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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
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'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
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.\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