The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 27, 1971, Image 1
VOL. LXII -NO. 22 University of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. 2920R WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1971
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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up to $35 a day. Business
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their work.
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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.
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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