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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 Friday
Volume 77, No. 54 University of South Carolina January 25, 1985
Parking
Student senators
I get back spaces
By Linda Taylor
More than 100 parking spaces have been reclaimed from the
^ city for student use, a Student Government senator announced
> W during Wednesday's meeting.
Efforts by the Residential Life and the Athletics/Community
Affairs/Off-Campus Students committee the past semester
resulted in 114 re-opened spaces near Capstone and the BA
building. The semester-long project included repeated surveys
run by volunteers to pinpoint unused spaces.
In other business, Financc Committee spokesman Tony
Price said spring fund allocation plans should be finished in
two weeks. Price also said eligible organizations can attend
workshops to help them set up the requirements needed to re
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Pricc said workshop dates should appear in the Jan. 30 and
Feb. 1 editions of the The Gamecock.
< 0 The deadline for submitting budgets is Feb. 4, Price said.
IThe Finance Committee will conduct hearings to review each
budget and post tentative allocations Feb. 19.
An announcement made by Sen. Mary Beth Wingatc of the
Judiciary and Rules committees stated important dates in the
spring election process. Aspiring candidates must file Feb.
4-11. The election is scheduled for Feb. 25-26, and run-offs
are set for March 4.
On a more aesthetic side of business was the proposal of a
face-Iitt lor the fountains in tront of the Thomas Cooper
Library. The fountains were described by Sen. Walter
Kingcaid as "three ugly metal pipes."
Kingcaid called the Arts Commission to request an artist-inresidence
to create artwork to cover the bare pipes, but the
1 ^ commission refused.
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I By Amy Bettonbaugn
South Carolina legislators "seem to
have no choice" but to pass a bill raising
the legal drinking age to 21 or lose
federal highway funds, Lieutenant
Governor Mike Daniel said
Wednesday.
The House of Representees begins
debate on the bill next week in the face
of a federal government threat to cut
highway funds by $7.6 million if the
drinking age is not raised by Oct. I,
1986.
Rep. David Beasley (D- Darlington,
Marlboro counties) said, "States
should have the fundamental right to
pass laws that affect that state. If the
federal government thought it was important
to raise the drinking age, why
didn't they pass national legislation inH
stead of requiring the state to pass the
I law or lose federal funds? That's
I blackmail.
M "If an 18 year old can marry, bor
row money from the bank, put a home
I in his or her name and assume the
responsibility society places on a
I young person but can't buy a beer,
now ao you reconcile tnatf Daniel
said.
: "If you're old enough to bleed for
your country, you're old enough to
make the decision to drink," Beasley
said.
Other representatives want the bill
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to pass, not only to save highway
funds, but to reduce the number of s
alcohol related traffic fatalities. J
"We know there can be a 28 percent f
savings in alcohol related deaths when
the age is raised to 21. Even one life c
would be significant," Rep. Joyce f
Hearn (R- Richland County) said. t
The drinking age, which was raised 1
from 18 to 19 in June 1984 and from I
19 to 20 on Jan. 1, should have been
raised to 21 initially, said Hearn, who i
also serves on the House Alcohol and j
Drug Abuse Study Committee. ]
"It is unfair to young people coming I
along to. constantly have the age :
Student Sui
help attract
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r?hips for in-state and out-of-state "V
nts arr nnw hrino funrirH hv for
<m the Student Summit Fund. tioi
udent Summit Fund was specifically spr
d by Student Government as an ef- pec
lise these funds.
lalities needed to win one of these tio
lips arc leadership characteristics, let
Ing acheivements and academic per- do
: in high school. ba
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MAIN goal of the scholarship" SG up
[ Glenn German said, "is to recruit vo
ty students from all over the coun- it <
me to Carolina.
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I over ihc country to conic to ha
, we will eventually have the top $3
niversity in the country." tio
tudent Summit Fund Committee th<
now how much money they've rais- sp<
e. "Some things are still pending on $1,
unt," said German. "A donation 1
zard's Thicket and Sandy's are very thi
it, and our committee is out there bu
on finalizing the commitments." tiv
680 students participated, donating m<
,700. That averages out to about $5 re<
ent that donated. "I personally exi
higher dollar amount," German ov
Lit then again, nothing like this has in;
1 done before." ar
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ak ago naraiy anyone Knew aooui
cnt Summit Fund, but now, German c<
t least most have heard of itpi
ling that German likes most about
is Student Government got it on the tc
on form, and it's going to be there LJ
:r year. tl
re we had to spend hours and hours ^
ing it on the form, next year's people jj
going to have to spend hours and ()
omoting it." a
Wave a Dollar," done at the ClemCarolina
basketball game, was very f
j|. The project raised $1590. c
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iking age
:hangc. It puts a hardship on the youth
ind storcowncrs and it's hard to cnorcc
it," she said.
Daniel said existing laws on driving
jndcr the influence could be toughen
:d up.
"I support an even hand of justice in
sentencing offenders that would make
t hard on people who get caught no
natter what age they are," he said.
Daniel advocated educational programs
in schools to "make people
iware of the harmful effects and what
:an happen to them if they violate or
ibusc the drinking laws."
The South Carolina State Student
legislature opposes the bill and hopes
0 stop it at the Senate level, SCSSl.
jovemor Tony Sncll said.
Students should remember they have
1 voice in the state lawmaking process,
inell said, and encouraged them to excess
their opinions to legislators.
Several key state legislators, in:luding
House Speaker Raymond
Schwartz and Mouse Judiciary ComV?i
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vimiiiiiau rvuutii onuiiccil, will
jc present at a forum Feb. 14 in
Russell House Room 327, Snell said.
USC's Student Government is not
working to slop the bill's passage, but
is planning a conference on drinking
laws for administrators and students in
February, President Glenn German
said.
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mmit Fund
to students
rHE COMMITTEE had wanted to do the
/ave a Dollar" project al the Florida State
ttball game, but the school's administrai
voted it down, saying it was too wide
ead and that it would Involve too many
>ple.
rhe administra
n did agree to . .
the committcc IHC fTIQtn QuQl
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aff the ground, from all over the:
According to countrv "
:rman, the fund LOUnirys
a budget of - Glenn German
,000 for promo- SQ prf4|^t
n, but not all of
c money was
:nt. The committee used about $!,700 to
,800 of that moncv.
GERMAN SAID, "Many people seem to
nk that this monev was state-allocated.
t actually it is money from the student acity
fund that every student pays. Also, this
sney will be reimbursed with the money we
:eive from the donations."
"The student part of the donating is .
er,"German said."We are currently focusg
all of our attention on the area merchants
id trying to get them to commit to
>nations."
Germ&n said the Student Summit I'und
jmmittee will discuss an offer from a local
izza delivery service.
T.K.'s Pizza has said it will donate 50 cents
) the fund for each pizza delivered to the
ISC campus or for each order that mentions
ic offer, German said.
He also said students may be allowed to
elp with concessions at the upcoming Ringlig
Brothers circus and recieve a percentage
f the sales. German expects this to bring in
n additional $3,000 for the fund.
For now, German said, fund-raising eforts
will conccntrate on area businesses that
ater to students.