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t * Volume LXX, No. 2 University of South Carok?^ ... cd.C. August 29, 19BO Fine art: 'toD Dric ML JL~ i Staff Reports A major arts project should be the "top priority in the state," USC President James B. Holderman said Thursday. I " You show me one major university in the country that doesn't have a developed arts program. I'd like to see it." Holderman said. "This program is not a Jim Holderman fantasy." Holderman said he is concerned with the condition of education in the state, which he feels will be enhanced by the center. "We want to improve education in this state. The Legislature is giving money to primary and secondary education," Holderman said. "We're trying to create a facility that will help train the people who have to work in these schools." The main purpose of the proposed arts center is incorrectly viewed as a center for performance rather than as classroom space needed for major programs at USC, Holderman said. No plans to meet the needs of other state colleges and universities have been announced. Holderman said none of the $250,000 has been spent for planning, He explained that although no state colleges would physically have any room in the arts center for develoDine curriculum, thev would be invited to share the facilities and produce activities such as theatrical productions. Holderman criticized opponents of the center, saying the use of art shows, theater productions, media productions and the Movietonews films enhances "the reputation of both USC and South Carolina. Gov. Dick Riley expressed concern over the project i Court to s< By Waher Allread university will not get i Staff Writer f?r a* ^east **Ve USC filed condem USC has begun court nanprs Thnrsda proceedings to regain 1m- k^hiand County < mediate use of "the Pit," a ~nTdhe ?U1 student parking lot it lost in what ice the uni, . June, but an attorney must v the representing the owners of ownersK ' the ne the property says the famUy ' 1 Bjj |V; , . 1 1 v ;c i' I r"--^ | I f1 I HSHHnHg^Hn J-V /?J9 ^ ' . - - - - ' V '' ^ - - i^L "i lPWWpiPi^BT3-;. -*" jr.-v .'V " - ' ;. ?, :** % .?. '. *?V?^ *?1*9* ' "* -. ' ~";- r ? -5- - , *- ?' ** '* < ^ i '<%<* J> JTftr"*#**** ? ' '* - - I *##**? ^ 2^L V ^^MillMllif - This lone car sits in "the Pit" with a notice the land. (Photoby Tony Williams) s center| >rity' from the start, telling the State Budget and Control Boara tnat ne was opposed to any building being started in a recession. At the last meeting, he approved planning for the building with the stipulation that a fixed structure would not immediately be considered. | 1 Riley's press secretary, Russ McKinney, said the I CJnimrnnr onrJ fKa AAA f ? "- * ? (,v.v>>iui uiiu lilt uuai u ailuilcu^.TU,WU IUI" 1111 Licit planning for the center. "The governor is saying, 'don't spend $250,000 and come back with a blueprint for a $40 million arts center,"' McKinney said. Riley wants to plan the first phase of the building before further plans are started. Holderman and Riley met before the Aug. 19 Budget and Control Board meeting and discussed using existing auditoriums instead of the six * U 4 T T ? 1 J :J 1L. J--!-! uja?cu iui me ccuici . nuiuerinaii saiu me decision^ on auditoriums won't be made until the third phase of j the program. | McKinney said Riley and Holderman discussed I using the Township for some of the performances sponsored by the arts center and decreasing the $40 million cost. Holderman said the Township has acoustic problems and does not fit the performance needs of the community. McKinney said the Budget and Control Board finished allocating 1980-81 funds with a $50 million surplus for non-funded programs. "We've got to scrape to find money to run what's necessary, like our prisons, schools, and state programs." He said Riley is examining where the money is going. "The governor sees a bleak financial picture for the state," Holderman said. "He wants to find out where 1 10 una me money and then to see where the priorities i of need in the state lie. I think he'll be supportive of i the center." nrice for J. ? it back In July, the university USC RECE1 >. offered the family $85,000 for from the Jc nation the 1.13 acre lot at Blossom Bond Comn y in and Pickens streets next to $85,000earmar Circuit the Booker T. Washington designated pi decide Medical Center. But the and the rema /ersity family rejected the offer and Drovements to operty authorized Furman Fulmer Rinker, USC mbert Co. to lease parking spaces president f( _. -"^ & Ar jgf ?P I : y ^ $ w? , , * " *. ^ C ' :v^r ~ " h : \ ' H ?$ . Vf^Mi fc *Vi& * **?' '.. ** - - - x?, * y - "'?.%> 4 -, r ***a ##&,, '- . > , , ../; >?*?' r*. -JmP* on the windshield. (JSC is making a move i I ;S B J JHBS - ^ JM^ 'Hi I j -i fi z>. _ WBfcmP. * S|i&? -u'\ .rXiTii'-'1^-' <:x: : 'y^^B!l ZjKt i:y&SB^^M7- - -i-^- > -- - ', --- * :>'x-: flBMF ^ ' " y.:' ' -<*** ***** W& ,v?^H ;. ^ ^ c;X . - ' 1 Jgm Hpj:'^ ? Gov. Dick Riley talks to a reporter at the state Budget and Control Board meeting. Riley and the board approved $250,000 for the first phase of the arts center. (Photo by Kyle Holland.) Iin court, runner saia me S&ff* filing of the papers will give USC immediate access, hut S v-"S William Quirk, the Rembert family lawyer, disagrees. ' ? fMv ?? "The "It's going to take them a >3 Creature f from the long lime to serve the petition. Quirk said tijiMiiL. y ^ ^ "They're going to have trouble because not all the shows Show heirs are in this state. fl^-71/MwJ ftS* They re all over the coun- fnidntght Quirk said it will probably PPI the seven landowners named 1 W?EStfatBP as defendants. A hearing will I be scheduled on the case 20 J nave neen contacted, he I cloudy WGTtn. * " offer has becii niack'. r "The university is used to IffBfe. .? , /?!? }o condemn set 4