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VOL. LXII - NO. 10 University of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. 2920R Septe Russell House Patio was thi per last night. Marine r looking f( BY CHARLIE COLLINS Staff Writer The Marine Corps represen tative is on campus from Tuesday until Friday. He is Lt. Charles Caldwell, a 1968 NROTC Carolina graduate on campus to select Corps' officers for training programs. "As a Carolina graduate," said Caldwell, "I feel that a campus this size, with the high standards it Ticket rule more closel BY RUSTY ROBINSON News Editor Ticket distribution rules will be followed much closer in the future, according to Clint Sloan, ticket distribution committee chairman. Sloan said students who weren't seniors had been getting senior ID's and picking up tickets in -the wrong line. He said this kept many seniors from getting senior tickets. Sloan said he agreed with seniors that this was an unfair practice. A student must be able to prove his class standing before he gets tickets. To do this he must have his treasurers fee receipt and some form of identification. Sloan said students must have their validated ID cards before being admitted to the stadium. "No one will be given a ticket without a fee receipt," he said. "If a student loses his receipt, he will have to go by the treasurer's office to get a new one. We will accept no more ID cards for tickets." Sloan said there will be a strict , observance of time in the future - ,zones. 'No one willlbe- admitted to Eating and listenh , place to hear- the Snuffy Jei ,presental )r Corps ] has, should have a high number of aviation and ground officer prospects. Basically we're trying to interest these people in our programs." "Our standards are pretty high, but we're looking for and expecting prospective candidates," Caldwell said. The Platoon Leaders course for which Caldwell is seeking prospects guarantees a man a s followed y in future the Coliseum before their time zone," Sloan said. "A student can pick up his tickets any time after his time zone, but no one will be allowed in before his scheduled time." There will be one exception to the rule. "Two students will be at the Coliseum, and they will con stitute an appeals committee," Sloan said. "Anyone who wants to get in early must be able to sub stantiate his claim." He said the committee will not issue priorities on unproven claims. A student is allowed to pick up four tickets. If he picks up four, two of the four fee receipts must be in the correct time zone. If the receipts are from different classes, two of the four must be in the class line from which he gets the tickets. Sloan said students must form lines on the Assembly St. side of the Coliseum. Graduate students will line up at door number one with the line forming toward Blossom St. Underclassmen will form a line at door number three wjt,i te tine leading toward Green ikins group play and to eat Sup Live here prospects flight school seat upon his graduation. there is no campus training, two six-week summer courses and a basic three year obligation. "If a man completes college and comes into our program," Cald well said," he enters the Marines as a second lieutenant. "We're not looking miainly for career officers; we're looking for people interested in serving their country ana rhaking a larger part of their lives leadership and working with men," he said. (Continued on page 5) Referend soon to d secretary' BY JULIE LUMPKIN Staff Writer A referendum will be held within the next two weeks for the student body to vote on an amendment to the SGA Constitution which would change the office of secretary of the student body from an elected to an appointed office. Kathy Jennings, present student body secretary, made this statement about the role of secretary: "The secretary of the student body is in an unusual position, for it is this office that many responsibilities from committee memberships to clerical work fall. The secretary of the student body should, in my opinion, be more than just a clerical worker. This person should assume more major and broader tasks and duties. This office is almost entirely open, for the duties of the SGA Secretary are almost subject to the initiative of the person in the position." In opposition to the amendment Sen. Mike Ewald said: "The large responsibility the SGA is trying to undertake seems ridiculous in trying to abolish the office now. There is a lot of Senate office and executive work, and cabinet and special committee meetings in which the secretary of the student body can facilitiate." Sen. Mike Boliver added "There is already labor shortage now; we need all the help we can get." Senator Tom Stoudemir-e said "I think the total misconception is that the secretary is a represen tative position. I view it as an administrative position." Marine um to be lecide s fate Stoudemire said his studies of student governments in the country last year "revealed most governments that had elected secretaries experienced many problems in placing that office in the proper perspective. When elected, secretaries came into office thinking - I am represen tative of the people. In actuality the office'didn't call for that. "Not only statistics proved the ineffectiveness of the secretary, but in interviews with . . . various student leaders they felt ele imination of an elected secretary was vital in streamlining their own government." Sen. Koger Bradford, a sup porter of the amendment said "the main reason I presented this amendment was because our past secretaries have been very inefficient. It is my belief that the secretary of the student body does not really have elective powers. There is no real function for the secretary that is really important. She has no real administrative obligations. "There is no reason to run ' risk of electing a poor studetL secretary when you can hire a paid secretary." Sen. Dan Eckstrom said he felt that "rather than discontinue the office because of the possibility of ineffective leaders, we should look at it more positively and think of getting effective leaders." ECO 70's will picket seal sale ECO 70's will meet Thursday night to plan a student picket of the Foulke Fur Company in Green ville, S.C.. The Foulke Fur Company holds a semi-annual sealskin auction of furs taken from North Pacific fur seals." ECO 70's is against the inhumane killing of the seals, (clubbing them to death), and the terrible waste," Scott Holtzclaw, president of ECO 70's said. "They kill the seals only for their fur so some woman can satisfy her vanity by' wearing a $1,500 coat." Foulke Fur has a contract with the U.S. Dept. of Interior to process the sealskins, after the Aleut Islanders kill th~e quota of 40,000 to 50,000 seals. The Aleuts are also under contract with the Dept. of Interior. The sealskin sale will be held on Oct. 7 and 8, and coincides with U.S. Senate committee hearings on the Harris-Pryor Bill which, if passed, will end the slaughter of all (Continued on Page 5)