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Steppenwolf tickets aR H.April 22 i atEarth Day InfoArbor Day Info Desk Lenin's Birthday Vol. LX - No. 82 University of couth Carolina, Columbia.- S. C. 292 R Wdnesday A i 29 Judi time Academic probation rule holds By FRED MONK Managing Editor The Joint Judicial Council aft4 several meetings over the pai week finally ruled last night th candidates running for a maj< office must have a 2.0 GP cumulative and 2.0 for the previot semester to qualify for office. The council which relunctant made the decision said that it ha to follow the present Student Bod Constitution although a recei amendment lowering the GP requirement was confusing in il intent. The section of the constitutic which caused the jam up in tt interpretation of the constitutic but finally proved to be ti weighing provision for the judicii ruling stated that "No studei shall be a candidate for office wt is on academic probation." A student is on academi probation at USC if he fails I make a 2.0 GPR for the previot semester or at least six hours 4 summer school with C average. The Judicial Council said th4 the recently approved amendmei which lowered the GP requirement was a confusin factor in its decision. "We found the legislative intei so confusing that a just dete mination could not be made on th 3 basis. We did find that the Studei Senate did not fully consider tt appropriate sections of the soi stitution in drafting the amen4 ment." In its five to one decisio however, the council drafted statement of feeling separate froi its decision. It states that other members the council agreed with tt dissenting member that for ti best interest of the student boc and the candidates, the on] standard for qualification f< major office should be a 2.0 GPI "However, as we have rule before, we would be neglecting ot duty to uphold and interpret tt constitution as it is written, fau ridden as it may be." A mbassa honorary British Ambassador Jol Freeman was presented a honorary degree of Doctor of La Monday and spoke briefly to tU University Tricentennial Coi vocation. Freemap told the somewhi sparse audience at Trinit Episcopal Church of the recover of Great Britain since th devastation of World War II. Ii warned them of "the danger 4 looking increasingly inward whE the going gets tough." Outside the sanctuary where tU convocation was held were thre USC students protesting Britii support of the Federal Nigeria government against the Biafriar in the civil war there. Walter Derrick, Chuck Keefi and Bill Smith carried signs suc as: "Biafra's blood is on Britian hands," "Biafra died for Britian sins" and "Britian's Foreig Policy: 2,000,000 dead Biafrans. They claim that Freeman sa4 "Frightening, but it's true," as t walked past them. Freeman told the audience tha although "we stili have a few looa ends such as Gibralta, Hong Komn ) and Rhodesia," the British Emphi is a thing of the past. "Now we know. w... w a aialC Cour capsule it it ir R is y d R WAW n Environmental e Participants in last night's panel 'n discussion (left to right): Dr. Cecil Jacobs e of the Charleston County Health Depart d ment; Dr. Merril Eisenbud, main speaker; it Dr. Robert V. Heckel of the psychology 10 CE cologist is Ae ft environmei it The problems of urban polflution were a policy I R can be solved but an orderly population growt g process with priorities established number of auton according to real need is of water and the kt necessary, according to Dr. Merril ethical awarenes - Eisenbud, a New York ecologist, He stressed t} s who was the fourth speaker in the people realizing kt Environmental Issues Program. sinful to offend e Speaking in Capstone House last hurt a man beca night as preparation for "Earth do the same thir Day" today, Eisenbud, director of Eisebud recor New York University's Laboratory examination of for Environmental Sciences, way of life." He s stressed that both tactical and Commandments a strategical solutions must be today, they wo n worked out to alleviate the additional guidel problems of air and water polution. not waste and th f Effective measures must be used his environment. te to eliminate visible smoke and Pollution was 4 ie physical waste. The education of as being "relativ, ly young people on the need for of problems that y resourcefulness is another major and solved." ir tactical measure. problems brougi .These measures only alleviate standard living ci environmental problems, considered to U' Eisenbud said. He suggested vironmental prol ie certain strategical approaches to "There is ni lt the problems which will get to the poverty is a r causes of pollution. Among these Eisenbud said. clean air and wi would still be p~ Of etSThe problems d r eany one type geographical loc n going," he said, " . .. in a uted said, but they n Europe which itself looks out to the accidents." w beneficit collonsuous of the West Eisenbud v is and the improverished and un generalizing in tl - derdeveloped nations of Africa, areatferenton. Asia and Latin America. He also note t He praised the changes in British "cnmicade y life since 1945: "We've carried out urba codtin e something of a social revolution at Following Eise ehome." He praised the national panel discussion programs for medical care and .Panelists disci unemployment, remarks were D The Di Ely CAR L STEPP Armed Force Associate Editor decrease from h If you think the latest Vietnam June, 1970, t a troop reduction reduces your 2,908,000 by J chances of getting drafted, you're Defense spokes a wrong. But not completely. that is "the prol President Nixon's Monday downrae." ,night announcement will have no * effect on the draft, a Pentagon Meanwhile, spokesman said yesterday. What Selective Sern tmatters is a dcrease in total Washington hA military strength, already draft call at 15 programmed into the Defense structed state I K budget. That decrease is ex- persons5 next m, pected to lower calls from Uncle numbrs above Sam. While. the ni icil mak 0 will ma troubleshooters -Roy Cba department; James Smith of Wilbur Smith and Associates and University President Thomas F. Jones. The group discussed environmental problems at Capstone House in connection with."Earth Day" activities. mggests at solutions policy to control the Charleston County Health h, reduetion of the -Department, Elselibud Dr. Robert iobiles, recycling V. Heckel of the psychology instillment of an department, James Smith of s in young people. Wilbur Smith and Associates and ie importance of University President Thomas' F. that "it is just as Jones. nvironment as to Jacobs said that the pollution use by waste you problems discussed are only g."9 "signs and symptoms of the rimended a "re- greater and underlying problem. I culture and our feel population is the basis of our aid that if the Ten problems." were to be written Jones criticized pollution con uld include two trols that are "all self-denial.. they ines: "Thou shall won't work." He mentioned large ou shall not spoil (Continued on Page 2) -ited by Eisenbud ely low on the list must be tackled Poverty and it about by sub- o f e be major en >lems. question that The Annual Sigma Chi Derby nojor problem." Day will be held tomorrow with "We could have activities beginning on the Hor ter but the land seshoe at 4 p.m. illuted if poverty Among scheduled events are a assocatedwith balloon bus.t, a relay race, a assciaed ith costume event, a game of crime and sub- "musical ice water" and a broom "are not due to race. One event called "pillow of people or madness' will feature a pillow ation," Elsenbud fight on a greased log above a are "historical swimming pool. ,arned against In the Deck-a-Sig event, pledges ie area of air and will dress up like television "These problems characters and recite an essay to erever you are." go along with their costumes. A ed that certain mystery event is also scheduled for '-offs" may have the afternoon activities. improve present rnbud's speech a A signature award will be given was held. to the sorority that has collected assing Eisenbud's the greatest number of signatures r. Cecil Jacobs of of Sigma Chi's - past and present. aft: who' s personnel will behind in inductees because of 3,161,000 as of such lottery ceilings, It expects to o a projected catch up this summer as high 'one, it' I, the school and college students begin man said. And losing their deferments. sortion by which Each month local boards are ft call should go given their quotas and begin filling them with draft numbers cfficials at the from one to whatever the month's 7ice System in ceiling Is. In May. they can go ve set the May from one to 145, for example, but 000 and have in- in June - with many deferments oards not to call expiring - they may be able to canth with lottery fill the quotas without ever ' 14-. getting to 14. tion Is running Dra pes. e o' a o es ] rk 'E By FRED MONK Managing Editor Many Carolina students will observe a day of recognition today as they join thousands of other college students across the nation participatirg in Earth Day a focal point of enironment awareness. For USC, a time capsule will mark the opening ceremonies for the Environmental Teach-in today. The time capsule - which will be buried in front of the Cooper (Undergraduate) Library at 1:30 p.m. - will contain artifacts of pollution according to Deb Cole of ECO-70, an anti-pollution group sponsoring the program. Among the artifacts to be in cluded in the capsule, which will be opened in 1995, will be a poster Athletic I may ask to meet The faculty athletic committee will apparently call for a special meeting of the faculty before the Atlantic Coast Conference spring meeting. The committee yesterday concluded a meeting that began last Tuesday. Dr. Raymond Moore, associate professor of international studies and a member of the committee, said Dr. Thomas F. Jones, University president, was at the meeting and assured them that a decision about whether or not to leave the ACC had not been made. A report in the Charlotte Ob server said that the Board of Trustees had given Athletic Director Paul Dietzel "tacit permission" to leave the con ference if he felt it would be in the best interest of the school. Concerning the report, Moore said he thought it unlikely that such a move would be con templated at this time. Derby 11s, spills Also an award will be presented for spirit. The highlight of the afternoon will be the judging of Miss Venus. Union: S andlir Wescoat Sandlin, chairman of Travel Committee, was elected president of the University Union last night by Union members. The election began last Wed esday night when John Hetrick, :hairman of Artist Series, Monty W4acMillen, of the Special Events 'ommittee, and Trish Owen, chairman of the Spirit committee s up high up the number scale they think they'll go by December, but they have asked state boards not to give pire-induction physicals to anyone whose number exceeds 215. However, a spokesman for the selective service quickly warned, that limit is only "until further notice" and doesn't mean that persons above 215 won't be drafted. Asked why the number 215 was chosen as a cutoff for physicals, the spokesman replied, "I don't know." F'rcm a state standoint, Ccl. ru arth on "Earth Day" consumer items which pollute man's environment, a rusty muffler, a Richfield Atlantic credit card, con traceptives and a sample of DDT. - Twenty-one items in all will be placed in the gray coffin time capsule. At the capsule ceremonies Rep. Alex Sanders, D-Richland, will address the audience on the problems of environmental control V in the state. Sanders has led anti pollution forces in the state legislature, especially for tighter governmental statutes concerning c pollution control. Grover Cook, who will be the a guest environmental lecturer, F tonight, will also address the i group. .ommittee a faculty : )nACC , Moore also said that the com mittee expressed concern that the W decision to leave or not be made G through the proper lines of G decision. "I think the strong a majority of the committee feels e that we should be consulted," he iri said. "l, for one, would be completely W opposed .to any precipitate action oi that would give in to the vigilante te atmosphere to 'drop the ACC,' "he ai added. Any immediate decision con cerning USC's future in the ACC co will probably be made at the ACC U meeting the first weekend in May. wl The next regularly scheduled Ut meeting of the faculty would have er been the Wednesday after the ACC - i meeting. The faculty athletic committee will meet with the Board of be Trustees sometime this week, oi according to Moore. su bi Day :n and chills : The contest is based solely on the ni bodies of its contestants. Paper M bags will be placed over the girls' al heads so that ther faces will no of influence the judging-.a members 1 new pr< competed with Sandlin in an initial election. In a first run-off last night pi Sandlin, MacMillen and Trish th Owen competed for the top job. at Sandlin defeated MacMillen in a th second runoff. "Iam going to try tobea a coordinator and a trouble shooter," Sandlin said. -mi now?| William L. Morris, deputy state an director of the Selective Service System, notes that "the state has P1 not met Its calls" so far thIs year. eli South Carolina's quotas were: cc January, 183; February, 277; eli March, 32S; April, 236; and May, aui 250. Sm As for June graduates whose "i numbers have already come e, p Morris said they will first be O' reclassifiled - a process whic ap could take up tos9days, hemtm they will go Into the pool where ND the lowest numbers (which they likely would have) will be drafted eli first. 1k iml ling; D)ay'19 Dr. John Dean, who is with the Baruch Institute and a member of the USC biology department, will read the results of a survey he took m the pollution level at seven ;tations on the stream which runs hrough Maxcey-Gregg Park and mast Bates House. According to Mrs. Cole, Dean vill reveal that the stream is terribly polluted." At 3:30 p.m., students will have a hance to see some of the problems ist exist throughout the country, 9 a special "Pollution Film estival" begins in the Russell ouse Assembly Room. The festival will be comprised of series of several short films on 3llution and environmental !sign. At 7:30 p.m. one of the main )eakers for the USC month-long ivironmental program, Cook. ho is with the Federal Water Dllution Control Administration, ill speak. According to Mrs. Cole, Cook ill be fielding questions on the erman chemical firm BASF, a mpany which has been the nter of the pollution contaoversy the state. Cook has worked with the State ater Resources Division ad the fice of the Secretary of,-le. n. rior on the oroblems of pollution id BASF in South Carolina. "Earth Day" which happens to incide with Arbor Day -' will be nnected with the latter i the C program by a Ponderosa Pine sich was donated to the iversity as a symbol of pure vironmental growth by Dr. J. ley Johnson, a guest lecturer of e program here last week. However. no definite date has en set for the planting of the tree i the USC campus. One ggestion was to keep it in the ology greenhouse until it had a ance to grow to a larger size so at when it was planted, it would It be destroyed. Other plans of the environmental ogram include a speech Thurs iy night by John Burnham, iclear engineer for Battelle emorial Institute. He will speak 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Room Capstone on "Men, Machines id Money." s elect asident "Trouble shooting is one of the ain functions. The Union esident is supposed to represent e interests of the union before~ the ministration and to represent e organization in public." 'Whoever holds that positlon ould strive to be a diplomat and fill his function in a businessihe' inner. He must always keep in nd that this is a service lanization first and not just a ulness organization.". Phis is the first year that the iversity Union prsident has vi elected by the commnittees i not the student body. Another major change baa taken ice In the structue of the Uios etion. For the first tine the mmittee chairmen wi be icted by the various comesitteeg not appointed by the prleekte edian said that these ehbaabe. st be appiedbyuthe isident and the Bloard- ' vernors. He added sreval wnd enty be jeer ise toaly