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SG presiden By Marisa Porto Student Government should run smootl next year, according to President Gle German. "The biggest goal next year is to have i put into the university system by studen My goal is to have a motivated studc government to get student representatives the university decision-making process. / but five committees are filled and need Si dent Senate approval in the fall," he said. German will also work on housinc co and lowering book prices. "Book decreases never really work. Bu want to work with the faculty senate to gt uniform book ordering date. If every pi fessor had their books in by the date, co would decrease," he said. "Wr ARK also trying to work w Residential Life Services to form an incent program for energy conservation so that t dorms will get rebates," he said. Vice President Oscar Prioleau is also i ticipating a successful year. "1 am in the process of planning a fall S dent Senate retreat. It will serve as workshop to help stimulate new ideas to h? a more efficient organization," Priole said. According to Prioleau, the student sen; will benefit next year because of the retre "II WILL serve to help orientate the n and returning senators to the rules and p eedures which will be utilized. This will g the senators a chance to get to know e< u \ /i/. J ' 1 flftitfgS Jesse Jackson on Capital steps Exhorts opponents of the new S.C. reappor Jackson visii By Associated Press The Rev. Jesse Jackson called Monday for more negotiations before a South Carolina Senate reapportionmpnt nlan ctaoc intr* o Iiivui piuii 5V7V.1 11IIV/ v-iuvi 11 > a "scheme to deny us adequate representation.'' "This gerrymandering scheme to keep blacks under-represented, must be challenged," Jackson told a State House rally of about 200 people. "It's better to delay it and do it right, rather than write a plan by haste. Haste makes waste," he said. "We've waited too long. We must now have adequate representation in both the House and the Senate side." The rally was organized by the South Carolina NAACP, which opposes a tentative compromise reached last week between Senate negotiators and the U.S. Justice Department on reapportioning the state Senate. THE PLAN, reached after two years of debate, would divide the Senate into 46 single-member districts. Ten of t Glenn Germai ^ ( - J nn in!*; "Book decreases never really work, in But I want to work with the faculty ^un senate to get a uniform book ordering date. If every professor had their ' books in by the date, costs would t i riprrpaQP " ! a Glenn German sts SG president ith ivc s he m- other and help each other," he said. The main goal of the conference is to come i"- up wiiii a cuiictcic project mai me ^luucni a Senate can work on, Prioleau said, ive Another project Prioleau will work on is a au brochure and pamphlet about SG and how it works. ate 44lt will give students a chance to know at. which positions are open and which to run for," he said. ew ro- ACCORDING TO Prioleau, next year ive should be the best year SG has ever had. tch "I am really optimistic about next fall. I mT l; - f KH?. ^jRrSj ^R n|^Jw|;' , J: tionment plan. ts to oppose rei those districts would have black ma- "Th jorities, ranging from just over 50 per- said, " cent to more than 63 percent. for wl However, the NAACP contends the (while' vv/llipl V/III1.1V Ulltl.") UlII/ illlW IU IUUI Wilt IIII districts that would give black can- Rile didates a good chance of winning elec- comm tion The Senate currently has only one his sp< black member, Sen. I. DeQuincey He newman, D-Richland. reapp< "We ain't going to beg no more for sion," wnai is ngniiuuy ours, siaie inaalk tne pi president William F. Gibson told the would rally audience. "We are here simply him t< because we want not a part or a piece, gerryr but full justice and equality." But In Jackson, who called on Gov. Dick JA< Riley and other legislative and 31 pei Democratic Party leaders to help in the that v fight, met privately with Riley later (and) Monday. vice. our AFTER THE meeting, which lasted legist about 15 minutes, Jackson said he ask- that's pA th#? onvprnnr tr> rnnsider vptnino Dv * "*' "w* ' v --"O 1 ll\ any reapportionment plan that didn't which meet the NAACP's goal of nine elec- 20 fc>h table districts for blacks. 16 pei ii expects succe 9 n / M\ ' i 11 1 1 1 i ii|ii I?SSmB5BMB? ? ; # AHBBHHHBMK9 have appointed some very good chairmen. The students of USC have elected some very careful senators to work for them. If everything goes well, we'll have a very progressive year," he said. "What I want most of all is for the senators to-be able to see their projects completed. 1 don't feel the Senate can solve all of the problems at USC. However, we need to pick the most important problems, and tnppfhpr wp ran work to ?pp that snmethino U 110110/' he said. According to Prioleau, there are still api i lit* ucsi wa People must vva rather see crime said. "The biggest safety. We've g( ' ^ talks to student |||j who asks us," 1 "We have to pus. 1 think stu awav the rest. 1 Photo by Ray Gronberg Although the than anything e "1 suppose th punished for soi dent in the num m anymore. You : map plan ,hishappenin8> 1 ACCORDIN Carolina comm e issue is 'electable,"' Jaekson ensure consista 'given the fact that blacks vote "My recomn lites in overwhelming numbers away from it. T ) whites vote for blacks in under- generally getti ing numbers." disgusted or up y listened but didn't make any fense on campu itment during the meeting, said ty. The cases 1 skesman.Russ McKinney. report it and g< basically takes the view that Intent in the >rtionment is a legislative deci- "You have t McKinney said. "He has said in offense. Some< ist that he, for the most part, tree, is this crii sign any bill that appears to are minimum,' o not have any kind of blatant "USE SENS nandering or anything like that. crime awarenes e'll take a look at it.*' According tc CKSON ARGUED, "in a state go out alone b< rcent black, all we are saying is "You can't /e are paying our share of taxes, alone. Is the i at wartime, do our share of ser- anyone come a And a plan that gives everyone idea that these snare of seats in the state the incidents," iture and in the state Senate, just being fair." SHE SAID t i House of Representatives, really frightene was reapportioned in 1982, has 4,1 was just i icks inlhe 124-member body, or some peanut b rcent, Jackson noted. time, but I did sssful year Senate positions open for anyone who is willing to get involved. SG PRESIDENT Glenn German said the special project will be motivational tool for students and will allow them to become more involved in the Carolina community. "We decided that we would augment the usual student government concerns with a special project. It's a smaller committee which involves the Executive Branch," he said. According to German, the biggest concern that SG will have this year is the same one which has plagued them in the past, communication. "Our biggest problem is communication. The communication committee will h??lr> that everyone knows what everyone is doing. People to need to know what is going on and that is one thing we have to work on," he said. GFRMAN SAII) the senate committee positions are filled but he urged students to get involved in student government. "We want to have ways that students can get involved right away. We are working on a program with the Career Planning Office that will help with this," he said. "1 encourage anyone who wants to get involved to do so. A lot of times students don't xnovv wnat is going on. (New students in student government can bring fresh ideas about what they want to do in the future. We'll be as receptive as possible. We want their ideas and opinions. They can offer great suggestions for change," German said. icer cites awareness _ to crime prevention nes against property are the most common at crimes are the most dangerous, according to JSC vice president for law enforcement and y to minimize opportunity is to be pro-active, tch against themselves and their neighbors. I'd prevention than have to arrest someone," he piuuicm wuij crime is me new students ana )t an active crime awareness program. We give groups, dorms, females and basically anyone 3aker said. und that we are able to reduce crime on camdents take from what they can use and throw f we can drum it into them to lock their dorm 1," he said. idem, who preferred to remain unidentified, personal crime. y state of affairs when vou can't even walk >e campus without encountering certain situa10 reason for it," she said. has the right to subject anyone to their own >sis. I doubt seriously that incidents like this men. I just think that it's very unfair." incident frightened her, she is "angry more lse." lat if we can show people that someone can be met rung like this, I don't know if it will make a iber of occurances. I just don't want to take it shouldn't have to worry about something like ' she said. G TO Baker, because of the transiency of the 'unity, safety must be geared up every year to ncy. nendation in this situation would be to walk he person who exhibits that kind of behavior is ng their excitement from those who get set. That situation is the most common sex ofis. It s also the least damaging to the other parhave seen in the library, the best reaction is to 3 about your business," he said. situation is also a consideration, Baker said, o look at the intent as far as the nature of the 3ne who gets really drunk and urinates on a ninal? I guess the cases differ and the numbers ' he said. E and Caution, USC. That is the slogan for the is program," said Baker. > the crime victim, many students are afraid to ecause of the implications. even go to the Russell House or the library iniversity campus a totally public place? Can nd hang out in the buildings? I am sick of the things can go on and not many students report she said. hat the implications of the situation are what d her. going to the store to buy a loaf of bread and utter. They get these kinds of reports all the n't expect it to happen to me," she said. "