Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I <0 Med school mergerQK'd p. 5 ^^ & ffrlclc&jy Play packs power p. 8 M (jMBlfffr illltr W\ UHll February 25.1983 Gamecocks win opener p. 10 H H1C|^m1^F%h Bfl University of South Carolina m m ^BBP m m Vol.75,No.67 w??mtmmmmm hwiiu?? a??iag?hub hub iwBBwaa?B?wB>eBBW?M?BB?w??wwajiJMwii?j^wartBwwMMa??gMWMM?niMCTa?Bw?gMw?wwMM?a?ww?MMMMMa>WM?wBgaMBBMBD<w?wwwaMMaggBaamawnMBBlmmuwwiawBMB?MwwMwwBa?BMwwMB?MMBMMwwwww?wi>aiiCT???MMwaMBKMMWMWM?? use 1 By Susan G. Hand T^i r r'lctiis iur a new priv center were unveiled ; Holderman. The John E. Swearin j after a 1938 graduate of (fy chairman of the board occupy 120,000 to 130,00( Assembly streets. South Carolina F!1?Wr to USC 118,000 square 1 site when they move t ^ said. The site will be us and high technology claj PLANS FOR THE NE this year, Holderman s spring of 1984 and finish $ Gov. Dick Riley, Lt. Uai ion nuuoc JLVOIIIUII OtliWdl I David Waugh were pr press conference. "The educational en tremely important froi ment," Riley said. setting a great example South Carolinian, intere WE HAVE THE G? in these United States, center "a great step f Carolina at no cost to th< 9 Funding for the cei donators, with heavy c dustry, Holderman sai contributors. "We have contribution to this faci his name to this facility and colleagues across gotten a tremendous rej Holderman called distinguished alums, if the business world." I OF THE $15 MILLK pledged, he said, and th in six to eight months. Discussions about a ago, but fundraising for Holderman said. The main site of the c Baseball's ba 9 Baseball returned to Gamecocks opened the I defeating Armstrong Methodist this afternoc to get $ 15 ateiy tunaect $15 million engineering Bg| yesterday by USC President James gen Center for Engineering, named f the USC College of Engineering and p| of Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), will Jpl ) square feet between South Main and S; ic & Gas Co. will also make available j I 'eet across the street from the main il ;o the Palmetto Center. Holderman ll ed for office space and high reseafch ||>. ssrooms, Holderman said. :W center will be drawn and finalized aid. They expect to break ground in the project in 1986. j| j Gov. Mike Daniel, Speaker of the i z and College of Engineering Dean ||| esent along with Holderman at the ? vironment of South Carolina is ex- gj^ n all stages of educational develop- H e're setting a great standard;we're l| . John Swearingen proved to be a true H ssted in what happens here." EATEST president of any university " Schwartz said. He called the new orward for the University of South ( estate of South Carolina." . titer is coming from a variety of p contributions from the petroleum ind. He declined to name any of the the ;n't asked Mr. Swearingen to make a We lity," he said. "We asked him to lend cor \ and we have approached his friends tne country tor contributions ana sponse." fei Swearingen one of USC's "most ^ not our most distinguished alum, in cal CO cla coi DN, about two-thirds of it has been ley expect to get the remaining funds \ mv new center began about 3 1/2 years ^u; it only began about eight months ago, sai y? enter, located across the street from r tio J .,, sei thi M ^ jer % cr< Photo by Andy Li valley the Ck mc i usu Wednesday afternoon as the ho ir 1983 seson in winning fashion by Sei State 7-0. Carolina plays host to in at Serge Frye Field beginning at 3. C01 err iiih ii pillion en :??3ra& ^HBHK v^;:: ^ j^^BR^^9BS^ :':^ai jov. Dick Riley (center) and Speaker of the Ho ins for the construction of a $15 million enj ivate support will fund the building. t SCE&G complex, is presently owned b: stern Railways and is being used as a pa npany and USC have begun discussing obtai I'tiu; nkw ukjntek IS expected to contain itures, including an auditorium that shoul ), three video-equipped classrooms with s pability and facilities for computer-aidc mputer-aided manufacturing. All issrooms and faculty offices would ha^ mputer terminal connections. Vaugh said the new facilities should enable irease its enrollment. The size of the prese ilding have limited enrollment in the past se d. "We probably could have had 300 mor< ar if we could have accepted them," he said. The college has also lost faculty in the past loard orders st lolderman say: Chris Handal JSC could be "severely" affected a state Budget and Control Board ' i ier for state agencies to submit ins for spending reductions if the tactions are enforced, according to 1C President James Holderman. Hie board gave state agencies until 1| irch 8 to present plans for reducing ;ir budgets by 3.5 percent. State encies were warned by the board in :cemuer mai me siaie s minion ortfall could force another iuction. ijl 'If they put it (the budget reduc- gg| ns) in force it will affect us =i /erely," Holderman said. "I don't paj nk the university will make a knee- the k reaction. V 'I'M GOING TO do everything I of I n to keep from passing it (budget The iuctions) onto the students. We'll age ve to wait and see what the Fui gislaturedoes." abo Phe legislature has been working plans to cope with the $60 million P )rtfall. The plan receiving the most age ention has been a sales tax in- ann iase. The sales tax could provide yea ; needed revenues in the last three sen mths of the fiscal year. rhe bill, however, is stalled in the poii i :r :i 1 " * * uac ami even n u is passeu, uie 01 i nate will have to take action. Bor Fhe House and Senate are also diff nsidering bills allowing state U iployees to be furloughed without plo} gineerincj : I flran I '** A .# /a*- ^^aBHWBB ife^cS?s?s?!!i?o^^.... Y^dsk5^*' use Ramon Schwartz (left) listen as USC P jineering building to be named after Johi y Norfolk and limited research facili rking lot. The should also correct this ning the site. 'WE'RE ENTERIN several special industrial revolution," d seat at least jeap forward into the atellite link-up 1990s ;u uesign ana laboratories, "The new center will ye interacting 0f people of South C equipped with the edu revolution and those lei ; the college to int faculty and Swearingen, who w; veral years, he honored last night by a e students this The existing College sumter street across I because of its said he thinks it will pre ate agencies i > effect could : V '' ;;S p The bills are in committee until e tax issue is decided. I /illiam Putnam, executive director the budget board, was quoted in v ? State as saying, "Some of the s mcies are getting panicky. g loughs or additional revenues are t ut the only alternatives left to us." UTNAM ALSO SAID that asking p ncies to cut 3.5 percent from their v ual budgets this late in the fiscal a r would mean closing down some t /ices. It's extremely difficult at this it in tne year to cut 3.5 percent out u he budget," USC Provost Frank f' kowski said. "It would pose very ?' icult problems." I npaid furloughs for state em- o /ees would affect "virtually fi I center I? f / ' f ^ Photo by Dan Smith resident James Holderman announces 1 Swearingen, a 1938 USC raduate. ties, Holderman said. The new center i_i ? ? i proDiem, ne said. G A NEW AGE as important as the Daniel said. "We're taking a quantum industrial revolution of the 1980s and be a major boost to the employability arolina divided into two skills ? those cation to help them in the industrial ft behind." as not at the press conference, was dinner given in his honor. of Engineering building is located on [rom Longstreet Theatre. Holderman )bably be used as a science building. to plan cuts; be severe 'It's extremely difficult at lis point in the year to cut .5 percent out of the budget, would pose very difficult roblems.' ? USC Provost Frank Borkowski lUOruKftHlf" amnlnna/1 a f TTCf ? va j wvuj viupiujr vu at uuv, lolderman said. Borkowski said he did not know whether the university would have to ubmit a detailed list of cuts or just a [eneral idea of where the cuts would >e made. DECIDING WHICH CUTS to >ropose will involve "sitting down vith every dean and program director inH lfvnlfini* at fhpir huHontc frnm tnn o bottom," Borkowski said. Holderman said he hopes the iniversity will know by March 11 if a urlough or budget cuts will have to be rnplemented. "I don't know when the /t^isicuurf is going 10 aci, dui we ught not to react until we know inally what they are going to do."