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VOL. LX-No. 7 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208
W AWednesday, April 15, 197,
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By FRED MONK
Managing Editor
Student Body elections Will be
postponed until April 27 in order to
give everybody "a fair chance"
according to Bill Jenkinson, head
of the Joint Judicial Council.
Jenkinson, who met with Barry
Knobel, student - body president
and members of the election
commission Monday night said
that the whole election process
would be moved up one week in
order to "avoid confusion."
An injunction by the Joint
Judicial Council on any student
body elections is expected to be
lifted this week, provided the
council feels assured that Senate
will comply with the councils
rulings.
The injunction against having
any elections was enjoined on the
Senate last November when Jim
Corley and several other can
didates in the fall elections
protested the elections on the
grounds that they were improperly
controlled and conducted.
The Joint Judicial Council then
ruled that until the Senate enacted
statutes which would insure that
the election procedure would be
properly conducted, any student
body election would be invalid.
According to Jenkinson,
although the injunction is still
imposed, it should be lifted this
week, since there is reliable
evidence that Senate will comply
with the ruling.
At its meeting Monday night,
the elections commission approved
as constitutional the recent
referendum which would allow
GPR requirements for major
Short coi
offer tre
Extra-terrestrial life will be the
topic of discussion for the
Astronomy short course this week
and a honey cookie dessert will be
prepared in the Greek Cooking
class.
Dr. Rholfing of the Biology
Department will lead the
Astronomy class in its exploration
of the possibilities of life on other
planets. Dr. Safko, regular i
discussion leader of the course will
also be present. The discussion will
be held tonight in Room 209 of the
Russell House.
In the Greek Cooking class
Thursday night, a student will
prepare finikia, a honey cookie
dessert. The class will take place
at 7 p.m. in the kitchcn of the
Baptist Student Center.
The Income Tax and First Aid
short courses have concluded their.
discussions for the semester.
Anyone interested in attending
any of the other 11 short course
Gamecock
wins two
awards
The Gamecock has won two
more awards.
The newspaper was given first
runner-up in the Charlotte Ob
server-Charlotte News Annual
College Press Awards for best
large college newspaper.
The competition among
university papers In the two
Carolinas was won by the Old Gold
and Black of Wake Forest
University and covered first and
second semester of this year.
Editors of The Gamecock during
that period have been Carl Stepp
and Jim Wannamaker. Stepp
accepted the award.
The assistant managing editor of
The Ganmecock, Miss Alyce
Youmans, won first runner-up In
the feature writing contest with
her stories on student government
here first semester. Her award
carried a $50 prize.
10S~
ionsI
nts
ion to be
office holders dropped from a 2.5 to
a 2.0 and would allow any con
tinuing student to run for a minor
office.
The elections commission also
approved last weeks reap
portionment of the senate which
would establish a senate seat for
each 250 persons in each senatorial
district.
According to the ruling by the
elections commissions all
nominations submitted last
Friday, the previous deadline, will
be thrown out and April 20 will be
the new deadline for nominations.
"There were too many loopholes,
too many problems I could see
coming," Mike Rierson, chairman
of the elections commission said.
One ruling, which is an extension
of a ruling by the Joint Judicial
Council last semester, states that a
person cannot be a candidate for
more than one office.
The Joint Judicial Council voted
last semester that a person could
not be a candidate for more than
one senatorial seat.
Rierson said that three persons
have already given him letters of
appeals to submit to the judicial
council on the basis of the com
missions ruling Monday night.
"This is the first time the
commission has put its foot down,"
Rierson said and he added that
sone people "aren't happy."
"The commission has been
constantly harrassed," Rierson
said, "by students who have
threatened to obtain civil lawyers
and bring suit against us."
"The elections commission is
here to help people get elected and
trses
ats
discussions can call the Russell
House Information Desk for times
and places of the meetings.
True
A USC student shows his c
yesterday. The Bloodmobile
week sponsored by the Amel
3 student
in past n
A total of three University
students have been arrested in the
past month on drug charges ac
cording to Charles Witten, vice
president for student affairs.
Only one student has been
arrested In the last series of raids
on campus and he was picked up In
his dorm. Earlier this month two
students were arrested off campus
for the sale of LSD, Witten said.
A total of 30 people have been
arrested throughout the county In a
three week narcotics crackdown
by the newly formed agency's
narcotics squad. Ten arrests were
made this past week end.
Richland County Shaerff Fank
posti
)rote
lifted
informed," Rierson said, "not to
hinder them."
Rierson said that the elections
commission has worked to iron out
any loophole or impropriety that
was found in last semester elec
tions.
On April 26, Rierson said,
security guards will man 10 polling
places around the campus. In
order to vote a student must
present his student picture ID and
his University fee card.
The fee card will be stamped to
designate that a student has voted
and according to Rierson the
security guard will also punch a
hole in the appropriate space on
the fee card.
He said that at each polling
place, the guard will have a
complete IBM readout of USC
residents in order to prevent
crossover voting in the senatorial
elections.
According to Rierson, the 10
polling places will be Bates House,
M&N Lounge, Russell House,
Roost, Simms Columbia Hall,
Capstone, South Building, Petigru
College (Law building) and Maxcy
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Federa
reducii
By EDDIE CHEN
Staff Writer
Marijuana penalties should be
reduced and made uniform
throughout the country, recom
mends a Congressional committee
which has investigated the drug
problem for almost a year all over
America - including at the
University of South Carolin,.
The report that details strong
links between using marijuana and
later addiction to "heavy" drugs -
and yet calls for milder marijuana
- chaude reai
gri
ourage while donating blood
will be here the rest of the
rican Red Cross.
s charged
ionth
Powell said that the reason so
many arrests had been made
recently was due to the great
number of graduates from the
narcotics school. The Columbia
narcotics squad is the first one in
the state according to Powell.
He said that the squad has not
been concentrating on the
University, "in fact there have
been less arrests on campus than
any other place."
The emphasis of the raids have
been on [SD and heroin rather
than marijuana, according to
Powell. "We are just determined
to seek these persons out who are
selling heroin and [SD at any
place and at any tie."
)oned 1
St US(
Sue Kelsey of Alpha Delta Pi d
strates the rare form she exhibited 4
L commit
1g penalti
penalties - was released last week hundrt
by the House Select Committee on testifie
Crime. mariju
The 120 page report, titled The
simply "Marijuana," concludes mariju
that more than six million called
Americans are users of marijuana first-tir
and that the traffic in marijuana Pepp
amounts to at least $850 million a statute
yea". include:
Investigators for the committee in a cc
were in Columbia for two weeks drug-al
last November, when they studied Pepper
the drug traffic at USC. Other the sta
cities where the committee held from t
hearings were Miami, San crimes.
Francisco, Boston, Washington, D. impose
C. and Omaha, Neb. Many
According to Rep. Claude marijua
Pepper of Florida, chairman of the impose
committee, "Only one out of the years es
18-year-old
to get boost
from studen
A statewide gathering of student Tuesday
leaders is expected to gather on the ammen
State House steps at 5 p.m. today to the vote
show support for positive action on
a bill to lower the voting age to 18. It pas:
Chip Galloway, a student senator go up i
and coordinator of the program accordir
said that at least 24 colleges and Blatt.
universities In the state have Blatt
agreed to send a student leader or number
telegram representing support for house oi
the passage of the bill. the am
Galloway said that he was still readin
trying to contact a number of other ment to
schools.
"This is not a demonstration,"B
Galloway said, "it will be a
responsible meeting to show the
legislature how the students in the*
state feel." lfl(
Sen. Betsy Mickey said that, by Tw
the representatives that were sent indictei
over 100.000 students In the state County
could be represented. necion
The program which stemmed inciden
out of the student senate's in- board.
tention to hold Its regular session Brett
on the State House steps In order to Weathe
show its support for the bill, will charge
not now include any formal senate and pers
business but according to Vice also i
President Spears all senators are tear gal
urged to attend.
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er praised a Nebraska known.
for first offenders, which Pepper said that one
s a mandatory seven days six million marijuana us
iunty jail and a required country are "experime
buse education course. casual users, two mi
said that prisoners under "social" or occasional
tute would be segregated 600.000 are "habitual"u
hose convicted of other use about one ounce a v
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a fine for a first offense.
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g to House Speaker Sol Ter rcrig
said that because of the 12
of changes made by the Tetielsceue
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By HARRY HOPE
and MIKE BALL
Staff Writers
"If you want to smoke, go out
side," the Russell House loud
speaker made reference to rumors
that marijuana was being used last
night in the USC Union.
Minutes later Union Director
Dave Phillips announced that the
administration had decided to keep
the Union and the Gamecock room
open for about two hundred
students.
The administration has not
agreed to the demands which
brought the students together.
Following a Tuesday afternoon
meeting with President Jones,
F.R.E.A.K. (Freedom to Research
Every Aspect of Knowledge)
organized a meeting on the Russell
House patio. The grievances
niagU sd"3 presented to Jones at the meeting
concerning USC's attitude toward
alleged drug users were said to
have been turned into demands.
The group of about 300 persons
marched orderly and arrived in
front of Jones' house. The
President did not answer the group
and refused comment to the
Gamecock.
At 9p.m. the group left and
decided at the administration
building to camp out in the Russell
House. After conferring, the ad
ministration said the Union would
remain open all night.
for first The students sent telegrams
to life. explaining their position to
>ort also President Nixon, press services
ress treat and newspapers.
emeanors Despite the closure of women's
iwers to dorms, as normal at midnight,
fects" are about 80 persons remained in the
building at 3 a.m.
ialf of the Approximately 50 people
ers in this remained in the Russell House at 6
nters" or a.m. this morning according to a
Ilion are Russell House staff member at the
isers, and Information Desk.
isers who When the administration
ommittee building opened, approximately 75
students demonstrated their
addits, demands for a drug policy change
'ilgss outside of President Jones' office.
lce of- After a while, Jones agreed to
niersityUS meet with the students in the
sfC. Assembly Room in the Russell
House at 1 p.m.. today.
More than 250 students con
G verged on the home of University
President Dr. Thomas F. Jones
IMonday night to present a list of
grievences which were related
mainly to recent drug arrests on
campus.
However, the president failed to
~tric Co. see the group and the group
ht from dispersed peacefully after Jerry
concert Nix, assistant to the dean of men,
Is. told the crowd that Dr. Jones "will
zes band talk with your leaders tomorrow."
sly at The students marched to the
s it y 's president's home from a meeting
festival, at the Russell House Patio.
include Members of F.R.E.A.K, alarmed
City is over the increasing frequency of
h Row drug arrests on campus, drew up
the petition and called the meeting
I to also to discuss what action might be
onsored taken.
Dance The petition protested the "easy
ildfire, access by the local police to our
mit 35. campus and the enthusiastic
...-.. cooperation of the University in the
assist of law enforcement of
dp ficials," and the "use .f att ,ehti
L A with authority, such as hall
counselors as little more than paid
informers and the University
allowing narcotic agents to enroll
under the guise of students solely
o Bursey for the purpose of spying and
nsion, but arresting fellow students for the
rsey had use of drugs."
aspended 'The petition also called for ao
cause he end to the "persecution and
e campus F.R.E.AK. us g iced
en read- the organiation's charges that the
es University is aiding narcotics
rd's case agents.
xt wek,Jones, in a prepared attment
County Said that agents have the as
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