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IH8 ? - i : | ;-V;> . * *' " rrnn % v m ~-/1~- " ' r>-~'x3~" Concentration _ . . t I - l. | Sophomore Joe ugast siuaies on a Dencn Clemson fire d SENECA (AP) ? A "full-scale investigation" of Clemson University's fire department is under way by the State Law Enforcement Division, spokesman Hugh Munn says. A preliminary investigation, reniioctorl Kir rr*r? I ijuvaLvu <~>y ^ibiiisuii univciMiy riCMdent Bill Atchley in February, revealed "enough information to indicate there may be evidence of criminal wrongdoing," Munn said. He said the "handline" of state funds and nepotism at the fire department were two allegations investigated by agents. University Fire Chief Charles Owen I % iiAirvi i ifi || VlblUN^bNIl WOODHILL MALL 776-5275 1602 BUSH RIVER RD. 798-2290 27 50 LAUREL ST. 799-2187 I DIVE BACK i ?h.e mmwm beside the Thomas Cooper Library reflection pool. pnartmpnt faros rnn U |/ VI I HI I IV t I 1 S M WW WWII was fired in January after the ad- fire departn ministration audited the department, and a univei Clemson officials cited "university March 1. policy" and would not comment about the investigation or the audit, and Atchley sa Owen said he would appeal the univer- he received sity's action internally. "alleging th Owen took a leave of absence from university his duties as fire chief for the city of tampered wi Clemson, according to city administrator Charles Helsel. The Ferguson university provides fire protection to Crooks ha< ,u? commission lilt IU wil. J.P. Strom, During Owen's absence, the univer- The univ sity's director of public safety, Jack Jim Brumm Ferguson, had been in charge of the public safet ?7 BAUSCH AN! ER?/ w/r A D CnFT VV 1?/ ll\ v/v/1 $99.95 Call for an appointment Does not inlcude eye exam or su nto ACTION with ... At The Golden Spur Tonight & Thursday 1 At 99 IV JL CI 1 V-ll JL W A-# M Admission $2.50 St. Pauli Girl 95c BE THERE!! , Drinking stuc"ents ' mm legislature will lobby ft ^RtflNg A telephone poll of stu ; percent support the currei ^ ?M wine and 21 for liquor. '^Wl At USC, 30 percent of 1 ^ ' V :> ? while 25 percent wanted pmjpaarv - > >\ i drinks. Twenty percent vn ^ cent wanted 18 for every Wtl to Put or her life on t [ M;t\r binding contracts and to . 3-Ev'4'*Vac,? them as old enough to coi \ V >n a press statement. iimI U*r* Statistics showing that ft I * fluence of alcohol involv !- "'~--ff/ "^nrf legislature said. "\ / *4Actually, youths betv percent of all DUI arres .? v young adults between the Photo by Joseph Garnett but that the minimum ; statement said. The SCSSL will propc Assembly in testimony including: A fine of $1,000 and/c trn\fQrC\/ hours or more than 30 d< II U V CI ay penalty is a $200 minir * hours.); lent. However, Ferguson A fine not less than $1 rsity policeman were fired than 10 days for the secc A fine not less than Si than 90 days or more th id the men were fired after and word of a SLED report Imprisonment for not lat the odometer on a years for the fourth offe police car had been Legislators hesitate to th." them are lawyers and m; SCSSL spokesman said, and officer Francis C. xhe SCSSL has also \ i their law enforcement abuse curriculum in the s s revoked by SLED Chief jng a peer pressure camp Atchley said. Students will bring ale ersity's chief investigator, ties there if the drinkir litt, was named director of security problems and d y, Atchley said. } LOMB EXTENDED LENESES only .. . nnlips SHFveT ( I (((((IMUmH lUUvUUUv v" V'' V " v V' V \ * W || ii 1 || | 5dldU, f age correct, say in poll students want the leual drinking age the South Carolina State Student )r it, an official with SCSSL said idents at 12 S.C. schools showed 70 nt age requirements: 18 for beer and those polled supported existing laws, 21 to be the age for all alcoholic 'anted 19 for beer and wine, 15 perilling, and 5 percent wanted 20 for ^ ? 1 _ 1 VI I 4 L. s-year-oia as oiu anu mature eiiuugn he line for our country, to sign legal vote, the law should therefore treat isume beer or wine," the SCSSL said most arrests for driving under the in* . . . i . r _i I!.. _ a L . e inose unaer zi are misleading, me ^een the ages of 14 and 17 make up 40 ts. Thus, statistics do not show that i ages of 18 and 21 are irresponsible, age law is ineffective," the SCSSL ?<;e stronger nenalties to the General "" v o r ? * v ' before the judicial committee, >r imprisonment for not less than 62 lys for the first offense (The current num fine or imprisonment for 48 1,500 and imprisonment for not less >nd offense; >,uuu ana imprisonment ior not less an three years for the third offense; less than one year or more than 10 nse. increase penalties because many of ake money from defending DUI's, a jroposed the adoption of an alcohol econdary school system and is plann jcugu iui a.iivi uui v vi jiuwj . ohol to the dorms and have more parig age is raised, which can result in amage to dorms, the SCSSL said. I The GAMECOCK is the student W I newspaper of the University of South I a Carolina and is published three times I j I a week on Monaays. 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