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'? ?? 3: 1 Sports I Viewpoint pfjffii 1T8| t. il'>r V The Gamecocks were shot down in the two major Who, is ***">*ma"? Could *,b8 '.<^1" h polls by the Michigen Wolverines and are no longer our lovable Andy Duncan has gone Joe / ^ Mfr- ranked among the nation's top 20 teams, page 12. C P8?0 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 78, No. 21 University of South Carolina September 25, 1985 I ggggug II c:.k:NMo w naimiy: USC maintenance man Marvin Harmoi Drinking ag By JOAN M. PRINCE gr Staff writer D Despite a raised drinking age so and, many campaigns against IS drinking and driving, the pro- at blem has changed little in Colum- th bia and on campus. Officer E.R. Stoudemire of the to USC Police Department says tli there's no way to stop drinking li and driving entirely. "As long as T there's alcohol and cars, neoole c< arc gonna drink and drive," he D said. "As long as they think they 4( can get away with it." cl A There were 457 DUI arrests last fi year in Columbia, according to D the Crime Analysis Division of C the Columbia Police Depart- a ment. Of those, 414 were male; 43, female; 281, white; 170, r; black. Of all ages, the 25-29 age T bracket accounted tor the most L with 97 DUIs. The 30-34 age o Qountv si ' -two-part By MARY JO MILLER Staff writer Richland County Sheriff Frank Fo ed a two-part ordinance today to r companies and curtail false alarms phone lines of the sheriff's departme Powell said the sheriff's departmen investigation of the 9,054 false a 9 through their switchboard cost cou $200,000 in 1984. The ordince was prompted in part alarm rnmnanics' fnntinilOllS use telephone dialer systems, which were i the majority of the false alarms, Po\ The telephone dialers automatical sheriff's department with a pre-rec< stating a burglery is in process when only way to check validity of the call deputy. Powell said any number o trigger the automatic dialers, includ ror, lightning and overzealous custc the department's response to a call. "It's (the automatic dialar) tied d Richland County Sheriff's Departme OK." Powell said. Under the ordinance, the sherif! will continue to answer the dialers i Dec. 31, 1985. A four?month grac< grmucu 10 give numcuwucis a subscribing to the dialers a chance t systems. Powell said it will be up to the al who sold the services to monitor th and weed out false alarms before sheriff's department to send a depui The ordinance outlines requiremei ^ each alarm company in order tc 9 systems in the county. Powell h eliminate the "fly-by-night" natun Hussni i fishes for more than just fish as he clean e, campaigr oup is next highest with 70 bene! UIs. DUIs have decreased the < mewhat in Columbia, in that in situa >83 there were 578. The 25-29 or di ;e group accounts for 123 of It co ose. but ii So far this year, from January is th< i June, there were 211 DUIs. Of Or iosc 186 were male; 25, female; camy >4, white; 86, black; 1, other. three he 25-29 age bracket again ac- only junts for the highest number of laws, UIs among all age groups with optir 3, and the 40-34 bracket follows ing s oscly with 38. On campus, from prob seal year 1984-85, there were 31 meni ?UIs, according to the USC old < >ivision of Law Enforcement and nd Safety. drinl In regard to the results of the 21 h aised drinking age, Sgt. Jason anyv ate of the Columbia Police jorit )epartment said it could be good ing r bad. He said it may be betw ieriff anni alarm regi that have operated in "We will investigate well announc- a permit is issued to n egulate alarm people out of CCI, or that flooded pie's homes and putt; nt in 1984. They're not going t t handling and County," Powell saic larms passing inty taxpayers Although there ha governing alarm cor by Columbia Alarm Association, of automatic organized two years a responsible for in the field. The ass veil said. eluding all alarm cc lly contact the writers Labratories. arded message Barry Crosby of triggered. The Association agreed is to dispatch a dialers were an antiq f events could association's suppori ing human er- regulations. ?mers checking Crosby said his c blems with the lack irectly into the and with the dialer s :nt without our "This ordinance < Crosby said. Citing one Richlan f s department false alarms in one y until midnight, will allow for seven i period will be per year. If an alarn nd businesses limit, he can be take o revamp their found at fault, fined will dispatch a warni arm companies The ordinance wi e calls for help "shut-off" devices contacting the alarm systems. The ty. have to shut off in a its to be met by "It is my belief th; > install alarm crease our effectiven lopes this will cy and provide betl j of companies Powell said. < PM s the pool in front of the Humanities officc is can't sto r* :~i u..? ? u ~ rr L.. \ a uuui, uui must anixiiru uy musi Jrinking age are put in a because lion of having private parties braking riving around and drinking. to ?ent< uld go either way, Tate said, must ge t appears the 25-29 age group ed the < ? problem. asked i i an average weekend night, After a >us police may make two or towed ? DUI arrests. He says the the Ricl aiKwpr ic pnforrino <;trirt nerson , Officer Stoudemire is not there i nistic about the raised drink- suspens ige. If anything, he said the states, lem is getting worse. He intoxic; ions the argument of being rnough to go in the military Stou fight, but not old enough to ment s He adds those under 20 or deter ave others buy it for them "Fines yay. Stoudemire says the ma- first of y of those he stops for driv- People with an open container are before een the ages 35 and 45. driving Dunces Mi ulation I e every alarm company before lake sure that they don't have ! i work release, going into peo- - r: ing in so-called alarm system. Ik o be operating in Richland ve been no prior regulations npanies, the South Carolina fffKi an independent group, was tejfly. go to promote professionalism , ociation has 40 members, in- fesf?l >mpanies certified by Underthe South Carolina Alarm Bill with Powell that the atomatic pj|??| luated system and pledged the pSsfS t of alarm company licensing ^ ^ :ompany has recognized proof professionalism in the field ystems for quite some time. pBSl :omes as no suprise to me," d County business that had 154 HjfigJ liiar DAVIIAII pair! tKn Arrlinon^A wat t uttwii 301V4 uiv uiuiiiauvv personally-caused false alarms I system subscriber exceeds the n to Magistrate's Court, and if Hfe $100. The sheriff's department ; --ng letter after five false alarms. ^ II also require that automatic be installed with all audible warning bells or sirens would Iffif >0 minutes. at this ordinance will greatly inless as a law enforcement agcnter alarm answering services," By CAI ' Staff w - ; -i US' I millio H |||? BUS liiiB H South Th( to CO Africi bcfor Th< holdii urge Afric "V psals MenlJSEPH GARNETT/The Gamecock . . M< > building. u,|(f Soutl D DUI 2 OI u DUls arc pulled over the driver is speeding, trust erratically or driving left ing i :r of the road, Tbo driver dent t out of his car and is ask- '*1 Jate and time and may be I co to walk a straight line. the I DUI arrest, the vehicle is aclic md the driver is taken to V! hland County sheriff. If a impi refuses the breathalyzer, M c an antr?nintir lirprKP dav? lion of 90 days. Like most ting the blood-alcohol level of M jtion is .10. rcsp demire thinks the punish- dati ihould be more strict to thor drinking and driving, that should be risen to $500 boa Tense and 50 days in jail. V tuill wuuiu 1111 iiis. ct mnc mure WTTTr they go out drinking and mee he said. Em.?, ll ivestmei SC fund frica soi IL DAWSON and MARY JO MILLER riters r* i: i : 11 i. . u political ai:iiviM!? win ii?>K me uiiivi n in university interests in companies Africa. : newly organized USC Free South Af nstruct a three-part proposal cond a's governmental policy of racial sej c the USC board of trustees. ; proposal calls for USC to denoi tigs in businesses with direct investn the local community to cease busine a. /e are moving from a strategy of quie because we've pretty much been whaus, an organizer of the alliance. mkhaus' group contacted USC Presid ist about the feasibility of divestmenl Hnlflrrman hart nn Wnnwlrdop of n h African-affiliated companies. T1 oplus, executive vice president of adi :cording to Vlahoplus, the decision t< JSC Educational Foundation, which SC, and not its board of trustees, rhis is a decision for the foundatio ees. The board of trustees does not in ibout, the foundation board does, an body," Vlahoplus said. I was under the impression from him uld be wrong, that a strong statemen board of trustees would probably res )n," Menkhaus said. lahoplus said he does not know wl ression. enkhaus said Vlahoplus promised t( ; with an assessment of the possibility members of the foundation, [enkhaus said three weeks have pa onse from Vlahoplus despite sending I promised to respond to Ken . . . afi on members. If I said 10 days, I'm ougn. in so tar as action oy any ioui nothing could be said until the app rd itself met." lahoplus said the educational founda meet sometime next month, and the t in November. d u r i moi --'^v;.;-:;:-I ^:-;;v - . -/^j OU( ptn Gar S^^B I' an(1 F H ,icc pjjgifP' mm c , ^J|| K ass( ^G^BNgI Coi I^BKaHI tde 23 . |B tha iy F wci ^hHH| 10 ^HpQ^HE^HH^H can miti tha fc*"' " j l^c y:-,: . &M ! ! bkm i Qti m pr< : ca' v:-'-- ^ :---V,T'- < ..! th< 441 so: sy: m( JOSEPH GARNETTfTh* CmKock be WJ "I m ?,: - it of s in Light irsity lo divest nearly $2.4 with dirert investments in rica Alliance met Thursday emning apartheid, South ^negation, to be presented jnce apartheid, divest all lent in South Africa, and ss transactions with South t diplomacy to formal proshut down," said Ken ent James B. Holderman in Menkhaus said thev were ny USC funds invested in len they met with Chris ministration, on Aug. 28. o divest was to be made by is chartered independently n board, not the board of vest these monies we're talkid I stress that's an indepen(Vlahoplus) and others, and it by the administration and ult in the foundation taking ly Menkhaus is under that 3 contact the alliance in 10 r of divestment after contacsscd and he hasn't had a two letters from the alliance. ter touching base with founi late, but I've tried to be idation group, I said to Ken ?ropriate committee and the tion's investment committee board of the foundation will , Sea "DivMt," page 3. A rooms idergo 14* dbivuui ATHY LEWIS and JULIET NADER writers ic BA Building went black ng a power outage yesterday /ting that caused phones to go in the BA building, dleton Street ParkingGarage, nbrell Hall, Barnwell, Sloan Hamilton colleges and ofs on College Street. :harles Poole, director of jciate technologies at the nputer Center, explained the phones were down because y are connected to equipment t runs on building power. Onihones around the BA building e affected because there are such pieces of equipment on ipus. 'When the power goes out like t, we can't do anything about phones until they tell us the tem is back up," Poole said. Maintenance Manager Pete ehr suspected the ground fault >tection mechanism was the ise of the power failure. "We are not really sure why ; system went out, Stiehr said. here is a tauit in tncre mewhere causing the main item to go out." "The current fault program:r tripped the system out cause something told it there is a malfunction," Stiehrsaid. )ut actually there was no such alfunction."