The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, June 10, 1987, Image 1
a - Weather . mo .. . ^ Features
V ' Partly cloudy with possible AIDS ni|]C CilSC dlSCUSSCQ pdg 2 The summer movie season is here with
*3 thunderstorms. Highs today two of the biggest releases ? The
"k. \ will be in mld-80s to low 90s. Untouchsblos and B&vorlv Hills God II ?
^ Temperatures tonight in mid- Baseball draft taps USC page 5 now showing. Both films are reviewed on
PSj^KSll '"-P""** J I I
. The Gamecock
! 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