revolution, like sex, has been commercialized. There must be two conditions for revolution: the great majority of people must be apathetic and there must be a bitterly discontented minority, he said. But we cannot afford to be complacent, he because revolution can occur during times of complacency. He cited civil rights, the Viet nam war and the uprooting of large Iclass N young and a r Their- names els his com- social circles ebate begins city where brits of with- industi-y is pi om Vietnam 'iThey have nbers in the Iacts to themr ssages back an upconming r. Perhaps a Actually. ade and an these people iored. There William l"ui iolutions and committee is d up on the work - and i it. me topic of They meet a proposed sday afternos e East con- -- even tho cf mankind" historic Hors resence" in from the hallways of t n Relations Building in< right? They are senators are Scinc m. 3t he was trying to get at ping his shoe on the table, but get it untied. ianges enate controversial issue of appointing or electing the secretary and treasurer had been resolved by majority vote. "The secretary and treasurer were made elective by an amend ment offered by Senators Leppard and Hembree," Spears said. That amendment was passed by a two thirds majority," he added, "but Senator Bradford and those who opposed the amendment made it clear they would continue their fight. "So I asked for a straw vote because this would settle the issue once and for all. If they couldn't even raise a simple majority, they couldn't possibly raise a two-thirds majority." volutzon %lized portions of the population as three reasons for discontent in this country. G atehous M andTlh Gatehouse Restaurant will begin operation in M and N cafeteria on Monday, according to Bill Taylor, owner of the Restaurant. lie said meals will be served in a buffet style, with occaisional sp)ecial nights on certain foods to be planned for the future. Hreakfast will be served from 7 t o 9 :n a.m., lunch fr'om 11 a.n). to 2 p.m and dinner will be served from 5to 9 p.m. According to Taylor, for lunch SOI re' dreLssed casually. ar'e unknown in the of Washington - a the only significant [)litics. no aides to whisper as they prepare for dlebate. he only semblance bear to Senator J. bright's prestigious the nature of their se way they go about 'Tuesday and 'Thur yns in liarper. which ugh located on the eshoe' - is a far cry ponderous marble he new Senate Office >ur Nation's Capital. nembers of Political (The L.egislative Unio onp None of the three proposed amendments concerning the election of the University Union president received the necessary vote to pass at the Union Executive Board meeting last evening. Union President Vickie Eslinger said a great deal of division exists on the method of electing the president. "Unfortunately it is not on whether to restrict the election but on how small a group to restrict it to." The Board of Governors has already received the three amendments and will vote on them Wednesday. Miss Eslinger said she will present the divided vote to the Board of Governors. The proposals for electing the president include one by Mario Beguiristain, films committee chairman, calling for active Union members and student senators to elect the president. Lee Helmer, concert committee chairmen, proposed that the Board of Governors select the president. Barney Oliver, Randy Kinnett and Netia Lowell submitted an amendment stating that the Union and Executive Board and the Board of Governors would nominate three candidates for president and that active Union members and student senators would elect the president from these three candidates. Debate on each proposal was limited to 10 minutes at last night's meeting. The Union Executive Board has been discussing the proposals for three weeks. According to Virginia Mc Millian, International Students Committee Chairman, "The Board of Governors is in a sad state. Recently new members have come in since some student members were dropped." Union Vice President Scottie Barnes said, "Tuesday's meeting of the Board of Governors was very well attended. They seemed to indicate that they wanted to take a more active role in Union affairs, and voted to meet twice a month instead of once a month." John Hetrick, chairman of the artist series committee opposed all the amendments to restrict the election. "The students need a say; 3 to open cafeteria and dinner students will have a choice of six vegetables to choose from with a choice of one meat, r-oils butter and ice tea or coffee for $1.25. He said that besides the meat, students could help them selves to all they wanted, but they could not return for seconds. Tlheir dfrinks would be served at an ad ditional price HeI also said an a la carte menu would be available for supper. 'Cs WA Process', which has been tran stor'med into a make-believe Senate l"orei gn Relations (Com - mittee. But make no mistakes about it. 'This is where the make-believe ends. These 22 self-made senators attack their work with vigor and talk as it whatever they enact will, in fact, become law. Moreover, some of them talk as i they are running for re-election, which injects even more reality and Bun into the game. Hut the game is also a serious one, judging from the wide range Of issues being debated: the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam by the end of this year - the r-educt ion of troops in Europe, f rom 310,000 to 100,000 by mid-1971 -intervention in the Middle n de rexy it's their activities fee that goes into the union." "We have been rushing these proposals through in time for this year's election. It would be a mistake to push it through tonight when we need two to three mon ths," Hetrick said. "Since active Union members have not been defined, we are putting the cart before the horse," he added. Beguiristain said that he felt there was a great possibility that none the three amendments would get to two-thirds vote and that he had prepared a compromise amendment for Helmer's proposal. "Action is needed immediately and we should compromise when there is a need to compromise," he said. Beguiristain's compromise called for active Union members to elect this year's president and for the Board of Governors to elect Union presidents beginning in 1971. This proposal would set up a joint committee of Executive Board and Board of Governors metnbers to study the roles of both board and present a report in May. Joe Cordina. special events committee chairman, said the compromise "takes the best parts of all three proposals." Seven of the 14 members voted for this proposal. This is three short of the needed 10 votes. Two members voted for the Oliver Kinnett-Lowell amendment and one member voted for Commi over Al By JIM WANNAMAKER Editor in Chief Talk of Carolina's leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has some people worried - worried that the decision to cut bait has already been made. Among them are the members of the Faculty Committee on Athletics (FCA). "The majority of the members are very concerned in the general matt'er over ACC membership and expect to~ be consulted before any action is taken," said Dr. Raymond Moore of the In ternational Studies Department last night. A member of the committee, he added that they will be 'very upset if they are not consulted' before a decision is made over whether or not to maintain the University's membership in the conference. The Board of Trustees members of the Faculty -Board Liason Committee have asked the faculty to request the FCA to make a full study of "plans for introducing r'ules changes to the various athletic associations of which the orld~ ~a policydam Idea to fr h came from instructo Westen, who is no stra ICo the labyrinthiar WAeste'n wor'ked as (Congr'essional I I Republican Se'nato Stevens of Alaska beft Carolina this fall He teels that the becoming an inst rum the complex legislal will gain a workingI it His idea was rea< when he made the pr class May be someday ever mnemlbers of West en's ec this legislative exp, practicable useo inc adloc electi Beguiristain's original amend ment. Four members abstained. In other Union business the Executive Board voted unanimously to have Union committees elect two candidates for their new committee chairman and the incoming president ap point the chairman from one of these candidates. This amendment stipulates that the president can overrule the I~Ig A n executit Harry Burns and Lee H during last night's Union Helmer's amended proposal bers select this year's Union Governors to select future I necessary two-thirds majoril .ttee we 2C pull University is a member, the number and amount of athletic Funny Bunny Clue no. 3 Funny Bunny believes television is a great pollutant. That's clue No. 3. If you think you've guessed the identity of Funny Bunny, put your answer with your name, telephone number and the time of sub mittance in the designated box at Russell House Information Desk. The first person to guess the identity of the Funny Bunny wins a $I0 prize The Gamecock and the University Union Special Events Committee is sponsoring the contest. All entries must be in by March 23. but the first one to identify the "Funny Bunny" wins the prize. probi with Laos house Or i a committee Washington. r T Edward Rut for at 14 mnger himself group, that legislative be next year a US(' uni 1'xmngton ('< d I96-fi~ boi the State r Theodore those whc re coimmg to) demanding ec able to discu students. by legislative ental part of1 knowledge ive process, comles only cnowledge of ticip)ation lily accepted oposal to the And imeal world ol mal I one or t wo euctn ass will put graduate stu erience to alive and ap ome state ....l i. . ked committee's nominations with the approval of the Board of Gover nors. In the past, committee chairmen have been appointed by the president. The Board also voted to give the Concert Committee an additional $3000 so that Steppenwolfe can be contracted. Helmer said that better than half the Coliseum must be filled for the committee to break even on the Steppenwolfe concert. II e decision elmer ponder the situation Executive Board meeting. to have active Union mem president and The Board of presidents failed to get the ly. irried out talk scholarships. the question of ad mission standards and plans to leave or enter any athletie association. The request was made as part of the liason committee report to the March faculty meeting on the problems encountered by the FCA in seeking information on athletic finances, programs and plans. A report on these was requested by the faculty at its January meeting. Immediately prior to the first meeting of the committee to consider the Athletic Department. the committee chairman was called to the telephone and in structed by Solomon,Blatt Jr. that Board of Trustee's policy forbids the disclosure of financial in formation on any department of the University. It was announced by Dr. Henry Lumpkin that the board of trustees members on the Board-Faculty Liason Committee will recom mend unanimously at the March 25 board meeting that monthly statements of Athletic Department <(tontinued on page :ti ems erhaps even up in: 'ast one student in the someday'' could well She is Sherry Shealy iergraduate who is a >unty GOP candidate House of Represen will settle for less treers, at least will be ss the actions of any body with the and intimacy that from actual par rwhile. though the Le-behieve may not be it philosophy for apperclassmen and dents, it is definitely pears to be working+