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The Gamecock Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 78, No. 6 University of South Carolina July 17, 1985 Family f Loizeaux cl By Susan Paine ^ News editor Alfred Nobel invented it a cd it. Dynamite is being used would have approved of hs hands of the Loizeaux fami Using the smallest amount to bring down a structure, t1 a worldwide reputation demolition. The family company, * i _ _ i i l inc., was Dcguu uy Lui^eau; cd by dynamite in the late 1 He helped survey a site fc f River near Athens, Ga., Georgia class, and worked v loading dynamite into hole; He watched tons of loam to re-route the river 12 mini plunger. It just fascinated nic couldn't sleep lor a week." Originally a forestry ma plosives to help bring dowi own tree care business, Bur and began taking other sit until the explosives busines P than his tree care business. His wife, Freddie, has \ treasurer for the company. L.LM nas reiica over ouu i business in 1957. The company has als< smokestacks, along with deepening a seaport in C radar tower 160 miles cast "That was the most exci said Loizcaux. "It was in three 180-foot legs with tower." Loizeaux said he eouldn be dangerous to shipping, and floated the structure b ______ Implosion fytvm Ni?i mm mot f/, Contractors handling ^ Wade Hampton Hotel pass before the building Mil** finl srheritileri v contractor and owner of "I hope we can make it M Gwinn said thejre ? Sti to be done before it is ii wV?? ^ndOwinn said hefd lik. mc ranrwro is. "The better job we c the better job we can dc Despite report* that @ Hot be imploded last thought it was a ploy I Jf-S^'eral spectators she v^t 6 iim. bat were disa] can tell you'the ex* J -Jo shoot," said Jack 1 and owner of Comr< porated. "It's when we 1 use F llCtC* n/nnn uuu [Jiand By Susan Paine News editor Students who apply after March 1 for entran 1986 may not get in. The Faculty Senate i on July 1 a new method ting freshman and students for next fall. The best applicants w cepted Dec. 1 and notifi /\tUar onnlinit lAno mill 1 uuivi appiivpuuii.1 win i ? through March 1, saic Haynes, director of adn "Depending on how have, the second notificj ruiiuid From Staff Reports Outlet Pointe Mall an sponsoring a fundraisii Styles, a former USC accident. * 0 Styles, who was grad psychology degree, was :rew an masters demo shipload of si r:ri, I nvy 1111 o11 nd Jack Loizcaux tam- proach of \ themselves in in a way its inventor wave. id the too! been in the The Loizej ly a century ago. years of expe of explosives necessary ing down a s he Loizeauxs have built Loizeaux's for safe explosive vice prcsiden sues since iru Controlled Demolition when they ec who become entranc- Mrs. l oi/e i930s. on the job be >r re-routing the Oconee the chimney with his University of He becam vith a Du Pont engineer was 19 and ' > students drilled. two years ei and mud fly into the air broken back utcs after he pressed the being hit by the snow. Loizeaux said. "I Loizcaux : ijor, Loizcaux used ex- follow in his i diseased trees with his Now 13 L nbrae Tree Service Inc., follow in tl ie jobs using explosives business, s became more lucrative Loizcaux : person runs vorked as secretary and "Business it," he said. mildings since going into The Loiz Milwaukee I 3 toppled bridges and sion of the 1 unusual jobs such as CDI does hile and felling a Navy said they on of Boston. not all jobs ting job rve ever done, The Loizc 80 feet of water and on of prime co a three-story triangular "I think Mrs. Loizes 't sink it because it would band added so he blew the legs out Since the iy filling the tower with a have never t ? T',. " \ million doll ,* l.oi/eaux ' the implosion olwfe Loizeaux say another week may ''nc* us 'n 1 s? Seismour ;wfvYfwIH; sions have I -Ct," said Curt Gwrnn, { 0i/eaux s; coi ?iij La* Petite f a*dowl0i prtpanulw, . Since ih, he said. jobs in the said the buildilift vvould whitc P?ot ' i?_ _t _ thoir fnmil Ip^pgp' ^pointed, y 8 do," l.oi/< tcuime when we're goi>?g ^ ^Pubjishi acuity Sei for increased a be the last," Haynes said guess the change is a result c to USC increase in applications for ce in fall fall. They were up abou percent." jpproved of accep- She said the university ex transfer another increase in applicat and USC may not take stu< ill be ac- that would have been acc< ed, while before. be sorted "It's getting harder to get 1 Debbie Haynes said. "Because of tl lissions. crease and the quality of th many we plications increased, we de< ttionmay we needed better control." +? hnlr IOCI IU llClf. Styles I id the Columbia Jaycees are returned I ng event Saturday for Joe ing funds student paralyzed in a car to be pari "He ui uated two years ago with a some ther injured Dec. II, 1984. in Englan ilition explosives lyrofoam. icd.the job in seas raging from the aplurricane Hazel and had to lower a lifeboat onto the peak of a 40-foot iuxs can merely pull a file from their rience when they begin to look at takimilar structure. cahc Niirl/ l^rmki r\rnii/lnnt on^l .-?VMi:> |V|(U IN (4 11VI U/WVI^, | /1 V..11UV ill UllVi t respectively, have been at demolition ry were about 10 and began chipping in >uld. '?.? * said she could tell when Mark was :cause he'd put just enough explosive in to send soot flying into the air. . e the youngest licensed blaster when he # was allowed to take the blasters' exam irly, while his father recovered from a suffered not from dynamite, but from S a car while helping a motorist stuck in a C said he never planned for his "sons to footsteps because it's too dangerous." oizcaux grandchildren are available to icir grandparents' multimillion-dollar says if too many people get involved, a into trouble. has to stay small so you can control eaux company plans to implode a [wilding at the same time as the imploWade Hampton Hotel. n't have trouble finding jobs. Loizeaux ly accept two out of five offers, because arc feasible. ;aux sons are willing to take on the role ntractors, rather than sub-contractors, they'll probably become much larger," iux said. "And much richer," her husy've gone into business the Loizeauxs nade an insurance claim, but they have a ars of basic insurance. Loizeaux's comusing minimal amounts of explosives to done contributes to their clean record, all you need in this business," says 'One bad job." said his competitors "would like to rouble, but they never have." aph readings of the Loizeauxs' implo uwcii luwei iiiuii wucii a iiuck uiivo uy, lid. have two seismographs checking vibra: Wade Hampton falls. ; is the French for bird, and soon the new mobile home will be painted with nal name given to all their travel trailers: Jid, or The Little Nest. ey'vc retired, the couple often goes on ir mobile home with their marshmallowile Fame to allow their sons to be with ies. ,r?* Uatut on\/ nitoltvic ahnut fnrnirwr fhp II I IIU ? V UIIJ V.J IIUIIIIJ UUV/UI IUI 111115 IHV k'cr to their sons though. and Doug make more decisions than I :aux said. ;rs have been asking for a book to be writeir experiences, and Mrs. Loizcaux is e. ing to be called 'Life Has Been a Blast'," riate appro* ttendance I. "I The changes in the process pro>f the vide that applicants with higher this qualifications than students t 25 already enrolled won't be left out of admissions. pects Requirements for admission to ions, the provisional year, for S.C. Jents students not yet enrolled, will ipted also increase. in." A maximum of 250 students ic in- may be accepted into the provie ap- sional year. They will be accepted cided with GPRs up to .25 below the cutoff point to the university. i naralv7Pii 9 |^Vil Ml J I.UM friend Pam Jackson said Styles recently lome from the hospital because of dwindl. Styles is the second member of his family alyzed in a car accident. gently needs therapy and we'd like to get apy for him lat the University of Miami or id, where its .cheaper," Jackson said. 1 ? " I *i I r * V day at the lake ^ USC's Windsurfing Club and Carolina W ailing and bport sponsored a regatta | t Lake Murray Saturday. Diver Doug ( \ lurig of (JSC's Scuba Club also haplened to be there. ^ 1 a SAM HOLLAND/The Gamecock 'r I* I nH \ Je I , I HI H res admis College's requit By Susan Paine ' News editor 17 I... C" o ? ? i lie raiuuy ocuaii; a^piuvtu a raise in admission requirements to the college of journalism in 1986. The new 2.5 grade point average replaces the present 2.2 reauiremcnt to increase the ciuali ty and decrease the number of students, Dr. Perry Ashley, journalism interim dean said. The number of journalism students admitted for the fall is up by 52 percent, and the advertising sequence has been closed former sti lack?if>n said treatment itl Mian day, while only $1(MX) a week in En Saturday's fundraiser will consist thon, bake sale, prize drawing and i a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jul Pointe. The cosmetologists will cut hair W* "''' ' ' Vs.* pi Ht T: -. ?.t?^^^BjBBI y? .BF:;~.; * *$&Hh? f *; -?*<Pr '* w IT / m ^v-. , -r isions ct emems mcrei out to new students. "We're not the first ones t( have done this," Ashley said "It's just a means of improvinj the quality of students and th< product, if you want to think of i that way, when they come out o the J-school." Students already enrolled ii the school will not be affected b the new requirement. They ar obligated to maintain a 2.2 GPI throughout their collcgc career. Students who entered th advertising program before Jun are safe, but the college isn't ai nripnt np1 ii costs $5()0 a donation for gland. haircuts will I of a hair cut-a- Former Mi iu/>?i/\n f r/\m 1A at I ho mall c UltllUll IIVJIII IV/ Ml iliv IIIUII ty 20 at Outlet Donations Fund in care for a $5 dollar umbia, S.C. f * g?? J' gfi 1 I > r> B ,i .^v.- ^ J* r J-**' ..* /wf* 'I.:-*,. -. I mnges jse in fall cepting any more, Ashley said. ) I nis isn i inc nrsi nine iiic ?c-quence has been closed off. I "Two or three years ago we z had to put a cap on it," he said. 1 Lloyd Brown, assistant pro ' fessor of journalism, said a waiting list may be considered for a the advertising program, but y criteria for admittance need to be c determined first. < "We've already had to turn away quite a few students," e Brown said. "We're caught with e the same thing other departments > are." ! ff l nicid|jy adults or $4 for children. Discounts r>e offered for students. ss South Carolina Dalia Garcia will be it 1 p.m. to support the fundraising. may also be made to the Joe Styles of Southern Bank, P.O. Box 728, Col29202