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Drugs in Roost? "He hadn't given us any trouble so we re-recruited him. He came back and was on the squad. He has a lot of ability, but was very green. He was a good prospect." Houck told The Gamecock he felt that he was not one of Dietzel's favorite people, but was 'one of the family,' though the two had had an close relationship while Dietzel was personally recruiting him. "I don't believe that about he and I being good friends. Once, after the Memphis State game, he came by to congratulate me and forgot my name. "But 'he knew Brian and I were not afraid to show the coaches we disagreed with some of their prac tices," Houck said. "We never go to breakfast just out of spite. Things like that, and keeping our room clean for room inspection." (Roost residents are given a cupcake each week if they have gotten a certain number of points for having orderly rooms.) Dietzel said he had received "con fessions" from both players under 3 no duress. "I told them both that I didn't want to put words in their mouths, that I just wanted the truth. When I got it, both stories matched identically." Both players disagree. "It's just not true, the duress" Houck said. "We told him we thought he was making an example of us and he said if he wanted to get rid of Brian, he could have done it over the summer." "We both told Coach Dietzel that we thought we were being forced to confess," Nemeth said. "We knew that some teams of the past had los ing seasons that were attributed to /// $CIO There's nothing like raising a little system. So come to the Russell Hc a-doodle Do. It's Gamecock Nigt The food, served buffet style, will t Eat on carnpus. Unh~ (From Page 1) smoking marijuana. We were made examples." After talking to the players and dismissing them, Dietzel said he got them rooms in Bates House and pro vided both with meal cards, since they are still technically on scholar ship until the scholarship and loans committee meets. But Houck and Nemeth stated that Dietzel just expected them to get out of the Roost immediately and at first refused to find them a place to stay. "We told him we had a legal right to a room," Houck recounted. "So he had to get us a place at Bates." "Dietzel wouldn't even let Ike eat in the Roost that night," Nemeth said. "He said we were like cancer ous, malignant tumors. He told the same thing to others who wanted to get out of the idealistic little sys tem." Nemeth also said Dietzel told him "not to even worry about seeing the scholarship committee." He said we wouldn't get them(the scholarships) back. Nemeth said, "Although Diet zel cannot personally revoke a scholarship, he said he has recom mended that we have three rules that just cannot be broken at the Roost: drinking, smoking and drugs." Nemeth thinks the entire matter is incredible. "I don't believe how somebody could do this," he said. "How can I go home? Everyone knows I came here on a football scholarship Thirteen guys on my team got them. How can he expect me to just walk off? Dietzel's treat ing this just like another case of beer and cigarettes. It's a lot more than that." yell from time to time to clear i use Tuesday night for a real Coc it with the Carolina Cheerleadei e worth a cheer too! ersity Dining Service. Shdia self 'Fear the A man holding a large sigri blown to the ground by gusts to turn "to the Lord." Last we( at times and actually lasted at tl The regular routine around tl religious flavoring last week. HELP VY GUIGNARD BRICK W, Drive, Cayce, has va help. Day shift, eveni Morning. CALL MR, 252 HEY JULl U ~~ Fo IiUN0 Yl U GUTGNAR BRIC VL $27 MANDNLLTREE OPN113 AM2t5 AM 2-A GODf A140s 4:12 L>to show approVe I' zTIM.L215 I LORD IS F-bam Lord' which at times was almost of wind exhorted passersby :k he drew a fair sized crowd e bullhorn for several hours. ie Russell House had a little ANTED ORKS on Knox Abbott cancies for part-time ng shift and Saturday JILKS at 8671 A H E USC CAMPUS -eon me.z, A4 FR:AYSAV AAN SATURDnAVS)