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vol. lxviii NO-10 I'nlvf rwlty of South Carolina,Columbia.S^. Monday. october n. me Judic By MARK J. IAJNDGREP Gamecock Staff Writer An amendment replaci student body constitution 1 Senate. ? The amendment was app the way for the new judicial the senate last soring. to b< week, according to Dave (SG) president. Wilsford, w are minor problems conce with university administral problems. TI1K NEW SYSTEM w Booksl difficul By ELAINE ELLISON Gamecock Staff Writer Shoplifting is a problem number of persons who ha1 and prosecuted is low in c< actual monetary losses t bookstores. Ben Swanson, manager bookstore, said that, accor Retailers Association (NR/ 2.5 to 3 per cent of gross i shoplifters. He estimates the booksi shoplifting or "shrinkage" 1 $30,000 based on an apf volume of $1 million. 9 E.A. BAILEY, manage Carolina Bookstore, says tli suffer a loss from shoplift! say to what extent." One major problem with Russell House bookstore security. Although the boo guards and policemen openings, they are not now m Special aids hai By PATrY S1IAUGIINES5 Gam cock Staff Writer "Some of our handicaps segregated into a "han environment, and when i ? here to a more normal needs to find new ways of c Brickie, USC Counselor impaired. Brickie is one of four coui in the Special Programs C the USC Counseling and 1 ment Centers. The Center's to help handicapped studer at Carolina. ABOUT 400 PEOPLE < handicapped in some v 0 Thurber, program coordinj includes a majority roVl tlKllif vimMiiivaiiuii JJIUUCHUS V range from severe asthma Lundgren, Vocational Counselor, said. "Most people think of the being physically handi Lundgren. "In actuality th ft rial r#?l ng the judicial section of tl has been passed by the Stude >roved Wednesday and will op< I system, which was approved 1 ?gin operation, probably by ne Wilsford, Student Governme ho has signed the bill, said the rning the bill to be worked o tinn hii* h? ? > ?<>! ?/ui iiv, aillltipdlCSi III) IllUJt ill completely restructure ai tore she It to dis bookstor "We d Swanson at USC, but the these pe ve been arrested Althou >mparison to the bookstor it both campus been vicl from bo> of the Campus foot bool ding to National $217 hav< O figures, about line of c /oiume is lost to are stole BUT ' tore's loss from almost j ast year is about William >roximate gross investigf store ai r of the South bookstor lat the store does that boc ing, but "I can't retail bo tifying n shoplifting in the Most i is the lack of those stc kstore has hired thefts cc >ii(5 ici in reacnea, employed by the semestei Program idicappe* 5Y physicall pus." There ed students were vision sti dicapped only" correctioi i student comes the visua environment he blind, wh :oping," said Bill said Brie for the visually Mike A impaired iselors who work visually Center, a part of Bureau 1 Human Develop- mitory ai ; main purpose is j, its cope with life equipmer "talking on campus are typewrite vay, said Bud books rec ator. This figure has a < of vocational magnifiej fhose problems vision st to diabetes Dave themselv Rehabilitation raDid Dla up tapes ? handicapped as can listei capped," said shorter ti ere are about 30 js form ai streamline the judicial syster Under the old judicial syster committees had jurisdiction o> he system eliminates the duplic; nt The amendment is more " "gives the senate leeway t< en changing conditions." The sei 3y the major provisions of the xt structure of the judicial systc nt Imnlpmonfaiinri nf tl-.n ?? " ?.(..vLvututiuii ui tuc new a re the Supreme Court. This am ut implementation. Under the pr or constitution, the Supreme Cou the law creating the new syster The present constitutional 1 id Court shall have seven studer tplifting courage e. nn't uiori< n ?* 1 v.. v Hum c* gcaitipu amiospnere," said. 44The student should feel that ople are there to protect them." gh shoplifters are rarely caught, e employes soon find they have timized. Stationary is often missing ces and anything from a 4 foot by 8 (store sign to two rings valued at e been stolen. Swanson said, in one osmetics, for every item sold, two n. THE SHOPLIFTING of books is mpossible to detect ArrnrHino Shirlene, USC Police Department itor, if a book is taken from one id the thief sells it to another e, there is no way of telling whether ik was stolen, primarily because oks usually do not have any idenlarking. eported cases of book thefts are >len from students and if the book intinue at the rate they have now the total will be higher than last % according to Sherlene. s Center 1 students y handicapped students on camare also about 40 blind and low idents on campus with best vision n to 20-200. Approximately half of. illy impaired students are totally tile the other half are low vision, I.U IUC. mmons, counselor for the visually , said some of the resources for the impaired include the Counseling Resource Center in Baker Dorid a resource room in the library. IESOURCE centers have special it to aid the blind including books, tape recorders, and trs. "Talking Books ' are whole orded on tape. The center in Baker closed circuit television which ? reading material so that low udents can read the material es. The resource center also has a ying speech machine that speeds without distortion: thus a student ti to an hour lecture in a much me. tee USC HANDICAPPED, Page 2 Tien dm f 1 n of the university. members, th n, many different people and two faculty i /er the same things. The new In other s< ition. sibility was elastic" said Wilsford, and academic di: 3 change the system with and to provic late has no power to change of cases arisi : amendment or the main The bill sti ?m. students of ystem is complete except for cheating, or enament will allow for full Accusation esent judicial section of the General of th irt cannot structure itself as observer of V. n says it should. the instructo aw states that the Supreme incident. The it members and two faculty .' : > : Eves right v o At least one Gamecock fan found fell< floats, bands and glitter of the homecom tit passed e new system provides for 5 student members, members, and one administration member, inate action, a new ("ode of Student Ftesponpassed establishing "general standards of scipline for the University of South Carolina, le for a just and fair procedure for adjucation ng from alleged violations of these standards, pulates procedures affecting full or pari time the Columbia campus accused of lying, bribery. s must be submitted in writing to the Attorney le SG within 72 hours of the infraction by an he act. The attorney general must then notify r involved and begin an investigation of the student, after completion of (he investigation. See JUDICIAL KKFOKM. Page I | Hi -JHJg fg mL Mark Alexander THE GAMECOCK nv spectators as interesting as (he ling parade Saturday.