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VOL. L IvSity Of South Caroli )@ Colum bia,*S. C. 292 C W ednesday, February 2, 1972 14' I- -X - Steve Ash Just like the guy whose feet were too big for his bed, his camper finds the same problem sleeping on the gound at the Recreation Committee's camping trip at Hunting Island State Park last weekend. Difiglio to retire from concert post University Union Concert Gamecock and I don't con Committee Chairman Tom sider it libel," he said. Di Figlio has taken exception to a headline in Wednesday's Gamecock that said he had quit his concert post. "The headline was a gross to run again misunderstanding of what was written in the article," DiFiglio said. "To set the for Presi record straight, I did not quit.' "All I said was that I would IJoesry nnouncdt not seek the concert chairman hewlruagifoUSstdn post in April," he said.boypeint DiFigiio said that for all Antv fAknadasno concerts this semester two tohitranjonlsm ao, three students would be given Usyaihsminrsofr full power as chairman, though asuetgvrmn htwrs they would be directly Suet r e h aeodln responsible to him. "We are doing this so that they may hscm o tdnst lc learn the proceedings and laesta hycndpn n responsibilities of chairman inThesunttatko m, case they decide to run for my ko htIcndlvrwa a post," DiFiglio, chairman forca. the past two years, said.Usyhserdaspsinto ''The incident was un- hsfeha ls,sceayfrt fortunate and caused undue GnrlWlaeI h tdn hassles," he said, ''But I'd like bd rsdn' aie,suett to forget about it. sntrfrtreyasadi "I'm ot m~ at te snumer oftblhe caiie. Truste second Emotion can be stripped from the second medical school question only if those Nho are in a position to Influence public opinion and those who must make the final determination "...dig down deep for all the facts,"' the USC Board of Trustees chairman said today. "Everyone knows South Carolina's health care problems are acute," T. Eston Marchant, board chairman, noted. "The current argument centers around how best to improve fhe situation. We think a major step, but certainly iot the only step, is the establishment of a second medical school at the University in Columbia,' Marchant continued. He said the board's decision was reached after years of intensive study by qualifled experts. "Their conclusions logically and rightly assumed that the Medical University in Cjarleston would continue to receive maximum support for continued quality growth." Marchant suggested an n-depth study of the "The decision to run ha. been a erious and searching one for me; ut this time--no fads, no gim iicks, no bumper stickers-- just le plain facts. If the students at iSC want a student government iat works, they must elect it. I now that I can provide that adership." es advc Md. s problem which should in clude a reading of the Higher Education Com mission report titled 'Medical Education in South Carolina' and a review of Federal legislation relating to hospital consturuction and medical education. He said, ''a dispassionate in vestigation of projected See the special di Campaigi for McG< BY LINDA OWENS Staff Writer For McGovern supporters canvassing will not be easy, John Crangle, co-chairman for Students for McGovern, at a meeting said last night. The meeting was called to select teams to campaign for McGovern in the Richland County wards. Two captains will be assigned to each ward to go door-to-door, canvasssing supporters to attend the Democratic precinct meetings. Dan Todd, chairman of the organizational meeting, said 15 people are needed from each precinct as representatives at the South Carolina convention in Myrtle Beach. Todd said that taWy would not seek any black surt in the community but would Win with the Seminar to on cancer A series of 12 developmental biology seminars on topics relating to cancer research opens today at USC. Sponsored by the USC Biology Department and open to the public, the seminars run through April 26 and will be held from 12:05 - 1 p.m. every Wednesday in Room 101, Coker Life Science Building. The seminars, according to USC biology Prof. H. R. Chen, will deal with basic research problems related to cancer as well as with problems of cancer research itself. At each seminar, Dr. Chen said, speakers, either USRC pressor.s.o. >cate chool cosis on both sides of the ledger should be made." Marchant said USC and proponents of a second medical school are prepared to discuss the costs involved in establishing a second school can give to all South Carolinians in the latter part of this century. rug issue, pages 5 a begins >vern blacks if enough support is shown at the precinct meetings to push "old mind Democrats to our thinking." The teams should be into the neighborhoods by Saturday, since they only have until the last week of February when the precinct meetings will be held, Crangle said. Fifteen wards have captains already but the organization wants to reach 33, Todd said. Todd said that eight to ten professors have agreed to help with the campaign. "Professors are more receptive to McGovern," he said. Students for McGovern is not an organization on campus but a constitution is being written this week so that the group will be recognized. begin research visiting professors, will present reports on their own research. Today's seminar will be an address by Dr. Michael Felder on "Developmental 1Expression of Genetically Defined Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Maize". Felder, who teaches genetics at USC, will discuss the appearance of enzymes during the development of corn. Future seminars will include talks on "Pre-biological Development," by USC Prof. D. L. Rohlfing on Feb. 16, and "Enzyme Systems Pertinent to Cancer Tissues," by chemistry Prof. Bruce Dunlap on Feb. 23