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Student wins $250 USC a Contest judge Perry T. RA director of the Boston Mus Arts and Stephen R. Crae, di show, view the top winners Annual Spring Mills Art YoA Acharya Yatiishvarananda Avadhuta from the Ananda Marga (Path of Bliss) Yoga Society will be sponsored in lecture by the University Union Lectures Committee at 7:30 p.m. in Currell College on Oct. 21. Dadjii or "respected elder brother," as he is lovingly called, will give individual meditation instruction during the day and will lecture on the philosophy that evening. ACLU The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is holding an organizational meeting of all student members and prospective miembers at 8 p.m. in Room 313, Russell House, Oct. 1 21. The Columbia chapter of the South Carolina ACLU is at tempting to organize an affiliate chapter on the USC campus. . Thursday's meeting will help determine the support for such an organization as well as begin the process for the chartering of the group. Interested students who cannot attend are urged to contact Greg Ohanesian, SGA offices, Russell House. ART SHOW Paintings by John Gordon of Des Moines, Iowa, will be displayed through Nov. 29 in USC's Hun tington Gallery In Sloan College. Gordon, a staff member of the Des Moines Art Center, has works representing both traditional and contemporary approaches to painting. The public is invited to the exhibition Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. TRAFFIC COURSE A three-day seminar for traffic engineering technicians will be sponsored by USC's 'I raffic and Transportation Center. Designed for city, county and state traffic planning and control nersnnnel. for 'J' rt major ithbone, left, Show. Warren um of Fine $1,000 for his la rector of the Puff,' left, and in the 13th $250 for her wc Contest and --News briefs.. ra lecture s4 the meeting begins Tuesday and concludes Thursday. USC Prof. R.R. Roberts, director of the Traffic and Transportation Center, said the conference is cosponsored by the South Carolina Division of the Institute of Traffic Engineers and by USC's College of Engineering. CONSUMER PROTECTION A consumer and financial protection course for older citizens will be offered during November by the USC College of General Studies. Classes will meet from 10 to 11 a.m. Nov. 8 through 19 at Shandon Methodist Church with Roy C. Harms, executive secretary of the S.C. Consumer Finance Association, instructing. Credit, money management, budgeting, estate planning, financial problems, investment and consumer protection laws will be topics. Further information in available at the College of General Studies or by calling 777-5262. A LLOCA TIONS ME ETING The Student Allocations Com mittee will meet at 4:30, p.m. in Room 306, Russell House Oct. 26. 'Te Committee will establish the procedure by which campus organizations will seek allo cations. CHARTER APPLICATIONS The Student Affairs Committee will meet to consider applications for new charters at 4:30 p.m. in Room 306, Russell House Oct. 26. DANFORTH NOMINATIONS Three USC students have been nominated for Danforth Graduate Fellowships. They are Nathan Carliner Goldman, history major; Carlyn Rex Morrow, Jr., history major; and William S. Shepherd, music major. Approximately 120 fellowships will be awarded nationwide by the Danforth Fonationn of St. 'Louis, )laces Sec Johnson of Columbia won rge lacquer work, "Cream Elizabeth McLendon won od sculpture. Mo. More than 2000 college seniors nationwide are recommended by their colleges. AFOQT The Air Force Officer Qualification Test will be ad ministered at 8 a.m. in the Campus Room of Capstone Oct. 23. All freshmen and sophomore students interested in AFROTC aust complete this test before being considered for acceptance into the final two years of the AFROTC program (Professional Officer Course.) W 20 BE E P.: Highw ond in cor Elizabeth McLendon, a USC sophomore Honors Program student majoring in fine arts, has won second place and $250 in the 13th Annual Spring Mills Art Contest and Show. Ms. McLendon entered her project, "J", named after a friend who reflects the same mood of the project, on the advice of her Art 104 Prof. Phillip Mullen. The winning sculpture was "pure inspiration," Ms. Mc Lendon said. "1 started the project at 4 p.m. and completed it at 1 a.m. "I was inspih d and I couldn't stop until I was finished," she said. It was a free, unrestricted assign ment for an art course. The project is approximately 12 x 12' and consists of wooden cubes. Ms. McLendon said the cubes were held together with a common brand of glue. During the contest, a judge was intrigued with the work and dropped it. It broke and Ms. McLendon said it took her two hours to repair the sculpture using another type of glue. Ms. McLendon said she had been interested and active in art since her kindergarten years and had Orientatior plan aff air The Office of Orientation and the Student Government Association are sponsoring a freshman affairs conference Nov. 12-14, at Camp Bethelwood near Rock Hill. The conference is called "Fresh man Conference: Interaction and Understanding (a Continuing Orientation Program)." The conference will cover student, business and academic affairs and registration and academic advisement with em phasis on how they pertain to freshman. According to Elbie Conard of the orientation office, the program has six formal goals: 1. to better inform freshman of university life 2. to hear specific problems *dnesday's SPECIA For the Student /0 OFF ON IZZAS .@.0 R AT1/a iza HOL ay 378 or Off 126 (Exit Rama. Open Sun-Thur until 12:O( Open Fri-Sat until 2:00 itest always received encouragement from her parents. A Columbia resident. Ms. McLendon graduated from A.C. Flora High School where she received many art awards. She said, however, the Spring Mills contest was the first real show she had entered. Ms. Mec ondon said she was very much interested in Russian and is presently enrolled in a course in hat subject. She also likes English and would like to write literature in addition to her work in art. Eli.abeth McLendon L, SGA ! meet that freshman encounter 3. to derive ways to improve orientation 4. to help freshman smooth their adjustment to campus life 5. to find ways to improve the university in regard to freshmen 6. to improve communications between freshman and other members of the university com munity Members of the campus dif ferent departments will present a formal address about their specific fields. This will be followed by a rap session involving students, administrators and faculty members. Timothy McConnell is the Student Government coordinator for the conference. L A ND Price da inn) i pm