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Afro group leader: reach all students BY BETTY ANNE WILLIAMS The Association of Afro-American Students has awarded three Martin Luther King Scholarships to black freshmen as a part of its efforts to work more closely with incoming black students according to Attlee Prince, organization president. Winners of the $400 scholarships are Cynthia Jenkins, Irma Best and David Geter. They are among the 192 black freshmen, plus 12 transfers, fully ac cepted to attend Carolina this fall. The group was invited to attend an orientation session sponsored by the association and the Office of Minority Student Affairs, headed by Charles Mc Millan. The session, according to Prince, introduced them to black faculty, staff and students, cued them on the campus atmosphere and helped them learn their way around. START FOR PROGRAM "Orientation was a kind -of start for a new program," he said."We are going to be working very closely with freshmen this year." Planned areas of emphasis are in selecting classes and instructors and a tutorial program to help students in their areas of difficulty. The tutorial program, which is to be taught by black faculty members and students, will also be open to upper classmen and will be linked with a community project in Camp Fornance. FRESHMEN EMPHASIS Freshmen will be enlisted in implementing this program and all the others scheduled for the year. This month two other projects will be relaunched. The Big Brothers and Sisters project, where a young person spends at least three hours per week with some child less fortunate than he, and the Wilkinson Home for Girls Project where students spend time tutoring and helping the home's girls, were both initiated successfully in past semesters. Newcomers will receive their share of represen tation in the organization's governance since several offices have been left open to be specifically filled by freshmen. First on this agenda is co-sponsorship of the presentation of Howard Moore on Sept. 9 with black law students' caucus. Moore was one of the defense attorneys for Angela Davis. Monday Nig: Student Spec *2.99 U.S. Choice Sirloin Choice of Potato Salad Bar ) 741 SALUDA AVE.- F COLUMBIA, SOUTH C Co-op figI BY CHARLES BORTON A group of persons from a yoga short course became disgruntled over the poor quality of food in local supermarkets and decided to do something about it. The result is the Amanda Marga Yoga Society's Food Co operative. Run for themselves and the general community, the members buy fresh food at the Farmers' Market for distribution. Twelve per cent operating cost, as opposed to 50 per cent to 100 per cent in a retail store, is added to the wholesale cost to cover operating expenses. Any profits from the sale of food items is refunded to the members. The Amanda Marga Yoga Society, whose members provided the basis for the hit jal Reservations Please Phone- 252-5141 IVE POINTS AROLINA 29205 ts supermor food co-op, is a non-pofit organization which opetates a recycling center in Berkeley, a crisis center in Philadelphia and several other food co-ops across the country. The Columbia co-op was given a charter by the Hatha Yoga and Karma Yoga Societies, which establishes the organization as a non-profit church with tax exempt status. Aside from fresh produce, health food is available. Three hundred dollars worth of stock, including nuts, oil, stone-ground wheat, unprocessed flour, vitamins and nutiritious cereals is offered for the members. The co-op also accepts food stamps to allow people who need good food value for their money to participate New Sli of Official Ref rige GOLDEI FURNTURE ( 1725 TAYLOR COLUMBI. PHONES: 254 Living Room, Dining Furniture Rented at I For 6 or 12 months 1 '11Ilii 't quality' This year's co-op is a re organization of the co-op operated last year. Dianne Blatz, organizer of the co-op, quit last summer. "Tou much hassle," she said. But after a leaderless summer, the members voted to subsidize Dianne $50 a week to manage all operations related to distribution of food. The biggest difference in the co-op concerns the quality of food now sold. Business goes on from 4-9 p.m. every Thursday in the basement of Green St. Methodist Church and new members are welcomed. New membership fees are $5 per person and $3 to rein state old memberships. Blatz said the co-op is hoping for a $20,000 grant to be used for refrigeration and trucking equipment. pment U. S.C. rat ors I OAK OMPANY STR EET A. S.C. 5275-253-7j97 Room, Bed Room teosonoble Prices Forms.