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VOL. LXII NO. O j Uniyersity of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 2920R FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1971 John Sullivan and Bruce N jam session in a shower st House. Apparently the show derful acoustics. This goes on Student Se ossi possibly af] By JULIE LUMPKIN Staff Writer A bill affecting the raising, lowering or retaining of student activity fees was passed in Senate session Nov. 3. The passage of a previous bill in that same session repealed the bill originally providing for a student referendum to consider the amount of the student activity fee. The bill which passed states that the Student Senate Finance Committee will assess the financial needs of those organizations supported by student fees. They will hold hearings to glean the general student body feelings and send in reports at the beginning of each fall team in attempting to carry this out. After receiving the report the Senate will assign an increased, decreased or retained student activity fee. Upon request of several senators present, Mike Rierson, First Secretary to President of the Student Body Harry Walker also clarified the complications in volved with the recent student senate elections. He explained that two petitions were submit ted enjoining the elections. One petition stated the elect ions were illegit imate on 5ingin' in the shov 'eske hold a sometimes, ar 3ll in Bates mind the boy er has won- other peoples until 4 a.m. nate passes Fecting acti three counts:1. The ballots were not in secrecy. 4 2. Errors existed in the markings of districts on the issued ballots. 3. The referendums were not worded properiy. The other petition stated that the elections were unconstitutional in Highland c for SPIRG The need for "Public Interest Research Groups" (SP IRG) throughout the country was cited by Dr. Joseph Highland in a Wednesday night address before siudents and Columbia residents. Highland, who has been touring Sout h Carolina campuses and other states for 2% months, is one of "Nader's Raiders," and said the idea of these groups originated in Ralph Nader's Washington headquarters as an outgrowth of Nader's effort to represent the public rather than large cor porat ions. He said a Public Interest Research Group should research problems on a local level and then id the muscians don't even are-you-wierd stares from vho live on the ninth floor. bill vity fees two areas: They were not held within the six week period specified by the Student Govern ment Constitution, and a member of tWe elections commission was illegal on the grounds of being affiliated with the Student Senate. (Continued on Page 2) ates countr in talk Wi present their information as public knowledge before decision makers. Highland said the people who usually appear before decision makers represent special in erests. Groups would utilize student research of designated problems, Highland said. Students would tax themselves a nominal sum to support the group, some of which would go towards the main t ainance of a full-time professional staff including lawyers and doc 1 ors. Each campus is allotted a cer lain number of .reprentativeq. In Russell:'J touchedb BY KARIN BURCHSTEAD Staff Writer "You must think and participate because every act you perform is touched by politics," Bill Russell, former basketball player for the Boston Celtics, said last night at Capstone. "To think without participating is. folly, and to participate without thinking is dangerous," Russell said. "Whether you want to admit it or not, you are part of the establish ment," he said. "If you say you are powerless and can't do anything, you will be as long as you believe that." In a speech sponsored by the University Union and the Association of Afro-American Students, Russell said he is op posed to drugs and hard alcohol. "There's too much to do in too short of time, and you've got to have a clear head." "If you have to get stoned to get your rap going, you don't have anything to say anyway. "Everyone is talking about a new drug problem," he said. "When I was in the sixth grade, I saw kids shooting up and smoking weed, but that was 25 years ago in the slums. "No one gave a damn then, but take a look around you. The same dope peddlers that were in the slums are on this campus and in junior high schools," he said. "We're all in this together; no one is going anyplace," Russell continued. "You can talk about a race war and say the whites are going to win because they have us outnumbered. "But if 25 million people are killed, nobody wins. "I always thought that the best place to be during an atomic war was where you could say 'What was that? y's need adnesday proportion to its population. They form a statewide committee to decide Issues on which to con centrate and expenditures. Highland said the Minnesota group is examining consumer fraud, the presence of lead-based paints on the market and county jail systems. He emphasized each group concentrates on problems peculiar to their state, leaving the Washington office free to work on a national level. There will be an organizational meeting of state representatives at 3 p.m. in Room 310, Russell House, .All interested students are urged to ' atten.. jvery act y politics' "There's no place like that anymore," Russell said. "We're all here together. "The same National Guardsmen that killed those white kids at Kent State were also at Watts and Newark," Russell said. "But they were shooting down blacks there and it didn't matter." "it took only five years for the Guardsmen to move from the slums to the campus," he said. "What happens to me, happens to you."i Russell said he has driven across the country 13 times looking for people who will stand up for America. "I'm not talking about the person with the 'Love It or Leave It' sticker on their Volkswagen. "I'm looking for the guy who says 'This is my country and I care enough to expose myself to personal danger for it.' "It's sad not to have anything to live for, but the ultimate tragedy is not to have anything to die for," Russell said. "This doesn't mean I have to go 10,000 miles away," he said. "I'm ready to die in the streets or in my own home." New draft regulations announced The Selective Service Com mission announced Tuesday new regulations that eliminate the 1-Y classification for those medically, mentally or morally unqualified. According to the new regulations, those with a classification of 1-Y will be reexamined and classified 1-A or 4-F. The new regulations go into effect December 2. Divinity students who make satisfactory grades will be classified 2-D. Those that don't enter the ministry will be eligible for the draft until they are 36. A new classification of 4-D will be set up for the sole surviving son of a family. Eighteen year olds will be given 60 days to register wnder the new regulations. A man may register anytime 30 days before or after his 18th birthday. Men will be required to carry their draft cards only until the end of their liability for the draft. Those who were never .deferred now have to carry their .card until they are 26. All others will be responsible for the card until they reach 35. The Selective Service also revamped local draft boards. The minimum age for serving on a draft board was lowered from 30 to 18. In addition, a 20 year limit was .not on draft board- memterahln.