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The Gamecock Founded 1908 _ Monday Volume 79, No. 31 University of South Carolina November 3, 1986 Some stud voting too By MARIA FRATUS Assistant news editor Some students must put out more effort than other votets in state and national elections. USC students who are not residents of Richland County must vote by using absentee hnllnl nr rrtiirninu In their vntini? district. Pat Matzelle, a management science senior, voted by absentee ballot for the 1984 presidential election, but was not aware he had to do the same lor local elections. "Now 1 have to take halt of a day off work to drive all the way to Charleston, vote and come hark .'' lu* said A However, he said, voting by V absentee ballot was very contusing and "it will be easier to arrange to get off work." Obtaining the ballot was difficult, because he had to fill out several request forms and send them to different locations, he said. The absentee ballot requires more information and is a com puietizcd form, according to ijM < fl 1 $P H gyg^?* Upset again Cheerleaders Kathy Pooser, Chury the Gamecocks face their fifth loss i score of Saturday's yame was 23 ti S H I, nomecom By BOBBY JONES Datebook editor I lie Homecoming Queen elect for the past two yeais has never Student Senate, according to ' Robert Beall. The student senate \sill soon issue by possibly passing a bill to proper election procedure shoul Students' votes for queen ha\ petcent of the total formula us< winner under the new policy. ip Feature* Seel I ients find difficult Election '86 Mat/ellc. "It's one long intimidating paper." Missy Coletnan, an accounting sophomore, is still waiting to receive her absentee ballot. She said she probably won't vote if it doesn't come in, because it will be inconvenient for her to drive to her voting district, which is in Greenville. Students who want to vote by absentee ballot must complete and mail an absentee ballot request form to their county voter registration office, Lillisor said. I he office will send the request form to students if they or close relatives call asking for one. Alter the request form is received, the office will mail the ballot to the student, Fllisor said. Students must begin this process early, because the office will not mail out ballots later than the Iriday before the election day. Students can obtain a ballot as early as 90 days before the election. -JU WL+^ll THOMAS HUMPHf I Aquino and Tonetta Watson watch in di if the season at North Carolina State Unh j 22. ing Queen Interviews v initial applicai ion procedure used which was a been passed by the Homecoming SG Vice President "I feel the 1 make itself a ; take action on the not going t determine what the "Something v d be, Bcall said. Before thee e accounted for 60 was in charg< II* Ulllllllllll lll^ Vlvv I l\/ll | vtiiiv. ment. The wii i Pos king fame commercials ~ >ee p. 5 ? Students' choices Who, if anyone, do you suppoi Vi o Mike Neither/ lSllflll'l IMI UIJIIIIWII Percent 45 40.1 % 40 35 Hss&* 30 2^3% 25 20 ^3^ lr ^^ESTm^lbs 7T 10 5 . USC may m By BUDCY MOORE News editor USC's trademark policy changed as a result of the use by Republican gubernatorial Carroll Campbell, said uni 3L, torney Paul Ward. jlfe "I'm not certain we won' Bk the policy not long after the %!?? said Ward, system vice pre general counsel for the univc M Stick-on labels stating "< | JHm|h for Campbell" were distrit B USC football game earlier th p| the Campbell campaign recei mj sity permission before using 11 /)imo Ir* Q-.icaii a worker. ^ "As far as we're concerned i 1 no problem," she said. \ I The trademark policy p I about 13 university logos, wl 1 the block "C" as well as The 9 Debators tn yg00' vote after ( W By KATHRYN JEFFRIES WM Assistant features editor V The Athenian Society tri< V better man in the gubcrnato f debated "Resolved: Daniel didate than Campbell." Johnny Young, speaking mative, said, "Mike Daniel make the best governor of S He discussed advances I made in rcccnt years and D levin, r l tion to this progress. He lEY/The Gamecock . . . 0,. 1 ? . ..... hold 80 percent of the ofhci South Carolina. sappointment as Young, a political scicr /orsity. The final said, "Last year our rate starts was the highest and business failures was the Itv election proci vith the candidates are 20 percent and "W tions are 20 percent under the policy, tion," dopted during spring 1985 by the comm Commission Task Force. "T1 Homecoming commission is uymg iu ^mn.separate entity from the SG, and I am Perry o let that happen," Fieall said. Mer vill be done in the senate soon." "not i :hange, the Homecoming Commission need t ; of selecting five candidates for the ner, C h was conducted by Student Govern- task r nner was determined by popular vote. For ;t-game loss f ssmger vs. Pen i ICampbe Daniel i From staff reports Republican candidate Carr< /"^amnUnll it a rlncn favnrifp nt '*** 1 Democrat Mike Daniel for t 1986 state governor's electic according to USC students poll recently. But the majority of those pc y ed said they supported neitl candidate or had no opinion. 5 31.6% Tic "ol1 w?s ' / weeks ago by IELLUS, student-operated telephone pc ft 'n& scrv'cc within USC's Depa $ mcnt of Student Life. 6b\*J Those supporting Campt 9} numbered 31.6 percent, w Daniel receiving 28.3 percent KSr\il about 250 students randot $ selected for the poll. But 16.5 percent said they s <1 ported neither candidate, i $ ^ 23.6 percent said they had no t si nion of either candidate. a ac m I"hi> r)irl not chIciiImI $ margin of error for the resu ??3 II sa'd Char Davis, director Ct TKLLUS and assistant vice pr ^ ^ ^cnt ^or student affairs torso sB research, grants and planning HsnHHnnBiBnii Most important in a camp; ' change rules foi and The Garnet and Black, from being used without prior permission, Ward may be said. of its logo A fee is charged for commercial use of candidate the logos, but nonprofit organizations vcrsity at- may use them for free. Ward cited a recent example in which the Children's t fine-tune Hospital used Cocky for several election," programs. sident and The fee charged for commercial usage rsity. is about 6.5 percent ot the wholesale cost Gamecocks of the commodity on which the logo is nited at a used, Ward said, noting most of the reis year, but quests were for T-shirts and jewelry ved univer- items. lem, accor- The university decided to allow Campcampaign bell and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Daniel to use its logo this I, there was fall. But Daniel has not used the logo at all, rotccts the said Kay Clamp, Daniel's press lieh include secretary. 1 Gamecock Political campaigns are considered / to avoid mudslinging; Jebate in favor of Dani I'd (o name the EleCtWtl '86 rial race as they is a better canSouth Carolina is first in fairness ? for the affir- balance in taxes and 45 other states c , 1 think, would more in state and local taxes than * outh Carolina." Carolina, Young said. Democrats have Daniel's committment to the Educ aniel's contribu- Improvement Act is one indication c said Democrats priorities, he said. "He was there froi l's in the state of beginning." He said South Carolina has seen \ icc senior, also Scholastic Aptitude Test and Basic of new business Test scores because of tins. our rate of new "Mr. Campbell has come out and tvest." See "Debate," | ess not passed fa e're trying to avoid it being a popularity elec- ly the pr ' said Bill Perry, 1986 Homecoming the electi issioner. Kelvin ic students still have 60 percent, but we took the than, of the decision away from the students," ficers ani said. tion cod< nbers of the task force thought they were and it sh changing the spirit of the code" and felt no Fortnc o present it to the senate, said Novella Fort- ship and coordinator of Student Organizations and a of the ca orce member. She sa trier said she thought the codes concerned onor USC p. 8| S J Sport V,ew, ill edges \m% pairunif ill dill wcy Election '86 er - he ?n, is the candidates' position on curcd rent issues according to 29.7 percent, with 29.2 perccnt saying the >11- candidates' intended future proper grams were most important. The candidates' past record of wo service was important to 28.3 pera cent, and 12.7 percent said all of >11- the above aspects of a campaign Iff- firp mncf irnnnrtunt Democrats polled totalled 24.1 >ell percent, and Republicans totalled itli 38.2 percent. Those saying they of were neither Democrat nor uly Republican totalled 33.5 percent, and 4.2 percent said they had no up- opinion. ind But almost 84 percent said they >pi- would not vote for a candidate simply because of his party c a affiliation. ills, Almost 70 percent said they of were registered voters. Of these, esi- 61 percent said they plan to vote for Tuesday, although about 85 percent said thev did not vote in the lign Democratic primary in June. r using logo Election '86 non-profit uses at the present, and the policy may be modified in that respect, but Ward did not say how it would be changed. "Any changes in the policy would be made by the office of business and finance," he said. Other political candidates across the n:itirtn hnve irienfifieri themselves with colleges, most notably Texas Christian University, Texas A & M University and Oklahoma State University, according to College Press Service. Texas Christian and Texas A & M have forced U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, RTexas, to stop showing several television advertisements that featured the colleges' logos. Taking a break in! |^| i ne uarnecocK win not oe published Wednesday, Nov. 5. An expanded issue Friday !j will feature the results of the !j South Carolina elections. It || will also look into how the results might affect USC and . higher education in South ' ,?nd Carolina. ollcct South ? \ f his a/A * i-T'X a "llhe vfjvJ'j.; ' 1 -J said, ^jj> jage 4 . ly Senate c-selection criteria for candidates and not on itself. Stroble, SG president during the time of gc, said he and other former executive ofd the SG adviser were unaware of the elects. He also said he favored the new system ould be followed. rr stressed the need for a candidate's leaderinvolvement in USC to be included as part mdidacy as one reason for the change, id Stroble was on the task force and should Seo "Commission," page 4 Inside f i 1 n metis iu ;s 7 look 6 tainment 5 s 8 joint 2