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Officials examinir By John Deiner set up guidelines that wi The USC administration is enforced. discussing ways to avoid the fights "We don't like to ha^ and drunkenness that marred this regulate," Prutt said. "But i year's Homecoming float-building pie don't take responsibilit Oct. 28. themselves, then we step in an Next year's activities may be held them parameters." in the Bubble, said Donna Null, The university's action coordinator of student activities response to a letter wihich ap[ and adviser for Homecoming. in Monday's Gamecock writl "We want to find an on-campus Laura Brodnicki, a 1980 med ln^Qtinn inrl thp RiiKKIp hoc hppn nroHnifo QVio a cho u/oc a 1VVUIIV/I1 U11U VI1V L/UUUIV I1UO UVVI1 ?,1 UUUUlVi U11V VTiUlV >111V YT UJ V suggested," Null said. She is also rassed by the heavy drinkin looking into restricting the hours fighting that occurred at the students work on the floats and warehouse rented for the sti making them work in shifts. to build the floats. "The entire place throb Student Affairs Dean Dennis Brodnicki said. "No par Prutt said the Department of Stu- group was worse than the oth dent Affairs will work closely with was hot and nauseating ? u the Homecoming Commission and to squeeze through the peopl 4T _ ' Low turnout elects new student senators David Hill Although six seats were filled, 11 remain vacant and one is to be decided in a runoff following Wednesday's light-turnout fall elections to fill vacancies in the Student Senate. winners in tne elections: District 3, seat 8 (married housing): James Hope won, running uncontested. District 8, seat 1 (science and math): Jack Blackwell, with 70 percent of the vote, defeated write-ins Michael Vitti, with 15 percent, and Johnny Young, with 15 percent. District 3, seat 7 (University Inn): Rodney Brown, with 75 percent, defeated write-in Irving Heath, with 25 percent. District 3, scat 2 (Capstone): Mandy Ziegler, with 60 percent, defeated Julie Moraux, with 40 percent. THE VACANT Patterson Hall seat went to Julie Jones, who won as a write-in candidate. No candidates were listed on the ballot. District 10, scat 5 (Humanities and Social Sciences) will be decided in a runoit Detween Johnny Young, who had 40 percent of .Wednesday's vote, and Daniel Flessas, 30 percent. Other candidates were Ross Toyne, 20 percent of the vote, and Kevin Holcombe, 10 percent. Elections Commissioner David Lasch said the time of the runoff will be decided next week. The senators will take office within 10 days and will attend two meetings this semester, SG President Barry Gray said. FOR VACANT seats from dormitories, each dorm president will appoint a senator, Gray said. For off-campus seats, J he will appoint an interim senator, to be approved by the Student Senate Powers and Responsibilities Committee. Remaining vacant seats are three each in health science, \ liberal arts and continuing education and in the College of Ap- j plied Professional Sciences, and one each in librarianship and _ science and math. "That's a bad situation," Gray said. A reason for the | vacancies is the difficulty in running for certain seats, he said. If "One thing, especially for off-campus, is that it's hard to target off-campus students." 0, ON-CAMPUS CANDIDATES can easily find their constituents and campaign to them, but off-campus candidates must tc find another wav tr? rparh vntprs in fhpir Hictrirtc flrav coir\ fv The only way to do that is to get a computer printout of ai students in each college or school and find those who live off C campus, he said. D Gray said he ran as an off-campus candidate in his first year T in Student Government. "It's tough to find people who fit both criteria." pi A total of 36 votes were cast, Gray said. ti Having the elections at a time of the semester when many tc students face exams and deadlines for papers may have af- ai fected the turnout, Gray said. ? Also, fall elections don't have the wide discussion and dif- ar ferences of opinions that characterize spring elections, he said. sti "It's frustrating," Gray said. "1 Professor to run fc By Cindy Pierce Chishom said. "I A USC professor has announced his inten- 10 years." tions to run for a Richland County Council Chishom said 1 seat. valuable for a 1 Criminology professor Andrew Chishom position. made the decision Wednesday. "USC is perl "I believe I have the necessary support, ex- resources of Rich pericnce and personal enthusiasm to be a a county councilman of all the citizens," THE SERVICI ^ Chishom said. County are not us according to Chis CHISOM, WHO has a doctorate in "I am very sen; criminology from the University of Georgia can do for the cc is now a candidate for James Solomon's hotter nnsitinn tr vacated seat. Solomon is resigning from conn- services, ty council to become director of the state "USC has one Department of Social Services. in Richland, am "1 think it's very important to identify in- council can give t dividuals who have been very active in our Chishom has b community and attentive to give a better life mittees. Fie ha? to the citizens of Richland County," Midlands Rehab ig problems 11 be Brodnicki said because so many people were drunk, many fights /e to broke out. About 3 a.m., Cayce f peo- police broke up the party and told y for the students to come back at 6 a.m. d give to finish the floats. Several students called Null at 4 is in a.m. and told her what had happcnjeared ed. She said it was the first time the ten by float-building festivities had ever ia arts gotten out of hand. mbar- She said she feels the reason peog and pie complained about the noise was Cavce because this was the first vear the jdents float-building was held in a residential area. Usually, it is held in an bed," isolated warehouse on Bluff Road, ticular The warehouse was also much lers. It smaller than previous locations, /e had and there was not enough parking e." space. Null said the cramped condi _r'_ lllfj r^^EwrsSbBs^^^^ *. ^ '""'fli^i NH . \ ' HRi ^??^^^^s^:kwJL--,'<.: >W .<??>?> IJ Sew that tiger ^ Phi Kappa Psi little sister Laura Castro and brothe Work started Monday on preparing the 700-pound, \ ront of the Russell House. The burning of the tiger lighway departmer y Amy Bedenbaugh "W Clemson and Carolina fans driving to at the >morrow's game should be prepared larges >r traffic delays and exercise patience peoph id caution said Captain H.M. Addy, dissol olumbia District Commander for the or mo epartment of Highways and Public peopl< ransportation. handli Addy said the primary problems exacted with tomorrow's traffic are get- The ng the massive number of vehicles in- develo > and out of the small stadium area traffic nd the impatience of motorists. overh< "Most people wait too late to come anythi id still expect to just drive into the media adium area and park," Addy said. towan It doesn't work that way. the p ir Richland Ci have been active for about chairman of t Council, which lis position at USC can be unemployed, hel Richland County Council mediates in comi laps one of the greatest UK ALSO cl land County," he said. passed the 4-2-1 ] councilman in li ?'S I JSC" can offer RirhlanH hf>pn ? mpmhpr c ed to their fullest potential, Crime Preventio ihom. ment of Justice iitive to what the university country. >unty," he said. "I'm in a "The governo > identify and utilize these ship by appoint South Carolina of the largest communities Criminal Justice 1 my prescncc on county the U.N. Day Pr his constituency a voice." "My experienc een active on several com- of presidential a| ; been chairman of the cd with that ex ilitation Center and vice serve Richland at float-bi tions resulted in more hostilities and the strong smell of beer that Brodnicki described in her letter. "The Cayce warehouse wasn't our first choice," Pruitt said. "Every year it's a real hunt to find a suitable location. Space was the biggest problem, but I'm not saying that a bigger warehouse would have stopped this from occurring." Both Pruitt and Null disagree with Brodnicki's contention that the warehouse was hard to find because of past experiences with float-building. Brodnicki had several sugges tions tor preventing future problems. "We can cut out alcoholic beverages during the building pro Bfi ** ^ ?#> - ifciL ' \/ ' ?Nv^-; ~-'- --^r. |*g?s I - -~4^-t ?BBL flHHBn, Dee Kellett work Wednesday night on set aper-filled tiger. Tigerburn begins at 6:30 t will follow the pep rally. See story on pa; t prepares for H1EN THERE is a football game v ;tadium, the fans create the fifth / city in South Carolina. The sit there for two hours and then q e it again. The crowd of 74,000 e is an extremely large group of g . There is no good, easy way to F this traffic," he said. / highway department has t :>ed a detailed plan to control flow, including an airplane for ad traffic observation. "If c lg goes wrong, the plane can im- t ely head us in the right direction f s solving the problem. Without t lane, controlling this traffic d )unty Coun le Community Relations from a works to employ the official 3s the underemployed and Chisl ninity problems. import; Four c aired the committee that comm lan, bringing the first black underei years. Chishom has also ment o f the Midlands Community i, identified by the Depart- "I V as one of the best in the county county has recognized my leader- As tc ng me to the Leadership Richlai Program, the Governor's blacks Program and chairman of "It's Dgram," he said. blacks 2 includes serving a number who w pointments as well. Coupl- of theii >erience and my desire to sitive <1 County, I've the support and on lilding cess ? people get out of hand when drunk. We can also get a bigger place. While I don't think we should prohibit the alumni from attending the float-building, I think no glasses should be allowed," she said. A Dost-activitv evaluation is now being completed, Pruitt said. No police incident report was filed, and no students were arrested or ticketed for unlawful behavior. "There's a difference between people being a nuisance, and people exhibiting totally inappropriate behavior," Pruitt said. He emphasized that the students were not behaving in accordance with university standards, and he does not condone what went on in Cayce. s ^??1 i Photo by Mwy Ann HoWis wing the tiger for Tigerburn '83. onight with a parade starting in je 16. heavy traffic vould be a hit-and-mass proposition," ^ddy said. No route to the stadium will be any luicker than the others, he said. "The most crowded route before the ame will be the intersection of Rosewood Drive and Assembly Street. V large percentage of Columbia area oad systems eventually pass through his area. "AFTER THE game, the most rowded area will be Bluff Road going hrough Olympia Avenue. Here, the our lanes of traffic moving away from he stadium reduce to two lanes," Adly said. cil seat large number of businessmen, elected s and citizens. honi said he believes there are many ant issues that need to be dealt with. >f these include education, crime in 111 n i t y , une m p I o y m e n t a n d mployment and industrial developf Richland County. IEW all these issues as essential to our he said. "I'm equipped to serve the in these areas." > representing the black community in id County, Chishom said he believes lacc many prooiems every ciay. . equally and vitally important to in Richland County to have someone ill be able to interpret the uniqueness r problems, someone who will be senmd knowledgeable to their problems processes that will give relief."