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The GAMECOCK VO. XVNO. 37 The'University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1975 Frierso bill of.: BY BILL GRANT AND BILL PRATT Of The Gamecock staff The bill to impeach Student Government Association official Michael M. Pincelli was with drawn by the bill's author, Student Sen. David M. Frierson Wednesday night. Frierson made his withdrawal after the Senate Judiciary Committee reported the bill of impeachment unfavorably to the full senate. The committee held public hearings Monday night on the issue, and then voted 4-0 to report the bill out unfavorably. Frierson charged Pincelli, secretary for campus community relations, with neglect of office in regard to Pincelli's handling of the annual Carolina Cares Christmas project. "My reason for withdrawing it," Frierson said, "is that there 'There was not enoug in order to bring out e was not enough research done on it in order to bring out enough evidence." Frierson said Judiciary Committee Chairman Tom Efland told him there was a lack of evidence and, advised him to withdraw the bill. "There's going to be people who say it was a pure political GENERAL STUDIES-WIlliam B. Fitzpatrick is one of several students interviewed by The Gamecock In reference to the General Studies problem. Page 3. n withd impe ac MICHAEL PINCELLI maneuver," Frierson said, "which is not true. To me there was an obvious wrong com mitted." research done on it riough evidence.' --David Frierson Despite the withdrawal, Frierson said more pertinent information may come out in two or three weeks. Frierson, however, refused to elaborate, but he said his in formation had nothing to do with ,misuse of the Carolina Cares project, or Pincelli. Pincelli said he felt "very On the inside BUFFALO BILL--"It'a not that I'm scared of dying, but I'm scared of dying wrong, confesses Buffalo Bill Cody in the Con tinental Theatre Co. production of Indians. Pagre 6. Iraws iment pleased" with Frierson's with drawal. "It's been a long ordeal, and I'm glad it's over. I feel as though my integrity has been restored." He plans to remain with the SGA hinting at the possibility of running for an elective office in this spring's SGA elections. Asked whether the bill of im peachment will hurt his chances for an elected-office, he replied: "It will certainly damage it to a certain extent, but I also feel that now that I have been vindicated of the charges that I can get fair coverage that my clearance deserves." At Monday night's hearing, Frierson presented his case against Pincelli, centering around the funds collected in the Carolina Cares project. Frierson contended that Pincelli, along with Lisa King, a Carolina Cares worker, delayed needlessly in distributing the more than $2,400 to Columbia area charities. The funds in question were kept by Pincelli and King from Dec. 5 until Jan. 23 locked in their dormitory rooms. "At no time at all could the money be stolen or spent," Pincelli told the committee Monday night. The collected monies were converted to a cashier's check Dec. -5 and, Pincelli explained, the check could only be cashed by University officials. Frierson said he believed the money should have been distributed in time for the Christmas season AWAY AGAIN--Always an adventure, USC's basketball team takes to the road again Saturday, this time against Notre Dame and Adrian Dantley. Page 1)n sN *44 Columbia's haze proves that on a clear day you can see only just so far. West Columbia is barely visible over the Gervais Street Bridge. SGA elections to use 15 voting machines BY LEE POWELL of the Senate Finance Cor Of The Gamecock staff mittee, was Opposed to allowing students manage the polling This spring electronic voting booths because there had been machines will be used for the first mishandling of votes in previous time in the history of student SGA elections. elections, said Robert Kilgo, co- Bob Swelgin, the elections chairman of the Senate Finance commissioner, disagreed with Committee. Putnam. Swelgin said it was less Kilgo said the machines, on exnsv touetdnsad loan from Richland County, will thycudbtrsetoemi be placed in fifteen different ipril places on the campus. Areas Punm epcste o where voting is expected to be toes ob natv atri heavier--the Russell House, the thsea. Coliseum, the Law Center, Bates Tetivdasfothee House, the Towers--will have two tisar:PmresFb25 voting machines. frtrnofFb 7 eodrn In last Monday's meeting, the ofFb 8 Senate Finance Committee Thcomteprosdote discussed the coming Student snt o oltaySAcn Government Association (SGA) ddtso G fiil u h elections and some dispute arose polnbots among committee members Cnendoe aprn whether students would be wihtevin maieste allowed to manage the voting machines. Russell Putna, co-chairmanCtinues. ag