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i , ? .i :v : - : . ; . ' < n '3 _ . A m iW. L.. - W GAM Thursday, Sept. 89,1977 " University of Souu* Carolina, Columbia, 8.C. Volume LXIV, No. 8 |j _ ; . . . . ^ . ... - ? J ' |' ' \\* hl 1 l'i , i'^i "i " \\ ; 'i1,'!," 1 '' " ',' |'"| if1',1' ,1 rr^quenfdU^fhiiflofr^ Most USC students dig deeply in jeans searching for the prophetic c which will bring them golden hone) very small percentage try a mon about-way to get honeybuns. The vending machines. "During the month of Septeml USC vending machines were vand said Lt. N.D. Sanders of the campw l "This is about an average num . . ' v ;i ' _ .V I ' '-Iffii * . ' ; (JSC gets g< for motor p By TERRY POLCARI rnH%A?AML CiMlf (ir^lA^. uaiucvwK omn uriici High gasoline prices may cause problems i drivers, but the USC motor pool and the I service have escaped the high costs. Supervisor of the motor pool, Joseph Cook motor pool, like other South Carolina state gets its gas from the state at 43.5 cents a g high octane gas. South Carolina's state agencies has a conti the Exxon Corp. which provides all agenc gasoline at a low price. The 250 cflr motor pool is serviced by Gulf < for their oil needs at 90 cents per gallon. To conserve gasoline, the USC motorp KmUn/l t.inn ~ CftA !?- ?? iiiiiucu ui|/o iu a jwiuuc ruuius in lifi Profs' suit m< By KATHLEEN McINTYRE actual Gamecock Staff Writer Blacks given i U.S. District Judge Robert W. rules Hemphill is considering a request univen from USC attorneys to transfer a Blacl leaerai taw suit against the that w university to state court. age wa The suit involves biology theuni professor Wade T. Batson, 65, and to 65. international studies, professor Bats< Paul Blackstock, 64. Tliev have univen accused the university of stituior breaching their teaching contract retiren by forcing them to retire at age 66. Blacl "The faculty members are not employ rr~ lien i ?jov. ne saia. ito their Over $490 in damage was luarters to the machines. About buns. A damage was done to. two i i round- "The door was wrenched ol y break said. . The other machines vane >er, six a candy machine with 954 alized," Coke machine, $27 damaj s ponce. machine, 910 damage a ber for . machine, no estimate. as, oil chea| ooi.taxi se allowing professors, deans and d travel as tar as tney uKeo on univ Cook.' for some Three months ago the motor JSC taxi gas saving Pontiac LeMans into Cook said. said the USC's taxi service, which is agencies motor pool, has also been prac allon for methods which has enabled the: 1073 Plymouth Furvs. The Fur1 act with gallon said Tom Turner assistar :ies with taxi service. The three-year-old taxi servic* Oil Corp. deans, department heads, fac taxis are allowed to travel no fi ool also from the center of town and can f5, after ten minutes. ay be transfe ly given a contract." state law." Th tock said, "but they are the state is 70 a faculty manual with the In a hearir and regulations of the ternoon, lawy sity and acts as a contract." Attorney ( kstock said "in the manual representing tl e received the retirement that the overri is stated as 70." Since then contract, is a versity has changed the age court to decic abstain from >n and Blackstock claim the they said. ?ity is violating their con- Attorneys fo lal rights by lowering the said their clifcr lent age from 70 to 65. in federal cour (stock said, "We are state need not at es and we should be under See RE1 Gamecock Columbia capital of I aegypti is throughout Richland C just one of mainly bee. summer. uw-thk oambcock "Usually Tnhn HaIIqi Willi Wlldl estimated done Service of $300 worth of During tl machines alone. mosquitoes rf one," Sanders many to be Every ye lalised included weather to I in damage; a {e, a sandwich would help ind a laundry V THE RE filling vess< most activi tainer bree W "This typ mosquito' I w creates its I 43| Containei V I %0 W minimum o can breed e lepartment heads to ersity business, said HtJTTO S empty vess pool introduced the be used for I their fleet of autos, source redi The Atde funded by the USC Within the 1 :uciiik cunscrvaiion nas DroKen m to keep their two aegypti mos >rs get 12 miles per preliminary it coordinator of the "dengue" c "This is onl; i is available only to not yet beei ulty and staff. The irther than 15 miles wait no longer than ^ ^ piemen [j former f Afl magazii ,1 I Octoba e retirement age for g held Monday af- ? ers from the^S.C. A n jenerars uffice tie university argued ala ding legal issue, the Tn? S matter for the state k ***.* le. Hemphill should Decci hearing the case, regie r the two professors its have a right to be ' t and a federal judge fAr rt >statn unless the 1REMENT. page 5 V I osquitoes j :e living i if* J*k. I MA Lfc %VIUIIIUIU BELL Staff Writer t has sometimes been referred to as the Aedes aegypti Die world. If you are wondering what this means, Aedes ' a mosquito species which is prevalent in Columbia and the state. to, assistant district environmental sanitation director at the ounty Council of Environmental Control, said that there are ?nt species of mosquitos in South Carolina; Aedes aegypti is them. IS AN overpopulation of mosquitoes this year which is ause of the weather patterns that occurred in the spring and there are cold spells then warm spells in the spring," said -d, assistant county agent at the Richland County Extension Uemson University. . < le cold spells, when temperatures drop into the 40's, many la re killed. "The hot weather this spring didn't allow so killed off as usual," Dollard said. ar, Dollard said, there is usually a tendency for some cold bring the mosquito population down. With the constant heat rch and April, the population did not decrease this year. led that the recent rainy period following such a dry summer the mosquitoes populate. CENT RAINS have contributed to mosquito breeding by ?ls and containers with water. August and September arc the i months for the Aedes aegypti mosquito, known as "con r% uci 9. >e of mosquito is often called a 'city-dweller' or an 'urban because it lives in close proximity to man; in fact man breeding places," said Hutto. breeders breed in vessels where water has been sitting for a ;> f five days. "A bottle that someone has thrown behind a tree, nough to infest a neighborhood," said Hutto. ; : > IAID people should be aware that recent rains have filled els. He said people should look for any containers that may breeding as the only effective way to control this mosquito is ict ion. saegypti mosquito can also be a significant health problem. ast six months to a year, "dengue" or "break-bone fever" out in Jamaica. This disease is transmitted by the Aedes >quito. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta sent out a r warning to all of the mosquito control centers stating that .on t- - 1- At-- " J * "" ' " u? uc vioii3uuin:u utic-r iu me unnefl aiaies. nutto said, y a preliminary warning end no cause for alarm as there has i any actual transmission, but the mosquito we have is the See SCRATCH, page 8 K. iay's Gamecock there is an entertainment supt. It is the debut issue and is put together by a editor of Rolling Stone magazine ana a Variety \ ne reviewer. Ampersand will be supplied once in - and once in November. Students are invited to ? ? ?-l / AiK. vmiiKMJUV euiu UVC UMT upHUODS aDOUt ing the supplement in the spring semester. . y omecoming activities, includina > - - 9 lame, have been changed use of ABC's decision to mally telecast the game. :alendar, page 29, ?vised schedule. x4 v?' I .. J