University of South Carolina Libraries
SoufchbCaro1iniana^Library Horseshoe Haircut or shave? ,3 0* ? lfT tfUl HT I IT ^edflesdoy Coliseum rocks p. 6 fif HH mrvk mF 9pf? July 27, 1983 Program dropped ,7 VIVII I H6 VWV fl y.i,^,, ., See,d c-ea 'Down under' music |H Hnlin Mtiu (rinhtl ni thn Australian rock group Mon at Work played before a packed house at Carolina Coliseum | Saturday night... I lH : ^1 * 1'' fln ^ : fP? : HMiMii^a^ :-? ^- -% > -ifttf^v' - W w *. i'.^gAa^^^v> Gray opposes By Johnny Boggs A Columbia City Council proposal requirii certain streets near USC "stinks," Student ( Barry Gray said Monday. The plan, drafted by Columbia lawyer Enj presented to council July 20, and was gree public hearing is scheduled for Aug. 3. "This came out of the blue," Gray said. discussion, and all of a sudden it's here." Gray said he has talked with several USC sti consensus among them is the plan is poor. "1 intend on getting as many students (as ing," he.said. "The question I'll put before-t Street wasn't closed, then streets shouldn't b "If you close part of the city to students, going to be closed all over." Carolina's theatf By John Annunziata Professor Thomas Cooke is the new head of USC's Department of Theatre and Speech. Cooke, who took over at IJSC in the first week of July after a lengthy national search, has worked with many theater companies in his career. Most recently, he was at the University of Tennessee, where he was the chairman of the Master of F ine Arts Program. COOKE SAID he looks forward to working with USC's Department of Theatre and Speech for several reasons. "I've always been interested in alternative theater," Cooke said, adding it was one of the main reasons he took the job. Alternative theater, also known as experimental theater, is not commercialized, which means it is not controlled totally by profits. An examnle of the concept is a theatei company that affiliates itself with a school Cooke said. "THIS PROGRAM is very strongh student-oriented," he said, referring to th< set-up he has inherited with his new job. With a theater and speech program the si/< of IJSC 's. Cooke said, "this program is largi enough to do a good job and small enough t< be personalized. s: J|Su^ IB hhhh ^ ^ - ' : ' ' ' ^ ^ ^ by Dave Grimlcy HP*" h:mm -and Rick Springfield (left), also of Australia, followed with mJpH| his rock music the following night. See story, page 6. by Angel Montgomery " ' ' a > plan to curb USC's alternative ng permits to park on pumic, oray saia. jovernment President "That stinks, too, "I'm going to try glish McCutchen, was have spoken with nil ted with approval. A waV l*lc votes w' li' the plan is appi 1'herc hadn't been any areas around the US whether residents a idents, and the general businesses, schools, possible) to the hear- Permits, issued 01 he council is if Greene problem streets w e closed mits would also be < pretty soon streets are Gray said the he; many USC students ;r department app nnk^ ^hhhr v i?|||||| ^hh Named theater department head "In university theater, you can work with / great literature rather than what some pro ? ducer thinks will be most marketable. "I feel theaters arc very important in < e university community in that it is a vcr e valuable resource for che community," In ;) said. "I LOOK f orward to putting some of tin Student begins for reckless ht From Staff Reports - _ Ur A USC student returned from his Anderson home Monday to the S.C. Department of P? Corrections in Columbia to begin his three- tra year sentence for reckless homicide. Robert Matthew Thompson pleaded guilty to reckless homicide July 20 after a circuit ,w judge set aside a Richland County jury's verdict of guilty to the September murder of a T'1 \\ ..L# rVvl.imKio ummon OCI * * V 7 1 V_ W I U 1 1 I UlCl ? W I I 1 U 11 Upon request by the victim's family, Cir- co' cuit Judge Julius Baggett vacated the convic- ?* tion, and Thompson, a 23-year-old business administration student, pleaded guilty to a P'c lesser charge in the Sept. 25 death of Sherry ,m c : :ik .:n.iuggiii:>. SCROGGINS, 24, was crushed beneath a rcl car she had ducked behind when Thompson ne drove his 1979 Trans Am up Whaley Street at a high speed after the USC-Georgia football game, according to testimony. 1,0 i.-. ~/" ?! u: ,1 rlfl in an cuiv.iii}n IU tiuuc ^uiumuia anu Lain- ? pus policemen, Thompson's car hit the m< railroad tracks going cast on Whaley Street at approximately 50 miles per hour, accor- mi din^ to tejU^mony. l> About four blocks later, the car went airborne and landed in the American Legion '1C hiiihlino'c no rUno lr\t at Whalp\/ anH c lo streets, crashing into 10 cars and killing Scroggins. sc According to testimony, Thompson was taking Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity brothers a Steven Johnson and David Briscoe, two norlrinn gjcai i ?j would be to ujqse university parking areas to the v but we've got to respond in some way. to talk with each member of council. I hope to of them by Friday, so I should have some idea 11 stack up," he said. oved, Columbia's traffic division would study C campus and throughout the city to determine ?^vorl/ino nnir thpir hnmpt hv lie fwCJJl II Will |;ui Mli^ IIVUI l i iv 11 IIVIIIVJ j offices or other institutions. lly to residents, would be required to park on eekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Visitor perivailable. ? U O- 1/1 o r->-> drift tin hnnprl iring wuuiu Man ai s.j\> ..v. would come to object to the proposal. loints new head ideas I've learned over the years to practice," lie hdlU. Cooke said he feels students are often getting shortchanged at university theaters. His basic goal is to decide what USC's theater department can do better than any other while making the basic contribution to the humanities, he said. /\ T rt Uir?/?ar /I l/\nc f~\ A L' A C CI I f\ Ka Wilt Ul lilt Ulgg(,.1l UkklJIUIl.-) v-vjimv. .1IIIU MV. will have to make with the faculty is where to place the emphasis in the theater program. "WE'LL WANT to do the best plays ? living, vital pieces of art. I feel dance should be in a theater program," he said, adding he I was vcrv nleased USC has a dance department. "I'm very impressed with the department and the faculty" at this point, he said. In the spring, Cooke will direct "Henry IV Part I." Afterward, he'll be directing whenever he has the time, he said. Because his job at Carolina will consist of much more office work, however, he will not be able to take advantage of the outside opj portunities that come up, he said. AFTER RECEIVING his master's degree in fine arts from Yale University's School of 1 Dr^ma, Cooke taught at various schools and ^ became involved with the newly formed pro fessional Southern Stage as a consultant. See "Cooke," page 3 ; sentence jmicide liversity of Georgia students, to a bar on >sewood Drive when a Columbia liceman attempted to stop Thompson for a iffic violation. A CIIASE ensued, involving at one time o campus policemen on foot. After the acc'dent, blood tests revealed ompson had a blood alcohol level of 0.133 rcent. South Carolina law states a person is nsidered drunk with a blood alcohol level 0.10 percent and higher. Thompson, from the beginning, agreed to ad guilty to reckless homicide, carrying a iximum five-vear sentence, but rhe- stnte o charged him with murder. Throughout the three-day trial, Thompson heatedly said, "I'm sorry lor what I did. 1 ^er meant to hurt anybody." AFTfcR ALMOST four hours of delibera n, jurors returned the verdict c?! guilty, liming Thompson had acted with malicc, a ijor element in the murder charge. I he jury had four options: guilty of urder, with a mandatory life sentence; guilof involuntary manslaughter, with up to a ree-year sentence; guilty of reckless >micide, with up to a five-year sentence and ss of driving privileges; or not guilty. Although the jury decided on the life rntence, Scroggins' family did not. Atirneys for the family approached Baggett, long with state solicitor Barney Giese, and See "Trial." page 3 t ~m* Students won't hn mntin A h uc iiiuvcu uaui\ to LaBorde By Dean Hinson The relocation of USC students to the LaBorde dormitory is doubtful even when the air conditioning system is fixed, a university official said. Air conditioning problems during the heat wave that blistered Columbia recently forced Residential Life Services to reassign about 150 residents of LaBorde to new dormitories July 16-17. Allen Shealy, director of Family and Summer Housing, said with only three weeks of summer school remaining, "it just wouldn't be feasible to repeat as big a move as that was." Residents of the fifth, sixth and seventh floors began moving to available rooms in Douglas dormitory July 16, and those living on the lower floors were moved to University Inn the following day, Shealy said. The compressor in the LaBorde air conditioning system had broken down earlier in the week, and maintenance workers were unable to get a replacement installed and working, he said. When it became apparent July 16 the system wouldn't be fixed "anytime soon," residents were moved into Douglas, Shealy said. University Inn was chosen to house the remaining students because "we didn't have any other facilities that were prepared" for occupation, he said. Snowden and Moore, the other men's dorms in the Towers Complex, were originally scheduled tor summer occupation, but were closed at the beginning of the summer because of electrical problems, according to a letter sent to students who had signed up for those dorms. 1 -? 1