Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Osceola By Jan Easterling Gamtcock $! ? Writer Staff members now answer the telephone with a mournful "the late, great Osceola." The six-yearold weekly tabloid closed Monday with little warning and no chance +/> nrlnf o * ias pi uu a liuai CU1UUI1 IUr 118 Richland County readers. Val Stieglitz, Osceola editor, said the main reason for the paper's closing was lack of funds. '"Hie most discouraging thing was the failure of the Columbia commercial community to support anything other than a daily paper. Our paper took clear stands and spoke out unequivocally on issues that sometimes antagonized powerful interests. A lot of peoDle didn't agree with our politics or issues, and they manifested their dissatisfaction by not buying advertising." Stieglitz said the final crisis for the paper came when negotiations for additional funds fell through. The paper was owned by Parallax Media, Inc., which had a contract with the Camden Co. to provide business management. "They were negotiating with an investor," Stieglitz said. "We planned to use the money to solidify our market and we had drawn up the plans, but the investor decided not to invest." Stieglitz said he did not know who the potential investor was. IN JANUARY the paper got a different mailing permit, Stieglitz said. "We began to circulate to a blend of high-income areas, 4 SSBF ! ^v-y W>' . i .. Construction workers pour < drainage for the parking lot at P Bakke wins Allan Bakke has won his adir stitutional question on "reverse The Supreme Court ruled discriminated against and must California at Davis. But the hig university to take race and ethni 11. 1 l X *2 -J - - in iu? ttuiuisBiuu policies. Bakke, a white man, was turn? black student with lower entrar THE UNIVERSITY admitted would not have been barred evei program. For the majority, Just must therefore accept Bakke. The five-man majority agree< niv\hihi(c nrndramo lilrn ilia n?n |/A vaiAMiw v^i CIIIIO imv UIV UUf7 C were therefore violated. Justice Thurgood Marshall, th number of people and institutions He said that for 200 years, the allow discrimination against bli out of b professional DeoDle and what uw thought would be politically activc people. We were going to mail out 10,000 copies each week. What happened was that this was not a defined enough circulation area for our advertisers. Stieglitz said the Richland Mnrfkaaat ! AWA Mivaoi 10 CUIUUICr IlCWSpflp^r with a controlled circulation in Columbia. "They have two designated zip code areas that they circulate in. This means that overnight you can get a huge circulation, and the rationale is that you can get your advertisers from that area," he said. Under the second-class permit Osceola had previously, the paper circulated to from 2,000 to 2,500 paying subscribers, Stieglitz said. "That was not a high enough number of subscribers for our advertisers, so we went conA. i* ? ?? t ? - - ironed, ne said. "But our problem there was not defining our market." STIEGLITZ became editor of the paper in January when it implemented controlled circulation. "I came because I thought it would work," he said. Stieglitz was editor of the North Charleston Banner before taking the position. He was graduated from USC in 1974 with a degree in government and international studies, and was editor of the Lee County Messenger before returning to graduate school. The paper was established in 1972 as an "alternative to the daily press," said Dick Harpootlian, one of the founders of the newspaper. - v -trii l'mi r tlirJliilllir-ij^ Fred Roll I ton ~ GAMECOCK concrete to pave and provide ickens and College Streets. ? and loses lissions battle, but lost the condiscrimination." yesterday that Bakke was be admitted to the University of )i court upheld the right of the c background intn consideration d down for admission at Davis, a ice scores was admitted, it could not prove that Bakke i if there had been no minorities ice Lewis Powell said the school i that the 1964 Civil Rights Act it Davis, and said Bakke's rights e only black justice, said a vast i may be affected by the decision. Constitution was interpreted to icks. usiness ' ? "It provided competition for other 11 newspapers and also provided a place for young journalists to come and work without the framework of HI ; a commercial newspaper. But it has never been a viable financial newspaper and it always lost I money," he said. "We provided in-depth, behind- t the-scenes reporting, but mainly iS , reporting with no fear of whose > toes we were stepping on," Stieglitz said. "Our news was I | written from a progressive ; 1 viewpoint with no attempt to be objective." gg STIEGLITZ SAID the paper had j some financial trouble before and m i had never had enough advertising. "But there has been a continuing ^ commitment to provide an |j alternative to the daily papers." m The paper reflects each editor's H prospective of priorities, he said. 11 "We took a stand. Our readers || may not have agreed with the m stand, but we wanted them to know ,|| that we hadn't knuckled under to powerful interests." t j Osceola was mailed to 26 states 'fl and had fit 800 subscribers outside m Richland County, Stieglitz said. ^ "I think this is the kind of paper I whose value will be appreciated J more when it is gone," he said. "You could pick up a daily paper I and find out the who, what, when and wheres of a story, but we were interested in the whys and hows." ar ar Along with increased coverage of fe state politics, Stieglitz said there is a need for more professional coverage of the arts. "I brought in a * P/iri*!!! nr J. U/f Construction i By Brian Duncan Gamecock Staff Writer n a. ? _ i ^onsimcuon is underway to pave drainage for a parking lot across from Administration building, accordinj Brunton Jr., vice president of operatic The lot, bounded by Pickens and Co had been used by faculty and staff, but unattended for the past two-and-a Brunton said. Parking conditions varied, depen< weather, from a literal dustbowl to a se he added. The described conditions pr< * phone calls from irate faculty membei In 1975, because of financial problei Budget and Control Board recalled uns had allocated for that year. USC reti more than $5 million, Brunton said. A ci had been proposed for the site, but thes stalled due to the funding cut-back. A TENTATIVE new site for the centc coliseum and alterations in master p provided the impetus to finally pave drainage for the lot, Brunton said. Wh< later this year, it will remain a facu assigned parking area, providing 349 s The construction is being carried out i with the State Highway Department, said the majority of the financial respoi with the university and that the cost is b | to existing revenue bonds. Brunton sai over from Pendleton Street garage bond construction possible. According to Brunton, university c mittee member ~"~,,~?sed the need garage on Pendieu^, and a decision is mid-fall. "This follows through with 01 * v r P IK^I ^ jBllis Stie t critics with expertise in special eas. I wanted writers who could el the arts emotionally," he said. THE PAPER got its name from Seminole Indian who, in 1830, led will pave lot ne; plans to concentrat not have them sprc and provide that the Pendleton the Business parking area now I to Harold >ns at USC. ACCORDING TC liege Streets, questions involved was virtually with the determina i-half years, Brunton gave as ai cars requiring pa ling on the economical, smal iries of lakes, spaces to be sque? >mpted many Second, the lo< rs. facilities is weighe ns, the state area with economic ipent funds it Building conventio iraed a little rise garages woul lltural center siderably in his of \e plans were Brunton said coi be located farther i space being need t west of the shuttle system ser arking plans should provide soi and provide planning along the en completed lty and staff "THE END obj^ paces. parking self-suppo n conjunction would ensure that but Brunton it." visibility rests The Pendleton a eing charged built with revenue d monev left mi uiv aiiivwiii V* t c Ing made this case the parking re fines, decal and g; marking com- Other examples for another taxes on coliseum expected by 0f July 1, 1978, the it long-range $570,000. j^: 8 j^B?" ^ 1 . Lynn Shook ? GAMECOCK glitz several Seminole battles against the government. He refused to sign treaties that would place his people under federal rule. "Osceola was ? o??i> ^ ! iii fin ? an li ? i cucuiuua tinu liiucpenueni, Stieglitz said. ir BA building e our parking in specific areas and sad around," Brunton said, adding Street vicinity is "the most acute on campus." Brunton there are several major in parking decisions, beginning ition of parking needs for an area, i example the number and size of rking space. The trend towards 1-sized cars could allow more ?zed into parking areas. nation of new, major parking H ntfninct tho r\Qrlrinr? niuulo " > ? XQUUIWV MIV |n?l lung llV-?/ViO U1 Oil I aspects weighed in, Brnnton said, nal parking lots rather than high d reduce construction costs conunion. nventional lots would necessarily rom campus because of increased led. Results from the proposed vicing the entire campus this fall me insight into the feasibility of se lines, he said. ect," Brunton said, "is to make rtino " TTiA *\nrlrir??i rooomm famrl - w ivovi V* IU1IU "those who use it should pay for nd Blossom Street garages were bonds. Money is borrowed based venue coming in each year, in this serve fund, which includes meters arage fees, B run ton said, of revenue bonding include seat and stadium hosted activities. As csiuiiHicu iracrvc umance locals