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Vol. LX I - No. 8 University of South Carolina, CoMurhbia, S. C. 29206 -
Spears
closing
By BOB CRAFT and
CHUCK KEEFER
Staff Writers
Mike Spears, president of the
student body, said in an interview
that he was working to get both
Green Street in front of the Russell
House and Pickens Street between
Leconte and the Humanities
Center closed to all vehicular
traffic immediately.
He said that* the streets did
neither the city nor the University
any good. He said that both streets
were strangled with pedestrian
traffic and that it would be best for
all concerned to close them.
"Students have to cross those
streets almost constantly. We have
had blind students almost killed,"
he said. "I would rather see the
streets closed with baricades than
with bodies."
There are plans to depress the
traffic levels sometime in the
future but Spears said that the
need for action is more immediate.
He said that the street should be
closed with barricades im
mediately and that the streets
should stay closed until the money
Woman a
spray gi
Following the rape of an 18-year
old coed on the University campus
Sunday night, a young woman,
attempted to sell attack
preventive spray guns to the
residents of Columbia Hall last
night.
The woman made 22 sales bet
ween the third and seventh floors
of the dorm before police were able
to approach her. The "tear
producing sneezing minia,,ure
spray gun" was sold for $2.99, but
the instruments and money were
returned. Any sales in dorms not
authorized by the university are
illegal.
Describing her selling as a part
time job, she told the dorm
residents that she was selling the
instruments because she was
concerned for the girls and that she
wanted to help protect them.
The assault Sunday on the coed
occurred within 15 minutes of an
attack of a 12-year-old boy on the
campus. Police have speculated
that the incidents may have been
related.
Police said the coed was walking
along Sumter Street toward
Columbia H all. She reported that a
man was walking ahead of her and
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two str
is available to lower the traffic
levels.
Spears said that he wrote a letter
to Columbia Mayor John T.
Campbell asking that the streets
be closed immediately.
Mayor Campbell said that he had
not received any communication
from Spears regarding the closing
of the streets but that when he did
he would present it to the City
Council for action.
He said that depressing the
streets is a good plan but that the
city would not be able to pay for it.
He said that depressing the streets
would have to be a state project.
Harold Brunton, University vice
president for business affairs, said
that construction to depress Green
and Pickens streets was absolutely
necessary. He said that he had
made "an agreement in principle"
with City Manager Graydon Olive
that eventually the streets would
be depressed.
"Each year the streets become
worse as potential problem,"
Brunton said. "We think these
problems are very critical."
ttempts to
t in dormil
that as he approached the corner of
Sumter and Pendleton streets he
stopped. She said that when she
approached him, he turned and
started toward her. The man met
her and grabbed her. The assailant
forced her to the side of the War
Memorial and raped her.
After the attack, the man fled
and the coed flagged a passing
motorist and told him that she
wanted to go to the airport and fly
home. The motorist learned what
USC. stude
following
Richard M. Rhodes, an 18-year
old freshman from Signal
Mountain, Tenn., died Monday as a
result of head injuries received in
an accident Sunday during a Rush
Week hayride.
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
sponsored the hayride aboard a
tractor-drawn hay wagon. The
vehicle was trav.eling down a
country road on a farm in the
Eastover section of Richland
County when Rhodes leaned out
from his perch atop a side railing,
of the wagon, and struck a utility
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Brunton also said that there is no
ime plan for action on the
3roblem.
City Manager Graydon Olive
said that there is no action
scheduled by the city or state at
this time.
He said that depressing the
streets was an operation that
would require cooperation among
the city, state and university and
that it was not the type operation
that could be handled in the im
mediate future.
He said that both the city and the
State Highway Department were
aware of the problem and that
other possible solutions to the
problem had been suggested.
Olive said that one possible
alternative was the construction of
a ramp over Green St. to connect
with the ramp entrance to the
Russell House but that this
possibility was not now under
consideration.
Olive agreed with Mayor
Campbell that barricading the
streets would be a problem for the
City Council.
sell
tory
happened and phoned the police.
Police. in the meantime, had
received reports that a 12-year-old
had been attacked on the Hor
seshoe. After a struggle, the at
tacker realized that the would-be
victim was not a female and
released him.
Police said descriptions of the
assailant were similar in each case
and that it may have been the
same man.
NQ arrests have been made.
mnt dies
accident
pole as the wagon passed. He was
knocked unconcious and taken to
Columbia Hospital.
Brenda Taylor, a senior nursing
student, gave Rhodes artificial
respiration until they reached
Columbia Hospital. The receiving
doctor said this was the only thing
that kept Rhodes alive, as a nerve
controlling respiration had been
:iamaged.
Rhodes was buried yesterday
afternoon at 3 p.m. in Mayesville
sear Sumter, South Carolina.
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By CHARLES BEEBE
Staff Writer
A student senate resolution
calling for a period of free cuts, no
tests and exams Oct. 28 throgh
Nov. :3 will be voted on tonight by
the senate.
According to Jean Neal,
chairman of the General Welfare
Committee, the resolution has
been approved by the committee
and will be submitted for a vote at
the Senate's first meeting.
If the resolution is approved by
the student senate and the faculty
senate those students who are
involved in the various political
campaigns will not be penalized by
missing classes or quizs.
The resolution reads in part:
"...we as students are against
campus riots and desire instead to
use legal channels for our con
victions as we have been advised.
We realize that government runs
our country and thus desire to
work for officials in government
who support our convictions.
S... we are concerned deeply with
the future of our respective states
and desire to be involved and
responsible citizens by channeling
our energies to campaign for those
we feel to be best able to represent
us. ..this resolution allows for a
two-way system by enabling
classes to continue for those who
desire, and at the same time allows
students who wish to campaign to
do so with a minimum of con
sequences."
Also scheduled for a vote tonight
is a resolution requesting S. C.
lClectric & Gas and the Columbia
Unusual scent
use is usually crowded exc
to show that
to con
>r camy
City Council to relocate the bus
stop at the corner of Sumter and
Gervais streets away from
Columbia Hall.
Jim Bradford, student body vice
president, said that the first order
of business will be the con
firmation of senate committee
appointments and confirmation of
the chairman of the State Student
Legislature.
Legislative proposals included
on the agenda are codification of a
student code of discipline,
feasibility of a mostly student
controlled judicial system, a re
organization of the Student Affairs
Committee and the financial
powers of the committee.
Bradford said "The present
system of the Student Affairs
Committee has as its membership
the very people who have their own
vested financial interest in the
committee. Faculty members
should be only as advisors and will
be retained in that capacity."
Proposals concerning the
Student Affairs Committee include
the right of veto by the senate over
decisions committee. Faculty
members should be there only as
advisors and will be retained in
that capacity."
Proposals concerning the
Student Affairs Committee include
the right of veto by the senate over
decisions by the committee, and
the establishment of SGA as a
financially independent
organization.
' 'SGA will assess fees in
dependent of the regular student
Mountain
cancels
"Mountain," an acid-rock group
scheduled to play at the Coliseum
Friday night, has been cancelled.
"Ten Wheel Drive" will be the lead
band, followed by The Steve Miller
Band from California.
The full purchase price will be
retunded to anyone desiring it,
according to Lewis Tyler. director
of the University Union.
Tyler said that the reason for the
cancellation was a contract
disagreement with Mountain's
booking agency. The agency.
Windfall, insisted that another of
their bands. Milam Lefever, be
allowed to play with Mountain.
This would have cost about $1,500
more. Tyler said. The Union was
not in a position to go along with
the deal, and cancelled the core
tract.
"However." Tyler said, 1 still
think the show wil be fantastic."
ept when we wanted a picture
It was crowded.
5ider
>aigners
activity fee and will have complete
authority to bhese Bradford
continued"
Bradford said that the senate
will be dealing with the
distrubances last May in the form
of legislative solutions. Committee
hearings will be held by the
Powers and Responsibilities
Committee to determine the direct
and underlying cause of the
distrubances.
New Towo
The Men's Towers Government
has decided to change its policy
and become more involved in the
activities of Towers residents.
Meetings will now be held every
other Monday night. Until this year
the council met only once each
semester.
'The purpose of our government
is to serve the people and make it
interesting for people to live in the
residence halls," John Blackshire,
vice president of the government,
said.
Past Towers councils have been
responsible for or have been a
contributing factor to many
benefits USC students now enjoy.
Blackshire said. including interior
phones for dorm rooms. can drink
machines. beverages in dorm
rooms, an extension of library
Tickets as
for VPI ~
Any student who has not picked
up his ticket for the VPI-Carolina
game and or his coupon book may
do so at the USC ticket office
located at the Roundhouse on
Rtosewood Drive.
This procedure will be followed
the rest of the season for students
who forget or miss a regular
scheduled pick-up day.
Foot ball tickets for the Carolina
Cilemson game to be played Nov. 21
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Student
struck
by car
A USC student was hit by a car at
the corner of Bull and Green
streets in front of the Student
Health Center Monday night.
John Edward Huey, a resident of
Preston dorm, was struck by a car
driven by Kenneth M. Rouse, also
a USC student, as he was crossing
Bull Street.
Huey was taken to the Health
Center. He received minor first aid
and was released. He is making no
claim against Rouse.
Rouse, the driver, said that he
had just started to turn from Green
Street onto Bull Street when Huey
stepped out of the shadows in front
of the Health Center and started to
cross the street. He said that he
immediately put on the brakes. He
estimated that his car was moving
at no more than two or three miles
per hour when he hit Huey.
Rouse said that he could not see
Huey until he started to cross the
street because of the poor lighting
on the corner in front of the Health
Center.
Huey agreed with Rouse that the
lighting was poor and was the
probable cause of the accident. He
said that he had started walking
across the street when he noticed
Rouse's car turning towards him.
He said that he started to get out of
the way but wasn't quick enough.
Chief of Campus Police Marvin
D. Harrelson said that the accident
was investigated by both Columbia
and campus police. He said that
Columbia police have jurisdiction
over Green Street, and that the
campus police have jurisdiction
over the two blocks of Bull Street in
front of the Student Health center
and South dorm.
Chief Harrelson said that this is
the first car-pedestrian accident at
the University in several years.
..rs Policy
hours until midnight and the right
to possess privately owned
refrigerators.
The Towers Government hopes
in the near future to end room
inspection, extend open house
hours and raise the allottment
from $2.50 per semester to $5. This
money would be used to provide
better parties, utilizing local bands
and better movies.
The government would like to
add more vending machines. but
this will only be possible if the
presently installed machines are
kept in good condition. Blackshire
stated that one broken window
costs $25i to be replaced. If there is
less vandalizing, then the Towers
50, per cent profit can go to the
adding of sandwich, ice cream and
soup machines instead of repair
bills.
ailable
'ame
at Clemson will be on sale Monday
in the Coliseum. Tickets are $6
each and may be purchased only
by students with a fee card. There
are no date tickets.
Students should follow the I. D.
degit rotation time schedule and do
not need coupon books. According
to Miss Emily Wheeler. chairman
of the Student Senate Registration
and Distribution Committee.
Carolina has been allotted 6.000
tickets.
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