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Volume 79, No. 33 University of South Carolina November 10, 1986
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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11 not be required, the class will work
towards participation in student d
think the class will be one of the ei
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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
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feel it is proper for the governor to s
ch power over the selling of alcohol," i<
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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