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Residents
at Wheele
Wheeler Hill residents have be
Carolina Research and Develop
chased a large portion of the area
In tho ItAOinninii tha nnluopoiKr <
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ideas for use of the land, but now,
it has become evident the univ*
aquiring the property.
Originally the university plai
university expansion, either by h
; sororities, or by building new do
dropped, new dorms were no ]
Greek's supposedly could not aff<
several other options to be considc
In 1974, the low-to-moderate in
Hill developed a community gr<
R&D in order to look after their b<
and community group were <
neighborhood and providing hous
incomes, but in 1976 the univers
with the city of Columbia an<
favorable to Wheeler Hill resident
As developement of the land
residents were displaced with hop
able to move back, either into re
once proposed, or by buying ineji
new homes.
However, the end result is 50 1<
$30,000. The estimated cost of bui
$70,000, far too much for low-incon
In the meantime, the university
buying the land by selling it for a
the WhM>]pr Hill PAoiAinfo ncr k
any compromise plans and now is <
To the Editor: pi
Chances are many of you ai
associate my name with e<
WUSC-FM (the campus g
radio station). Therefore, it w
seems appropriate this pj
commentary shall revolve
around my affiliation with al
WUSC; the experiences, the a]
events I reported on, the hi
people I've met. w
As News Director of WUSC r
my encounters with USC jc
President James Holderman w
are many, most recent is h
Holderman's appearance on e<
Campus Magazine, the g
radio T.aiK snow I nost. In the ^
April 10th issue of the tt
Gamecock, editor Steve ci
Riddell accused Holderman tl
and his aide, Steve ei
Beckham, of plotting to ai
wage "planted" telephone
calls during the program r
(the program broadcasts b
audience comments via cj
telephone). w
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a representative of the hi
Student Alumni Association in
was asked by Beckham to c<
"get SAA members to call in tc
with favorable questions" th
allowing Holderman to
stress the positive points of tl
his administration. Due to ai
the nature of my r<
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iment Corp. since it purin
the 1960s and early '70s.
teemed to have legitimate
more than ten years later,
ersity made a mistake in
ined to use the land for
casing it to fraternities and
rms. But when enrollment
Longer necessary and the
ord the land, so there were
ired.
come residents of Wheeler
)up to work with Carolina
sst interests. The university
iiscussinc uDflradinc the
ling for different races and
lity began working closely
i the plans became less
s.
I continued, Wheeler Hill
es they would eventually be
nt-assisted apartments, as
[pensive plots and building
>ts being sold for $20,000 to
lding a home on the lots is
tie families.
is reversing its mistake in
big profit at the expense of
as completely tossed aside
only out to make money.
direct
rofessional relationship
id my friendship with the
litor and staff of the
amecock it is not unusual I
ill often read material
rior to publication.
I was suprised by Riddell's
[legations. I questioned his
negations. Riddell insisted
is sources of information
ere accurate. I only know
iddell as a responsible
lurnalist and a fair person,
hose relationship with
olderman was only
jualled by former Student
overnment President
arrv Kellner. Traditionally
tese two student positions
irry clout. Holderman
?erefore made special
'fort to speak with Kellner
id Hiddell.
Shortly after leaving
iddell's office I telephoned
eckham. He greeted my
ill, "Great show, went real
ell." "Thank you," I
jsponded. Without telling
im of the editorial to am>ear
i the following day's paper I
)ntinued, "Did you attempt
'plant* telephone calls on
le program in an effort to
?ailout' Dr. Holderman if
le calls began mounting
gainst him?" Beckham
splied without hesitation,
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"No." He asked me no of
questions concerning my ex
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said goodbye. ne
On Monday of last week ch
Holderman passed me in the an
Russell House on his way to w<
address fraternities and
sororities to kick off Greek cii
Week. When I greeted He
Holderman, he did not slow ofl
his pace. He shook his finger m;
at me and said, "Get your eli
facts straight." I followed th<
him, but he would not stop to ag
discuss the editorial, which I 1?
assumed his comment I.I
pertained to. sei
The following day I he
telephoned Holderman's wii
office and left a message for pr<
him to contact me. Several Th
days later, after leaving a ,4C
second message, I was wh
contacted by Beckham. I ru
told Beckham that fei
Holderman's inference that I th<
had anything to do with the fo<
authoring of the editorial be
was simply false. Beckham no
questioned my telephoning be
him about the editorial prior ca
co publication, l explained to p.i
him I merely was at- co;
tempting to find out the truth wi
in the matter. He then in- po
fered that Riddell and I lej
conspired, when he said in a ch
very probing, untrusting and ca
facetious manner, "...oh ps<
does Riddell always consult He
with you about his ap
editorials.'* I told Beckham do
that Riddell consults me on foi
few matters concerning his op
editorial policy. si)
If Riddell's editorial ba
allegations are true, if 1
Holderman did solicit "a dif
tipping of the scales" then I ge
am not "deplored" as the foi
editorial stated, rather I am Be
suprised. Holderman is a W1
politician, and a damn good th<
one. In fact, the thought of th<
planting phone calls in the wc
audience came to my mind wh
when several people offered yo
to do so. But I refused, ab
rifviHinO trt lonua thik oKaiu In tin
its billed "candid" format. stf
In the long run, the it
program was a plus for asi
Holderman. The audience be
comments were favorable to
despite a number of an- sti
tagonistic and unfavorable av
calls. If this alleged scheme for
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isted, it didn't work!
lere was never any real
ed. However, there is a
ance the scheme existed
d the majority of calls
ire plants.
[t is well-known in roit?*?
rcles on campus that
>lderman and I do not hit i
I like big pals. I never
ade that exclusive list of
te students who find ;
emselves in constant i
reement with Holderman. \
at list includes S.G. and ;
?\C. presidents, S.G. <
nators, student media
ads, Heisman Trophy j
nners, University Union i
esidents and of course "All j
e President's Men"- or j
Hones "-these are students i
\o work for the president I
nning errands, chaufing
and serving Cokes in 1
b president's box at ?
>tball games. The reason I I
lieve Holderman and 1 are <
i peanut nutter and jelly is
cause two years ago I
lied his home around 9
Ti. on a Monday night to
mplain about the willingness
for the campus
lice to investigate the
gality of a fraternity
arging admission to an onmpus
burlesque. I used a
eudonym when calling
ilderman. I was wrnna t ?
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ologized to Holderman a t
zen time, he told me it was <
'gotten. However, any s
portunity Holderman was
jen, he used it to emrrass
me ? I swallowed it. ,
Holderman made it very
ficult for WUSC-News to t
taped, official comments
iau ittuiu newscast. f
ckham once told me, "If f
IS called us every time <
*y wanted a comment on *
5 air we'd never get any (
>rk done around here ? so (
ly should we do it for .
u?" Somehow I was never |
le to convince him since j
JSC was the student ,
ition, "The Voice of USC," (
should be reasonable to ^
sume Holderman should
willing to make an effort ,
be heard often on the ;
ition. We called an 4
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' a comment, only twice ?
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during the year were we c
afforded such a privilege. C
Sixty seconds every ten days c
seems to be a reasonable h
request, especially since C
Holderman is president of n
the university and should V
promote student activities. S
WUSC-News was also d
denied entrance to student C
media meetings. Holder- H
man on one occasion n
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aiiowea me to attend this tri- o:
semester meeting. It also h
took me over one and a half U
years to get Holderman on h
Campus Magazine. B
I was glad Holderman G
finally made his ap- L
pearance. It illustrates his P
interest, however sincere it A
is, in WUSC. His interest B
needs to be more apparent in
the future. rn
I'm sure Holderman will lis
be unpleased by what I have fa
3aid in this commentary ? w
that is unfortunate. I mmrfp
constant efforts to better a
relations with his office. h?
Holderman could have of
cooperated more than he de
lid. He obviously chose not ec
o. A mistake! m
Just a few words about my
>eloved WUSC. I attempted he
jo bring the radio station pr
closer to the students, to wi
nake it a part of every sfc
iiuuciil o me. i inea 10 maKe its
itudents more aware of the yc
mvironment. I publicized
Campus Magazine shows ?
sometimes the cost for flyers
Handicapped 01
roth* Editor:
I have been watching all
lemester the construction G
ind refurbishing of Wardlaw ..
College with keen interest. .
ro my amazement the ar:hitects
have committed a T
irime of immeasurable ^
proportion. What is worse is ^
that this abomination has
^een committed with the
apparent approval of the m
College of Education and the C(
University administration. ^
By npw hopefully many of ^
you are beginning to wonder
ivhat act could cause such
rftaHain A a aha 1
yuouwikii nu? uiic np|ii imcn^s
Wardlaw from Sumter
Street, there used to be an
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tie A BIT ?
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i ry
ame from my pocket. News
"enter 92 concentrated on
ampus news bringing
lighlights of Student
rovernment Senate
leetings on the air every
Wednesday. We brought the
.G. candidates into your
orm room, we brought
ampus Police Chief M.D.
[arrelson to your radio. So
lany great people and
rganizations helped us to
elp you: the University
nion, the Spur, the student
ealth center, Provost
orkowski, Student
overnment President
arry Kellner and Vice
resident Jeff Floyd,
ssociaie uean Jerry
rewer, and so many others.
The fact is the station
?eds your help. Your
stnership is vital. Students,
iculty, administrators ?
e can all make WUSC-FM a
>sitive asset for liSC and
plus for Columbia. We
ive the best music, a bunch
hard working amateurs,
;voted listeners, very little
juipment, very little
oney.
If we all let our voices be
iard about the future and
ogress of the station we
ill enjoy the benefits of a
ation that can truly serve
i listeners. But we need
urhelp!
Bryan Glazer
WUSC-FM
)erlooked
itrance to the old Peabody
ymnasium for hanicapped
persons. Now there
a beautiful concrete ramp
lat leads to a brick wall.
his inhumane disservice
lat has been inflicted upon
emdicapped persons is
excusable.
What makes this crime
iore severe is that the
allege of Education connually
strives to educate
e masses as to the needs
id the rights of the hancapped.
Mark D. Sweetman
tfrsrfliata stnilani
College of Education