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Founded 1908 _ ' ^ Monday Volume 77, No. 52 University of South Carolina January 21, 1985 Councils By Ron Brackett s\ A proposed $15 million perfor- cc ming arts ccnicr for Columbia may w still have a chance although cc Richland County Council voted b< against a $5 million bond issue for ni ii> cuiiMi UV.1IUII ims piisi i ucsuay. Council chairman I .cone Castles b said if two-thirds of the council LI (eight members) vote to reconsider b the arts center bond issue at tomor- n row's meeting it can be brought tl up. tl She said, however, she would want no specific date or amount C set for the bond issue, and the arts o center should be discussed by a 1' committee of the three groups in- h volvcd: USC, Columbia City n Council and County Council. n A QUKSTION Castles raised c about the center is the county's n Train kills 3 students during holiday By Leslie Dunson Three IJSC students, including two Sigma Nu fraternity brothers, died in a freak train accident during Christmas break. Robert Worrell and Thomas Hawpc, both 21-year-old Greenville natives and members of Sigma Nu, and Frank Galloway, 19, of West Palm Beach, Ma., were killed instantiy when they were walking ?.>m? lit/. Ir-l.-Lc . *I\. ulrtrc. railroad crossing in Greenville County. The accident f jcnrred duiing early morning ,ai?. K when the __ .v- - , mm 1 hi? a J Alex l.awsoti^Vand Micheal J as?, .Inch, hoiw 19 and from Cireenxille, were waiting at the crossing for the passage o' a slowinoung, north-bound Southern Railroad flight train. I.awson and Jaskwhich are USC freshmen. The students got out of their car, 1 . . i . _ r and Lawson crossed a ursi sei 01 tracks to hop on the train. Hawpc, Worrell and Galloway started across the tracks to follow him and stopped when Jaskwhich called to them for a cigarette. Another train, moving southbound at about 40 mph., blew its ...w.:. u... .i wiinut ui uie v.; w^Miig, uui ilie vietirns apparently did not see it and jj believed the whistle to be from the slower train. The south-bound train hit the three on the tracks, and all died instantly, according to the Greenville County sheriff's department. I Mac Bennett, executive assistant to USC President James Holderman and adviser to Sigma Nu, said ' in an interview with The State * newspaper that the deaths "were a 1 terrible loss for the fraternity and 1 to USC as a whoie." I "It's like any organization that's been hit with something like this," I he said. "The guys took it real I h:<r<i A vomio niar^nn\ tim#*r:il it i one of the hardest things to take i part in. It's been a hard time for all < of the boys who knew them." : I I Bennett said he hoped the frater- ; nity will cope with the loss and join I together to strengthen the ; fraternity. ! "It would be a shame if their loss didn't have something positive come out of it. I hey can make this the best year lor them, I think." Gamecocks needed 'Gator-aid' See pages 14, 15. feud a iare of control. She said the ninty would have "no real vote ith only three members on the :nter s nine-member governing oard. USC would have live lembers, the city would have one. She also questioned USC buying aek the center from the county. Inder a provision of the original ond issue, USC was required to lake a $200,(XX) yearly payment to le county from a seat tax or from le university's general fund. "This needs to be worked out," astles said. "There is a question f the legality of putting county linds into a state building. Do we ave the riulit to lend countv loncy lor 10 years? USC would have contributed $5 nillion to the center's construction osts and pay operating and naintenance costs tor the facility. Semester unloa ~ .? "%. .v - * ' Id That's right, classes begin tod the USC campus this past we Plane just misses Basketba From Staff and Wire Reports JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. ? I hi ,vcre killed Thursday when ihei ;rashed into a parking lot at I:a lessee State University, hut the USC basketball team physician, av greater tragedy hy narrowly mi women's dormitory. Dr. Hminett l.unceford Jr., 54 (ionally known orthopedic surge< Hying his twin-engine Cessna back Limbia after a Gamecock basketb;i in Cincinnati when his plane de engine trouble. Federal Aviation Administrati( [rollers in Atlanta instructed him lit T ri-C "ities Airport near Johnsc u... iU.. ?I 1. .1: - ? mil iiiu pidiie iuuk a iiuscuivc anil lit 1:0) a.m. t*S I, I AA spokesmai Myers said. ALSO KII.I.KI) were Michael 36, of Columbia and Dr. McGuire, 34, of New York City. bout fir "The university is goii We have to convince the falls to pieces...that we smaller for the universi US I he $5 million lias been donah by a Florida businessman. CAS'I I.KS SAII), "I don't wa to spend tax dollars there that v could use for indigent care < sewerage projects. "The average taxpayer that I' talked to doesn't want anything rnsl mnncu " ids on students IPS^^HSa ^Biis f?S? lay. Page Fowler, a freshman, was ek. So, welcome back and have a dorm II team doc USC head basketb; rcc men said in a statement r plane death, "What a shod st Ten- (after the Jan. 17 Viri pilot, a asked me if I wanted oided a to Columbia after tl ssing a him I needed to be w was busing back). I, a na- "He was a close >n, was there when i had my \ to C ol- pie of years ago ill game moderate heart alta veloped game against Purdue 19K2). He helped tn< >n con- that. to land "It's just unbelic >n City, happened. He was tin crashed you'd look up 10 n 11 Roger time, and he would (locker room) door t( there. He had ilist fl< Smith, Michael "UK WAS so trie loved being a part ( MWWB le arts ci ig to build a fine arts center. J ? ? 1L.1 !? iL. ...L iL!^ ^ ' UUNUr ITldl II lllc WllUlc mmy go ahead and build something ty purposes alone..." C President James Holderman at a December interview xl She and Council member John Monroe have discussed the possibility of having an advisory nt referendum to get public opinion ve on that issue as well as several [>r other items, such as funding for expansion at Riverbanks Zoo and v v. a v.uiini> iiciiii >. to She said she has learned a referendum will cost the county grog^--iy ^: - - J ;['r; ;^% filBHfH ^.''' " ~ 4 &SK^*fc$ifc?i .* jit . .- - -ft jsyW ? iit; JENNIFER STEI8 / The Gamscock ; one of thousands who returned to good semester. :tor dies in T ill coach Hill Foster never asked fo about Lu nee ford's working with i Just last Saturday Wallace Frc ;ima Tech game), he public relation to fly back with him dent at the A ic game, but I told Clinic, where ith our team (which was a former I of the Univer? friend, and he was school. leart problem a cou- Robert Mos (Foster suffered a director, said ek during a home ed his life and ill #?url\/ t # vui i j 1/v.v.tiui'v. i , | ' il V, I I U, V. I > I : out so much with casualties. "Give the g vable that this has "He saved a Mype of person who spot and mis linutes before game mitory. If he' be knocking on the knows what w< > let us know he was of a major dis >wn in. ABOUT 30 'ndly, and he really snowball fighi >f our program. He they saw the Bttgfr mm BL_ - lBL a " " aISj- - C&SOiKsBlwlSBH^K' ^fJP^ II Mil I I II. I 11.111 inter pre $10,(KM), and she is not as en- i ihusiastic about ii as she earlier , was. NO MA TIT. R the outcome of tomorrow's County Council meeting, Columbia Mayor Kirktnan I-inlay said there is a "strong possibility" USC and the city will build the arts center without the county's help. I he city has informally agreed to donate a plot of land at Assembly and Greene streets and give % 2 million to w a r d construction. " The land has been committed, and I'm satisfied the city's contribution will be in that range," I inlay said. USC' President James Holderman said in a prepared statement, "Since first approached by comFederal attorney x. ^ Hm I xm iu uuiitjui lait; i By Associated Press U.S. Attorney Henry McMastcr launched an initiative to collect outstanding federal loans Friday by I'iling suit against more than KM) South Carolinians who owe the government money. McMastcr warned that the suits were the first of many to be filed by the U.S. Attorney's office against people who've defaulted on student loans, mobile home loans and housing improvement loans. I he tederai initiative includes deductions from lax returns and paychecks, reports credit | bureaus and release of tfie debtors' I * BP Tf T?rT tftvii -* j rass them into paying. ^ W DKFAULT FROM the loan programs amounts to $3.1 billion nationwide, with about $22.6 million owed by South Carolinians. Most of the debtors sued Friday owe money on student loans, and all of the debtors are gainfully employed. McMaster said. "By filing these 100 new civil lawsuits all at the same time we are trying to get the attention of debtors, and they are primarily student loan debtors," McMaster said. The U.S. attorney's office will be working with the federal Department of F.ducation, the ennessee pl< r anything, he just enjoyed spinn ;uir players." Harm >mhart, liTSU director of 19. s, said McGuire was a resi- "E: ustin T. Moor Orthopedic not hi I.unceford worked. Smith been awyer and a 1976 graduate "T >ity of South Carolina law to on ning sman, F.TSU public safety Schei the pilot may have sacrifie- from I the lives of the other two Mi o avoid causing more work wreel uy credit," Mossman said. lot of lives by picking this "V sing Lucille Clement dor- Mich d not been successful Clod studc t* would have had in the way cryin aster." Po back 0 siiidcnts were having a blow 1 near another dorm when stuck plane shooting sparks and M-"V lfc?SlISlHV ^ l i oBMHBBMBHPMV - i WW JENNIFER WOOTEN / 7h? Gamtcocfc 1 iposal munily leaders aooui mc concept of a joint community-university project to construct a performing arts center to serve the needs of the entire community, the university has been enthusiastic in its support. "IllK PROJECT, as nronosed to us, depended in part on (county) council's involvement, which at this point appears unlikely. "Our own plans in regard to the future of such a project now have to be reviewed." At a press conference last month, however, Holderman said, "The university is going to build a fine arts center. "We have to convince the donor that if the whole thing falls to pieces, which I don't expect it to, See "Center," page 4 I files suit student loans Veterans Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, MeMaster said. THE EDUCATION department wants to collect $1.5 billion nationwide in defaults of student loans made under the National Direct Student loan program and the Federally Insured Student Loan program. Under the NDSL program, loans are made directly to students by schools. The college pays 10 percent of the loan and the government pays 90 percent. Federally insured loans are *yidc by banks and credit unions >md are ^acV"'* If the coileg^anc' ' anks can't collect, they iflW turn the loans over to the education department lor collection. The Veterans Administration wants to collect $1.4 billion nationwide in defaulted loans and student loans made through its overpayment program included in the Cil Bill. AR/WIT OC/1 : 11: ~ I I IIIIIUUII lidliuilwidc is owed to HUD for home improvement loans and governmentbacked loans for purchase of mobile homes, McMaster said. President Reagan's advisers are scrutinizing federal programs, and See "Loans." page 4 jne crash ing end over end before it burst into ;s upon impact, said Jill Scheurer, verybody just ran to it. There was ng we could do," she said. "I've shaking all night. I couldn't sleep, he propeller was found on a hill next r dorm. I almost tripped over it rundown to the parking lot," said irer, a health administration major Johnson City. iny students watched as rescue ers removed the bodies from the It age. t/1*' WKMI-' crar^H fr\ *' coiH cllc Canite, a 21-year-old nursing :nt from Kingsport. "We were all g-" lice shouted at onlookers to stand because the second engine might , the students said. The tires on one ;nt's car were melted, Scheurer said. See "Crash," page 4 Today's paper Is a test ...The Gamecock, in an effort to better serve the students and staff of the USC community, is testing the possibility of changing the format of the paper from its traditlnnnl tnLI.IJ -I? - 1 ? nunai iduiuiu SUB 10 8 TUII-SIZ6, DfOSdsheet format. All issues published on Wednesday during the month of February will also be published in a broadsheet format. As with any experiment, feedback is needed; the staff welcomes all comments and suggestions. Thank you. I "