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TheGeMECOCK VOL. LXV Z4O. 50 The University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1975 Pie n . W BY BILLY COX Of The Gamecock staff Terrorism is a familiar concept throughout the world. The Palestine Liberation Organization, the Viet Cong, La Cosa Nostra and the Irish Republican Army, to mention a few, all contribute their services in one fashion or another, Director of Universit was 'hit' Wednesday a Signature no longer BY MARION ELLIOTT Of The Gamecock staff Students who are 18 and from South Carolina no longer need their parent's signature on their housing contracts, housing of ficials said Tuesday. Previously, all contracts of students not yet 21 had to be signed by their parents. The requirement has been dropped to make housing contracts conform to a state constitutional amend ment which grants all South Carolina citizens 18 or older full legal privileges, but they still have to wait until 21 to buy alcohol. he Eye hen the coi motivated by everything from personal vengeances to irreconcilable political dif ferences. This taken into consideration, blended with a slapstick routine from a page of the Three Stooges' script, yield the most recent edition of tactical harassment Pie in the Eye, Inc. The organization is based on an old Johnny Drummings r Union, Robert Todd, t the Russell House. of parents mandatory The state legislature ratified the amendment Feb. 6. It will not affect students uInder 21 from other states unless their states have also passed a similar law. The amendment reads, "Every citizen who is eighteen years of age or older, not laboring under disabilities prescribed in this Constitution or otherwise established by law, shall be deemed sui juris and endowed with full legal rights and responsibilities, provided, that the General Assembly may restrict the sale -of alcoholic Coantinued on Page Four rtract 's si American tradition of democracy. If the price is right, anyone, regardless of race, creed or color may qualify as a target to receive a pie smeared in his mug. Any type face, any flavor pie. The identity of the spokesman for Pie, Inc. remains as hidden and clandestine as the bleeps on the White House tapes. "We're a relatively young organization," the secret sharer admitted, "but believe me, we're growing fast. Since Thursday, we've had all types of phone calls for all kinds of hits. Everything from old girlfriends to professors." While an ad in Thursday's Law Ia needs BY BILL GRI Of The Gamecoc The USC Board of Trust4 School admissions plan plemented unless appr< academic channels, Board ( Marchant said. "Negotiations to implemf the admission policies of tJh still going on. 'here has be4 made," Marchant said. Speaking to a crowd of ab Center Auditorium, Mai changes in law school admi; have to clear the proper i and procedures would have The Board tentatively ap which allows USC Pres Patterson to appoint a con per cent of the entering Lav at its Jan. 25 meeting. however, that the proposal within the Board. The so-called 7 per proposal, did not emanato initiated by the Board ol University of South Carolin PULlTZER-Pti WINNER The University Union awarde4 the USC Award for Distinction ii Literature to poet and playwrigh Archibald MacLeish last night. Pagea 2. gned, 'he g Gamecock marked the genesis of the organization, the pie man said the theory was borrowed from an article detailing a similar establishment in New York. "We thought we'd turn this into a profitable thing and be the first to open one up here," he said. "We've gotta make it worth our while," he continued. "We have a $20 minimum hit fee, and there is no maximum'rate. There's a big risk factor involved, and we have to study each case separately. Different people present different problems, such as contact lenses, glasses or whatever. It's a degree of dif ficulty deal, actually," he said. 0S tdiflSS1o acaden LNT really a series k staff new admission sources of inpt .es' proposed Law "This resulte will not be im- Board of Tru ived by proper groups who sh 1hairman T. Eston Law Center. T it, seize upon t nt any changes in which it did tak e Law Center are added. n no final decision Although he i groups are, M out 250 at the Law sinister about t chant said any He said two gr sion policies would input in the coi Lcademic channels Association an to be consulted. One criticisr proved the policy, plan has been t' ident William H. by political imittee to admit 7 selections. ;.School freshmen, Marchant ai Marchant said, potential for a I did not originate number of ber He said the cent admissions plans, such as a from or was it 10 per cent, 2 Trustees of the students, befoi a. It was an idea, proposal. -On the inside - MOVIES--"American Graf I fiti," the film that started the 5sh u nostalgia craze, will be shown for t three days this weekend in the Russell House theatrs. Page 6. ets hit' "One thing is for sure," he added with sinister finality, "whenever we contract somebody, he gets hit. We guarantee satisfaction." The spokesman revealed Pie, Inc. has a nucleus of four masterminds and elite corps of hit men, making it nearly im possible to pinpoint anyone on the tail-end of a potential lawsuit. "But we don't anticipate anyone getting really angry about it. A pie in the eye isn't all that had." Pie, Inc., made its first hit last weekend. "Someone had a friend from Georgia Tech come down Continued on Page Four n plan dCOK. of discussions about possible policies coming from various t." d in an ad hoc committee of the stees meeting with different owed a sincere interest in the he Board did, no question about be prospect and took the action e at its last meeting," Marchant efused to identify just who these irchant said, "there is nothing bese groups, I can tell you that." oups that did have considerable isiderations were the State Bar d the State Bar. a voiced by proponents of the lat the committee will be driven considerations when making Imitted that "There was the buse," but said he also saw a efits in such a proposal. Board had considered other Wlowing the committee to select per cent or a set number of re deciding on the 7 per cent TENNIS--USC's netters defeated Clemson, although top seed Clyde Skaflestad lost his mnatch. Page 7.