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L uonierence By Associated Press USC's bill for hosting a Caribbean conference last month has been figured at $101,558.74, but President James Holderman says "non-appropriated university funds" ? not taxpayers ? will pick up the tab. "It's an investment in the future and I think it s going to pay ott, Holderman said in an interview Friday, adding he was asked about the conference "everywhere 1 went in curope on a luuu-raiMiig irip. The two-day conference drew leaders of 15 nations and tc.ritories in the Caribbean and was capped by a visit by President Reagan. "I frankly am very pleasantly surprised at the total (cost) because 1 don't think it is excessive. Nor do 1 think it even begins to touch upon what will be the return to the university," Holderman said. "We weren't trying to costs USC i KiiHr* f Karvt /r>Afh'\ \l/ a tairf r\ i /-I ' b n/\tn ti/Unt II iiiuv iiiv.ui \v,v73i3/. v jusi uiuii i miuvv vvuai ? they were." c COST BREAKDOWN included: housing, $14,593.44; local transportation, $32,733.15; t meals, $41,496.16; communications, ? $3,347.14; flags, $3,348.60; entertainment, s $800; fireworks, $1,560; flowers, $869.85; s and printing, $2, 810.40. I "This is coming out of non-appropriated university funds," Holderman said. "We i will not use any state dollars." He said the university funds "are v generated from revenues from use of the < (Carolina) Coliseum; concessions; some 1 private gifts but not much. Mostly non- < appropriated resources at the university s ? ? Additional costs, which Holderman said 1 were permanent improvements to the Col- > nore than $ seum, include a $31,000 tent used for the onference banquet and a $10,000 carpet. tir se< THE TENT "will pay for itself in another ar wo or three years," said Holderman, who idded several civic groups and the univer- th ity's Law Center want to use the awning for di imilar functions that hadn't been considered ?efore in the Coliseum setting. tr "Why would you want to have a banquet ec ? _ 1 O ?? I I I ii a uarn:, ne asKeu. Security during the July 17-19 conference ki vas stepped up with officers from the USC es :ampus patrol, U.S. Secret Service, the State b< Law Enforcement Division, Columbia police cc ind Lexington and Richland counties g< iheriff's departments. gi Holderman said the security costs were lard to measure, and added most meetings vere scheduled during working hours. 100,000 "HOW DO you account for that? Any ne a visitor comcs, you re going iu navc curity costs, and the people are working iyway." As for university employees, "Most of em felt the project was so exciting they dn't want to charge overtime." i-ioiaerman aiso saia ne couian t estimate avel costs for university officials who work1 in setting up the conference. "It was four years in the doing. I don't now how you can calculate it. We didn't tablish our relationships with the Carib ?an in six weeks and say 'Hey, how about a inference?' ... 1 went to the Caribbean, :nerally on business, generally related to ants." SOME NATIONAL corporations, which See "Costs," page 23 The Gamecock ? ^ M Founded 1908 Volume 77, No. 11 University of South Carolina August 27, 1984 Holderman ignores student newspaper its agenda on trade relations. The conference, a three-day event thai gathered 15 heads of government from more than a dozen Caribbean nations, was held to address the economic development of our southern neighbors and to express U.S. interests in that region. Stan Applegate, USC's vice president of research and sponsored programs, said soon after the conference's conclusion that its expense was unimportant because the university receiv cd something money couldn't buy ? a place "on tne map. President James Holderman agreed by saying no matter what the cost, the conference was a landmark, historica event. Apparently, some people consider the price ta*i importani because, a month later, Holderman is still fielding questions In an interview with the Associated Press on Friday, he said h< was asked about the conference everywhere he went while h< was in Europe on a fund-raising trip. In this interview he als( released the total cost of the conference. The Gamecock staff was one of those wno ten ine cos was important because of the possible effects on the student of this institution. L ast month we sent President Holderman ; letter requesting specific, itemized information on the con ference's cost, citing South Carolina's Freedom of Informa lion Act. The 1978 act says "All Meetings of Governmental bodies o this State, Except as Specifically Exempted, Shall be Open t the Public; to Provide for the Disclosure of Public Informa P.Mialrifc " Thk means the costs of th III.JI1, IL I I WTIWV Vlli4>?*V^? ... - ...w ' conference should have been provided to The Gamecock. Oi request was totally disregarded. Instead, Holderman release the information to other media, like AP, which in turn, wa published in The State newspaper. Perhaps Holderman feels this newspaper, responsible fc informing the students, is not a significant mode of con munication. One can only feel slighted when the university administration refuses to take a student organizatic cprinnclv The implications of this are significant. If the administr tion fails to communicate with The Gamecock, it stands reason other organizations are not getting a square deal. Although we can expect occasional lapses of communic tion between any groups, we can only hope for more op dialogue between Holderman and the students of USC in t future. L I * -iJu.^~-r--x^?araw as^ *^2l! . \ H ft jfjjfw ' " - A ' V **. jIm^. . j? SI .^Shflfc i';' Wolrnma hanl# ?? WB Willi# ?#V1 W?? USC students registered for the fall semester or paid fees and validate I Saturday. ! Many students underage Drinking law forci H By Ann Farmer and Hal Howell Because of a recent change in the legal drinking age, about half of USC's on-campus students and all student organizations will face a revised university drinking policy. st f A bill passed by the General Assembly in May raised the a o mimimum age to 19 for beer and wine until Jan. 1, when it will i- go to 20. e USC officials said they didn't expect the bill to pass, and ir credited its passage to intense lobbying efforts by groups such d as MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is I MARA HUDSON, president of the Lexington-Richland counties MADD chapter, said, 441 would hope students don't >r receive the new 19 year old drinking age as any kind of punish - ? _ _ : ?:. n i- meni.oui as a sign 01 a caring suuiciy. 's Other groups, among them the South Carolina State Stu>n dent Legislature, had lobbied against the law. A SCSSL telephone poll of students at 12 S.C. colleges showed 70 pera cent supported the 18 for beer and wine, 21 for liquor to minimums. At USC, 30 percent of those polled supported the 18 a- minimum, while 20 percent wanted the beer and wine ; en minimum to be 19. he SCSSl. had proposed stiffer penalties for drunken drivers instead but said legislators hesitated to increase penalties 1 '' hWJ-' ' ,\?Ht get m?y ' aj w ||i >4iil ^ Mftfl . -y^^WMbiaiir'^iM. ^p^B& i 4? ? t' - * * *. -'>li^E ^i^fc^Svf " SHB^SS^ Wi--' illSSli^^il Photo by Joe Ricker d identification cards at the Coliseum last Tuesday through 3S policy changes scause many of them are lawyers and make money from efending DUI's. THE NEW minimum will affect about half the on-campus udents, Jerry Brewer, student activities director, said, citing survey done last spring. _ . , ? 3 K See "Alcohol," page 23 Inside Classified 39 Dateline . 2 Entertainment 32 Features 17 Opinion 16 Sports 25 Coaches' day in court. Lawsuits three former coaches brought against USC were settled during the summer. 4 PvnfAocnr Pnaf I anrooio Fnfrlicli Pr'Afflccni' Tannic Pooc A * \FAVOOVI A W?? JL4MUI JLIU^IiOll X 1 VXVOO\/l UlllllO A. VWU has been named South Carolina's poet laureate.... 32 ScrimmagediRappoints Morrison.The Gamecock football team needs a lot of work, head coach Joe Morrison said after Saturday's scrimmage 25