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VOL. LXVIII, NO. 16 I niversilv of SoutS: Carolina, Columbia, S.C. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1976 0 1 * Carom USC students who plan to vote in f Am Art*mir'c nrnctrlnnf i o 1 /il nnf i An fr\\rnv tuiiiut i vn o pi ^oiucuiiai lavui Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter by 35.7 per cent to 25.3 per cent, according to a survej taken by The Gamecock. More than one fourth of students pollec said they were not voting, and 11 per cenl said they were either undecided or did nol care. The survey was conducted during the pasi iwo weeKs. r rom a nsi 01 more man wn random ly-selected students registered a! USC, 364 were reached and participated ir the survey. THE QUESTIONS asked were : "Whon do you favor for U.S. President?", "What i: 0 your party preference?", "Do you plan U vote in November?" and, for those who sai< they planned to vote, "For whom?" Other candidates, including Independen Party candidate Eugene McCarthy American Party candidate Lester Maddox Socialist Party candidate Julius Levin American Independent Party candidal Thomas Anderson, Democrats Georg< Aimrn nn/t U nKn**f TJT ?i rv> mtuuvci u auu iiuuca i Republican Ronald Reagan and an ^ tiabortion candidate Ellen McCormick received 2.3 per cent of intended votes. On students said he intended to vote for "Jaki the Horse." * When students were asked whom the; preferred for U.S. President, whether the; were voting or not, Ford's total in creased t 45.3 per cent compared with 32.1 per cent fo Carter. When those not voting wer eliminated, however, the margin betweei the two major party candidates narrowed t * MP Class of 1994 ? bewai Four-year-old Missy Leeming is gel 0 an early start on earning a spot on U8C cheerleading squad. At Saturd lastudei r 1 i Whom do you ? t t for U.S. Presid ) ! t 1 l 5 3 i t 9 ; Whom do you ] e to vote for? e e L_ y y 10.4 percentage points. o The largest percentage of students not r voting was among freshmen, 40 per cent; e the smallest was among graduate n students, 10 per cent. While the percentage o of those voting increased with class rank, jjpfeflKg . r: !tg? Kjaa^M ^JUhk Q'^iflL' JPk^HUi ?PKB^yfiapB Bte^^Sifar ' By aB l^fl jBSH ^ i%^ qS?f ^Sy, v**" re tting Carolina-North Carolina State gai i the Missy practiced her cheers, compl lay's with two pom-poms that seem too big tits favo 45.3 avor | 32.1 ent? I I 1 Ford Carter Und Qtt n i plan | 2^-3 Ford Carter Und percentage of those undecided also in- 1 creased from 5 per cent of freshmen to 18 1 per cent of graduate students undecided. i THE SURVEY showed no large difference 1 in voting intentions between South Carolina >jiB| ir j ^jjj... j jj .j BP?* j(. Gent Gatllard?THE GAMI ne, her. The Gamecocks' 27-7 victory ove ete Wolfpack gave Missy and more for 50,000 other fans plenty to cheer at* r Ford 7.8 14.5 iecided Others 25.8 10 H 1 - 1 ecided Others Not voting -j residents and nonresidents, although state -esidents favored Carter more than nonresidents, 26.6 per cent compared with 20 3er cent. A greater ppercentage of state See POLL, Page 1$ Drinking law to be strictly K enforces! L, 1 - By EDITH McNEILL H?v (ianun-ock Staff Writer rV- The Alcoholic Beverage Control kW Commission (ABC) has stepped up Wj liquor law enforcement at IJSC 'J football games because of com^ plaints received by the commission ^ about drinking and obscene language at the games. "We received a large number of complaints after the Notre Dame football game from people who were upset because the obscene ^ language and drinking were so bad during the games," S.J. Pratt, ABC Commissioner, said. ^ PRATT ALSO said people are ? Kiihifvt to arrest if fhf*v arp in ^ | possession of liquor anywhere near H or inside the stadium. "People that are convicted for having open liquor at the games can be fined up ecock to $100 or be sentenced to 30 days in jail," Pratt said. Pratt said the State I>aw En r the forcement Division and local law than out. See DRINKING, Page 3