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VOL. LXII -NO. 71 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Wednesday, March 22 1972 Cannon,S i preside Treasurer c By CHARLES FELLENBAUM T Staff Writer h. Steve Cannon and David Spinazzolo tied for the Thursday p4 run-off for president in yester- D day's Student Government elec- T tions. The vote was Cannon-1,186, ri Spinazzolo-1,119. ti Tim McConnell and Bobbie c( Thomasson will be in the run-off th for vice president. McConnell had 1,118 votes to Thomasson's 1,011. st ' Pete Feheley won the F treasurer's office, but Shelton G Parker, his OppoSition, ~has p4 demanded a recount by hand with di both candidates present. The g( formula uscd to determine the sc winner or the candidates in a run off computed that Feheley won by st only one vote. h4 Trev Williams won the race for di secretary with 2,173 votes. Sr The election commission's ji, posted results were taken down from the bulletin board after ar several persons complained that di, the results were wrong. wi Chairman of the elections ru commission, Matt Thornton, said fol "I misunderstood the election th, rules. I'm sorry. They should be th4 clarified. I apopogize deeply to the pr, candidates who were af- th, fected."When I got complaints, we reread the rules and discovered our mistake. The information in the GAMECOCK today is correct," Thornton said. Harry Hope, who ran for vice president on the Student Natural T Function Party ticket endorsed R1 Dave Spinazzolo and Bobbie Beautific The Senior class this year will s A.C. Moore Gardens behind South [ president Harold Brunton, Polly Spa plans for the project. pinazzol4 it run-ofI hallenged homasson when he found out he id lost the race. "I would like to offer my sup. )rt--for whatever it's worth--to ave Spinazzolo and Bob homasson in the respective ices, and I would like to urge all ose persons who voted for me to ime out Thursday to vote for ese gentlemen. "I thank these people for their ipport of the Student Natural unction Party. It has told Student overnment that there are enough ople who, even though sgruntled about student overnment, care enough to cast me vote. "I would not make such a atement as this if I did not inestly think that these can dates were as qualified as 4AFU, and closer to the SNAFU te of thought. Please be assured that I do not d cannot--speak for all can lates on the SNAFU ticket. I sh all SNAFU candidates in the noffs the best of luck. I paid $2 this ride, and stayed with it 'til end. And even though I support !se gentlemen now, that does not event me from firing at will in future." THE FOLLOWING IS AlN XPLANATION OF HOW THE [AJORITY IS DETERMINED, HICH DETERMINES WHO 'INS A RACE, AND ALSO HOW HE CANDIDATES FOR THE JN-OFF ARE CHOSEN. (1.) To determine who wins the _wi ion ponsor the beautification of >orm and South Tower. Vice nn and .Jim Hodges look oer R. election, first determine what constitutes a majority. A majority in is determined by adding the total a4 number of votes cast, and dividing sL this total by twtce the number of positions to be filled. The answer th PLUS ONE equals the number for fo a majority. If no one wins on the Di first ballot, there will be a run off. Di Di (2.) To determine who runs in D the run off, the number of votes for W a majority determined in t.) shall 19 be multiplied by the number of D: positions remaining to be filled. Di Then add the number of votes C received by candidates, starting ( with the highest total and working Di down until the number needed for a W majority is equaled or surpassed. Di Senior clac. to beautif) The beautification of A.C. Moore wC Gardens, behind South Building du and South Tower, will be the senior E class project for 1972, Senior Class fr President Jim Hodges announced c'o today. Di Recognizing the rapid expansion ou of the University into neighboring pa land, a committee of 3eniors th4 decided to renovate the p.Ark and provide an attractive area for se students to go. tri New wood-lined walkways are, planned for the gardens as well as a complete pond cleaning, pruning Ur of trees and planting of azaleas and flowering plants. The work will be pr done completely by st6dents as an t impetus to University planned th renovation. th( Hodges said the senior class has an drawn up the plans, but is counting pr on the students in all classes, to int help with the work. The targe ..( H.gO PAIoll~aingAe ANs0 01 aplIN whe s "0 "40100001 wouM,! S.40 aA GRAS1 H. P olling Area All candidates including write s, if applicable, whose votes are ided to produce the necessary im, will be in the run off. The following is a breakdown of e winners and run off candidates r the student senate. istrict 1: C. Williams--WIN istrict 2: P. Kress---WIN istrict 3: C. Yarborough--WIN strict 4: C. Hood, M. Hodges, IN:; Hodges' term expires, fall, 72. strict 5: A. Hungate--WIN strict 6: RUN OFF: G. Mc iskill, A. Prince, D. Calvert; alvert was write-in.) strict 7: D. Hendrix--WIN; C. ann--WIN; W. Sanders--WIN. strict 8: 1. Woods--WIN 0 ;s project garden >rk day is April 18, Hodges said ring the annual celebration of irth Week., Local nurseries are perating in the project by nating plants and the University nling Services plans to hold an tdoor cookout on the Building's tio April 17. the profits going to senior class. Letters have been mailed to 1iors parents requesting con butions for the project. rhe park, once a well kept )Iogical garden, was given to the iversity by The city with the >vision that it be maintained. t the tight budgets have allowed park to fall into disrepair. Vow the University is replacing lights to make the area safe I is considering a full scale ject if students show they are erested in having the park lone. wA 100 -- Courtney Dicely District 9: C. Shuster-WIN District 10: RUN OFF: J. Man cino, S. Zagoria. District 11: RUN OFF: J. Mc Collock, R. Roy, S. Wade. District 12: W. Hubbard-WIN District 13; RUN OFF: M. Lamb, R. Meetze, A. Ward. District : VACANT District 15: RUN OFF: R. Bright, K. Noble, R. Osborne, M. Trinkley. District 16: G. Gaillard, A. Lumplin, J. Smith, L. Stroud-ALL WIN. District 17: RUN OFF: M. Boliver, G. Psomas, G. Woods. District 18: P. Flynn, C. Gould F. Magner, B. Ohanesian-ALL WIN. District 19: B. Wood-WIN THE NUMBER OF VOTES FOR ALL CANDIDATES WILL BE POSTED IN RUSSELL HOUSE BY THE ELECTIONS COM MISSION. ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION. Budget Iiearings The Allocations Commission will begin budget hearings for all chartered Organizations Tuesday, April 11. i: All request forms should be ll ret urned to Dean Roberts ~Alexander no later than~. Wednesday, April 5., Budget request forms may be picked up . at Dean Alexander's office in ~ the Pendlton Building starting today. Any questions concerning the. budget request should be%: Sdirected to Dean Alexander's *office--phone 777-3171.