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Volume 78, No. 32 University of South Carolina October 21, 1985
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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.
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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
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University Terrace, the
Russell House, Leconte,
Calcott, Petigru, Davis, South
Tower, Patterson Hall, Pinckney,
Legare, McClintock,
Wade Hampton, Preston, Maxcy,
Thornwell, Sims and the
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power.
Power was also lost at the
Thomson Student Health
Center. No patients were there
at the time, said a nurse on duty
Sunday.
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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
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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
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"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.
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alternative music bands, has
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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
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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
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$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
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Sid Wilson, USC assistant
athletic director for media relations,
also believes television
exposure has immeasurable
worth.
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"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
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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.
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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.
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