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Volume 78, No. 21 University of South Carolina September 25, 1985 I
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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
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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.
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s the pool in front of the Humanities officc
is can't sto
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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,"
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DUls arc pulled over
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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
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they go out drinking and mee
he said.
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SC fund
frica soi
IL DAWSON and MARY JO MILLER
riters
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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.
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Light
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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 ,
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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."