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Icicles in t NSA .y MARGARET SWENDSEID Cultural Editor The National Students Association (NSA) held a press conference Tuesday in Washington calling a national student strike on Wednesday. This was in emergency response to the recent Laotian invasion by American, Thai and Saigon troops. The press conference was at tended by clergy, students, and professional people, the strike involved campuses from Boston to Pennsylvania to Los Angeles. As wire reports have indicated, 100 American ground troops have entered. the Southeastern border of Laos, in direct contradiction to what Secretary of State William Rogers has stated and military realeases hiave denied. NSA's long-rang activities have involved a group of 15 student body presidents and editors who went to TO BACC( (A SMOKER'S Distinctive selection Custom blending-ba personal mixture Large selection of I a Gift items for Your favorite cigars -DUTCH S 10% Discount t i add) on pipes an ze South strikes Saigon and Hanoi on a peace mission and returned with a "People-to-People Peace Treaty." The treaty, which heads for a four week ratification and im plementation period in May by high schools, civic groups, clergy and professional and campus organizations declares in its first paragraph: Be it known that the American and Vietnamese people are not enemies. The war is carried out in the names of the people of the United States and South Vietnam but without our consent. It destroys the land and the people of Vietnam. It drains America of its resources, its youth and its honor. The treaty further sets up terms by which a date will be determined for the withdrawal of all U.S. military forces, it pledges negotiation "to secure the release of all American iLAND PARADI SE) of pipes r fer your :oreign cigarettes the smoker roreign and domestic QUAR E tudents (with this d custom-blending R ejected claims his Vickie Eslinger. one of two Carolina coeds who were recently denied jobs as pages in the state Senate. is suing the body on the grounds that it discriminates against women in its hiring process. The first-year law student's suit was filed Thursday in federal court, as were requests for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. Miss Eslinger was recom mended for the position of Senate page by Sen. Walter J. Bristow Jr.. D-Richland. Darra Williamson of Loris was also recommended for a position. Last November when they filed for the jobs. they were not told they wouldn't be con sidered for them. Clerk of Senate Lovick 0. Thomas. who has tinal authority on the hiring of pages in the Senate. Student senate aci Election Hy GLENDA MII..R S1i 1 Wrpiter Action was taken on seven bills at a meeting of the Student Senate Wednesday afternoon in Russell House. Most of the meeting's discussion concerned students. Most of the meeting's discussion concerned student elections and a resolution to reapportion the senate with one senator representing every 315 students. The first of the election bills deals with changing the time of elections. The bill, introduced by Sen. Ellen Corley of the General Welfare Committee. was passed and sets the election in March. ('ampaigning will last 15 days and the election day has been changed to Wednesday instead of Monday to permit candidates time to cam paign after the weekend. The fall elections are to be run like the spring elections, according to the change. A bill establishing rules for the election committee was introduced by Sen. C'orley's committee and passed. The purposes of the bill are to set certain guidelines for the commit tee to avoid difficulties similar to those of previous elect ions. Regarding candidates, the bill sa.vs that students wishing to run for office must submit their (fualilicat ions at least 14 days prior to the elections. No signs or posters by individual cnandidates, but candidates can buy advertising space in TheGamecock. BURGER KING m page sui rmg discr reviewed their applications several weeks ago. however, he - reiected them. telling Miss Eslinger 'the Senate is a place of business and consequently no place for a woman." I'homas suggested that they should apply for jobs as tour guides. "I laughed when he told me that.' Miss Eslinger said. The defendants in the suit are Thomas. L,t. Gov. Earle E. Morris. president ex-officio of the Senate. Sen. Edgar A. Brown. president pro tempore and all other senators. The suit's brief says Miss Eslinger "is being denied the due process and equal protection of the laws. and her rights as a citizen in violation of the Consititution of the (In i t e d St a t e s .'' A memorandum of law listing the main points of the suit says ion rules ad Provisions are made in the bill calling for sufficient advertising of the elections by student govern ment. and each candidate will be listed. the office he seeks and his name as he wants it. will appear on the advertisements. Ad vert isements will be placed at each polling place. A third bill introduced by Sen. Corley's committee setting rules for candidates running for office. The bill says "a poster is con sidered any material attached to any- property of the University of South Carolina." Posters are not allowed in elections and there is to be no campaigning within 50 feet of the polls. Campaign literature and materials can not be distributed to students until the Monday before election day. but candidates can give the material to their cam paign staffs. Candidates can pay lor advertising in the Gamecock and on WUSC The election results must be announced and posted. The fourth election bill says that st udents running for a minor off ice must pay a fee of $2 and major candidat es must pay 5?5 to enter t he campaign. There will be no nominations made by students and those desiring to run for an office must file and pay the set fee to get on the ballot. This bill w~as also passed. Ma jor debate resulted with the introduction of a bill to redistrict t he senate. In an effort to keep the senate no larger than 50 the bill prov'ides for new districts where each senator will represent 315 students. Senators will be elected in the fall and the spring to office for one year. HELP WANTED Full and Part Time Day and Night Shifts Apply In person Burger King Restaurant 1211 College Street 9-10 a.m. 2.5 p.m. g senate mination Thomas "Desired to shelter the Senate from nonexistant evils and to preserve a custom of the Senate." and that "the simple fact that women have not been pages for :1 years is not sufficient iustification for continuing their exclusion." Courts have not refused women their protection in areas of public education, jury service and penal statutes. and should not refuse it in the area of public employment," the memorandum continues. Miss Eslinger is represented by Charles Morgan of Atlanta and ILaughlin MacDonald of Columbia. a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union. Miss Williamson said Thursday she thinks it was "ridiculous" she and Miss Eslinger were not hired. opted I'his bill was passed after almost an hour of debate. In other action the senate passed a resolution backing the proposed change in the grading system. Another resolution, passed previously by the faculty senate, was endorsed by the student senate. as an effort by the senate to encourage professors in the English Department to teach at least one freshman English course during the school year. The 'English resolution" was passed on the basis that it is unfair to freshman to receive the majority of their English intr truction from graduate students. By having professors teach at least one freshman course it may im prove the quality of English courses offered to freshmen and improve the department as a whole since most professors have lost touch with what is being taught in dhe lower level courses. A parking resolution introduced by Sen. Corley of the General Welfare ('ommittee was also passed. Tlhe resolution provides e senate hacking of student representatpves on the parking commit tee comprised of faculty. representatives of the ad ministration and three students. At a previous meeting of the parking committee. secretary G;eorge Key. dire'tor of security. asked for increased para.ig rates. Key proposed doubling the price now being paid for meters or a charge of St6 per month for parking at the Coliseum or a fee of '"' per month to park in the new garage being built on Blossom St. or charge the faculty for parking decals which they now receive free. T'he last of the suggestions met with strong opposition and was not considered as a possible way to raise the necessary money for the garage. The student senate signif ied by their vote that they would accept only the suggestion of charging a fee to park in the new garage and expressed an opinion that "" per month was too much. T'he senate said it would support t he stLudents on the committee and would not accept any of the other nroposals.