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vol. lxviii, no. is University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. monday, November 8.1976 o * + \ I Taking the low r< ? Kathy Jones decided to U relatively unknown wav und the Bates ramp recently. Des ominous concrete structure, i of people makes the route a \ and quiet walk. a V... j" B * " HHH| ke tlio mfc v j&H j HBm*^ B^HBySBlBSiifcB? HMHIL BHHg&v JBBSHHSH? * '44*/%* >^%v s ,n;i.gt]^H j , " gg^^g|Si8ttggB?3gggg^^. r*^r <7 i >k . -VLjUffl :- - ^ -:.-7;'.- _- '/ * _ ^urvey ./,> ;'t; ' -r- -'..- i . i hBi i# i?i ; USC students do not favor the new distribution policy, according to a recei The survey was conducted during the a list of more than 600 randomly select ] 364 were contacted and participated i Answering the question. "Do you ] distribution system, a first served sys ] difference," 159 (43.7 per cent) of those j (39.6 per cent) did. 60 students (16.5) p ; The new system, put into effect this ! football tickets regardless of their clas: tr> tliu Rnccnll Uaiicd Rollrnnm crvc I kllv> 1VUOOV.I1 A iUUOV JLTU11I UV1I1 U I. Op\ ! digit of their Social Security number Under the old distribution policy, , Coliseum concourse at specific times | their social security numbers. Once in for freshmen and sophomores, juniors c^?'ce seats going to the uppei j Of the seniors polled in the survey, n B per cent were not in favor of the new were in favor of it while 17.7 had no opii I SS? The freshman class favored the syst 9 cent said they did not like the new s I ;.;; . ?$ Graduate students disagreed with th 1 22 per cent of the graduate students fa had no opinion. Fifty per cent of the junior class di policy while 44.9 per cent of the sophon j Those juniors polled favored the nev 'per cent had no opinion. The sophomo percentage of 37.8, leaving 17.3 per cen I According to sex, the survey showec ' 39.3 per cent of the males polled favore A total of 39.1 per cent of the females had no opinion. The male percentage ; 125 having no opinion. Shot prog] I J WllllOUl 111 Gamecock Staff Writer 1 AI|I?umiI, rti.rlnnt nnptt/tinati/xn aiuiuugii aiuucm pat ii^ipaiiuu was not as good as anticipated the swine flu vaccination program at USC was successful, according to Woody Carothers, business jfflmanager of the Student Health v Center. [ ' Wc' were Prepared to give a I total of 2(KX) shots per day, but we averaged about 700. Friday was the day for faculty shots and they've turned out really well. "As far as the Health Center is concerned, mere nave oeen no serious side effects from the shot, jlffl None that can be specifically Jjfl related to the taking of the shot . jJ9 have been reported," Carothers said. A 1 f 11 Alirtll tlifi ehf\f ismII na lnnrfnr 1 LllllUU^ll LIU. JHUl?Will HU lUllfjVl be available through the Thompson Health Center, anyone wishing to have the vaccination may do so by going to the Richland County | Health Center. There will be no mm .....mt-thh oamhcock program was made possible by the / student volunteers that helped to ts 11^ w >olicy . first come, first served ticket it survey by The Gamecock. i last two weeks of October. From ed students on the main campus, in the survey. prefer the new football ticket tem, where class rank makes no polled said they did not while 144 er cent said they had no opinion, year, allows students to pick up s standing. Students are admitted jcific times according to the last students were admitted to the and according to the last digit of side, however, tables were set up cariinrc chirlnntc ? , OV/II I \J 1 O U1IU U\iUUtV OLUUVII lO , classmen. in overwhelming majority of 67.7 r distribution policy. 14.5 seniors nion. em by 66.3 per cent . Only 21.3 per ystem and 11.3 per cent had no e system by 54 per cent. A total of vorea tne policy wnue 24 per cent id not favor the new distribution lores did. v system by 34.7 per cent and 15.3 res were against the system by a it without any opinion. i that 40.3 per cent of females and jdthe new system. were against the system and 20.5 against the system was 47.6, with ram ends effects fill out papers, type cards and explain when necessary. "The student volunteers enabled us to pull this off smoothly. They supplemented our personnel and made the program go. The Russell House personnel were also very helpful," Ca rot hers said. Several students were asked why they did not take the flu shot Most of the answers reflected a fear of the vaccine. "1 didn't take it because I had a cold, otherwise 1 probably would have," said Perry Leonor. Allison McGee said, "1 just didn't want it. I'm not afraid of getting the flu." "I don't want one. I don't want to r<( /\lr rt << V\ /-? T 11 if Una>*/) ^ci MiMiuiu a siiui i vt'jusi ucaiu too many bad things about it " said Gail Johnston. Susie Shoemaker said, "I wasn't sure it was mandatory. I thought I should wait and talk to my doctor about whether I really needed it. And, I was scared." "I'd heard of a 'ot of the bad symptoms after taking the shot My doctor told me I might not need it. Besides, if the flu comes around I figured I could still take the shot," Jayne Mallory said.