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VOL. LXII - NO. 11 University of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. 2920A FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1971 Wa Kahn appe low Law S A bid of $4.75 million by the M. B. Kahn Construction Co. of Columbia is apparently the lowest offer for the construction for the new School of Law, according to University information Services. Demolition work for the new school is almost finished. The complex will be located on the block bounded by Main, Green, Assembly and College Streets. The actual work for the building will be done in three phases. The SCSSL a applicati( Applications are being accepted for the South Carolina State Student Legislature (SCSSL) which will meet some time in November. Larry Thompson, USC delegation chairman, said "SCSSL is one of the few organizations students have to assert them selves in the political system of the state. We are at a point now where we are effective at the State House. We will be very much in volved in the Rex Carter-Sol Blott confrontation." Thompson said that SCSSL "is open to all students interested in politics." He said USC has the largest delegation to the Na me Mailing Address Phone Ransn for ker - Shamn Givens ars to have chool bid first phase will be an auditorium complex which will provide three large classrooms. These should be finished and in use next fall. The other two phases, another classroom section and a library office section, will be completed in 1973. The Law School has outgrown its present facilities in recent years . This fall's enrollment is 742 students, 14 per cent over last year's 651. ccepting )fs now legislature. The state is being reapportioned and the USC delegation si7f has not been decided. "Past members are automatically delegates,'" Thompson said. "I imagine that we will have between 45 and 50 delegates this year. We are really interested in getting some fresh men involved." An organizational meeting will be held in Russell House at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6. Anyone in terested in attending should complete the form below and return it to the Student Govern ment office. -Class_______ interest In CSSCC _____ Senate to elect BY CHARLES FELLENBAUM Staff Writer In spite of parlimentary delaying tactics, the Student Senate Wed nesday passed a bill by a one vote margin (17-16) that provides for the election of class officers this fall. SGA President Harry Walker has not decided if he will sign it, and said he "has strong reser vations" about the bill. Another bill approved last Spring set the nomination dates this semester-Sept. 29 and 30 and the first day of the campaign as Monday, Oct. 4. However the elections com mission, which must approve the nominations, has not been ap pointed so no nominations could be taken this week. The elections commission is appointed by either President Walker or Vice President Julianne Still. The Senate must approve or reject the commission ap pointments but will not meet until next Wednesday, Oct. 6, two days after the campaign is supposed to begin. After commission members are approved, the candidates must still file for office and be approved themselves. Elections are to be held Oct. 20, so campaign time will probably be reduced unless the election date is set back also. The controversy over class of ficers began last Spring. The new SGA constitution ap proved then gave the Senate power to establish those positions, and outline the responsibilities. The Senate passed that bill, 35-9, in a The USC Mermaid Fleet desks in womern's 'd6ori'fo bill pa : class ( special session March 3, 1971. Then president Mike Spears vetoed it Friday, March 5. The Senate met the next Wednesday, March 10 and overrode Spears' veto. At that meeting, it was discovered that legislation had already been passed which set the nomination date for class officers as March 8. The Senate found itself trapped. The bill it had just approved would have no effect since the date for nominations had passed. Walker pr of change, BY JULIE LUMPKIN Staff Writer In his State 9f the Student Government address Wednesday, President Harry Walker said he sees "this year as a year of change, a year where many productive things can be done. "We should have a say si everything that affects us, not because it's necessary, but because it is a right. "We are at the point of deciding and plottiing the directions we will use," he said. Walker listed five areas of concern for the upcoming year: -Support of President Jones in subverting underground tactics in an attempt to get Jones' resignation. -- The establishment of a long needed court system which would Mermaid Fleet s having their .FalIrush. A; Lssed )fficers Thus the Senate's new action Wednesday finally makes the election possible soon-unless President Walker vetoes the bill or the elections commission is not appointed. After this fall, class officer elections will be held in the Spring at the same time as the general election. The new bill was also amended to say that Student Government would in no way be responsible for the finances or financial obligations of the class officers or the class itself. edicts year backs Jones engulf the court systems into a unit. -- A thorough investigation of the infirmary and legislation coming out of the investigation. (Continued on page 12) i Apply for Crucible editorship Anyone interested in applying for the editorship of the Crucible is asked to indicate this in writing and submit it to Dean Bob Alexander, Student Affairs, Pendleton Building, no later than Wednesday Oct. 6. .5 - Lewis P'hillips plicatlons are available at the