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The South Carolina Library , Campus Mail Ml Wednesday N Volume LXX, No. B6 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. June 11, 198Q USC student Eugene "Mik missing since May 27. O Bo\ home at Broadmoor Apartment day. WrJH orrr By Karen Addy Editorial Page Editor An in-depth study of USC campus security has been completed by a committee appointed by President Holderman, but the president refuses to release the report to the public. "The contents of the report will f Today at l_ Weather... Today: Sunny and mild wit ! Thursday: Mild tempo rati precipitation near zero. Friday-Sunday: More of th to head for the beach. ; On the inside... Commuter Services help locate housing and roomm< j 'Fame' outdances 'All th New Basketball Coach B the upcoming season. See c V Corre In last Wednesday's issue of th reported that Jack C). Cooper aceepl considering the purchase of a new c Computer Services. The State Eth case, but no report was issued. e" O'Boyle, who has been rle was last seen leaving his s. His car was found the next it % i an wunr probably upset a lot of people ? students as well as security personnel," Matt Ward, a student member of the committee said. The report was ordered by President Holderman in January of 1980 and was to be completed by May 1. About 18 people were appointed > ISC... h highs in the 80's. xres continue. Chance of le same. A good weekend s USC's off-campus students ates. See page 3. at Jazz.' See page 8. ill Foster is optimistic about exclusive interview, page 10. ^ ^UUU ie Gamecock, it was incorrectly ted a bribe from IBM while he was computer as vice-president of USC lies Commission investigated the USCstu< since eni whereab By Leslie Smith Staff Writer A 20-year-old media arts student has been missing since Tuesday, C) May 27, when he left his home at Broadmoor Apartments to have a friend work on his car. r, Eugene Carmichael O'Boyle ^ called Christopher Clifton, who was to make minor front-end repairs on O'Boyle's 1974 Volkswagen Dasher, at 9:30 ? Tuesday morning. He told Clifton he would be at his house around 11:00. E Clifton said he went to get the h repair parts after talking to c O'Boyle. He said he left a house g key and a note telling "Mike" to l make himself comfortable. When c Clifton returned at 11:15, the note s and key were untouched. He never c heard from O'Bovle again. f( The Volkswagen was found the f next day burning from an interior q fire on a side road near the intersection of Farrow andParklane roads by Richland County C Deputies and the state highway p patrol. v tolding se by the president to serve on the committee. They included students, faculty and administrators. STEVE BECKHAM, an assistant to President Holderman, said that the reDort could not be released because of its confidential nature, i He said that Holderman had to have time to study the report and make changes in the current security system ? if they are needed. Beckham would not give a definite date as to when the report would be released to the public. Areas of study in the report included incidents of crime on campus, campus lighting and students' attitudes toward the campus security system. i "After the Bates West shooting incident and the 'rapes,' the President finally got wind that security isn't handled well by the police," Ward said. Ward, however, did not say which rape incidents he was referring to. Ward said he will release his copy of the report unless he is given a valid reason by the president for keeping it confirlartti-al Ward said that although the report was not as conclusive as it could have been, he believes there will be some major changes in the security system on campus as a result of the study. "There will be a major overhaul in security," he said. Many of the officers in the campus police department knew nothing of the report. Chief Marvin Harrelson said that while he knew j of the report, that he did not have a copy. He would not discuss the report until Holderman authorized its release. IIAKKKLSON SAID he has not "officially" seen a copy of the ' security report because Holder ient miss d of Mau. ^ 7 outs unki SINCE THE CAR had recently ? een purchased by O'Boyle and t tie registration transfer was not 1 ompleted, the previous owner was otified. r Peter O'Boyle, the student's ? ither, reported him missing on i hursday, May 29. It was not until c le next day, Mr. O'Boyle said, lat he received a letter from the revious owner saying the car had t een found. I Lexington County and State Law Enforcement Division officers i ave searched the area where the ( ar was found numerous times by ( round and from the air, Cathy , -ittlejohn, Public Information < ifficer for SLED said. No subtantial physical evidence as to j >'Boyle's whereabouts has been , ound, she said, but friends and ( amilv momhprc linuo Kooti luestioned. , Both Clifton and Bob Burch, )'Boyle's roommate, have taken olygraph tests. Burch was home /hen Mike O'Boyle left the :curity xe\ man has yet to release it. He said ne aid noi Know oi anytning in tne report which would be bad about the campus police. "I can do what they give me the money to do and nothing more," Harrelson said. He said he feels the campus police do an adequate job with what they have to work with. He said he could do more with more money, but feels the job his department is doing now is adequate. One officer complained that everyone was always griping about campus security, about their laxness and inefficiency. "They never think about the restrictions WmmmGmmmimmmmmmmmmmm&mm USC Campus Police Chief Marv ing nown ipartment on Tuesday morning, he last time he is known to have >een seen. Burch said Mike left the apartnent around lOg.m. that morning md told him he was going to pick ip a friend, Clifton, to work on his :ar. BL'IUH AND O'BOYLK have >een friends for over a year and lave roomed together for five nonths," Burch said. "Mike would never just run off ind disappear," Burch said. "He ,-ould never do that to his family, especially since his dad is still -ecovering from major heart surgery he had this winter." O'Boyle visited his parents :requently, his roommate said, and kvould often bring him along for dinner. Burch said O'Boyle was "never depressed'" and wasn't having any emotional problems at the time he disappeared. "Everybody liked him. his and my friends got along well, and 1 loved him like a brother," Dort we have to work under. After all we have a budget and we can hire only so many people to patrol the campus," the officer said. In q nmcfrocc rnr?nrJ r?nt ruit hn ... ? p. ?f,. "J the committee, incidents of violent crime were broken down into categories. From July of 1979 to February 1980, an eight-month period, there was one reported rape, 2 murders, 3 armed robberies and 21 cases of assault. These figures show an increase in violent crimes on campus. During an entire year, from June 1978 through June 1979, there were three cases of armed robbery and See Security, page 5 E? r I ^ BMMMttMtiMMNMW John P"'00" GAMECOCK in HarreJson