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Don By ROBBIE PAVEY Staff Writer Controversy concerning Ho locJnlitv r\f f hie \;oar'c V?l^ U* IUIO J VxCAl O Bates House dorm government is expected to result in ^ an amendment to the dorm government's constitution, voiding the need for elections when candidates are i mining unuppu:>^u. Several Bates House residents attended the dorm government meeting Sept. 21 because they were concerned that there had apparently been no election during the spring 1981 ? semester to replace dorm government members who were leaving office. "It's nothing against them (the government members) personally, said Richard Stokes, one of the Bates House residents who questioned the validity of the dorm government. "Nobody could remember there being an election last year," Stokes said. "We a looked into the matter and ^ found out there was no election." Election proceedings were begun as usual last semester, according to Josef Mirakovits, ex-president of Bates House. "Two weeks before the election, we put up posters to recruit people who wanted to run for dorm government ^ positions," Mirakovits said. "At that time, there were around 20 names on the signup list. About half those names were fictitious, and many more turned out to be people whose roommates signed their name as a joke." "When election time approached, we had only one candidate who wanted to be ^ elected to each office. Theoretically, you can t lose rAo< % ^ _ r' or G. WTTl j VJMJ Carolina s tickets $ ai Ifor $1 c B5 oth awarded at 1 ^ | On sale novs i V V'V IVI ' or call 7" n Disret % to yourself, so I didn't see any need for an election." Although there was no election, Donna McAuley, president; Diana Ades, vicepresident; Scott Fantozzi, cnnrotarv nnrl Hnrman the treasurer, all assumed office in the Bates House government this fall. According to Article IV, n 1: if .fit auction 11 01 lilt; oaitrs nuuac Dorm Constitution, "All Executive Officers shall be elected in the spring term for the following academic year." Other stipulations are that government members inu&i iictvt; ou ui iiiuic semester hours and a 2.0 or better grade point ratio and be a Bates House resident. I Section II of the Constitution also states that "Failure to meet these requirements shall render tli(>m innliaihln tr? hnlH nffipp laavxiAA IlvyiV4 WI11VX/ beyond the date of proof of such disability." "We were arrusftri nf hfintf an illegal government," Ades said. They said that since we had no election, we had no right to be in office.'' "We're not complaining The GAMECOCK n (he Mudent newspaper of the University of South Cirotiaa and k niihlithpd (nnr limp. * werV on Mondays, Wervevdays, Thursdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weeily on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South CaroEna. The University of South Carolina k an equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and Communkatiom is the publisher ol the GAMECOCK. The Student Media Department is the parent organization ot the GAMICOCK. Change o< address forms, subscription reciue*!* and n(hi?r rnrr#innnHi?nrf chnnU be sent to the GAMECOCK, Bo* 85131, University of South CaroKna, Columbia. S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are $15.00 for one (1) year, $8.00 per faM or spring semester and $3.00 for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, SC. .I !#* A* Jl rvef^ W 1 -Clemson utoeraohed e ball. lonation I er prizes riGER BURN i on Campus cr ^cimo i / / Vw'VV yards F/< about who's in there," said Gillie Agnew, another Bates House resident. "The main thing we re concerned about is that it doesn't happen again." "If there was a procedural mistake, the responsibility is on my shoulders, not upon this year's officers," said Mirakovits, who wrote the constitution. "When I wrote the constitution I never j considered the possibility j that all four members of the J government would wind up m running unopposed.'' During a special meeting IB held at Bates House |f|| Thursday, some of the dorm |p senators brought up another ||| clause in the constitution R that states that, "the p president shall have the J power to fill vacancies in life executive offices by his ||| appointment." 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