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Special Olym volunteers fc By Mary Louise Young Johnny will never make it to the What he needs is someone to It someone "to be his eves and ears Student Activities. Johnny is ju children expected to compete in t at Weems Baskin Track. Student volunteers are needed t to their events on time. Each chil< event in which he is to Darticii someone to guide him. his monl Olympics will have been in vair "We believe this is the biggest bigger than Christmas," Elkins excited about this thing. We neec to be with them if they receive ar for the day." Volunteers are needed for all Anyone who would like to leave dCUUIUpiISItCU ai ICdSl MJIUeiMIIlg buddy" to a child like Johnny, s Wednesday in the Russell Hous< T\T^ v AT<n Lytic theatre prodi The Columbia Lyric Theatre production of Verdi's U Trovatore will be presented at 8 p.m. April 5, 7 and 10, at Ft. Jackson Playhouse Number 4. The production, a cooperative /\C fV*A T irrin ciivi i 111^ ijjruv, i ucau c auu uic Hillel organization An organizational meeting of the Hillel Foundation will be held at 8 rv m fim p.in. K\j\jkc\j 111 iuc nui Auditorium. Plans for the United SHI Hffi ipics needs >r 450 kids ! 50-yard dash-^alone. >e his "big buddy" for a day, according to John Elkins of ist one of about 450 retarded he Special Olympics Thursday n hpln philHrpn Tr?V?nnv i will wear a name tag with the pate listed on it. But without iis of training for the Special ). : day in these kids' lives-even said. "These kids get really 1 volunteers to cheer for them, i award, to be their big buddies I day or for part of the day. school in May knowing he has [ this semester by being a "big hould attend a rally at 4 p.m. e Theater. m JCK briers uction tonight USC Department of Music, under the artistic direction Donald Gray with William Moody as producer and conductc Student tickets are on sale at tl Columbia Music Festival offic 1527 Senate Street. lal meeting set Jewish Appeal booth on the Russ< House Patio April 6 and 7 will 1 discussed. a? Elevato university extra. t Ail three companies said they j have a serviceman on call 24 hours a day in case someone gets struck < in an elevator. "We always have < someone in town ready to j respond," Page said, adding that ] Westinghouse servicemen carry ] two way radios on them at all times. I Af i o mnnQrfnr T~\ o n Tinrtnn 001/^ 1 viio iiiauagui JL/aii 11115^11 ^aiu j each of their elevators go through < routine maintenance twice a ] month. "Every elevator has a checklist of items that needs to be inspected," he said. Tingen said many people have a fear of riding on elevators. "Actuallv an elevator v is the safest means of transportation there is." Most elevators have about five separate cables, and it would be impossible for them to break at the same time, according to Tingen. He said if an THE GAMECOCK is the itaifMt Mtnpaptr d the University ,e# ftwtfft Carolina and is published twice weekly, en Monday end Thursdays during the Ml ami sprin* semesters and once weekly/en Thursdays dvring both summer Mhfts wtfti the uchNmis of four times in Aunust nd an Ufilwsltv of S.C. holidays and I MINiMtiM ^rlxh. Opiniont mpmitd Hi Th? Otmccock , aro thosa of H?o adrtor* and not tho*# of ttw Of Unlvontfty of South Carolina. J. r. Tha UnlvmHy of Smith Carolina it an ie tqval opportunity institution. e, Ctunfft of adrtu form*. iwfcscriptioo Iraguott* ami othor corrotpudtwco stowld M #ant to Tha OamocadL Dfiwer A, use OMmMn, mu. Subscript? rata* art m por untoittr ami u for mw mhhimt ifniUni ill $K?d CUM mten mm at Cdvmfcia, be #-c WTWaMWIMK >rs levator is moving too fast, it locks itself onto the rails. Campus Police Sgt. Roy Hudson said people get stuck on campus elevators about eight or 10 times a /ear, and most of these are in the J A tl__ A1 men s aormuones, usually me result of horsing around. Hudson said campus police try to get the doors open with elevator keys, but about half the buildings do not have keys because they have knnn pf/\1 nr\ Environmenta The USC Environmental Law Society and the Student Bar Association Legal Forum are jointly sponsoring an en vironmental law day April 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Law School Auditorium. (use ] SCUBA CLUB i I MEETING - T 8 p.m. Rm. 205 mwamm From Page I V ? If the campus police cannot get the door open, "we just try to keep , them calm until the elevator CUUl|Jtiiijr scuua o man uui. Hudson said the servicemen usually arrive a few minutes after the police get there. Davis said the March 9 failure was the fault of the building's electrical supply. He said Southeastern has taken steps to insure that a serviceman will be in town at all times, t law dav set J Featured will be a series of speakers on selected environmental topics including tidelands legislation, nuclear energy, the Trotters Shoals Dam project and the Congaree Swamp. sew I UES. APRIL 6 Currell College SSI I