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' The Gamecock ) Founded 1908 Wednesday | Volume 79, No. 58 University of South Carolina February 18, 1987 i _ * f*^ H ?SLfsa?0^ I tawt I taw a puddy tat The Ringling Bros, and Barnum Circus animals made theii be in Columbia today through Sunday. Student rally c D.. ? y iuuu hints Senior reporter USC students will march on the State House today to fight the possibility of further tuition increases next semester because of percentage decreases in state full-formula funding for the university. The march, organized by Student Government, will begin at 1:15 p.m. in front of the Russell House University Union and then move to the State House for a press conference. Formula funding is an expenditure plan the State Budget and Control Board uses to allocate money to a - new sports aeij to be offered in By GAIL E. BUCHANAN classcs in add News reporter courses. The degr A sports administration degree includes a prac will be offered by the College of internship. Applied Professional Sciences for "The advantag the fall of 1987. University of So This major teaches the student that several ongoi to manage recreational areas such at the universitj as resorts, coliseums and ball sports courses i clubs. USC's sports administra- areas," Berrnan s tion program will be the onlv one "u/a. i in the state. own faculty," h< ^ Dan Berman, an associate pro- built in a nice w< 9 fessor in applied professional ship with other c sciences, supported and wrote the we'll be able to h curriculum for the new degree. concentrate on ) "It is truly an interdisciplinary tion side." program," Berman said. "We'll be hiri The sports administration stu- member each yea dent must take business, com- for the next three puter science, economics, jour- said. "So what we nalism, retailing and statistics See Lawyer: Death penal 9 By JEFF MASSEY sworn in as the chi mpUIIDI United States this The death penalty is racist, said In this case, a fc attorney David Bruck of the Cleskey, was fo South Carolina Coalition Against murdering of a v the Death Penalty. ficer in Georgia In a speech Tuesday at the robbery, The Ass USC Law School, Bruck spoke Atlanta bureau re about the McCleskey v. Kemp His lawyers app civil rights case, which is pending sentence based on in the U.S. Supreme Court. This the Universty of marks the first civil rights case to show the death sc approach the Rehnquist court, he likely if the vicitrr said. William Rehnquist was In January 191 * rood and drink 9 'l'^^Trrrml? 4 Bf V*f * v lit CTHI >? ' j jj fl I ^Bv<*. v __ Mpflpr Har mt S BBbm Jfc' K r K >SBBi i??'> b HSkifeb^H wmr jmw -.? - ' PtMHHIi! St^*SWT JUL ?' H r traditional walk down Assembly Street on their way to Carolina igainst tuition ii state agencies. Full-formula is the minimum amount of funding an agency needs to operate. The state Commission on Higher Education has recommended a decrease for next fall to 85.6 percent, which would mean a $16.2 million loss to USC. James Franklin, a student senator, said this may mean a tuition increase. Donald Wood, the SG chief liaison of political affairs said, "What we want to do is make this formula real to the average Joe Blow student." SG President Amy Houser and state Rep. Tim Rogers, D-Richland, are expected to speak at the State House. IV1 A A BSBMimH II 6u i fall ' ition to core 1 ee program also irking relation- ni lepartments, so . _ . HU iave our faculty ng one faculty r after this year I MS IS the time... years," Herman .. . . . _ 're lookinc at is After 8 lon0 wa,t ln thB cold' B,,IV JobI ( Degree " page 2 tickets went on sale Tuesday morning a ty racist, but may ch ief justice of the court ruled that evidence in the past summer. case did not prove any v lack male, Mc- discrimination against the defen- e und guilty of dent. The Supreme Court is ex- I i/hito MAI?AA *?1 ui- pctieu 10 rule on the constitu- c during a 1977 tionality of Georgia's death r ociated Press's penalty. t ported. "The McCleskey case, which r >ealed his death could be decided as early as statistics from March 1, could be the foun- e Iowa, which tainhead to change the U.S. a ;ntence is more Supreme Court's view toward s< i is white. racial discrimination since Brown c *5, an appeals v. Board of Education," he said. Inside? Classifieds ~P.nmir?<? ; offer 80-item ?atfebook , , , Features od, steaks and Money ident discounts. Sports See page 3 Viewpoint S31 *- - :J^n A 1 commencemei l/ m ' tickets each. He ^ split-up this May Ml'*** be neccessary, sa \ 'iL^m \ chairman of the I ?#. J& ?_>. t committee. * "You've put f** V y A Fjji said Jenny Noy L ^Ljp JKTj ' fZ ?f l'ie newly fori ^ .$ for Graduate St JENNIFER STEIBrrkt Gamecock tation, "I think idea." ? tu -ii Noyes said sh Coliseum. The circus will . J , the graduati | separated to begi ncrease today; After the speeches, the marchers will gather in the House of Representatives gallery to witness the meeting and show their support. Wood said students should try to meet with their representatives and voice their concerns personally before or after the meeting. "If we want to make an impact in their minds, we should be saying that we are now going to vote because we have a stake in the matter, and we will continue to bother you and bug you until we get full-formula funding," Woods said. ii,..., 1 ^ - ^^WK!ffi!WHflWeTraT^,ommunications Committee, headed by Sen. Mike Gillen, have been working THOWAS HUMPHf fan Enyaw Taylor bought tickets from Yates Greeno at Carolina nd most of the seats left are behind the stage. Joel will perl ...:iL lange wun penaing c The United States is the only 14th Amendment vestern, democratic country still death penalty is s nforcing the death penalty, colorblind," he sa iruck said. In the early 1960s, Many thought tl apital rape was a rape defined by ty would be aboli ace, and usually the death penal- statutes arose, and y was used when a black man Carolina added th< aped a white woman. capital punishmei The Supreme Court stopped v o 1 v e 4 4 a c xecutions in the late 1960s until circumstances." system was established that eparated the severity of the The same stati rime from race, he said. Georgia, where t "Rape by race goes against the case is being heari 10 USC basketball 5 :: 3 Lady Gar 9 8 I ? " filiation ?C splits graduates im undergraduates " ing the large number of graduate students at USC. Last May, 922 te graduation graduated from USC-Columbia. be held this May Pruitt said graduation should late, medical and provide the opportunity for dents, and the students, staff and parents to ndergraduate meet. He added that more emphasis should be placed on pervice president of sonal celebration and festivities. >aid more people "To me it's the greatest day of commencement, the year," he said. be had lost the Graduate schools are also bc>mmodatc them. ing encouraged to hold their own 2 graduates this hooding ceremonies this year, rording to the Pruitt said. arge number of Nothing is definite about mted to attend speakers and honorary degree it last year, recipients for the two ceremonies, limited to four However, Noyes said AGSR is iwever, with the conducting a survey of graduate , tickets may not students that includes asking who id George Terry, they would like to have speak, commencement Noyes said she felt graduate x uuc-iiis would prefer an in your dues," academician rather than "a Bill es, chairwoman Cosby." med Association udent Rcprcsen- The graduate, medical and law it's a wonderful school commencement will be at 3 p.m. May 15, and the e was surprised undergraduate commencement oils weren't will be held at 9:30 the following n with, consider- morning. at State House to plan the march. The committee has been meeting with organizations and publicizing the event this 9 semester. Student Government began working on the march last semester. Johnny Young, SG chief of staff, said the idea began after a report of the fun- j ding decrease. Young said Houser took office too i late to fight the increase last year and only had time ! to get a bill passed in the senate. I we wanted to do something that would have a ! little more impact," Young said. i Gillen said the weather may be the only problem, I See "Rally," page 2 ! i|B|i Fund releases I { do not bother I Mj| Gov. Campbell I HHn By The Associated Press i B disclosure did not surprise Gov. I But Campbell said Monday the ^ I | controversy about the disclosure of how fund money is spent H i points out the need to strengthen |1 the state's Freedom of Informa- fl tion Act. I i The university this past week I released about 5,000 vouchers detailing about 15,000 transac- I i tions involving the fund and B representing about $3.4 million in I KYfTlw Banwcodi ^"f"8 dUr'"8 "'C laSt Cigl" B The vouchers showed the g| i Coliseum. The university spent money for art H orm March lb. objects, rare books and prints for j ????!I friends of the school and state H lawmaker*; Amnno ihn . i 11v. 1 vvi^itllld 'QCO were President Ronald Reagan 'WOw. and former Secretary of State ! Henry Kissinger. j , because the Campbell said many of the [ upposed to be gift'' were given to people who g|| id. spoke at a commencement j he death penal- ceremony. "They were given to j ished, but new people who had made major conI in 1977 South tributions to the university." I / at crimes under it had to in- . ie governor, attending indue- I g r a v a t e d tion ceremonies for the South j Carolina Hall of Fame in Myrtle H Beach, said, "Separately they ite applied to may look bad, but put them in t he McCleskey context . . . it's not as bad as i J, Bruck said. somebody might say." ! necocks win I See page 9 m