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4 Berkeley Republic* By College Press Service BERKELEY, Calif. ? By all rights, Mike Weintraub should be suffering a special kind ot hell. For Weintraub has the unlikely job of heading the University of California-Berkeley chapter of the College Republicans, and finding some way to organize a meaningful student vote for the Republicans even as the Democrats hold their national convention in nearby San Francisco. But Weintraub is happy. His group has money in the bank, about 100 members signed up, a visible on-campus campaign, and reasonable hopes of doubling his membership. The Young Democrats chapter, meanwhile, can muster 20 students on a good day, is short of money and worries about "constricting" people if it tightens its organization's structure. "OUR PEOPLE are very excited and raring to go," said Jack Abramoff, president of the College Republicans National Committee in Washington, D.C. "The Democrats," he said, "are constantly killing each other with internal strife." While "strife" may be too strong a word, the Young Democrats' group does have to balance the feelings of students who may like different Democratic candidates. "George McGovern and Gary Hart are making more of a play for students," said Patti Grogen, the Young Democrats' national president. "None of the candidates is really monopolizing the student vote, though. I'd have thought one of them would have by now. But there is no student candidate, no one who has really touched the hearts and minds of students across the nation." AT BERKELEY Young Democrats Vice President Ram Cogan is for Hart, but carefully avoids driving Mondale, Glenn and other candidate supporters away by calling his group "non-partisan." "If you make it less formal," Cogan said of his group, "people will be less intimidated. You can still have a good time doing it." The Republicans, by contrast, are "sometimes too organized," Weintraub said. While adding members can work for any candidate during the primaries, Weintraub doesn't seem to doubt Ronald Reagan will be the Republican nominee. "We clearly have unity," Abramoff said. Vlahoplus settles i (AP) ? Former USC women's basketball ficials were i coach Pam Parsons has accepted a $20,000 fired the pre\ payment in exchange for dropping her libel was a lesbian suit against USC Vice President Chris Holdermar Vlahoplus. month after Vlahoplus and USC President James made the cor i l.i ?i?~ nuiuci man wcic ucicnuuiti^ aiung wim aiunc. Sports Illustrated magazine in a $75 million Time Inc. suit filed last year. lust rated, is The suit followed a Sports Illustrated arti- Parsons' att cle in February 1982 in which the two of- seek damage: I "THE BETTER T< coi 4 r ^ N. * -s???? g $20.00 | offer expires j |H15EE\?_?, "? ! ! VSION CENTERS/ H | I ^ ^ Sb BBSI SSSM R688! BBSS B8SB HlfHll 8BSSK8 KBSI BMP HBRI MS9B9SKJ fiSHK ins organize studei Campus political group ... _ By Amy Bedenbuugh campaign of Gar USC's Young Democrats is at- from Colorado. / tempting to reorganize its disbanded working locally o organization, and the USC chapter for Reuben Askev of College Republicans has increased nor of Florida wl its size by 15 members since last year, longshot," Fant s said representatives of the two According to < organizations. senior political t "Young Democrats disbanded last terested in reo year after the president of the Democrats, there organization transferred from dent interest i USC,'* said Catherine Fant, ad- Democratic org; ministrative assistant in the Institute beginning of the 1 of International Studies and leader of "If we are succ the drive to reorganize Young ing, we will invite Democrats. different democrj "The problems (within the group) inform us of the di seemed to be that the members were platforms,0 Conr not turning out to meetings or participating in scheduled events," Fant THE PRIMAN said. Democrats' suppo ing of the organizi SIX UNDERGRADUATE College Republ students have expressed an interest in increase over last reorganizing Young Democrats. to the variety < "A few of the interested students featured at its wc are already working individually in semester, said Cn Democratic presidential campaigns. Republicans presi< One person is working locally on the "Two of our sp COLLEGE REPUBLICANS is spending their time until the nominee is picked registering voters ? Abramoff hopes to sign up a million Republican student voters by next November ? and raising money. College Republicans at Berkeley charge its members $3.50 a year in dues, of which 75 cents goes to the state organization. The group also has run small-scale direct mail fund-raising campaigns, has gotten donations from "prominent local Kepuoucans, ana is selling kiiu sniris sporung mc Dut of court in Par: quoted as saying Parsons was "The $20,000 payment is 'ious month after admitting she the insurance company, no i. general counsel Paul Ward sj i was dropped from the suit last Michigan Mutual Insurance both sides agreed he hadn't state's general tort liability i nments attributed to him in the and is named in the agreemei ed Monday. , which publishes Sports II- Vlahoplus was out of I now the only defendant, and weekend and could not be re orneys say they'll continue to ment. 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A forthcoming speaker is 0 is considered a Henry McMaster, a United State atid. torney for South Carolina," Carter hades Conrad, a said. cience major in- Average attendance at meetings ganizing Young ranges from 20 to 30 members, will be more stu- depending on the guest speaker, 1 assembling a Carter said. nization . at the 284 election vear. HIRING PRFWOFNT Ronald ssful in reorganiz- Reagan's visit to USC, College spokesmen of the Republicans' members were invited tic candidates to to help serve at the fund-raising dinfferent candidates' ner for Sen. Strom Thurmond at the id said. State Fairgrounds, Carter said. "There is a lot of enthusiasm V goal of Young within the group. The people are ters is the relicens- motivated by the presence of a tion, Conrad said. Republican president in office. Being cans attributes its Republican in a state with a fear's membership Democratic majority motivates our f guest speakers members to work for greater -kly meetings this Republican representation by proig Carter, College moting Republican ideals on naent. tional, state and local levels," Carter sakers were Archie said. ? Republican elephant at the breast, Weintraub said. Young Democrats charge its members 50 cents a meeting, and gets 75 cents from the national Democratic organization for each person the group gets to register, Cogan said. The Republican tactics clearly have been more successful in signing up and keeping members. Grogan said the Young Democrats has about 250 campus units nationwide, to which 1,500 students belong. Abramoff said there are now 1,000 College Republican chapters with 125,000 members. ions' lawsuit o be made by ment," although copies of the agreement USC," USC were made available to the news media under id Friday. state freedom of information statutes. Co. carries the Parsons' original lawsuit said Holderman tr>IH Rnnnip K>icler fhp mnthpr of a South lauiauitr ? ? * ? ? ? t Parsons sign- Carolina Basketball team member, that "Pam Parsons has admitted to (Assistant 3\vn over the Athletic Director) Ron Dickerson that she is iched for com- a lesbian and was carrying on with one of the y "is not going players." of the settle- Holderman denied making the statement. APO ESCORT point to point on c *5^ campus transportation / i , for students 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. ? >< >ns< ?r? < I I >v Alph.i I'hi < N;iti< >n<il Srrvu < I filler nil >' I LOWENBRAU I Presents |?2Sfcil It was the EMtai tht rules ^ AimULiNVfl f ] A comity torn UntvwwH Ftoww All Proceeds to CAROLINA CARES Wednesday November 16 admission just a buck