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? _ The Gamecock Founded 1908 Friday Volume 79, No. 56 University of South Carolina February 13, 1987 Board rel By PAULA WETHIHGTON Nam oditor The release of USC President James Holderman's discretionary account expenditures was announced by Othniel Wicngcs, board of trustees chairman, at Thursday's board meeting. The documents, made available after the meeting, ineiuucu more than 5,000 vouchers of about 15,000 transactions from the discretionary account. Not included were vouchers from fiscal years 1977-78 and 1978-79, since USC keeps vouchers for only seven years. Two percent of the vouchers released, a total of 308, had names whitcd-out. Those documents were separated and grouped by fiscal years. "The deletion of a few names protects the privacy of individuals whose support for the university has been and continues to Lobbyist won't sit Z .j on board J From staff and wire reports A paid lobbyist for USC has | dropped his effort to be on the university's 22-mcmbcr board of InKf Columbia lawyer John Gregory, USC's legislative Jifig liaison, had sought an opinion from state Attorney General Travis Medlock on whether there was a conflict of interest for him to serve on the policy-making |j board while keeping his job as USC's $69,600-a-ycar lobbyist. But Tuesday, Gregory said he f would not pursue the matter. j "I just did it out of an abun- I A - r *- ' 1 : uamc ui }>I ClilUllOll, SaiU |B Gregory, a former USC football i player. "I just felt like if there was somebody someplace that I thought it might be a problem, I gSHH shouldn't do it." On Jan. 27, Gregory told The jpNaBf, Charlotte Observer he approved of efforts to clarify his status before sitting on the board of He also said university attorneys had researched the situation and determined there was no conflict of interest. If named to the board, V8l6 CifPOnrV wnillri ir* ?li/? ?0?.j ?- Nate i position of being a contractual tine's D employee of USC President James Holdcrman and at the L__ same time a part of the board that supervised Holdcrman. Gregory would also have been |VCl USC's paid representative to the General Assembly at the same By SHEf \ time as being a USC Assistant policymaker. Infot Besides his salary, which in- control creased by $10,000 last year, be dist Gregory also has a confidential in reco expense account that comes from dom W a fund of public money controll- 22. p/l h\/ UnMwrmon *%# v? j >iuiuviiuniii mar Despite a request by The Inc. ar Charlotte Observer, USC refused sponsoi to make Gregory's expense tional records public. Gregory lobbies Califor the state legislature and Congress The for USC. througl As president of the USC Alum- Univen ni Association, Gregory became in Los eligible for the board seat. Under \nd Bei USC bylaws, the alumni presi- sity an dent ? a volunteer position ? is some o automatically granted a seat on condu the board. USC decided to seek celcbr the attorney general's opinion Reider, about the propriety of such Public service. "Th< Gregory was replaced Wednes- |y." R day by lidward Fritchard, the touch 1 new president of the alumni and th association. The last association posters president, Helen Harvey, served to pul on the board during 1986. House. r 1 Awesome Alterna i i ' i i i i i "Moolah \ re^uest m ' donations, 11- /!^i \ *? P T/i-V" i* leases dis be solicited by the administration," Wicngcs said to the board. "No names of South Carolina public officials, board of trustees members or university employees have been deleted from any documents," he said. Michael Mungo, vice chairman of the board and chairman of the Financial Oversight Committee, said he looked at the documents three times, twice with Holder man and oncc with the committee. "The final decision on what to white-out was made by my committee, not the ad ministration," Mungo said. "A typical document would be six or seven people taken out to dinner and one name whitcd-out," he said. The whitcd-out transactions were $158,937 of the total $3,439,464 spent during the years 1979-87. On Nov. 21, the trustees voted to 1^ ^WB^P^i m^Wfcb^^t i' ^4nA*^HvV ~MU h^^^hv 1 ^*~?5 Tnnu ? r nimniJ i nurvmo nurvirn ntine's Day preparation Gillard of Tha Blossom Shop prepares a flower arrangi ay. Red and yellow rosas are the most popular flowers t tional Condom We IRI BERRY Recognition ol news editor is to promote hi mation concerning birth AIDS prevention and AIDS prevention will "We're gom# ributed on campus today literature con gnition of National Con- topics," he said, eek, Feb. 14 through Feb. There will b Russell House pii macists Planning Service to 2 p.m. today id Mavcr l aboratories is m fllinn M ring the third annual Na- AIDS prcventio Condom Week in condoms, nia. On other camp week will be observed National Coi lout most of California. festivities arc to }ity of California branches distribution, hel Angeles, San Francisco doms that read '< rkeley, and Emory Univer- T-shirt sales and d Virginia Tech are just tional Condom c f the schools that will be Barbara Drayl cilia ivMiviuti itiiu scicncc senior, ations, said Lindsey publicizing the us president of Student a method of AIL Health Association. "I think thai :re is nothing here official- should be allowe< cider said. "We got in the only thing tha .vith Mayers Laboratories vent the spread o icy have brochures and but anything h< available. So we're going said. [ those up at Russell Latex condom: " from $3.79 to $7 tivc - Classii fnr Music " M/IISf'c Comlc ...?..? ? Dateb( arathon for listener peatur begins today. o?0rts See pep 3 V|BWP i cretionar\ withhold information on how Holclcrman spent about $1.7 million of his discretionary funds since 1977, protecting live categories of information in the account. I he categories, Wiengcs said Thursday, were related to USC's advancement efforts. That decision was reversed on Jan. 2.1 when the board agreed to release the vouchers and spending records of all (lie categories in the account. The discretionary funds came from concessions and vending machines, not taxpayer money 01 student fees. " The discretionary account has been used to underwrite scholarships, bring to the university's campuses and the state more than 100 distinguished visitors, support a variety of faculty and student activities, and cultivate a wide range of individuals who might help the university and the ^ w I Apparent activii Ve|| Senati intn a< By TODD MINES Senior roportor A resolution requesting f' have sonic input in all fu w,#s passed Wednesday by ' | * The resolution is a resu ' /* / 1 the Finance Committee int Y&k it* l'lc 'cc rcP?rtcc* this past * ^ * I he senate passed the fcjrtkV ? abstentions, even thougli chairman of the committc crease in the activity fees I "Since this resolution, c clear, and everything has I . ly," Hoguc said. Ik The controversy revolve 8M the spring and fall scincstt part-time students, said USC senior vice president Ukl'l Refunds will be delivered JEjy lloguc said the refund PM semester, however, the adn gfijU refunding the money until tion was proposed. "I 1 If government's resolution is B refunded now." Not all of the senators w Davis, who spoke first on ' * his filibuster. "I think this ? i of proportion," he said. REY Ttw Gtmecock ' .1 . , f My purpose is only for tion that is in fact the trut . . ? . due media attention to the >mant for Valen ... ... ... , Davis said two newspa this year, Gillard . . if -. * about ii definite miTcaic u I was first proposed last wee :ek focuses on Al Condom Week dozen Fourex, or condom; rth control and of sheep intestines, may , Reider said. much as $23.49 a dozen. ; to hand out Trojanenz, a latex c< cerning those that sells for $4.79 a doze more popular brand of a C u booth on according to Mik<< Mvlwr : ^?' " ^ ' . ..' ^ . , I itio from 9 a.m. macist at Eckerd Drugs, providing inforrth control and ; n by use of !.....uses rec* . i/ing i d o m v'eek, include condom ium-filled con- !, L'ondom Sense,' R for Nauuple contests. H J on, a political ,? is in favor of ; r of rmulon^ :m >S prevention. t the publicity ? 1. Abstinence is j t is going to pre- ( - ;: l f AIDS entirely, 1 sips," Drayton ? range in price National Condom Wuak bagim ,39 a do/en. A popular brands told at Eckard ln8lde fieds 12 ? r? a 0 Dok 5 iif es 3 U! ; 10 oint 9 r Pvnonrlit r i stale," Wiengcs said. I hose distinguished visitors since 197H included people such as Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald l ord, Walter Cronkite ol CHS News, astronaut Ronald McNair and Supreme Court Justice Sandra ()'Connor. lehan Sadat, widow of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, was also among thevisitors. She received over S3(H),(KK) in salaries and expenses for teaching ai IJSC In other business, the hoard ol trustees accepted a &504,(XJ0 donation from the Athletic Department to the Thomas Cooper Library. The money came from USC's two 1986 televised football games with the University of Miami and the University of Georgia. T he trustees also approved the formation of a regional science education center and an economic institute at USC Aiken. ty fee increase i demands m ctivities fee i had publicity to I Committee for no that student government presenting it. lure activity fee changes Hoguc said the the Student Senate. furuU in Anrii > %v/ 1 It of an investigation by Athletic Dcpartnn 0 an apparent increase in ed; however, the g -veek. the same amount proposal 19-3 with II crease, he said. 1 Sen. Michael Hoguc, Then, in Novcn :c, said there was no in- change the fees t tor the tall semester. figures remained I verything has been made action had yet bef been coming out correct- miltce members ci \ logue said man d around an apparent in- pay the activity i $98.50 to $109 between benefits otherwi; :rs last year. students. charged to graduate and I he senate ah K. VV. "Fete" Denton, questing the boa of business and finance ditures in the pre: within a month, he said. general public am had been decided last future. ninistration jid not begin Hoguc, who pre two days after the rcsolu- the Finance Conn relieve that the student ditures would pro the main reason it will be 1''"4" uuu m.7V uv,? Many senators i ere enthusiastic about the fund documents v including Sen. Stanley weeks ago. The u the issue and continued the documents wo has really been blown out week, and some untimely. the senate to pass legisla- Davis pointed 01 h and does not draw un- being funded m< university." therefore it disclou*rs have printed stories Sen. Rick Black i fees after the resolution dent should have k, and this brought more the money. DS prevention, bi > made The State newspaper reported run as condom sales rose 10 percent last year. Women bought 40 percent ;>ndom of the 500 million sold. n, is a Many condom packages carry indom a lah/?l clatlnn fhit if u luuti iranng IIIUI u prupuij u.>t phar- cd, condoms can prevent sexually transmitted diseases. ? v"v * *stm& mH{hH|BCL 5&l8l ?f i Valentine's Day and lasts until Feb. 22 Trojaneni, a Drug. ure Gamecocks 5C signs new ures [ Discretionary fund 1979-87 spending Spending Totals 1979 8G $268,303 1980-81 $327,950 1981 82 $422,939 198283 $413,187 1983 84 $433,143 1984 85 $580,902 198586 $729,379 1986 87 $263,802 Total $3,439.464 | iore input changes JSC. Me also chidcd (he Finance t investigating all the facts before administration decided to raise pay for operating costs within the ?nt. The activity fee was increascneral tuition fee was lowered lor , and there was no physical inlber, the administration agreed to >ack to normal, but because the he same on paper and no refund jun, liogue and the finance comreatcd the resolution. ly graduate and part-time students fee to get athletic and health ?e only available to full-time o voted down a resolution rcrd of trustees to release cxpentident's discretionary fund to the J continue to release them in the >posctl the resolution on behalf of nittee, said the release of expenmote a positive attitude towards end against gross expenditures, objected to the proposal since the verc prepared (o be released two nivcrsity announced on Tuesday uld be released by the end of the senators said the resolution was nt the discretionary funds arc now )re by private donations, and ?ure is not required under law. ; debated the idea that the prcsi more checks on where he spends rth control Time magazine reported the potential scope of AIDS based on the rate of transmission and the varying incubation period. "More than I million Americans arc thought to be infected with the virus, and more than 00 n<?r ccnt of them do not know it." " .: :< * j THOMAS MUMPHREY/The Gtmecock i latex condom, it ono of the mora r players See pege 11