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College Notes s Ring lost for 31 years finally i FORT LAUDERDALE ? A good Samaritan i dctcctor found a class ring under three feet of Fo sand. The ring was returned to its owner, former Nc dent Thomas McCall. McCall had lost his class ring during spring break Judge says enforced donations University of Georgia ? Superior Court Judge A iiucu jciii* J uiai diuuciu iwa iu nit puvau vj\;< Association were legal because all students, and the from UGA's athletic programs. Four students had sued, claiming the school wj tionally forcing them to pay the fees. Professors resign as part of pr University of British Columbia ? A history prof and four faculty members formally protested UBC award Jim Patterson, owner of Mainland Magazir former head of Expo '86, an honorary degree. The protestors said Mainland distributes magazine and humiliate women. Pledges arrested, out on $1,60 University of Virginia ? A court, released two $1,600 bond after they were charged with stealing pi banners as part of their pledge assignments for Del1 Colorado may strengthen regis DENVER ? Rep. Bill Owens plans to introduce a prevent men who haven't registered for the draft frc public colleges. If the bill succeeds, Colorado would be the thirc such a law, joining Tennessee and Louisiana. Visiting hour Continued from page 1 ! to then be approved through administrative channels. The decisions must first go to Resident i Student development, then to the | vice president of student affairs, j then President Holderman and j finally voted on by the board of trustees, Johnson said. McMahon said he wants students to know the new policies, if there are any, before time to sign up for housing beginning in March so they will know where they want to live. r The committee will be reviewing old policies to see what can be legally done to change them, S ; McMahon said. I One type of visitation schedule is the open house policy. This | policy offers several plans. Plan [ A is the apartment plan with 1 open house hours regulated by the residents of each apartment. I ; : Plan B, C and D have set visita- j tion hours. The regulations for open house [ requires guests be accompanied f by residents at all times. Each ! hall's plan can changc by resident vote. I Senate I Continued from page 1 the Homecoming committee the power to select candidates. f DaontirA />f rar>iol r?rr\Klnmc Y\ a r uwtauaw \J i i atiai ttiv committee dccided to expand its powers to have a portion of the j post-selection vote percentages two years ago, he said. I "The only problem with that [ was that Student Government f never approved those processes | through formal legislation," | Beall said. Correction In Wednesday's edition of i The Gamecock, an article [ mentioned a new USC smok: ri.? .. ing puuty. i nc yuncy id uui new, but may be reviewed this j semester. The policy does not restrict smokers to specific i smoking areas on campus, but 1 does state where smokers cannot smoke. i The Gamecock j THE (iAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina | ; and is published three times a week on j Monday#, Wednesdays and Fridaya during the fall and spring semesters and weekly i on Wednesdays during both summer aes- j iona, with the exception of university : holidays and examination periods. [ Opinions expressed in THE GAME- ] COCK are those of the editors and not [ those of the University of Houth Carolina. The Board of Student Publication! and Communications it the pubiiaher of THE GAMRCOCK. The Htudent Media Department is the^parent organization of THE ^Hj Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to THE GAMECtJCK, Drawer A. University of Houth Carolina, Columbia, 8.C. 29208. Subscription rates are 118.00 for (1) year, $8.00 per fall or spring semester and $3.00 for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, H.C. THE GAMECOCK is a licensed student organisation of the University of Houth Carolina and receives funding from student aetftrHy f#??. Campbell i illcgc Press Service " ^ By The Associated Press returned Rci:u!:!ic,a" ,.O0v- 5at"?" v.anipucii s i irsi oiuic 01 1111; oidic address was a potpourri of prousing a meta posals, which evolved from his n campaign planks and were >trc Dame stu- shaped by the need to eooperate with the Democrat-dominated 31 years ago. General Assembly. . f| If Speaking to a joint session of ' the House and Senate and a statewide television audience William Giant Wednesday night, Campbell said orgia Athletic jic realized he was presenting "a state, benefits juU p|alc" that will take time to achieve. as unconstitu- His 45-minutc address contained a host of proposals in four manfpet j?r arcas ? economic devclopmcnt, education, auto liability insurance and the budget-writing essor resigned process. - s decision to jjut Campbell appeared to >e Service and challenge the lawmakers in some arcas while saying it is time for is that dcgiade cooperation and conciliation. Campbell, who is the second 0 bond Republican governor in South students on a ^flppPrl Continued froi ublic signs and 1 ta Sigma Phi. refcrrccj lo death of Len stration Bias, the basketball player from Maryland who died of a fatal bill that would dose of _ cocaine. "The lethal m enrolling in close, ana you ru ueau. "All of a sudden you dc I state to have something one time and you're on Death Row. Or you dc something one time and you're it a casket." Mb-./ 1 ~"?c. : t.*$ % <* <?%*?:*. -i <>i. v Bfeli?/^ ?%Ste&MS? iih BMHWIk^^ Jr Jy ^ -7 lives first s Carolina since Keconstruciion, urged the General Assembly to bar lawyer-legislators from appearing for a fee before the Worker's Compensation Fund or the State Fund, an issue he raised during his gubernatorial campaign. lie threatened to veto any gasoline tax increase unless lawmakers support efforts to get Congress to shift highway maintenance funds to construction projects, back proposals to establish some toll roads and to divert some of the money normally earmarked for local road projects to the state's strategic highway plan. "You should not look for any new tax money until you have exnlnrn/l oil nf itnmc hn J/IVI VW Ull V I IIIWOV. IIVIIIO, IIV said. Although his prepared text excluded any mention of environmental issues such as nuclear or hazardous waste, Campbell inserted a paragraph in m paflo 1 i Morris also spoke of the i similarities between drugs and I alcohol. "The popular truth is I that drugs are bad, but alcohol is OK," he said. "Don't have a ? double standard for abuse ? that ; it is a crime to use cocaine and it > is a shame to use alcohol. 1 "The problem and the solution to drug and alcohol problems arc mmMMw llfllP*B|1" ? r l i ll a?-*: ..-.V;; ? :---i?i' MHH, iHro^iUBIK pA 1 tWl tvaP IR^ ? If* f E.*W PLJ ) tate of state his speech saying the state will tl have to help coastal areas hurt by c< the New Year's Day storm. The y< approval of federal small p business loans will be a step in that direction, he said. a Campbell also told reporters in o a background briefing before the o spceeh that he will discuss his proposed agricultural and e< welfare reforms in a later b message to the legislature. c "What 1 offer tonight is not n something for everyone, but a d planned approach to offering a tl government responsive to real v needs and responsible for its ac- f tion," Campbell said in his b speech. ii "Let me say the most urgent c challenge confronting us is to r develop a responsible budget process that frees us from the shackle r of mid-year budget cuts." r Me said state spending should I be limited to the revenue col- s lectcd during the previous year f plus a growth rate of no more c in the same spot ? in each and k every one of us," he said. f Morris encouraged the au- t dience to have interest in the drug c abuse problem. "If we would educate about use itself, we t would not have the dilemma of t abuse. y "I have experienced this," a Morris said. "1 have the s ' >''"' '-'^ ' WMMPi ^3 r T < ,-*M i. ^~znz > + v-"' > * * ?> niJdrtJHa address ian 5 percent, and any surplus juld be used at tlie end of the car for major construction rojects. "Wc dare not even consider ny general tax increases while ur budgetary house is out of rdcr," he said. But the new governor said aunties and municipalities must e given help to acai wun me mreasing demands on them for lore and better services. He enorscd legislative demands on hem for more and better serices. He endorsed legislative eforts to pass a local-option tax ill provided it does not apply to [iconic taxes and that one-third ?f the revenues raised are used to educe property taxes. Campbell also made a brief nention of the Freedom of Infor- 3l/ nation Act. He urged the egislature to strengthen the law, aying it is imperative that the uiblic has confidence in the mcration of Kovernment. nowledge of it. You have the inormation. The experience and he information given and taken rcates the same knowledge. ^ "An old man in the prison said o me, 'Morris, get out there on hat turf, and remember when ou get on that wrong road, turn iround and come back,"' Morris aid. If' 1' II Q HHHH ?