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G AMECO K VOL. LXV NO. 43 The University of South.Carolina, Columbia, S.C. THURSDAY Presid BY STEVE PARKER AND BILL PRATT Of The Gamecock staff Editor's Note: The following article gives a brief description of five of the SGA prCsidential candidates. The Gamecock in Monday's issue will interview the remaining two candidates, Davinder Singh and Melton Paris. Tom Efland, law student, is chairman of the Student Senate Judiciary Committee. Citing the economic troubles of the times, Tom Efland ap proaches his campaign as an attempt to cut back on Student Government Association (SGA) funds. "It is imperative that we use tie funds for what the students want," Efland said. "I think," he continued;'we can do a better job with less money." The offices of student govern Sororities want to go off campus BY BETH PADGETT Of The Gamecock staff A proposal the Board of Trustees has yet to approve would give fraternities the right to move off campus if they so desire. According to the plan, working drawings can start when a fraternity is able to supply 25 per cent of the construction cost. Although sororities are not mentioned in the original wor ding of the proposal, many have expressed a desire to eventually move off campus also. Beth Stirling, president of Chi Omega, said her sorority would like a house of its own, either on or off campus. "Sororities don't have enough money to build a house off campus," Stirling said, "and we would have to make the money ourselves." According to the proposal, to finance a finished house, a fraternity would pay as rent the sum of $770 (principal and in terest on a remaining loan) on every $10,000, lent by the University semi-annually, over a term of 30 years. At the end of the 30-year payment period, the University would execute a standard long term (99-year) lease charging a dollar per year. Stirling said her sorority probably could not raise money for 25 per cent of the construction Conntinued n Pge. 4 entia1 c SG) Primary - Tuesday, ment are one place Efland sees room for a cut back. Saying the current amount of $45,000 is too much money for SGA to receive, Efland said "I think it can be cut back to around $15,000." Two major areas which need to be cut back, according to Efland, are in the SGA office. Here, the misuse of photocopying equip ment, and long-distance telephone lines are too expensive to maintain. He also said SGA Cabinet of ficials should receive very little funds for projects they carry out. Carolina Cares, he said, is an SEIPltiCo-. %cademy Award nominee Al Facino stars in Ser pico at the Itussell House. Many other good movies competing for academy awards are also available to students. Page 6. In forme BY MICKEY TRIMA Of The Gamecock s The use of confidential infor break open drug rings is cor among police departments, G professor Tom Kevlin said. Kevlin, formerly with the Si Special Law Enforcement Di cotics, cited the use of inform4 to the police breakdown of dr "It's really hard to get into narcotics rings unless you hav( ring," Kevlin said. "But once it 's a matter of working your we of the ring." The first step before infiltrat is to obtain an informer. This simply taking in an addict off questioning him about his s said. There is a chance he wi then must be released. Another way to get an inforn a known member of a certail charge, such as burglary. "Then you lean on him," Ket andidal k elections sch4 March 4 Runoff . example of projects where funds could be cut down. By advertising for cabinet officers, he said, "I think I can get a wider area of expertise." Efland concluded by saying, "I think student government should move from a project-oriented to a service-oriented organization." Steve Hill, West Columbia off campus student, is serving as secretary of Commuter Affairs in the Leigh Leventis ad ministration. Steve Hill, behind a 26-position platform, said the University, in order to initiate change, must work more closely with the Board -On the inside. CAMPUS POLICE--Operating a system of crime prevention, USC's force has experienced a good degree of effectiveness. Page x. rs open dri RCHI him that he'll taff a burglary rap of his ring. By mers (CI's) to probation." nmon practice For probatic eneral Studies the role of an narcotic buys tate of Florida However, ther vision of Nar- ween the infori ~rs as essential are vulnerabli ug users. "Agents dc arge dope and Kevlin said. " a CI from that They need a you get inside, asking for ni ay up to the top vestigation. Si pay them a sn ing a drug ring Sometimes, wi can be done by have enough the street and former in drui ources Kevlin "The inform 11 not talk and will get k etrayed. Th< ier is to arrest after we breal a ring for any "It's a long, 'tin said. "Tell Coni :es give Edule Thursday, March 6 of Trustees and the South Carolina Legislature. "The president of the student government needs to have a good relationship with the Board of Trustees. And, I would like to visit each Board of Trustees member during the summer to better relations ," Hill said. Hill concurs with Efland that the student government's budget shoulo be cut. "The budget can be cut to $35,000 without hurting SGA," he said. Hill, like Efland, thinks the copying equipment and long distance telephone lines should be removed. The long-distance HASEBALL--The highlight of this year's spring sports will be 'oich It+ardson's baseball team. Page It uIg rings >e going to jail for ten years on . Then you say you want inside talking to the judge, he's out on in, the person will have to play informer. His job is to set up for the undercover agent. e must be a mutual trust bet ner and the agent because both in't really like informers," "irst of all, they are criminals. ttention and they're always iore money during the in nce they are working for us, we iall salary, which isn't much. en a police department doesn't money, they will pay the in er is in a bad spot. Many times lied by his friends who felt bre's little we can do for him into the ring," Kevlin said. hard job to break down a drug inued on Pna 4 iews lines, he said, should be cut from five lines to one line, with a strict record kept of all long-distance calls. Hill also proposes to set up a Government Accounting Office. This office under the direction of a USC graduate student would poll student opinion, determine the effectiveness of SGA programs, and organize student professor evaluations. "A lot of things haven't been done that could have been done," Hill said. "Next year will be a rebuilding year for SGA to restore student faith." Buzz Sargent is an off-campus General Studies major from Stewart, N.H. Buzz Sargent in approaching his campaign, says t"t students must be informed Wireby SGA. "One of my schemes is meeting every week in the Russell House." he said. Also, Sargent would plan to have a monthly meeting with students. Sargent is unsure of the exact nature of these meetings. He would go to every trustee to make the Board of Trustees more aware of the student's situation at USC. "I would like to have them (the trustees) come to student meetings," he added. Sargent also spoke out against the grading change "Instead of having grades telling how bad you are doing," he said, "you should have grades which tell you where you stand."' Sargent proposes, instead, to have a limited no-fail system. "I'm trying to talk to the student and make my campaign up as to what they want, not what I want," he said. "Students take student government as being small with little power. The student body can push things through," he concluded. Dean Varney, junior, is an off campus, Business Ad ministration major. Varney, another believer in University governance, stresses the need for greater student involvement in student govern ment if the changes he would like to see, which he alleges his op ponents promise far too fast, are to be made. "We've got to get more student input into University decision making with the things that in volve them," Varney said. He said he liked the surveys con ducted last year during registration, but he doesn't believe they were used to their fullest potential. Although Varney said he regrets the relatively weak power status of SGA to actually bring about change, he believes a uited student voice can bring change. One change Varney favors is in the method of ticket distribution according to hours completed by the student. Instead he favors a Continued on Pagre 5