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Volume 77, No. 21 University of South Carolina September 24, 1984
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From Staff Reports
The suspect being held in the slaying of
USC junior Barbara Lynn 'Bobbi' Rossi has
been charged in a sexual assault that happened
last August, The State newspaper reported
yesterday.
The suspect, an Eastover resident," was
charged with criminal sexual conduct in an
incident that occurred in lower Richland
County, the newspaper said. The suspect is
being held in Columbia.
Investigators are questioning the suspect
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charged in her shooting death, The State's
source said.
THK INCIDENT the suspect has been
charged with left the victim, a young woman,
hospitalized for several weeks, the source
said.
Richland County Sheriff Frank Powell
was unavailable for comment yesterday. Lt.
Jim Sullivan of the sheriff's office refused to
confirm the report or give any information
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un nit: case, i ne oiuir nau originally saiu ine
suspect was being held out-of-state.
Saturday Powell said, "We can't go into
anything at this point. We're just working,
hoping. We want this thing halfway linked
up before we say anything to the public." He
had said Friday that investigators expected to
make arrests this week.
The suspect asked to see a lawyer,
Richland County Public Defender John
Young said Saturday. He said the 5th Circuit
had assigned him to represent the man.
ROSSI'S BODY was found about 7:45
p.m. Thursday in a wooded area about 12
miles from the USC campus, near the soy
Hassle of se;
By Amy Bedenbaugh
Parking problems arc not new on the USC
campus, but solutions to the old hassles are
available.
USC has 20 deeal parking lots with 3,1 15
parking spaces available to both on-eampus
and commuting students, said Jim Lamb,
Parking and Vehicle Registration Services
director.
However, students stand to lose two of
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university decides to build the Swearingen
Engineering Center on Intramural Field F,
Lamb said.
ABOUT 4,650 commuters and 2,070 oneampus
students arc registered to use student
parking lots, he said.
Yet even though the number of spaces
available is lower than the number of
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Dateline
Entertainment
Features
Opinion
Sports
Job hunting.The ninth annual Carolina
brought more than 60 employers to the Rii
help students get a jump on the job marl'
Musical magic.The Carolina Band's half
football games each week represent huge ar
for the more than 300 members
Fire Ant Shutout.A garnet-clad "fire ant
fired up enough to hold Duke t o a shutout S
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bean field where her car had been seen about
6 p.m. Monday.
Deputies swept into the wooded area after
a USC fraternity member found a blouse
belonging to the coed.
She had last been seen about 1 p.m. Monday
at Woodhill Mall. Police had first believed
she had been taken from the campus after
two witnesses had reported seeing her talking
to another woman near the Sol Blatt Physical
Education Center about 5:30 p.m. Monday.
The sheriff said Friday he thought Rossi
had been taken from a Columbia street and
that the witnesses who thought they had seen
her near the Physical Education Center had
made an honest mistake. Police are no longer
looking for the "mysterious Miss X," Powell
said.
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Barron said she had been shot three times,
once each in the chest, abdomen and back.
Newberry pathologist Joel Sexton, who was
flown in by helicopter Thursday night, indicated
she died shortly after being abducted,
Barron said.
Barron said the State Law Enforcement
Division confirmed yesterday Rossi was sexually
assaulted.
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they had any leads on Rossi's car, a 1970
.navy, blue Volkswagon-; license' plat6^
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A funeral Mass will be celebrated for Rossi
10 a.m. today at St. Joseph's Catholic
Church on Devine Street, and a memorial
service will be held 5 p.m. Monday in USC's
Russell House Ballroom.
See "Rossi." page 3.
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"We want to work with the ur
parking problems on campus."
two cars, or a number of students with
registered cars carpool, reducing the actual
number of cars on campus at one time, he
said.
Furthermore, many of the commuting
students registered to use the parking spaces
only come to campus once a week or one
week out of the month, Lamb said.
"W'K ARIC trying to educate people as to
where to park," he said, noting commuting
students can come early, use the Bates and
Bates West parking lots or the Coliseum lot
and ride the Shuttlecock.
"Most of the time, the Bates lot is only
one-half to two-thirds full," he said.
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Also, university-owned lot at Whaley and
Bull streets by Benson School is seldom full,
Lamb said, adding Shuttlecock service is
available to it.
Carpool lists are available at the Parking
and Vehicle Registration office in the
Pendleton Street garage.
ON-CAMPUS students who don't need
their cars to go to work each day should not
park their cars in lots close to the dorms, so
those who do need their cars everyday will
have them close, he said.
Parking problems can be reduced if
students living on one end of campus walk or
ride bicycles to classes on another side of
perform at Summit Fu
Fund, which w
"ident Jimmy Buffett will play at for in-state stu<
tudent Summit Fund this fall, said he hopes t
lete. Until now, al
iched two weeks ago with Beach dent Governme
chairman Bill Kotti. who is now range of studei
i Club representative, Wilson "It's going t
definite date. After the date is administrative!
le appointed to work out details. as.security, pa
utdoors, but you're looking at a going to do it ri
er concert date, so the weather not vote.
lave to go inside, of course we'd Kotti has b<
aid. since May.
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campus instead of trying to drive, he said.
Both on- and off-campus students were affected
by a city ordinance passed this spring
that made parking on portions of streets
close to campus by city permit only.
The ordinance, which became effective
June 1, includes 369 spaces on portions of
Barnwell, College, Greene, Gregg, Henderson,
Laurens, Pendleton and Senate streets
and all of Gibbes Court, said Cpl. Pete Banco
of Columbia City Police Department's
records division.
A RESIDENT of the area may purchase a
maximum of two resident and up to three
visitor permits from the citv. Permit parking
areas are clearly marked with signs, Banco
said.
According to Banco, the permit areas are
enforced from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Persons who park their cars in these spaces
without the special permit during en forceSee
"Parking," page 5.
nd benefit concert
ill be used to establish four scholarships, two
dents and two for out-of-state students. Kotti
he concert will raise $15,00().
1 work on the concert has been done by the Stu;nt
office, but Ko:ti said he wants to see a wide
it involvement in the concert committee,
o be made up of students and the appropriate
officials so that every area will be covered, such
rkinc, concessions, tickets, the works. We're
ight." Kotti said administrators will advise, but
;en negotiating with Buffett's representatives
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>m the Columbia area, and a lot of Carolina
to really enjoy his music."