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The Gamecock Founded 1908 Monday Volume 79, No. 33 University of South Carolina November 10, 1986 "Columbia thanks tn By AMY DELPO Assistant news editor Some Columbia Hall residents will be looking for a new place to live this week as university officials prepare for possi$ ble asbestos removal in the spring semester. About 245 of the dorm's residents received notice Friday of the university's decision to move them off the top five floors of the dorm. They will be given top priority for placement in other camtinc .?i ...K~ .?. puj IIUU3UI5, CXIIU 111 U5t VVIIU wtllll IU move off campus will be let out of their housing contracts. In addition, some of the displaced residents will be allowed to move to the lower floors, and residents on the lower floors will be allowed to move out. ? "We don't know exactly when the Student leg nu nncNn/t pi vtu M J UII&.IM 1/n Uk I III Senior reportor Student legislature could not pass sever eluding one that would allow children wit attend public school, due to the lack of re concrete statistics, the legislature's US' chairman said. Many of the members of student leg *not take their job seriously, and there i; ^ lack of dedication, said Connie Mye delegate chairman. , "I think in the past the duties of our ol not been fulfilled," Myers said. "I quest reason of officers running. 1 think it mi padding for their resumes." Myers said another reason for the p student legislature is the lack of exr membership. She said she is also concern apathy toward legislature and parlime cedure. Myers said she thinks tin ~ legislature is very important, and it is v> people should know about. "In order to have the kind of clout have with our legislature, we need to be ; Chair honors constitution By MATT WARD ^ News reporter In recognition of next year's bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, the USC College of Law will receive a $800,000 c?A i M moT icucaui giuiu 111 iiuvcuiuci 170/ to create a chair in constitutional j law, the acting dean of the law j school said. j "It is a big move for the I university," Charles Randall Jr. | said. j Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., [ attached the grant to the 1987 j ^ Omnibus Spending Bill signed by W President Ronald Reagan Oct. I 18. m USC President James Holder man said, "Due to the efforts of Senator Hollings, this grant was added to the Senate appropriations bill in conference j committee." | The USC board of trustees will use the money to establish an enI dowment and bring a reknowned expert in constitutional law to the Law College's faculty. No exact ^ date has been set for the W establishment of the chair and no professor is being considered for the position, said Dean Randall. "We are waiting for the money," he said. The law school participated in one of the first official observances of the Constitution's bicentennial in September when . 12 nationally recognized constitutional law experts gathered at the university to discuss the future of the federal courts. > ! H Features * it Hall resid a?he?tn<? removal will begin," said Jim McMahon, director of resident student development. "The anticipation is that, if they start next semester, the dorm will be ready for next fall." The university applied for state funding last year to help remove the asbestos. Although USC has not yet received the requested funding, officials say they want to move the students during regular sign-up. "The South Carolina Budget and Control Board has not given final approval, but we will be prepared if the funding is approved," said USC spokeswoman Debra Allen. Asbestos, which was used for more than 60 years for insulation and accoustical purposes, was banned in 1973 lislature ses round. That's the whole legislature. At this point, w al bills, in- campuses to find out what th AIDS to just making up our own i search and State House and polling w C delegate Myers said. According to Myers, stuc islaturc do session and nothing is acc ? a definite thinks the session is futile :rs, USC's not concerned with the qua delegates they elect. fficers have "You need to elect son ion the real qualified and who is goinj ght just be that should be carritd out there is no point in being t roblems of "I think a lot of times t >osurc and close to the State House ju ed with the around and that's not :ntary pro- legislature," she said, at student In order to make the que something better, a one hour, indepc offered in the spring, Mye we should The class will be fori acting year- legislature and emphasize rm! tockin' the night away Tri Delta sister Elizabeth Griffith, a business : itrority air band competition at Rumours. The c ,de?? Psych inert is ack S.C. ''4 Soccer ) lents out remnval after being identified as a carcinogen. As structures becomc damaged or old asbestos fibers can be released as dust 01 debris. In 1985, USC requested state funding to remove asbestos from eight building: on its Columbia, Aiken and Spartan burg campuses. "The government approved a certair amount of funds to be set aside for us< in asbestos removal," Allen said. "A committee was then appointed to deter mine a priority basis." The committee reports its rccommen dation to the state Budget and Contro Board, which makes the final dccisioi on who gets the money. If USC does get the funding, th assistance will come from th At money. ;sion not a: problem with student bill writing, a re need to be polling our to student leg people want to see, not While it wi ideas from going to the it's students hat the senators want," legislature."I strengths of c lent legislature leaves fall Perry Eder omplishcd. She said she delegation, s< because the students are number of fc lity and experience of the significant bi Blue Laws in neonc who is good and of alcohol on I to carry out the things t, and if you don't then "We don't :here," Myers said have that mu hese people who arc not Edenfield sai< st come up here and play Another bi the reason for student nicknamed tl was concerne ility of student legislature South Caroli ndant study, class will be of snakes. tc said. For examr - ~ V milatcd by the student theater and t parlimentary procedure, field said. 1 \En 'JUm J & /? *av4i A / /n rjHKH THOMAS HUMPHREY/The Gsmeco lenior, lip syncht to the Grateful Dead during ompetition was part of Sigma Chi's Derby Da) lie predictic Mi team playoff t H -KM ; B |H IfiHKlB i HHB ||| 5 r | .. p '1 i j^HBHyj ajj |nj B BlBWMm MB c Columbia Hall is a co-ed dorm on the east f inside will be removed in the spring. > fruitful as ind research. Donald Songer, adviser S islalurc, is organizing the class. o 11 not be required, the class will work towards participation in student d think the class will be one of the ei >ur organization," Myers said. f< lfield, a senator also from the USC f] iys the student legislature did pass a b tills this session. One of their most d lis that passed is a bill to amend the South Carolina that prohibit the sale i Sundays. e v feel it is proper for the governor to s ch power over the selling of alcohol," i< d. 11 that passed in student legislature is tie "Snake-bite bill." The legislature p d with the fact that there are no laws in r na governing the handling and storage j >ler anyone could let a snake go in a i here is no law preventing them, Eden- i fhe "Snake-bite bill" proposes that < Fight Group urge: By HAL MILLARD Special assignments editor Katherine Gilbert and Laurie Snelso most of the work, take a lot of the I rmA nnf ?ir\ uiWK o lrvt r\f friictrQtir\n Iauu pui up Willi U 1X71 V/i U UJUUVIVI1, nobody said fighting apartheid woul easy. . Gilbert and Snelson are two of the i * people in the Free South Africa Allian a group in its infancy and trying to grow alliance was formed last year and it decided to continue their quest this ye Their "quest" is to make USC dive funds in South Africa in protest of country's system of apartheid. The tas proved to be a difficult one, and the g has faced clever maneuvering fron Former S. I U.S. sanctio By JAN FILLIPS News reporter The only way to make the situati South Africa better is to abolish the tice of apartheid, said journalist Dui Kumalo. "What we are fighting for is to enc | theid, not to make it better or more fortable," said Kumalo, a guest spea m Carolina Program Union's Ideas and ck committee. Kumalo, a former resid South Africa, came to USC to lect "Apartheid and the Struggle for Fr i a in South Africa" Wednesday night ft. Russell House ballroom. ? Kumalo, who was a resident of . insMj bound p. 7 j f J !!!> . , ,f"~' , 1 , j?>.- r*? I JENNIFER STEIB/The Gamecock lart of campus. If USC gets state funding, the asbestos some hoped outh Carolina needs a law concerning the captivity f snakes. Student legislature is concerned that alt!- nigh the rinking age was increased to 21 due to the increasd DUI statistics, there have been no laws that stif;n the penalty for those found driving under the inluence of alcohol. Student legislature proposed a ill that would establish stricter laws for drunk rivers. Student legislature passed a resolution that would nable easy access to search ships for drugs. "What 'c propose is to locate a federal commission in outh Carolina to make getting search warrants a 3t easier," Edenfield said. Edenfield said he thinks that student legislature >lays an important part in South Carolina governnent. The legislation they pass can become very im3ortant to the General Assembly, Edenfield said. For example, in 1972 Student legisature introducsd a bill to formulate absentee voting which South Carolina now has. "This bill is an excellent example af what we really do," Edenfield said. s USC to divest university administration and lack-lustcr support from the student body, n do Their latest attempt revolves around a ieat, petition calling for divestment by USC. The but university has at least 5500,000 invested in d be South Afica. The FSAA wants all of it out, and soon. So far, the group has managed to main get about 1,700 signatures and is hoping to ce, a finally muster 3,000-4,000 signatures to .The present to the administration, was "To invest in South Africa is to support ar. the racist system of apartheid," Gilbert st its said. "We have tried to get the adthat ministraton to see that but they haven't." k has The thing that frustrates Gilbert just as ;roup much is that many students on campus i the Seo "Divest." page 3 Africa resident: ins not enough Africa for 40 years, spoke about his experiences with apartheid and how it afon in fected him and his family. prac- "I am here because those sanctions immisani posed by the United States arc not enough," said Kumalo. "Sanctions can I apar- make a difference, they are not perfect, but i com- they can make a difference." iker of Kumalo also said although civil rights Issues problems in the United Stales are similar to ent of apartheid in South Africa, there are Lire on differences. eedom "Martin Luther King was fighting for in the rights denied by the United States. Constitutionally, in South Africa, blacks don't South See "Kumalo," page 3 Inside ninccifipHc ft Comics 6 Datebook 5 Features 4 Sports 7 Viewpoint 2