Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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USC was faced with one of its greatest tragedies ever on Oct. 5,1979 when a 19-year-old Columbia student opened fire on a crowd of people at the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity party at Bates West dormitory. After it was over, Mark Houston was arrested at his cousin's Allen University dormitory after having shot seven people, two fatally, leaving the USC campus in a state of shock on Homecoming day. IT WASN'T LONG before the news spread throughout the nation, leaving irreparable scars at USC. Houston was considered a "nice guy " by friends but he "wanted to appear tough." His father referred to him as"a conscientious boy, a quiet boy who kept up with his studies." Later, during a preliminary hearing, it was discovered that Houston ~ u:~ ?? -i * - . . . - - ivhui iicu lu uit> maxuy uurmuory room ana loia a friend about the shootings, who did not believe him. On Nov. 6, 1979, Houston was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder, five counts of assault and battery with intent to kill and one count of carrying a weapon. On Dec. 21, Houston was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison plus 76 years. It was determined that Houston would be eligible for parole in the year 2005. As a result of the shooting, USC campus security has been studied because of disorganization during the shooting and a lawsuit was brought against the university and Southern Securities by the mother of one of the victims. Houston is at the Columbia Correctional Institute. 2. In late October, rumors persisted that Frank McGuire would be fired from the position of head basketball coach at USC after WSCQ radio station quoted unnamed sources as saying that McGuire would be replaced before the start of the 1979-80 basketball season. This development came a month after two Columbia businessmen filed suit against the board of trustees for withholding information during an executive board meeting, at which the businessmen claimed that decisions were made about McGuire, along with details about President Holderman seeking to put USC into a "comprehensive conference" and ( 'information about separating Jim Carlen's position of head football coach and athletic director. THE BOARD DECIDED not to release the minutes of the meeting and at present, there has been no further action taken against the board. Then it was the student senate's turn to back McGuire, voting to ask the board to reconsider their decision. The resolution remained unsigned by Student Government Vice-President Mike Warshauer, despite urgings from the senate. At the time when the board was ordered to release the minutes of the contested executive meeting, rumors persisted about McGuire's firing and the USC men's basketball team said they would not play if McGuire was fired. Student protesters angrily planted themselves in front of President Holderman's house chanting, screaming, and planning a boycott of classes the next day. There was no reason for protest, however, because the following dav. McGuire came to terms and agreed to coach for the 1979-80 basketball season while being payed $100,(XX) a year through 1983. "I just thank God that it's over," McGuire said after the controversial political struggle which lasted 16 years. 3. USC was involved in a purchasing discrepancy in the middle of spring semester 1979 that culminated in the resignation of Jack Cooper. A decision by the State Ethics Commission linked Cooper to state ethics violations involving an IBM computer. Cooper signed a purchase contract with IBM although Amdahl computers underbid IBM by $872,000. COOPER LEFT FOR a 20-day, all expense paid trip to several foreign universities during the summer of 1979, one day after he signed a contract to buy the IBM computer. During the spring of 1979, the State Budget and Control Board ordered USC to return the IBM computer and purchase the Amdahl. On Aug. 30, Cooper resigned as vice president of Computer Services to take a business position with a national oil company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 4. State Control vs. Faculty Control. This is still the main point in a determing who should decide who controls faculty at USC and other i state schools. There has been a running battle between the administration and the state of Smith Carolina as tn whpthpr farnltv members should be considered state employees. In September of 1979, the state attorney general's office released two opinions concerning grievance, or complaint procedures. One would give state employees precedence over faculty grievance while the other stated that the tenure regulations and procedure as stated in the faculty manual will not take precedence over state decisions on employment within the university. THE GAMECOCK RAN a two-part series on the controversy, revealing the history and discrepancies in the tenure system. On Jan. 24, 1980, the S.C. State Grievance Committee reinstated professor Michael Smith after he was denied tenure. Smith first appealed the decision to the faculty grievance committee. The committee recommended that he be reinstated, but USC President James Holderman ignored the appeal. Smith then brought his case before the State Grievance Board, an uncommon procedure up to that time. The board said Smith should not have been fired without "cause" or a formal appraisal of his performance during the last six years. In February, ueciuea 10 iaKe action againsi me state employee grievance Committee by filing a suit to have faculty members exempt from state personnel regulations. Seven faculty members appealed tenure decisions and Philip Zeltner, a philosophy professor, was then reinstated. There has been no decision made on the suit but Sen. John Miles. D-Sumter. proposed to the S.C Senate Subcommittee on Education an amendment to a bill exempting academic personnel from state personnel regulations. USC was greatly opposed to the proposed amendment because the faculty senate decided they wanted to be exempt from state grievance procedure. The faculty senate had been split on the issue since the summer of 1979 but finally made a decision in February, which the administration insists has been their position from the start. r>. Columbia Newspapers Inc. and USC co-sponsored the Republican See 'News', page 7B Sept. 11, 107!) nz ?~~l Legal opinion A? fWm moy br k'tji/J || expels senators USC supporters file suit I i 'SklJ ^ 7-:="L- j ' ! "'1 it noi mr htfnfon to Q01 "d o* P*oof I - j ' fo p#f ftd o' Com/rvff## | W ~' *T*' -ovs TOI oo 'I or *?c??ng M ^ p#0p'? oof of Iff* S*r?f? ' H \ *.* .." '* M il *irih*u0' ? $0n*t0 f"?? d*nt @ \ . ;.; . -.J . .: University building in violation Z. ' 'of Federal energy guidelines Nov. 1!), 197!) gamecock Gamecocks accept bowl game bid \USC Medical School " ?* - - ~ ; r:-:accreditation stalled McGuire contract revised Dec. 5, 1979 r? ?, tjamecock , Ml (iiii.I M. . Fraternity strip tease halted by campus police j f f -;.vv - - jgflkt* - - ? 1 SAC'hits fund shortage Official recommends] I *student health hoard J