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? - friday Sports Hdr February 24, 1984 Special *biE 81M ^ II University of South Carolina Struggle foi By Tim Surratt The fight for civil rights is not over, acc ding to the speakers at a panel discussion I night. The panel of civil rights leaders was sp< sored by the USC Department of Int cultural Affairs and Professional Devel< ment and the Columbia Urban League. "The civil rights movement in Soi Carolina is still going on. Many, many p blems revolving around civil rights are still be addressed," said S.C. Commissioner Social Services James Solomon, Jr. "THERE IS a clear and present danger the impression that the major battles h< been won. Those who believe race proble were solved by the Emancipation Proclan tion are wronR," Solomon said. Henrie Turner, the first black graduate USC after Reconstruction, said the histori civil rights struggle between blacks a whites was won, but blacks lost the war equality and the war on poverty. Turner s her years at college provided a platform expressing her views. "We did not buy into the segregation p cess. We didn't shop where we should, didn't use side doors and we did not go to movies if we had to sit in the crow's nes Turner said. Greeks have By Ann Farmer Few greeks held major Student Governn 1970s, but have dominated the four majoi Only five times from 1972-1981 were fraternity or sorority members: a secretary in 1975. vice presidents in 1974 and 1978 1979, according to Garnet and Black yt period. However, in 1982 and 1983, greeks toot offices. INCREASED PUBLIC relations effor university community, and not greek bloc tions may have prompted the switch, said fraternity Council president. Before SG elections, greeks select candi< in a primary, then encourage greek sup didates, he said. Students interested in running for ofl meefino nf IFC and the Panhellenic Count ty organization, held before the filing dea then casts one vote. Sororities, fraternities and fraternity's couraged to vote for candidates chosen i any election winners receive monetary ' civil rights coi orast 311er~ ^i Jth r? mHHHkbl A ms ID Ni'wni, na- j cal md Black History Month for S.C. Sen. I. DeQuincy Newman and Charlotte Ma a'd discussion last night on the evolution of civil rights for Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt said by the ro- time of Martin Luther King Jr., students we were effected by the civil rights movement, the t," "RATHER THAN going to court, we decided to protest against the unfairness of ?bk'- 9 ' 'II -1'. B i f -jJljflJ Track is one of USC's - fit. djk j/f *?*d| spring sports. For more Hfr ?S5^?t?9R sports action, turn to the 3f spring sports special, page ^ 9. Photo by Sohail Khwaja ' i Hnminatorl main yymiiiu iuu Riiujy advertising expenses, althougl nent positions in the Seay said. r offices since 1982. major officers also THE AMOUNT of pressui in WU a president their rnndiHate is harH to ii , and a treasurer in member said her goup stress* ;arbooks from that sister said it was only mentioi "Generally, people tend to c over the major SG have something in common v table with supporting (greeks) ? ts, especially in the Non-greeks are welcome to : voting during elec- but IPC makes no effort to a< Russell Seay, Inter- "You know it's going to be ded all Monday night meetinj Jates for each office Cotti, a presidential candidat< port for their can- the race, spoke to the fratern dent candidate Oscar Prioleai 'ice address a joint cil, the white sorori- THE GREEK primary bas idline. Each chapter pose, and is not to get a greel "Part of the misconceptioi little sisters are en- away from someone," he said n the primary, and we bulldoze people through, I reimbursement for qualified." ntinues, panel! sig en< bo pc( SmFjSUm M; ris bla the iiliili^fc stn Al-S^ HH^^SB jp\ c cai BmRBSMif ,M BwWIIIlHH^ MB Cuntt me \ co i \ be Photo by Joseph Garnett act i yor Harvey Gantt were two participants at a panel civi in South Carolina. C laws. It is difficult for a person 20-years-old tior today to find a way to attack the civil rights eco issues of our time. People are a lot more sub- whi tie today," Gantt said. ' "If I were 20, 1 would resolve to get all the the education I could possibly acquire, set my atti CARP to receiv By Becca Mercer The Collegiate Association for the an Research of Principles, a campus group in- po spired by the teachings of the Rev. Sun th< Myung Moon, was officially licensed or weane.saay ay tne ^luaent (.Organization Licensing Commission. Final approval must come from President James Holderman. . ' "CARP met all criteria necessary for us to ^ . license their organization," said Dennis ^ Pruitt, vice-president for Student Affairs and i J Par dean of students. . ALTHOUGH CARP members said the reci Student Activities Office had been holding their application for acceptance since April F 1983, Pruitt said the office only received * CARP's formal application this past slu< October. ^ All papers must be in order and timing has pra an effect on how soon licensing can be ap- can proved, Fruitt said. We had a batch 01 seven to go through from this fall." -j To receive a license to form a new campus j( organization, students must submit an ap- ^ee plication along with a proposed constitution, an advisor's signature and the signatures of 10 or more proposed members who are fulltime or fee-paying students. In 1975, CARP was a USC campus ing organization whose license was revoked tra because of numerous student complaints. ab< r SG Dositions s h the amount varies each year, The primary is h meone decides to d the students won't I e placed on greeks to vote for the fee, he said, udge, Seay said. One sorority A greek who does ;s voting greek, while one little case in this year's led at meetings. know if the greek v support mostly candidates they vith, and they're more comfor- SEAY SAID gree i," Seay said. election. "The independen seek greek support, Seay said, the total greek popu fr\r th^in cuct<?m happening," Seay said, and adgs are open to non-greeks. Bill "The fact that tl e who eventually withdrew from dependents support ities, Seay said, and vice presi- About 3,000 stud i also has visited the greeks. corrte from the frate greek vs. independ( ically has an educational pur- soi rities include at c ticket elected, ^eay said. n is that we're trying to get it SFAY SAID gree . "There's a misconception that fice this year, espec t>ut the people running are very "I couldn't figur basically just as imj sts say hts at the uppermost height and resolve to i up there. I would avoid polluting my dy with all the things crippling so many aple today," U.S. District Court Judge itthevv Perry said. State Sen. I DeQuincy Newman said civil hts and human rights arc similar, but ick people cannot afford to subordinate ;ir needs to anyone. He said the civil rights uggle is still going on. Solomon said the determination of young j\jic iuji iu <ici:c)ji pi availing conditions ised civil rights to evolve as they have. riJRNER SAID changes in policies will an changes in opportunities for blacks. 'The social and economic policies in this intry must be examined, and action must taken. There must be a re-evaluation of v the economic pie is divided up, and then ion must be taken. I am convinced the 1 rights struggle lies ahead," Turner said. jantt said blacks are now in an accomodalist era, where they have moved up the nomic ladder but are still expected by ii^-s iu dv.i iii iciiciin ways. 'Properly defined coalitions that identify problems can overcome the Neanderthal tudes that still prevail," he said 6 iiueuse rHEN-I)EAN of Students Robert Alexder said CARP was not suspended for litical or theological reasons but because ey broke regulations concerning student ganizations, the Gamecock reported then. rhese past broken regulations included ganization officers taking leaves-offence from school but continuing to serve the organization, members consistently ing to register speakers with Student Afrs, members accused of selling aphanalia on campus to solicit funds and citing membership by door-to-door uiting in residence halls. -rum saiu. wc licensed LAKr in goou h believing they will operate according to dent organization regulations." ARP will be on the customary one year bationary period imposed on all new ipus organizations, Pruitt said. lOM GRIFFIN, leader of CARP at IJSC, j he was pleased that his organizaton has 'n licensed. 4 P A DP ic t a Kp li/?AncnH of V--' * * IO IV/ UV I I V- 1 I vJV V.4 LA I C," he said. 'For our first public project we plan to br, professors to speak on the crisis in Cen1 America and that probably will be in 3ut two to three weeks." since 19S2 eld before the filing deadline in case sorop out after not getting IFC support, so tr\ rt r\ f f hn r\'\r\n?* ti-rvrb r\r ?> n * iiuvv iu uii uu^,u uiv \JC\yK,i w i\ v.u jja> not get IFC support may still run, as is the secretarial race. But Seay said he didn't ote would be split. k bloc voting did not assure a candidate's t vote on campus is many times larger than lation. That's an unfair assessment of our lere arc runoffs shows that a lot of in(greek candidates) too," Seay said. ents vote each year, and about 135 votes 'rriitv r\WA(\ althonoh fh#? fntal nnmhnr ?nt votes is unavailable. Fraternities and >out 2,100 students. ks showed less interest in running for ofially for Senate scats. c it out," he said. "The Senate's job is lortant as other positions.