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E VO.LII N .5 Uiestyo othCrlna ou bia, S. C. 29208 Mondav, Febray1.17 -Oda~ Jr Is. 79s RECLAMATION BIN Lobby pollution Papers pile up around ECO 70's reclamation bin on the first floor of Russell House as students keep bringing newspapers and magazines in and bringing them in and bringing them in..... Rierson: 'Walker a By BOBGRONDAHL Staff Writer he ha n At on the Stnt E ditor's Note: This is the first of eetoscmite evdo a nine part series of interviewsWakrcmpinomteen with the Student Government te17 lcinadwsapit~ Cabinet. The cabinet is composedbyWleasFrtSctr. of students appointed by President Resnsi i ucini h Harry Wailker and is an unofficialsaesascrtyofttendh part of the executive branch,. scniee ale' rgthn "Harry Walker has a cabinetma. that has gotten projects done on Resnscmeto h the USC Campus and in thesucseanfilrsoth Carolina community," Michael cretcbntamnsrto Rierson, First Secretary of the ws A h einn fec cabinet, said in reference to a nwamnsrto vroei recent GAMECOCK editorial'ielsi ngttn hnsdn criticizing the Walker ad-antebivigtigpoes ministration,.oeqiky Rierson, a senior majoring in "vr diitaini on International Studies, describes t aepolm hthv ob himself as a behind-the-scenes-ovrmeadiwulbeflsht man who has more than two years beivthtvryintats exprinc i stdet ovrnmnt paed wil bear ruivonthesudn Press Ass< opposes su By KARIN BURCHSTEAD Staff Writer A resolution opposing the subpoenaing of four GAMECOCK staff members was passed unanimously by the South Carolina Press Association (SCPA) in their annual meeting Saturday. The resolution said "the maintenance of the confidentiality of sources is essential to the effectiveness of a newspaper's inquiries." GAMECOCK Editor Glenda Miller, Associate Editor John Gash, and staff writers Rusty Robinson and Charles Fellenbaum have been subpoenaed to appear today before the Richland County Grand Jury to answer questions concerning a series of articles on campus drug sales. Columbia STATE Editor William D. Work Craft, Hope plan SNAFU campaign Running on the Student Natural Function Party (SNAFU) plat form, two junior journalism majors, Harry Hope and Bob Craft, have announced their in tentions to run for student body vice president and president respectively. Hope and Craft said they plan to establish a "dual dictartorship." "We'll make all the decisions- to being humorous, hell with the constitution," Hope "We plan to be said. "We won't necessarily say that we're in abolish the Student Senate; we just tickets and beca won't call it to order. on the resume, v "We feel eminently qualified to what's in the bi run because of the fact that neither candidates' mind of us have held office before or Craft said th know anything about student student governmf government," Hope said. "We ran a lot of their mc last year but no one took us "Student gover seriously. where mice trair "It's possible to be serious while said. "When v ccomplished. 4 "However, I feel that this ad- the USC Voter 1 ministration has approached our Force (concerni problems realistically and we've students who accomplished a great deal. Several Richland County of our projects have received suet ovt publicity not only in the naialecto GAMECOCK but also in the media nofa e Sectui throughout the state. epnino e "Some of the projects that have all schools. been publicized are: Carolina Cares (a carry over from the "Of course it Spears Administration), the rogative of Health and Abortion Hotline, the ministration to Camp Gravitt conference, the any of our curr4 Environmental Clean Up Cam- might also add paign, and the Regional Campus administration Conference. three new cabin feel are a servi< "There're also projects which and these are; have taken a long time and are budsman, the almost completed that have Women's Aff received no publicity and they are: -Seceryc of sr Ciation ,bpoenas man, who introduced the resolution, said, "We were operating in the dark because we do not know exactly what action the grand jury will take, but support of the GAMECOCK is implicit in this resolution." "The resolution expresses the concern of the professional press in actions by grand juries that make available to the government the investigative work of reporters," Workman said. USC journalism professor and SCPA secretary manager, Dr. Reid Montgomery, said, "What this resolution means is that the papers in South Carolina have gone on record in support of a newspapers' right not to even appear before a grand jury." (Continued on Page 2) Bob Craft, Harry Hope -T* ' he added. coming out of student government, honest. When we you can understand the shape of it for money, free state government. ise it looks good "Our platform may be ludicrous ve're just saying but so are all the others when you ick of the other look at them," Craft said. s," Hope said. "We want to show the people at students let what does run and what can run for hnt take "a hell of student government," he said. ney. "Just because some people wear ,iment is a place ties and $14 shirts doesn't make to be rats," he them any less ludicrous." ou see what's L great deal' legistration Task ng registration of are not from or are out of state in local, state and s), the revamping cial System and 2her evaluation to the new ad continue to delete hnt projects and I that the Walker has also added et offices which I :e to the students D~ffice of the Om Secretary of airs, and the eshman Affairs." Michael Riernn