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S. C. 29208 Thursday, October 5, 1972 Dent: j McConnell >dicicry n BY NICK PARHAM Douglas F. Dent, USC supreme court justice, delivered a report on the status of the student judiciary which included a plea to the senators to codify the present laws and write a declaration of student rights. Dent stated that without the senate's cooperation on these matters "it will be almost impossible for the courts to make a proper determination of what the law is." A resolution was in troduced citing the lack of strategic lighting on camnpus eeds sen as the reason for assault on students and property. The resolution requested that the administration install more or better lighting on campus. The resolution was sent to the finance committee for study. A second resolution was reported out of committee which asked the Board of Trustees to initiate the "Retention of Pickens Street as a depressed two-lane road surfacing on the southside of Green Street along with the simultaneous closing of Green between Sumter and Bull." Citing the present plans to 'Moses and bush' finish in third BY NICK PARHAM While students vote Wednesday in the week late, petition-plagued senatorial elections, the run-off date has been moved and a petition was filed to enjoin results from Wednesday's election. Tony Daniels, elections commission chairman, said, "The run offs will be held Wednesday, Oct. 11 and not Friday,.Oct. 6 as previously announced.' Hearings will begin at 5 p.m. Monday Oct. 9, at Russell House for inyone who whishes to contest the results or procedures in the Alection. Changes in election procedures will also be discussed at the 4onday meeting. Anyone wishing to contribute ideas or uggestions may attend. Pavid Henze, candidate for an off-campus seat, and William Tyson petitioned the USC Supreme Court to "enjoin the cer tification of ballots and the election results of October 4." The petition stated that the "location of the table (balloting table in Russell House) provided little or no privacy to voters' since students going up and down the stairs had the "opportunity to see the ballots as they were being marked." Henze and Tyson said they believe this to be an infringement on the people's right to a secret ballot. The petitioners also took issue with the elections commission's ruling that all ballots must be signed. Tyson refused to sign his ballot and was not allowed to vote. Because of signature requirement, the petition stated that he "hereby lost his right to a secret ballot" and thus was "disen franchised by (Commission chairman) Tony Daniels". The court has not ruled on the petition. While Wednesday's elections were coming under attack, the elections commission was waiting in the wings with a petition of their own regarding the run-off elections. The commission intends to ask a stay of order of the run-offs slated for Friday so as to have time to study both the pending petition and the invalidated elections in Women's Quadrangle. The elections commission invalidated the elections because as Daniel's stated "over 50 per cent of the ballots were improperly marked". The confusion in balloting arose because two seats were open but only one seat was up for vote on the ballot. If more than one name was marked on the ballot, it was declared invalid by the com mission. The commissioners rationalized that since the second seat opened up after the filing deadline, it could not be voted upon in this election. Now the commission intends to ask the courts to declare the two biggest vote getters the winners. On the lighter side of the situation, students proved to be rather ingenious in their selection of write-in candiates, especially in the Towers. Moses and the Burning Bush were in hot contention with eight (See Election, page Ii) ate cooperation widen Pickens and leave Green open, the resolution called the plans dangerous to the student body. Student Government President David Spinazzolo reported during discussion that a traffic study of the Green Street areas showed that 86 per cent of the traffic was students looking for parking, thus it would be beneficial to close Green and limit turns on to Green from Pickens. Spinazzolo stated that "the problem must be attended to" before the city carries out plans to make Green a Siazl (See Senate. page 7)