The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 29, 1973, Page Page 2, Image 2
Student
Non-Smo
The results of the Gamecock
Plebiscite of the Nov. 19 issue show
that roughly 60 per cent of those
responding support the student
senate "no-smoking" bill passed
two weeks ago.
More than 750 ballots were
returned, meaning 7.5 per cent of
The Gamecock's 10,000 circulation
returned the ballots.
Those students using the ballots
represent 3.8 per cent of ap
proximately 20,000 student body.
There were indications of some
"ballot stuffing " but it was
likewise apparent that the stuffing
was not restricted to any par
ticular viewpoint.
Students supporting the measure
numbered 435, those opposing, 322
and students who indicated they
would disregard the bill whether it
was adopted or not numbered 29.
Most students who said they would
disregard the bill also indicated
they did not support the proposal,
which would bar smoking in all
campus classrooms.
The question of whether the bill
pertains to all members of the
Carolina Community was raised
this week by a reader who asked
the "Live Wire" column of The
Columbia Record for an answer.
The Record editors in turn asked
the USC Office of Information
Services and the response was that
the bill would probably only per
tain to students.
In a news release the in-.
formation office quoted student
senate sources saying in order for
the bill to pertain to faculty and
staff, it would have to go before the
faculty senate for approval.
However, the student author of
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letter to The Gamecock (see page
6) took the opposite view. "The
terms used in the bill could not be
more clear," Greene said, "The
bill says tobacco smoking of any
kind is prohibited in classrooms
and lecture halls. There is no
mention of its excluding anyone;
faculty, students or staff, from its
provisions."
The Gamecock Plebiscite, which
apparently shows that students
interested enough in responding to
the query are in favor of the
measure, is not scientific ant!
therefore not a genuine sampling
of student opinion, according to
communication research
specialists. However the number
of ballots returned, on what many
have termed an "apathetic
campus" plus the numbe" of let
ters that The Gamecock has
received in the past week on the
subject, indicates that student and
faculty opinion on the issue of
smoking in classrooms is strong on
both sides.
Dickey Honored
USC Poet-in-Residence James
Dickey was presented the Order of
the South award by the Southern
Academy of Letters, Arts and
Sciences, Nov. 24.
The honor, conferred on living
persons who have made an out
standing contribution to the culture
and the welfare of the South, was
presented in Columbia by the Very
Reverend Robert G. Oliver, dean
of the Episcopal Cathedral in
Jackson. Miss., academy chaplain.
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Students interested in studying
in Germany during the first
Summer School Session of 1974 are
urged to attend a discussion of the
*German study program at 8 p.m.
Nov. 29 in Humanities 417. A group
of students and faculty who par
ticipated in the program last year
will lead the discussion.
The program is sponsored by the
German department in
cooperation with the Rat
sgymnasium Rotenburg in Nor
thern Germany. Students will live
with the families of German
students in the upper division of the
gymnsaium, which is the German
high school. The gymnasium will
furnish a classroom for daily in
struction in conservation. and
cluturecivilization. USC credit will
be earned under German 399.
Students will also be able to attend
classes of the school's upper
divisio--. The program will be
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divided into five weeks of class
instruction and one week of in
dependent cultural tours.
The program will cost about
$600, which includes round-trip air
fare, transportation while in
Germany, tuition for six credit
hours and r' 'm and board.
Calendar
Intact: Witten
If you heard the rumor about
Carolina starting the spring
semester a couple of weeks late, it
is false, according to Dean Charles
H. Witten, vice president for
Student Affairs.
Asked if second semester would
be delayed he said that as far as he
knew, it would not. The reason for
the dalay would be to preserve the
fuel needed to heat the buildings
during the winter months,
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