University of South Carolina Libraries
Faculty committee to examne athletic fees The Faculty In its Wednesday meeting sent to committee a resolution which would make the payment of athletic fees voluntary. President Thomas' F. Jones, presiding officer of the Faculty, el called the resolution out of order because, he said, the matter was one for the Board of Trustees to decide. Dr. Peter Becker of the History Department who presented the resolution said he recognized the final decision was up to the Board of Trustees, but felt the Faculty Athletic Committee could make the feelings of the faculty as an advisory body known to the Board. A vote was called for to overrule Jones' decision. The resolution was passedandwas given to the Faculty Athletic Committee. There is no scheduled meeting of the faculty before the next Board meeting, but the Faculty Athletic Committee can call a faculty meeting if they feel the issue is important enough, Jones said. The faculty also approved lowering the GPR requirement for student body officers from 2.5 to 2.0 Athletic Director Paul F. Dietzel gave a report on the athletic finances. A request for admittance to the meeting by The Gamecock was turned d9wn 67-42. A voice vote was called for, but was in conclusivl and a hand vote defeated the measure. Greeks get s tuffed feeling The feeling was mutual - at least between the Greek entries in the Whopper eating contest held as part of Greek Week at the Burger King yesterday. They were stuffed and some more than full. Kathy Easterly of Kappa Delta bested the bunch in the sorority division by putting away four and a half big ones. Three fraternities tied for the other division honors. They were Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Sigma and Sigma Chi. For her efforts, Miss Easterly won the $25 individual prize and her sorority collected $75. The three fraternities split their $75 prize and the individual winners divied up the $25 prize. Greek Week activities which began on Wednesday will climax tomorrow after a full slate of festivities. A parade at noon Saturday from the Horseshoe to the intramural field will include M iss Easterl) aoA 4ntw -by at*nties end sororities, working in groups as part of an emphasis on the week's theme of "Getting Together" C oed a b i (Continued on Page 4) 2% vote onWens ref erendunm AU~~n e ofin Nominations for student offices ngt will be taken today between 9 a.m. Te2 erodgr adta w and 4 p.m. on the second floor of meaprchdtirakdcr the Russell House under new rules onte80bckfHndrn voted on by the student body and Stetadudknvsofrchr faculty. dt oleo h aksa hl Students may nominate any ha on student with a 2.0 GPR for a major office and any student meeting the standards for a continuing student for a minor office. The office of University Union president will not be included on the ballot,.e c i e In a referendum Wednesday, students voted In favor of lowering requirements for candidates for Stdeofhefecsfraiin student offices and for the election onmcadontefdchiofn of the Student Union president by Ekm rb eedsrbdb the student body. Only about two D.Toa 'arl fBtel per cent of the student body turn'fed Mmra nttt nls ih' out to give their opinion of th E nvrnetlIse rga issues. lcue Dean Charles Whitten and OFariismngroth President Thomas F. Jones are TretilEooyScino h studying the issue of who should Eoytm eatet a elect the Union president. If it is BatleNrh s,Rihnd decided that the student body Wah should elect the officer, another Sekn ntetpc"fet date will be set for nominations for adFt fRdainI h n '1 the office. vrnet"OFrelsi,"h Mike Rierson, chairman of the mjrojcieo h ersra Elections Commission, said that Eclg Seto an th there seems to be indications that Eoytm eateti u the Student Union plans to elect the cnrc okfrteAoi office within the Union itself. Eeg omsini odtr Monday, a meeting will be held miete fec an fteo for those students nominated rdaini h niomn. today. Nominees who are D.Oarl lutae i disqualified after their GPR's are letrwihcorsds.Hfrt checked with the University decidastyofmeInn records can bring their questions arai-ahnto tt hc to this meeting. All other nominees tidt eemn faiasi will be informed at the meeting of terntv urudnsaemr procedures for campaign and orlsseitvtoadtonhn regulations for election. Any lbrtr tan faias qualified nominee who cannot Tesuyo h ieto he attend the meeting must be ex- adahl er n rbbycs cused by the Elections Com- 00,acodn t r mission.O'arl.iesithrwsa Mass meetin caled calld amas metingofowes tAt the tio akn h as yren men fr 0p.m. Sunay.mendppoahe the r ays ked hae tredeto and rughnie the oreahe Towrs reidet E Faden stdats' olition the thekseanil Towes rsidets re ivitd toM ohesa ises t froetseatgod wIt her & Luget dsus vstainadetl itationwu.e privilegs, nw ousiies o he efto f adoltion" VOL. LX-- No. 77 University of SOuth Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29206os mvt~ W 3 US ons1 By MICHAEL BALL Staff Writer Following the arrest of three students by state narcotics of ficials Thursday, about 150 people gathered in the Russell House in response to an apparent police drug scare. Fied PWck sh6ws style dLucted y nght Police said the girl reported that after a ride of around 20 minutes they stopped in a wooded area. There they forced her boyfriend into the trunk and threatened her life. The girl said both men raped her and then drove the car back to the Columbia College area. and effects by O'Farrell difference in response to radiation, but it was not as wide as had been expected. O'Farrell also described a study of the amount of radiation in an Alaskan ecosystem where the Eskimo population eats Caribou. The Caribou feed on lichen in the winter which absorbs radiation from the air. Solving environmental problems, O'Farrell said, "is going to require money and a set of priorities." One of the problems with studying radiation in the environment is that it requires so long to come up with base line data. We don't have time to wait 15 or 20 years for results." O'Farrell pointed out that the studies in which he has been in volved only applied to very small areas. "Fortunately, there are people who can think in terms of large environmental problems," he said. -tee O'Farmu StI ate At 6 p.m. students identified as Gonzalo Leon, Hank Adams .and John W. Swing were served warrents for possession and sale of illegal drugs. After a lengthy -search, Deupty Sheriff, T.E. Clark, Jr., emerged with a soap dish *which he stated contained unidentified tablets and "paper suspected to be LSD." A young man, who had identified himself as Ronny Shepherd when he had lived with Leon earlier, said he was a state agent. At least one of the arrested were charged with selling LSD to Shepherd. Clark stated that there were to be a series of arrests and "you can consider this part of them." Of ficer Dr. Thomas Wyatt com mented, "There will be no massive arrests." The search warrants the officers had enabled them to examine the premises and everything around. Leon and Adams were placed in Clark's unmarked car. One officer explained Adams was handcuffed "because he had given us trouble." When the pair of students were hustled in the car, the area residents who had gathered during the searcb expressed shock at the arrest and the handcuffing of Adams. One bystander cried, "They don't think we're people who feel things, who breath, who have babies . . . they think we're just big animals, criminals." According to a Richland County police officer, the pair has been detained at the Rchland jail. The bA1tt ea& *46 t asse it' $42000. Three non-USC students were also served warrants during the raids last night. TIhe opening consensus or we Russell House meeting was that rumors that upcoming elections of such officials as Solicitor John Ford and Sheriff Frank Powell would prompt the busts. The meeting had been an nounced Monday. For several days, rumors of large numbers of warrants, including "John Doe" or unnamed and conspiracy to possess and sell drugs, have been spreading over campus. One spokesman for the group said, "We heard about this a week ago and now it's happening. It's real." During heated debate, the group agreed to remain peaceful in the face of an alledged series of up to 30 impending arrests. Several students arose and presented facts concerning arrests and threats from USC officials and other agencies during the past week. Discussion covered legal areas such as the alien status of Loon and any type of demonstration being classified a riot by police. A rally was proposed to show President Jones the unity of the Not military B. Vie BALYCE YOUMANS Asst. Managing Editor South Vietnam asked the United States for help with the Vietnam War with the hope that someday they would be able to fight the war without allies. That time has come, according to Nguyen Truong, 3rd Un dersecretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington. In a lecture in Currell College Wednesday night, Truong said, "The help we need most now is logistical and technical. The Vietnamese would like to see all the U. S. troops brought home moon "The U. S. has always been friends of the oppressed. Look at Korea and Laos. "The United States Is the only hope for freedom for hundreds of millions of peopl, around the world. Should she fail, freedom is doomed all over the world." Troung added that the Viet namese have succeeded in stemming the Communist takeover. "We have done our best during the war to raise the stan dard of living of the people." He said that schools have been . ideni [rug students on the matter of police harrassment. Jones was accused of permitting state narcotics agents free access to university files on individual students. To the applause of the group, one person said, "The purpose of a rally would be to convince President Jones that this is an educational institution and that By Senate Coec By DON BABB Staff Writer Student Senate responded to a petition Wednesday asking that a previously passed "coed living" bill be recalled and defeated. The petition was highly critical of the bill's provisions that K dorm be made a women's dorm and that Sims become a men's dorm. The petition, signed by over 100 residents of K, also criticized the bill's author, Sen John Blackshire, for "his flamboyant and callous display of irresponsibility." The petition further charged that Blackshire, who lives in dorm L, had used dorm K as a "guinea pig in a social experiment." Some 15 residents from K attended the Senate session and heard Vice President Mike Spears read their petition before the assembly. Sen. Jim Leppard introduced a motion to have the bill recalled. The motion was carried and debate Speaking in defense of his in tentions, Sen. Blackshire denied designing the bill to intimidate K Tr, ts nee( built for the young and hospitals for the sick. He said that these parts of Vietnamese life had been ignored by the press. "It is dull for them to depict a school or hospital being built." According to Troung, the South Vietnamese have made many concessions in Paris but they have been ignored by the North. We "agreed to stop bombing Hanoi if the communists would stop indiscriminate shelling of populated cities but they didn't keep their promise. In July of 1969, me of the most generous offers in he history of South Vietnam was made. We offered free elections and participation by all parties ncluding the National Liberation F'ront. The Viet Cong claimed the :entrolled 90 per cent of the people et why did they not allow elec :ons then?" "Our people suffer much in the aMt 25 years. They would like the estoration of peace. But they :ertainly don't want total surrender to the Comunits.. . turing the four days occupation of me city, the communists killed 1.000 civilians, young and old men were notaspared. .. One day is the lanni ladrts are humnanitarian ts 'bu, violal he's anAducator, not a narc." One moderator of the meeting added, "This is a mass thing by the man and with university help." Members of the meeting will be trying to raise bail for the two arrested yesterday. At present bail has not been set. One student asked If a militant Weatherman-SDS faction might l-living disc dorm. He said the dorm was chosen for its "physical aspects." Blackshire then offered an I amendment which would bave changed the bill so as to make no direct mention of K or any ither dorm. But the amendment "was defeated and the Senate then voted by roll call on the bill as a whole. I The bill was defeated by a large margin and the Senate applauded the residents of K as they filed out the chamber. Sen. Blackshire abstained from the voting. Moving to the bills on the call of the calendar, the Senate passed the controversial reapportionment bill. Another significant bill, one by Senators Wyka and Leppard, was also passed. The bill calls for more police protection for residents of Columbia Hall. Three witnesses from the dorm testified before the Senate that they had been chased and molested. Sen. Leppard said that egigpg%jnd clea ta lhg -N between the campus police and B city police as to who was directly s1 responsible for patrolling the area. nf I fS 14 pl le G bi ai g4 pi re w hs is pg -Craig Kimaartil I technic enough they will realize they can't win this war by aggression . . . b peace will then be restored. The South Vietnamese have a i plan for post war development 4 which will involve the use of five billion American dollars, 7 millionH the first year. Truong said that the money would be taken from the United Statan th< Galloway 1 for vice-prn Senator Chip Galloway will te announce his candidacy for vice ei president of the student body sy Sunday ats5p.m.in Room 302of the foi Russell House. of Galloway said lastigt ta h Fr challenges all other vice Qs presidential candidates "to ge present a better campaign or even ws explain how they intend to .c complish their vague ideas." am According to Galloway, his M platform wil luchade snaeISen O dormltory rtant, ehn af de ti sted' 10ns spring UP to figmt wiedged op pression of students. An un challenged speaker replied, "If these things don't start violence might come; if there's ever a violent revolution, the cope wil be the cause of it." After the meeting, members in attendance left to discuss the matter in smaller groups. ussed The bill ciing for - better protection was passed mnanimously. The Senate also considered Wednesday three additional nominations to the Elections Commission. Sam MacDowel and Harry Wilson were accepted after rief discussion. However, Marsha Fones, the third nominee, failed to vin Senate confirmation. (Continved em Page 2) Pittma n tnnounces Smn. Jbm PIOtMan NN. ody President. Speaking in )ecially called conference, Pitt ian said, "The potential of tudent Government depends on adership. I intend to provide that adership." Pittman then briefly outlined his ampaign platform. Among the sues which he stressed were: - A "town meeting" of the udent Body to allow students to insult with one another and with ected officials. - expansion of the research -ograms at the undergraduate vel. - a reorientation of Student overnment with the purpose of -inging about more autonomy id unity among the various ivernmental branches. - revising the present housing ogram so as to allow students, gardless of class standing, to live herever they wish. - Pittman said he intended to savily base his campaign on the sues. "We must go beyond the isters and deal directly with the wuee involved," he said. Pittman, a political science ajor, has served as vice 'esident of the Senate General elfare Committee. He has also ~en active in numerous campus ganizations, especially the bating team. ~a1 aid Hie said that it would involve the uilding of schools and other icessary buildings and ograms. As of now, the country buying land from the rich (20 per ntt cash. 80 per cent bonds) and distributing it to the peasants. e added that since 1965, the imber in grammer schools in iath Vietnam has grown from 400 usand to 3 million. aorun ~sident enage rule, revision of the irriculum andi , semester stemn,newa andel* Grek Mtivlles th b kbe aternity said . l muensaadas t.aa mM verning sOUdee *