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TE K Vo1l.. t.l'v NO- ' UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CA ROLINA, COLUMBIA. S.C. 29208 Feb. 21, 1914 Can du BY (AI, BAAI Student politicians made theii first officical moves this week aw candidates filed with the SG/ Elections Commission to run foi various elective offices availablk within the student government. By the end of filing time Tuesda) a total of 122 candidates ha( registered before the commission with 99 competing for the 64 av vailable student senate seats. Tuesday afternoon also saw nini students seeking the office o Student Body President, now hel< by Rita McKinney. The position o Vice President of the Student B,1 which also includes the respon sibility of President of the Studen Senate, has seven people con tending.The other major offices ui for grabs are the Student Bod: Treasurer and St udent Bod: Secretary, with three andl fou persons seeking each office respectively. JIM HIUSTON: "I think it's ridiculous. V ou've got to havi 8,000 hour, and an 8 a.m. time to get anywhere Football's worse. I've beem here three years but I haven'I gotten past section 35. r": KATir Y ROGElts: "I thin that's pretty dumb1t to have t stand( in line. As long as you pa y our1 activity fee I think yo shul d be able to get I ickets. It'sI har fi or gamnies like Notr l)amei because as man stuidentis as we hiae w ~on't fi butt I rea lly thinik it oughtI tom h l.hanoi : uai so ni-a'ow nglu I fates Fil The largest filing made by a single political party was also witnessed this week.With Walter Metz heading up the party's ticket by seekin y the office of President of the Student Body, the legally recognized American Bison Party sent a total of 18 candidates into the upcoming SGA elections. Beginning this Monday, the official gates will be opened for candidates to begin their cam - paigns. Campaigning is limited to one week by senate legislation and 3 any political office seekers found f violating this rule by the elections i commission will be disqualified f and barred from the elections. Thad Hennit, co-chairman of the SGA election commissions, t said Monday, "We are ex - periencing an increase in the P number of people filing to run for V the various offices."Hinner at Y tributed the increase to the con r siderable publicity given the elections by the SGA and the in creased number of senate seats SurveyR Over Disi From Staff Reports USC students are upset about ticket distribution methods, ac cording to a recent interview. '1 get really teed off when they send tickets to all South Carolina representatives when students who have already paid for them can't even get tickets." This comment from junior English major Gary Johnson was representative of comments from several other USC students taken in front of the Russell House. Johnson did not go to the Notre Dame game because , after several trips to the Coliseum, the long lines finally discouraged him. lie suggested that more tickets he kept for student (list ribut ion or students should start having to alternate the gaies to which they are able to get tickets. Two people interviewed didn't even try to get tickets. Both were freshman. Ken Corbin , an engineering major said, "I didn't think I would have much chance ." tichard Jernigan . in Business Adm iist ration, said that even at the Manhattan game he had to sit on the top) row. "I proba bly won't go to the l 'it tsburgh ga me either b)ecause it will be very similar,'" ~ Jerniga n sa id. O1 the two peole talked to who k *1did go t o t he Not re I )a me gam In or " four hours with a senior II) and U a.m . p)ick up while Bleth Johnson. " l a(senior Journailism st udent had a of ies molz th . ii lh I in '.'I w tag~ o ligth I i n,ti e I nt11 e For S '74 Sp available. Hinnet also said student -activism seemed to be on the in crease and might be affecting the situation. Initial general elections day will be held Monday, March 4 witl possible run offs on Wednesday and Friday of the same week Inauguration for the victoriou5 candidates will be Monday, Apri eve als Fri ribution 'I don't think anyone who doesn't use the services paid for by the activity fee should have to pay for it' Thomtas Chandlei the Pittsbur'gh ga me. There b)ound( to be a wayj t#) impr)1ove ticks is. I think thle 1 utlin *houldl g stud~enit Sh: t ni Une lor' sever' hour , sltrt ing at I8 a.in. andt wi ll .niable to get a t ick( \\ L.utes met is I niever har Stckets ad I will never'I stando liout :.ig:anifor a b:isktba ll a:nn pringEl IA Publicity for this year's SGA elections is expectea to be con siderably greater than in past years, according to Hen nit.Between four and eight press conferences for the various can didates are being planned for the Golden Spur and dorms, he said. I With campaigning to begin istration LiIethods - I'd like my money back on my fees, but I know I'll never get it. I ha' ; never had the choice of paying them or not paying then. 'uwtll said. Like Ilowell, senior engineering student Thomas ('handler, said, "I don't think anyone who doesn't use the services paid for by the activity fee should have to pay for it. Senior Biology major, Ken Fanning , got a ticket by breaking in the 11 o'clock line after being turned away from the 8 o'clock line and said:'the only way to get one is to screw somebody else up since the University screws everybody." lie said he doesn't think the Pittsburgh game will be as had to get tickets for since the loss to Notre )ame. Both Wayne I" loyd, a sophomore in Int ('nat ional Studies and Bob Isaacson. a part- time graduate student in marketing, feel students would benefit Irom more distribution points which would not only be more convenient, but would 'eliminate some of the confusion at t he ('oliseum. \Iarik (Owens, a f reshman in is Blusiness Administration, .t said.'Ticket distribution isn't it or'gani/zed. But with as many .t peopled(ownl there (th('el iseutn as therie aire. I (don't know whfat can gbe dlon'.' .il 'oirbinI sa id, '.'erhaps thei' is iight to allot 0 more (W' e k(ets to (. (arolina st udeints the'ms'lves. -e (;ivi ng miiore ic'kets to st udlent s d( would11( ease sOii'e ) e lie tension. st Tlhes should tuIV' e I 1 ev. good 't lie,k'ts e've''n t hmm to make in 11111 \ '( ' I I )Ii' f t\ii ections Monday, Hennit said several candidates may be disqualified from the elections for breaking various rules, governing cam paing methods. In last fall's senatorial elections a few potential senators were barred from the race for using departmental printing and duplicating equip ment to run off campaign posters. Another campaign rule frequently violated by the political offices contenders, according to Hennit, is the SGA regulation stating that professors cannot campaign in behalf of any can didate. The exact cost of this year's elections to the SGA has not been computed. but Hennit speculated that the final figure would be in the neighborhood of $2 ,300. Of that total, the highest proportion will be spent on (See CANDIDATES. Page 2) .4 .\1ARTY .1AI): "They have a tairly good s nstem, it was just a popular game." %tand( ini line. mii boyfrienId is in the Stuident 4'('Iernment. TIhere''s prob)a bly some better way to do0 it, but1 i's just the big iri-portanit games that people sunuawk nabnut ti.Lke