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<0 ? ___ - . The Gamecock Founded 1908 Friday Volume 77, No. 57 University of South Carolina February 1, 1985 'SG Senate blast By Linda Taylor South Carolina's drinking age laws discriminate against people between the ages of 19 and 21, according to a Student Senate resolution passed The resolution sponsored Debate halts ( bv senators Frin Philnot and ^ _ Rodney Brown objects lo the By Associated Kress (0 federal government's use of An amendment setting th highway funds to influence wine at 21 effective Aug. 1 su sii.?e drinking laws and House yesterday, but oppone charges that "students are temporarily halt further debj unfairly carrying the burden ^ motion to table the am of recent laws in regard to shows support for the legisla alcohol consumption. Hearn, one of its sponsors. "There's a fox in the _ henhouse," said Philpot, ?u? "v^ "ouse memocrs contending that by requiring measure, which moved it to t South Carolina to raise the legislation and delayed furthe age or lose funds, the federal earliest. government "is sticking its The bill as originally drafte nose into USC's stale run set the drinking age limit for $ policy." - 14, 1986, two weeks before a The limit was raised to 20 J< SKN. BROWN said the Federal officials have thre? federal trade-off is an at- struction funds to states that tempt to "blackmail the 50 to 21. State authorities estim states." up to $5 million annually if Philnot aUr? rai?iprl the issue of discrimination in placing responsibility for drunk driving solely on young adults. "There's a question of who will take responsibility for those who cannot handle drinking. Students arc taking all the responsibility because they're not an organized group able to oppose it. We're not getting anything done by sitting around." Parsons' parents hire area attorney By Associated Press The parents of former USC basketball coach Pam Parsons have hired a Columbia attorney to represent their daughter, who pleaded guilty in November to perjury. John Mason, a former Richland County associate judge, g said Parsons' parents, who live in Utah, were concerned thai " their daughter was not getting proper legal advice. "Her mother and father were worried abojt herand have re tained private counsel to advise her," Mason said. "We ar< still reviewing the record of the case and will meet later tc discuss our options." Parsons and former USC basketball player Tina Bucl pleaded guilty to charges of lying in federal court during th< trial of Parsons' $75 million libel lawsuit against Time Inc. i The former coach claimed that a Time publication, Sport Illustrated, defamed her in an article that said she ran a cor rupt program, recruited with sex in mind and had an affai with a player. * "We are still reviewing the record of the casi and will meet later to discuss our options." - John Masoi fnrmnr a??nriatn itirln -W-...W. I tl The U.S. Attorney's office charged Parsons and Buck wit perjury in October after an investigation indicated the tw were lying when they testified that they did not frequent a ga bar in Utah. Parsons and Buck face a maximum penally of five years i g prison and a $10,000 fine. No sentencing date has been set. " The women told U.S. District Judge Clyde Hamilton whe they pleaded gi 'ty that they did not want to have lawye Qcctnnp/1 tc\ th-?*T* But in December, Buck said she and Parsons were conside ing withdrawing their guilty pleas and had accepted cour appointed attorney. Columbia lawyer Edward Holler was appointed to represei !Buck and federal Assistant Public Defender John Hardawi was appointed to represent Parsons. Hardaway said Parsons didn't give him any reason why I was replaced with a private attorney. Mason said he could not comment on whether Parso would try to withdraw her guilty plea, saying that he was st g studying the ease. ' "We have not ruled out anything at this point," Mas< said. s drinking laws The Senate passed the resolution with only one dissenting vote. Copies of the approved document will be presented to members of the South Carolina General Assembly. In other Senate action, a . . U'll heated debate over the rcapSlBlB Dill portionment of Senate seats for the upcoming election ended in a stalemate. e drinking age for beer and irvived a move to kill it in the THE CURRENT system nts used a rules technicality to allows candidates to run for itc on the measure. scats representing the dorms icndmcnt failed 57-44, which and the colleges. A bill tion is solid, said Rep. Joyce outlining a new system proposed that candidates run for , ... , a Senate seat only in the colthen raised objections to the lege in whjch ,hay are he chamber's list of contested enrolled r debate until next week at the Sen phi|pot sponsor of the bill, said it is "the fairest d called for South Carolina to method of operating elecbeer and wine at 21 by Sept. tions." He said the old federally mandated deadline. system was faulty because it in- I gave some students more itened to cut ott highway con- representation man umcu. fail to raise the drinking age "In the past, dorms have had ate South Carolina could lose double representation ? it ignores the mandate. (senators from) the dorm and the school. There was only single representation to off-campus students. This bill would give everyone single representation." But the bill floundered in the face of a large opposition that feared election by college only would lead to less direct contact between students and their representatives. I BP^ ; }^KmattmmS^! UU WMm&mm E yvi ^I^bHhS^ J r- irmft*" 5 ' ' He .. - n> Stretch ill Marilyn Brillhart works out at an aerobics class in the lobby :>n on Monday and Wednesday nights at 7:30 end are restricted A model of the Swearingen Engineering Center Groundbreaking set for pnninpprinn r.pntpr " '*** -w m m mt m By Buddy Moore Groundbreaking ceremonies for USC's new John E. Swearingen Center for Engineering arc planned for Feb. 8, although negotiations for a site are still underway. University planners had hoped to have the groundbreaking last June for the $15-million center, but the project was delayed because of a site problem, said Debra Allen, assistant news director for USC's Infoimation Services. The building had been originally planned for the area between Main and Assembly streets near the Universily Post Office but is now proposed for Intramural Field A behind the campus police office. Allen said the final site is yet to be determined. COVERING 250,000 square feet, the center will feature a 400-seat, multi-purpose auditorium as well as a flexible design for classrooms and laboratories to allow for any needed expansions. According to David Waugh, dean of the engineering See, "Center," page 5. Police search for man who shot student By Greg Lasky Police are still investigating, the shootina of USC studen: Patrick Conner on Jan. 24. According to Commander ^ Charles Clark of the Colum^ bia City Police Dept., a suspect fitting the description given by Conner had been apprehended in the same vicini, ty of the shooting two hours V after the incident. The man, however, could not be positively identified in a police line-up by the victim, tand was released. The suspect is described as a clean-shaven black male in his early twenties. At the time of the shooting he was bearing a green army jacket and a dark stocking hat. The night he was shot, Connor had stopped his car rr:~ inn r xra ii tii i iv- ngiu VJII niw i\/\/ J'"-") block of Harden Street, six blocks from the l ive Points At time, approached the car and opened 'he passenger-side door. jM He pointed a ,22-caliber ^:r>t iBBBilbe revolver at the victim and ^ ordered him - jj drive away, he was shot in the ' . ? ? J upper part of his right arm. ^7* . ' "'- Conner escaped further in*J?' ' , Am\* jury and drove himself to the " ? ? > - Baptist Medical Center for treatment. Clark said the case remains of Bates West. Classes are held open, and the department to residents of Bates West. will continue its investigation.