The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 29, 1970, Image 1
All-American again
Eighth
consecutive semester
Vol. LX - No.85 University of South Carglina, Columbia, S. C. 292o8
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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
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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.
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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
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K .Iennrnas g' Uin-li
Wade lnadfless.e antab