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; The South Carolina Library g Campus rr^MKffUBBffRfch ^neggjwwas^^ aimh t'^ ^..v ^aov igmww" ^M^^HBMKHQHH^^^^ppKKBEQSGnnbt * v Volume LXX, No.2 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. August 29,19"79 SCE&G hi By Paula WVHamson Q*m?cock Staff WrK#f The Palmetto Alliance, a statewide safe energy organization, has filed a petition ^ with the Public Service Com- k mission to stop South Carolina Electric and Gas Company's 11 percent rate increase request, according to a Palmetto Alliance ! ? Staff member. 'This over building and extravagance is costing us - the SCE&G customers' MMIiM "SCE&G is coming back for more money because of huge cost || overruns at their V.C. Summer Nuclear Plant/* Palmetto Alliance xl . spokesperson, Tom Stallings, said. 'This company is pouring our ??3u* a Plant wed0nt need'" The Pair "The Federal Power Commission says that no more than an area to 18 percent reserve margin above tL7t t] oeak demand is cost effective. ?kT5^_ , J SCE4G now has 32 percent reserve ^ SCE&G* above demand and ifV.C. Summer m^oo tota comes on line the company will app!icaUoufc have 48 percent above demand/' Stallings said. "This ove THE PURPOSE of the petition is travagance i to allow the public to ask questions SCE&G cus about every aspect of the V.C. said. 'That Summer Nuclear Power Station, tervening. W according to a Palmetto Alliance the policies staff member. The issues that the ment that w; organization is interested in in- which will aff elude cost, health and safety ef* A? ~r 1? tu? .UUn nn/l mm? LI A Ilk iecus ui ruuiuuuu iu uic puum- aiiu inc< mnin to workers, quality control, alliance is tin management, load forecasting and all the legal > plant and system reliability. hearings, ac Amateur ar< iinfVt ? T I1QLC W1 LI 1 KJ By Jaf Fe?!?y OdTWcoch Staff Wrhw An amateur archaeologist has charged that th USC archaeological team which discovered a Spa nisi fort on Parris Talnnri usf>d his information nnH th*?i claimed the discovery for their own. The find, July 4, drew national attention for th USC Institute of Archaeological Studies. Amateur archaeologist Charles Gay, 32, said h located the site in 1975. Gay claims he presented ; map, written report and aerial photograph to the US< Institute of Archaeological Studies, but the institut officials insist they received only a map. AN INSTITUTE spokesman said the map was nc "scholarly research" and could not be used. US< archaeology professor Stan South said, "Gay's ma; never identified the San Felipe fort clearly." Sout conceded that the fort site was congruent to Gay' map directions, but that "the map wasn't much use t us at that time." South stated that Gay never published his materi; nruf u/railri nnt niit his infnrmaHnn Hmim An c. nil sheet, a formal record of archaeological sites i South Carolina. Gay contends he was never offered site sheet because of the alleged lack of research. Gay said his files and aerial photographs were use< although he received no credit for them. Gay said a the 1975 meeting he was told that his discovery did no warrant further discussion. "I was told by Direct? CtMtlunaAit tfcn* U ..... I 1J ? -? ? uw|nwiiouii Hint u was U1 ??V UBO ?UU WUU1U CI Hi up 11 the trash can/' Gay said. "THEY SIPHONED information from me for threi ?, \v v'*' ke protested netto Alliance is Lowe, a Palmetto Alliance staff at the public hearings member. Lowe said the South light throughout the Carolina Utility Reform Coalition, lit working people to another public interest group, has he commission adopt made a motion for financial I atemaking standards support from the Public Service ! and that the com- Commission for documents lly reject SCE&G's necessary for public hearings. or the rate increase. ... would like to encourage students to go to the hearings in rbuilding and ex- October, and observe what goes s costing us ? the on in these public hearings," Lowe tomers," Stallings said. Lowe said he feels that it is is why we are in- important for people to know how e want to challenge the utility companies handle the of nuclear develop- public's money. ftste our money and ectour safety." The public hearings will be held sometime in October with a i problem facing the decision handed down sometime in s lack of finances for November or December, acvork involved for the cording to Lowe. No definite dates cording to Michael for the hearings have been set. chaeolocrist is SC discovery "years, and now they make a discovery." South said the institute was not working on the San Felipe e program when it was discovered July 4. The team ti was digging for artifacts from the Santa Elena site. n The records the team consulted led them to believe that the fort was San Felipe. South concluded, "We e weren't following anyone's instructions, it was pure luck." e The find was based on scholarly research by a a number of historians. "Besides/* South added, "the C report hasn't come out yet." South said Gay did e receive an acknowledgement for the use of his materials. ?t C "In all, the problem stems from a lack of com- j p munication," South said. "I know Gay is angry, but h we didn't steal anything." s Fragments of Spanish pottery, plates and bowls o were found by South's team in July. The team dug 42 holes within a 420 by 90 foot area and also found a number of wrought iron spikes, according to South. .i II te SOUTH SAID through use of computer analysis, n they discovered plates were being broken at houses a at the time San Felipe wasburned by Indians in 1576. Fragments of burned clay were found near the housing sites. a t The team intends continue digging this Sept tember. They will be ligging into the sites of San r Felipe II and San Marcos, South said. \ Funding for the July din was funded throuflh USC. but funding for the dig to begin in September will come from the National Geographic Society, he b added. * ' \ A New ID j Ticket i M policy c By Mark Platte Assistant N?w> Editor The requirement for picking up Hnlrotc fnr ofhlotio pvpntc hnc changed, eliminating the need for a fee receipt, and issuing a new student ID, according to Peter Haeseker, Student Government president. "The new ID will ease and speed up voting and ticket pickup, Haeseker said. "They'll probably < lead to increased voting in student ; elections." Fee receipts will still be issued but not required for participation in any campus program, event or use of a USC service, according to tne proposal of a President's Panel i Meeting from Marsha Duncan, ; associate dean of Student Affairs. 1 A VALIDATION sticker has i been affixed to the front of the ID narH on/I o foa ualiilaKnn laKul fn V?UU ??VU ?B AW V UUUOUVII WT the back. The label contains two categories, events and elections which contain 14 spaces each. Each square will be removed when a student picks up tickets. "What we'd like to be able to do i ? I 'USC students pay\ $16 in activity fees;' University of Ten-1 nessee students pay I $63. You all get one; heck of a deal' in the future is use the strip which we use for a library card for the student pickup," Haeseker said. USC president, James B. Holderman, said he thought having a sticker would present problems of durability, covering the front of ] the ID with too manv sticker* and i because of the inconvenience of students loaning IDs. Student Government, which i created the idea for the student | IDs, has also distributed a ? National Student Consumer Card, NSCC, which includes discounts i for records, clothing and jewelry. "We're giving a student discount ' which is more directed at the student,"Haeseker said. "We're trying to get the freshmen involved " Chiv Cartt to USC ne Chip Carter, son of President featured guest at a free outdoor use. The concert will kick off the lfi sponsored by the South Carolina ? will begin at 4 p.m. on field A ne Education Center. Music will b Band. carter is expected to be at the cc and he will make a short statement The Russell House Ballroom wil Following the concert, the Gs Michigan in their opening home gi at 7 p.m. system M/*1/ im yivn, up hanges FEE-PAYING students are not guaranteed a student ticket to each 1 I 1?1L-11 nviiic iwiuan uuu uasKetuuu game - only the right to pick up tickets as long as they are available, according to Jim Carlen, head football coach and athletic director. In a memo written to James B. Campbell, vice president of Student Affairs, Carlen said all feepaying, full-time students are entitled to attend all USC sponsored non-revenue sports activities at no cost and to pick up student tickets to home football games as I _ A ? H * ? - * long as uie allocation ot student tickets last. Carlen said, "11,000 tickets go to students, 4,000 to faculty and staff and the remaining 40,000 to the Gamecock Club. Whatever isn't sold then goes to the general p^-4 ^ T\Wfr~r ??S| /?* ' H 4 W ?? b if ' *; i ~Jk .. ^ Jim Carlen public." The Williams Brice football stadium seats 55,000. Carlen said there are 15,000 students who pay full-time fees and that USC offers the greatest percentage of tickets to students of any other college in the area. unecx uie university 01 Tennessee, and you'll find that they get a far worse percentage of tickets, "Carlen said. "USC students pay $16 in activity fees; University of Tennessee students pay $63,"Carlen said. "you ail get one necK ot a deal." I ;r coming oct month Jimmy Carter, will be the concert, Saturday, Sept. 15 at 79 USC football season and is ind USC Young Democrats. It ar the Solomon Blatt Physical e provided by the Erly Wilds mcert between 1:30 and 3 p.m., t. 11 kik /tArinriv) mUa SI U maIma >< uc uic v.uii\.ci i aiic 11 iv l ciliia. s imecocks will play Western ame at Williams Brice Stadium |