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Founded 1908 Friday Volume 79, No. 30 University of South Carolina October 31, 1986 I Perkins admit surprise about I i salary release By BUDDY MOORE News editor Paul and Cheryl Perkins said they were somewhat ) surprised when USC President James Holderman fionr/?c rnivprnino Iphan Slarlnt't pvncnccc and salary Tuesday. "We had pretty much scaled ourselves for a struggle, for an appeal to a higher court," Mrs. Perkins said in an interview with The Gamecock Thursday. "We had pretty much prepared ourselves for a long wait." USC declined to appeal Circuit Court Judge James Moore's ruling Tuesday. Moore ruled that the public's right to know the figures outweighed ^aHat'c rioHt tn nriuafu "It wouldn't have been good for the university, I don't think, to have continued to fight this," Paul ^ Perkins said. "I'm concerned about their public relations as well. "It's my school; I go to it as well as everyone else. It's the kind of recognition they didn't need." Perkins, a journalism senior, and Mrs. Perkins, a lawyer, filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against USC in order to determine how much the university has paid for Sadat's services at the school. They said the case was a victory for the state's FOIA, which states public information should be disclosed. "I really think it put the FOIA on the map in r * i. 12 c 1a.: a i * 3UUU1 \~aiuiniu, as mr its recognition 01 uiai statute," Perkins said. "I don't think a lot of {? reporters were necessarily informed about the Freedom of Information Act before this. I don'l even think we were." "The legislature intended for the public, not jusl the media, but the public, to be able to gel documents if they so desire to look at them," h< said. "It's like Judge Moore said, to allow state agen cies or public institutions to operate in secrecy onl\ invites non-accountiblity, misdeeds ? the sures way to corruption," he said. The Perkinses said they didn't expect all of th< ? publicity they've received since they began askini for the figures in March for the free-lance article. "We're really glad the apathy that everybod; Sea "Perkins," page Elections, sen By TODD HINF.S t! Newt reporter If the proposed Student Government con- tl ip stitution is ratified, elections will be held only si in the spring, according to an amendment to ? * 1 U ine new aocumcni pusscu ai wcuwcauay ? u regular senate meeting. f The Student Senate also met in special ses- b sion on Tuesday to discuss amendments to the b new constitution. s The senate voted 17-10 in favor of the v amendment preventing major SG elections from being held in the fall, as was stated in r w&Bm m .. '. ?. ' V ? v.-.-i; The few, the proud... A Marin* Corps helicopter carrying Brigader Ganen aanior Chat Douglas the Commandants' Trophy, which will graduate in December and enter the Marina Corf , Features a mas JSpBuft|rfor tonight? ^eB ^ ^ * IT . vA ( i>?v r>*^jkM ' ^P ? ' ^*w l Cut-ups Two international students carve pumpkins y Thursday. 3 -a idle uisuiuis ie proposed constitution. Sens. Mike Gillen and Rick Black co-wrote ie amendment, which states elections will be ix weeks before the last day of spring classes. Black said elections should be in the spring ecause most students graduate in the spring, ? i _....1 -...mi i?? ?n r.DA iC5UII1CI1 miiuciu:> win nave a tuutgt vji / ? iu e eligible for office, and many people probably wouldn't continue to review the contitution over breaks and holidays if elections yere in the fall term. After the special meeting Tuesday and cgular meeting Wednesday, SG Vice PresiI i 15 * S BS? \ t i wt?L . .HI 8 _ M W ? 1 H'^ iu A*SK^_y^ * .^-.V- \ q| --^"' fgj?i ^ , ? ' \ , ; ' i;:-;. ""?? "?*? "" ?hwa?4ll?X^>~ - ? .VtfLi^.. ^ I T il Maads lands on Intramural Field B. Maada was on is givan to the top officer's candidate in the country di is as a Second Lieutenent. " Ellis assai k 2 cage play * k J ^*11 ^A( ^ ^ "1 ^ - - / vo \ \ -- ,/)*; ? ^'y' / fS&Z$\/?ij&Z( - "r*?*<ji ^JST$%*< 2 JENNIFER STEIBIThe Gamecoc in front of the Welsh Humanities building to change dent Robert Beall appealed to senators finish with amendments so the entire constil tion could be voted on next Wednesday. Another amendment changes the f treasurer's duty from serving as chairman the Finance Committee to serving as an act non-voting member of the committee. Sen. Michael Hogue, who presented I amendment, said it would be unfair for an < ecutive officer besides the prcsiden to be a to have another vote on the budget. He also said the treasurer would be bi See "Senate," pag ~ Blacl orgai K', - * Zx - x By BRENDA I L* ?- *s *' _v*. ? Senior reporter Hate: - ,.JUNF~ f ' tu HPVi'Wi^ ix re V&jfl not needed BAslg^ do nothing, by I Wednesday ^jj "There a mKSBBBSB&i pus organizatio 1 Alpha Phi the resoluti "When s it doesn't n Scroble si as Associat and the N NOMAS HUMPHREY/Th. Gam.cock bS^par^ campus Wednesday to prevent "Black r uring summer training. Douglas "They dor members t< I "They d iilts records rers suspendet i Houser trustee By T.C. HUNTER Nows reporter Putting a voting student member on USC's board of trustees is one of Student Government's primary goals in the upcoming year, according to SG President Amy Houser. Students would have much more power in the university's happenings if they were given a seat on the board, she said Thursday. She used Sadat's salary as an example oi now msigmiicum me student body is in USC's decision-making process. "I don't know that her salary was discussed at a board meeting, but I would assume that it was, because it concerned a university employee and a salary," Houser said. "If it was discussed in an executive session of the board and a student was recognized as a full board member, then he i inn r i Uv>l. prote : about Sad< By The Associated Press The chairman-elect of USC': * Faculty Senate says many facult; members he's talked to are indig nant about the $314,000 paid t< a Jehan Sadat for teaching thre I semesters. | Rufus Fellers, who will becom chairman of the Faculty Scnat k next fall, said Wednesday he an other professors were upset b how much Sadat received. "This is only my personal op nion, but I would say all the rca< tion I have heard from facult members has been one of ii dignation, that this is out of th question, ridiculous," sai Fellers, an engineering professo "What she got paid for or to course was more than they gi tu- paid for six," Fellers said in telephone interview. SG He said distinguished pr< of fessors such as Sadat do brir ive more national recognition to university, but he said their coi ihe tributions to the "academic pn ex- g r a m . . . a r e not v e r ble significant." t t I xL!-l. !f !? I I I. I. i inink 11 11 nau oecu rcvcai* jsy immediately I think there wou s 3 have been a lot less negative rea k fraternity di riizations are JLYTH The do lution, black organizations are K on USC's campus because they sen was the tonic of a debate snon- "A Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity to? night in Gambrell Hall. nee re 1,800 black students on camire not participating in any E n," said Melvin Stroble, a mei Alpha senior, who argued for nee on. wit omething doesn't fulfill a need, bla eed to exist." I aid he thinks organizations such poi ion of Afro-American Students sue AACP are not reaching many of ncthing evident in the lack of bla cipation. 1 >rograms do nothing," he said, the i't take the time to urge their 3 become involved. tio o no service for the community, agj PQ H Classifit I O I Comics. rh I Kickoff ID. 9 Sports. I Viewpo seeks voice would hf ;iw:irr of thi? fart* miu! be right there in the decisionmaking process." She said she was powerless when it came to deciding what to pay Sadat tor her services to USC, because salaries of university professors are determined by the board of trustees. "I could have made a statement, but 1 have no power to speak," she said. She wrote in a memorandum, "The amount of money the : :* : k c^.1?? university was paying IVIIS. oautii far exceeded my initial expectations. The figures revealed were shocking, especially to a student concerned with rising tuition costs." "It is my hope that in the future the university will weigh the credentials and costs of the distinguished professors against the needs of the students and the Seo "Houser," page 3 ssors upset at's salary tion," he said. "There probably ^ would have been some, but it / would have been dead by now." By fighting to keep the infor3 mation secret, the school e "amplified the whole thing," he said. e But the current chairman of c the Faculty Senate said it is difd ficult to get a gauge on the impact y of the school's disclosure. "The opinions would range the i- gamut ? all the way from no comment to maybe agreeing with y it to being upset by it," said Dave l- Rembert, who teaches in the ie biology department. d r. Othniel H. Wienges Jr., chairic man of USC's board of trustees, n< L"ji/1 f ho hnorH rli/ln't Innu/ Imu/ Lrl . J C* I V4 M1V fUUI U UIV4II I IMIV7 " l'V? a much Sadat was paid. "We didn't know the exact > terms, but we approved the hiring lg of distinguished professors," a Wienges said Wednesday. "We n- approved the philosophy of it." o- The Faculty Senate is made up y of about 135 professors from the various colleges and departments id at the school. It is the governing Id body for the faculty and the c- undergraduate programs. abates black unnecessary r?nlv thino hlarW nroMni/utimm wrint tn is party." ^erry Pearson, an Alpha Phi Alpha ior also arguing for the resolution, said, re we really reaching the people we need No. Then these organizations don't d to exist." Jut James Franklin, a student governnt representative said, black students d to have something they can identify h. "Just by having black organizations, cks have a support group," he said. Hack organizations have been very imtant in historical reform and change, h as the decision of Brown versus Hoard Education, which was researched by a ck organization, Franklin said. I he U.S. Supreme Court case called for end of desegregation of public schools. 'There is a need for black representa n," said Christa Tidwell, arguing iinst the resoution. Inside ids 10 7 )k 6 nment 4 8 9 int 2