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Founded 1908 , Wednesday Volume 80, No. 1 University of South Carolina June 10, 1987 \ -III I Ill ..?I ..... .. , f i^l!nnnMHQ|^HS9^RHnnSg^wpwMB|^^^| I: ;.- " H |s?' ) He jr^jfflfeiiBlMWMSfflMWlliHIMMB^BIBWf \% ??m^WM'B ^ "*** ****-'> ^^ ,*~~ \4~-~i ~ I '^M1 JUr'j - ^ f*?' m * .^^B&fP. w *v^?-'/?^r***" &.tWiiWk#. : .. ??^*!F??^9Es^^^^-^?>^8BwpH5PSIHH8BlHBHBBBMMBMBB^^^5 A7CAT LFONCA VALLO/Tht Gamecock Solitude U8C groundsworker Kdward Richardson spent a quiet Monday aftprnnnn nn The Hnrspshnp snravino Ihp siHpwalk fnr inserts. a ^ n * ,) !Assembly rejeci / ( By TOM AIJL1) million, and t Staff Reporter figure. 1/ A proposed $100 tuition surcharge for state- "There is cc V supported colleges was rejected by the South tion in South I \ Carolina General Assembly. director of rest V The one-time surcharge was endorsed earlier this mittee. South ^ year bv the state Commission on Higher Education highest tuition to ease the problems of a tight state budget. Anderson sa 44In a very austere year, when higher education cessful becauM wasn't coming in for needed funds, we thought the it and doubt surcharge was worthwhile," said Nelle Taylor, under-funded , CHE chairwoman. "I don't tin ) Since the Senate and Mouse approved only 88 per- money," she s; ' cent of full-formula funding for the state's eight to be set choic \ schools for the 1987-88 school year, the CHE devis- tapped to reac ed the surcharge to raise money. Under the plan, Budget cuts South Carolina students would have contributed $5 system vice pi Committee approves * report on new centers \ By PATRICK JEAN public outcry about funding fo Editor in Chief both centers and the CHI- com A report that found no im- mittee investigation tha proprieties in the financing of followed. IUSCs new Swearingen tngineer- "What they (CHF.) found wa ing and Koger Arts centers was that the university was doin quietly and unanimously approv- precisely what it said it was goin ed Thursday by the South to do ? what they had approve* Carolina Commission on Higher openly in public session two year Education. ago," he said. The CHE set up an executive Borkowski said he though committee earlier this year to some state politicians and citizen reexamine its 1985 approval of who voiced concerns about fur funding plans for both centers ding were doing so for their ow after some state legislators, peisonal gain. private citizens and press "You've got to scratch th members raised questions about back of your head and ask, *1 IpossiDie cnanges in the luncling. there was such concern, wh These questions, said commis- weren't these issues being discus; 1 sioner Fred Sheheen, included ed when it was first announce | whether USC was using a $16.3 two years ago?'Why wasn't ther million federal grant for the an outcry to the state budget an Swearingen center to cover control board?" he said. i pledges that might not be realized "One has to think that politic* ^ and if the university was placing visibility and public visibility wa w an undue burden on the state to being sought, and the universit i Lnlrv noir fnr fhn IS n ft o r n tr?r u/or ?irn/1 or " Invap pu; i ui uiv iw/^v a vvmvi . vriu U3tU ?*."> rt dpi lll^UUdl U. The committee's report found Borkowski said he hopes tli all of these possibilities were CHE's final approval of the con false. Sufficient assets have been mittee's report will end tli I set aside to covcr construction ot negative publicity, giving ac the Roger center, and the Swear- ministrators time to stop answei ingen center is being built with a ing allegations and start workin combination of private pledges to improve the university, and federal and state grants, the The new $20 million Sweai report said. ingen center is scheduled to ope Frank Borkowski, USC's ex- in August. The $15 million Kog< ^ ecutive vice president and pro- center has a projected openin ^ vost, said he was surprised at the date of fall 1988. use rr_ 1 J1 noiaerman, must answe n/9i/t;cn/7n/9r # VVy From Staff and Wire Reports A circuit judge has ordered USC President James Holderman and three other school administrators to answer questions in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit concerning spending practices. Judge Ralph King Anderson Jr. ruled June 3 that USC officials have 30 days to give sworn answers to questions r * a r m i 11 uin ituunicys iur i ne Charlotte Observer about how they determined not releasing certain details of a discretionary account was in the public interest. The decision came in a motions hearing in a suit the newspaper filed in January, seeking all records of expenG'tures from a $3.5 million discretionary fund controlled by Holderman from 1977 through 1986. A ^ ? A A ? A 1 /1IIUCI 3Uil UlCIUCU I II d I Holderman, Pete Denton, senior vice president of business and finance; Chris Vlahoplus, secretary of the board of trustees; and Othniel Wienges, ts surchi he state would have matched that neral concern about the cost of tuiCarolina," said Joanne Anderson, ;arch for the Senate Education CornCarolina students pay among the : tcs in the Southeast. id the surcharge proposal was unsuc* 110 one was interested in supporting exists whether higher education ?< nk it is an issue of whether you need lid. Anderson said priorities will hav( es made and other sources of revenue h budget needs. are on the horizon, said Pete Denton esident for business and finance. ?, c?3f'4 . y *,<, > ?., ,e ??? --- ic V r* g rn Can I have some, i ;r ig Squirrels are a common sig has d: , 3 others r Charlotte judge says chairman of the board of trustees, will have to answer questions about the FOI request. Anderson said he will review original vouchers from the account to see if they agree with edited copies of vouchers released to the Observer and decide if the newspaper's attorneys should see them. He'll also look at minutes of ex : a'. c ai cwuuve meeimgs 01 me board of trustees in which the request was discussed. USC attorneys said the newspaper should not have direct access to the original vouchers and said newspaper attorneys should not be able to question the four officials or review the minutes, because the FOI Act exempts minutes of executive sessions. Anderson said the attorneys, court reporter, witnesses and plaintiffs involved could not make the witnesses' responses public under threat of a sixmonth jail term. I attr\rr?A\/ 14r\r\\/nr niin_ UiiVl 11V/ A iV/UTVI UIUII ton said Holderman will comply. urge; bu< "The biggest concern that I ha these cutbacks and where they' said Student Government Preside Hogue said he expects cuts in ini student jobs. i? u^ . :?u. u.. All dpiiv; Ul lilt l l^pl 1L uuugt believes the USC board of trus James Holderman won't attemj ! outside of tuition, which Holdei ; will not increase for the 1987-88 Yet with promises aside, "it'< 1 ribiy tight year," Denton said. / ; expect to operate on about 4 pe the coming fiscal year than was of this year. The university's fis< 1 and ends on June 30. Denton said the university's i **.V v" ** . w. *$*** , *.* **" v ^ ^i.^?/jV .;, ^ * ;* * % too? hi on (he Carolina campus through ay in c Associated i for access tc -m oj research. By AMY GARNER Staff Reporter The Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Carolina Research and Development Foundation, a group that provides financial support for USC, in Richland County Circuit Court June 1. The foundation refused FOl requests made by the AP in April. John Shurr, Columbia AP bureau chief, said the requests were made after USC President James Holderman wrote a letter to South Carolina state Sen. J. J Verne Smith outlining public funds to be used by the foundation on behalf of the university. These funds include a $16.3 million federal grant for the new Swearingen Engineering I Center, and $3.7 million from I Kichlana county ana jz million from the City of Columbia for the Koger Arts Center. The j foundation will receive and distribute these funds. The AP requested documents pertaining to the foundation's dppt ruts V ^ V VKS ve is about some of can be attributed I re coming from," utilities with th mt Michael Hogue. Center. Another < ternships and other and staff salaries he said. t, Hogue said he Denton said th itees and President cially with probal pt any fee increase activities and dist rman has promised Even with prog l school year. inevitable in eithc > going to be a ter- Denton said he U1 departments can from the legisla rcent less money in revenue. He said available at the end spending this yea :al year begins July or decreases in i education is a top nany funding woes funding is expect* Mr-' ? . -%. .., _ out the year. One squirrel tries to nose rourt Press sues rx -ttjm ) recurus foundation receipt or expenditure of public funds; receipt of royalties from patents or copyrights obtained by USC since 1981; a list of persons who work for the foundation and are also paid by another government body; and audits and Internal Revenue Service 990 tax reports since 1981. The foundation allowed ac cess only to audits and tax returns. !n a similar suit filed earlier this year by The Greenville News, foundation officials said the foundation is a private, independent corporation created for the benefit of the university and is not subject to provisions of the state's FOI Act. In its suit, the AP says that because the foundation shares staff and facilities with USC and handles public money, it is a cle facto public body. Chris Vlahoplus, USC's executive vice president for administration U thp fnnnHn tion's executive director. He could not comment on the lawsuit because it is pending. likely to, among other areas, increases in e new Swearingen Engineering :ause is slated increases in faculty ? the university's largest expense, e coming year will be met finance cutbacks in oniric intcmafinnal inguished visiting speakers, ram cutbacks, tuition increases are r 1988 or 1989, he said, 's optimistic about future funding ture, USC's biggest source of I the legislature is containing its r, making no significant increases noney commitments. But higher ) priority, Denton said, and more 1 A su nexi year. HMBWte&n "t. Bfe 1 s- *? , ^ v ? ~*i ? * ? NICK LF.ONCA VALLO/The Gamecock in on another's meal Monday. x. A