The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 28, 1979, Image 1
Volume LXIX, No. 115 University of South Carolina, Columbia,S.C. Feb 28,19*79
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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?
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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
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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.
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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
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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 >>
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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 *
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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
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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
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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.