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All-American again Eighth consecutive semester Vol. LX - No.85 University of South Carglina, Columbia, S. C. 292o8 . . Spring.T Barn Solic - Weed ou By JIM WANNAMAKER Editor-in-Chief The trial and trials of the UFO' Coffeehouse may come to campus if Solicitor John W. Foard has his way in calling for an investigation of the University by legislative sub-committee and or a sub committee of the county grand jury. Chief sources of Foard's ire seem to be administrative policy allowing the existence of "The UFO in Exile" and University personnel policies that allow the hiring of professors who testified in favor of the UFO. "The UFO in Exile" is a project of the Student Mobilization Committee (SMC), a chartered campus organization on campus, and its only connection with the UFO, Inc. is sympathy, according to Paul Gum, SMC co-chairman. "The UFO in Exile" has been a series of weekend meetings in the Russell House organized by the SMC, staffed by the SMC and with SMC-furrlished programs and refreshments, according to Gum. Gum was, however, manning the counter at the UFO, Inc., when that firm was padlocked after being charged with being a public nuisance. Monday the firm was convicted and has been fined $10,000. Three operators of the UFO, Inc., were sentenced to six years of imprisonment each. "The UFO in Exile- is a-group of students who sympathize witW the sad plight of the people -suffering from this miscarriage of American justice. It is a composite group of students in no way controlled by the UFO corporation," Gum said. Foard said that he had been unable to talk about his plans for O the University during the trial of the UFO, Inc., but in a television interview yesterday he opened up. Yesterday evening he largely repeated the remarks to a local newspaper, but by the time The Gamecock called he was tired; he promised to talk to the University paper later. Foard's statement to The State was in part: "In January, I closed up the UFO. Shortly after that, I discovered that they were operating in what they claimed was exile and were being allowed to use the Russell House. "I met with the University Board of' Trustees and asked them to eliminate the situation. They said they were not aware of it. "The legislature is now ad journed on state-wide matters, so it's too late to ask for the ap pointment of a special committee to investigate the University, but I plan to see if there is a standing committee that could do it. I feel that the Board of Trustees is acting in good faith and that the problem is in administrative policy. I feel from this trial that there are professors who don't belong in the University." pAsked who is responsible, Foard replied that he "won't go into personalities." He said that he will furnish the University with the testimony of witnesses, "so they can make their own con siderations." lie said that the testimony contains evidence the University might need to change its ad ministrative and personnel policies. I"oard said that he doesn't feel that it is necessary to call the grand jury into special session, but might ask a sub-committee to work on several time-consuming matters. His main objection to "The UFO in Exile" he said, is that it is a private corporation using state property. He said the group is distributing obscene material and is a ver y bad influence on students. 'The Board assured me something would be done, but as late as last Sunday, the UFO used the Russell House," Foard said. Asked for the University reac tion to Foard's statements, University President Thomas F". Jones. repeated the University policy of having the campus open to all police agencies: "It's a state institution. It's open to them." es itor r 1 professors He said that police not in "ho pursuit" of suspected wrong doer are to work with the Campu Security Force, as agreed to in las week's meeting between law en forcement agencies and Universit! officials. Jones said, "The UFO, in exile oi otherwise, has not met on campus If and when they come, they wil come as personal guests o students." Jones said that a student groul may have "hosted thos. people but that is within the pur view of thi organization as the regulations ar -now set up. The matter is unde study." Asked if he would take any ac tion against the investigation Jones said, "Oh, of course not. The executive director of th S.C. affiliate of the American Civ] Liberties Union--which handled th defense of the UFO, Inc., and thre of its operators--last night attacke the solicitor's moves. "The solicitor's intention t infringe on the rights of fre speech of University personnel I further indication of the officia community pattern of which thi UFO prosecutiop was the mos visible product or sign." sail James A. Rebholtz. The soljcitor's "threats agains people who have sworn under oat! to tell the truth take on th character of persecution rathe than prosecution." Studer propos Hy JIM WANNAMAKER Editor-in-Chief Returning students may nc have to pay the $12.50 per semeste athletic fee next year--if a proposs passed by the faculty Monday i accepted by the Board of Trustee" The Board meets Saturday a Wampee, but the meeting according to University Presider Thomas F. Jones-is "purely budget meeting." The Boar meets next Tuesday for "matter other than the budget." Jones said the proposal coul quite appropriately be referred I committee Tuesday or it could b considered immediately. The Proposal may have I compete with reaction to thi weekend's meeting of the Atlanti Coast Conference (ACC). USC has asked for several majc changes in the ACC and their hav been persistent reports that thi University will call it quits in th ACC if they fail. Although there is no formi agenda yet for the Tuesday Boar meeting. Jones said, "Certainly, think there's be a report on th ACC given at that time." At the April meeting of tI faculty Peter W. Becker of th Department of History moved thi the athletic fee be made options for all students. That has sinc been voted down 3-2 by the Facull Athletic Committee (FAC). Acting committee chairmai Associate Dean William F. Pu nam of the College of Businei Administration. Monday at tU faculty meeting explained tt opposition on the basis of thre charges: The optional athletic fe might establish a precedent it other optional fees, optional fei are "extremely" difficult to ai minister and that in bad yeai without a compulsory student it cushion, deficits in the Athlet D>epartment might threaten ti ~academic budget of the Universit: A minority report was presente by Professor Stanley 1. Goldberg the f)epartment of Chemistry. voice vote substituted the minoril report for the majority proposa Goldberg had argued that o tional fees are more democrat and are practical if the option limited to returning student Planning could be based on I respnne in the spring, heargean r ) e equ tA r t 1 t O tg To, r Senior Class Presideni Giass project statue to be it optio ed by: Goldberg criticized the Athlh Department' for citing an t satiable public demand for tick r that justifies expanding stadium, yet opposing optio s student athletic fees (and tickc because of the need for I t stabilizing element in the athIf budget. t The vote was 66-54 in favor making the recommendation. s Professor Olin S. Pugh of College of Business d ministration, chairman of o Faculty-Trustee Liaison C: e mittee, reported on the Fri meeting of his committee with 0 FAC and the Athletic Committe s the Board of Trustees. c Pugh reported the approval rthe Board Athletic Committee e the principles of the resolui eauthored by Professor H. He e Lumpkin of the Department History. The resolution was pas by the faculty in January. e .. tSCfWie yEditor's note: Columnist Chen takies a fight approacl .he reports some true facts sfigures about USC. e A whopping 62 per cent e Carolina's 1:3.000 students grits for breakfast. e Gamecock has learned fi r --unimpeachable sources. sIThis bold proclamation -w otlicially ending the age s ontroversy here concerning e eating habits of the "avera e (arolina student - may touct eanother controversy that c< become a menacing problern devery student enrolled at U T his very interesting 62 A cent tigure, plus many of y hitherto "classified" informal about ('arolina, came to lI .when The Gamecock rece, ic t ound a dusty pamphlet ca is :jWelcome to Carolina" on h.iorseshoe. The pamphlet i se 's guide to the USC campus. ,s inr stsUi ZI ret a roost Pat Watson displays the Senior placed In fl~et'1dilseuih. t o n athkIi faculty fl tic The resolution requested un- financial reports on the athletic ets program and faculty consultation the on changes in the program. n nal additional request for consultation ts) was passed by the faculty in his march, and another was passed ic .Monday. a WLumpkin said that he was o "pleased with the meeting Friday, although o nott anthking p thatcul civ-ty wan'. the Tuh sresseduton reqetedo day fiancilrrso the aor thleticmte the onases n the pter'scsam.on nal addoition rqtor henLultatin byPuna was sked by eerali :Lunmeide sai theat the AC ofnresdyh h meeting,wudb voteay,h a thought st, anyth ing pat r-o te Pugstruiossedo the Boardt of The-acrmuicaing bicuetwee theA da admnsto theB aAtleti Cmmittee tEd asK stell s he ltterits stof byPam was breakast my sevanter ofndcutrvy eberase how he would symeig woupld e teurs shw of thout ovest as teFA et or the sie istuctnts hr from ordth Thealarming clsr bh adnt rits, that ameany ast -d 810denthr like grits for bekat the cotrvery beause,inistratve ge" sorshatve isse acteent h likfte students hhey rmsouth 'ud om b courme ease, sinceonly6de hie ope centSofutheroin,smore students old donm e ritsViriniafadNt te Hovr, tamn isy trsatie he" rncoes ew ersuey, staeew offtoi theatudentr htthysol id nts who aare avescod toito South Carolina, mor botudieats the adroneativ an ohaer staesn ght ovethardesyngtatteypa toin k togaether on this isue tandi un-ol OU11 Ic in)I By SCOTT DERKS News Editor All the political promises and signs will be forgotten after today as the student elections go into the final day. The largest turnout in the history of the University cast 4,188 votes and kept the election committee tabulating votes until five a.m. Tuesday morning. The failure of the digitex machine to operate properly added to the committee's problem. Patty Cox, a member of the sleepy seven, said that she doubted if tabulation was going. to get better on Wednesday's results because "you just don't know what that machine is going to do." They do hope to have the results posted before Russell House closing time. The Constitutional Referendum not included in Monday's voting will take place today. The two presidential candidates Presidenti rakes ove By ALYCE YOUMANS Asst. Managing Editor Two candidates for student Government president spent some time attacking each other in a debate last night. Each mentioned the issues and then skimmed over what he was going to do by saying what the other was not going to do. Scottie Barnes said that he would push for mandatory student otic fees or fall Putnam referred the question to Jones. Jones said that the Board had asked him (Jones) to take a role at the meeting where he was in structed to favor the Maryland proposal to replace the con ference's minimum of 800 on the College Board SAT with the NCAA's predicted 1.6 GPR and sending the conference champion in regular season basketball to the NCAA playoffs rather than to the ACC Tournament. After more questioning along these lines. Jones said that the assumption haf always been that the FAC chairman cast the University's vote--usually on in struction from the president and or the Board. The ACC constitution does not specify how a school's vote is to be cast, only the method of selecting the representative. pamphlet its l'k( "blame the culprits from up North" for the decline in the number of grit-eating students here. The pamphlet. compiled by the University News Service, is USC's latest public relations work. It is geared mostly to the visitors, not to the students," says Sig Huitt of the University News Service. However, the pamphlet con tains quite a bit of information about US(' that we think any student who wants to impress his professors should know. Students are not discouraged from using any of t he information divulged in this column when taking essay exams. "What the heck." the ad ministration has told the faculty members. "it's good public relations for the University. 4 )ur campus has 2W1 acres with ft various buildings for a tntal value of 179 i millin. tod estig, in the run-off, Scottie Barnes (661 votes) and Mike Spears (1,239 votes) jockied for support from the other two major contenders who were dropped from the ballot. Connie Coyne called in her support of Scottie Barnes from Maryland saying "it is my belief that intricate political maneuvering on the Carolina Campus will do no further good for Carolina students. "The scene of my own campaign was to represent the entire student government by serving the average student. Mr. Spears does not now serve -the average student. Rather, the run-off to him seems to be a matter of maneuvering with leaders of certain extremists groups. I wonder if leaders of these groups have even consulted with their constituents. "Compared to this, Scottie Barnes is the person most entuned al debate r issues referendum on fee increases. He said that this would show the ad ministration how the students felt although the Board of Trustees would have the power to make a final decision on the fee increases. He called for the abolishment of the "elite" student affairs com mittee and said that the Student Senate should have the power to allocate money and charter student organizations. He called for the streamlining of student government committees so that they would coincide with the faculty committees which he said should have student represen tatives. Barnes, however, did not mention faculty members of the student committees. After going over his qualifications for office, he repeatedly asked what Spears had done for the students during his four years in Student Government. Barnes intimated that Spears had done little to involve the students in government and stated that he had not pushed for action on the many resolutions student Senate had passed. He said that ten letters to an administrator did not ge the results that a personal meeting that was followed up by pressure if necessary could get. He added that there should be a paid lobby in the State Legislature made up of students and remarked that this had not been utilized before. Spears talk was more of a rebuttal than a speech. He ad dressed most of his cuts to the Barnes. Bradford coalition. He said what happens to the unity you have both stressed by running on a ticket together if only one of you is elected. "There goes your unity shot all to hell." ('ontinued on Page 3) d.grits -At the rate of one booka da.it would take the students 5.IKNI years to read all the books in UJS("s seven libraries. - The average College Board scores for Carolina's current treshman class were 479 for the verbal and 513 for the math.. - The student body is 80 per g eent Protestant. Il per cent :: t'atholic, t wo per cent Jewish and seven per cent others.. - An average of 5,000 gallons of paint are used each year for. ('arolina's I11 buildings. i l"ortvy-t wo per cent of the c'urre'nt Ireshman class, graduated from high school in the lop 25 per cent of their classes. Tlhe University cafeterias serve 90.tMI pounds of french trie's. 59.0(NI pounds of roast beef eacvh year. And a total of 2,116.315 meals are serv'ed by Slater each ~ vte.tr. Tlhe campus uses 75.000 cubic leet at water each day. Etion to the need of the student. is work in curriculum changes, for in stance, shows he is interested in the welfare of the entire Carolina community. I hope my supporters will enthusiastically support Mr. Barnes' candidacy." Miss Coyne drew 386 votes. Wayne Hembree, an original contendor in the presidential race, has indicated he will endorse candidates later today. Spears pulled a slight lead in the men's dorms, in Monday's elec tion. but his real strenght grw from the women's dorms where he gained a margin of 315 votes over Barnes. His greatest strength came from South Tower where he won by a total of 114 votes, 160 votes to 46. In the vice-presidential race the voting trends followed that of the presidential candidates. Barnes and Jim Bradford announced their candidacy as a ticket and though Spears and Chip Galloway were not united in a ticket the voting pattern was consistent. Though Bradford picked up the small voting districts, Gallowsy captured Bates House and the Towers and took a 106 vote margin. The third leading contender for the office, Doug Jones drew &20 votes with his support scattered. In the women's dorms, Galloway won support over Bardford in every residence hall. Two halls had a margin of two votes. Barbara McEacheirn was eliminated fin th'.Wdtfty of student body race leeving Betsy Mickey (977 votes) and Jeannine Smith (771 votes) to vye for the position. Julianne Still ran upopposed and was elected treasurer of the student body. Though close to 4,200 votes were cast. only 2*,798 votes were marked in the presidential category. A great deal of local voting, marking the ballot for only one senatorial area, drove presidential voters down. More local voting was also one reason cited for the increased support of student government elections this year. Sophomore Class Officers .- President: S. Cannon. 455; J. Leppard. 245: vice-President: M Freeman elected). 475: Secretary: K. Jennings 'elected). 534: Treasurer: R. Arrington. 299: J. Rhoades. 256. Junior Class Officers -- President: P. Hudson (elected). 327. He was unopposed: vice-President : S. Duncan, 103: M!. O'Harra. t22 Secretary: N, whitlock. 79. G. Melton. 70: K Hall. 73: Treasurer: P. King. 122: K. Seen. 106i Senior class Officers -- President : R. Hines elect ed ). 283: He was unopposed: Vice President : C. Hines. 156: L. Rawls. 117: Secretary: G Burns. 122. J. Dunn. 122: T'reasurer: M. Faris. 141. J. Lafltte, 122. In senatorial races (six) seats av'ailables: Men's Towers Candkdate Vote ('aunt States .1 Blackshire 247eecd MI Freeman 222 l.d MI Herrnng 187r-n ID Kidder 178ro iF McFadden 187 ruuii4 C Sloan 183 run-,lf S Smith I8RnSt Hlerseshoe. Mlauey. C'oker and Thornwell T McConnefll4 Presto.. Snowden. Rurney Aud Weedren 7.J Hughes 75 It White 75 Bates Hies 2 eats saalabMe j. Wvk 333 elcted F' ('aggmano 165 r-imiift l)hanie'l GIeason 34 write in voteus i rin 4if Fraterwity New. laene seal avaMabIe It livmain 30 nmiuiitf I) Trunlow 22 nmii,tl Capstene (two seats asaleaMe. K (kal.in a9 nmhil)l I ltvd,.ck 52 runaitf Ii Rovall 28 rimusff South Towers I Iwe seats avajiaMGe) S A Akerman 43 nmei4ff .1 Still 36 nmSiHif t' Wsin 38 essf Neuth ReiUdisg I t wo seats avatltee \1 t'ampbll 63 ramwtf . llmnmdh'.". rn-o4ff it1 Motteill 78 remitdf totnmha italt o ne seatstaael P' l.ehey g0 numnti ieee seat avaiobMe) K .Iennrnas g' Uin-li Wade lnadfless.e antab