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Good I BY MARION ELLIOTT Of The Gamecock staff Participation in this year's annual Black Week activities is expected to be high, the president -f the Afro-American Club said 'uesday. The sixth annual Black Week will )e sponsored March 1-8 by the Association of Afro-American Students. John Middleton, president, said the club has been pleased with previous par ticipation and hopes for even better participation this year. "The goal of Black Week is to emphasize the talents of black folks and to create awareness by others at the University of what blacks are doing," Middleton said. "It is also an informative week and a lot of entertainment is offered." Willie Harriford, director of Afro-American Studies, said Black Week offers a good opportunity for Wbitney fr for Truste BY MARK MORROW Of The Gamecock staff A vacancy exists on the USC Board of Trustees and former House Speaker Sol Blatt considers William Whitney the frontrunning choice. The seat was vacated when former trustee James L. Moss died Feb. 8. Blatt said it is no secret he is supporting Whitney. "I am sup porting him and am very glad to have the opportunity to support him," Blatt said. "I've worked with him and I think he has great dedication to the University and I think he would represent the young people well on the board," Blatt said. Whitney was a page in the House of Representatives to Speaker Blatt for several years. In an Osceola story this week, it was reported that about 70 legislators support Whitney. Blatt confirmed the support. "More than 70 support him and in fact he is going to be elected." Appointments to the USC Board of Trustees have to be approved by the S.C. General Assembly. Four other people are running for the seat. These include Hamilton De Pass of Rock Hill, Bill Spencer, a York County attorney, David White, also an attorney, and Mickey Wiley, a housewife from Clover. Whitney has been working for Union Senator John Long's law GAMI The Gamecock is the official si of South Carolina and Is publish Thursdays. during the .fall and during the summer by the US( munications. Opinions expressed In The Gamei those of the University of South Change of address forms, a correspondence should be sent tA Columbia. 2920. Subscription ra the summer sessions. Second class postage pai sa lack W University students to see what blacks are doing on campus. Emphasizing the importance of the Afro-American Association, he said, "It gives black students greater opportunities to meet other blacks and show others at the University what they are ac complishing. "Also, the club offers the op portunity for blacks to develop leadership qualities which can help them achieve goals that might have otherwise been outside their reach," he said. Harriford said Harry Walker, who in 1971 became the University's first black SGA gresident, had previously been president of the Afro-American Club. Through this year's Black Week theme, "From This Point On," Middleton said the club will try to emphasize the direction blacks will take in the future. "We will at tempt to emphasize the positive ontrunner E vacancy firm since August 1973. He said the decision to run for the Board of Trustees seat was his own and not suggested by either Long or Blatt. However, Whitney said he had asked them for their support. "A lot of young members of the House support me. It is not true that Sol Blatt has been twisting arms to get support for me," Whitney said. Since deciding to run for a seat on the Board of Trustees, Whitney said he has been lobbying for support at the legislature. Whitney said he would like to have Union county represented because a regional campus is located there and becuase it has never had a representative on the Board. Carolinians like ERA amendment A majority of South Carolinians surveyed favor passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) by state legislature, according to a study released recently by USV. A survey of 725 randomly selected households in t South Carolina shows 48 per cent favored passage of the ERA, while 31 per cent opposed its passage. The remaining 21 per cent were un decided. The study was carried put by the Center for Marketing Studies in the Colleee of Business Ad ministrastion. udent newspaper of the UJniversity ed twice weekly, on Mondays and spring semester and once a week ' Board of Publications and comn :eek are these of the editors and not Caroiaa. ubscription requests and other a The Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, tea are $3 per semester and $2 for Coumbin, .C. ek turn aspects that lay ahead for us and the best ways to accomplish those goals," he said. 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