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Volume LXIX, No. 115 University of South Carolina, Columbia,S.C. Feb 28,19*79 if in legal li By Mark J. Lundgren usc Editor In Chief .. ij :,>fWL , , .. Holden A referendum concerning the ??th? n, proposed Student Government, ductine K$w SG, constitution scheduled for id Thursday has been canceled until jfSBL | ? campus court can "clarify the This I fefflp exact election process," according for refe IsK to Chief Judge Palmer Clarkson. u.. e The referendum was scheduled PaSS by Elections Commissioner Kim i-. i upon \?Mf Fowler. verifies An injunction filed with campus . court on Monday by the Student . Senate ad hoc committee on jjf f referendums asks that "any r?1 (yH! election processes concerning the , Pr ^ "m new constitution as introduced by enSJ*en 18 President of the Student Body e ? be stopped until this matter is W<IS 11 C-i-IS resolved and the exact election suprem procedures are understood by all." Jusuce The injunction is signed by ad hoc seJia e committee chairman Sen. Dana Morris, Humanities and Social e 1 fi Sciences. The Senate Judiciary J*. . vv Committee approved the in- u-u junction; Morris is also chairman of that committee. Clarkson said a hearing will be J?e i'JI held within 10 days; "probably , , March 5." The referendum would . ^! ifp be unconstitutional if held Thur- Junctl0r M sday, Clarkson said.Fowler said, ae^reas J "We need guidelines." not.fonl Marsha Duncan, dean of Stuc*v,nt !? \ne.r ^5 Affairs, said 2,357 signatures, or einjui 110.6 percent of the student body, Afy'^?ai were validated by student affairs t?1.1"8 officials this past weekend. The ^ 1 lon signatures were on a Detition to suPrei Icall a referendum concerning the vlo*ate^ proposed constitution. Fowler A Morri 3K scheduled the referendum for jy*tlcle Thursday and placed an advertisement in today's Gamecock P^?Pose which was later removed. It was f P? paid for by SG general funds, she &?caus< M said. ^ The injunction states that "there may P? ' >'5 ift a ni'APoHliro ploar-lir Hnfinnrl majorir M -W V VAV^ti IJ UV&llll/U IU1 ,r.. conducting a referendum," but P?""0" | ( that under Article III, Section N of P^cent . the SG constitution the exact ^ * procedures are not defined. The .v referendum committee contends slltu|10ri ' p that senate bill SBL 1019, signed by senate I Cireekcan > By Tom Travis New* Editor Delta Upsilon fraternity member Julian Emerson was selected as Greek candidate for president in the Student Government, SG, elections to be held March 12. In results from the Monday primary, Emerson received 83 of 159 electoral votes, n?l,?i i_: ecu ?' - * cu^uik i\uuci I Ot'lidlMt'lIl UI dlglllit INU ( /0) . Carl Stoudemire, Sigma Nu, was nominated for SG vice president, receiving 146 votes to Thomas Wilkinson's 13. ^ Wilkinson was a non-Greek candidate, according to John Elkins, Greek advisor. ndum To, m P%r\ ?I President James B. nan on Nov. 19, 1977, states roper procedures for cona referendum." Clarkson t-| [ : court would have to decide 1 H1 O ic nAnpti^?iHA?o! ao ^uiioiiiuviuuai. #^QP| )ill states that "all petitions d I W rendums shall be validated f lupreme Court and certified Till AI effect." It also states that I Ii"l i presentation and ition of a petition by 10 S? of the student body, 25 of the senate must approve erendum, and senate will ovide for the holding of a dum. inf if l Ar* C rv?? -1 ivimuil 1U1 lllC 1C1CICUUUII1 ever presented to the e court, according to Chief jg Larry Hudson, and the has not considered the dum. njunction also states that 19 does not contradict ArI of the SG constitution, deals with amendments. Article states that Amend- All nay be proposed 4by no less ) percent of the Student Irtfj according to the in- lOl IViTf i. Since SBL 1019 "does not e this percentage, it does Mm ^ --1 .... uk v/unoutunwii anu u tsoyie, to tnis pa jfore valid," according to the validated s nction. presented by Studi ise Division of Student officials validated the ignatures instead of the ^ *ade public ,h ' ! . . WaS days before the el I, the injunction states. Jc >> _ , a U VV71101UV/ A evil s said that according to ut u and SB1 VI of the SG constitution h an issue w, .erendum could not be votec| on with,n 60 d until the signatures on sed itition were validated, K It^not clear w e the article states ig a bij| or i Iments to this constitution 9mpnHmpnt proposed by a two-thirds Son He said vote of the Senate or by a Holderman as a signed by no !^s than ten ies of the doc of the Student Body This wo"rd ,.bnl? scrat( :hange the proposal date word ..amendme ih 1 llrknn U.CUCW CU.I- ^ original C0j i was presented to the ttmont ' by SG President Seamus "hange Wants to portray Ca didate for S t. Huston Kitzpatrick, an independent 1 candidate, was the only candidate for < treasurer, and William Cox, Sigma Phi r Epsilon, ran unopposed for secretary. "I want to portray a feeling of optimism * about Carolina," Emerson said. "In the * r\oof Cn kno J ? 11 pool, kAl IICIA UCCIl uuggcu UUWI1 III MHU1I things, and I encourage everyone to get ( involved," he said. * SG is a "very viable organization if it's used correctly," Emerson said. "I want to t get back to the basics of what SG should be i doing." p Tom Cannon, IFC president elect, said he d A REFEREI Decide Upon rhe USC Com Will I hursdayV IDENTS ARr JE re will b .H. Pr ' the I flk IEt .e OnAH ~ "? y ?? v,kc" ? yr Close at 6 Poll Workers Are For The 1979 Sprir workers must attend < JL x l/i iiiuiiuvi v^umacT BVim advertisement, without the cenceled stemp, was to be Included i st Monday, when The ad hoc referendu ignatures were mittee also contends t ent Affairs to SG. Elections Commission ution states that appr< mendment must chairman of th not less than 14 u!?anCX. six ection in which it the election. This bi Rnth thp mn- inen presented to th< , 1019 state that ?>in one weel< afte, ould have to be presen ed to the finance cj days after being ' : ' a5?.? Reform Bill of Februai 'hether SBL 1019 should contain projected e. a constitutional a timetable with specific < arrnrdint? to the election and an ou it was signed by precincts and polling hill hilt some among other stipulations. ument have the injunction states I =hed out and the Elections Commission nt" written in. presented such a bill. Fow iv nf th* she made the decision ot contain "this Pref nt such a, b?'- >?* funds were involved, but th rolina's 'optimism' >G nresidp.n hinks the Greeks will support the caniidates, "but I feel their support alone will lot win the election." "I'm confident that we picked an outitanding candidate for president (Emerson), but he'll have to get the support of nonjreeks," Cannon said. "We're supporting a candidate, but we know this is not a ^uaiamcm mil, IIC aaiu. The primary was open to non-Greeks for he first time at USC, according to Hoy \icker of Sigma Chi. Future Greek >rimaries will probably be open to inlependents, according to Cannon. In past NMIM i Amertiing '."VO mi 1 VOTE, j locations ? : Rri/lfiA V W VI Law Center. it 9:00 :00 Needed ig Election. a training session Fowler ? 798-8954 fn today's Gamecock. It was removed Tuesday. m com- committee contends that the other hat the stipulations must be completed. i must and the bill should have been )priation submitted anyway. e Senate Opponents of the proposed weeks constitution, including many 11 should senators, have expressed concern ; senate that supporters of the document r being were trying to force the referenlairman. dum so the spring elections would Elections he held according to the proposed ry 1978, constitution. xpenses, If the document is approved by iates for referendum, it would then have to tline of be passed by the Faculty Senate places, and the USC Board of Trustees. The n(*xt mp^tino FirtnU.. VTA uiv 1" avuil^ that the Senate is March 7, and the next never meeting of the board is March 23. 'ler said The spring elections are scheduled not to for March 12. Fowler said the ause no elections would not be affected by e ad hoc the injunction. t Qplprtorl elections, "it appeared as if Greeks were supporting Greeks only," he said. "It's a foolish idea to restrict the primary to Greeks," Cannon said. The Greeks voted in blocs with ten members comprising one vote, according to Sigma Nu member Bud Kinnie, who tallied the votes along with Harvin Brock, IFC election commissioner. Sororities and fraternities voted in meetings for a bloc vote "to exercise the full votinc Dower of tho Greeks, according to Kinnie. "They (Fraternity members) have had some time to think about this (election)," Kinnie said.