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f? The Gamecock Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 77, No. 56 University of South Carolina January 30. 1985 >USC Excel Holderman wins From Staff Reports DSC President James Holderman was named South Carolinian of 1984 by WIS-TV this week. Holderman was chosen for the award by (he television station for his contributions to the community, said Debra Allen, assistant news director for USC's Information Services. The selection process for the award took place last November, when nominal ions were solicited from the station's viewers, according to Ed Carter, WIS-TV anchorman. A PANEL of station members then decided on the nominations and selected an award winner, he said. Carter, who presented the award to ^ rj? jj^S RMl ? Ik^_ . Jg Blood line Registered nurse Pamela Craig checks Keith Ho blood to the Red Cross. tl USC phone By Cathy Armer USC will soon be one of the nation's first universities to have its own computerized telephone system. Dorm residents will have touchtone phones and possibly call-waiting services. ^Long-distance calls will still be made through ^Student Telephone Account Number accounts. University administrative offices, containing some 4,000 phones, will be the first to change over to the system, American Telephone and Telegraph's System 85, on March 8, 9 and 10. The rest of the campus, about 4,000 more phones located primarily in dorms, will then be done. di aoiium ivns, me enure Columbia campus will be interconnected through 10 modules to one computerized terminal in the Computing Center and operated Aby USC personnel. ^ In addition, other USC campuses may s South Carolinian ol Holdcrman, co-produced a documentary on Ki.it ill-It -nr.wl M.uwl'.i' niolil it 7-1H n >11 nn Channel 10. The show included anecdotes from Holderman's childhood, as well as scenes from the Caribbean confeience and Ronald Reagan's two USC visits last summer. Carter also said he interviewed people from Holderman's hometown, Morris, 111., his father and friends and family members to get information for the documentary. IN TI1K documentary, Fdward Scaga, prime minister of Jamaica, described Holderman as dynamic individual. Holderman said his job is to put USC on me map arm give me umversiiy a sonu reputation. Hotel state By Gregg Lask USC has siy ton Motel pci Budget C'ontr* "The um\e last spring, fit USC l egal C < lion with the | late fall of 19 The i< across from residence hall before '- The ing shortage i "' ' When the h Purc',a \ assistance frt _:- L-uA-tm Development. " Br*i,' JbShMB However Km enrollment, i^P, tThe univer1 Wf. V .iv^:L '.''i? lAtfl^^^B^^rft^Mrrn lh:H the huilr ^ years. By the sprit the sale of th< late 1983. "I'd rather the board ha? According W.C. DAWSON I The Gamecock Money mai renovation ol yte's blood pressure as he donates rhc s?atc ( renovation pi vice president ? Uglll "?ll III system to ri later be hooked up to the system. The system will be the largest private exchange system in South Carolina. USC is experiencing an "explosion with data communications on campus," said Elizabeth l.angley, USC's director of communications. The new system will be able to transmit and receive data from the university's main frame computer. "Carolina is basically going from dark age to space age overnight," she said. THE PROCESS of acquiring and im plementing the new phone system has not been an overnight venture. Rob Roberson, systems vice president forC'omputing Affairs, said it began about two years ago. Roberson said the university discovered a need for more modern equipment, and an analysis showed the economic benefits of a computerized, university-owned system. With the system, different departments' and individual phones can be programmed to f the year award "The award recogni/es not jusl my work at Carolina, but is a recognition of the vitality of the entire Carolina community," he ^.,.,.^11^ >iiiu. ? miuui i lit >11 j/jJVM i tiuu CAinmni generated by"the faculty, staff and students throughout the university system, and it s hoard, alumni and many friends. I could not have been recognized for this distinguished honor." The Caribbean conference was one of several of Holderman's accomplishments featured on the documentary. IIK SAID the conference included every Caribbean country the university works with, and that the conference may become a regular event at the university. See "Award," page 7 contract awaits Unofrl onncn???%! uuaiu appKuvai y :ncd u contract for the sale of the Wade Haniplding authorization from the South Carolina .>1 Board. rsiiy began advertising for the building's sale lally accepting a bid during the summer," said uinsel Paul Ward. "Alter a period of ncgoliairospective buyer, the contract was signed in the K4," Ward said. ocated on the corner ol Main and Cier\ais streets the State House, was used as a temporary for five years, housing both men and women ?hul down last spring. -ity rented the hotel for one year during a housn the fall of 1977, Ward said. lousing shortage still existed the following year, sed Wade Hampton Hotel with financial >m the Department of Housing and Urban ightcned entrance requirements reduced IJSC's nd the university no longer needed the 500-bed sity had also assured Richland County officials ling would be returned to the tax rolls in live ig of 1983, university officials began considering : hotel and eventually made the final decision in not mention tlie parties involved in the sale until ? acted," Ward said. to Ward, annroval is exnected bv Anril 1. Je from this transaction has been allotcd for the ' other residence halls. ommission on Higher Education approved these ans last April. At that time David Rinker. >ystem : for facilities planning, said early approval was at the renovations could begin during the fall. each out to i perform different functions, to "meet the needs of the various user groups," which was one of the main goals of the Communications and Computing Services departments, said Charles Poole, director of Associated Technologies and author of the proposal for the new phone system. Since May 1984, when (JSC signed a contract with AT&T, personnel from AT&T's Information Systems,. Butler Telecommunications and Mills Construction have rewired buildings, dug ditches and strung cable through tunnels. i.\ I.ATK I'KBRIJARY the new phones will be distributed, and finally, in March (hey will he connected and the old phones removed. Other preparations include training 3,30() faculty and university personnel on how to use the new phones, l.angley began training sessions Monday at a rate of four per dav MUSC's purchase of pets for research causes controversy By Associated Press . CHARLESTON ? The Medical University of South Carolina could lose up to 80 percent of the animals it uses for research purposes if two South Carolina counties decide to stop selling stray animals to the medical school, officials * ; Berkeley. County Council Monday night sent a proposal to stop selling *hhnals backbite iw Cornmitteeon Human \ Service** <^l)taf&cr-"rational, not emoMfAnwhile, N^wbwiy County nuspend{d'it* siles of animals to the school ^Ct^r Coiiniy Administrator fcdward Lot^inack said the sales had not been approved by himself or county council. He said .. day he's looking into how the animals were sold to MUSC. Dr. Chou A. Hong, a veterinarian and ^Kairman esf s*f IW vUMItlllHIl V/? %K?V fc/vpai UIIVIM VI Laboratory Animal Medicine at MUSC said the school has been purchasing animals from Newberry County for the past two or three years, In Berkeley County* Councilman James Dangerfield has proposed a ban on the sale of animals from the local pound because the animals were once pels. He says his position has "nothing to do with being antt-NlUSC pi; ami-research." and that the school should purchase apurposes/*- Bui council member Judith Spooner said she sees a need for medical research. "I think this issue should be resolved not in an emotions' way but in a rational way. I want what's best for research, citizens and the animals," she said. MUSC uses about 800 dogs a year from Berkeley, Richland and Newberry counties. Last year, the school purchased 307 dogs from Berkeley County for $8 each. Dogs purchased in kennels could cost up fo $500, officials said. Hong said the animals from Berkeley County were sold by the 'coiinty pound. But Lominack said the county has no record of the i?le of pound animal*,after' July pf 19$2 and said if MUSC wants the animals, a request would have to go before the county council. Pound manager Curtis WooJsey,vwhoi retired from that job Friday, said ''I'm not vnth.thc county anymore and Z'm not I* >1 I"""* 1 new areas The sessions include a videotaped explanation of some of the phones' features and their care, a demonstration phone and a dial ing instruction card. Langley attended a special training session in Atlanta and sent 14 USC staff members i rum umereni departments mere lor a weekend in January so thai each department will have its own "expert" on the system. DKSPITE THE preparation, training and help from AT&T, l.angley said she is realistic about the change. She said at first it "will re quire a lot of patience, and it won't be perfect." She also emphasized the importance of students and faculty being informed about the system. I.ungley said she believes (he new phones will pose no serious difficulties, and she will be especially confident il people don't panic because the set looks different.