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VOL. LXHI-No. 42 - University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Thursday March 1973 Arson Suspected In Bell Camp Fire Fire destroyed one of eleven cabins at Bell Camp Sunday night causing an estimated $700 damage and camp director Phil Lownes suspects arson. According to Lownes the fire that destroyed the cabin was the second one set that night. He added that the Rich land County Sheriffs Department would be at the camp Thursday morning to investigate the incident and determine if arson was involved. Lownes said he discovered the first blaze at 7 p.m. when he passed by the cabin while looking for his dog who had strayed from the camp's lodge. . "It looked to me like someone had taken rolled up toilet tissue, lit it and thrown it under the cabin," he said. "I ran up and put it out with wet dirt." Lownes said he then walked back to the lodge when a celebration party was in progress for members of the USC basketball. team after their win over Texas Tech in the NCAA Midwestern Quarter-finals. Lownes said 300 people. showed up at the party that was intended for 50 and that when he got to the lodge he asked the sponsors to "find out who did it and get him out of there." Then going back to his own cabin several hundred yards from the lodge, Lownes said he watch TV until 10 p.m. after which he made his rounds and discovered the second blaze which by that time had enveloped the cabin. After futile attempts to put out the fire by Lownes and members of the party Lownes said city and county fire equipment were called in to extinguish the blaze. "I don't know if it was reset or if, I didn't put it out good the first time," Lownes said. "The bad thing about it was that it was our best cabin." Besides the destruction of the structure itself Lownes said three beds, a sofa, table and chairs, and carpeting were lost. The refrigerator in the cabin was charred but Lownes added the wiring was in good shape so it could be salvaged. If the sheriff's depart ment determines that arson was involved in the incident, Lownes said the sponsor's of the party would not be held responsible for the damages because it would be impossible to determine which of the 300 party goers was, if at all, connected with the blaze. However, Lownes added that if a suspect were found the university would definitely prosecute. USC student Louis C. Sossamon was registered as sponsor of the Sunday night party. He could not be reached for comment. Union R Overpass BY PATRICK TYLER News Eater ApprovedA massive reorganization plan and a moratorium on all programming for the Univer sity Union goes before the Final approval of plans for Union Board of Governors buildinga pedestrian overpass t a i and depressing the roadway on prsdnBaeyOirsidt Pickens Street, between wl u u ulcto n Pendieton and Green Streets, maeteuinorrsp was granted by the S. C. High- iet tuetnes way Department. wednesday Tepa,acrigt lvr night by the Columbia City wudcttenme fsad Council. igcmite rm1 onn The University bad sug- n u h rormigbd gested thatsolution to thecoen- gto h no ysm gestion problem in the $5,0.Tepsntya' humanities area be sought aprpitotoheuonfm since last year. teSuetAlcto oms The department is expected sintald$1,0.Weth Uion ttoakfr x yea's lloatn,w ier si ste Uiur would befown the $U92000 $35,00 of whichrnors __________________makeg the one-iome edtreson Oppbn Friday's rt Rita McKii and Bryan Two Survil Bryant Wright and Rita McKinney sur vived a field of nine candidates and will compete Friday in a second run-off for USC Student Government president. In Monday's election 2,988 students voted and in addition to Wright and McKinney, Pete Feheley and Dan Eckstrom also polled enough votes to make Wednesday's first run-off. Wright led the ticket Monday receiving 908 votes while McKinney came in second with 456. Feheley was third with 445 and Eckstrom trailed with 359. It took only 285 votes to make the run-off. Wednesday's run-off showed McKinney surpassing Wright with 1,011 compared to his 939. Feheley again took third with 529 votes and Eckstrom finished up with 417. Only slightly less than Monday's total vote was cast. Wednesday showed 2,891 USC students voting. wampirg To Bell Camp--the union's resort , said, but rathe camp 12 miles east of Columbia. rams already If the plan passes the board, rest of the year the moratorium that goes into . under the old i effect at the end of the month new program would provide, according to under the juri Oliver, "time for introspection" . nine new comn by the new committees in con- "Guidelines sidering how to revise their general," Olivi programs to best serve the stu- provide flexibil dent body. mittees in copii Oliver said the board had in interests on already passed "the intent" of director Davi the reorganization plan, and he these statem4 predicted that final passage when he said,' would encounter no opposition. whole new ball The nine new committees thinkintermsc would not rely on the past at all, said he warned Oliver said, in their attempts to tives, when ti draw up program guidelines for pressure from the upcoming school year board to dra beginning in September. Prog- streamlined bi ramming would begin, he said, must restruc as soon as each committee had from scratch. its guidelines approved by the mistake to coni five officers of the union. This rams that are does not mean there will be no year, but beca nativities after March 31 he interest, are n ents in " in-off are r 7ney, left, t Wright. ve Run-off McKinney and Wright both showed con siderable strength in the girl's dorms. The Towers also heavily supported the two. Bates House went heavily for Feheley in both elections while Eckstrom seemed to have considerable strength with off campus students. A second run-off will be held for the vice presidential spot also. Leigh Leventis, Larry Stroud and Joe McCulloch all sur vived Monday's election and were contes tant's in Wednesday's run-off. Leventis finished first Monday with 848 votes fol lowed by Stroud who received 830 and McCulloch with 756. McCulloch didn't sur vive Wednesday's run-off so Leventis, who again led with over a thousand votes, and Stroud will face each other in Friday's sec ond run-off. (See No, Page 3) Be Proposed r regular prog- next. slotted for the According to the chairman would continue of the allocations board, Scott :ommittees, but Derks, much of the problems s would come with the union budget arose sdict ion of the when the union came before the iittees. commission last year. In asking are going to be then for their $200,000, Derks er said so as to said the union promised to "take ity for the com- care" of the many smaller cam rig with changes pus organizations that did not campus. Union get direct funding from the di Ness echoed commission. nrts last week Tis year, Derks said, the 'It's got to be a commission would bring the gamne, you can't smaller group's budget under f the past." Ness direct control of the commis the union execu- slon, iey were under So the union "has started to the allocations reevaluate" Oliver said, and the w up a more new plan is the result of these idget, that they reevaluation efforts since he ture the union took office last spring. le said it was a The new committees are; Cul Inue some prog- tural Series which will be con successful one cerned with many of the func use of changing naucceasful the (see UNION. Page 3)