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GAMECOCK LXXIV, No. 95 University of South Carolina Wednesday March 10, 1982 SG Runoff El By TOM COYNE election, not to 1 News Editor election overturnet ? ensure that all the a The Student Government were given a fair c Runoff election has been win in the election, postponed indefinitely due to "Gray's first rea< a protest filed by Barry Gray not to contest the eh on Monday. blacks, Greeks Gray who was the third dependents all urge place finisher for vice do so," Hibbard : president, missed making was this cross-: the runoff by 63 votes and support which led said it was an allegedly contest the election, illegal campaign by Gray went to Gamecock editor-in-chief Commissioner Pau Mark Platte which cost him seeking an injun a spot in the runoff. yesterday's planne Steve Hibbard, who is He was told by R representing Gray in the would have to fi protest, said uray was violation Dy jriattt motivated to contest the election to be postpt hhi -- -_ - mgr i:<:>;"^^jh| ^ |mh ' HHHyii S : | jj -||| 1||-7; IKj^ tfi || :"< C-'.^^9K?| Staff Photo by CAPERS H< Peter James, an ex-CIA agent, spoke ii Capstone Campus Room Monday night. TT H 1 1 Undeclared BY FORREST BROWN Staff Writer One of the most difficult and important decis every university student is choosing a major. Add the problem that some students have a GPR that i qualify for the major they want. The Undeclared Majors program is a tremend .?.Urv ? nU/Vllf IY\nU biuuaua wuu aic unucciucu auuui men umji program can do little about the requirements tl ferent colleges within the university impose. Dr. James Lancaster, director for the center of Majors, said USC is one of the more progress because of the Undeclared Majors program. "This program is good because most freshm* this university don't know what they want tc Lancaster. "70 percent of college students char and that can get very tricky at USC. Each college requirements, and students changing majors r heavy loss of credits. The only two courses foui lection Post lave the Article 5 Section 2 Sub- ? i, but to section B of Student stu mdidates Government rules says no Pla rhance to student may be a candidate if I for more than one major abc :tion was office. Gray used this article pla ictionbut to get an injunction placed and in- on the runoff. him tn of said. "It Hibbard said the election sectional codes did not really handle a if 1 Gray to case such as this so it was sa' necessary to get the case to to Elections court so a precedent could be ha 1 Reeves established. pe ction on PI d runoff. 4'We are not out to he eeves he punish Mark (Platte) we are i". nd some . out to ensure that justice will an i for the be done for all the canmed. didates," Hibbard said. *n TB ?-A- T Ireier jam By ANN NECKE SUti Writer Peter N. James, an ex-CIA af Secret Doomsday weapons and W at Capstone Campus Room Mon About 300 students attended his sored by the USC Ideas and Issues < James said his objective was t controversial issues based on pers James' talk dealt with the te implications of the "runaway nut United States is now involved in. balance off individual rights, hi "If mirrpnt trends continue.hvth I major nuclear war between the su| James was not afraid to criticizt which have, he speculated, led to o against the Soviet Union. James s alternative constructive to some ol He said he is not in favor of build sake of matching Russian accom aware of the necessity of a bale domestic stability. James spoke of the need for i energy problem. He said he re economic stability in the United St He also said that, "the nation n i ~ ?r *: :..?4 4Ua peupie ui an uauuns ? nut jusi me Before James discussed thes< thumbnail sketch of his backgroun After graduating with a physics - of Technology, James began work! .. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft. tl ine His degree, his work experience he established with top Russian ol 1 Majors Program major are freshman English." While Lancaster said he belies Undeclared Majors program,-J ions facing that the department does not wa ed to that is the program. is too low to Lancaster said, "We try to quickly as possible. Most stud lous aid for variety of majors they can choosi >r, but the Ed Ewing, an academic advis< riat the dif- office, described how the Un works. Undeclared Ewing said, "First thing we d( ive schools is coming from. Many student outside jobs once they are out en entering realize is that most people ch* > do," said major way before they retire." ige majors, Ewing added, "In helping a s sets its own show them the majors that nay take a eliminate what they do not wa nd in every that they read the catalogue. TJi poned Due libbard said a lot of the Campus Court dents that voted for schedule a m itte would not have voted Thursday night 3latte had not run on the decide what will 1 )lish Student Government tform. No one know: nappen u me c< 4I estimate 60-65 percent in Gray's favor, the students that voted for atte would not have voted Ellen Treanc he had not run," Hibbard does not inten id. "But for Barry (Gray) protest so it is make the runoff he would" court could ha ve had to only take 18 election just rcent of Platte's vote. And president or a atte hurt Barry in districts ween Gray and expected to do really well winner Mike Sh such as the Horseshoe could go so far d the Law School. That the elections a 3ne would have put Barry whole process the runoff." scratch, Hibbar ies Discusses Nucl RMAN CIA. They appro. "I'm going to time period wher >ent, spoke on "Russia's a time when a ? orld War III and YOU" strong in his Jam day night. While continui i lecture which was spon- for the CIA urn Committee. mingled easily v, o try to raise some very to the CIA. He s ional experience and first- direction in the authored an 80 ichnological and political telligence. ;lear arms race" that the Pratt and Whi He said, "I am trying to his intention to p iman rights and national he changed his t people, rather th le year 2000 there will be a He began wri >erpowers." business associ* i U.S. policies and actions, apathy, which h< ur position of vulnerability States' welfare. >aid, "I do feel there is an in an interviev our foreign policy." attitudes he hel ling up U.S. defense for the different from hi plishments. He said he is "I thought I ki mce between foreign and anyone else." "Looking back, ncreasea aiienuon 10 me including triings alizes the importance of ates. He spoke of eeds dialogue between the technology" as U.S. and Russia." not really inforr ^ issues, he presented a him. id. He said studc degree from Case Institute attributed this! ing as a rocket engineer for believe that stu going." :, and the business contacts In regard to [ficials were noticed by the certain future,. Aids IlnHprideH "We get the s /es in the importance of the departments," le emphasized the fact resource." nt to try to keep students in Stuart Hunte Majors prograr get students to declare as her department ents are not aware of the "The first ty| efrom." semester. They er at the Undeclared Majors the other extrei [declared Majors program lack of a major Hunter, Ewii ) is to find where the student rising standard s link majors as a way to on some studen of school. What they don't Ewing said, ' inge their occupations in a major they wa headed down a student choose a major, we Lancaster sa are available. Next we declare a ma jo nt to do. Also, we make sure who, for some lis is very important." T o Protest is trying to mMMMMmMMMWi ~? leeting for at 7 p.m. to be done. - >urt decides nd start the ^ over from iijll -^L.h.t : d said. Barry Gray ear Arms Race iched him in 1965 with a job offer. oe canaia wiin you, ne said, " inis was a 11 was pretty much of a movie buff. This was ;uy named Sean Connery was really going les Bond movies, and ? 1 was into it." ng with his first job, James began working der a unique cover, himself. He said he ath important people and proved invaluable sought to assess Russia's development and area of strategic weapons and eventually 0-page documentation of Air rorce Intney fired him in 1971 after he made known niblish certain information. It was then that actics and decided to report directly to the an to the CIA. ting books and lecturing to colleges and itions in an effort to curb ignorance and 2 saw as being self-destructive to the United v with the Gamecock James reflected on the d while in college. He said he felt he was s fellow students. lew everything and that I was smarter than Without hesitating, he continued, saying, I was an idiot. I felt I could do anything, far beyond my capabilities." being so "consumed with science and a student that he had "tunnel vision" and was ned on what was going on in the world around ;nts today know much more than he did. He o advances in the media and in technology. "I dents today are concerned with where we are the responsibility of students facing an unJames emphasized traditional self-discipline. Students ;tudents to talk to the faculty in the different said Ewing. "The faculty is our greatest r, an academic adviser for the Undeclared n, said she deals with two types of students in 3e are those that don't think past the current refuse to look ahead. The second type are at Tie. They have a high anxiety level about their I Uin f i f f tirvA ' ' ootrl llnnt nr . 1 11iul u vm 11 iu in 01 ijrpv, oaiu iiuuiV/i . ig and Lancaster agree that the problem of Is in some of the colleges is having a bad effect ts. 'There are some students who can't get in the int because of their GPK. These people are rough road." id, "The number of people who are unable to r has risen dramatically, plus we have people, reason or another, are out of the major they See PROGRAM page 3