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w*v*s*win+.?w^ ? ' s vag^-ww^ * *> ?> % ' Stupendous effort Spo,liaht p 3 ||K*'l|tl Civil Disobedience viewpoint, p 4 Anyone catching USC's production of King Lear KrLjMyjSj Andy Duncan questions tactics of Free South Africa Alliance will enjoy two hours well spent in Longstreet and speculates if Henry Thoreau would've done the same SH?' H HI - ? - , > > >>" ; The Gamecock Founded 1908 Friday Volume 78, No. 81 University of South Carolina April 11, 1986 Seniors * petition decision By SHARON COSTE Staff writer Seniors angry about tiekct restrictions for graduation are fighting back by circulating a _ netition In tVio ~ I ? iiiv VVIVI1IUII) IU w NVilliams-Bricc stadium. Glenn Jenkins, a criminal justice senior, has begun the petition in hopes of getting the graduation committee to reverse its recent decision to allot five tickets to graduating seniors for May commencement. "A petition is the only way that we can find to tell the administration that we think it is not fair to restrict our graduation guests," he said. 0 Jenkins also said he thought the stadium is the only place large enough to accommodate all of those wishing to attend graduation. UIUUVIII VJW T X.1 IIII1VI II I It.tlUtlll Amy Houscr said graduation should be moved from Carolina Coliseum to a bigger place, and plans to support students' efforts to move the ceremony. _ "1 don't think that it is very 9 fair to limit the amount of guests that we can have," she said. "If that happens, then the speaker becomes more important than the student." But the chances of actually moving graduation to the stadium or to anywhere else this year are very small, according to an administration official. George Terry, assistant vice _ nrr^ul^nt nf artminicf rotirvn in^l ? head of the graduation committee, said he believes very strongly there are no chances of the ceremony being moved from the Coliseum. "The main problem in moving graduation this May is time. Ceremonies are less than a month away," Terry said. "It takes longer than a month to completely rcplan commencement." Other factors involved in holding the ceremony in the stadium are weather and vision problems. "What if it rained, or if it was very windy, or if it was 100 degrees outside? Where would all those people go?" he said. Professors: Protesting effective By DIANE CONNEB Staff writer A USC groups' protest against South Africa may put pressure on American businesses to divest their funds in that country, a university professor said. "Demonstrations help increase awareness," said Mark Delancey, a government and international studies professor. "This awareness comes from the activities of black South Africans, nit nut- ui irn. jjiloiumuimy and the role of church organizations and public pressure groups." USC administration officials made a wise decision in allowing the Free South Africa Alliance to build the shantytown, said Delancey, who is teaching a course on international relations of Africa this semester. History Professor Ronald Atkinson agreed that the administration made a good deci^ sion to allow the shantytown, a V shack symbolizing living conditions for South Africa's blacks I^hBBHhHRIw *' w * Sggfepr ? *' . j / ^% * ?v ' =* i " . ,, H . ;/ . r < ( > >: <>. c \ ' / / f c A r* (f Freo South Africa Alliance's petition on Asbestos fui By JULIET NADER News editor More has been accomplished in the past three days in Columbia Hall residents' campaign to rid their ceilings of asbestos than in the last three months, according , ^ * 1 .J i iu iiic- uurm vice prcsiucni. Progress on the three-month old campaign has been made because of a professionally handled petition, said dorm Vice President Mike Powell. "The petition was very professional. There were no demonstrations, and just about every person in the dorm signed the petition," he said. "It definitely helped." Powell met with and presented the petition Tuesday to USC President James Holderman, who presented it Thursday to USC's board of trustees. "The problem there, like it is & Students found this graffiti in a Gambn and protesting university investments in South African companies. "South Africa pays attention to their public interests abroad," said Atkinson, who teaches a modern African history course this semester. He said organizations such as the Free South Africa Alliance help raise the cost > > ?4M V * V <M r. , H RAY GRQNBERGIThe Gamecoc the Russell House patio Wednesday nds needed elsewhere on campus, is serious and it needs to be dealt with bj the state of South Carolina,' Holdcrman said. The legislature had planned tc give $3.5 million to USC foi asbestos removal last year, bu plans were dropped shortly aftci the state Budget and Contro Board said the allocation was no within its balanced budget Holderman said. Between $14 million and $1! million is necessary for asbesto: removal in eight high priority buildings on campus, one o which is Columbia Hall. Holderman said he is askinj for $4 million from the curren session of the legislature to movi ahead with plans for the removal Once the funds are decided, th< asbestos removal will begin, saic Dave Rinker, systems vice presi - r r? ueiu 01 raciiuics rianning. ill Hall entranceway s of support for the South Afncai government. "Their protests may persuad certain U.S. companies to loo into divestment," Atkinson said Many universities, such as Pur i i ? : 1a.. i uuc uinvcrsiiy ana uartmoim College, have shied away frorr allowing student protests foi Protest at I isr. By HAL MILLARD Assistant news editor USC policies regarding campus fair and not clearly defined, mem apaYthcid group said after bei violating university policy. "USC has a lot of constraints in i David Miller of the Free South / "These constraints are narrow, ai many it's hard to get anything cons campus. Now they want to punish people slept in a box without a sect whole thing is beyond me." The USC' group constructed a sh; on the Russell House patio depictii South African blacks. "Shantyto1 built on many major college campi " of disdain for that country's sj segregation. The group violated the rules of th the university by displaying the shai according to Jerry Brewer, director tivities. The Alliance broke the rule group members inside the shanty night. "They did not cooperate with us Group members claim it was onl disobedience. "We have basic Constitutional ri be denied us," Dan Clay said. "We to have our shanty torn down becau ly violated a Student Conduct Code wrong, and the possibility is high V the rule again." Legally, if the group wanted to s ifi H 1^. > | ! I :/ 7: ; . r V " M HflH Bp* b I AH n ' ... l > Si s n J Merit Truesdale and Dan Clay discuss w . m.vv'. '$ri&bwk:??)i'- ? RAY GRONBERG/The Gamecock 11 political and practical reasons, Dclanccy said. c For example, he sai'J, certain k investors who disagree with a I. univerity's policy in South Africa may withdraw their money. He also said universities consider i their public images as important, \ and a stand on apartheid may r damage it. ors say bunau the Russell Hou? protests are un- security guard, * hers of an anti- cost of a guard ng accused of Group member! money to cover ts system," said Originally, the \frica Alliance. on The Horse tid there are so wouldn't allow tructivc done on shanty to the Ru us because two The group hn irity guard. The license, too. "M illegal and have I anty Wednesday than to remain lg the homes of restraints, I don wns" arc being Miller said, "1 lses as a symbol don't want to be /stem of racial engaging in civil point." eir contract with The alliance d ity after 6 p.m., pie, even those ' oi student Ac- shanty and stri| and posted two university systen tor the entire "When you h have a problem < Brewer said. chance somethin y an act of civil don't want to ta "The track rc ghts that cannot leges is terrible, were threatened something went ise we supposed- everybody on oi rule. The rule is Clay feels it i that we'll break Brewer said if tli tion would be ta tay overnight on the 250 groups < ! lith Melanie Hyde the reasons for puttin Rooms bur in Laborde By FRED STEPPE Senior reporter Three rooms in Laborde dormitory were buglarized Wednesday night and Thursday morning, according to dorm residents. Two billfolds were taken from a third floor room sometime between 10:30 p.m. Wednesday and 12:30 a.m. Thursday, said Oliver Treilobs, the business junior who lives in the room. He said he and his roommate left their door unlocked, and were next door at the time of the theft. The billfolds were found on the fifth floor of Laborde and returned by a friend later Thursday, Treilobs said. Only cash was taken the billfolds. Treilobs said he lost $18 and his roommate lost an unknown amount. About the same time the billfolds were taken, a billfold unit il tlioh rinii IInr.i Il/J.i.. v...v. M ,ivu\n/? i 11 it, "VIV. .^IVJILTI from Keith Fincannon's room. He said the ring was worth $270. Fincannon said someone must have come into his room on the fourth floor about the same time r rules aimng ;c patio, they would have to hire a iccording to university policy. The is $5 an hour for about 12 hours. ; say they do not have enough the expense. y wanted to construct their shanty shoe, but administration policy it. The group, instead, moved the issell House. is been threatened with losing its aybe it would be better to become [he chance to make a bigger impact legal and caught up in all these 't know," Clay said. fhey are pushing us into an area we in. We must retaliate. We were just disobedience and trying to make a oes not directly blame certain peovvho threatened to tear down their p them of status, but rather the 1, according to Clay and Miller, ave a large urban campus you will 3f crime," Brewer said. "There is a g could go wrong. It is a chance we kc. ;cord of shantytowns at other colIt scares the hell out of me, and if wrong, 1 and others would have ir backs." is just a way to hassle the group, ic group stayed overnight again, acken against the Alliance. He said of 3n campus, 249 obey the rules. RAY GRONBERG/The Gamecock g up shanty glarized dormitory Treilobs' room was entered. "That was the first night in ages I left my door unlocked," said Fincannon, a biology sophomore. In the room next door, a set of golf clubs and golf bag were stolen. Computer science freshman Eugene Talley, winner of the 1985 "Laborde Open" golf t<mr namcnt, said he believes the burglary of his room took place between 9:30 and 10 Thursday morning. He said at least $600 worth of equipment was stolen. All three thefts were reported to USC campus police. Also this week, a car was broken into at Blossom Street garage; two bicycles were stolen from Patterson Hall and Moore dormitories; two cars were vandalized; and camera equipment was stolen from a Bates West room, according to police reports. A trash dumpster caught fire at Sloan College, and an alarm at McKissick Museum was activated. Police said the cause of the alarm is unknown.