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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 Monday
Volume 78, No. 50 University of South Carolina December 9, 1985
Council
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club ties
By TODD SPRADUN
^ Staff writer
In the past, there has been a
paralyzing communication gap
between organizations that needed
to be overcome, said SG Vice
President Amy Houser.
Closing the gap is one of the
purposes of the Inter Club Council,
a newly formed group of
representatives from student
organizations.
The body was formed to provide
information and coopera.
tion between clubs, said Houser,
' the council's temporary
chairman.
"A lot of organizations are
misinformed about things like
getting funds, and they don't
know who to go to for
information."
She said she hopes to start a
calendar of events or newsletter
to help clubs avoid scheduling
conflicts, show them how to use
k student services and create the
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between clubs.
Houser hopes the council will
create a sense of campus community
by providing a single
voice on certain issues rather "than
many separate ones and make
students aware of the impact
campus organizations can have.
"You're getting representatives
from all organizations to
' present one voice," she said.
Imagine having the backing of
the nearly 240 organizations on
campus.
Student Government, the administration
and other important
auent'it*?i "much mr?r<? am m
listen to you," she said. "You
have to unite sometimes to remain
effective."
Houser stressed the importance
of cooperation between organizations
and students for the council
I to work.
"I think this is the perfect opportunity
to become aware and
have an impact on what's happening
at Carolina."
The club's first meeting was
Oct. 17.
She said about 50 clubs sent
reoresentatives to the m<M>tincr in
Patterson Hall cafeteria.
Houser said she hopes to appoint
a permanent chairman by
the beginning of the spring
semester. The chairman would
serve as mediator.
Bed fire
dameges
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apartment
By CARL DAWSON
Assistant news editor
A mattress fire caused a small
amount of smoke damage in a
University Terrace apartment
Friday night.
The fire started at about 10:40
p.m.
USC police said the incident is
still being investigated.
Chief Edward Goff of the Columbia
Fire Department said fire
officials only investigate a blaze
if they can't find a cause.
He said smoking in bed and
hot hair curlers are the leading
causes of mattress fires. The
apartment's tenant, who did not
want to be identified, said he has
no idea what caused the fire.
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By HAULA WETHINGTON idea when the group decided they
Staff writer needed a completely profitIf
you're tired of studying and oriented fund-raiser.
need a break Saturday, a backrub Lon8 said other organizations
party may be just the thing to have sponsored backrubs as
ease those aching muscles. fund-raisers. "I don't think
"Everybody wants a backrub, there's anything illegal about
especially before exams," said having a backrub party."
Shelly long, senior represen- The party will be 6-9 p.m.
tative for the Association of Saturday in Harper College on
Honors Students. "We had a lot the Horseshoe; posted signs will
of fun planning this party." give partygoers further direcMusic
will be played as people tions. People are asked to come
form a continous chain to give as they are and bring tapes if they
and receive a backrub at the same want to listen to specific music as
time, Long said. they get a backrub. Admission is
She said she came up with the $2.
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Rossi applaui
of tougher se
By BOB KUDELKA
: Staff writer
The father of a murdered USC student said he felt
| fantastic about the House Judiciary Committee's
t treatment of a bill to toughen sentencing of violent
' criminals.
j "I sat right there and applauded," said Ray
; Rossi, after the committee indicated it may
strengthen the bill, introduced by Gov. Dick Riley
last spring.
Rossi is president of Citizens Against Violent
I Crime, which supports harsher penalties for violent
criminals. "We can't tolerate violent offenders being
on the streets of South Carolina," he said.
Rossi's daughter, Barbara, was a junior in nursing
when she was kidnapped, raped and murdered
last fall. Of the three men convicted in her death,
one was sentenced to die in the electric chair, and
I iwo received me in prison.
Rossi would like to see the bill become a law,
stressing four main points:
? A 5-year mandatory sentence for a crime comj
mitted with a firearm;
$5 USC-Clemsor
jto fund new scli
By BETH HENDRICH
Stiff writer
A committee for the Trustee Scholarship Fund,
provided for by the $5 price increase for USCClenison
football tickets this season, will begin
awarding a new series of four-year scholarships to
incoming freshman for the 1986-87 academic year.
The USC board of trustees, which initiated the
project with support from the athletic department,
has decided the $300,000 gained from the increase
will be used for three types of financial aid and an
endowment fund, according to Chris Vlahoplus,
secretary to the board.
"Each time the money is received, it will be put
into the endowment, so it will grow." he said. "We
wanted to build a savings account for the
university."
The money will be spread out during two years, as
revenue only comes in when the Clemson game is
played in Columbia. The board set aside $60,000 for
the endowment, while the remaining $240,000 will
be divided equally for students in each of three
categories. Students can receive aid based on merit,
financial need or as a minority.
The endowment funds will be invested by the
state treasurer, along with about $2 million that
USC holds in private funds, Vlahoplus said.
The board hasn't decided exactly how the money
earned on its investment will be spent, but it will be
on scholarships.
The board will not be involved in the selecton
process for the three categories of scholarships that
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of Student Financial Aid will be in charge of
choosing recipients.
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schools are step
raising efforts f
but they aren't cc
l; same students, i
ficials from both
USC wants t
| dowments of a
each by 1990 an
ships of $200,00(
Waugh, dean of
Clemson's t
associate dean of
research and
Clemson has an
v servative goal (
dowments by IS
aim is to raise 2(
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intencing bill
? No parole tor a second offender of a violent
crime;
? l.ifc imprisonment for a third offender of a
violent crime;
? The death penalty or life imprisonment
without parole for persons convicted of
premeditated murder with aggravating
circumstances.
Riley's original bill contains new ways to handle
non-violent offenders while reducing prison overcrowding.
These offenders would be punished by
optional methods such as community work, Rossi
said.
CAVE worked with the Senate on the bill, and the
result was stricter handling of violent offenders,
Rossi said.
The Senate passed the bill 44-1 during the past
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Current laws allow some convicted violent
criminals to be released from prison after serving
less than half their sentences, Rossi said.
The committee will resume work on the bill after
the General Assembly convenes Jan. 14.
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An executive committee drawn from lhis year'3
Financial Aid Committee will screen a list of
freshman who have been accepted to the USC and
have a 3.0 grade point average or better, according
to John Bannister, director of the student aid
department.
The group will be comprised of representatives
from the honors college, admissions, the Financial
Aid Committee and the chairman of the committee.
Any student who meets the criteria will
automatically qualify for the scholarships. In reality,
all categories are merit-based, as the students
will be expected to maintain a 3.0 GPA.
"We award scholarships for four years," Bannister
said. "The maximum stipend is $1,500."
About 1,000 students will be on the list, which
will rank them by a weighted system using college
entrance tests and class rank.
"We come down the list until we find a student
who fits the credentials for a scholarship," Bannister
said. "We think that is fair and objective."
The students qualifying for merit-based aid will
be ranked just below students chosen for Carolina
Scholars, Bannister said.
Students on the list whose records indicate a low
familv income will be rnnrlirlntrc for th*>
needy category.
The minority scholarships will add to the 12.5
percent of university aid going to minorities
already.
The revenue will raise the amount of private
funds spent on scholarships from $1.5 million to
$1.8 million, more than any other school in the state
spends on student aid programs, Bannister said.
Clemson want
leering funds
Scholars Program, to offer
scholarships in honor of Thomas
ison engineering Hunter, one of Clemson's oldest
"i' ??.iu- living graduates, who will be 100
or scholarships, next year.
>mpeting for the Hunter, who earned 30 major
ccording to of- patents and worked with Thomas
universities. Edison, has promised Clemson
o raise 30 en- about $1 million.
t least $50,000 Gilliland said the endowment
d 10 professor- will give Clemson an advantage
leach, said J.D. jn recruiting the state's outstanUSC's
College ding students and attracting outof-state
students,
lob Gilliland, Waugh said USC and Clemson
engineering for should compete with schools in
planning, said Other nnt earh r>fh#>r
"f>u|'o"iicw "m "Anything they do, we'll do
W, but its real ,hc same or bc,,cr' .bu'our
I endowments. ?rea,cs' "71 ?fr?m
said, "At this ?<\or?,a' No"h Ca">hna, Fj?rida
ul thinking on and Massachusetts, not Clemrts
because our S?^, J" . ? ,
millions, but 1 , Gilhland said competing helps
successful." bolh schools Pro?developing
its "A little competition never
ter Endowed hurt anybody," he said.