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VOL., LXI I No. 48 'University of South Carolinp, Columbia,S. C. 29208 Friday, January 28. 107' Freshman Missy Clarke I sale Thursday on the first fi sale, conducted by ECO 70's Bergus: 'Mideast a trap' Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union has the influence to match .t2s involvement or interest in the Middle East, according to Donald C. Bergus, USC's diplomat in-residence. Bergus, former head of the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Egypt, said in a news conference yesterday that the United States and the Soviet Union are "prisoners of small powers." "The most we can hope for is to maintain the cease-fire and to continue our efforts at negotiation," he said. "It is their problem; an outside power cannot impose a solution." "Both sides are fed to the teeth with the situation, but they don't yet know how to get out of it," he said. Students get4. The Guidance Center in the College qsf Education at USC is offering 'free counseling ser vices in personal adjustment to students of all ages. The center will counsel students -- elementary through college -- on social, vocational and other, adjustment problems. Parents of clients and other adults also may use the ser vices on a limited basis. -Servites are nproided ............ Posters pror oks over ecology posters for >or of the Russell House. The to finance projects including Bergus Bergus, who has been stationed in Egypt since 1967, said that though the short term outlook for peace is not happy, the long term outlook can be good. "There is no objective obstacle to peace once the psychological barriers have been surmounted." (Continued on page 8) free counsel Monday-Friday in late af ternoons and evenings by a staff of qualified counselors who work under the direction of USC faculty members. Parents must given written permission for children to be counseled at the center. Further information and applications may be obtained by calling 777-4268 or writing the Guidance Center, USC College of Education, Columbia, S. C. 29208.. sote ecology Earth Week events, continues close Green Street on Earth sale. Stolen boo] iciplinary BY BETTY WOODRUFF Staff Writer Book thefts account for more than half the cases appearing before the University Discipline Committee, James G. Holland, committee chairman, said. "Students don't realize that the crime is selling a book which does not belong to them," Holland said. Eric Wyka, a senior student committee member, said, "Books are the lifeblood of the University. When I was a freshman, we could feel free to leave our books lying anywhere for any length of time. Now students take advantage of this trust. Penalties for students convicted of this crime will be getting harsher. "We have ways of finding out who sells a book that is not owned by them, and now we are suspending students from the University who do this," Wyka said. These suspensions often are held in abbeyance, however, which means that the penalty is not put into force unless the student has further infractions of rules. Holland and Wyka also brought out the fact that the penalty often depends on the individual case. The Discipline Committee, which has the responsibility of deciding a student's academic fut ure, is composed of five facult y members and four students. A member of the law faculty is always present to assume the posit ion of legal advisor. All students appearing before the commit tee are prot eeted hbyadue -Murry SMn through today. A petition to Day also is available at the ks cause 0 action process of the law, and a student may bring witnesses to testify in his favor. In previous years, the committee only had two student members. The work of the committee is much, much bet ter since we added students," Holland said. "Students are responsible citizens, more familiar with si udent life, and they do give better justice. They know better, more relevant questions to ask," he said. Alt hough t he commit tee met approximately once a month last semester, "we're not nearly as act ive now as we were, say, during the spring distrubances in 1970. (Continued on Page 5) Sna Xte Wake The~ StdntSnaev - thr o rdi toda petit hyt Daycalsoasy availl a the faclsetioninadte t prcs fThe lawir ndbur s tdentf only hadtwosident memrbiersa. Groups to share housing Special interest groups may be able to live together in University residence halls next semester, according to Chip Sanders, assistant dean for resident life. The Housing Office has had several inquiries into this situation and Sanders said he thinks its "a very, very good idea and we want to encourage It.'' Groups of students sharing simiiar interests would be placed together in the same residence hall. Topics of in terest that have been brought up so far include a French group who would speak nothing but French, an Honors area, a group interested in Ethics which might also include some University chaplains and an interracial group focusing on race relations. Also mentioned were art and music groups and the possibility of holding seminar sessions on the hall. "This could involve any interest and there's a possibility that this sort of thing could involve some credit. We want to make this as legitimately educational as we can," Sanders said. Students interested in taking part in this activity should get to work right away, he con tinued. "The Housing Office would like to receive a written proposal including the ob jectives and the people in volved. Short of coed or proposals needing special facilities, we'll make every effort possible to pull it through if enough interest is shown." pholds sveto ~ed Wednesday to uphold. veto of the Senate reim-~ Dec. 8. Jennings, student body' assed to compensate can fee and expenses from last . >y the Supreme Court. irs will be handled now by~ ,f the Senate.