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Volume LXX, No.4 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. September 5,1 979
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By Sharon Bt
Qamocock Stal
Student Government will beg
vacancies because of resignations
from last spring, according t(
Government vice president.
Three senators resigned becaus
more resignations could be on the \*
which cause ineligibility, Warshau
the spring, and many people cann
! living in the fall. If a senator move
off campus, he then represents ?
ineligible in the district he was elecl
RESIGNATIONS thus far, acco
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13-Seat 1, (Sciences and Math); ai
Seat 3 (Health Sciences).
'People do not know th
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wnat s mvoivea wnen
ted... Mike Warshaue
Vacancies, or seats that were ne
District 12 Seats 1,3,4 and 6 (Ed
Justice), District 13 Seat 3 (Sciem
Seats 3,4,and 5 (General Studies
said. Journalism and General Studi
General Studies has no representati
"If you add the resignations and i
a pretty big crowd of seats to fill. F
outs of what's involved when they
can move and still represent the d
Warshauer said.
"By the twelfth of the month w
current senate."
SG officials are unsure when an
will be held.
Warshauer said SG president Pet
the 70 or more committee positi
positions ar probably already filled,
The senate powers and responsib
any appointments made by Haesekc
I
Gov. Riley \
gives view I
on rhina
By Mark Platta d
Assistant News Editor I
China will not be trading with the I
United States in a developed sense I
anytime soon, but will become "
more "western" as it develops, |
according to Gov Dirk Ritav nn hi? I
return from China, Monday.
An American delegation, which ?
left from Andrews Air Force Base s
in Washington D.C. Aug. 24, was i
led by Vice-President Walter \
Mondale, Mondale's family and c
four representatives from Min- c
nesota. >
"I don't have any contracts or r
any commitments,"Riley said. "It
wasn't that kind of trip. It was c
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ictiny a Kiiiu ui inp uiai 1 nope i
could lead into some kind of trade fr
thing where I have the opportunity v
to know people who can help us in I
the future." r
t
RILEY VISITED a textile plant
in Canton, which was about 25 t
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years oia ana contained macmnery f
seen in South Carolina textile mills r
20 years ago. Since all business is c
owned by the government, Chinese t
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in SG
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in th(> sprriMtpr with 11 donate i
and previously unfilled seats
) Michael Warshauer, Student c
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e of other commitments, but c
^ay because of district changes I
1 .J ni i! t_ _ i j ?
icr saiu. riiecuons are neia in ?
lot predict where they will be t
s from one dorm to another or (
mother district and becomes
ted in, he added. s
F
rding to Warshauer, include: *
(Towers); Bill Greer, District I
rid Conrad Banks, District 17- 1
t
e ins and outs of
< they are elecr,
SG vice president
:ver filled last spring, include '
ucation and 4 vpnr fViminnl
ce and Math) and District 15 *
and Journalism), Warshauer
es combine for District 15, but {
ves, he added. 5
vacancies together, you've got 1
*eople do not know the ins and '
are elected. They think they
listrict they were elected in," j
e'll know the makeup of the (
election for the vacant seats (
| c
e Haeseker appoints people to E
ions. Most of the important (
iic auueu.
ility committee must approve \
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ire government employees. Riley
;aid there are about 3,000 em>loyees
of textile mills in Canton
vith 300 managerial and
engineering positions. The plant
loes everything but produce the
rarn, which they import from the
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icui taai, i
"It was a lot of people and a <
rude machine, extremely <
oud,"Riley said. "They didn't j
lave a dust factor because they 1
weren't making yarn from cotton. <
t was a well-managed, crude old 1
nachinery making rather simple I
extile products."
Riley said China does not want <
he kind of quality that the U.S. I
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nore jobs for people and less i
apital. "China has a billion people i
hey have to put into place, so I see i
Compu
By Karon Addy
Qom?cock Staff Writer
Vice president of Computer
Services, Jack Cooper, resigned
Friday following an appeal by the
Itate Attorney General's office
publicizing information uncovered
n a State Ethics Commission
nvestigation.
pAA?\At? tunn ?
vwpvi rvcko uiciiviuiicu in a
omplaint filed last year with the
>tate Ethics Commission. The
locument suggested possible State
Cthics Act violations in a tranaction
between Cooper and Inernational
Business Machines
Company.
While the university was considering
the purchase of a compter,
IBM provided Cooper and
lis wife with a 20-day trip to
Curope, Hawaii and Taiwan
ast year costing $5,200, according
o the commission's findings.
Although Amdahl Corporaton
equipment underbid IBM by
1750,000, USC selected an IBM
:omputer. This spring, the State
nnH Pnntrnl RrwrH npHoroH
he university to return the IBM
:omputer and purchase a commter
by Amdahl. An investigation
ollowed a complaint filed with the
Sthics Commission.
A hearing determined whether
he findings should be made public.
Fifth Circuit Judge John Grimball
^resided a the hearing and ruled
he investigation and all records
-elating to it should be kept confidential.
"
The decision is an unusual one,
iccording to Mark Dillard, public
nformation officer at the Attorney
General's office. "I don't recall
>ne like this before where the
;ourts ordered the case to be
closed," he said.
Gary Baker, executive director
)f the State Ethics Commission
>aid the case was referred to the
\ttorney General's office because,
'Wp folt thp irtvoctidatinn chnnlH
>e make public, as a deterent to
us continuing to have some
possibility of export to China ol
high quality textiles."
RILEY SAID the U.S. wil
probably continue to sel
machinery to China, and that there
is potential for expansion in the
Far East. "Somebodv told me hovi
f ?
much his company bought from
Japan but preferred to buy froir
the United States,"Riley added.
Riley went to Peking, the capital
of China, and visited Xian, a rural
inland city. In Xian, the U.S. part}
was given an ovation from 150,0(K
cheering people.
n was a signi 10 Denoia, nue>
said. "One of the people that was
with us was an authority on China
Professor John Fairbank. He said
it was the first time in the historj
of China that the Chinese people
have cheered a foreign power frorr
this country. The same thing
happened in Canton. These ex
periences will go a long way to help
stabilize the world situation in the
Far East in Southeast Asia."
RILEY MET with the president
of the representatives of the
chamber of congress of every far
eastern country. Riley met the key
people in Thailand and Malasia.
He attended a reception in the
chamber of congress in Hong Kong
which included businessmen who
have clients in South Carolina
"One company there, Eastman
Chemical, indicated that they sent
thousands and thousands of pounds
[>f products produced in Columbia
over to mainland China every
month or so, and 1 think it has good
potential,"Riley said.
iter head r
lawbreakers. The Ethics Com- ex
mission, after receiving a com- wh
plaint, reviews it to determine if de
thprp ic nrnhahlp pqiico fr?r q flu
hearing," he said. Cc
BAKER SAID the Ethics Ta
Commission would not bring the als
case to court unless an in- at
vestigation revealed sufficient at
evidence. Because of the Zu
restraining order imposed on
everyone involved, Baker could
not release the information
rrtllp/'tpH hv thp ^nmmiccinn an
Grimball said he dealt wih the ed
pr
sa
'3?SHt s'
Jack Cooper
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laws determining whether the M
investigation whould be made \A
rtuHlin "Mono r?f tho factc in thn rr
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case were brought out at the S<
hearing," he said E
The ruling by Brimball sad the ai
results of the probe should remain b<
private unless Cooper appeals the to
document, or the university
suspends or fires him. Since ol
Cooper was not suspended or fired, w
but resigned, the court records
remain private. H
An IBM spokesman in Atlanta fc
5 percc
i Book price
' By Angela I
Garrntoock Sti
i
i The price of new textbooks has ir
percent this semester, according to F
I the USC Campus Bookstore.
I The reason for the increase is the ]
r The publisher sets a list price for the n
) books are sold for. Stewart said there
20 percent, but once they finish payii
r and about a 16 percent overhead, there
, "IF WE HAD to survive on the sal
I it, therefore we had much rather see (
r a lot of change," E.A. Bailey, manage]
; The campus book store loses mon
l "when we do make money it goes tov
I goods in the store helps offset the mo
- Stewart said.
> The campus bookstore made about
; . last year, Stewart said, but only a
The average student spendis about |5<
cording to Stewart. Every fall there is
i tho nnhtichoi*
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SINCE THE BOOKSTORES don't
books they sell used books, according t
end of each semester the SC Bookstor
books back from students.
"Fifty percent of the list price is g
uacvi again uii mis campus ana is a cur
books are sold to the students at 75 p<
list price.
Stewart said the campus bookston
dealers in the Southeast. Both Stewarl
students get the best deals on used boo
1 well. The only competition between t
bookstore is with used books.
esigns
plained the purpose of the trip
rich Cooper received. "Cooper
livered the keynote address at
i International Conference on
imputers in Education at
mkeng College in Taiwan. He
>o spoke on personal computing
seminars for comDuter exoerts
universities in London, Leiden,
rich and Nijmegen."
"The purpose was an academic
d technical exchange among
ucators and other computer
ofessionals," the spokesman
id. He added that Cooper was an
knowledged computer expert,
id this is why they paid the exnse
of the trip. IBM,represented
the hearing, requestd the inrmation
be kept confidential.
"We requested a stay until we
id an opportunity to read and
:view the commission's findings
lortly thereafter when we
>mpleted our review we moved to
icate the confidential order," he
lid.
Cooper, whose resignation
icomes effective Sept. 15, said he
leaving ubc to assume a
isiness position with a national
1 company in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
e said he would receive a sub:antial
salary increase.
Cooper graduated from New
[exico State in I960 with a RS in
[echanical Engineering and
Washington University with a
tasters degree in Computer
cience. He worked for General
lectric, Washington University
nd the University of Missouri
efore comming to USC, where he
as worked since 1972.
The State Attorney General's
ffice said Cooper's resignation
ill not affect the appeals effort.
USC President James B.
olderman could not be reached
ir comment.
;nt
s increase
Mass?y
iH Wrttar
icreased between three and five
tobert Stewart, acting director of
publisher, according to Stewart,
ew books and that is what the new
is a built-in profit margin of about
lg a three to four percent charge
> is little if any profit left.
e of new books only we couldn't do
Carolina use hooks atfain than spp
r of theS.C. Book Store said.
ey on the sale of new books, but
vard scholarships. Selling other
ney lost on the sale of new books,
$1.5 million from textbook sales
bout 35 percent of that was profit.
D to $60 on books a semester, ac>
a general book price increase by
make much money on the new
0 both Stewart and Bailey. At the
e and the campus bookstore buy
iven to the student if the book is
rent edition," said Stewart. Used
?rcent of the previous semester's
1 is one of the largest used book
: and Bailey said they feel that the
ks, and it is good for the stores as
he SC Bookstore and the campus