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THE 'VOL. LXIV NO. 19 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S.C. 29208 OCTOBER 1, 1973 USC As< BY BILL GRANT Gamecock M gn. Editor The Executive Committee of the USC Board of Trustees unanimously passed a state appropriation request of $51,726,670 to operate its nine campuses in fiscal year 1974-75. The funding proposal, prepared by the USC administration, now passes to the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education,(HEC), which will begin hearings Oct. 9. Buzhardt, Others Arrested George S. Buzhardt, 20-year old son of President Nixon's counsel J. Fred Buzhardt, was arrested with four other USC students Wednesday night in raids that netted 20 pounds of marijuana. All five students were charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Al E. Flowers, 20, and Kenneth A. Miller, 19, were arrested with Buzhardt by Richland-Lexington Narcotics Metro Squad agents about 8 p.m. Wednesday while driving a car loaded with 13 pounds of marijuana. According to Richland County Sheriff Frank Powell, detectives staking out a house at 1512 Elmwood Road picked up the three on Leesburg Road after the three had stopped at the house. The agents then returned to the house, Powell said, and arrested John F. Ahmed, 22, and Richard F. DeLoach, 20, and confiscated seven pounds of marijuana, along with more than 100 barbituate'. Ahmed andDeLoachwere also charged with three counts each of G possession of controlled sub stances. President Nixon named Buzhardt, 49, in early May as special counsel with the sole responsibility of handling the * Watergate investigation at the - White House level. Buzhardt is from McCormick, S.C. He served Sen. Strom Thurmond, (R-SC), for 10 years as administrative and military assistant. The arrests, according to Powell, culminated a month in which Richland County * narcotics agents seized bet- Wit ween $3n-$40.n0n in narcotics. doe ing For I The Executive Committee met c the Board of Trustees authorizatic to act for the Board in considering tt 1974-75 budget because necessai student registration informatic pertinent to budget preparation wc not available at the full Board's Sep 13, meeting. The 1974-75 proposal, based c USC's commitment to the HEC complex funding formulas, is almo $10 million more than appropriat( for the current fiscal year. 1* N h 20000 odie runingdail ac ;n't~ thssen rngasg ofre ?ecord $5 n President Thomas F. Jones said n much of the increase can be traced to' e the fact that, "The University is y moving more quickly than projected n to its desired goal as an institution is emphasizing graduate and t. professional programs." Jones pointed out that graduate education n costs are considerably higher than 's those of undergraduate studies. s "In 1968 the University predicted 25 d per cent graduate enrollment by 1975. We surpassed 28 per cent graduate Rs Senat Prere B G.? SC's archaic hassles and thing of the A bill proposed b and Sen. Mike Mi, enroll in all their i pre-enrolling in th It passed the stu and now must go t "We have receiv talked to," said B4 the students. preregistered" The bill is in thi curate master lis semester availabl4 Advisement for ev 3,1973 and contini yellow sheets of th returned...no long visement period e Luke Gunter, of Registrar and Re forms and distribt would be complet Section Two pro _4 possibly cognate However, it is problem. It simpll is "not feasible at goal of the school ~/ ~mmg ~See P1 LoT Rus efcotFLL i ss ou*ap s 1 Million professional enrollment this year," Jones said. Jones hailed the move by USC toward establishing a more graduate orientated program as have "tremendous implications" for the state's future. "As a senior institution, the University can develop in a most sophisticated and thorough way, continuing educational programs that offer tremendous opportunities for see BOARD, page two e Proposes gistration V DOUG WILLIAMS mecock News Editor method of registration, with all its frustrations, may soon become a past. y Eileen Berlin, SGA Ombudswoman, chaelski, will allow students to pre najor courses and the chance of also eir cognate classes. dent senate unanimously on Sept 26 iefore the faculty senate Wednesday. d support from all the deans I have irlin. "But its success still lies with They have got to go and get -ee sections, the first calling for ac ts of courses for the Spring (sic) 3 for students on November 1, 1973. ery department would begin on Nov. ,e for no more than one week. All e advisement forms would have to be er than two (2) days after the ad nded. the office of Educational Services cords, then would computerize the ite to all departments. All of this ld by Nov. 21. vic es for pre-enrollment in major and :ourses. ;ection three that has caused some r states that registration by computer this time, but should be the long-term t~EREGISTRATION, Page 2 Inside There's good news and bad news for those of you lucky people who have to drive to school every day; :Harold Brunton is playing around with the parking lots again.