Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Law studi House ca A senior law student at the University of South Carolina has announced his intentions to run for the South Carolina House of Representatives. Raymond K. Benton, from Charleston Heights, S.C., officially announced his plans to run Feb. 2. He is running for one of the two Charleston democratic promary seats. He said he has no one campaign manager but will have a group of committees, each headed by one person he picks. Benton said his campaign included contacting college students throughout the state in a "campus campaign" headed by Vic Rawls and Ben 'Palmer.. He said the University Adverl Sensing I Supersta By ANTHON (Executive Vice President, Soi RALPH NADER began his career as a gadfly of industry who won headlines for his allegations of defects in a rear-engine automobile. Today, he is in a league with Barbara Streisand, Richard Burton and the Beatles a genuine superstar. Like other superstars, he is pursued by autograph seekers and misty-eyed young women on college campuses who beg the star to sign his name. And like other giants of the amusement world, he apparently knows the mileage to be obtained in refusing a signature - in shunning the fans who worship him. In a few years, Ralph Nader has become a major force in American life. No longer is he content to charge that boxes of crackers aren't full to the top. He demands that thousands of automobiles be returned to their manufacturers and presumes to tell Congress how to do its work. He speaks before worshipful audiences at univer sities, and receives thousands of dollars for an appearance. He is a legend in his own time - both a cuit and a conglomerate. No longer is he a lone crusader with en velopes full of clippings. Scores of eager, young disciples staff his tax-exempt research and lobbying organizations. BRIGHT-EYED young liberals on campuses have an object for their hero-worship. A decade ago, this breed took off their white suede shoes and joined bands of "freedom marchers" before returning for the next semester at Harvard or Yale. Others of this type thought it was fun to follow old Dr. Spock and march on the Pentagon and call the President of the United States a warmonger. Today, the "in" thing is to get on the Nader bandwagon and organize Nader branches known as PIRGs (public interest research groups) on college campuses - groups supported by compulsory student activities fees. The young liberals of 1972 get their kicks by copying Ralph Nader and por traying business as Public Enemy No. 1. Who knows? The campus PIRG leader may grow up to be another Supernader. That's something that will excite the ambitions of the young law school student who finds the law a bore or the graduate Advecrt ent plans 0 mpaign alone has around 890 students enrolled from Charleston. "I decided to run because of education," Benton said. Poor educational facilities in the state due to the lack of enough equip ment for teaching is one reason the state can't compete with North Carolina or Georgia," he said. Benton began teaching high school in 1968 after graduating from the College of Charleston. "I started at $4,900," he said. When he lost all of his raise to taxes, he decided the educational system needed to be improved. Benton said the state is losing too many teachers becuase of low salaries and the poor facilities due to "improper perspectives." isement "he News r Nader Y HARRIGAN athern States Industrial Council) student in sociology who is tired of "inner city" research. These types can dream of calling up U.S. senators and saying "this is Ralph," and having the senators know that it can be only one per son-the unelected arbiter of what is good and safe for the American people. THEN THERE ARE the visions of headlines in the metropolitan press and prime time on television, with platoons of reporters trying to get interviews. True, Supern der reportedly lives in a boarding house and doesn't even own a car. But there is the attraction of power - power over people, companies and government agencies. And the anti-business organization provides the amenities, the travel by jet and limousine. There is the knowledge that an appearance at the National Press Club will out draw a visiting king or premier. Even more attractive is the knowledge that the Critic of Everything has his loyal troops scattered across 50 states and aspire to reforming other countries when he is through with the United States. The career of Supernader is the ultimate in dreams of juvenile glory. The career is sustained by an endless flow of publicity. But there are dangers, of course, such as threaten the careers of all superstars. SUPERNADER has to continue to manufacture sensations, precisely as a motion picture superstar has to be seen in new - films that are enormously suc' cessful. The established superstar is in danger of being eclipsed by other aspiring stars. Finally, the public is fickle. Few superstars enjoy permanent stardom. Campus audiences are notoriously inclined to seek new idols every year or so. They may tire of the critic who tells them that almost everything in the world around them is unsafe or bad for them or unworthy of possession. That proposition can become tiresome. One day Supernader may find that the audiences have begun to thin out and fade away and that the reporters and TV cameramen are covering other speakers, other events, other shows. Such is the special terror of the superstar. "F~romn 2-14-72 edition of "The News & Courier" iscemnnt Benton -Tom Price Benton disagrees with another side of the educational question. He does not agree with the idea of a new medical school. "I don't see a need for another one. We haven't done anything with the one we've got," he said. He mentioned the fact that the present medical school in Charleston has been on academic probation in the past. Benton also commented on the South as a possible industrial leader. "I think the South has to be the next industrial leader of the United States since there is no place else to go," he said. In order to develop this potential, he said the state needs to "revamp its vocational facilities" to educate adults so they can hold these jobs and workers from outside the state would not have to be brought in to fill them. He also advocated the passage of the minibottle bill in the state legislature which would increase educational revenue. Spring Thing is Coming AND DEEF Wednesday 5 P.M. till ClosinE Just show I. D. card Student spec Our Regular $1.1 Barbecue Pl $1 Old fashioned hickory Chopped Barbecue, H steaming rice, Cole Slaw~ Beans and Roll DaND 409 English M. for college By BARBARA MURRAY Staff Writer A special M. A. program for English majors planning to teach in two-year and four year colleges will be offered by the English Department in September, 1972. "Most openings are on the junior or community college level," Dr. John Kimmey said. Participants in the program select the area of con centration and take 30 hours of work in English and two courses in the School of Education. Each fellow will also teach one section of fresh man English at the University first semester and one section fo freshmen or sophomore English at a regional campus or area college his or her second year. Each fellow will receive a stipend of $2,400 for the first year and $2,600 for the second year. In addition, he will receive $500 annually for each dependent, plus a remission of fees and tuition. Dr. Kimmey said the department plans to send students to national meetings and also hope to initiate a summer school program abroad. Persons interested in the program should meet the regular requirements for the Graduate School and have recommendations from professors tesifying teaching potential. Applications for admission into the program and any questions should be directed to Professor John L. Kimmey, USC English Department. The to cashier ial 15 D gI flavored ash over ,Bar- B-Q Blossom St. At the Bridge A. course teaching deadline for the program is Apr. 1 and the fellows will be announced approximately Apr. 15. Feheley's bid continued from page 1 the beginning of the year. "A lot of things that should be optional to . cnts aren't optional now." i. addition, to make his role as treasurer more effective, Feheley said, "I'd like to keep everyting on a personal basis. If I got the job, I would stress to students that the door is always open and if they couldn't get me, they could always go through student senate." Feheley, a student senator since December, is optimistic about the effectiveness of student govern ment. "I don't view student government as a joke-it's got too much potential. The problem in the past has been that the officers haven't taken advantage of its potential." As president of Bates House, Feheley said, he got to meet people on a more personal basis and is going to campaign primarily by going out and meeting people on a individual basis. "I didn't go along with the 'gang' theory I want to meet people as an individual and not as a member of a gang. There's really not much that anybody can run on except his record. Feheley said he feels his ex perience in working with the university administration as vice president then president of Bates House will help his relations with them. In addition, he said, his record as Bates House president shows what he can do. "In dorm government students can see direct results of the $2.50 activity fee paid by Bates House residents he said. "They saw it spent for gameroom supplies, furnishings for the lounge, parties and programs for the Midlands Center for Retarded Children. Bates House people have gotten their money's worth." you don't have to wait to keep your head In shape at pelham north