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'Chicago' tiets on sale at Russell Housep e VOL. LX-N*. 75 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29206 --I' - The Inter- Fraternity and Councils in conjunction with tI Union will present "Chicago Saturday at 8 p.m. at Caroli Spears visitatio Mike Spears, vice president of the Student Body, will ask the Board of Women Visitors to reconvene to reconsider their stand on visitation. The board decided not to allow the individual women's dorms to vote on the Student Senate bill candidacy With elections planned for April 20, another candidate for student body president, Fred Magner, has announced his "intention to run." Magner, a former Student Senate representative for two %Z.. ?Black fraternity accepted Burt Rosen, Inter-Fraternity M Council President, has an *nounced that Kappa Alpha Psi. *Fraternity has been un ~animously accepted as an ~associate member of the~ council, pending their charter ~by their national organization. The local chapter of the xnational black fraternity is ~expected to be chartered here by the end of the semester. ..All -new members of the : ~council must remain as an associlate member for a period ~ Sof two years. and meet certain .requirements, before they are Saccepted as full members. As an associate member, they $will have all the privileges of a' full member except voting' rights. They will participate in rush. Greek Week, fraternity : intra murals and all other inter Sfraternity functions. Vietnam to ap pea: Nguyen Truong, third secretary of the South Vietnamese embassy, will highlight g three-day visit to campus Wednesday night with a spehon "Vietnam: What, Why an ow." Invited to the campus by thE Young Americans for Freedonm (YAF), he will arrive Tuesday morning, and attend a 12:30 lun. cheon in his honor. Sponsored by the Alpha Phi Omega, the luncheor will be at Capstone. Student ticketi are available at $2. That night, Truong will addreua the International Students Club a 7:30 in Russell House. Wednesdat morning, he will visit severa Jclasses followed by a 1 p.m. prcia conference. His main address Wednesda; night will begin at 7:80 in urnel 'Chicago' Panhelenic Tickets are on e University information des " in concert for students and na Coliseum. public. oppose.. >n decis allowing visitation. The bill would allow visitors in the women's dorms every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 3-12 p.m. The board was asked by four representatives of AWS to recommend to the Board of Trustees that women students be tanounces for office years, is also a member of the University Provost Committee and a member of the S.C. State Student Legislature. He is also parliamentarian of the Towers Council. Magner explained in an in terview his idea that student government needs an "overall idealogy" rather than dealing with issues on an ad hoc basis. "It needs to establish a basic operational theory so that when it comes down to doing something, it's easier for students to un derstand and identify with ac tions," he said. "I've tried to stay out of government affairs this year so I could stand back and see how the government appears to the average student, and I didn't like the image at all," Magner said. Dealing with specific issues, Magner said that the new student government constitution is "meaningless, as Is any other structural revision, if you have the same type of people willing to compromise ideals of students to the degree that they have done in the past." "Discussing the Board of Trustees, he said, "I can't see wasting my time going to the Board of Trustees if it's just to make appearances. If I take time to see the board or the vice president of the University, it will (Continued on Page 2) official r here 107. A question period will follow. He will meet with law students Thursday during his last day on campus. Truong's appearance will be sponsored by the Young American for Freedom. According to Ben Wynn and Connie Coyne of YAF, his visit is part of the group's "counter offensive" to the April "Strike for peace." "Mr. Truong's talk will no doubt deal extensively with the South Vietnamese attitude toward U. S. involvement," the YAF spokesmen added. "It will be of considerable interest and value to the Carolina community if for no other reason than that it is a presentation of a different point of vieuw." sale at the Russell House k. Tickets are $1.50 and $1 $2.50, $2.00 and $1.50 for the 'ton given the right to vote by dorms hether or not they want visitation. Spears called the women visitors decision not to allow voting on the matter a "disinfranchisement of the. women's constitutional rights." Spears admitted that there is some opposition to visitation among women studeats, "but it the "omgn,don't v*4t It,. t4ey. Ad at least be allowed vote agoinut it instead of being told by some well meaning motherly figure that the issue has already been decided for them and the women's opinion really doesn't count." To be counted in on the decision making process is one of the main objectives of the students on the USC campus, Spears continued, "but here again, we see a time and place where the administration with its many committees has chosen to decide for us." "1I flatly refuse this decision," he said and called it "archaic, ultra conservative, unconstitutional and typical." No acti on visitU By FRED MONK Managing Editor Students who have hoped for longer open visitation hours this semester will have to wiat until next year before any further action will be taken by the ad ministration. According to Vice President for Student Affairs Charles H. Witten the Board of Trustees at its recent meeting, did not take any action on proposals that open visitation at USC be expanded. "The matter is being referred to the Board of Trustees - Student Liaison Committee for further discussion," Whitten said. "At the present, we will hold to the rules we have concerning open house," Whitten said. Whitten said that it is up to the Liaison Committee to make recommendations to the full Board of Trustees at its next scheduled meeting. M.nday. April s Film "'The Women". 3. 6. 9 p.m.. Russell Ilouse Assembly Hoom. International committee. 6:3 p.m.. Con l.ervnce' room. Uni ersaI Life Retigious Student 4e%ociaton.7:00Op.m.. km. 2315. kussell House. International committee. 7 p.m.. Rm.30 RsMSell House. Short Course CommIttee. 7 p.m.. Rm. 302. Rtusadl House. University UnIon. 7:45 p m. Conference OmmIttee Tuesday. April?7 Film: "Rtosemary's Baby". 3. 6, 5 p.m.. Rtussell House Assembly Room. Wednesday. Apenl a rashlon Show, S p.m.. Russenl House Speed highli By PETE PANTSARI Staff Writer A speech by Lt. Governor John C. West, and "Chicago" in concert will highlight the Inter-Fraternity and Pan Helenic councils' Greek Week, which begins Wednesday. West, a candidate for governor of S. C., will address the combined fraternity and sorority groups at the Greek Week Convocation, Wednesday, 8 p.m., in the Campus Room at Capstone House. CONCERT "Chicago," formerly known as the "Chicago Transit authority," will cap off the week of Greek activities with a concert, open to all students and the public, at Carolina Coliseum. The concert is sponsored by the Inter Fraternity Council, Pan Helenic Council and the University Union. Tickets are on sale at the Russell House in formation desk. Also appearing in the 8 p.m. Saturday concert will be "Wild fire," a prominent, local rock group. NEW LOOK This year's Greek Week will feature a new look, and several alterations over past years, that will make the week more meaningful and more enjoyable. Notably among the changes in the format is the community service project. In the past, all the Greeks collected for the March of Dimes one day during the week. This year, the project will take place during the three days prior to Greek Week. Fratenoty and sorority en painting, and general repair work for three local community centers that are desperately in need of assistance. Proceeds from Saturday's carnival will be donated to the March of Dimes in keeping with past year's community service efforts. CONTESTS The carnival on Saturday, another new feature, will be in corporated with the Greek games on the intramural field. It will include a booth for betting on the races, a balloon bust, ring toss game, concessions and the "Dunkizaz. n taken ition However, no formal date has been set for the next committee meeting and the regular session of the Board of Trustees may not be until June. Open visitation began in the fall semester when residence halls were allowed to have open house for certain hours during the weekend. At the present, open house cannot be held after 6 p.m. and the residence hall government must register with either the Dean of Men or the Dean of Women's Of fice, stating the times and dates of open house, before it can be ap proved. Men's Towers, however, passed a bill which held an experimental open house continuously for four weekends to find out the problems involved with open house and the reaction of the students. In a referendum at the end of the experimental period, the residents of the Towers passed over whelmingly a resolution which urged continuation of the program and expansion of open house hours. As a result of that referendum, Towers residents have open house every Saturday and Sunday from 146 p.m. At Columbia Hall, a bill was passed, but not approved by the Dean of Women's Office, which would have extended open house past the 6 p.m. deadline and up~ to midnight on Saturday A version of the bi which also included Friday night as part of the open house period- was presented to the Board of Women Visitors where it also received an unfavorable reaction. Approximately 85 per cent eo'the Horseshoe residents last month signed a petition requesting -that open house hours be liberallsed to midnight Friday through Sunday. ro( ght G .Highlighting the games is the ever-popular and highly com petitive chariot race, and the crowning of "Aphrodite," goddess of love. New games will include a fraternity tug-o-war. In conjunction with the Greek activites, a local restaurant will conduct a "Whopper Eating Contest" Thursday. A $100 prize will be gived to the winning fraternity and sorority by the restaurant. One member from each fraternity and sorority will compete at the restaurant. BANQUET Harold Brunton, vice president for business affairs, will speak at the Awards Banquet Thursday night. Honored at the banquet will be the "Faculty or Administrative Studen 0 0 issues i By ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Staff Writer USC students will be given an opportunity to vote on several issues in referendums on April 8 and April 20. The lowering of requirements for campus officers will be the topic of Wednesday's referendum. The proposal would lower the GPR requirement for candidates for major offices from 2.5 to 2.0. Candidates for minor offices would have to be classified only as a contintng -stodent v ftather- dhan have a 2.0 GPR. Also dn Wednesday, students will vote on who should elect the University Union president. Formerly the officer was elected by the entire student body but a recent constitutional amendment by the University Union would allow the officer to be elected only by active members of the Union. Mike Spears, Student Govern ment vice president, said that Student Government is opposed to this idea. He pointed out that the Union spends more than $140,000 of student activity fees "on concerts and dances for the student body and not just for the active mem bers of the Union." "It seems painfully apparent," Spears continued, "that if the Union president were to be chosen only by the active members of the Union, then it would be very easy for a cliquish spoils system tc develop within the Union.'" Spears noted that office of Student Union president is the only stpdent elected office in the Union. "I say let's at least keep that one office. If we don't, we'll have no control over where our money goes." Charles H. Witten, vice president for student affairs is now studing the matter. In the April 20 voting, students will be able to give their opinion of various faculty and administration members as well as to vote on the new Student Body Constitution. HEW le1 of integr k con reek Man of the Year," "Greek Man of a the Year," "Sorority Woman of the A Year," and the "Greek Men and Sorority Women of the Year." Other awards to be presented i are the "Alpha Tau Omega Help j 'Week Trophy," scholarship I awards for fraternity and sorority scholarship winners and the a fraternity sports trophy. ( The newly-elected officers of the r Inter Fraternity Council and Pan t Helenic Council will be sworn in at the banquet. GETTING TOGETHER In keeping with this year's theme of "Getting Together," fraternities and sororities have. been paired off into groups of three. These groups will work I together all week long on the I ts to de referei The proposed constitution would give students new powers and rights on campus, according to Mike Spears, vice president of the student body. He called the con stitution one of "strong student agreement and consent." "More than 2000 hours were spent formulating the con stitutional revision and everything that went into the revision was passed by a two-thirds vote of the Nursing sc f or federal By SUSAN Asst. Managi Five representatives of the N (NIH) will visit the Univers determine whether or not to gi the one million dollars it has i According to Harold Brur business affairs, of all disciplini the most critical needs is In n "The four-year program is I two-year program is being Coliseum," Brunton said. "The state also has a verl emphasis on nursing and we hoi Brunton added. Two of the five visitors are fri one is from Atlanta, one frorn Dakota and one is from Floric "Whenever you ask for a larg the agency involved has a 'sita and experts from other school request,". Brunton said. University Provost William I of the School of Nursing and 0 group on its tour of campus tE " They should have a full day visits by community people, hospitals and the Board of He He said they would look at t University nursing school oni "The problem is that there a for money going into Washingt of them," Brunton added. tter discuss ation at Q The status of integration at the University was the subject of a nine-page letter from the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) to University President Thomas F. Jones. Jones said that it 'detailed comments on the institution which have in effect been taken under advisement and a study made of corrections where necessary." He said it was "not an ultimatum." Jones said that HEW is studying the whole state higher education system and any "over dramatization of the letter would mislead the pulic," -However, Jones said that the letter to the University did act ake any reference to the stats study or problems in dsegagsgation of ether ttIatIe of higher education in the tats. USC Boardof Trattess abiimasl Rutledge Osomre said th ete hasn im n'tnskIgt bdWth ervice projed caniVal hstw nd parade tions. The groups wi *sedct a odteir porton of the par'adb and Vli marct as a groo$ radier bn is individual fraternities ad ororitles. Th parade wil begin I nn oithe Horseshoe n te intramural field. car Ival and games will fommen a t he onchlsion of the parade. All group and individual ac Ivities during the week will be judged and graded, and topbies top fraternity and rrty. C-charbW oGreek Week are everly NeeIL4.iChi Omega, and mete McCau , Sigma Na. cide adums Senate.' After students vote on the con stitution, it will be subject to the approval of the faculty and the Board of Trustees. Spears said that since the senate has been working with the .aidut Affairs division and the facWlty OM. the changes, he expects no.trouble getting the constitution throo the faculty. hooIgk I money ROSS ag Editor ational Institute of Health Ity campus tomorrow to ant the School of Nursing equested. iton, vice president for 2s at the University, one of irsing. ioused miserably and the held temporarily in the F dire need for increased se the visitors will agree," )m the NIH in Washington, i the UnIversity of North IaState. e amount of federal money, visit' by some of its staff i to the group making the patterson, Dean Sanderson runton will be hosts to the >morrow. .The schedule will include the Columbia and Baptist mlth,'' Brunton said. e facilities and judge the Is needs. re just too many requests n and they con't grant all es state irolina board and will net be released until it is. State Higher Education Com mission Chairman James A. Morris, formerly of the University, informed his commissioni in January that HEW officials were in the state to make a. review of desegregation in higher educattogi and were expected to tae atme requirements after their et1#. Several Southera sitates t* under NE3W orders 10 aetsh 4ta systems of hastIiuttees :of b education. gidaince nthe~