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V Escort sc * ' By PAULA WETHINGTON Staff writer Btring! Brring! The telephone rings and the dispatcher for the Alpha Phi Omega Escort Service answers. The caller is at the library and needs a ride to Bates ^ House. "We'll pick you up in a few minutes," the dispatcher says. This scene is typical for the members of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, usually occurring about three or four ; times a night. Formed in 1974, their eScort service started before tht? Shnttlprnrk ramp intn px istence and now continues as an evening service for USC students. "We started the service after other chapters of APO had established escort services at their schools," said Ernest Anderson, ? APO vice president. Visually only a few calls are received each nignt, out during coia weatner they may make yp to 20 runs a night. The escort service itself is run by the members of APO and funded by USC. About 15 active members currently make up the co-ed fraternity, who take turns as dispatcher and driver while they are in service. However, they use university-owned equipment and must follow certain proA cedures to insure both their safety and those of the passengers. Divest. Continued from | "Everyone opposes apartheid, board will take a strong positor nouncement for apartheid. The qi ^ is a logical and meaningful respo The funds, invested by the edu< (hrmioh thp ctafp hii/fnptino nrnri ( UIV JIUIV UUUgVllllg pi VVI ? donations. The private money i: chairs, scholarships and tempora There are 27 members on the f< official USC representatives ? I man and a trustee. The rest are r Menkhaus said he agrees with separate entity from the universi exist between the two bodies. "Our strategy is not to let hii from the funds." Menkhaus saic Menkhaus and the alliance agi ( the foundation and USC would ' "The industries In South Afri S'K'K mossmti Special Program J H1G1 ? i VMOA MIG1 I TONIGl | 8:00 p.m. Golder I $1500 play mon Bid on prizes at end MONTEREY ANDY'S PUTT THE PIZZA I CHINA G* PAPEf PAPILL D'LITI SCHOOL 9 THIS CANT B irvice giv First of all, when a caller asks for an escort, the dispatcher enters in the log with the caller's name, number of passengers, oncampus location and destination and phone number in case the caller will have to be reached. The driver then picks up one of the portable radios supplied by USC Police and goes out to the car to pick up the passenger. The car is owned by USC and has a USC decal on the side for easy identification. According to Anderson, the only other identification currently used by the escort service is the occasional wearing of fraternity jerseys, but he said the USC car is usually all the identification thai is needed. "Sometimes othei drivers think we are the USC police, but when they see a stu dent driving the car, they are sur prised," he said. "People whc have called us usually don't hav< a problem finding us." Except for the occasional callei asking why APO doesn't rui their service on certain nights USC Police Corporal Gar; Crump says there have been fev complaints. Anderson explainc< APO only runs 8 p.m. to \ 1 p.m Monday through Thursday. Th phone number is 777-3825. "USC doesn't provide th transportation it should with th library open until midnight," h iage 1. I'm confident every member of the i on that. There's nothing but de uestion is whether or not divestmeni nse to it," Vlahoplus said. cation foundation, are not garnerec :ss but are solicited through private s invested and funds a number ol ry endowments for USC. aundation board, three of which an the chairman of the board, Holder ncmbers of the public. Vlahoplus that the foundation is ; ty, but emphasized that a link doe m (Holderman) disassociate himsel 1. ree the advantages of divestment fc far outweigh the complications, icaare the heavy slow growth one: s presents ! 10 " nc t?H PO IT I'll | UMV I HMX i Spur FREE pQff ey at door 1 of night from Booths JACK'S DELI ATRE8 INN FF iRDEN | IS Russe ON ES KIDS I E YOGURT pieri res studei Jsr i iiiMiiumni ' ffi mm y Susan Kinkaid, Ernest Anderson am v e said, "but at this university there is not much need for a weekend e service." e Also, even though business e picks up during finals week when : They are not the high-tech com investments. t "Our study of university inv< money," Menkhaus said. Vlahoplus refuted this claim. I siderable amount of money, ai ; with the way the investment mar f investment counselors weren't we'd find other ones," he said. Vlahoplus estimated that ther Educational Endowment Fund, a stocks. s ivienKnaus saici ne recis aivcsn South African government to ; hand with USC's .sensitivity to , If programs to the Third World. In recent weeks, the city of C< ?r Africa, but later discovered it hi proposed in the S.C. Sendte to < s. . banks Citizens and Savings and 511 m m I ( : ^ TOMC !/l ) 'eaturi ? MiWEHJS, TIAci PM80KS ASM MEEBl ? $4.00/Hour; Male and Fen are needed foi fashi APPLY IN CPU OFFICE IIDAY, September 27 Fashion Show II House Ballroom 7 pm featuring re cardln TJwmvllhpft rv janiel hechter Lee m i carolina 11 its nightly 1 ;? " . 1 "?' -.3 - ".ryyyyy? ,.. '" v.? ? 1 d Thorn Buckley of the APO Escort Service wi people need rides from the rut I library, APO usually votes ahead an: of time whether they can run the 1 ; service or not during finals. If bei i there is a night the escort can't be AF ipanies that are, these days, the best th pr :stments indicate the funds have lost si l "Our total portfolio is making a con- w id we're very confident and pleased U lagers are handling our funds. If these cl making money lor the foundation, m e is a total of $15 million in the USC d< 30 percent of which is in common fc ment and the resulting pressure on the p abolish apartheid would go hand-in- It global events and trends, and linkage h >lumbia voted to divest funds in South ad none to divest. Also, a bill has been livest the state's funds. Also, two area t I South Carolina National, have halted s \m*w Music SHOWCASE & EXPO '85 1Rnn\A/ Qoritomhpr 9R* CAREER EXPO 4 ng representatives from maxellBOSE [ W TO WORK CABBBB BXPO nale Models, actresses, actors, am on show ? $25.00 flat fee RUSSELL HOUSE 2nd FLOOR MAWfinnm vvniifini and 8 p.m. featuring US TICKETS ON SALE TODAY & 7i at CPU Office 2nd Floor $5.00 Students $7.00 f Friday (day of show) $7.00 stui ||rogramJ1Pnion campus JpT ' fBHrt| 'w slUkAi * ' WBmBSSm ait for calls to take students home. i, a message is left on the smoi swering machine. our Most of all, the relationship meo twecn the USC Police and 44Th 'O keens thincs runnine with c sale of South African Krugerrands i essure and picketing. Menkhaus said USC is in the minorit ties that have totally divested, or rid the ith direct investment in South Africa, ir niversity of Wisconsin. Universities the ude Dartmouth, Brown, Harvard and Vlahoplus said what other universities ade by the foundation. "Some have divested, some have no visions to follow the Sullivan Princip! "In essence, what they (the Sullivan P >r Americans to have a presence in i resence, and to try to change things rati 's to promote anti-apartheid and pro-i ave subscribed to that response. "Now what this foundation will do, 1 "All investments should be based on heid is an incredible injustice that exi aid. * CPU's Tr; pr? CiB( Bus leave; will arriv Cost: $1 includes bu I THIS! Sent Sign-Up ii BONY f| COMPACT I Soil? HGITAL AUDIO / ~ A 1 athletes __ . FREE 1 SIGN-UP Enroll in tl & fun clas in AND * Se,f D?f QUE * Chamb< 9CTOR , , Students: Sign-Up 0 MORROW U Lobt)y fihbi Public 1ents/public ji J* travel iHp taja? "" lh HraP^t-W '.' " n'lkk. CHARLES HATFIELD/The Gamecock athly. "Last year, USC took phones and gave them to sone else," Anderson said, e police cot them back for us in the week." [gold coins) following public y if it fails to divest. Univer:ir portfolios of all companies iclude Michigan State and the it have selectively divested inYale. do has an affect on decisions t divested. Some have made I AC* IVO. rinciples) say is that it's better South Africa, and a positive ler than to walk away from it. ntegration. Many universities don't know," Vlahoplus said, i ethical considerations. Anar ists in the world," Mcnkhaus x . "?v?r avel and Tour | jsents: > WINDS 3 at 10 am and e about noon 3 per person is and admission SATURDAY ember 28 n CPU Office!! DIIVERSIT7 1 HAS BEGUN! 1 ie most exciting ? ises on campus, || eluding: I _ . _ _ . f % A I f- i ense ior women p >lar Energy | ?r of Commerce | Shagging ? $4 Public: $5 i i in CPU Office I Unlock all 1 your potential J