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Vol. LXI - No. 57 University of South Carolina, Columbia,, S,. C. 29208 Wednesday, February 24, 1971 Administration Building Foard del By CHARLES FELLENBAUM Staff Writer Fifth District Solicitor John Foard said ruesday trials for those arrested in con nection with the Administration Building takeover last May will probably not be held this semester because he said he thinks the trials might provoke "demonstrations and trouble" on campus. Foard said he will make a definite decision on the trial dates after a meeting with the defendants on March 31. "Unless I change my mind, these people will not be tried during the present semester," Foard said. "If I called a case to trial in the next few weeks, which I'm not, I think there would be demonstrations and trouble. "A very small group of students looking for an excuse to do something might result in a similar incident like last year. I'll do any rhing I can to prevent another riot," he sadid. Foard said that the trials had not been held before now because he "just didn't want to bring it up." "It wasn't because of evidence problems and other things I can't make publ.ic, I just wasn't ready to bring it up," he said. A Federal restraining order had been sought by several defendants on the grounds that the laws he was prosecuting iys trials them under were unconstitutional. The order was not cranted. Over 200 of the people involved in the riots "left the University and have never been back," Foard said. " This includes people who were chargec and never arrested." "If those who cause trouble never come back, I think the University and the state Is that much better off," Foard siad. Legislators in Commons tomorrow On Thursday, February 25, at 2 p.m., the IIniversity Union Commons Room Committee will sponsor an appearance by four Richland County legislators in the Commons Room. 1,egislators I.S. Leevy Johnson, Isadore Lourie, .James L. Felder and Alex Sanders will be in the Commons Room to hold discussions with students .loe Huddleston of the Commons Room Committee said that the purpose of the visit by the legislators is Io Aquaint the legislators with the views of students At several times," Huddleston said, "the legislators have talked with student leaders. The Commons Room Committee felt that the average si dent needed an opportunity to voice his opinions.' Students arrested last Spring Administration Building will r Solicitor Foard fears further < Survey on shows coec In the wake of the recent sexual . UI assaults on campus, a survey was K conducted by psychology depart ment graduate students Dick Shea, John Shen, and Mary Lu Hunter w ta St se oui atl th4 or sit Su Sir he th re ha ex luring the takeover of the iot be tried this semester. listurbances. rapes [opmion ider the direction of Dr. Mervyn . Wagner. The major focus of the survey is to determine how these at cks have affected the women idents on campus. 151 coeds from 22 English 101 etions were questioned to find t if the recent incidents of sexual Lacks have had any effect on ir daily lives, and also how each them would react in similar uations. Jver 44 per cent of the women rveyed were now afraid to be me in their rooms. If placed in a nilar situation, most of them uld overly resist the rapist until threatened to physically harm ,m by stabbing or shooting. When askedtQ imagine the ef ts of a similar situation on amselves, less than 1 per ent ticated that they would not port such an incident, and over per ent indicated that they uld return to the same school, Lually with the same semester. )n the average, the women rveyed noted that they would il a little more negative in their itude toward sex. 80 per cent uld feel more self-conscious und men while 31 per cent iuld feel themselves less sirable for marriage. In general, the coeds considered ing raped comparable to veing a hidden personal defect posed, while 13 per cent felt that ing raped was worse than being irdered.