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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 Monday
Volume 79, No. 45 University of South Carolina January 19, 1987
$3.5 million fund
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By RONI BEA KAYNE sal
Editor in chief an<
The public funds USC Prcsi- pre
dent James Holderman used for t
gifts to public officials in the past wh
nine years were not taken from pre
taxpayers money or student fees, am
Holderman said Wednesday. un
Since he became president in bu
1977, Holderman has spent about he
$3.5 million in discretionary
A funds on gifts, travel expenses bo
^ and entertainment for visiting eh;
celebrities, USC board members, th<
state workers and more than 170 gn
legislators. "u
The funds, which came from
athletic events, concession sales, un
and canteen and book store pro- rel
fits, will now be raised from an
private sources and foundations, ha
Holdcrman said.
The discretionary fund has hi;
grown from about $ 15(),(KK) in sit
fiscal 1977-78 to $729,(XX) last dc
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which regulates the discretionary be
^ account R2(X), voted Nov. 21 to an
withhold how Holdcrtnan spent in<
about half of his discretionary fo
funds last year as protected by an
the state's Freedom of Informa- lai
tion Act. Gi
"It would be like publishing a
Christmas list with well-known fr
names. We wouldn't want to do de
that," Moldcrman said.
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count is being sought by the re
W Mouse Ways and Means subcom- at
mittee, which oversees budgets w
for state-supported universities. w
State appropriations regulations
prohibit a public institution in
from using money to buy gifts for n<
public officials, but Holderman B
said he did not misuse the money. p
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under the state appropriations
act, which exempts unclassified
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bans smoking j
in coliseum I
By RONI BEA KAYNE
Editor in chief |
Smoking will no longer be
allowed in the Carolina Coliseum :
arena because of growing con- J
* cern over the health hazards of (
second-hand cigarette smoke, the u
coliseum director said Friday. J
About two years ago, no- "
smoking signs were removed
from the coliseum because of enforcement
difficulties, John
Bolin said. "It was not illegal, so c
how could wc ask people not to -c
smoke," he said. t
The state fire marshal recently ?
ordered the signs be put back up. t
Under the new coliseum lire
j code, smokers can smoke in the <
%' lobby area, but not in the seating I
section, said Bolin, who is I
allergic to cigarette smoke. I
The decision was made in i
response to a complaint by Columbia
schoolteacher, David
J oh n s o n, during the
Carolina/Clemson closed-circuit
I football game in November.
Johnson and his wife, who is
also allergic to cigarette smoke
and more than six months pregnant,
sat behind three smokers.
After two of them refused to stop
< smoking at Johnson's request, he
asked what could be done.
Military scho
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b,end
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mittee
letails
iccount
aries and travel, equipment
i other purchases made by the
:sident.
State Auditor Edgar Vaughn,
o receives gift books from the
:sident each year, said the 1984
:lit did not reveal anything
usual. An audit on last year's
dgct is now being conducted,
said.
Holderman said although the
ard did not monitor cach purasc
he made, they "recognized
; success" and rewards of giftzing
for fundraising and
[Diversity advancement."
"It was an investment in the
iversity. There was some coration
between what was spent
d the visibility the university
s gained," he said.
As president, Holderman said
* job is to enhance the univery's
image and promote private
nations and research grants,
c said lie did that by giving
>oks and artwork to legislators
id "friends of the university,"
eluding a $5(X) porcelain bird
r former governor Dick Riley
id his wife, Tunky. The Rileys
icr donated the bird to the
ovcrnor's Mansion.
Much of the gift money came
orn his own pocket, the presi:nt
emphasized.
In October, a USC student's
wsuit forced the university to
veal it spent $330,000 in salary
id expenses of Jehan Sadat,
idow of Egyptian President Anar
Sadat.
The university has received
ore than 83 FOI requests by
.nvs groups since the Sadat case,
ut Holderman said USC has
rofittcd from the public
tent ion.
"We gained $30.8 million in
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ISC regulations prohibit smoking in
An usher told him nothin
:ould be done. Smoking ws
illowed.and he would be throw
nit if he continued to as
.mokers to stop, a police offict
old Johnson.
"In such tightly-crampe
quarters, the person sitting i
front on you practically has h
liead in your lap," Johnson sai<
pointing to the risk of setting s<
meonc's hair on fire.
"1 just wanted to be able to s
there without smoke and have tl
law on my side."
In response to the complaint
Bolin said, "We were challengt
and now it's up to us to enfor
the policy. We never had a lot i
people complaining aboi
smoke, but we have to be se
sitive to everyone's needs."
Clyde Baird, assistant manag
of field services for the state fi
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By AMY DELPO
Managing editor
Students accustomed to dialing "8" to cal
off-campus are going to have to change theii
ways this semester because of a new lonj
distance phone service, which went into effec
during Christmas break.
The service, called 9-4-, replaces the Studen
Telephone Account Number card system
which was eliminated when AT&T stoppec
offering it. To use the system, students dia
"9" plus the desired number, and after i
i beep, dial a seven-digit personal authorizatioi
5 code.
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JENNIFER STEIB/The Gamecock prohibit
a classroom or laboratory. laboratc
restrict :
g marshal, said the smoke from building
is cigarettes does not promote a fire jn p
n hazard in the coliseum. mittee v
k "It may be a health problem, sjon js ,
;r but not a ventilation problem. mendat
The coliseum is just like a "We
d restaurant; there is no law that agencie
n says you can't smoke there," enforce
is Baird said. Dave
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> more than fire. The fire marshal jn Qam
and coliseum director have to non-sm
;it look at those hazards." room.
ie Richland County Council "We
recently passed a no-smoking or- people
s, dinance setting designated smok- enforce
;d ing areas in public places, enforc- Alth<
ce ed by store owners. said n<
of "Eventually there will be no destroy
ut smoking in all public facilities *?pe(
n- around the country. That's the general
general direction we are going," people
er Bolin said. as we i
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encement and received an honorary doctor of
TAN with 9+ i
Although it is too early to tell aboui
quality of the service, there have been no
1 jor problems, said Charles Poole, USC d
r lor of associate technologies.
5 The university is now accepting api
t tions for authorization codes, but 9-4- i:
the only way for students to have
t distance service. The new service is onl
option and students may choose another 1
1 distance carrier, Poole said.
1 One of the features 9-4- is a more effc
i detection of students who illegally charge
i to the authorization codes of others, I
said. When the STAN system was in e:
noking on c
estion of p<
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lief
nts who disagree with USC's smoking
an voice their concerns through a campus
\ poll conducted by the student affairs
lent.
is Pruitt, student affairs vice president and
students, said the poll should evaluate stuoking
preferences.
s smoking policy for faculty and students
:s smoking in any classroom, seminar,
)ry or auditorium. The policy does not
smokers to specific smoking areas in campus
5s, but states where smokers cannot smoke.
:bruary, the student-faculty relations com
vill discuss the smoking policy. Alter a decireached,
the committee will make a recomion
to the Faculty Senate, Pruitt said.
have to look at the changes government
s are making and then look at penalties and
ment problems," he said.
Rinker, systems vice president for facilities
g, said theaters and large assembly halls, like
brell Hall and the Russell House, are usually
oking, enforced by the occupants of the
don't have police officers to try and stop
from smoking, but faculty and staff ensure
ment."
augh enforcement is often difficult, Rinker
o-smoking signs on campus buildings would
USC's aesthetic beauty.
>ple are generally considerate. There is a
trend toward fewer and fewer numbers ot
cmnltino We nrr? not ?ppino if nrarlv as much
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jJraham stresses
eligious morals
ly SHERRI BERRY
issistant news editor
The Rev. Billy Graham told USC graduates durng
winter commencement that society has ignored
eligious values too much in public life.
"One of the most devasting trends in history has
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cligious values from our moral and public life,"
Draham said during the Dec. 21 graduation.
He stressed reliance on God and the professing of
noral and spiritual truths.
"Let us again commit ourselves to the Judaic
Christian values which have been the moral
backbone of our nation. Let us again acknowledge
our dependence on God and seek to live in accordance
with His will for our society," Graham said.
"Let us again teach the moral and spiritual truths
on which our nation was based to reach a new
generation of young people."
"In spite ot confusion, chaos and bewilderment
of the present world, I trust that as you go out today
that you will not be discouraged but that you will
have hope and faith that you can change the
world."
Graham concluded, "I would say to you today,
as we look upon a world in which we can make a
contribution to peace, to social justice, to betterment,
to religious faith, to moral values, I would
say to you never give up, never give up, never,
never, never."
The university awarded about 1,760 degrees to
December graduates from throughout its nine
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university's four-year campuses in Aiken, Conway
and Spartanburg were recognized in separate
groups.
Graham received an honorary doctor of humane
letters degree at the ceremony.
during holidays
[ the some students would randomly pick the
1 ma- STAN numbers of other students, putting
lirec- their call on someone else's bill.
This is not likely to happen with the 94)lica
system, Poole said. The authorization codes
s not are seven digits long and dispersed within a
long range of 10 million available codes. The
ly an chances of someone discovering an authorizalong
tion code are slim, Poole said.
People who attempt to find authorization
:ctive codes can be discovered through the new
calls system.
3oole "We do have a way of telling if there is a lot
ffect, Sm "PhotMS," ?
amniHQ raicoc
ilicy changes
"That's not to say we should have a 'do-nothing'
policy. We need to be aware of the needs of all people
? smokers and non-smokers."
Richland County Council recently passed a nosmoking
ordinance, prohibiting smoking in public
places. City Council is considering a similar
proposal.
But Rinker said the university policy is in accordance
with state fire code regulations, not the city or
countyones.
The Thomas Cooper Library is one of the places
where smokers cannot smoke except in restrooms
and designated lounges behind the elevators on the
ground floor and levels one through four.
Kenneth Toombs, director of university libraries,
said the library was designed to exhaust air in the
smoking areas, less than 5 percent of the total
library space.
"It doesn't eliminate all the smoke, but it makes
it easier to control, Toombs said.
Clyde Baird, assistant manager of field services
for the state fire marshal, said smoking on elevators
and assembly rooms is not a fire-safety problem.
"There is no state law that prohibits smoking, except
in a gasoline storage area where lighting a
cigarette can ignite flammable material," Baird
said.
"Ventilation has nothing to do with cigarette
smoke."
Bill Culler, director of engineering services for the
I Department of Health and Environmental Control,
said state and federal governments do not have
i air-quality standards for indoor air pollution.
As part of the Bureau of Air Quality, Culler said
i he tests USC's boilers and incinerators but not
smoke-filled rooms.
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