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VOL. LXII - NO. 56 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C 29208 Wednesday, Feb Legislation pendi for absentee vote By FRED TALBOTT Special Assignments An absentee ballot station may be provided at USC if pending legislation is adopted by the state General Assembly. A bill providing the "additional method of student voting by absentee" was introduced last week following a special election laws committee study. The legislation is currently in the House Judiciary Committee following successful Senate passage. If adopted, every post high school educational institution in the state will be allowed to establish a student absentee voting station. The home county of the institution will designate the school as a ballot station if requested by the school's president. A county resident who Is a staff member of the institution will be appointed to manage the station. Any student registered to vote in South Carolina may apply for an absentee ballot at the station within 20-30 days of the election. The manager will then request the needed number of absentee ballots. The ballots will be sent to the manager, who will issue them to designated students. Students will be required to return their completed ballots as determined by voting regulations in their home county. State Sen. Eugene N. Ziegler, one of the bill's co-sponsors, said yesterday the legislation's purpose is twofold. Separate letters requesting absentee ballots will be replaced by the manager's lone request, thus aiding local election board administration. Ziegler said a principal aim of the bill is to avail students a campus location where they can apply for and ascertain absentee ballots. The Florence Democrat predicted favorable acceptance of the bill by the House. "I'm pressuring the Judiciary Committee to get it out," he said. The current legislation does not provide absentee registration, although Zeigler said the committee is studying this situation. Precinct location complications may produce administrative difficulty, he continued, noting such legislation may not have "as easy a trip" as the current proposal. (Continued on Page 8) McConnell cites effort 'Freshman transition r By BOBGRONDAHL Staff Writer Second, he wished to make Staff riterorientation and advisement easier Editr'sNot: Tis i th seond for freshmen. The third plan was to Editor's Note: This is the second of a nine part series of interviews get freshmen involved in student with the Student Government cabinet. The cabinet Is composed of students appointed by Pres. "esatdtefrtpaeti Harry Walker and Is an unofficial ps umradfudta hr part of the executive branch. wanorlcnttwihcepd "The basic problem for im-frsmnotiehe fica coming freshman is making the Uiest ieaue transition from high school to college and still keeping their "Sthsptsumrweaid identity in a large university," Tim ovr300qetnieltes McConnell, secretary of Freshmanwh tocna.Weloe Affairs, said. McConnell is from Shelton, andcorgdte toakqsin. is a junior accounting major. In- "oeo h usin ee volved in freshman orientation forwhtaehebsdomtolvin two years and a former studentisprngalwdocmu,ad senator, last spring McConnellwhtaetebscorstoak.AIC formulated a three-fold plan."Tescnp F'irst, he wanted to establish "n aetee etm w vle u effective communications with cek mutn ooe 260t~gvrmn rs incoming freshmen on a per-bedpstdtwrshsons aCmpBhe sonalized basis.Sacon., hcoel aisd. Novemake Lng rs TA A Cool drink? --eve Ksh equires involvement concerning orientation and ad- aims is to get freshmen involved in visement. Out of the conference student activities. Well out of the came some good ideas so we freshman conference came the created the freshman coordinating idea for a joint campus-community committee to work out possiblepiec whhwa teen solutions," McConnell said. vrmna la-pcmag o "Some of the ideas included a separate day for freshman "h iyhsare ospl registration, student freshman advisors to work in conjunction uswteqimnadwehv with the deans of the various tnaieypandt oki colleges and establishment of a WherHilOyma,ndC p freshman office of corn- Frac.W ilhv pca munications for the purpose ofho-iepn.Ofcuswenvt answering the questionaires thatevroetpaicae,Mc we implemented this past sum-Conlsad rnlmer," McConnell said. 'umn hnsu icrl artof ur lan "This would create a more re htlf tUCcnb ra the sudentpersonal relationship on a student eprecttoehaeiln man onfeenceto student basis so the incoming fr4shm~en feel more at home whenuivrtyadoeannlgtot woo ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ " enind thisat * o oehn whih e put into they arriveonrcampus,chensaie.cie"caeestid