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"MaratVSade" review tafmeeting see1 p.m. today .. LX- No.96 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 292 Frda 1ay '.m The U$C Theatre's curre languishes in his private bat tude to Go A file of 29 eye-witness accounts stating that police entered dor mitories and beat students in the dormitories during last week's crises will go to Gov. Robert E. McNair's press secretary today. Two students, David R. Roach of Hanahan and William V. White of McLean, are meeting with Wayne Seal, the governor's press secretary, at I p.m. today. The file contains 13 accounts of general police brutality, according to Roach. Gov. McNair said he would check into police actions," Roach said, "and we are taking him this information so that we can say here is a good place to start." Roach said he did not want the state to "sit around long enough to forget about what happened." He said that students would not forget police actions and that this might contribute to more trouble next year. The file begins with a copy of an article printed May 14 in the State newspaper. According to that article. Gov. McNair said, "I was told that the highway patrol busted Students Suspended students will not be allowed to take their final exams and will be given incompletes in their courses. President Thomas F. Jones, speaking at a meeting Wednesday of the USC Administrative Em ployees Club, said that for the students to be able to take exams "the executive committee of the board or the Board of Trustees would have to change the policy now in effect." Bruce Nelson, dean of the school of arts and sciences, said that professors in his school were being notified to give these students incompletes-"which is the normal procedure when a student is suspended." Nelson said that the students would receive grades in these courses if they are allowed to come back to school. He said that whether the students would have to make up their exams, if they come back, would be left, up to the in dividual professors. At Wednesday's meeting Jones said that he wanted to answer questions which he had been asked frequently during the past week. He used a prepared text written in question and answer form. He estimated the damages done in the administration building at $10,000 but said the matter is still under study. Concerning the presence of the Marat suffers it hero, Jean-Paul Marat, Ntub to the amusement and ints py vernoi into dorms and I said we will certainly check that out." The article continues to quote Col. P. F. Thompson, director of law enforcement for the patrol, as saying, "No dormitory was en tered at any time by the highway patrol." Also according to this article, Maj. W. T. Seaborn, officer on charge at the scene, said, "Nobody was arrested in the dorms; they were all in front of the dorms." Roach said that when he read this article May 14 he knew that the governor had been misinformed. He said that he and White posted notices in the Men's Towers asking for eyewitnesses accounts of "The State Patrols invasion and club bing of students in dorm lobbies and rooms." The file states that the issue "is not whether students provoked police, and their reaction with swinging clubs and gas; but whether or not the police reacted with brutal force and unwarranted abuse." Roach said that some students would not talk because they feared getting mfl Weathermen faction of SDS on campus, he said, "In over 150 arrests none of these people were arrested-this would be unlikely if they were here." The president said that law enforcement groups in most cases avoided hurting anyone. "Restraint was used so that un necessary bodily injury would be minimized," he said. Jones said that some students did not use restraint. "Insofar as we have been able to identify these students, they have either been suspended or will be subjected to disciplinary action." "At present the 50 suspended students and some dozen or so nonstudents have been notified that they are prohibited from the campus,." he said. "When a person is adjudged to be a threat to the University community, he can be given notice that this presence at the university is prohibited. If this notice is violated there is a state statute under which they will be prosecuted," according to Jones. "The administration controls only its own relatively small police force," he said. "The moment a large scale .problem arises, it is necessary to call in SLED through the governor's office. It Is an irrevocable understanding that responsibility for security passes over to the state when the call Is made." in the tub choir accompaniment of blackguards. 'esent rMcl a reaction from law enforcement officials -and the university, and that others would not talk because they fear it is a hopeless cause. He said he and White had "a communication problem in reaching students." He said the notices in the Towers were torn down. "We feel that by providing Gov. McNair with these statements the path is opened for a thorough in vestigation of police overreaction and overt brutality. The results should be made public and if the indication of the probe shows excessive use of police force, a statement from the involved law enforcement agencies should be forthcoming," according to the introduction to the file. "We do not want this to be another Orangeburg," Roach said. "The report made then was never released to the public." One report in the file signed by four students states that they heard the campus police say on the police frequency of a radio that the S. C. Highway Patrol had entered the Men's Towers on the night of 30mpletes Summer school will be con ducted at the University as usual, Jones said. "In our time of crisis 95 per cent of the students, all of the faculty and all of the ad ministration stood together in abhorring disruption and violence and in keeping the university open." Students suspended because of the demonstrations will not be permitted to enter the campus or to take examinations unless reinstated, Jones said. None will be expelled until after a hearing before a disciplinary committee. In answer to the question, "Why are students allowed to strike when South Carolina taxpayers are contributing to their education?" Jones said, "Students were not excused for missing classes. Any having excessive absences for any reason were in violation of academic regulations. It's im portant for you to know that at tendance was normal during the so-called strike." Another question, "In normal operating times can deputy sherills, city police and SLED agents come onto the campus?" was answered with, "The heads of these law enforcement agencies and the university have a clear understanding that the university is a part of the larger community and that of ficers have the right to come on the campus at any time in the line of duty. - Roy CaWn various nuts, nuns and file ~ir May 12. Tlie repot' is signed' by Robert Baker, James Wreedt, Brad D. King and Edward J. Fisher. Jack Clasen's report signed by four witnesses states that he and his roommate had been inside their dormitory all night and that a state policeman came into their room. "Other state policemen (five to be exact) followed and saw me. I was walking slowly toward the door and one came to me and clubbed me," he said. "I kept pleading with them saying that this was my room and they all clubbed me as I went by. I turned around and they pushed my roommate out of our room and he fell down." Clasen said that a campus policeman took his roommate to the hospital 20 minutes later and that he received 20 stitches. Clasen lives on the first floor of L dormitory. Jerry G. Dukes said that he was in M and N lounge the night of May 12. "I saw a city policeman run ning into M and N lounge. Two students were sitting on a bench near the wall: the policeman hit one several times," he reported. In Roy Robbins' report he said that he saw two State Highway patrolmen enter the M and N lounge and chase the students who had assembled in the lounge. "I also saw two highway patrol of ficers club a student out of the student ambulance on the corner of Blossom and Main. He did not resist arrest," Robbins said. In William A. Heatley's report, he says that he was arrested May 12 by the National Guard on the porch of his dormitory, Preston. "I stepped out of the door and about three minutes later I was surrounded by National Guard smen," he said. "I was struck on the head by the butt or a guardsman's gun without provocation. I did not resist arrest at any time. I remained on the floor or the porch, covering my head and face, until I was ordered out into the street where a vehicle from the S. C. Department of Corrections was waiting," Heatley said. "At no time did I hear a warning to the effect that the porch was not considered a part of our dormitory. Nor did I see any rocks, bottles, or other objects thrown at police or guardsman." Andrew Hyatt reports that he saw one police officer beat a student standing on the sidewalk In front of the Men's Towers. "He was beat to the ground and was unconscious. The officers dragged the student across the street towards the Physical Sciences Center and dropped him on the rb.rh" he said. Profess Sen.Hc Five USC faculty members will meet with Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., Monday in Washington, D.C., to present a petition signed by more than 100 USC professors advocating withdrawal from Viet Nam. The delegation includes Dr. Richard A. Kasschau of the pschology department, Dr. Thomas T. Tidwell of the chemistry department, Kendrick A. Clements and Richard D. Mandell of the history department and Carl Insalaco of the pscychology department. The petition reads, "We, the undersigned faculty members of the University of South Carolina, strongly endorse the Cooper Church Amendment to insure rapid withdrawal of our armed forces from Campodia. We also urge our senators to give serious consideration to 'supporting the Hatfield-McGovern Amendment concerning total withdrawal from Vietnam." Kasschau, who heads the delegation, said that the group has a 9:30 appointment with Hollings Monday morning. "We will not be able to see Senator Thurmond because he is out of town, but we Lectures on drugs available Once upon today there may be - drug education -progams." USC none. City of Columbia-on request. Richland County-on request. State Law Enforcement Division-on request. Dr. Robert Beamer, who headed the recent campus drug survey, said to his knowledge there were no organized drug programs at the University. He added that following the publication of the survey a recommendation would probably be made to include such a program in freshman orientation. Columbia and Richland County police, and SLED have displays and lectures which they present to civic groups and secondary schools on request. Sled agent Kay Bryman said four chemists and one agent present a "kit" including "enlightenment firmson LSD and marijuana", a display of drugs from heroin to speeds, and a lec ture on the abuse of commonly used drugs. (Wontinued on Page 3) Inmates "Marat-Sade" singers d servers Into the action by ors to 0\ >llings IN will meet with his administrative assistp-4," he said. Kasschau also said that the group is in the process of arranging an appointment with Rep. Albert Watson. "The major reason we are going is to reinforce Hollings' stand on the Cooper-Church Amendment," Kasschau said. "We will also encourage him to consider the Hatfield-McGovern Amendment." Business as usual S tudent r" meet off-c Student senate, meeting at Wesley Center because three suspended senators are not allowed on campus, passed three bills and one resolution pertaining to recent distrubances Wednesday afternoon. Jim Bradford, vice president of the student body, read a letter from Vice President for Student Affairs Charles Witten which said that the suspended senators are not allowed to participate in senate actions. Bradford said the session was held on campus so that the suspended senators could attend, though not participate. Sen. Barbara Herbert and Sen. Nikki Singleton were present. Sen. Ralph White, the third suspended senator, did not attend. Senate passed a resolution sponsored by Sen. Jim Leppard which cal's fdr the clearin up of situations resulting from suspension of students "without being given notice of reason" as fast as possible. The resolution also asks that special attention be brought on Wayne Hembree "who has been suspended, reinstated and re-suspended without being given clear reason." Also passed was a bill sponsored by Sen. Clint Sloan, which urges the administration to reinstate Wayne Hembree as a student. The bill says Hembree was suspended after the occupation of the Russell House, even though he was not arrested A bill sponsored by Sen. David Kidder calls for a study committee appointed by the student body president to look into alleged irregularities of the state highway partol during the distrubances. It was passed.. Senate also passed a bill spon sored by Sen. Leppard calling for a Student Government Internal actnge as In. audencen. meet londay Kasschau asked that any facty members wanting to sign the petition call him at 777-43. In other faculty activity, Dr. Hilel B. Salomon of the history department is making a list of faculty members who are in. terested in discussing the situation in Indo-China with students. 'e professors listed represent no one position as the list in cludes"hawks," "doves" and "neutrals," according to Salomon. enators ampus Study Committee. It asks that a senate committee be formed to study "its relevance and responsibilities in situations &udi as the past crisis at USC. This committee will function during the summer, according to Bradford. He said ten or 12 senators who will be at USC this summer have in dicated an interest in serving on the committee. Sen. Tom Stoudemire was elected president pro-tem of the senate. Committee chairmen which senate confirmed are Julie Royall, academic affairs; Jean Neal. general welfare; Brian Rines. powers and responsibilities and Emily Wheeler, registration and distribution. Sen. Joe Usry was proposed for chairman of the monetary affairs ,a mittee, but was not conri The session was third of 1970 71 Senate and the last of this academic year. Manning named editor Cheryl Manning, a rising senior from Iva, has been named next Fall's editor of The Gamecock. Miss Manning is a journalism major and a transfer from An derson Junior College where she served as editor of the school newspaper. At USC she is a member of Mortar Board, the Baptist Student Union and a for mer news editor of the Gamecock. Michael Ball of Fort Still, Okla., has been named associate editor. He is a senior journalism major and has served as night editor for The Gamecock.