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Volume LXIX, No. 110 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Feb. 1-4, 19*79
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By Bernard Slnkler I
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A referendum to supposedly decide if a
new Student Government, SG, constitution
should be instituted is tentatively scheduled i
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to bring the proposal to a student vote, ac- <
cording to SG President Seamus O'Boyle. ]
O'Boyle said the total number of petition <
signatures will not be determined until this
weeKena Decause mere are about 200 copies
of the petition document on campus.
"THE PETITION is nothing more than a
request to have the new system put on the
ballot," O'Boyle said. "What we're trying to
do is give students a chance to decide for
themselves what kind of government they
want."
Opponents of the proposed constitution
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ficient to bring the proposal to a student
vote. The petition states that the undersigned
students "request a referendum
concerjiing the organizational framework
established by the current constitution" of
the Student Government of USC.
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petition does not specifically request the
proposed constitution be put to the students
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A PROPOSAL for a referendum must t
made public "not less than 14 days befoi
the election in which it is to be considers
according to the constitution. O'Boy]
DroDOsed the new constitution to thp Shirtat
Senate Feb. 7. He said the earliest possibl
date to hold the referendum is Feb. 22.
The current constitution also states th;
44All proposed amendments shall be voU
on within 60 days after being proposed.
The required 2,500 signatures must 1
validated by the SG Elections Commissio
Election Commissioner Kim Fowler sa
the names of students signing the petitic
would be checked with signatures <
university records. Fowler also said
referendum by Feb. 22 is possible.
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petition have said that senators have be<
following them advising students not to sij
the petition.
Barry Horvitz, who has been solicitii
signatures, said there was no reason for
(petition) to be published in the Gamecoc
"They (students) know what they'
signing," he said.
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lem do come right out and say, 'Yeah, I a
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nk the majority of students act without 11
id some cases that could have been
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intially dangerous' cases which octhis
past semester included: p
rolled a beer keg down the elevated s
ing to the Solomon Blatt P.E. Center. t
irt, but according to Araiolo, a similar
lifornia killed an infant when a beerkeg r
car window. a
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to avoid a keg and sideswiped another t!
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was stabbed in the neck during a fight s
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passed out in bushes near McBryde
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ilthough certainly not the only one."
Residence halls are a main source of discipline
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;eg was thrown through a window in McBryde.
fraternities have had some "alarmingly ugly in:idents"
with alcohol-related functions.
"We're trying to get a handle on what's going on
vith all this drinking," Ardaiolo said, "not just on our
>wn campus, but all across the country." Ardaiolo
aid a student was killed and others critically injured
it Louisiana University during a fraternity initiation.
'We want to avoid this kind of tragedy at this
iniversity," he said.
According 10 Ardaiolo, drinking is going on in
iolation of state laws and university regulations.
'We're trying to do what hasn't been done in the
>ast," he said. "The alcohol policy (for fraternities)
hould have already existed. We're just catching up
o where we're supposed to be."
Fraternities and sororities are being asked to
egisier parues ? a requirement residence halls
lready follow, Ardaiolo said. Ardailo said most
ampus organizations, including sororities, attended
he conference. Only three fraternity members
howed up, which was "too bad, because they don't
eem to realize there is a potential problem here,"
irdaiolo said.
"We're not trying to stop the drinking, Ardaiolo
said "Hell, everyone drinks. I drink. It's a part of
[rowing up, and a part of going to school is learning
odrink responsibly."
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tudents," he said. "It would seem to me that if a
tudent drinks to excess, the height of fellowship,
r of being a fraternity brother, would be to take care
if your brother when he's bombed out of his mind, or
etter yet, help to keep him from getting that way."