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GAMECOCK LXXIV, No. 67 University of South Carolina Wednesday, January 20, 1982 1 1981 In 1. USC Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Jim Carlen was fired Dec. 11 by the USC Board of Trustees after serving as football coach since 1975 and athletic director since 1976. j Neither the board nor USC President James B. Holderman wuuia say wny uarien was fired but insiders said it was a combination of Carlen's 6-6 football finish in 1981, his proud, aggressive attitude and moral problems related to his private life. tr . 2. The state Budget and Control Board Nov. 23 ordered all state agencies to reduce budgets by 2.19 percent. USC claimed to be one of the hardest hit and as a result, imnlpmPntpH Q iot; cflirlnnt ->11 11 yuu utuuvuv ouiv.iiai^c 1U1 (111 aiUUCIllE) ilS WC11 <JS reducing operating costs, renovations, personnel, ahd classes. USC PresidentlHolderman publicly denounced the\board's decision, charging that USC and higher education should be exempt from the budget-cutting process. He further said that the university helps the state economically but the reverse wasn't being carried out. 3, In a landmark victory for USC last January, the House ^ Education Committee overturned the State Commission ori Higher Education's recommendation that USC discontinue General Studies programs. Gov. Dick Riley had supported the CHE's recommendation, resulting in bad blood between USC and the uovernor s omce. Kiiey and the CHE said the College of General Studies should discontinue two associate degree programs that they claimed duplicated programs offered at local technical schools. 4. Aug. 13, the USC Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition for USC students to partially offset a $10.6 million cutback for the 1981-82 budget. Tuition increases were $50 for in-state students and $100 for out-of-state students, coupled with a 3.5 percent salary reduction for university employees, a $1 million reduction in shuttle and parking transfers and a 20 percent reduction in library equipment. 5. The campus security system was reorganized drastically during 1981. It started with the January resignation of George Key, head of USC's campus security system for more than 12 years. Lt. Carl Stokes, a 26-year veteran of the State Law Enforcement Division, took over the position of director C of security and safety Feb. 26. Chief of Campus Police Marvin Harrelson was stationed at Coastal Carolina in November and Lt. Ken Pereira was appointed head of uniform police. Lt. Norm Sanders will head the investigative section and Sgt. Robert Burgin took over the administrative section. 6. USC President Holderman was courted for the presidency of Ohio State University in late Mav. He visited the ramnn? with his family and OSU made serious offers. Holderman % withdrew his name from consideration June 1 claiming, "I have no modest ambitions for this institution." 7. USC Professor Richard L. Walker was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to South Korea July 24 after being scrutinized by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for almost one month Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) placed Walker's name under consideration although Walker, who was head of the USC Institute of International Studies, said he wasn't interested in a job as ambassador. 8. The USC Gamecock baseball team finished fourth in the nation June 6 after making an appearance at the College I World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The team won two games and lost two at the NCAA World Series but finished the year' at 46-15 as the fourth best team in college baseball. 9. USC Basketball Guard Zam Fredrick finished the 1980-81 season as the number one scorer in college basketball, averaging 28.9 points per game as his team finished the season at 17-10 under the first year of Head Basketball Coach Bill Foster. 10. USC Students and faculty touched bases with their counterparts half-way around the world as an exchange program with Shanxi University in China was initiated Sept. 3. Five students and four faculty members went to Shanxi and 20 Chinese delegates started studies here two weeks later. \ *. ^ ^ ^ 1 A *^ *** mnfBWffilllilHMWlTBr^w-Pfgiiil^- . ^,. "^. USC has acquired University Inn. The Inn wi be USed ffOr hOUSing. Staff Photo by TAMMY BAUGHMAN USC Student Victiir BY GLENN BURKINS SUH Writer TB : Philip Gary Lee, a 22 year old USC student was found | ' dead Sunday, January 17 r around 7 p.m. in his Wade H Hampton Hotel dorm room. Jim Anasti, Chief Deputy I ; ^^ Coroner of Richland County said Lee was found /lead, MM - R f| apparently strangled to 9 raj death by his karate belt. Rjj9| "Apparently, he had A hpfnmp *?nt?inc*lnH in tho holt f SUBWlTlIp TO and died of accidental : asphyxiation," Anasti said. He said the body had been jlnj examined by a pathologist and the time of death was determined at about 9 a.m. Jan. 16. A relative of Lee apparently became suspicious 9 when he was unable to ffl contact Lee for several days, fl The coroner's report stated the senior engineering Philip Lee is student was found by up wjiq loiitif! William Willis, a Wade "e WaS Iouna ac Hampton Hotel janitor who staff Photo by karkn kkmpi was on duty at the time. Willis said he was notified at his home Sunday evening by did not actually find a hall advispv that thn nri?c bodv." Willis stated. "I key would not open the dorm on weekend duty at the ti door. Willis had to remove ' on^y opened the door, the lock because it was hall advisers went in." bolted from the inside. John Trentove, foi USC Acquires | University Inn BY TIM BONNER Staff Writer A local organization engaged in obtaining real estate for USC recently purchased the University Inn, according to a university official. Chris Vlahoplus, Senior Vice-President for administration Said thp Tnn will h? ncorl oo 1:? ? 1' ' " ?t??a mv uovu CIO CI yJLK.IL uiilwi y bid ( llll^ ill 1116 1311. He said it will immediately help eliminate the shortage of oncampus housing. "Our long-term housing needs will be filled by what we own, but we do have a significant need for shortterm housing," he said. The group that bought the motel is the Carolina Research and Development Foundation, of which Vlahoplus is executive director. The foundation is a chartered, non-profit organization designed primarily to acquire real estate for H use. Vlahoplus said that due to the nature of the foundation the purchase price of the motel couldn't be revealed. Vlahoplus also said the foundation plans to sell the Woodland Terrace Apartments on South Beltline, which have been used byUSC for married student housing since 1966. "University Inn fills our need for more convenient oncampus housing, so Woodland Terrace was no longer needed. We have been assured that there is adequate housing around the city for married students. Good evidence of the fact that 1 the need for married housing is lessening is the 30 vacancies 1 presently in Woodland Terrace," he said. 1 Someone, presumably a man, has been living in the motel for some time and no one knows who he is, Vlahoplus said. y-3 "The previous owners leased a room to someone and now he ^ can't be located. For all we know he may still live there." ^ The motel has been closed since Dec. 31. University security guards presently supervise the grounds. Renovation ~ is underway and when completed will add about 200 spaces 11 for single students. Officials at Residential Life Services , have not decided whether or not the dorm will be coed. i Of Accidental Suicide 'WOlffiBHBBl if ?fSk I ?MmiiS& mp s,.w.mm<>m fisSk- -v ^ctwmsHBP 921 >ss ^ ' liiMMtt^--^ . BS ^ ^ M^^MPrHlTrfV', irjrgTTiTBfnMi^Wiiwfll SHEBH^yHB -v*?* \^B8r jiggffggW ER has been performed on Lee the floor hall adviser at the t0 cheek for the presence of was Hotel refused to comment on drugs or alcohol. The results me. the incident. "It's a touchy win not be available for tho citliatiAn ? ? T 11-. J ...v. o.iwt.iiv/u aiiu 1 iccmy uoii i several days according to know how to handle it." Anasti but the death has jrth A toxicology examination been ruled accidental.