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THEK VO1,. 1,XV No. 46 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA. S.C. 29208 Feb. 11, 1974 c- - s~ 1 Where does Superman park his superbike? In a tree of course. Where else? Photo by Courtney Dicely. Bill To Prohibit Smc BY LYNN RUSSELL p oos ed bill open the floor for questions and opinions. Donna Rep. Sherry Shealy Martschink, Harris, from the Columbia branch R-Lexington, proposed a non- of the National Tuberculosis smoking bill to prohibit smoking in Respiratory Disease Association certain public areas and to prov ide said a team of researchers a penalties for any person violating the provisions of this act. The Judiciary Committee meets at 3:30 p. mn., Feb. 12 at the CapitolL to discuss the bill. Martschink wants interestedl people to attend this meeting to dlemonstrate the T importance of the issue.' The nont-smiok ing bill will prohibit smoking in aniy elevator, indoor theater. library, art museum, concert hall or bus which is used by the pulic. A convicted smoker can be reqluired( to a mlaximum fine of .. 3.00 or toC work five days s,at.ermai, litter on p)ublicly ownled Ni a 1'eb. 6 meeting , Rep. Nlsaid a team ofiresearcherher Faculty SE Final Exat BY MARK MORROW The wording in the USC catalogue concerning teachers giving final exams at the end of a semester was changed last Wednesday by the faculty senate. The rule originally stated, l,iving quizzes during the last two (lays of regular classes in any semester is prohibit-d. The proposal would read, giving any quizzes during the last two meetings of classes in any semester is prohibited. The proposal came from Prof. Barbara Pope, chairman of the committee for Student-Faculty Relations. The proposal to add the phrase, any quizzes, came from Prof. Lauren E. Brubaker who thought the words would make the rule more specific. While on the subject of exams several senators took the op portunity to voice their opinion on exam procedures. Some senate members said they didn't think seniors should be given their exams early. They argued that if graduation exercises were held later in May they would have time to determine the students grade, aix the applications for degress would have time to go through through and the necessity of early exams would be eliminated. In other action by the senate, Robert L. Felix of the Faculty Advisory Committee proposed that faculty should be included in a search committee for new USC presidents in the future and also faculty participation in the election of a provost. He said the faculty agreed with choice of Provost Patterson as new USC president, but they (faculty i did not attend the meeting that chose him. He also proposed an independent )king Intrc Wayne State University in Detroit found that respiratory illnes, happened twice as often to young children whose parelLs smoke at home as to those with non-smoking parents. Some of the differences On the Insurance Reform --wF See Page 3 Carolina defeats a d team. See Page 9 The Feminist movem (pro and cen) on Pam mnate Bill n Rule W< search committee for presidents in the future. A professor on the Senate Steering Committee proposed faculty representation on Michael J. Mungo's restructuring com mittee. lie also proposed that an independent re structuring committee be formed to study the possibilities. Also considered at the meeting was a proposal from the College of Education to change the date when first session summer school would Activity Gains A HY FRANK DELOACHE The Student Senate provided method to fill USC delegatioi vacancies to the South Carolina State Student Legislature (SCSSL) Feb. 6. The bill ignores the walk-out by most of the USC delegation from the SCSSL session in November, by simply replacing the walk-out delegates with new delegates. A delegate would be nominated by any senate member and approved by a majority senate vote within two senate meetings after the vacancy occurs. Sen. Joe Huddleston, one of the walk-out delegates, said, "If we pass this bill, the senate will be giving tacit approval to an organization our delegation voted to withdraw from" Sen. Shealy said, "SGA is still a (SCSSL) member because our delegates action was not verified by a vote of duced At were attributed to the negative effects of the surrounding smoke." A "Tobacco Smoke Emissions Fact Sheet" read: Smoke from an idling cigarette contains almost twice the tar anc inside iat does it all mean? etermined Dayton ent is examined ae6. Changes )rding start. It was argued that teachers from surrounding areas (Richland and Lexington counties) would be on duty during the registration period. A motion was made that the proposal be tabled until further study was made. The meeting ended with a proposal to take roll at the senate meetings and to publish the names of those in attendance and those absent. The proposal was taken into consideration. Fee Bill pproval the senate." The senate also approved Sen. 1 Robert Clarkson's bill to divide the $46, "total student activity fee" into three parts-the $12.50 athletic fee, the $20 infirmary fee and the $13.50 student activity fee. The bill allows graduate students to designate the parts of the fee they wish to pay. According to Clarkson, graduate students now can either pay all or none of the $46. fee. Law students must pay all of the fee. By dividing the fee, Clarkson said more money would come in from students wanting basketball tickets or in firmary care but none of the other services. The senate sent back to com mittee a bill by Sen. Shealy to repeal all time-limits on SGA election campaigns. Sen. Shealy said, "Richer candidates have an See SENATE, Page 12 House nicotine of an inhaled cigarette and thus may be twice as toxic as the smoker. An idling cigarette contaminates the air for ap proximately 12 minutes while the average smoker is usually inhaling on the cigarette for 24 seconds." One individual at the meeting was a vict un of so-called "'non snmok 'rs ' bronchitis'' After at tendmng me'etings for years in closedl rooms her (doctor has in formed her that she is suffering from an illness that supposedly only the smoker gets. A law student at the' meeting stated his definite concern for the non-smoker' who is abused by the smoker, but he was also c'oncerned th(e State Legislature was being used as the coercion for ''common ('ourtesy" and 'omlmon con sider'at ion for others. lie prefers to see' private businesses taking the initiative to ask people to refrain from smoking rather than making smokingan misdemeannor.