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W TWO U MUCH A\use AND 31 15 ' :-.N. fe S HHNHP* SFS Ij j|| * *> Paula Rawl ^ ^Homecomii^ [ey /? i Mellc Dalton 9 79 Home* court amu By Misty Adams Gamecock Staff Writer This year's Homecoming Queen will be more a community than in years past. Homecoming Commitee Chairman, Vinnie Gon tative at various activities throughout the year. ? tending alumni receptions, games, and serving as Y The whole process of selecting the finalists is dif Gore, two USC faculty members and two USC staf to judge the contestants. The reason for the change method is "we wanted to make the aueen mnre use." The Homecoming Committee inquired at severa to their methods of selecting a homecoming queen the Committee wanted for USC. The four judges were Dr. David D. Husband, frc Folev. from the Alumni nfflpp Hr Rnh A lovinflflr ^ . ? ______ W___w, ?-? * ?-?V/k/ 4 tlVACUlUVl I Year Campuses and Continuing Education, and American Studies. These judges conducted group and personal Basically, the contestants were judged on how well university. Intellect and a well-rounded personi Hpplalnn Of the 16 original contestants, there are five flni Campis. Leslie, 20, is a junior Psychology major fi working with the emotionally handicapped. She i sored by Zeta Tau Alpha. Natalie Mincey, 20, is a junior Speech Therapy mi ~1 -J 1-. 1 Wi -1 > - 1* " iu umw aim one ucsigncu i -snircs ior tne Carolina i Natalie is being sponsored by Sims Dorm Governme Melle Dalton, 21, is a Junior Pharmacy major froi and camping and is a member of Kappa Epsilon. I macy. Sandra Faye Williams, 19, is a junior Sociology m a member of the Student Alumni Association anc Sandra is being sponsored by Afro. fauia Kawi, 'Zl, is a senior Elementary Educatio enjoys playing sports and tap dancing and is a m being sponsored by the Panhellenic Council. I'.'J UI'IJ/J 11 > I. ^ SpeciaT^^-^ I 1T1 jrf HI P t' \)iinr*p#l ctive and involved in the Carolina l\ said she will be USC's represen -uiiiv vji L11V.OV. aLUVlUCS 1I1UUUC dl* t i ) j lostess for alumni club meetings. M j -1 N Ferent from last year. According to .1 I f members were chosen at random I 'M -I from the direct popular vote to this 1 S M . visible and more representative of II m-i I universities across the country as I and found this method to be what i [| pi the Biology department, Helen | Associate Vice President for TwoWilly Harriford, Director of Afrointerviews with the contestants. | they would be able to represent the ility greatly affected the Judges' | ilists. The first of the five is Leslie I rom Panama City. Fla. She enjoys p | | s a member of and Is being spon- B ijor from Lexington, S.C. She likes I | gj ^oquetts of which she is a member. I 4 nt and the Carolina Band. I 1 n Pickens. S.C. She enjoys hiking 1 t fer sponsor is the College of Phar- 1 ajor from Spartanburg, S.C. She is | \ j i is tne reigning Miss Hlack USC. I. . || |l n major from Lexington, S.C. She li:. [' I: l;' ember of Alpha Delta Pi. Paula j I