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THE VOL,. LXV. NO. 16 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S.C. 29208 OCTOBER 24. 1974 1%6 t Have you ever had that feeling when you woke up on Monday morning that it 's going to be one of those weeks? Maybe you haven't studied for that 20 chapter test, or that term paper assigned two months mao I due tomorrowannd you haven't Aw A A04 ee started it yet. Well relax then, because most of us are in the same boat. Why not do like our grizzly friend from the Riverside Zoo and just forget about your problems and roll over and go. back to sleep. It could make for a better Tuesda.v . .. Afro coun open men Legal acti BY "MOBY" SA Of The Game The tell-tale card, explaini Students' membership polic from the Russell House bulleti from the Executive Counci organization, any previous ir is open to any "full-time sti member" of the university. John Middleton, Afro's pre had taken down Afro's recruil activities bulletin board. Acc< in Monday's issue of The Gan Club was open to "all perso (sic)." Middleton felt he was "not card had been taken down. recruiting card was in violati policy. A statement released by the Executive Council of the Afro Club denied the group has been restrictive in admitting members. "No person connected with this University," the statement said, "has been or will be denied membership. We have not and do not intend to violate this mem bership clause." University regulations prohibit a group chartered as an open organization from denying membership to any student. Middleton said when, in last Monday's story, he suggested Afro Americans were "not ready to accept people" other than those of African descent, he was merely expressing a "personal opinion." At least one student was im pressed by Middleton's statement. Russell Putnam, Vice Chairman of the Student Senate Finance Committee, has filed a suit against the Afro American Students Association. In his complaint to the student Supreme Court, Putnam expressed concern over the Afro Americans failure "to abide by, their Con stitution in publicly announcing that their membership is open only to students of African descent." Quoting guidelines set by the Student Allocations Commission stressing an organization be open to all USC students. Putnam has requested the Supreme Court to stop Afro from spending any more money allocated by the SAC. Putnam would have this in junction in effect until the Student Organization Chartering Com mission determines whether the Afro Club is. at least, following the Continued on Page 4 ciI claims ibership; on drawn LAHUDDIN cock staff .ng USC's Afro American y, has been taken down n board. The official word I of this group is their idication notwithstanding, ident, a faculty, or staff sident, would not say who ting card from the student )rding to this card, printed iecock, the Afro American ns of African abstraction at liberty to say" why the He agreed, however, this on of Afro's membership Governance proposal to be heard BY BETSY WILCOX Of The Gamecock staff The long-awaited Student Government Association University Governance proposal faces its first hurdle in early November before the faculty senate. The University Governance study is more than two years old but a concrete proposal was only recently drawn up and will be presented to the faculty and student senates shortly. According to Steve Brown, a former committee member studying the plan, in open hearings last spring the response was good from the students and light from the faculty. The faculty, he fears, didn't take the proposal seriously. One faculty member who did take it seriously though, was Elmer Schwartz. After reading the proposal he said, "I feel that it is basically a sound idea and very workable." The basic idea of the proposal is an all-encompassing University Councdl. The Legislative powers of the council will be to review policy Continued on Page 4