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' s Volume LXX, No. 72 University of South Carolina,Columbia, S.C. Man. 21, 198Q Student; r i ior arug p UL VV UUC^ By Leroy Williams Oamocock Staff Writer A USC student was charged with possession of drugs after he was arrested by narcotics agents Tuesday night at the Wade Hampton Hotel. Scolt Griffin, a Wade Hampton resident, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, according to Captain W.I). Rabon of the Columbia Citv Police Narcotics Division. Rabon said the student was arrested with about seven ounces of marijuana and one ounce of cocaine. He said the arrest was made by officers of the "Metro Squad,'/ which is composed of officers from the Richland Countv Sheriff's Department, Columbia police and Lexington County narcotics agents. Griffin was released on $2,000 bond in Columbia Municipal Court, Rabon said. MUNICIPAL COURT ad ministrator Guy Snyder said Griffin's bond hearing was held Wednesday and that the case will be bound over to General Sessions CPMMA1 v?<- gyb y ^ ^ok WIS, WUS< disput cuveia; rights arrested I tossesion Hampton Court. Snyder said tne suspect win oe entitled to a pre-trial hearing "to establish probable cause." He said it will be an indeterminate length of time before the case comes to trial. | A Wade Hampton resident who asked not to be identified said Griffin was an acquaintance of his. "I was sitting around waiting for the results of the Student Gover nment elections," he said. "I didn't know what was happening until I saw the police take him away." USC Campus Police Chief Marvin Harrelson said the narcotics agents made the arrest after they bought some drugs from the student. He added that they expect more arrests to be made pending an investigation. MIKE HONEYCUTT. assistant director of resident student development, said law enforcement officers are not required to inform Residential Life Services of a pending arrest, ad- i ding that they usually don't learn of an arrest until after it is made. i "A staff norsnn at thp Wadp r Hampton called me at home and I told me about it (the arrest)." c "If they suspect illegal activity i ^yggjgjggggjj a pf*?f?ids>*i$ we wqiyi ,. Ky<?i>;> (/> ?... -i. ? s' * Barry Ntwman - GAMECOCK By Tar timnxmd WIS radio's coverage of the , in violation of a verbal agreer Athletic department that ga coverage of the games, WUS charged. ^ Marsh said the decision by WUSC to lose the network it h eWUSC had worked out plar the state whereby the ballga flag station, WUSC, to othe Specifically for the playoffs, i WUSC be the exclusive cari according to Marsh. "We've been given the sha > broadcasting the games, v ) coverage. WIS began broadcasting th held at Carolina Coliseum n a dorm, they are under no Honeycutt said H >bligation to go through us," Services would be i loneycutt said. "I never had an student's arrest fr officer call me and tell me he was point that the stuc ?oing to make a bust in a dorm." only face charges fil Slim Whitmc the song, the By Teresa K. Weaver Gamecock Staff Writer Fans of long sideburns, cleft chins, sequined suits, left-handed guitars and white shoes could find reason to support Slim Whitman for president in 1980, ac r>APrlino Inn I TSif ?tiiripnt Tyler Scofield, a member of the USC campaign of international recording artist Slim Whitman, said if these special interest groups combined they could give Whitman a majority vote in the presidential race. The Whitman campaign began last month "as a joke" among several students on the Horseshoe when a commercial advertising an album by Whitman came on television. The idea has literally snowballed from there, campaign director Jay Reeves said. "We were all sitting around tne room laiKing aooui politics, and the commercial came on. It was like destiny. It was no coincidence; it was an omen." Reeves said. "Slim's a leader," Reeves added. "If you listen to the commercial real closely and see his sideburns and listen to the way he sings, you can see it's all a total package. I think most people will agree he is the man for the '80s." RATHER THAN ASK "Why Slim Whitman?," Reeves believes it is more appropriate to ask "Why not Slim?" Although Whitman mav not be more qualified than the other presidential candidates, nTcK!!pJ?!r,ck WUSC sports di ,och st??< writer Coach Pam Pars i Lady Gamecock basketball team is carrying the cam nent between WUSC-fm and the USC "She (Parsons ve the university station exclusive VU HIV UUllMUd^J IC station manager Ron Marsh has within 48 hours, \ Bill Wagy, wis WIS to cover the games has caused carry the games ad formed to carry the broadcasts. an(j should have is with several radio stations across jumping on the bi imes were to be fed directly from a Wagy said the* r stations by a telephone hook-up. WUSC but WIS the condition of the network was that ranging from f!o rier of^Lady Gamecock basketball, isasmallstudenl i. j ..... .u Neither WUSC ift," Marsh said 'After three years game Marsh sa VQ teelrwe should have exclusive use-Southern Ca . . "deluged" withe e games during tne regional playoffs March 7 and. 8. Howard Cornfield, Russell K Pace - GAMECOCK esidential Life enforcement personnel, but also involved in the from Residential Life Services for om the stand- conducting illegal activity in a lent would not dorm, which is a housing contract led by local law violation. - -A.H in : trie man, i presiden t? Reeves believes his election would have many advantages. "Take for example the opening day of the major league baseball season." Reeves said. "Not only could Slim throw out the first baseball, but he could also sinu the national anthem." He added, "In foreign policy, he's got connections. He's an international recording star He'd be great in foreign policy. He could singat all the meetings." As for the nation's economy, Scofield said. "Slim s very name implies frugality. 'Slim lip In 80' is our slogan and it can apply to inflation, bureaucracy and all those things." Scofield said campaign officials are considering promoting "SIN" buttons, which would stand for "Slim Inflation Now." He said, "The possibilities are unlimited." The idea of a Whitman candidacy is not unique to the USC campus, according to Maxine Nelson, Whitman s booking and management chairman. "IT BKli/\?\ AS a tun gesture, dui u s serious ior Slim," Nelson said. "Many campuses are caught up in this type thing and he's loving every minute of it." The Whitman for President campaign is somewhat limited in funding right now, Reeves said. "We went out and drank some beer and pretty much depleted our treasury, so our funds are a little low right now. But we've spent quite a bit of monev on See S/im page 4 \ rector, said he had a verbal agreement with ons saying that WUSC would be the only station es. Marsh said. ) said she didn't want any frontrunner jumping tn Thaf tiroc hnr ?rnr?Ka 1 />Aivimi4tv\nnl M U/% nrti/l m. i a id i vy uo iivi vciuai vv/iiiuii < mviii , ilC Del IU. VIS had announced its plans to cover the games. sports director, said the radio station decided to : because the Lady Gamecocks were so succesful a large following. "We don't feel like we're mdwacon." he said decision by WIS should not stop coverage by felt they reached a larger area in coverage, rence to Spartanburg. He pointed out that WtISC station and has limited broadcasting powef. \ or WIS covered the Lady Gamecocks California id during the normal braodcast time when the ilifornia game was being played, the station was | alls asking why the game was not being covered. I See WUSC, page 4 i