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Volume 79, No. 50 University of South Carolina January 30, 1987
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dorm visitati
By BRENDA BLYTH
Assistant news editor
Residcncc hall policies dealing
with visitation rules and security
are under review to see if
^ anything can be done to improve
on-campus life.
The review is the result of student
and staff recommendations
to iiiaKC uit* uorms more secuic.
There have been a number of incidents
including fights, vandalism
and disorderly conduct by
people who don't live in that part
i c u 1 a r dorm, said Jim
McMahon, director of resident
student development. Some of
the incidences were caused by
people who arc not students or
lH don't live on campus.
A committcc choscn by
McMahon is investigating the
possibility of a new policy.
The committcc will look into
the possibility of a process to
sign-in non-residents to decrease
the disorderly c o 11 d uct,
McMahon said.
"We want to set up some
mechanism where people cannot
just walk into dorms and do these
things," he said.
McMahon also said there are a
lot of inconsistencies within dorm
A visitation policies. He said the
^ policies between dorms such as
Bates West can be totally different
from policigs at the Towers
or the women's quad.
"There arc three different
visitation plans," McMahon
said. "Docs this make sense?
Lobbyist appoi
By The Associated Press
USC's paid lobbyist has asked
the attorney general to determine
whether it is a conflict of interest
for the USC lobbyist to sit on the
university's board of trustees.
Columbia lawyer John
Gregory is paid $69,9(X) a year to
represent the school before the
state legislature, state agencies
and Congress. He recently
became president of the USC
Alumni Association, and under
state law the alumni president is
f>nlitlr?H m ;> vnfinu seal on the
22-member board.
Gregory told The Charlotte
Observer Tuesday that he approved
efforts to clarify his status
before sitting n ;he board of
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It's all greek to me
^ Michael Boerich, a finance junior, a
1 Vietnam Wai
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will review
on, security
Maybe it docs but it seems
confusing."
"The committee is looking for
something consistent," said committee
member Wayne Johnson.
"Right now the committee is just
looking at the options."
"It has been said, not in the
committee, that the policies are ^
being inconsistently enforced,"
said Johnson, residence hall
director for Maxcy and M|
Thorn well.
Me said the committee includes
campus RAs, RHDs, resident
hall senators from both men's
and women's halls and resident
student development
administrators.
"The committee represents the m
people on both sides of the y|
residential hall," Johnson said. jjjL
"The committee must weigh the 1ft;
different interests of students as II
well as university personnel and LI
agencies."
The committee will get student f j
reaction by holding an open
forum in which students can
voice their opinion, by conduc- m
ting a survey and by gathering p-j
ideas from each resident hall. y
These ideas will then be sent to ?.
the committee, Johnson said.
"Some interest has been ex- '
pressed concerning a campus- J*P
wide policy, but at this point the
committee has not yet discussed g*
this," Johnson said. ^
The committee will have some
suggestions by early March. The
decisions of the committee have
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trustees. Se
"I sofU of felt it was
necessary," Gregory said. "I'm tic
not anticipating anything, but H<
I'm not voting on anything until fu
the attorney general says it's OK
? or his opinion says it's OK. I of
understand it doesn't have the tin
force of law." wl
Gregory said university attorneys
already have researched so
the matter and have determined re;
there is no conflict. For one pi
thing, he is hired by (JSC President
James Holdcrman, not the Be
board, and he works under cd
contract. w<
The last Alumni Association in
president, Helen Harvey of
Beaufort, was on the board dur- cc
ing 1986. nc
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Eugene "Mercury" Morris, former running bad
eaks to students about drug abuse Wednesday.
Senate will fl
TODD MINES
ior reporter
A resolution supporting the lobbying el
rts of the Student Government against tu
in increases was passed by the Studet
nate Wednesday.
The senate voted 24-1, with two in abstei
>n, to join forces with SG President Am
:>user and other student officers to figl
ture increases.
It s really bad that wc rc being priccd 01
our education every year and costs are cor
luing to go up," said Sen. James Franklii
10 proposed the resolution.
"I don't see an end in sight and it will tal<
meone to stand up and say, 'Look, this
ally hurting us,' and I think we are the pe<
e to do it today."
Recently, the State Budget and Contn
3ard recommended a reduction in high*
lucation funding percentages. The resu
:juld be a $16.2 million loss to USC, insu
g a tuition increase.
SG Vice President Robert Beall said the lo
>uld result in a $250 to $300 tuition increa
;xt year.
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Sen. John Thomas, s
to the proposal, said, "
f- to go to catch up with
i- UVa and even though t
it right now, if we keep
and putting money intc
i- a better university in tl
ly Many senators ot
it debate, including Sen.
personally insulted as a
it aid working my way t
l- think his statement was
i, perspective and showe<
students' financial slat1
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is will meet on Feb. 3 to c
> against the board's r<
said these tactics may
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cr Street to the State Hoi
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r- "This is all to help tli
the students don't wa
ss crease and they're not
se it," Beall said. "A lo
the pressure."
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By GAIL BUCHANAN away,'
News reporter closc il
Former Miami Dolphins runn- saying,
ing back Eugene "Mercury" Twcnt;
Morris warned students and Mor
guests against the dangers of drug world
abuse as part of his nationwide 1972-7
anti-drug tour. Miami
Morris said those assembled a three
could use his warnings two ways. In 1
"You can either use it to pull Larry
yourself up, or you can wrap it runnin
around your neck and kill in the
yourself," Morris said at the season
Russell House Wednesday. him a
Morris spent three and a half of th
years in prison after he was con- Fame.
victcd in 1982 on charges of con- Moi
spiracy and cocaine trafficking, of inji
In March 1986, the Florida State The
Supreme Court overturned the crumt
verdict after declaring Morris was cocair
not given a fair trial. All charges "Sc
were dismissed. Morri
Morris was one of the first in the
athletes whose drug addiction is!"'
was disclosed to the public. He is Mo
traveling the country telling au- choic<
diences they have a choice about life,
whether or not to use drugs. "W
"There's nothing worse than the dr
to have your freedom taken ris sai
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peaking in opposition , ,, .
We've got a long way 11 ^ 'Bally L
schools like UNC and gd out of OUr
>ur tuition is very high .
on increasing tuition aic uun
> education, we'll have
le long run."
)jected to Thomas'
Mike Gillen. "I felt ?????
student with financial Also during tl
hrough school, and I member of the J
a very narrow-minded volunteers to sei
d an ignorance of the investigate the I
us," Gillen said. Within two v
e Student Government will decide whel
liscuss lobbying tactics legally authoriz
-'commendation. Beall Homecoming q
include sending letters vote counts 60 |
a march along Greene interviews coun
use and various "Visit "There's beei
and I don't th
ic legislators know that Homecoming C
nt another tuition in- that this be slig
going to put up with Beall, who is
t of people are feeling investigation, s?
Election feud m
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discretionary ti
By TIMOTHY E. DAVIS no
News reporter on
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The House of Representative's Inf
decision concerning whether to cha
order a new election in House futi
District 95 (Orangeburg) may af- fori
feet the way USC manages its tha
discretionary account in the put
future. /
In the November general elec- be
tion, Republican Rep. William wei
McCain defeated incumbent J
Democratic Rep. Larry Mitchell. ove
Mitchell appealed to the State ide
Election Commission, claiming a pre
key precinct ran out of ballots, fur
affecting the outcome of the tru
election. rur
The two have opposing views we
on how to handle USC President I s
James Holdcrman's discretionary tru
fund, which has come under con- 1
troversy since Nov. 21, when the agi
board of trustees voted to make its<
part of the fund secret. ces
Mitchell said the source of US
I fiinH th?,
to be clarified. "If they were bu
public funds, the university had scr
n's basketball
necocks lose
hero
drugs
' Morris said. "I would
ny eyes and sec the judge
, "Merc, I am so sorry.
/ years.'"
ris played on back-to-back
championship teams in
3. He was drafted by the
Dolphins in 1969 and was
:-timc Fro Bowl selection.
972, Morris and teammate
Czonka became the first
ig backs to gain 1,000 yards
backfield in a 14-game
i. This distinction earned
place in the record books
e Pro Football Hall of
rris retired in 1976 because
jries.
football player's success
iled at the beginning of his
ic addiction.
> now who can I blame?"
s said. "One day I looked
mirror ar\/^ 'TKorn VlA
iiiii i ui til in r>aiu, i iiviv i iv
rris said everyone has a
; regarding every aspect of
rhat is the pr blem? It is not
ugs. It has to be us," MorSee
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lcrease
iad that we're being priceducation
every year and
tinuing to go up."
James Franklin
Student senator
ic senate meeting, Franklin, a
udicial Committee, requested
ve on an ad hoc committee to
lomecoming Committee,
vceks, the special committee
her or not the commission is
:ed to have a percentage in
lueen elections. The student
percent, but two pre-selection
t for 20 percent each.
n much bad press about this,
ink it's fair to the reigning
)ueen and those in the past
hted," Franklin said.
wnrlfino u/ith Franklin in thf?
lid that in 1982 the senate gave
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iay affect
ind release
right to withhold information
them," he said.
litchell said the Freedom of
ormation Act should be
nged to prevent USC from
jre attempts to withhold inmation.
"All public funds
i are dispersed snouid Decome
>lic information," he said,
^n oversight committee would
a good idea, he said, if there
e guidelines for it to follow,
lowever, McCain said an
irsight committee is not a good
a, although there have been
>blems with the discretionary
id. "We have a board of
stecs that have traditionally
1 the university," he said. "If
have an oversight committee,
ce no use for the board of
stecs."
3oth McCain and Mitchell
ee that USC has damaged
;lf concerning the budget pros.
"The disclosures involving
IC in the past six mon;
. . . will cause the USC
dget to be more closely
utinized," McCain said.
i 67-46
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