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V4l. LX I- NO. 25
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By PEGGY CULP
Staff Writer
"What Makes You Angry?" will
be the theme for the Student
Leadership Conference tomorrow
at 7 p.m. in the Humanities
Classroom Building, Room 202.
The conference, sponsored by
honors-service organizations, ODK
and Mortar Board, is the second of
its kind this fAll. StUident leaders
invited to participte are prasi4ents
and faculty advisors of all char
tered USC organizations.
Leaders will discuss their
problems in dealing with faculty
members, physical facilities,
administration, residence hall life,
student government organizations
and other students.
Assistant Dean of Campus
Relations Mike Grier will give a
Trustee raps
Mungo
By.CHARLES FELLENBAUM
Staff Writer
"Open bars and horse racing will
come before open dorms in this
state," according to Michael J.
Mongo, a Board of Trustees
member who spoke in the Com
mons Room Friday. Mongo said
that he felt that the people of South
Carolina would not be ready to
accept open dorms for 20 years.
Mongo was substituting for
Edward E. Saleeby, a member of
the Student-Trustees Liaison
Committee, who could not attend.
Dr. William S. Brockington,
another member of the committee,
was present.
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By JERRY CALABRESE
Staff Writer
Grand Funk is a very heavy
group. Nothing else can really be
said. 'Tey produce a noise that
bludgeons your head with all the
sound in the world. Grand Funk
Railroad was expected to be good,
they lived up to the audiences
expectations.
TIhe real surprise of the evening
was Exuma. Going into the con
cert, very few people knew what to
expect from Exuma. It wasn't long
before many people were
pleasantly surprised.
Exuma specializes in a trippy
sound that is reminiscent of the
WVest Indies. During the concert, if
you closed your eyes, you might
have seen yourself in the middle of
a devil worship.
Both Grand Funk and Exuma
were heavy. Their sounds were
completely different. It's hard to
say who was heavier. Funk a more
omnventional in their approach,
Exuma, on the other hand, was
heavy in the age old sense.
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to study
ins gripes
summary of compiled minutes
from the group discussions.
Minutes of the conference will be
sent to "appropriate ad
ministrators" that can help to
eliminate problems cited at the
conference, Anne Clamp,
president of Morter Board said.
Participants will also discuss
"what has and what hasn't been
done" to eliminate some of the
problems discussed during the
first conference, she said.
Dr. Paul Fidler, assistant vice
president of Student Affairs, will
talk about the possibility of two
new coordinating councils, one for
professional fraternities and the
other for honors-service
organizations. Both councils were
suggestions made at the first
conference.
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The panel also consisted of
several members of SGA who
answered questions about the new
judicial system, birth control pills
in the infirmary and the distur
bances last May.
"The whole new judicial system
is under study," according to im
Bradford, student body vice
president. "It will be so
legitimate you won't believe it," he
added.
Part of the procedure of the new
system will be building case law
similiar to state law system, said
Bradford.
One student raised questions on
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Copping a high is not a new
thing. Man has been getting off on
a multitude of things since time
began. Grand Funk and the other
current groups are simply another
way of getting high not the only or
first way.
Black magic, or the Black Mass
and D)evil Worship is as old as
time. The na t. 's of Africa and the
West Indies, '.. une a few, have
been into it for ia IL.: time.
R eview
I nlike our "hard" sound, these
other forms take you up with light
and mystic-like sounds. Instead of
"stoning" you senseless, they try
to hypnotize and carry off your
mind. Exuma was very good at
their craft. They created more of a
feeling or mood than a sound.
The crowd response to Exuma
was poor. Perhaps this was
because of poor raport due to the
distance of the audience to the
President i
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President Thomas F. Jones
made the following statement to
The Gamecock last night after a
weekend during which violent acts
involving USC students occurred.
I am sure that everyone is as
shocked as I am at the events of
violence of the past weeks:
A twelve-year-old boy was at
tacked about 8 p.m. on campus six
weeks ago by an assailant who
thought he was a coed. Less than a
half hour later, a coed was raped at
the War Memorial, apparently by
the same maniac. He is as yet
unapprehended but there is some
indication he is still in the area.
A coed was attacked two weeks
later near Drayton Hall, but the
attacker fled when help answered
her screams. A prime suspect is
now in custody- a soldier who is
said to have been "clubbing" in the
area.
A coed was savagely assaulted in
the early hours of the morning in
Valley Park (beyond Five Points)
by five youths while her date was
held hostage. No arrests have been
made insofar as we know.
A coed was raped in her room on
the second floor of Sims by a white
male Sunday night a week ago. A
suspect, a soldier, is in custody.
(This is the only case of its kind I
have heard of in my career and I
hope the last.)
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becomi
The creation of a University
Senate may fie the most important
development of the Think Tank
program begun six weeks ago.
In a meeting held last week at
President Thomas F. Jones' home,
the Think Tank group was told that
the initial steps were being taken
toward making the University
Commor
the Board's legality to take the
hearing of students arrested in the
disturbances last May from the
student-faculty court. Jim
Bradford said that the Board felt
that this committee was not
responsible enough to hear the
cases. "It has been changed some
and hopefully we won't run into
anything like this again." he ad
ded.
To try to be as just as possible
Mungo said that the Board did not
consider any evidence against a
student that was presented in the
form of a written statement. "We
(the Board)> are the higher court in
cand Funk
state. Perhaps it was due to the
immaturity of the audience.
During the performance, after a
particularly heavy number called
"Exuma," the crowd responded by
yelling "Get off the stage Santa
Claus," and Bring on Grand
Funk."
Perhaps the people who go to
rock concerts in Columbia expect a
football game where chanting and
unison clapping are part of the
motif. To be ignorant is one thing,
to display it is another, to be proud
of it is tres gauche.
When Funk came on, they
received a good reception which
soon turned to unison clapping in
an effort to get the group to hurry
up and perform. Once again, a
concert is not a hamburger stand
where one yells for service.
No one is saying that any set
rules could be observed at a
concert, but one should remember
that the people on stage are artists.
If you cannot dig their per
formance, at least respect their art
by giving them a chance to per
form
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A coed who befriended tw<
lonely soldiers this weekend wai
threatened and raped on the
Charleston Highway. They wert
returning from a "friendly" visil
to Charleston. Arrests have nol
been made, but are expected.
Two residents of Bates House
were "shaken down" by two black
youths this Sunday night. The
events were entirely separate. Twc
youths attacked one lone youth iri
each case and took wallets. For
tunately, no one was seriously
injurel.
The University is seriously
concerned about these incidents.
The University is seriously con
cerned about your safety. All that
can reasonably be done will be
done by the Administration and by
the police.
But part of the responsibility is
on your shoulders. Please take it as
seriously as we take ours. Don't go
out alone at night unless it is
necessary. If you must go out, take
the bus or take a taxi or find
friends to go with you.
In the meantime, all of us are
working overtime trying to find a
satisfactory answer to the threat of
crazy people that are suddenly
among us.
Thomas F. Jones
President
sity sen
areal
Senate a reality. A steering
committee composed of six
students, six faculty and six ad
ministrative persons has been set
up to create the proposed senate
and to develop its tenative rules. In
addition six members of the
Alimni Assciation have been
working with the committee.
is Room
matters of higher gravity," Mungo
said. "We have the right of original
jurisdiction over everything.
"The civil laws and University
rules aren't related," said Mungo.
"There is nothing democratic
about the University," he added.
"If you really want to keep from
getting pregnant, we have avenues
open to you," said Mike Spears,
president of the student body. He
stressed the fact that the infirmary
does not practice "preventative
medicine," and therefore cannot
prescribe birth control pills.
"Education and information is
needed around here," he said.
Spears also said that represen
tatives from Planned Parenthood
are going to be in the Commons
Room to answer questions.
By 4 p.m. only a small group
remained in the Commons Room.
They asked a bout the lack of safety
on campus and were told that
temporary lights are being put
until the permanent ones can be
placed.
They were also told that USC
students are appropriated $200 to
$300 less per student than students
at Clemson. "There's not a damn
thing we can do about it," Mungo
said.
When complaints about the food
system were voiced, Dr.
Brockington said that when he was
at USC In 1937, the biggest problem
was the food, and It "still Is a
problem." he added, "The
University would like to get out of
the food service.'
Mungo was asked why there
were few or no black students In
fraternities. He saId, "I guess
there are no blacks in the frater
nities for the same reason there
are no "D" students In Phi Beta
Kanna."
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Lighting
changes
underway
Improvements in campus
lighting are being implemented
and will continue in the future,
according to President Thomas F.
Jones. These improvements are
part of the project to assure the
safety of students.
According to Sig Huitt of In
formation Services, strip lighting
is probably the method that will be
implemented.
"We're not that spread-out a
campus that too many students
would be inconvenienced by the
lighting of designated paths,"
commented Huitt.
"We are in effect saying that
these areas would be safe walking
along these paths at night," stated
President Jones.
Jones also remarked that this
would be a relatively inexpensive
temporary measure until funds
can be raised for permanent fix
tures. He emphasized that there is
nothing reasonable that the ad
ministration will not do to assure
the safety of all students.
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In schooAs which have this type
of program, the University Senate
has the power to make final
decisions in its areas of respon
sibility. The president of the school
and Board of Trustees only have
the veto power over the senate's
work.
The question of academic credit
for students serving in student
government was strongly
recommended by the Student
Faculty Realtions Committee. It
has been passed on the Faculty
Advisory Committee which is
investigating the problem.
The development of the teacher
evaluation has gained the full
support of Robert Ochs, acting
Dean of Arts and Sciences, and a
University Committee on
Academics has been set to create
an effective evaluation program.
The group has also decided not to
release the results of last year's
teacher evaluation but will con
duct what they hope will be a
meaningful evaluation of teachers
the week of Dec. 7-11.
Several of the recommendations
of the Hilton Head group are to be
considered by the Board of
Trustees, possibly in the meeting
on F'riday.
asbrought over-crowding
"Bobby camping." The steps tb
renovate the Russen umt
>ck Joi
Weekend
incidents
Two USC students and their
young male companions were
attacked on the State House
grounds following the Grand F unk
concert and a coed was raped early
Sunday morning. Two students
were mugged Sunday night on the
Bates House walkway.
Concerning the attack on the
State House grounds, the student,
his date and their young com
panion were beaten by a group of
males. No attempt of rape or
burglary was reported. The male
student was treated at Baptist
Hospital for head injuries.
According to reliable sources, a
coed who befriended two soldiers
was raped Sunday morning after
being threatened. The coed had
spent the day touring the state in
the company of the two men.
Afro stut
may begi
By ALICE POTTER
Staff Writer
The Afro-American In
terdepartmental major will be
implemented next semester
pending approval from the office of
the Commissioner of Higher
Education. The program has been
adopted by the general faculty.
According to Bruce Marahall,
chairman of the..Seering Com
mittee on the Afro-American
Society to secure a speaker to
bring the program to the attention
of a larger segment of the student
body. Such a speaker would take
part in the program for the
proposed "Black Week" scheduled
to take place Nov. 30 to Dec. 4.
Yussuf Ky, PhD. candidate in
International Studies, has been
appointed interim coordinator of
the Afro-American studies
prpgram. His responsibilities
include advising students con
cerning the programs surveying
library and archival resources
available to the program and
developing course materials for
use in an introductory course. The
Steering Committee is presently
concerned with finding a per
manent director.
At present, arrangements have
been made to accept Anthropology
560 (Afro-American Social and
Cultural Antropology in place of
Afro-American studies 201-202 as
an introductory course. This status
of Anthropology 560 will be in ef
fect until arrangements can be
made to offer those basic courses.
Suggestions have been made
concerning the possibility of en
tering cooperative programs with
Benedict College and South
Carolina State College which also
ef fer work i Afro-American stu
and mucR possibility of allk
eing taken to be discussed In
Se end the Gemecnek.
Monday November 9, 1970
ries
Sunday night two students were
attacked and robbed on the Bates
House walkway in two separate
incidents by two black youths.
A rres t made
in rape case
A soldier stationed at Fort
Jackson has been arrested in
connection with the rape of a coed
Nov. 1. The woman was raped in
her dormitory room in Sims.
The soldier was arrested
Thursday night at Fort Jackson
and arraigned Friday morning and
charged with burglary and rape.
Law enforcement officials
praised authorities at the fort for
their part in the apprehension.
SLED. USC Campus Police and
-Columbia City Police Department
were also involved in the in
vestigation.
The suspect is being held in the
Richland County Jail.
iies major
i in sprng
ies. Contact with Benedict College
has been initiated by the Steering
Committee and approval in
principle of such cooperative ef
forts has been approved.
Possibilities for obtaining ouside
financial aid for the program
appear to exist according to
Marshall, but no federal aid is
available for regular faculty
salaries or other normal costs 4
the program.
A major concern of the com
mittee has been the recruitment of
Black faculty members. The
departments of Sociology and
History are actively seeking'
qualified Black faculty. Marshall
stated that International Studies
has sought authorization to fill a
vacancy for which it is hoped that
Black candidate will be located.
White House
appoints two
from USC
Two South Carolinians will be
commissioned in the White House
today as members of the
President's Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports.
Dr. Warren K. Giese, head of the
physical education department at
the University of South Carolina.
and USC baseball coach Bobby
Richardson will be received by
President Richard M. Nixon and
then attend the first meeting of the
new 15-member council.
President Nixon announced the
creation of the council this fall and
in doing so abolished the former
council made up of ca binet of ficers
and other high ranking officials.
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