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a CBS most popular networ Survey finds USC's f avori + By BRYAN uLAZEK ^laiiiAi?A^li Ctnff U/k<*4 a?? uaiiavvvn oiaiI f? UCl Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and Dan Rather of CBS' "60 Minutes" are three of the most frequently-viewed television personalities on campus, according to a recent Gamecock telephone survey. The ten top television shows viewed by students at USC were "Sixty Minutes," with 16 percent of the 250 students polled viewing; ABC's "Monday Night Football," with 11 percent; CBS's "All in the Family," ^ 10 percent; CBS's "The Young and the Restless," 8 percent; NBC's "Tonight Show," 7 percent; CBS's "MASH," 6 percent; ABC's "Happy Days," 4.5 percent; "The CBS Late Movie," 4 percent; NBC's "Days of our Lives," 4 percent, and CBS' "The Waltons," 3 percent. Ti I.- T/\I> tl'V i:r-? i., i iiii v iii mm i rjin iidi uiuui a from the national A.C. Nielsen list. The Nielsen survey involves 1,200 families which are selected randomly. The survey is compiled weekly. On the seventh week of the television season, which is the midpoint in the thirteen week long season, according to Nielsen, the top ten shows are: "Happy Days" (ABC), "The ABC Sunday Night Movie," "Charlie's Angels" (ABC), "All in the Family" (CBS), "The Six Million Dollar Man" (ABC), "Starsky and Hutch" (ABC), "The Bionic Woman" (ABC), "The Big Event" (NBC), "Laverne and Shirley" (ABC) and "MASiJ" (CBS). Contrary to the Nielsen statistics, CBS is the most popular network at USC, followed by ABC and NBC. Nationally, ABC is first, NBC second and CBS third. ^ \1 A I L' CTI iMAiir Inlmricinn C Ol vvutv Ii.7 > IV, TV IVIUVIOIUII (J.u hours per week, according to the Gamecock survey. The average TV viewing time for female students is 9.5 hours per w eek, with a combined average for all students <>f 7.5 hours. IVIUI RgUUIIU By KIM FOWLER Gamecock Staff Writer Decriminalizing marijuana is the NORML chapter which was chartered NORML chairman Wayne Brooks. Q The national organization was foundi torney Keith Stroup. Since that time ter Mississippi and North Carolina have marijuana possession. After NORML was organized in Sout i Popejoy and Wayne Brooks, who are na sought to establish a branch at USC. i An objective of the USC chapter is I state organization in accomplishing d< said Brooks. But thev are not a lohhvii legislature, he stressed. Dl A Mfi A II I' Kainrf ,v, ,f a 17^1115 11 iquv iu laioi special projects and letters will congressmen asking for their support ai letters have been sent to Congressman 9 ..I. M.. mi. k > '60 Minutes _ a _ I Te i v snow Freshmen women watch an average of 10.2 hours per week while I heir male counterparts watch TV 7.5 hours a week. Sophomore males watch 5.4 hours of TV a week while male juniors watch 6.7 hours weekly. Junior women watch 8.3 hours a week and sophomore women view the tube 7.8 hours. Senior men and women both watch an average of 4.2 hours of television per week. The biggest difference in viewing habits between the setfes was found at the graduate level. Male grad students watch an average of three hours of TV per week, while women watch an average of 8.2 hours. ACCORDING TO the Nielsen survey, the average American watches 16.2 hours of television per week. Women watch 18.7 hours of TV, while men average 14.9 hours of TV viewing time. Of lhn?i> ctnHnntc iviIIpH 1R nprppnl watched no television at all and 21 percent watched more than 11 hours weekly. Female students consistently ranked soap operas as the type of show they most often watch. The top five soap operas on campus are "The Young and the Restless" (CBS), "Days of our Lives" (NBC) , "All My Children" (ABC) "As tho World Turns" (CBS) and NBC's "Another World." Among the syndicated shows aired by local affiliate stations during non primetime hours, "Hogan's Heroes" (WNOK) is the most frequently seen. WNOK's "Mary Tyler Moore" is a close second. ONLY TIIHEE PERCENT of those students polled mentioned programs which are featured on public broadcasting stations. The most popular PBS (Public Broadcasting System) show is "Masterpiece Theater," produced by Mobil Oil. The show which received the smallest audience of those listed by students was CBS' "Captain Kangaroo." i G iiftitAf rA^Arm I S'feHVV BVBVBBSB use NORML c 6 w+% a a X mm _ invy?fii iuiiu" Rep.-Greenville, and mc committee on Criminal Ji A bill is now sitting in th coal of USC's decriminalize the possessit in October, said The USC NORML organize this amount be changed to: ed in 1970 by at- The board of directors o i states including Mark DeLouache in cha * decriminalized projects, Publicity Direct Director of Letter Writing h Carolina, Pete Jackie Hubbard who is ii itional fnembers, started at other colleges ai IvA OAlfMAAtAM UC 1ICIU I1CAV OClllCdlCl UII to work with the ^criminalization, BROOKS SAID enlargir ng group in state important. We need mor said Brooks. Those people helping us. ; funds through Many persons on campu be written to NORML, Brooks said. id efforts. So far decriminalization means a James R. Mann, smoke marijuana when V". V. - . . |1 igfg m BKIf '' jb ffg3?* SHHB ? On th? rug Research papers and final exams the often prove hectic for many students, notl and competing for space and books in Gle spa hapter seeks decriminaliza I UB9III%J, IVIItXI-WI II lll?0 (.UII10J jmbers of his House Sub- toward anyone who istice. The attention of 1 le House that if passed would toward more serioi >n of ten grams of marijuana. court trials, law en ition wrote a letter requesting We are not even t 7ft Ornme nV an nnnpfi ho nnraalicfin rinki f NORML includes Treasurer Carolina is a conse rge of special fund raising or, Sue Maier, David Steele, NORMl. DOKS n [ and Petitions and Secretary said. What one does i cnarge 01 geuing cnapiers uaoesn i ininngeor tid universities. Meetings will a victimless crime, Tuesday evenings. We know we hav ministration and tc ig membership enrollment is responsible organiz e people in this organization, ! we are working for should be norml has been Jimmy Carter, Art js have a misconception about Council of Churchc Some people believe (National Advisory idvantages for just people who Buckley to name or the advantages are directed said Brooks. ; - %1H H '. iw ?MBI Mi ^ WMHMgfr ** ^BSw^raiftS^ Lisa Smarr THE GAMECOCK new Thomas Cooper Library does liing to ease the pressures. Here, nn Kll??n .lampi: lran?fnrtn? iticlo ce into an improvisatorial desk. ~ 1 IVII idigrts is a taxpayer. aw enforcement should be directed 1C primnc (hie tirmiM coim VI IIIIVO, UIIO Tt\IU?U onvu v* ?Olt\4 forcement and time alking about legalization, this would now, emphasized Brooks, as South rvative southern state. lot encourage people to smoke, he in the privacy of his own home when i the rights of others, should be and is 1J i , nt* sum. e to prove our credibility to the ad ) the community because we arc a ation with a specific goal. Mnll/VMnlltf MI .-vrJ V?? I uauuiiaii^ ciiuuii>cu uy i il7)iunii Linklctter, Ann lenders, National s, James Kilpatrick, Hugh Hefner i \ ukii: i.-? uuaiu mcuiuci / ctnu wiiiium r. g ily a few of the concerned citizens, |