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i \ x - *. , \ g. ' \ South Carolina's Best College Newspaper . A , , , Wednesday Volume LXX No. 21 University of South Carolina Columbia, S.C. Oct.15.198C Footb after By Stephen Riddell Editor and Don Graham Staff Writer Phillip A. Ellis Jr., a USC football player, was charged with two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature Monday after two arrest warrants were signed by USC student Larry Hudson. Ellis, a sophomore from >v PhUEHis St. Petersburg, Fla., wa; released from the Richlanc County Sheriff's Departmen on a personal recognizance bond after he was chargec with hitting Hudson and hi: father Raymond, both o Aiken, after Saturday's USC Duke football game. The incident occurred ir the State Fairgroundf parking lot near Williams Brice Stadium. LARRY HUDSON said he and his father were driving home from the game ai about 10:15 p.m. "We came up on the left of a greer Oldsmobile and asked therr if we could get in front 01 Construction worken around campus. These i (Photo by Monica Cai/as all pla posi-t them," Hudson said. "A blue Monte Carlo came up on the left and one of the girls yelled, 'Don't hit my car.' "We drove on a little further, and the girl told me not to hit her car again," Hudson said. "Then she said, 4You better not hit my car because I have a football player inhere.' "I moved into the mainstream of traffic and the Monte Carlo moved on," Hudson said. "We moved on and caught up to the Monte Carlo, which had come to a halt. "As we drove by, Ellis yelled 'Hey!' to get my attention. When I looked, he said, 'Do you want some of me?' Then he clenched his fists, pounded his chest and ! asked me again." Hudson said Ellis fhen jumped out of his car. He I stnrtpd fnllnu/inc* mv par anH then starting swinging at me while I was still behind the wheel, yelling, 'Get out, fat man.' "I leaned over to the right and told him to get back in his car," Hudson said. /'Then he started kicking my car." "I slammed on the brakes, put it in park and got out of the car. At the same time, Ellis had moved towards the passenger side of the car," he said. i "My dad got out. Ellis ran ; up to him and hit him in the - side of the head. My dad fell to the ground, and Ellis was kicking his head and i shoulders," Hudson said. ; "In the meantime, Ricky t Beaton had gotten out of the i back seat and attempted to i pull Ellis off my father. Ellis 1 turned and hit Beaton in the f mouth, knocking him to the Ivv''V<7.> '' ;^B .V. M-. s are busy completing reno men are working in Legare Ct ) yer ar: fame ground," Hudson said. "He started kicking Beaton." Hudson said he came up behind Ellis and attempted to pull him off Beaton. "Ellis turned and hit me, grabbed my head and jammed his thumbs into my eyes," Hudson said. In the ensuing scuffle, Ellis was pulled off Hudson. Hudson said at that point his attention turned to his father, who was lying unconscious on the ground. "When I saw my father hurt and he did not respond to me, I kind of went beserk," Hudson said. "Ellis returned to his car. I wanted to get at him, so I ran over to his car and smashed the windshield with my fist." Hudson said Beaton pulled him r?ff thp par anH r>a 1 m?/-! him down. "In the meantime, a doctor had come over to my father and was administering cardio pulmonary resuscitation/' Hudson said. "I thought my father was dead and that they were trying to revive him^Again I Person By Donald I Stuf USC's personnel budget m and the university may hav dards to decrease enrollmen tnlrl the finilltxr conato of a ro/ lu,u ^ ? v-" The state Budget and Coi budget cut. If the admissions stand? projected grade point ratio o missions office has said it's have to reduce the number < Columbia Campus, Holderma Reduced enrollment wouk one that relates strictly to C( vations at several sites ollege on the Horseshoe. rested ? l^j. nyiii tried to think of how I could get Ellis," he said. "I went to the trunk of my car to get a tire iron, but it was under the tire and I could not get it. "There was no way I was going to let him leave the scene. I took a hammer out of my trunk and ran to Ellis' car. I told him not to try to move the car," Hudson said. Hudson said Beaton came over, took the hammer out of his hand and told him to go over to his father. "By then a policewoman who was on the scene said things were under control," he said. "A state policeman came over and asked me to identify the man who had hit my father. I pointed Ellis out to him. Then I returned to my father's side and went to fha Kncnif al ir* vtivr uvropiuoi ill llltj dill" bulance with him," Hudson said. JIM CARLEN, USC head football coach and athletic director, said Ellis didn't take part in the shouting match. "Phil didn't say a word," Carlen said. "I . see FootbaU. page 3 nel bud t S. Weatherbee 1 Writer iay be cut 7 percent next year, e to increase admissions stant, President James Holderman :ent meeting. itrol Board has suggested the irds were increased from a f 2.0 to 2.2 or 2.5, which the adwilling to consider, USC would 3f students, particularly on the in said. i be a system-wide policy, not )lumbia campus, he said. Two buil LU UC ItSll on USC By Sheri Baxter Staff Writer Major renovations are planned for the Byrnes International Center and the Tudor House, according to David Rinker, USC systems vice president for facilities planning. The Byrnes center, on Sumter Street across from the Horseshoe, will undergo extensive internal improvements. "Internal renovations will include re-doing the heating and air-conditioning system," Rinker said. Other renovations will include making the building more accessible to the handicapped and updating stairwells and elevators to meet fire-code standards. RENOVATION OF the Tudor House at 1714 College St. will include maintenance ; ^gjjkf^BuBBaF ^s9niS?lff^^^R9^^H^^^Bfl^^flHL^ I ?v Gamecock defensive end Phil Ellis stops a Duke running back during Saturday night's game. Ellis was allegedly involved in a fight in the parking lot following the game. (Photo by John Parnell) get may be cut Other options were discussed. One called for increasing faculty members' teaching load. Even increasing the teaching load 30 to 50 percent would not make up for the 7 percent budget cut, Holderman said. Holderman suggested a reduction in non-teaching personnel if the cut is passed. The state Budget and Control Board advised USC not to fill teaching vacancies for one to two years. Holderman called AI t n i_ i i_ i : me Doara s aavice mcreaioiy naive. If USC were not to fill any vacancies, it would mean, tor example, that the position of dean of nursing would go unfilled, and a number of critical faculty appointments would also go unfilled, Holderman said. I ?* r . -% [dings ;f' Today ? - at use lOVated *An evening of contemporary jazz _ ^ with "Mainland" in CamDUS the Golden Spur. * Show at 9 p.m., $1. and repairs, such as new Dr. Michio Kaku I door and window frames, from CitV' UniverHinkersaid. eitv in York The house probably will be "-if. rww iurK J . r-.! . a/tll- enpak' unrl useu as me new rinanciai " "rvw" """ Aid office, combining the answer questions on two branches of the nuclear i.^W8Ste' Financial Aid Office located disposal at 7:30 p.m. on opposite sides of College . rp m Street, Hinkersaid. wf' Work also will continue in Life Sciences the Horseshoe area, where I Building. I dorm rooms in Legare and Harper colleges are being A/eather I "Kfuthortaed additions HP! include an expansion of the in the business administration LOWS In the building, addition of student 40s> seats at WUliams-Brice ^Pdrtfy I ktuHuim ann ho pah. ^ ^ struction of a bubble over the ;^ | soccer field. W%Hc* -?f SCMtered 1 Rinker said two new |hoW0fS. H(|h^|lN I buildings are planned ? the fgjhtft ;lTI thQ I Carolina Arts Center and a new engineering building.