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I 1 1 I J ^ IIB40 played to a select audience I"?.?1"6. DeV"f l??k anoth?r QrWtf-lMl** Friday night In a show announced beating Iron, the Gamecocks as OPOtlignt r'yJfahe?UDr?bee:?re the band t00k Sports "sL%S?oX?oec^m,o?nranVk.cked the stage, page 5. ahegd Qf Duke by on0 goa| page ? The Gamecock Founded 1908 Monday Volume 78, No. 32 University of South Carolina October 21, 1985 ? , T,:3 H ^ | wuflio fg.li i MM * 11 ^^BEiCZHWgHBI Fair fare ^ The Stale Fair has opened, featui Outage li By CARL DAWSON Staff writer Eighteen buildings on the USC campus were in the dark yesterday morning when a ? blowout occurred on one of the university's four main circuits. Power was lost at 3:48 a.m. when a cable near the McBryde Ouadranirle under thp pedestrian walkway blew out through its insulation, according to Hob MacNaughton, USC manager of energy distribution. New musii By MARY JO MILLER Staff writer "God save the Beat," implores graffitti on the nightclub's wall, but not even divine intervention can keep The Beat, Columbia's New Music dance club, in business at its Asspmhlv Faced with landlords unwilling to renew their lease, Beat owners Jan Janicki and Lynn ? McCain threw open their club's doors and waived admission charges to celebrate their closing Oct. 18. "We're going out with a bang," Janicki said during a late afternoon sound check in TV footb By BRIAN NEWTON Staff writer The IJSC athletic department received nearly $370,000 from ^ televised sports last year, but W television is a shaky thing right now, according to John Moore, IJSC'S associate athletic director and business manager. "There is a lot of overexposure of football and basketball in television today," he stfid. "It's just not what it used to be a few years ago." If one of the major networks or a sydicator is interested, IJSC's football games are televised provided the opposing ~ team agrees. But Moore said W that would involve several changes in the kick-off times of the games and that it would t Wlllliiif lla JU MiMMmMimiTraT (B ring food, pig races and rides. Columnist i saves 18 University Terrace, the Russell House, Leconte, Calcott, Petigru, Davis, South Tower, Patterson Hall, Pinckney, Legare, McClintock, Wade Hampton, Preston, Maxcy, Thornwell, Sims and the McBrvde Quudranirlp 1 r^sit sf f> " ~ 'W"V power. Power was also lost at the Thomson Student Health Center. No patients were there at the time, said a nurse on duty Sunday. A crew of four USC highc club beat tho omritv r>liiV? ~...rvj Janicki and McCain had l>een hoping to renew their lease, which expired in October, but were apparently passed over in favor of Jim Thigpen's bid for the property. Thigpen, director of the Trustus theater company, plans to open a theater in the Beat's spacious interior. McCain, a former dancer, said the Beat's hardwood floors, high brick walls and location would make it an ideal nlavhnusp "I had considered conducting dance classes here in the afternoon," McCain said. all makes cause problems for the fans. Moore said USC is first committed to the College Football Association for television exposure. He said under the twoyear contract that USC agreed to, either ABC or ESPN, the two networks that cover CFA games, have first choice of whether they want to televise a USC game. "We don't want several different kick-off times," he said. we want to protect our tans from constant time changes. We want to keep our fans in the stadium." The money that the athletic department receives from televised sports becomes part of the department's revenues, according to Moore. Most of the Andy Duncan tells what he saw, page 4. USCTuil voltage electricians, including M Q/?NI Q 1 1 iTAuvAiiAu^iitv/ii, uc^au ICOIUI lllg the power early yesterday morning. Power was restored to many buildings by 6:30 a.m. "I don't know how many people were affected or how many even knew it was off," MacNaughton said. "A lot of people never knew the power was out because most of the work was done between 4 and 6:30 a.m. "After we have an outage, we have to detect where the problem is. After we find it we s for one Janicki and McCain said they doubted they would ever attend a performance in Thigpen's ncf'IKIJCIA 4 votai/jiDi 11 IIV I IL. "We've been knocked out of our place so we certainly won't be supportive," Janicki said. Neither will the Beat's clientele if their graffiti scrawled across the Beat's interior walls is a true reflection of their feelings. "Distrustus," a play on Thigpen's company's name, is painted below the disc jockey's booth and that's one of the nicer quotes from the walls. Thp u/hi^h ch/\u,*nQO??c? alternative music bands, has campus I money goes into the planned budget and is distributed to different sports or is used for special projects, such as building new facilities. "We don't just pigeonhole the money we receive to certain areas," he said. "The money makes up part of the pie." Moore said it usually takes about five months before the department receives any money from a televised sport. From the USC-Michigan game, he said the department will receive the games revenues from CFA after ABC pays the association. Although a team is guaranteed a certain amount of money for a football game through a CFA package, about i / / / ^ i VVArfiU " "i^ t dings wit can usually repair it." USC police helped the crew locate the site of the blowout, he said. "Whenever there is a power failure, usually there is some sort of noise. We always ask students and police if they heard anything. By locating the noise we can find the problem ei, isoiaue tne area and repair it more efficiently MacNaughton said. He said the cable blew out "for no known reason." last time developed a reputation for attracting a less than conservative clientele in its two years "of business "The Beat is significent in Columbia because it set a new tone, new ideas. The Beat represents a lifestyle of the '80s," Janicki said. McCain and Janicki are quick to point out they're not closing for financial reasons. McCain said she hopes to l>e open for business by the beginning of 1986. In the meantime, the owners will catch up on their sleep and look at property iia bucks U $350,000 this year, Moore said that syndication doesn't guarantee anything. He said unless enough television stations pick up a syndicated game, both teams make nothing. Moore said the overall worth of television exposure can't be measured. He said publicized athletics help contribute to enrollment and athletic recruiting and gives young athletes the enjoyment of being wii L^iuvmiun. Sid Wilson, USC assistant athletic director for media relations, also believes television exposure has immeasurable worth. Sao "Football," page 2. RBHHHHBHHBBH WWwHtti jWI^RWB j ^?Tr*-jWlfrA/> ' JOSEPH GARNETT/The Gamecock I hout eleci "It was not a real serious problem, hut it doesn't have to he to trip the circuit," he said. After the defective section was cut and spliced, power to many buildings was restored immediately, but parts of the McBryde Quad didn't receive power until 10:45 a.m. The student media wing of the Russell House did not receive power until after 4 p.m., leaving student radio station WITSr\T?M ,.ff iUn oiv ...wl CTTTTI I I KJ UV.; 1 KILl CTTV. OH Ol IU causing production of The * aw' *T> wl^Sfer 'V Ikl ^K_ I ? i*-- ^BBWHiraBHBK # a *48(1^5? v- ,.?uSaH '' 1*r l V -^^SjL Toss up Rick Gervais, 19, of Greenville paid hii take home a stuffed critter to Mom. Benson, J A irusxee, dies From staff reports Thomas Luther "Luke" Henson, a 21-year member of the USC board of trustees, died Saturday. "The university family feels keenly the great loss of Luke Benson and extends warmest sympathy to his family," USC President James B. Holderman said. The 68-year-old banker graduated from USC and the Banking School of the South at Louisiana State University. He began his banking career in 1945 with the Conway National Bank. After 20 years he became the president and was elected chairman of the board in 1985. "It was a pleasure serving on the board with Luke Benson," Othniel Wienges, chairman of the USC board said. "He was a dedicated member and a good friend." "His service to the board of trustees was exemplary, and he was a loyal Carolina supporter in every facet of university activities," Holderman said. I'KIAI'fli li iuny Gamecock to take place in ine Carolina Reporter newsroom in Carolina Coliseum. "This is not a regular thing, but it is not unusual. After all, we have a little city on our hands with over 20,000 people," said David Rinker, system vice president for facilities planning. "When an outage occurs, there is a signal in the main control area, so we knew of the problem immediat e!y," he said. t 8 S I J I ?v " \ WmKm _i^^6^r^F35 MnHHBh. W.*' ? lra^0m^^RHHNlr -' * waag gsjjH^WBBa^t JOSEPH GARNETT/Th? Gamwock i 50 cents and hopes he'll be able to UHHHHRaHnBMH