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bOUbll Horseshoe A Drinkers stop p. 3 ?0*^ niWfci iHTTTr*? nitTW^n jrfffP* 1 m ITlOllcijiy Boppers bop p. 8 B BB| |flr^ra 1ft Jr'' Jlr Bpwf March 26, 1984 Track team flops p. 10 I ^ Hi Jn|iv^of South Carolina Student attiti a i on xuwara ou pi By Kathleen Earles Student perception of USC Student Gover: main objective of a SG survey given during t tions, a student senator said. Sen. Steve Loflin, Academics Commit presented to the Student Senate results of the s ing student government and other USC org departments. Results showed that only 115 of t surveyed knew who their senators were, and how to contact their senators. Fifty-seven stu not tnnwino thp 1nr>atir?n nf th#? nffifp In a rating of several USC services, results sh dent Government and USC residence halls both low ratings while student publications and distribution received fairly high ratings. The m; surveyed gave a "fair" rating to SAGA food si sent to those respective departments for revie\ IN THE area of SG services,the survey sh students have never used discount bus ticket; never attended a Student Senate meeting. The survey also asked students to make sugg ments to improve Student Government. The i comments concerned the need for better cc ruihliritv anH vicihilitv Othpr mmmpnts invr\K ing costs and better food service. Loflin said the idea for the survey came fron and was approved by the Communications Co going to the Senate floor. "We felt like if we were going to meet stu needed to do a survey to find out what studei :j r o* i tt t ^ n: ~ lULa.S mi OIUUCIU VJUVCI IlIIlCUl die, LUIHU 5>c A BILL was passed to allocate no more th printing of the survey in February. The Acadei composed the questions and conducted the si 1, SG election day. Loflin said the survey was presented to stuc ing places as optional 4,so people wouldn't b having to fill it out. We wanted students to anything," he said. Loflin tabulated the survey results. "If you noticed, there are only 115 who V senators are. That's really bad because studen who represents them," he said. HE SAID the Communication Committee on the majority of the results. One idea is t< wear special name tags every Wednesday w meets. "We'll be more visible," Loflin said. "I hoi mittee chairman of communications will see t the initiative." Loflin said he believes the survey will be a pc next year's Student Government. "Most big i See Corporate m By Chris Handal Congress is not likely to pass a bill limiting mergers despite the rash of corporate takeovers in the past few years, a USC business professor said. Of the five largest corporate mergers in U.S. history, three have taken place this year: Standard Oil of California acquired : i ? a K*~u:I ? vjuii, i cAticu ctcquncu vjcuy, anu iviuun acquired Superior Oil. Just this past week, the U.S. Justice Department approved the merger between the LTV Corporation and the Republic Steel Corporation. Earlier, the Justice Department had threatened to take the companies to court under the antitrust laws. This brought unusual criticism from Commerce Secretary Malcom Baldridge who wanted the deal uvtu. THIS FAST year, there were 2,533 mergers ?a nine-year high. "One of the reasons for the wave of mergers is stock prices, which arc still relatively low," said Ron Wilder, an V.VV/I1WIIIIW.1 |/i V/I V.J.JWI . This means it is often cheaper to buy existing factories rather than building a new one, he said. The low stock prices mean the jdes I nllnrj * lain m m mw wi m ? I N j nment was the ' ~~?? -r ? ? his year's elecf tee chairman, urvey concern- _ . mk anizations and %. Jgw he 469 students only 118 knew idents reported f|f lowed that Stu- I I " i received fairly J I . athletic ticket I ^Pjr ajority of those J ^gjfloll j! " JMT ervice ana were v. V owed that 314 S| ; and 317 have **" estions or commajority of the >mmunications, S /eu iuwci iiuus- >< i n his committee mmittee before ~ n ident needs, we it concerns and ^ fi id. s -11 Vdlt 1UUI V 111 CI II ^X atmtK mSgg win iaNc un.u.. mmm 3 have senators W hen the Senate >e the new com- -. he need to take Crossing the line Alan Moore was the first runner tsitive factor for kilometer Lung Run on Saturday, iniversities have "Survey," page 3 1 erger limitation: stock market undervalues assets once they are in place, he said. In the case of the oil industry, it is often : cheaper to buy another company with oil t reserves than exploring for the oil. ( "ANOTHER EXPLANATION," Wilder | said, "is that the Reagan administration's I Justice Department has been more lenient toward mergers than its predecessors. The < regulatory atmosphere has been more permissive." < But are all these mergers good for the i country? "I have mixed feelings about that. ] The positive side of that is that it (the merger) i is entered into voluntarily," Wilder said. I (The term "unfriendly takeover" refers 1 only to the feelings of the management of the company that is being taken over and not to i the stockholders who are selling their shares < to the acquiring company.) i "The negative side," Wilder said, "is that < most of the evidence compiled by those who study mergers shows that there is no social < gain. There is not much evidence that efficiency increases. "TIIKRE IS no evidence to lead me to believe that the Standard Oil of California and Gulf merger will be more efficient. If ? Pt - 4^. I t'ons r -j M$il - v '*' Jl I Be ?1a.*H I unjV( m . I I Serv i I mun digs ^ " w,r< WJJJJJIJI H hav M . ' \*-i ' J#* iv v ' r " *^yvf i < ^^^PBtBrirniiB / Shoi <*.? -, v -' / vv/y/ '"""'^ .-- / Kofc / / ^ud I buy Pieach stall ? 4r Photo by Barbara Zammit num univ to cross the finish line in Phi Kappa Sigma's five- basi: ed < pho said p Bin! il/niii nrnf a uiiiib^uiy| pi ui : ; men news analysis to * ** Tho; here are no social benefits, are there any told :osts?" goin The business cost could be a less com petitive market, he said, although this usual num ly doesn't happen in a conglomerate merger. S< rhe mergers in the oil industry could limit Tim competition, he said. com The other cost is socio-political, Wilder sum said. "That's the one that concerns me as the high possible adverse effect of the mergers." Large corporations could start wielding an T inordinate amount of political power Con possibly affecting future regulations and artic Ippiclatinn hf? saiH corr .VD.U.V.?.V..) - ~ * i Another socio-political cost is limiting cor- tolci porate opinions. Gulf and Standard Oil of man California could have had opposing views on R issues, "but presumably they will now be begi speaking with one voice," Wilder said. com "Some diversity is always lost when firms arc Bi i-*. J n Loinoineu. iivu chai WILDKR SAID there is one other socio- surp political cost. "We always talk about the in- up c flexibility of the government's bureaucracy. last The same thing is present in a large firm." 195( The increase in mergers, especially the oil lone contract ider negotiation lorioQ Dnrtn i u i iaa u i iu gotiations for USC's new communicasystem will be completed in two weeks, rding to one computer services officials. Ve are in the midst of negotiations now. ire expecting to do a total switch over of campus over the Christmas holidays. ~ .*11 i ^ u..4 ?un? C Will DC WUIN up IU UlcU |)UIUl, UUl Ultll hen the system will be implemented," Rob Roberson, systems vice president, cause of continuing negotiations, the ;rsity has not released the name of the )any that will install the system, Rober-aid. IF IIMIVFRSITV will nnprnff fhf m and will allow students to buy their phones. Also, the system will provide pportunity for students with computers ;e them in their dorm rooms, Roberson ivery wire that we have on campus and pnone instruments arc owncu oy hern Bell and American Telephone & ^raph Co. We bid to own our own wir,ing system. rhe major change is that the Computer ices Division will use the digital comication via the phone system we are in ing. Students will have the opportunity ike a wall jack and attach to the phone um," Roberson said. e said the only inconvenience the univerwill experience from the work will be the ling of ditches and the installation of new :s. THE WORK will begin as soon as we e finished negotiations. The contract in ics tne eoastai earonna campus, wnicn uld be finished Aug. 1," Roberson said, hanges in the communications system not increase the cost for phone services, lerson said. The cost for phone services in the dorms not be any different. We will suggest that ents buy their own phone instruments." advantage is that the instruments they would be their own, Roberson said. e said the phone jacks will be placed in dorm room, and there will be no illation fee. rHE ASSIGNMENT for the phone ibers will be handled by people within the ersity. Numbers will be assigned on the s of the jack itself. A jack will be assignind we will activate the jack. Then a ne number will be assigned," Roberson cddui aayo *ers, has prompted many Congressmen )ropose bills limiting mergers. James mas, a University of Tulsa law professor, r;...?11 !ni.rr 'c#^? i' i irucr. unless suiucuiic says 11 s g to continue. And it will end with oil companies ibering no more than a handful." ;n. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, told e: "With each new takeover, market :entration will increase, and the coner will be left with fewer choices and ier prices." HE CHAIRMAN of the House Judiciary imittee, Peter Rodino, said in the same :le, "It's time to send a clear signal to orate America that we will no longer rate unrestrained warfare between top agements for corporate assets." ecently, the Senate Judiciary Committee m hearings on a bill that would ban oil pany mergers for six months. ut Wilder does not see this flurry of acv result inc. in a revision of. or radical lges in, the antitrust laws. "I would be irised it anything other than a tightening >f antitrust laws occurred," he said. The major change in antitrust laws was in ), he said. See "Mergers," page 4