Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Campus BY STEVE PARKER Campus media should have new image next year with th editorial positions of the tw most prominent student medi organizations undergoing change in leadership. Patrick Tyler was electe editor of the fall Gamecock an Alan Reames was named as sta tion manager of WUSC-AM b the Board of Publications Mor day afternoon. Neither Tyle nor Reames have held thos positions previously. Thomas A. Price was name as summer editor of Tho Gamecock. Positions on the Crucibl literary magazine remaine unchanged for the fall as Davi Havird was chosen to return a editor, and Nick Parham wi again be business manager. Of the various media pos tions only the editorship of TI Gamecock was sought after t more than one person, and ; everyone but Tyler wa appointed by acclamation du ing an open meeting. Six members of the eight-me .board were present at the mee ing, two students and fou faculty members, with two sti Have somett The S Keep abre Fill In below and senc Summer GAMECOCK Drawer A, Campus Summer Address: Name ............ Street ............ City.............. Media Un dent members absent. The board chose to exercise the I right to go into executive ses sion while discussing and elect y ing the candidates for editor a ship of The Gamecock, Tyler a and Bob Craft. Some question was raised by the board itself as to its righi I to hold an executive session, bul Dr. Reid H. Montogomery, tht y leading expert in the state or the Freedom of Informatior r Act, explained that while tht e board was not required to do so they could go into executivt i session when discussing per sonnel. The board did not exercist e this option, however, whilt d electing any position but that ol d The Gamecock fall editor. 3s 11 Reames announced inten tions for several change: i- regarding the programming o: ie WUSC-AM while being inter y viewed by the board. "I woul< io like to expand the news functioi s of the station," he said. "I wouh r- like to see more news an< editorial opinions being prog rammed." pn t- Reames also indicated tha tr the progressive rock prog i- ramming of the station wouli iing to gripe aboL ubscribe to and n ummer GAMI ast of summer campus with *2.00 to: lILI MAlI rBEG!NS FO UNDERSTAND E WILL LEARN TO ~E WILL BE EVERLASTING 754-6632 pzintinJ Co. 5706 FARROW ROAD ..... . COLUMB....A . 0 .. . . dergoes I share more time with other styles, including dinner hour, jazz and folk music. Tyler announced intentions of "raising the quality level" of the Gamecock while expressing a desire to increase and improve the circulation run of the paper and its distribution. A larger market than is being exploited exists for The Gamecock, Tyler contended. Tyler said there should be attempts at circulating the paper off campus and also into Pharmacisf With P( April is National Venereal Disease Awareness month. The USC College of Pharmacy is observing this by offering prog rams and pamphlets to interested persons. People who wish to have a program on VD for their organization should I contact Dr. James Plaxco at the I College of Pharmacy. . VD has reached epidemic proportions in South Carolina. County health agencies were t reporting an average of 2,000 cases per month in 1972. If this I trend continues, the state will It this summer Oad ECOCK happenings .......Z .p .. ............. BIKE OnC Sunday Criteriurr With Senior, Novice -Open To All St For Information Ca LUI4 .JOE eadership the campus' outlying depart ments. Tyler also expressed a desire for better news coverage of the USC administration and I faculty, something he feels can be done with a proper reporting staff. Craft, the defeated candidate for editor of The Gamecock, I read a prepared text with many i criticisms of the board, includ- 1 ing an accusation of the board having chosen "safe can didates" for The Gamecock pos 's Observe I imphlets, Pr have 40,000 cases this year. Dr. William Marett explained the increase by saying, "We believe there is more sexual freedom today than ever before. Obviously, the more sexual activity there is, the bet ter the chance a person has of contracting gonorrhea and syphilis. There has been an increase in reporting by private doctors. Awareness campaign informed many people of the dangers and symptoms of VD and quite a few volunteered for treatment at health depart ments." Middle Tennessee Associa tion of Pharmacies pointed up several facts about the disease. 1. VD can be cured com pletely if it is treated early enough. 2. People often have VD without having any of the sym ptoms. 3. Serious damage to vital organs and death occur only in persons who wait too long before seeking treatment. GAME The Gamecock is published twice v Ing the fail md sprieg semesters wftl and exam periods. Change of address forms, subscrk should be sent to The Gamecock, Dr Subscription rate Is $3 per semea from the student activity fmd entitli Offices of The Gamecock are room on the niversity campus. Telepho. and 777-3868, advertising. Second c RACE ampus ,April 29 Type Race and Women's Divisions idents and Faculty I,... E 5632 or tss-3s25 i Change ition in the past. Havird and Parham both dis :ussed the achievements of this rear's Crucible magazine and oxpressed some hopes for next .all's edition. For the election of Price to the summer editor position, the board was required to waive a rule stipulating that the editor be of junior or senior class standing. Price, a graduate stu lent, was thelone candidate for the office. /D Month ogram 4. VD endangers not only the infected person but also those with whom he or she has intimate contact. 5. A pregnant woman with VD may pass it on to her unborn child, causing the infant to be deformed or born dead. If she receives adequate treatment from a physician during pre gnancy, the unborn child will not be 6. Self-treatment is danger ous. Only a qualified physician can rid a person of the disease. 7. A person can get VDmore than once. 8. The only real safeguard against the dangers of VD is a periodic checkup. - 9. In addition to private physicians, all public health departments have clinics speci fically set up to treat VD. All treatment is kept confidential. 10. The most respected and time proven aid is the prophlyactic. COCK reekly on Monday and Thursday dur. a the exception of universky Wlidays ptions r..ests and other nall Items awer A, USC, CAhnnba, S. C., 29216. or. The -ame-c' received $38,,M Ig fall-time stadentst a sbcr-pt-ss. B 317, 318 amdW21 Is Russell House as are 777-4178 and 777-4249, news, lass postage paid at Colunma, S. C. Read the Summer Gamecock Easy To Open Gamecock. Charge Account *100 (imit) BRITTON S