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? ??s Thirte By Megan Sexton Gamecock Staff Writar I Thirteen students have filed as candidates for Student Government constitutional office for the March 11 election. A runoff election will be held March 13. Candidates for president are Larry Kelner, Jim Parr, Broderick Samuel, Joe Scalera and Tony Turner. Vice Dresidentifll ranHirl?t?c are David Clegg, Jeff Floyd and Matt Ward. Mary Beth Closs and Barbie McKie are running for SG secretary. The candidates for treasurer are Robert Burton, Ken Corbett and Barbara Derrick. MANY OF the candidates stressed the importance of keeping the student body informed and involved as their i ccjmuu iui sueKing omce. Candidates will participate in a forum on the 'Russell House back patio March 10. - "Cracker" has been hired by SG to play at the forum beginning at 5 p.m. Candidates will address the crowd during the band's break, according to au president Peie Haeseker. "The intent of the forum is to let people know who's running and to let people have a good time," Haeseker said. Hopefully, the candidates will stay afterward, talk with the students and answer any questions the students may hairo ho eoiH | aau * v, iIV. uuiu . BBSS CAROLINA WC "Free Pregnancy Testing Abortion Counseling and Pregnancy can be deteci Birth Control Counseling Pap Test and other Fems 1 2009 Hampton S Call Collect ? i?Ui y^cQ^pusi A iken a new dii / r i ? leas - new pr | t n ; vf 'oauct&s-gav | | a Kg at of attentic I I CI % ier setyioe. T? watchvf3Hflwl^ireei &BP The 6ampus T Russell f 4ft, Your Partner in G elections March en file f01 Tho Panfllfln^af <??? CJ & miv v/uiiuiuatva iui iliajUl O PRESIDENT, Larry Kelner, Jim Parr, I Scalera, Tony Turner. VICE PRESIDENT, David Clegg, Jeff Floyd, M TREASURER, Robert Burton, Ken Corbetl Paul Reeves elections commission chairman, said in some districts no senate candidates have filed, but there are at least two candidates in most districts. Three or four people are seeking some senate seats. The difference in this year's elections will be the use of computers instead of voting machines. Because of the March 8 S.C. Republican presidential primary, it will be impossible to get voting machines for the SG elections, said Reeves. Students will cast votes with computer and grid sheet test torms. Each voter will receive two ballots, one for candidates for constitutional office and one for student senate candidates. The voter will mark the grid sheet with the corresponding name on the ballot. "THE SUCCESS of this system is going to depend on how well the students know and understand it," Haeseker said. The use of computers should make it quicker and easier to tabulate votes because there )MEN'S CLINIC I I Services r 'l ted before missing period i 1 and Pills I ile Problems j >t<# Columbia, S.C. |j 803-256-0128 | ' I omowons-^. \ i Education" ^ - ? '%* ? j 11 office G seats are: Roderick Samuel, Joe att Ward t, Barbara Derrick. won't be any problems in counting, Haesker said. Also, because the grid sheets are key coded, it will be impossible to hand in more sheets than are handed out. "It's a simpler, quicker and more efficient svstpm with locc room for error," Reeves said. "We should be able to have the results by 9 p.m., three hours after the polls close." "We're hoping the novelty may draw more people out to vote," Haeseker said. Student Government has ordered 10.000 ballots, which would be enough for 5,000 students to vote. USUALLY, about" 8 percent of the student body votes in SG elections. In the 1979 election. 1,890 students voted. Reeves said. There will also be 50 poll watchers, each representing a different candidate for the same constitutional office. It is the responsibility of each candidate to provide (heir own poll watcher, but poll watchers are not required. | 77 U cor | Al jo I Th C?J I Join usfoi f S THE Cj L TOUR PA Senate 1 District 2 stress doi By LesUe Smith Gamecock Staff Writer Living conditions in women's dormitories are the major concern of candidates for student senate from District 2, the Women's Quad, South Building and South Tower. Mary Alice Murray, unopposed for seat 1, the Women's Quad, said she is concerned about increasing housing fees and the policy of placing three female students in one room. A resident of a three person room in Sims dormitory, Murray said that students must pay the same housing fee as all other residents of the dorm but are then given a $30 rebate. This does not I compensate for the cramped conditions, she said, and she would work in the senate to stop this practice. Also of major concern to the candidates is the issue of security in women's dormitories. Nancy Shaffler, who holds seat 3, South Tower, and her opponent Krashena Backman, both cite security as the prinicipal issue of their campaigns. Shaffler was a member of the Residential Life committee this year, which worked with Campus Security to study security problems in dorms. "They were informed that the guards are not doing a good job," Shaffler said, and a public hearing was held with dorm government presidents and residence hall directors to discuss problems. THE MATTER was then taken up by the faculty senate. Shaffler said if elected, she would like to continue her work in this area, perhaps as chairman of the committee. le Campus Books dially invite you JT0GRAPHPA1 - J"' >SEPH HELL Today 3:00-4:30 P.M. in IE BOOK CORN nip.s n fhis nan) h* ^^ w w j ^ w w mr v/ W Vwotf in stock r a snack and cor &MPUS BOOKS RUSSELL HOUSE iRTNERINEDI I lopefuls candidates rm conditions Linda Page, a sophomore political science major running unopposed for seat 2, South Building, said her primary motivation and interest is to represent the residents of her dormitory. Page feels she is qualified for office because of her invoivemeni in a number of campus activities, including Russell House University Union, the GINT club, the French Club and USC Young Democrats. She said her work with these organizations has brought her contact with a large number of people on campus and she feels she knows student, needs and concerns. Three of the four candidates are freshmen. Murray is undeclared but intends to major in business. She said she decided to run because she had participated in a number of student activities in high school and enjoys being involved. She said her roommate had been a senator and she knows what was required of a senator. SHAFFLER IS ALSO a freshman. majoring in computer science. She was elected in the fall to fill a senate vacancy from South Tower. Shaffler said she has never missed a senate meeting, which she said is important because attendance at meetings has been poor, with barely enough senators iwi a. quorum present ai mosl senate meetings. Shaffler's opponent, Backman, is also a freshman computer science major. She said she knows that her chances of winning against an incumbent senator are slim, but that she feels it is worth the effort and time because win or lose, it will be a valuable ex perience. \tore $ to an ft tTY I ,ER ER I wk. jj wersation! y nUKK g|j BOOKSTMf V JCATION^ |