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U n10n The University Union Travel Committee has chartered one 47 passenger Greyhound bus to go to the NCAA Regional Tournament in Williamsburg, Va. Saturday. The bus- will leave the Russell House at midnight Friday and arrive in Williamsburg at 9 a.m. Saturday. The game is Saturday night. Accommodations Saturday night are at the Williamsburg Sheraton The group will leave Virginia Sunday at 2 p.m. and will be back at the University by 11 p.m. The total cost is $30.00. Reservations can be made by calling 8189, or coming by the Union office, Room 204, Russell House. MEDICAL CHEMISTS MEETING USC's College of Pharmacy.will be hosts for a meeting of medicinal chemists Friday and Saturday at the Physical Science Center. Coming primarily from schools of pharmacy in the Southeast, the scientists will share research and other ideas in the field of medicinal chemistry. Presiding over the sessions will be Profs. Larry D. Milne, Robert L. Beamer, and Carl T. Baugess of the USC pharmacy faculty. Other participants from USC are J.E. Wynn, R.E. Ledesma, and Jerry Baumgardner. Among other institutions in the Southeast represented on the program are University of Georgia, University of North Carolina, Medical College of Virginia, University of Mississippi, and the University of Tennessee. MIDEAST AUTHORITY TO SPEAK Donald C. Bergus, diplomat-in residence with the Department of International Studies, will present a talk on the Arab-Israeli dispute. The talk will be at 5 p.m. Sunday in the International House, on the southeast corner of Pickens and Pendleton streets. Dr. Bergus has recently returned from the Middle East and is one of the foremost authorities in the U.S. on this area of the world. CYCLE CAMPING TRIP The Bell Camp camping trip, sponsored by the USC Cycling Club and the University Union Recreation Committee, has room for more. Sign up until 5 p.m. today in Room 204, Russell House if you want to go. 'The cyclists will meet at 9:30 Saturday morning in front of the Russell House. Bring your sleeping bag and your bike. EXTRAVAGANZA CLASSIQUE Extravaganza Classique will be presented by Allen University tonight at 8:00 in Chappell Auditorium. The program began at Allen in 1953 under the direction of John W. Hunter. Since that time it has grown from sacred and secular songs into a two hour production of arias, broadway medlees, dances and orations. Extravaganza Classique will culminate the founder's day festivities at Allen. Admission is $1 for students and $2 for adults. SCCLU TO MEET The University Affiliate to the South Carolina Civil Liberties Union will meet Monday. March 13 at 8:30 p.m. in Room 306. All interested students are in spon soi The meeting is being held to elect permanent officers, amend the constitution, discuss plans for a membership drive and bring the students up to date with statewide developments. PHILOSOPHY OF SEX LECTURE "The Philosophy of Sex' will be the topic of a lecture by Dr. William M. Alexander at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Room 107, Currell College. Dr. Alexander is a professor of religion and philosophy at St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, N.C. His lecture is being presented by the visiting Scholars Committee. CHINA LECTURE A timely lecture on "China: Old Society and New Forces" will be given at USC, Monday by an expert on Chinese culture. The occasion is the 1972 Russell Lecture in History .at USC, to be given by Prof. Derk Bodde of the University of Pennsylvania. Scheduled for 8 p.m. in the Campus Room of Capstone House, the lecture is a regular activity through USC's Department of History. The public is invited. Bodde, a noted scholar on China and the Chinese language, has studied in Peking and has written a number of books, including "Peking Diary," "China's Gifts to the West," "Chinese Ideas in the West," and "China's First Unifier." The Russell Lectureship at USC is sponsored by U.S. Circuit Judge and Mrs. Donald S. Russell. APPLICATIONS FOR CRAFTS FAIR A University Union Arts Com mittee Crafts Fair will be held Sat., April 8 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the ramp of the Physical Education Center. Craftsmen are invited to display and sell their wares. Applications may be picked up at the Russell House information desk. Space will be limited. CHOIR TO PERFORM A special program of music for the Lenton season will be presented in a concert Sunday at Ebenezer Lutheran Church by the University of South Carolina Concert Choir. The performance, which features Verdi's famous "Requiem," begins at 7 p.m. In addition to the concert voices, direted by Arpad Daraza, a number of special guests artists will perform with the choir. They are Lanny Palmer, soprano; Evelyn McGarrity, alto; Harry Cardwell, tenor; and Thomas Westmoreland, baritone. instrumentalists will be Gordon Beaver, organ, and Randy Oswalt, timpani. Besides the "Requiem," the choir will present Palestrina's "Adoramus te Christe," Beethoven's "Elegy," Casals' "0 Vos Omnes," and Bach's "0 Sacred Head." A similar concLrt by the choir and guest Derformers is scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday, March 19, at Saint Peters Catholic Church. The public is invited to each cnertL *:::::::: ewsb briefs:aax 0m ing bu PLAY AUDITIONS Auditions will be conducted at USC March 19 for persons in terested in trying out for the USC Theatre's production of "Oklahoma!" this summer at Myrtle Beach. The auditions will be at Drayton Hall with acting tryouts beginning at 10 a.m., singing at 1 p.m. and dancing at 2:30 p.m. Green said each applicant should be prepared with a memorized one-minute monologue and also a song of one minute. Sheet music should be brought for the accompanist. No particular preparation is necessary for dancers. JAZZ ORCHESTRA TO APPEAR Stan Kenton will appear with his 18-piece jazz orchestra at USC, March 17-18. The program will include a public concert at 8 p.m. March 18 in Carolina Coliseum. Tickets, at $2 for students and $3 for the public, are now on sale at the Coliseum, Broadwood Pharmacy In West Columbia, and Taylor Street Pharmacy in Columbia. Before the public concert, however, Kenton and his or chestra, sponsored by the University of South Carolina Bands with assistance from the S.C. Arts Commission, will present a two-day clinic at the USC Band Hall, 511 S. Main Street Registration for the clinic will be conducted at 12:30 - 2 p.m. March 17 with a fee of $1 per person. USC JAZZ ENSEMBLE A University of South Carolina Bands jazz ensemble, the "Silver Spurs," has been selected to preform at the national Collegiate Jazz Festival, Notre Dame University, Friday and Saturday. The group is one of 12 college and university bands selected from applicants throughout the United States. The festival will take place on the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Indiana. Winners were selected on a ceompetitive basis by a panel of judges from Down Beat magazine. The "Silver Spurs," one of three jazz ensembles in the USC bands, also will appear with the "Stan Kenton Jazz Orchestra in Residence" program at USC March 17-18. UWW SUMMER PROGRAM The University Without Walls program of Loretto Heights College in Denver is sponsoring a Summer Session in Aspen, Colorado beginning in June. Using community resources, UWW Aspen-Summer '72 will offer programs in the areas of Education, Communications, Environmental Studies, Per forming and Fine Arts. The student may earn up to 9 hours of credit over an 8 week period. Internships are being offered in Environmental Studies by the Educational Research Group of Aspen, the Forest -Service, the City-County Planner and En vironmental Health Officer; in Education by the Aspen Health Center and the Aspen Valley 'toReg Visiting Nursing Association; in Communications by Aspen Today (a local weekly newspaper), the Grassroots Television Network, KSPN (the local FM radio), and the Pitkin County Library. Courses in established schools range from the Aspen Theatre Institute, Ballet West and the Aspen Music School in the Per forming Arts, to the Colorado Mountain College Fine Arts programs at Anderson Ranch at Snowmass Resort and Sum merVail, and the Center of the Eye Photography School. There are other courses offered through the University of Colorado Extension Division is Ecology and Music. Seminars include the In ternational Design Conference and Thorne Ecological Foundation. All of the Aspen resources offer program counseling and individual programs to students who wish to do Independent Study. For further information write UWW Aspen-Summer '72, Box 2566, Aspen, Colorado, 81611. CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY Contemporary University (CU), a program for a semester of in dependent research and study is now accepting student applications for Fall Semester. Participants received 15 hours of regular University credit toward their major and cognate while working on teir project without slowing down progress toward their degrees. Persons with questions or desiring application forms should obtain applications at the Russell House Information Desk or call or come by the CU Office, Room 1, Humanities Office Building. Applications are due Wednsday, March 15. ECC 70's MEETING ECO 70's will hold a meeting Monday at 7:30 at the ECO office, Room 302A. Workshops and other plans for Earth Week will be discussed. EARTH WEEK PLANS ECO 70's has obtained per mission to have Green Street closed on Earth Day, April 22. The street will be closed between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. for use as a pedestrian mall and lounge area. Frisbees and bikes will be welcome. In formation as to parking and traffic plans will be released later, as will other plans for Earth week. LITERARY EXHIBITION EX TENDED The James McBride Dabbs literary exhibition at the University of South Carolina's Carolinlana Library has been extended through March. Opened in November, 1971, the exhibition traces the literary career of the South Carolina author, teacher and spokesman for human rights in the South from his first published work in 1912 through his death In 1970. On display are a variety of manuscripts, letters,books and personal meablim. Th 00 10n S exhibition at USC was organized by Thomas L. Johnson, a graduate student in English at Carolina. CONTEMPORARY ART CONTEST The Gallery of Contemporary Art, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, announces its semi-annual juried competition for Prints and Drawings. All artists residing in the southeastern United States, 18 years of age or older, are eligible to enter a maximum of 4 entries. Entries and entry fee must be received bet ween March 18th and March 27th. Thomas Leavitt, Director of the Museum Program for the National Endowment for the arts, will be the juror. Awards will include a $400 N.C.N.B. Purchase Award, a $200 Cash Award, and five $100 Cash Awards. For further information, please write or call: The Gallery of Contemporary Art 500 South Main Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 Phone: 919-725-9662 DEBATERS WIN TOURNAMENT The USC debate team of Taylor Brittain and Robert Coble have won the South Atlantic Debate Tournament. Their coach, USC English Prof. M.G. Christopherson, said the pair won out over some 40 other schools in the tournament this past weekend at Lenior-Rhyne College in Hickory, N.C. Brittain a senior at USC, took first place in individual com petition and also was first in radio speaking. Coble, a freshman, was third in the individual rankings. The team now will compete in the regional tournament at Emory University in Atlanta March 17-18 in the next step before national competition. AIM TO CONDUCT TOURS Alpha Iota Mu, women's service sorority, has adopted a project of providing campus tour guides to propective students visiting the University. -- John Bolin, assistant director of admissions for freshmen, said this has been a much needed service, especially for students and their families who visit the University from out-of-state. A thirty-minute interview in the admissions office does not satisfy the student and family who have traveled hun dreds of miles at great expense and who need some idea of campus life, Mr. Bolin said. The service will not be limited to out-of-etate students but will be easier to arrange for any visitors when appointments are made in ad vance. Debby Burch, president of AIM, explained that the sorority has previously worked with the Cancer Society the Heart Fund Fort Jackson Hospital and other community agencies. She said the sorority Is especially pleased to adopt a project which will be of direct benefit to the University as well as to visiting stuents.