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1 jj ^ m 11 ii' i . & HHHi ' : - * *' The Homecoming Commission has 1 advertised the Bee Gees concert as as part of Homecoming festivities. Ad mix-up: Bee uees I j. I[iUUULl?eU LUU ICtUK By Elise La Porta Oirmcock Staff Writar The Homecoming Commission is advertising, as part of this year's Homecoming festivities, a concert that was sold out less than four ? ?:-i?4 4 1 Iuuui a mid ucacis weui on saie. The Bee Gees, sponsored by Concerts West, are scheduled to play in the Coliseum tonight. Concerts West was making arrangements for the concert at the same time Homecoming was planning a concert according to Vinnie Gore, chairman of the Homecoming Commission. "We aren't getting anything out of it. We publicize for them and they publicize for us." I?c,c7\usK ui? a $z,yuu aencit trom last year's Homecoming, this year's commission did not have enough money to sponsor the annual out-door concert. "We weren't funded enough money for the 1 program," Gore said. Even if they held a separate concert, "it would have been a financial disaster for anyone to follow the Bee Gees that week," he said. The Homecoming Commission is funded by the Student Allocations Commission. | "People only see the band up there. We would have had to pay for the sound system, and we would have had to pay for the stage setup. Wp wnulri havp ImH nov fr?r linhilHtf an/1 a /lloon.nn nftn" I- - ^ .. ..% ? V > ? ?? W *v? * M ^/l 1* VJ UIIU M VIVOII'Up V.I t- yv (11 IV7S IIIC concert. It depends on what kind of caliber concert you want," Gore said. A mix-up in advertising was responsible for the concert not being publicized as a Homecoming event before the sale of tickets. "I don't know what happened," Gore said. "The Coliseum was supposed to put an ad in the Gamecock, but it never showed ud. " II THE BEE GEES CONCERT sold out the same day tickets went on sale. "We had no control over it," Gore said. "Usually they sell tickets two or three weeks in advance. Instead, they sold them four weeks in advance. If they did everything like they thought they would, everything would have fallen right in line." Ticket sale still would have been on a first come, first served basis, he added. Instead of an outdoor concert, the commission will hold a casino night Friday featuring the band, "Symbol 8." "The best thing is the ! Viva Las Vegas which will have a band plus atmosphere. It's kind of like taking the outdoor concert and moving it indoors,'' Gore said. Jnivensity of South Carolina, Colu I Homecomit Nnn-QtiiHpntQ < By Kimberly Cihlar Gamecock Staff Writer The Homecoming Commission has changed the process for choosing the Homecoming queen this year, according to Vinnie Gore, Homecoming Commission chairman. Students have picked the homecoming court by direct popular vote in previous years but this year the court was picked by four judges selected by the Inuuietjujiiiiig ^uiiiiiiiuet;. The students then voted on the five candidates that make up the homecoming court. No students were involved in choosing the court, Gore said. Originally there were five judges, Gore said, but one of them was not available at the time of judging. "The commission sought n I OU/L/f/l/OUU IfJ kJ*Z /ciaoocu. !| THE JUDGES were chosen by committee memI bers who "arbitrarily submitted names of faculty P and staff members" Gore said. They originally considered around eight or nine and then selected five people. Gore said no student was chosen for the selection committee because it would "alienate the students" tind cause4 'pressure from other groups. "-< .. _ . The system was changed because there were a lot of complaints, Gore said. "U's nnt that wp HiHn't c*ivp it anv thnnaht " finrp M "w% ^ w O"^ " ""V ?o?? ? said. The Homecoming Commission checked with Cost, climate ^BSB attract most new students jS By Leroy WHIiams Gamccock Staff Writer Cost, climate and prior association with the university are | me majui icaauiu nuii-i caiueuui ui South Carolina are attending USC, BSHHEik according to John Bolin, director of admissions. ^ \ I "Non residents' tuition at USC is || \ ^ : SllSS not as high as those of other B : 7'** schools of comparable quality," UU1II1 aaiu. nicjf clic ^Cillii^ a lJ ^ good education for the money they pay. family down hi BOLIN SAID ANOTHER factor visited here, but drawing the out-of-state students, for this is peoj a majority of whom are from the raised here, n Northeast section of the country, is return." the generally warm climate and Bolin said *i i i:f_ n o a u: 1:,? ? i: UIC 111(11 llic 111 U1C SUUlll UllltfUUll U1 UclUl is not as hectic and fast-paced as in and professional the North. curriculums at "The move to the South is residents. He becoming in vogue," Bolin said. Carolina's conse "A perception exists that the South to education inte io coajr iu uvc 111. i ucic is aisu ut'W tuuiaca niiv industry, and a better standard of program, a popi living here." the students. Past association with USC or the South is also a recruiter, according "WE IK) HI to Bolin. "A lot of people will not when we can aff< come down here to go to school "We try to go unless they have had some kind of there is a high association with the South or our alumni in order I school," he said. "Some have out-of-state stuc imbia, S.C. Oct . 3, 1979 ig court select finalists other universities to find out their Homecoming Queen selection procedures, he said. GORE SAII) another reason for the change in selection procedure was because Homecoming Queen selection is always dominated by the Intrafraternity council ana me aito American society. The four judges who chose the court were David Husband, professor of biology; Helen Foley, alumni association; Robert Alexander, associate vicepresident for two-year campuses and continuing euueanuu; anu wuiy Marmora, airecior 01 Airo American Studies. Foley said, "The commission sought me out. Our names were not supposed to be released." The judges selected five girls out of the 12 original contestants. The judges conducted group and personal interviews with the contestants, Gore said. The ne out. Our names were not Helen Foley USC Alumni Association contestants were judged on how well they would be able to represent the university. GRADE POINT ratio, extracurricular activities, and personality were also criteria used in the judging. The scoring was based on a point system from each category. The activities of the queen have also been changed. rinro coirl ctin tirill Ka TTCP'e rani>aoan(nt!iin ? ? * iinmnito VJV* v UM1VI OIIV TT III UV \JUV & WUIAICI11 VV Ot V CI I lUUO activities including alumni receptions, games and alumni club meetings. Gore also said she will be involved in the visit of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to USC, when she will represent the student body. V. '"'v X \ J - )||J| j|L Si ere. Others have keep the non-resident population at the biggest reason 20 percent, which we feel is a safe. )le are born and healthy figure." love away, then A majority of the students to Columbia from New York, New Carolina's com- Jersey, and North Carolina, actional lihnrnl ark PftrHinu tr> ficrnroc hv thp w ..DM. vw . V..V I education in its Office of Institutional Research. Of tracts the non- a total student population, 25,908, stressed that the number of non-resident frvative approach students attending Carolina for the ^ f n 11 1fV7A A I AA ?i cuts uut:i ai ai u> idu seiiit^sier ii> t, tin#. a professional States other than South Carolina ular route among reporting 100 or more students attending USC this semester are: New York, 528; New Jersey, 502; SCRUIT actively North Carolina, 468; Virginia, 359; )rd it," Bolin said. Georgia, 270; Pennsylvania, 262; into areas where Florida, 197; Maryland, 182; Ohio, nnnnanlratinn nf lid. an/i t w,. . ? ini A vv/iivviui aiiun ui iij, auu Vvi/ui icvutui, iui. nnuuifi to try to attract 1,125 students are from other lents. We try to states and foreign countries.