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Charter i deadline By CATHERINE THRIFT Gamecock Staff Writer The deadline for renewin charters for USC studei organizations is 5 p.m. tomorrov John Elkins, director of Studei a 1!? nv^uvmcs, is requesung promj completion of renewal cards. Elkins said delinquency i renewing charters would onl create problems for both his offic and the organizations. "We've got a lot of prograi advisers here who want to get t work with (the organizations), bi we can't reach them if they're n< chartered," he said. Rick Miller, of the Student A< tivities Office said the process < charter renewal is designed t facilitate communications betwec the office and organizations. Miller emphasized that the car completion process is not punitive, but a record-keepin procedure. A charter is require for organizations to operate c campus. tllT I PTC * to I ? i a o iuiow wno eligible to use campus facilities, he said. Elkins said that without tl information on the cards, the offic would have no means of identifyin illegal organizations, which ma take advantage of the campus an use it to panhandle from or haras students. To make meeting the deadlir more convenient for th organizations, the office will hav V accine fc By JULIE MIDRIFF Gamecock Staff Writer Vaccinations against swine fl for the USC student body, facult and staff are scheduled to be give the last week of October. Isao Hirata, director of the US Student Health Center, said thi date is tentative, however, and th vaccination program may nc begin until Nov. 1. Hirata said that USC cannc begin its vaccination program unt vaccination of higher risk group has been completed, and it is n< known how long this will take. WHEN USC does begin givin the shots, everyone on campus wh wants to take the vaccination wi be able to receive it during a fivt day period. Students will be divide alphabetically into time slots to g shots, which will probably be giv< at the Russell House. Four of tl five days will be devoted students, with the last day set asi< for the faculty, Hirata said. Each day will be divided into t\ four-hour rvrinrl*; ?..:n i K WVMUVIIU) Will i able to come in to get their shots their time slots. If a student h class scheduled at the time he -News Resume workshops will fc conducted from noon to 3 p.n tomorrow in Russell House Rooi 308 by The Career Planning an Placement Center. Other workshops will be from to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 1 The workshops are designed ( help graduating students fin employment by working with ther on resume writing. To register for one of th< workshops, call 777-7280 or 777-728 or go to Lieber College. renewal Friday a table set up at the Russell House tomorrow. Miller said this will g save club officers from coming to it the Pendleton Building office. v. Elkins said he was not snrA hnw it many organizations have not >t renewed their charter, saying that some groups are holding meetings n this week to fill out the card, y IF THE RENEWAL deadline is :e missed, the organization has to go through the procedure of ren chartering, which involves re;o submitting the name of all it members to the office. Elkins said )t the procedure is "a hassle" compared to sending the card. One reason for the lateness of )f some clubs is difficulty in locating :o advisers, who must sign the card, in Miller said this is one function of cnarier renewal?to determine d which clubs need new advisers, a Another consequence of failure ig to submit the cards is freezing of >d funds until re-chartering is com>n pleted. Elkins said this is not to punish is the organizations for being late, " but to make sure the club's money goes to the proper persons. ie "We have to know who the new ;e president and treasurer are, or ig anyone could come in and say y they're getting money for that d organization," he said. ;s Elkins said the money is not taken away, but merely withheld ie until the office receives notice of ie persons authorized to spend that 'e club's funds. >r flu set supposed to receive his shot, he may miss the class to take the \/a r*r*'\ nn Uirofo coJrl *1? uvviuv. iniaia aaiu gClllII^ me u vaccine takes precedence over y classes. n All shots will be given free and on a voluntary basis. No one is C required to take the vaccine. is e I1IKATA SAII) the vaccine >t sometimes has side effects, but none that are serious. The vaccine >t has been tested and has never been il found to cause anything more than >s a slight temperature, soreness in )t the arm, and "not feeling too good for a couple of davs." he said. g Anyone taking the shot will be 10 required to read and sign a form 11 stating that these side effects may 2- occur. d Vaccinations will be given by et teams sent to USC from the 3n Richland County Health Departie ment, but Hirata said that a lot of to student volunteers will also be ie needed to assist in filling out and typing up consent forms, vo Further information about the be vaccination program will be in printed in The State, The Columbia as Record and The Gamecock as soon is as it is available. 1 Brief?e The Fall Revival, sponsored by i. the Student Christian Fellowship, n begins Sunday at Rutledge Chapel d on The Horseshoe. Services begin at noon Sunday 2 with the Rev. Alfred Jackson 1. speaking. The Rev. A. Fitz-Ritson ;o will speak at 7 p.m. d Beginning at 7 p.m. for the next n five days, the revival will feature the Rev. P.L. Griffin, the Rpv A e McClerklin, the Rev. William 1 Henderson, the Rev. Dorothy Parson, and the Rev. James Wilson. IUbnufs Re< Black, Blu Jeans, Shirl Ithi d, White, Vellouu & 0 fill Ov Bodies The uur uc LoV 1 and Opt v> m skm m\ p to 40% fs, Girls' Tops, Sweaters, J E ICOH A~7 r\ 1 r\ ? r> . i uevme dti T \ k ?M MACHINE fer? jt Love >thes Th * TUUl siting , * ; off iiuipouiio, jcwoii y reet ? k Rrlllinf Bivd T. v 1 .A I j