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New Auditorium The new University auditorium to be built across College Street from the Humanities building will be adaptable to a variety of uses. Seating capacity will be adjustable from 700 to 3,000. Construction is scheduled to begin in January on the $8.4 million structure% Students I BY JOYCE SLATER of The Gamecock staff The varied number of facilitfies USC has to offer and thefriend liness of orientation officials had the biggest impact on students attending orientation this week. Orientation for fall students began Monday with between 180 and 190 students attending;ac cording to Judy Small, director of New Freshmen Talk Ot You'll be gla a ClimbingI Professionally desig structed for mountai hiking with heavy F and ice line. Availal M(D) 5-16, W(EE) 6-1 . . ..... mpressed orientation. Most students agreed the orientation program was well organized and expressed their gratitude for being able to set up class schedules early. Only the muggy, rainy 'weather that overshadowed their visit to USC dampened their views of the campus. The majority of students said they chose to attend USC because they felt it would provide a good educatiu that was sensibly priced 41. 7er Their Day at USC WHITNEY I id you've got loot this good ned and carefully con neering, climbing and 'acks above the snow >le in sizes N(B) 4-16, 4. fbhor~asan* heef T 952 Herden.St. . elphon. (903) 799o.57 With USC and because the campus was conveniently located. Cindy Bennett, from Olar, S.C., plans to major in psychology. She said, "I picked USC to attend because I think it offers a good education that is close to home. The price is right. It is extremely big, but I think I'll make it." She said everyone seems to be con cerned about the students. Martha Jones, a Charleston native who plans to major in secondary education, was im pressed most by the vast amount of resources available at USC. Mark Willoughby from Nash ville, Tenn. agreed saying, "The facilties and the faculty members have impressed me." Willoughby, planning to major in political science, said the bad weather probably kept orientation students from exploring more of the campus. "USC has a lot to offer by the way of available resources," Charleston native Cassandra Singleton said. Her one complaint was that students had too far to walk to classes since the campus is spread out. She plans to major in education. Paul Mitchell, a future govern ment and international studies major, said, "USC is sepsibly located. I like the dorms and the food services." He praised the organization of the orientation program. Catherine Addy said getting to know nice people and4he courteous treatment impressed her. Addy, who is from Batesburg Leesville, plans to become an education major. . Greg Whitmore described the general consensus of orientation students interviews when he said, "The campus itself is beautiful with massive facilities." Seven more orientation sessions are planned for incoming fresh nen. About 218 students are ex >ected to attend the second session oday, Small said. WoMes LEducai& P.O. Sex 4618 Women's Educati non-profit age * Free Prei * Problem * Fre'e Abol * Contracej * Family P If you're a woman an Women's Educational someone who care The,. earth NOTE: The following stories are courtesy of The Earth News Service. * "C" for Cruelty to Animals A coalition of preservationist groups will give a "C" rating to some movies for alleged cruelty to animals and will picket theaters where they are shown. Another, unrelated, groupiwants to abolish fishing on grounds of cruelty. Seven organizations are behind the "C" rating plan, including the Fund for Animals and the American Humane Association. The anti-fishing proposal comes from the National- Humane Education Center in Waterford, Virginia. F.I.A. Request on Deep Throat The recently amended Freedom of Informatio Act has provided lots of answerst lots of questions, but there are still some things that may remain forever secret. The Wall Street Journal says that the Special Watergate Prosecutor's Office recently received a Freedom of Information requ"t from some enterprising in vestigator who wanted to know the identity of "Deep Throat"-the secret informant in the Watergate uncovering. The office responded that it doesn't know. Flushing Forests Down the Toilet Some 300 unsuspecting em ployees at the Rodale Press offices in Emmaus, Pennsylvania were subjected to an experiment recently which proved that ap proximately two-and-a-half million trees are needlessly flushed down the toilets of America every year. The company decided to trim about a half-inch off every roll of toilet tissue used in the offices for one month. During that time, no one actually noticed the difference, and in fact, the amount of rolls used actually decreased slightly. The firm says that if all toilet tissue manufacturers trimmed each roll by a half-inch, the savings, would amount to 300.3 million pounds of paper annually, which translates to more than two-and- t half-million trees, or a planting d four times the size of the District of f Columbia.f t iat Seruiee. 9Ke. C6i4Lk. S.C. onal Services is a Icy that offers:1 nancy Testing 3regnancy Counseling 'tion Referrals' tive Clinics lanninug i need assistance call services to talk with umber to call is 779-8355. Ann Margret Sues Over . "Tommy" Injury If you've seen the film "Tom my," you'll recall a scene in which a television set cracks open, pouring chocolate, baked beans and soap suds all over Ann Margret's writhing body. Well, Ann Margret claims that het hand was cut severely by broken glass while shooting the scene and that the film's producers were at fault. So, Ann Margret has just filed a $1 million suit against the film's producers, the Robert Stigwood Organization, charging negligence, reckless misconduct and breach oS warranty. Sartre Blind at 70 The man who many regard as the world's foremost living philosopher, Jean Paul Sartre, told an interviewer last week that he is now almost completely blind, unable to read or write. The 70 year-old existentialist said that his blindness "has taken away the whole point of my existence. I was, and I no longer am," Sartre said. A Woman Anchor For Network News It looks as though ABC-TV Network News may be the first of the major networks to put a woman in the anchor spot-or at least co anchor. ABC executive Av Westin says the network plans to soon add a woman to the anchor desk for the 7 p.m. prime-time news. CBS :orrespondent Lesley Stahl is said b be one of the contenders. She Nould share anchor respon dibilities with ABC's Harry Reasoner. Small Whales In Danger? The International Whaling 'ommission took steps to increase >rotection of large whales at a ecent meeting in Landon, but the kpparently worsening plight of omall whales was overlooked. The term "small whales" in !ludes dolphins and porpoises, and qew Scientist magazine says they :ould easily become targets for the vhaler as the number of large vhales declines. Thousands of Solphins have been aken off Japan or in the nets of Lmerican tuna-fishing boats. New dcentist says that while no current igures for the catch are available, hie history of whaling shows a onstant trend toward taking maIler and smaller species. Fishing for dolphins and por olses, it believes, may soon ecome a marIn