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VOL. LXII -NO. 22 University of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. 2920R WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1971 Pres. J tc USC has advised the South Carolina Higher Education Commission (HEC) that annual freshman class enrollment on the University's main campus will be limited to 2,500 students with a plus or minus allowable variance of 10 per cent. Proposed by USC Presiden, Thomas F. Jones and approved by the University's Board of Trustees, the main campus enrollment in the lower division will be stabilized and total enrollment at the eni of the decade is projected to be under 20,000 students. One of Checker's 42 cabs wi Russell House. Drivers rei cabs, work long hours and c receive less than minimuff VD soars 1 among uni Venereal disease (V.D.) has reached epidemic proportions on USC's campus and many students do not even realize they have the disease, a Richland County Health Department official says. Syphillis and gohorrhea are the Iwo major forms of VD. Both are caught from having sexual in tercourse with someone who already has the disease. VD germs can only live for a mat ter of seconds outside the human body. To spread to a new person, these germs must be deposited on warm, moist surfaces such as t he lining of the genitals, or perhaps the mouth, or a- break in t he skin. Women with Intra-uterine devices(IUDs) are more likely to contract gonorrhea than those without IUDs. Also women on the pill are t wice as likely t'o develop cornplicat ions from gohorrhea as I hose not on it. Possible syphilis symptoms are sores in the mouth, sore throat, mild fever, swollen joints, hadace, patchy balding and a OneS si limit I In a covering letter to Dr. James A. Morris, Commissioner of the Higher Education Commission, Dr. Jones said this action" ... should allay the fears and concerns of various special in terests regarding the expansion of the University." "We are taking this position voluntarily," Dr. Jones continued, "and are taking the steps necessary to implement it. We feel that this voluntary action is more desirable than imposed restraints which could work to the disad vantage of the state and its in Hail taxi its in front of Gamecock at it their own drivers earn often claim to appears to bx i wages. The hardships in o epidemic tware USC rash on the hands and feet or all over the body. In women, possible symptoms of gonorrhea are infected bladder, rectum, tubes, severe abdominal pains, some pain when urinating, or slight vaginal discharge. In men the symptoms are in fected tubes, sore and swollen Sample ballots To the right is a sample ballot being used in the Student Govern ment elections. Polling is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Sims, Columbia Hall, the Towers, Bates House, the Roost and Law School. All off campus students, graduate students and those not voting for senators should vote in Russell House. There are 18 senatorial districts and students are urged to vote for three referenidums on theS following issues and students are urged to vote for senators: these even if they don't (1) SGA secretary, (2) closing Green Street and (3) a $3 summer activity fee. An ID and fee receipt is required iggests !reshmE stitutions," he said. The University had 6,153 students enrolled in the bac calaureate and graduate program on the Columbia campus in 1961. This year, total enrollment on the main campus has grown to 15,724 students. Jones' projection statement to HEC said while the dramatic increase in enrollment has resulted in better faculty, better equipment, better libraries and better facilities,"...it also presented certain problems." "A static institution is not -~mrray as I purchased by the firm says up to $35 a day. Business t bad and drivers encounter their work. levels students testicles, pain during urination or discharges from the penis. A FREE VD CLINIC is being held at the Richland County Health Center, 121 Gregg St. within walking distance of the Campus, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Identity is not important--they only want to help. "a met,c a j *"""* Qest1an tho plan m enro desirable," the projection statement continued, "but neither is too explosive a change. The University therefore believes that the time has come to slow down the student growth on the main campus and concentrate on im proving the quality level still further." The proposal to HEC would concern only the main campus and would not affect enrollment growth of the University's rapidly ex panding Regional Centers. "The Administration(of USC) believes it can make this recom In-depth report Cab dri BY MICHAEL BALL Special Writer Established Checker-Yellow Cab. Co. charges its drivers $9 per eight-hour day for vehicle use. and 4 cents per mile after the first 10 miles and 33 cents per gallon for any gas used and is the only company of its type in town (the other taxi groups are "clubs" whose members own their own hacks and pay only for radio rights) and has been actively recruiting students as drivers through ads in he local newspapers. Anything else is debatable. "It's a complete farce," one driver of two years said of the ad, which read "Make as much as $35 a day..." "I worked eight hours yesterday and made $7," he said." Before this rental system took effect last month, I'd easily average around $15 per day," the driver continued. Jack Berg, Checker head, said, "I've gotten a lot of uncalled for static." "I stand behind the ad; I wouldn't run it if I didn't believe it," he added. "The commission system isn't as good for the drivers as the rental system," Berg said "Drivers are making tremendous amounts of money now," he said. According to the cab head, the change was to "entice drivers to earn more." "The problem is that we have gone down from 75 cabs to 4x cabs in the past four to six years," he commented. Berg said he would be glad to answer any questions anyone had about Checker and would like anyone to come to the station and JOR INF'ORMATION 'ORKwhenf you want to! Work as many days as you want to--ais many hours a day as you want to Make as much as $35 a day, and be paid everyday ater work---must be 2) years old Apply (becker Yellow Ctab (o. 2S47 urment mendation," the transmittal to HEC continues, "because South Carolina High School graduates now have several alternatives - they can attend many private or public colleges, including the two new state colleges, Francis Marion and the College of Charleston. They also can attend one of the eight USC Regional Campuses or one of the two Clemson Regional Campuses." In releasing the material he has forwarded to HEC, Jones said priority would be given to South Carolina residents vers talk talk with the drivers. The first driver interviewed said ihe 40 odd operating cabs are too much for the volume of passengers. "Maybe half that number would be good. They could handle all the business," he said. Another driver said Columbi might be able to support more cabs in 10 years. "But there are people who will be starving if they wait," he said. "The problem is not the rent that is fair for operating costs on i he cabs-but the number of drivers is just too nmuch to let drivers make enough to live on. He (Berg) is just interested in getting all of his cabs rented," the second driver stated. This driver said before the change he was making over $2 per "DON' TAKE A CHANCE. TAKE A CHECKER - "YELLOW" hour, "more than most drives." But now his salary has dropped below $1 per hour. "It just doesn't pay to go out," he said. "It is possible on a really big day to make S35 a day for working 1. hours, but that is extremely unusual," the driver said. "I just don't see how anyone who's got a family to support can affordi to do it," the cabbie added. Both drivers stated Checker makes no attempt to see the drivers receive minimum wage. Berg commented, "They're for sure making minimum wage." The Federal Department of \Labor recently finished an in yes igation of the company for Salledged violations of wage law "'The ones we weren't OK on, we quickly made good on," Berg said. Robert Bradford of the depart ment said. .the. company was