Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

: The Gamecock Founded 1908 Friday Volume 77, No. 76 University of South Carolina MatvVi 9Q iq?r *Anti-hazing bi $500 fine, im By Jeri Rowe I An anti-ha/ing hill has been introduced in ; the state House and Senate to curb harmful i ha/ing activities in fraternal and student organizations. I nlrnHnmrl in ih/? Kill cinint ?lm a person or organization accused of hazing < could he lined $500. imprisoned for 12 months or expelled from school. 1 Sen. Thomas Smith, D-Florencc. called < the regulations harsh, hut stressed these i penalties would be enforced il "internal con irols tail." "THKSK PENAI/TIKS warrant to get everybody's attention." said Smith, who sponsored the hill in the Senate. However, the main push behind the bill comes f rom House member Rep. liugene v MVIIIV.1, 1^-1 iv.;i V. IKV. . I IV >cllU UH. I'lll > regulations would complement both university and fraternity action against ha/ing, providing an additional deterreni against such actions. "1 don't mind making people run around in beanie caps, that's fine. I'm against anything that would cause physical harm," hi? cuiH Both Nettles and Smith sponsored the bill because of a request from a former USC student's parents, who live in their district. Sigma Nu pledge Barry Ballon died from suf? location in 1980. The coroner said Ballou choked on his own vomit after a drinking Fire damages i From Staff Reports Arson caused more than SI0,000 damage to tl Memorial Youth C enter and more than $1,200 i its contents late Wednesday the night before a he be held to determine the 38-year-old building's fa to Columbia C ity Fire Department officials. The lire department responded to an alarm s ^Claire Towers lobby, which is across from tl w Blossom Street and brought the fire under c< minutes. The youth center has recently been the target o oy u:>^ s i.amnua ^in Aipna iratorniiy, which sure that the facility continued to he used as a me lor Columbia's underprivileged youth. THE FRATERNITY has been sponsoring a event to raise money for the center, which has Chris Hitopoulas. He has been using the youth center to teach art boxing, and "to keep them off of the streets" Hii 1 ill proposes 1 iprisonment I rmut. The parents were awarded $250,000 by i jury that said tlie pledge had been required o drink alcohol. NKTTI.KS SAII) the Ballou incident is iust one example of how hazing could get out - r i JI IUIIIU. P "Obviously (there is) a need for this [? legislation." said Nettles, adding that 18 I .Mher states have already adopted similar I measures against hazing. In South Carolina, Nettles said the bill has 3 "a wood shot" to nass because it has caincd fl V 76 co-sponsors in the House, and ii needs on ly 124 to be rati lied. !. However, some state representatives oppose the bill because of what they call || "flaws" in its phrasing, one being the defini- j lion of ha/ing. "THKRK IS NOT a good definition of ha/ing in the bill," said Rep. John Bradley, D-Charleston. The bill defines ha/in? as an an that "mistreat(s) so as to causc bodily injury." Sen. Smith said the bill had to be defined h vagueh because "it is better for what we h want" ? a deterrent." Other clauses that have been questioned are the exemption of both athletic and military training to the bill's regulations and its phrasing, making everyone in the accused group "chargeable." He also contends that proposals against See "Haling," page 3 condemned yoi at a press conference earlier. He sa he Columbia 10 keep the center prospering. 11 damage to The youth board, which govern taring was to regain control of the center from i le. according lost control of the building on I Department ruled the building un< et off in the When the city discovered that i le center on boxing training site, they locked tli mirol in 10 decide what to do with it. I fundraising ON FKBRl'ARY 25, city attoi sought to in- youth center board, reiterating thei eting ground had violated the deed. On February 25, city attornies board, reiterating its contention t fundraising the deed. The city also maintained been run by by closing the youth center because disrepair ana cannot saiely De usee a youngsters youths. [opoulas said Attornies for the youth board sa ? . . .. PUBBW / m mUKmmm * *** mBw/ ( V Ib* Peanuts, jewelry, pills for Harvey Ray Watkins sits in front of his 'store' i The vendor and his unique wares have become ith center: ars w id he will continue his light week that the cin late of the center, s the facility, is seeking to who decide who s he citv of Columbia I'hrv I'lie connu-rMii lebruary 5 when the l ire the amount is lor >ate. the other hall r it was still being used as a trespassed on the Irv.rx.-L .....IJ / iv. viwwi in iu i 1111; v. u > uhiiu i II i..> I nr. I I said that the youtl 1946. The deed st; rnies filed suit against the maintained" as a ir contention that the board Both the city-an the court hearing 1'ilcd suit against the youth On March 20. tl hat the board had violated the city maintain that it was acting correctly center, and regat the facility "has fallen into assume the right t I'* for anv art5%/ithv tu .w. MV?. .nv . %/; towu I llt'iv: Wt'ic IK) I asserted that they id in a countersuit Tiled last investigate the fin KiM MARTY HYERS/The Gamecock sex it Beltline Boulevard and Two Notch Road. Columbia legends. !nn hlamoH PUI I UIUII ll/U ; had 110 right to "unilaterally" decide the The hoard insists that it should he the courts hould legally be in charge of the property, i is requesting $200.000 in damages. Hall o! income lost by the closing of the center, and epresems damages for city officials who property. TV look control ol the facility, because thc\ h board had violated the deed established in ;ttes that the building is to be "continuoush youth center, not solely as a boxing clinic id the youth board ha\e decided to postpone until May 1 V tic hoard filed a S2()(),()()() countersuit againsi ing that the city had no right to close the dless, that they should not automatically o regain the property. injuries reported, but youth center officials want the State Law Enforcement Division to Rifey refuses to evaluate Clemson hnarrl nf trnctooc 3y Associated Press Gov. Dick Riley has declined a request that ie start a review of the Clemson Univesity rustees' role in running the school, saying liiw him tin in lh/? onvpmnnp/? ;>f the school. The Clemson Faculty Senate asked foi the review after Clemson President Bill Atchley resigned March 1. Atchley requested, but did not get, a board vote of confidence and board recognition that his proposed reassignment of then-Athletic Director Bill Mcl.ellan was an administrative matter. The Faculty Senate maintained that the rustees had meddled in university administration and called on Riley and the General Assembly to review the university's :-harl<*r See "Clemson," page 3