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Clarks BY CARL BAAB Gamecock Staff Writer The Wednesday Student Senate meeting appeared to be just another routine afternoon assemblage, but before President Leigh Leventis called for ad journment, the debating, voting and politicking reached new heights. Senator Robert Clarkson's bill to eliminate charity funding out of mandatory student activity fees reached the floor for final debate and voting. After several caustic challenges from those opposed to the bill, the vote was killed. Doggedly Clarkson called for a roll-call vote, but Leventis said, "I don't believe that will be necessary." Another proposal that sparked vocal fireworks was a bill offered by Allen Ward, calling for the Giese M S. C. Gov Dr. Warren K. Giese, chairman of USC's Physical Education Department and chairman of the Richland County Council, said Saturday he was considering running ' for the Republican nomination for governor in 1974. Giese was quoted by The State yesterday as being, "in the process of assessing what possible statewide interest there is in my candidacy" but at the present time "he has not made up his mind whether or not to run.." Speaking Saturday at the sixth annual meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Republican Women in Spartanburg, Giese made his first mention of running for governor saying he was scheduling a series of speaking engagments to "assess public inierest," in his candidacy. on's Nc .lNo Smoking' Legislation Wednesday estaDlsnment ot a USC student voter registration office. According to Ward, more than half the USC student body should be eligible to. vote in Richland County. Because of this, he said, USC students could be a voting block to be reckoned with in Columbia, particularly where efforts to close Green Street are concerned. iay Seek ernorship The Republican Party in South Carolina recently lost what most experts consider its top two can didates when State euiorialist William D. Workman and ad vertising executive James Hen derson of Greenville pulled themselves out of the race. Giese was elected to the Richlandl County Council easily last November and it is his first elective public office. Giese's election to the gover norship would probably cause another controversy similiar to the one last fall following his election to the county council. The USC Board of Trustees, at its May 15 meeting, issued a board policy statement restricting the political activity of university employes. President Thomas F. Jones said as he unelk tht..a.jrC.Lcie. HAS JUST RE( 480 PAIF SCREWDR The Screwdriver jean co Dark Blue Den Red contrast st & Light Blue with white contrasi HURRY, THE LAST LC mom >-Charil A controversial bill that may explode in the Student Senate Wed nesday is a "no smoking" proposal. Proposed by Jeffrey Greene, the bill would see smoking ended in "all enclosed public rooms on the USC campus." Calling smoking ''unhealthy, *un comfortable, and un sightly", the bill outlines The bill would establish 'a USC Student Registered Voter's- Office consisting of eight appointed staff members, all full-time students working voluntarily. Its duties would be to help students register in Richland County and to . "in vestigate and publicize the voting records of all present office holders in order to offer students a determining rating." WARREN K. GIESE ..assessing possibilities. was that Giese cgtUd not seek a other term on the county cbuncil, or presumably as governor without first "curtailing the terms of his employment with the University." Giese served as head football coach at USC for five seasons ending in 1960 when he became head of the Physical Education Department. 'EIVED IVERS rnes_________in_____2____colors________ _______________________imw t i Dim t stitching FY DON'T 'NG! a Thatr) ies Bill that USC classrooms would be off-limits to smoking, but rooms such as the Russell House Gamecock Room are not specifically mentioned. Sen. Greene has so far been unavailable for comment. The senate meeting will be held Wednesday in Russell House room 310 and is open to 'all students. The greatest resistance to the bill came from Clarkson, who challenged it as an attempt by Ward to organize students into a partisan-liberal voting block. Ward countered that the bill was just an effort to help students gain their legally entitled right . to a voice in government. Clarkson then proposed an amendment to the bill that would 4%i%%:::News The USC Division of Educational Services will sponsor a "Holiday Creations Workshop" Dec. 1 in the Campus Room of Capstone. Taught by horticulturist Grady Wright, the workship will consist of a morning and afternoon lecture on holiday decorations with emphasis of the use of native and inex pensive materials. Tuition is $6 for both sessions or $4 for one session. Wright, one of the first ac A noteworthy exhibit of printed and manuscript materials per taining to the life and work of Margaret Fuller is on display in the Rare Book Room, McKissick Memorial Library. Materials displayed are from the private collection of Dr. Joel Myerson of the English Depart ment, who is an authority on the writings of Fuller. The exhibit marks the first time :B & W Gia 20 x 30 From Your Pictur Fotogra 1524 Wash i nton St !!!!! EnWw w,~ loy .290 . ||....l.night. T K0 Killed exclude the proposed voter's office from getting student allocations commission funds. Ward challenged this, saying he would be glad to see spending guidelines set, but not a -total exclusion -of funds. Ward said publicity for the new office might take $1004200 per year. Clarkson's amendment was defeated and Ward's bill passed intact easily. Later, Clarkson said, ."Funding politics is a gross injustice and I will personally deliver a copy of Ward's bill to the circuit court judge." A final proposal will probably make campus cyclists rejoice. The bill, proposed by Sens. Andy Sansbury, David Anderson * and Rick Funk, would allow bikes to be stored in dorm rooms, subject only to dorm government regulation. This bill was referred to the residence life .committee. Briefs credited flower show judges in Georgia, works in the nursery and landscape business in Dublin, Ga., and has conducted numerous demonstrations on holiday decorations. For further information on the HolidayCreationsWorkshop contact the university's Division of Educational Services or call 777 2589. that a major library has sponsored a display on Margaret Fuller, widely known American journalist, critic and social reformer of the 19th century. The women's liberation movement has sparked interest in Fuller, who advocated equal rights and education for women many years ago. The exhibit will be displayed through Nov. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. nt Posters -$4.95 e or Negative fie. Inc. (803) 252-7933 *00000000000. ... /2 price ~ hi11 draft beer iiii hursday