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Setback County Council turns Leave it to Richland County Council to t turn its back on the city of Columbia. At least that's what it's doing by refusing i j to approve a bond issue to pay for part of the 8 proposed performing arts center. i Mayor Kirkman Finlay criticized the coun- i cil's 7-4 decision to reject a $5 million bond c issue to help pay for the $15 million facility by saying the council "made a mistake < | because of the signals it sends toward the t future rnnrse of this mfctronolitan area." t Finlay also pointed out that county's ac- i tual contribution would have dropped to $3 j million because of a provision which requires a $200,000 a year payment to the county i from a reat tax or a USC fund. ] It's hard to believe Council can't shell out less than one-third of the funds needed to construct an arts center the city sorely needs. The city's current facilities are ill-suited for the kind of productions found in a growing metropolitan area. Council, in effect, is saying that the fine arts aren't worth the money to improve the cultural aura of our city. ? i i r a i jay encouraging me development 01 me arts, the city, and county, could reap the benefits of industries attracted to the area. A city healthy in cultural and civic aspects reflects continued growth and prosperity. County Council Chairwoman Leone Castles exemplifies the backwardness of the new council's decision. She claims the average Columbia taxpayer doesn't want to spend the money on the arts center. Castles prefers to spend tax dollars on indigent care and improving the city's sewer system. Furthermore, Council recently approved the funds to construct a new police and fire sta > Subway hero emi i i 'H iiiniimilH 1 a I Managing editor i < ] So you want to be a hero? It's really quite simple, nraiii/ta/l iiaii liot/n an urtli/>?ricar1 nun onrl n caHlctip vjviulu jfuu uavv an uiiiiwiisvu 5UU auu a .lauiout streak the length of the New York City subway system. At least that's all it took for "Death Wish" gunman Bernard Goetz, who gunned down four teenagers aboard a Manhattan subway train after they allegedly harrassed him and asked him for $5 on Dec. 22. Support for this man has been enormous. Shortly after the incident the NY Daily News took a poll among its readers ? 71 percent voiced support for Goetz. JOAN RIVERS sent him a telegram in jail offering money to help pay for his defense, and she sign_j 1 <1 1 1.: ?> J: CU 11 IUVC UIIU KlaaCs. ^UlUCUldll rUMCI U1UUA3 told Goetz that he would give him the $50,000 needed to bail himself out of jail. Goetz refused the offer. And Sen. Alfonse IVAmato, R-N.Y., told a Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that he would be willing to testify as an "expert witness" about the dangers of riding the subway. The media Student Legislature To the Editor: reservation of st USC Students are invited to ex- supersedes and ov< press their opinion to key state of federal pre-em; legislators Tuesday, Feb. 14 in the that might be rea Russell House. merce or suprema* We feel that the South Carolina U.S. Constitution state legislature should not raise Court has so the minimum age for the purchase amendment on s< ctf alcoholic beverages to 21 at this Indianapolis Brev time. Our opposition is grounded quor Comm., 30: in constitutional objections to the constitutionality c I validity of Latenberg Amendment, is currently being 23 USC Par. 158, and sincere federal lawsuit foi doubts about the relative effec- injunctive relief, ! tiveness of this legislation. hon. Elizabeth The 21st amendment to the 84-5137 (D. Sou United States Constitution, Sept. 21, 1984). abolished prohibition and reserved We would urge the power to regulate the sale and to join its sister st transport of alcohol to the states, would be hasty to This "states' rights" power does to conform with not derive from constitutional of dubious consti theories proportedly disproved by injunction "per the Civil War, but in an express issued by the fe a i t down fund proposa ion and to purchase new fire engines. This is all well and good, but if we are to mprove our city, can we ignore its total ispect? Industries are attracted to a city that s not only a well-oiled, smoothly running nachine, but to a city interested in its whole :haracter. County Council should look upon the :enter's construction as an investment into he future. By spending a small amount now, :he Columbia metropolitan area can hope to attract new industry which will provide even greater monetary returns. The city is willing to provide the land for such an endeavor. The university is willing to i .*n? j r provide million in uonauons iruin a private donor and has agreed to pay the maintenance and operating costs. Is Council willing to pay its "fair share?" Charleston is a prime example of a city interested in preserving and fostering the cultural aspects of its people. With its Spoleto Festival, a worldrenowned cultural event, the city is attracting not only members of its immediate area but also tourists from all over the country. Charleston was willing to take that gamble to support the arts, and, speaking only in monetary terms as is Leone Castles, has beer handsomely rewarded. But we cannot speak only in terms ol money. In order to make money, we must attract industry. In order to do this, we musl spend money on indigent care, sewers anc Fire engines. But we also need to spend to im prove our education ? in the schools and ir the theatre. Leslie Dunson, editor in chie^ barrasses U.S. tas interpreted this statement as one of support f< he vigilante. Meanwhile, one of the teenagers remaii lospitalized in a coma, and doctors are not o imistic about his recovery. The other three ha ;ince been released; one has already been charged :onnection with another crime. Something is terribl^grrong. ON FiuDAY, as 6he of Goetz' victims lay dyir another facet of thcggpsc came out that m< Americans seem to be ignoring. Goetz allegedly told New Hampshire police in 1 :onfession he was sorry he did not do more to 1 /ictims, several New York newspapers reported. 44I would have kept shooting had I not run out bullets," he told police. The papers also quoted hi as saying he wished he had gouged out the eyes ne of his victims. * These are the words of a man the nation has ei braced as the "model American," one whose fe of crime and lack of faith in the police force ma him take the law into his own hands. BUT SHOOTING to kill and instant dej sentences are not the law anywhere in the Unil States. When Bernard Goetz took the law into own hands, he reached too far. There is nothing noble about the Subw Vigilante. He wanted to kill his victims and remorseful that he did not fulfill his goal. Two the youths were shot in the back as they ran aw and Goetz reportedly shot one of the youths ag when he struggled to his feet. His gun, acquired after he was first assaultet the subway several years ago, was unlicensed. And he fled. THIS IS a hero? Apparently so. A public th "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore" overwhelmingly decided to vindicate Goetz. So, go ahead, make his day. Build a monum to this man. Give him a Congressional Medal Honor and throw him a ticker-tape parade. J remember that real life isn't a Charles Bron movie. i battling drinkini ate power that State of South Carolina will i irrides any claim risk of losing highway fundi ption or control the issue is finally determined d into the com- bably in the U.S. Supreme cy clauses of the in three or four years. i. The Supreme We believe that raisinj interpreted the drinking age is neither the (vwal ncrasinns fnir rmr nine! m*?h. ving Co. v. Li- reducing the number of al 5 U.S. 391. The related fatalities and accidei if this federal law our state's highways, challenged in a It is already clear that the r declaratory and not enforceable and has a les South Dakota v. $0 percent compliance rale i H. Dole, No. 18 year olds. th Dakota filed It has not been conclusive : South Carolina ven that raising the drinkb ateinthiscase.it reduced highway fatii adopt a state law (Bleiberg, Sober Second th a federal statute Barrons, September 24, tutionality. If an Had these laws been eff idente lite" is some downward adjustment deral court, the surance rates for the affect i | n f ? I - ?PT~ r~j itti HOW ins 1 "V I VJ i 1 , r -- v I USC trium| Even if the predictions in George Orwell's novel, "1984," didn't come true, they did add an air of foreboding to the year. So what is in store for the University of South Carolina this year? Considering or the triumphs and tragedies of lasl year, 1985 should prove to be ns interesting. P- 1984 saw the USC community ye grow and prosper, and I do mean in prosper. We saw Ronald Reagan and his security personnel twice, 03mething a university has xlonc (and may never want to dc ig. again.) r, !| >st fw^The university sponsored ? Caribbean conference that adde9 lis to many conversations. Despite the lis $30,000 spent on a tent for the Caribbean leaders and the "rubof ber" chicken VIPs ate at a dinner im in their honor, USC did get its of name on the map ? or rather in the fifth paragraph of the New m- York Times (whichever you con>ar sider more important.) de THE SUMMIT FUND begar and students were offered th< *th privilege of giving money foi ted scholarships, at registration n< his less. Miss USC, Vicki Harrell 'ay stumbled over her name on na is tional TV in the Miss Ameria of Pageant. The Gamecock footbal ay, team stumbled out of its bes a season ever in a rather disappoin ting game at the Gator Bowl ii 1 in Jacksonville. Ennis Rees, a USC English pro fessor, was named South Carolin: poet laureate, while Berni at's Dunlap, another English pro has fessor, won an international awari for one of his films. ient Jesse Jackson graced us with hi I presence at a voter's registratioi lust rally, and Joe Morrison, wa n nominated for the presidenc (unofficially.) setters ) age increase un no group would be expected. No sue i until adjustments have been propose I, pro- or made. Court Alternative methods of reducin uiesc iaiauues ana accidents ma g the produce superior results withov most the discriminatory impact of th od for law. cohol- In closing, it is important I nts on remember that, according to poli< reports, 99.4 percent of 19 and 2 law is year olds are never involved in a s than alcohol-related inciuem (may, . imong Student's View, Journal ( Alcohol and Drug Dependence The burden of punishment ahoul ly pro- fall on the guilty, not the innocen ng age ilitiei oughs, William Htsi 1984). Law stMl ective, t in in- Twif & ed age Journalism 9m ic Gomecodi r^i hi A UlUll/ rtfWVVto \ Kw \A JHK iill11 \1J I I 1 * -/tw " p I , J I I I M * phs despite ti USC won and lost in two law suits filed by ex-coaches. Pam Par- i sons, ex-basketball coach for the 1 i Lady Gamecocks, lost her case 1 i \ Pj f 1 Marisa Pcrto , Wire I Opinion editor j against Time Inc. for the story "Stormy Weather at Carolina," ' which said she made recruiting 1 violations and had an affair with ' one of her players. The Gamecock "beat the hell out of" certain groups who felt i that the "Low Brass Cheer" 5 shouldn't be played at football r games. And USC's football team > won against Clemson, 22-21, in Death Valley, breaking Clemson's , 24-game winning streak on home turf. i As far as tragedies go, this year i hasn't been easy on USC students t or their parents*: Bobbi Rossi, a sophomore in nursing, was kidi napped, raped and murdered by three men ? one of whom has announced his intention to file an a appeal. e i. Phillip Zeltner, a philosophy ini structor, held a student hostage in USC President. James Holders man's office until he could speak n to "Mr. Knozit" (local television s personality Joe Pinner) but he V killfd himself All of ?hi? hwause he did not get tenure. j \ I 1 The Gc n d ; : '1 Utter bClfef 8 lull j, 0MM ly M"rjTr| f#tw It John IMmt j8 C^yDstkCfctef Aim Fmmt kwv?f 0 Ron Brsdcftt ^ Entartetoewel <#tar >0 Andy DuMcm Ami nt trfltw lU Rohart O'Caraw * j tf*m urar , , >f Tracy Mmm \ Ant Spwts EAtw Id F-ingTiSTrmii t. kfcrM Mo ' _ I Pfctyj y |^|0|i *?* Mrt mH It ^ If / 4 HlM'Iffllll I P IUMI n i S I auftM IMwPaE^XiK, li.-M fTQ ragedies THE UNIVERSITY shelled out nore money after settling the awsuit with ex-football coach -j :?u i DaII ...un ..... \ltuaiu DCIl, W11U w?3 A li vU jccause he refused to fire an issistant. And the conditions of USC livng quarters were debated after University Terracc residents complained about safety hazzards. And what about 1985? A long line was seen outside th^ Carolina Coliseum for tickets to :he Bruce Spriflgbteen concert. Itiar imwfcmmr forswnetWnffW H THERE'S A flQpor on campus that Jimmy Buffet might show up ' in support of the Summit Fund and as far as rumors go, a Journalism conference (sometime in March) may also include William F. Buckley in the line-up of notables. The English department may bring Steven King and Peter Straub to the writer's series and in February, Eddie Murphy may bring his four-letter-word act to the The idea of an arts center was shot down once again after a recent meeting of Columbia city officials. But then again, the city doesn't need art anyway. Or does it? The USC men's basketball team beat the number three team in the nation, Memphis State, and then lost to Virginia Tech. ON A more somber note, three USC students died over Christmas break in a tragic train accident. Well, it's been "one hell of a year." And despite the tragedies and triumphs, we made it through. Whether or not we like it, 1985 is here to stay ? at least for another 341 days. 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