University of South Carolina Libraries
Founded 1908 Friday Volume 79, No. 39 University of South Carolina November 21, 1986 ? (JSC groups revive rides to airport for holiday By TODD HINES News reportor w Students going out of town for Thanksgiving break no longer tr\ rail a favi nr a friend for a ride to the airport because student government and Gamma Beta Phi fraternity are offering a free shuttle service to and from Columbia Airport. On Nov. 24 and 25 the shuttle service will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The shuttle will run at 3-hour intervals. On Nov. 30 the shuttle will pick students up from _ the airport from 6 p.m. until ^ midnight. Students may meet in front of the Russell House or in front of the west Greene Street gate, located nearest Longstreet Theatre, if the gates arc closed. Students can also apply in the SG office to be drivers of the two 15-passenger vehicles. Drivers will be paid $3.35 an hour. There will be a special meeting for drivers in the SG office tonight at 5 p.m. The student government will sponsor the service on Monday and Tuesday, and Gamma Beta Phi will sponsor it Nov. 30. "We've got a large population J of out-of-state students, and I think it would pretty valuable to them," said SG vice president Robert Beall, who resurrected the idea. Beall said the service has been used successfully in the past. Holderman Foundation i as 1985 sal From staff and wire reports USC President James Holder^ A man, received an extra $62,500 in I fiscal 1985 from the Carolina Research and Development Foundation as a supplement to his annual salary, which was $76,466 that year. The Greenville News obtained the figures from an Internal Revenue Service tax form they received under the federal Freedom of Information Act. The IRS form showed the payment was to compensate Holderman as the vice president and one of nine directors of the foundai A tion, which serves the development needs of USC in the areas of grants, contracts and property Dv/inarlnn^ ki riddiucni ui according t( By BOBBY JONES Ratebook editor The resolution "President James B. Holderman should b? i ife removed from office" was nar " i ^ rowly defeated Wednesday in ar open debate at the weeklj meeting of the Athenian Literarj and Debating Society. April Borum, speaker in favo of removal, said Holderman i: out of touch with students and i making higher education at thi university unattainable fo students. She said tuition was $220 an< Entertainm< 1 I I ^'M Carol Steinhauser, R.N., from the Red Cros Carolina Clomson Cup. damson collected 713 Director sa^ By AMY DELPO Assistant news editor The USC library bought two-thirds less the amount of books in 1985 than it did in 1974 because of budget problems, said Kenneth Toombs, director of libraries. The increase in support for the libraries has not kept up with increases in prices, Toombs said. "We could safely spend two times as much on books than we do now." The library also has 1,800 fewer journal subscriptions than in 1981. Part of the problem is that the library buys about half of its books from overseas. This means that it must deal with fluctuating exchange rates of money. Toombs said the library's budget i? idds $62,500 I ary supplement | acquisitions from private W sourccs. J No other officcr or director of the foundation received compensation. Holderman will become the state's highest paid agency head or elected official on Dec. 1 when his salary is increased to $92,427. He is now paid $83, 486. "The Carolina Research and FminHation nro- I "v'vwt"" * 1 vidcs this unrestricted money to President Holderman to do with I as he sees fit in his role as president," said Arthur Williams Jr., / president of the foundation. Holderman has declined to comment on the matter. ? " ff I 3iongs in onice, 3 debate vote increased to $331 between the years 1960 to 1966. In 1976 when President Holderman took of; fice, the tuition for a full-time instate student was $331. It is now | i $1,014. ? ! Edward Bohan, speaking i against Holderman's removal, quoted the closing paragraphs qL r the New York Times editorial s that said positive things about s USC. c r*?i, of/\rc an/I thp Q?l H IPnrP I J utuniui a ?iiw inv uuMiviiw r voted 24 against the resolution; 20 in favor of the resolution with 1 18 abstaining. ertt use ural series ns with horus Line ee ' 3 Gam > r4_*' Bk? m?i?11 ^gomgmm^ ??j THOMAS s, takos blood from Diane Edl, a business senior I pints to USC's 711. fs library bu not high enough to serve the university as it should. "We have lots of problems," Toombs said. "We try to provide the best possible learning environment lor siuucnts anu faculty," he said. " The library is used 20 times as much now as it was 20 years ago." The library's budget problems are illustrated in a ranking of total expenditures for libraries in North America. In 1974, the library was ranked 57th in total operating budget. In 1985, however, the library's ranking dropped a n i UUWII IVJ "7 1 . "I think the university has not received adequate funding," Toombs said. "It's possible that the library docs not i have a very high priority." / .^fl WB&THOMAS HUMI A USC maintenance worker vacuums the water dorm room after steam In the heoting system brc new heating unit. signs 3rd i ecocks take 01 HHCIemson THDIOOO CD M By BRENDA BLYTH s cont* annual Carolina-Clemson Clemson received 713, including t L >} onc P'nt 8'vcn at USC for Clem- c ^ son, blood drive officials said. T MJdp into the final day of the competi- > WUr\ V ?|i| tion, but donations at Clemson i were hectic after lunch, said Steve | A Ithnnnh llm mornin r\f nintc ii?Tf^lUIUU^ll UIV. MllU 5111 vsi piuu I8**W3m55S^^^^* between the two schools was 1 HUMPHREY/The Gamecock slight, the contest is based on , at the second annual percentages between the number of pints given and the number of idget too small fo Toombs said the library's biggest pro blem is providing materials for graduate CCI Ef*T?f1 studies and research. dCLCI#ICL The library's total operating budget, which includes the law and medical RANKING 1 iiorarics, was 3>:>,4i4,130 in I he j budget is set by the university administration. 20 n According to the College Press Ser- 33 vice, USC's library is not alone in its A0 budget problems. Nationwide, univcrsi- ^ ty libraries are having to cut back 68 because of low budgets. Many libraries no have decided to reduce library hours in an attempt to save money. 91 At USC, however, Toombs said that qo is not an option. "We have never resorted to limiting I lUi) the use of hours at the library," Toombs | LJ? Housing doesi ; | some damage IV By BUDDY MOORE I News editor vac When the heating pipes in Mike fro J Slogar's dorm room separated last ing I week and water flooded the room, he is < \\ expected the university to pay for Tu \ I, V damage to his roommate's stereo and ma carpet. to . But USC will assume no liability in ~ 2Bb9B ^or damage to students' personal pro ? perty resulting from causes beyond wi 3m"*" wSHr its control, said Linda Saad, director so gpL of University Housing Services. nc "It would be extremely costly for < the state to try to have insurance for he a" students' belongings," she said, th ll sBIl' adding that regular apartments offer m no msurancc Jor tenants' belongings. m Causes beyond the university's con- cl< trol include fire, flood, theft, loss pi and vandalism. The liability clause is located in students' residence hall st k* ^ Many personal belongings of e? ? ctuHf>nt? arp rnvrred hv their parents' ^ homeowner insurance policies, but if B Bl students are not covered, they can ir take out smaller policies themselves, ir H||^ "When students are first accepted ir Iw to Carolina and receive housing in- p wrt W&. formation, they receive a slip stating \ tEWBI ,lie'r Personal belongings are not ii FV> SfSM covcrcd by the university," Saad o SWAWBKk saitl, noting an application for stu- r dent insurance also was given to s students early in the semester. "I came back from dinner and saw t "v 4>:,?' ? water running out from under my s PHREY/The Gsmecock door," Slogar said. "I opened the f .... door and saw the pipes open with i out of a Labordo . . .u n ** . rnnnino down the whII. Most t ike a seam in the """" ' ? " V, " : of the water ran out the veil blocks. \ ecruit p. 81 ??? ? Datebook I Kickoff... n Tigers p. 7 J ?? wins ntoct 11 lb<J L tudcnts at each university. Because Clcmson has less tudcnts, it won with a higher )ercentagc. During the final day, more )eople gave blood at the Towers han is normally received at the lormitory complex, said Meg vletts, a graduate student in :dueation and a Red Cross /olunteer. She said she thinks this s most likely because of the competition between USC and Clem son. Clcmson will receive a $1000 scholarship, $500 of which was donated by the Gamecock Club and $500 by the Clemson Shrincrs, said Berkeley Grier, SG secretary. I ir campus l LIBRARY BUDGETS I INIVERSITY TOTAL I Harvard $24,988,411 I lorth Carolina $11,904,851 1 Duke $8,987,554 I Georgia $8,295,813 | Virginia Tech $6,502,600 I N.C. State $5,929,375 j use 15,414,138 I Florida State $5,313,920 | Ga. Tech $3,868,249 I n't cover s in ilnrms V M hmt 1) B B VUT Jniversity maintenance men :uumed about 45 gallons of water mi the room on Nov. 12, the evenI of the incident, but Slogar said it still wet. "It just stopped stinking esday," he said, adding that no lintenance officials have returned fix the heating pipes. Slogar lives Laborde dormitory. The only time when the university 11 repay students for damaged pernal belongings is when employee gligence is the reason, Saad said. "Once the hot and cold water >ses to all the washing machines in e Towers were switched," she said. We don't know if it was done by a aintenance worker, by a maid eaning up, or by some student ank. "We had to pay for several udents' clothes shrinking and colors inninR. Some of them were quite (pensive." Other incident included paying ates West students for spoiled food i a refrigerator that stopped worklg because a circuit breaker wasn't 1 stock, and drying students' carpets 1 Capstone that were soaked when ipes burst because of cold weather. "We tried to save some belongings i Capstone," but USC wasn't bligated to pay for any losses esulting from the flooding, Saad aid. "Our insurance covers the >uildings and university property inide them," she said. "Any time we lave to pay for these types of things, t directly affects other students hrough housing fees because we lave no insurance for them." Inside s 9 6 5 Tient 3 7 O o t 2