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" 1 Vifiwnnint T 1 Spotlight 1 /^\\ Sp0rtS I n HWnH'l SBBBBBf Eu0n Yuppies have hearts, i J? The Gamecocks may be down, Lj~ . \iR - USC doesn't deserve its reputa and they love more than ?jW but they're not out yet, and v tion as a party school, page 4. ^ Volvos, condos and quiche, Florida State had better be on page 6. guard, page 7. I !___ 1_ The Gamecock Founded 1908 __ Friday Volume 78, No. 40 , University of South Carolina November 8. 1985 SG Senators to evaluate Golden Spur Ru miCTTC D*wiro . ?r uulliit dhalct ana STEPHEN GUILFOYLE Staff writers Six Student Government Senators will evaluate plans for the proposed student activity center that may replace the Golden Spur, a student-run bar closed two years ago. ^ Sen. Rodney Brown announced Wednesday the names of the tact-finding committee that will send out surveys next week to determine the reactions of student organizations. The survey, which will include the renovation's blueprints and cost breakdowns, is needed because many students argue the Spur should be used for programming space. Members of the Carolina Pro? gram Union circulated a petition last week against the Senate's quick decision a month ago to turn the Spur into office space. This dicnnlr> IRrr?i/n ?^ " IVM Lfl VTTIi IU IIItroducc legislation calling for a I three-week hold on the allocation | and forming a task force to ' evaluate the plans. The Senate can allocate F $60,000 for the project, depending on the committee's findings. t ) The committee then will decide i whether to allocate the money to c the Spur's renovation into office space. They will report to the 1 Senate at its Nov. 20 meeting. n ThC COmmittPP also will oalhor information on independent / students' feelings, but had not fc agreed upon a format. c The committee members e should be non-partisan, said Brown, rules committee d P chairman. S Their recommendations will be s based on the surveys' results. p Senators James Brown, d Camille Chapman, Michelle v Kersey, Jeff Mclntyre, Jay A Roland and Brown will be on the c committee, with Sen. Babs Henrv n J as chairwoman. n "I think we have a very balanced group here," Brown said. a See "Senate," page 2. v ' Clean air County plan or sent tn nnmmi By BUDDY MOORE b Staff writer s A Richland County ordinance o to prevent smoking in public f places was deferred a third reading by County Council at a p public hearing Tuesday. F The Clean Indoor Air Or- d dinance was sent to council's ad- a ministration and finance commit- r tee for further study and, if an agreement can be reached on it, will try for its third and final c reading at council's next meeting a Nov. 19. r tu? ...u: -l 1; __ i iic uiuiuaiii'c, which applies [ to cigars, cigarettes and pipes, J would prohibit smoking in retail u and department stores, elevators, n hospitals, schools, public theaters n > and buildings owned by the w county. tl Excluded from regulation would be beauty shops, c restaurants, taxis, private patient n hospital rooms, the county deten- c! tion center, public restrooms and e< any public places set aside for smoking areas. Violators would be charged o with a misdemeanor and fined up ir to $100. ai v^uunuiman itaymonci iviCKay Jr., co-sponsor of the ordinance, aj t said, "the forces against us are p powerful" and noted "there had v< ? p.? s \" f "/ fWfc ' Getting her vote Five-year-old Danielle Campbell of Co heard too many campaign speeches. \A squirrels. JSC to co rom staff reports The USC Educational Foundaion will consider divestment of iniversity funds in South Africa < >n Monday. The foundation will meet at :30 p.m. at the Osborne Adninistration building. The Free South Africa Uliance, a USC student group, irought this issue to the attention if the USC board of trustees in arly October. The alliance asked the board to livest as a protest of apartheid, louth Africa's system of racial cgregation. In addition, the prolosal calls for the university to livest all holdings in businesses /ith direct investment in South Africa, as well as urge the local ommunity to cease business ransactions with the African ation. At this time, the university has pproximately S2.4 million inested in South Africa. i smoking ban ttee for study een slippage among council" ince the original proposal of the rdinance. In an attempt to get its l!)Csaoc Mptou /lolnloH n itivuh; mvivivu a 3vwuui1 irohibiting smoking in retail and lepartment stores. "If deferred gain, it (the ordinance) won't esurrect itself," he said. Proposing amendments to inlude restaurants, lounges, bars nd beauty shops and to keep etail and department stores in he ordinance, Councilman ames Farley said restaurants /ere Dlaces wh<?rf? fnmil Spc vi/pnt lost and that he received umerous calls from women /anting beauty shops included in ^e regulation. Farley also proposed adding a lause to permit smoking in the on-smoking areas if owners learly posted "Smoking Allowd" signs in their establishments. Councilwoman Lillie Herndon bjccted to a law that would give mantes wnen u couia De broken rid disagreed with Farley. Representatives from local gencies and county citizens were resent at the public hearing to aice their opinions. mmwiwmtmmrn lumbia doesn't know much about lobbyists fhen she goes to the State House, she like: insider dive Ken Menkhaus, an organizer of the alliance formed in late September, explained the group's intentions. "We arc moving from a strategy of quiet diplomacy to formal proposals, because we've pretty much been shut down," he said. Menkhaus' organization contacted USC president James B. Holderman in August about the feasibility of divestment. At that time, Menkhaus said, the group was told Holderman had no knowledge of any USC funds in- i vested in South African-affiliated luuiuucb. ! The alliance met with Chris i Vlahoplus, USC executive vice I president of administration, Aug. 28. According to Vlahoplus, the decision to divest was to be made i by the university's Educational Foundation, which is chartered i independently of USC, and not its board of trustees. amr [. 77.. 7~^''?Cy:^^':^^^ll~^^r^ r 4j? > tSt. *#; ^ jBpM * *' :' V :: 11 Hv tm HJt L Hraflfiv' . jm. tasy rider Martin Euiana Morgan, a Stata Haaaa aa IflE :r;_: r . Witt->?-%&,!; . JOSEPH GARNETT/The Gimtcock or politicking yet, and she hasn't i to stay outside and peek at the istment "This is a decision for the foundation board, not the board of trustees," he said at that time. "The board ofJtusiees-does not invest these monies we're talking !-- e nuuui, me luuuuauon ooara does, and I stress that's an independent body." Menkhaus said he believed the USC administration could make a strong suggestion to the Educational Foundation. "1 was under the impression from him (Vlahoplus) and others, and I could be wrong, that a strong statement by the administration and the board of trustees would probably result in the foundation takina action." he said. In September, Vlahoplus said, the Education Foundation's investment committee would meet next month and the board of the foundation would meet in November. ?^*EBQ5 K, 'lMng I Hi 1 tployeo, cruises the grassy strips at tit CHE rever to grant c m engineerm By HAL MILLARD Staff writer USC was given the go-ahead for a multi-degree program in electrical and computer engineeering yesterday during a state Commission on Higher Education meeting. In spring 1985, the Committee on Academic Affairs and the Commission on Higher Education considered requests from USC and Clemson. USC's pro posai was labeled as a "name change," for all three levels of degree programs: bachelors, masters and doctoral. Both proposals were approved by the Committee on Academic Affairs. But on May 2, 1985, the commission approved the proposals by Clemson and rejected the recommendation that the new nrnnromc m I ICP 1 j/i v/gi uiii^ ai UJV UC UJJJJI UVCU. Frank T. Borkowski, executive vice president for Academic Affairs and Provost asked that the USC proposal be reconsidered by the committee, which it was. David Waugh of the USC College of Engineering, defended Borkowski and the uhivcrsiry/" saying, "fcigniy perccnt of our graduate students believe that what they did was computer engineering." Some members of the committee think that since no great change will be needed, it will be all right for USC to have a doctoral program in electrical and computer engineering. "We did the department an injustice last time by putting an unreasonable restraint on them," said committee member Mortimer Smith. At the commission meeting it was also mentioned that $30,000 would be allocated to the North rarnlmo C?l, 1 _ T .1- - * -- " v-in uiiiiu jiiiuui ui iiic rtris 10 01fset costs for students from South Carolina. Borkowsi argued that institutions in South Carolina have developed "visual and perform <r *V "''\^igSk Nil * l*l*TO r^;"^7"-i'-^- J:?- L\^r--7 j-jf : Tg.g M rla'SSSli H > dKQHBIH * hSJbH - ib capitol to pick up fa'.lan leave* and mot ses vote omputer g Ph.D ing arts programs of exceptional quality," many of which arc supported by state funds. He added that state funds should not be used to encourage residents to go elsewhere or help support programs in North Carolina. He also argued that continuation of this agreement makes way for other Clirh Borkowski concludcd, saying payment of tuition differentials places South Carolina institutions at an unfair disadvantage in recruiting highly talented students and hurts further development of performing arts in the state. "USC provides excellent programs in performing arts such as theatre, speech, music and media arts with our only weak spot being dance," said Borkowski. Mrwwpvpr iiiw vu-wnau wuuiaii of the Governor's Task Force on the Arts, Rep. Harriet Keyserling, said, "For South Carolina to establish a new public institution similar to NCSA (North Carolina School of the Arts) would not be feasible. The Task Force considers that' those students for whom the environment of the comprehensive university or college is more attractive will continue as they do now to pursue - uuvvaiauiwaic pi ctlllS Ul IIIOSC institutions." "But the Task Force contends that for some few students, the unusual environment provided by conservatory schools like NCSA enables them to pursue their career goals more effectively," she said. Keyserling informed the commission that the fall NCSA survey of the South Carolines enrolled showed that none had been interested in enrolling in a comprehensive university or college in the state, but had considered Other instiflitinnt rmtciHo of the Southeast such as Julliard, See, 'CHE,' pege 2. SiislfifPi^SBfflL i > /:- mS|Hr |^4^BLy,r^LmR^SLiA ?]KA JOSEPH GARNETT/Th? Gamecock Mintl IA ft A war* I