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1 no So nth Ca r o J i?i,? jt j 5 ra - vv Campus Mai] Wednesday Volume LXX.No. 88 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. July 1G, 190O ? TCr uov. J/to ^W / Oam' wm By Stephen Ridded Edftor-in-Chief j State Law Enforcement Division ? officials will be coming in this fall I to help bolster USC's ailing i campus security department. i USC President James B. Holderman said, "We have already begun negotiation with 1 SLED. With their help we can I improve security on campus and ] upgrade the level of services." ] He said that many changes will be made in the campus security set-up starting this fall. He added that the special committee he appointed to study campus security neipea 10 point oui 01 some of the problem areas. M A group of nine ducklings have be Cooper Library in the past week. Tl two groups of four last week and five Davy-Jo Ridge, associate directo taken care of by the library's circulat the ducks are fed. Ridge said the USC Maintenance sec "I'm not convinced 'hat money is the irob/em with campus security. / think we tan do a lot with the 91.3 million we have t/located to that irea." - President James Holderman "I'm not convinced that money tl ?ui is me piuuitm wiiii campus security," Holderman said. "I think we can do a lot with the $1.3 million we have allocated to that area." HOLDERMAN SAID HE intends to make some personnel changes but that the principal changes will be structural. He said campus police may be reorganized along functional lines as the committee recommended. This would mean that camnnc nnlipp vuniilr) ho broken down into four areas: patrol, investigation, ancillary services and support services. Holderman said he would like to see campus police hire more tacking up en hatched in front of the Thomas fie Mallard ducklings were born in early Monday morning, r of libraries, said the ducks are tion department, which makes sure Department furnishes the library ante iiritu student officers. "We would like tc move in that direction," he said. "The shifts may have to be set up to take into account personal ob jectives such as taking classes." "We have asked our people tc look into a card control system foi access into buildings instead of the key system," he said. "It will probably be very expensive, but we are checking into it as ar alternative." Holderman said the campus police department should take advantage of USC's College oj Journalism and College ol Criminal Justice. He said these ?.../! ,,^..1,1 ?cc? tu. iwu twicgca i:uuiu unci uu department greater resources t< draw from.44We should be working with the Criminal Justice Department and use it to produce people that we might hire and als< to increase the level o sophistication of our system." 4 4We are paying our people les than other agencies in the state, coirl "TKio io o ^ iiv/ivivi iiiuii oaiu, lino 10 aL solutely unforgiveable, but it is product of the state personne system." Holderman said he would like t see campus police involved in j fitness program. "Some officer are already involved in a projec being done through the P.E center, and we certainly would lik< f a caa fnnrc nt*Arft*nmc? nvfnn/ln/^ ' IV OUC A 1 tllvOO yjl Ugl CIAllO tALtliUCU. use WILL PROBABLY adopt j policy of having one person ii charge of making sure that eacl building on campus is locked whei the building closes at night. "Thi? policy has been assumed in th< 1 at the libr with whole kernel corn to feed the because the ducks are "helpless am Ridge said that since the ducks ai not touch. They are becoming a tra alone, they may die or be forced to i So, welcome our new residents t< Karen Kemper) % rpu; syst > past," he said. "We need to formalize it." > After the committee's report pamp nut pamniic nnlino caiH thou -wv?a>>v vmvj |^/AIW tJUIVI VIIVJ wanted Student Affairs to handle ) all dorm security rather than having the responsibility split ; between police and student dorm 1 guards. Holderman said he is not t sure he wants to see that happen. 1 "Student Affairs and the police are going to have to get together and .UAKlr ?tln> nut > wuii\ uiaiuui, uc aaiu. ; Holderman said he is not happy f with the policy of contracting out to f private security companies to j protect the dorms. He said action i may be taken to change that > policy. * CAMPUS POLICE SAID the> 3 tried to get a crime preventior s program going at USC, but the) 3 got no support from students, staff f or the administration. Holdermar coi/4 fVia rvnl inn Koim nm ooItat oaiu viiu tic* v v iiv v v^jl aoivvv s the administration for support am " that they would be glad to helj >- support a comprehensive crim< a prevention program. ?1 Holderman said he plans t( appoint a committee to look int( o having Student Affairs, the ad a ministration and campus police s put together a written policy and t procedures document governing 1. student conduct. He also said he e plans to have a study done or ' campus lighting. i "We need to look into the i mobility of our officers too,' 1 Holderman said. "Automobiles arc i limited on this campus. Campus 5 police have experimented Witt b mopeds and have discarded then | ^ ^ " ' ^ ^ ,-r-_x -;'-S -^-- - ' - ' - ' ary t ducks, which she said is important d unable to feed themselves." rp sn hplnlMs rvonlp kHtmiIH Innlr hut dition at USC and unless they are left nove. > USC, but do so from afar. (Photo by > m as a possibility. Maybe some other device could be used effectively." Holderman said the campus police need to have a comprehensive policy and procedures manual and that they are now working on one. i*?VT_ 1 1_ I. we can accompnsn a sudstantial improvement in the quality of campus security next year," Holderman said. Holderman said he set up the committee to study campus security and to identify some campus security problem areas. The committee began its investigation in February 1980 and submitted a report to the president on May 1. Holderman withheld the r report for six weeks, but released i it on June 14. r Dean William J. Mathias of the ( College of Criminal Justice was the i chairman of the committee. Other i members included: Professor i Robert L. Armstrong(BA), ) Professor Lloyd Brown(Jour: ; nalism), Tom Cannon(Student), Dr. Andrew Chisholm(Asst. to the ) President), Bernard Daet> wyler(Finance), Dean Marsha - Duncan (Student Affairs), Dean ! Kenneth W. Gaine(Law), Dr. Mary I T Uni m Kni*rf ai* / mrk f i /\r\ \ T~\ r* I u. iiciiuuuigci ViJUULduuu;, jlsi . ; Natalie K. Hevener(GINT), Dr. ; John T. Moore(Athletics), Harriet i O'Neal(Student), Chris Vlahoplus(Public Relations), Paul i Ward (Legal Counsel), Dr. Richard ' Wertz(Housing), and Hillary J. > McDonald (Staff). ?: 1 Today at USC : Inside Parking is "the pits" at USC. See naep 3 I o " v j Isley Brothers: Glitter ! isn't gold. See page 6 Rogers races for the 1 Heisman. See page 7 Weather Todav: Highs near 100 i degrees with a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Thursday: Continued hot with a chance of afternoon ) showers. j Friday-Sunday: Highs mostly in the 90s, lows in the 70s.