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TheGAMEC VOL. LXV NO. 45 The University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1975 SGA vo BY BILL GRANT AND BILL PRATT Of The Gamecock staff Problems ranging from malfunctioning voting machines to an incomplete list of registered students forced cancellation of Tuesday's Student Government Association (SGA) primary election. Upon the recommendation of the USC Student Senate Rules Committee, the full senate late Wednesday rescheduled the Candidate files suit 00 in election BY BILL GRANT and BILL PRATT Of The Gamecock staff Calling Tuesday's attempted Student Government Association (SGA) elections "a farce" a vice presidential candidate is seeking punitive damages through a suit filed with the USC Supreme Court. The suit charges Elections Commissioner Bob Swelgin and SGA President Leigh Leventis with mismanagement of SGA's aborted primary election. The suit filed by graduate student David L. Rosmer, seeks to force SGA to reimburse Rosmer the $615 he estimates he spent on his campaign. "This is including time as well as the materials we spent on thE campaign so far," Rosmer said late Tuesday night. He said hE spent $115 on flyers, advertising and other printed materials anc about $500 in time spent on thE campaign. "The thing that bothers me Continued on page 6 IGrade System-President Pat terson said he thinks thi aboIishlig of the NC system wil help ('arolinla Pagle 2. fing del Related sto primary election for Tuesday, March 11, and the run-off elec tion, if necessary, for Thursday, March 13. Tuesday's difficulties also resulted in the resignation of Bob Swelgin, SGA elections com missioner. Voters faced a number of problems Tuesday, as they made their annual trek to the polls. Some of them were: -The name of John Middleton, campaigning for the office of SGA Treasurer, was left off the official ballot. -Six voting machines, on loan from the Richland County Elections Commission, broke down because of the improper instruction given student poll workers. --The computer print-out used to verify eligible voters, all University students, neglected to list students carrying less than 12 hours. Most graduate students, law students, those in the College of General Studies and part-time undergraduates were denied access to the polls. -The voting machine in Maxcy dormitory, according to one poll worker, incorrectly listed can didates foi the USC Student Senate. Instead of candidates residing in the Maxcy district, the ballots showed the senatorial candidates from other Horseshoe dor mitories. --A number of polling places were delayed in opening. At Barnwell College, according to one source, the polls opened at 10 a.m.--they were supposed to open at 9 a.m. --The machines were not equipped to accept write-in votes. Swelgin blamed this on the relative inexperience of those working with the voting machines, used for the first time in a SGA election. Cancellation of Tuesday's -On the inside Basketball--The Gamecocki finished the season on a winnlnj Inote against Vilnnva. Page N ayed ry on page 3 primary election will cost SGA at least $600, according to Russell Putnam, co-chairman of the senate finance committee. Salaries to poll workers, $5 for the half-day, amounted to the largest single expense. Swelgin, however estimated the costs at closer to $1,000. He said in addition to paying poll workers, SGA also had to rent equipment, such as tables and chairs and also placed several large advertisements in The Gamecock. The Richland Councy Elections Commission, will not increase its charge to SGA for use of the voting machines another day. The machines will cost SGA $400. In order to lessen the chances of malfunctioning voting machines again, Putnam said, the Richland County commission. will train poll watchers Friday and Monday at no charge. The commission also will provide a technician to oversee the elections in case of any fur ther breakdowns, Putnam added. Putnam expects the total costs of the election to run between - $1,800 and $2,000. Originally $1,400 was budgeted by the student senate for this year's elections. One of the major reasons the election was called off, and one which would have invalidated the elections if they had been allowed to proceed, was the omission of Middleton's name from the ballot. Swelgin said the omission was due to a typographical error on the official ballot which was sent to the USC Printing Department for placement on the voting machines. Swelgin could not identify specifically who was responsible for the mistake, but said it was - Continued on page 6 m Movies-This Is a scene fron gthe movie From Here to Eternit: .which will be at Russell HOuls Theater next Wednesday. Pang 9. And the bea COMAXmiott testi"g p BY MICKEY TRIMARCHI Of The Gamecock staff The Faculty-Student Relatio Committee will make a fir decision next week abo requiring teachers to give least one test before the dr date. Student ombudsman SN Hardin drew up three proposa one which may be voted into t faculty manual. The thr proposals: -require the professor to g! drop1date. t. --r4IIIIIIht proessr gve n idictio the stdent' prgesygv anea rsmeohrma --eomnd ta outlinin the bro esa testinges apeda requiremecan degree commitene reimaea fi deiso nbet weekh id afbe requirng tie aesto ges lason facust mebefre th wud dte.n ehwt u yca Sent ombudsiman Dr.I II goes on... ee studies rocedures Carpenter. "I do feel that the students should know about the evaluation system of the ns professor." ai "Let's say that if a professor ut uses a term paper as the only at mark for the semester, the Dp student should know what would be required of him. This way, he ip would be able to see if he could Is, handle the course." he Hardin suggested another problem created by requiring a e test before the drop date. "The ed professor may decide to give an extremely hard test by which he hewould eliminate all those ofstudents who could not meet his ngstandards. By doing so, he could ~. only keep those exceptional h' students." e *But forcing the professors to d give a test before the drop date c oldceaea conflict with those Ie at all. Carpenter agreed a professor ngshould give out a syllabus at the asstart of the term. "We're trying beto protest the right of the student " continued on page 2