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^ ' A&l Weather ^ Sports y (m\^lli Hot todav w|th a 20 Hogue spcsiks out page2 Two more Gamecock baseball playpercent chance of afternoon ers sign with major league teams. The KHHli thundershowers through the o 1 total number ?f 1987 Gamecock players weekend. Highs in the C^jirolinjl CJirtllQUSlKC ; DC126 3 who have signed with professional orgamid-90s. Lows in the low 70s. nizations is now five. See page 5. The Gamecock Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 80, No. 3 University of South Carolina June 24, 1987 Council members, adminh Richland C< I By PATRICK JEAN Editor in Chief More than half of a $3.75 million commitment from Richland County for USC's new Koger Arts Center could be withheld because of concerns about the funding and construction of the building. The county council has withheld a $1.25 million payment due this past January for the center, and a $750,000 payment due July 1 could also be delayed. Two council members are scheduled to meet with t v>' r\ nHminiclrntnrc Inrlau tn rtici-iicc thp controversy. Council agreed to pay $3.75 million for the $15 ^ million center in 1985, of which $1.5 million has ^ already been paid. A USC payment schedule given to the county shows a final payment of $250,000 is Two groups had sent request tion for records of foundations9 Pc^t investments in South Africa qucs J tv F The f By MARY PEARSON men News Editor Sow A Freedom of Information Act request to Soui the Carolina Research and Development U Foundation and the Educational Foundation the ! was filed June 9 by two groups opposed to ings ! USC's investment in Solith Africa. the James Morris, president of the Educational 197" Foundation, said he received the FOI request mot a week ago. He says the foundation will res- Am pond but not provide the requested Afr; information. livir The Carolina Peace Resource Center and trib the South Carolina Coalition for the Libera- syst Ition of South Africa requested a complete S listing of corporate investments of the foun- cipl dations, which provide financial support for Am USC, to determine total university investment Uni I in comDanies that do business in South ban ' Africa. Chris Vlahoplus, executive director for both foundations, is also executive vice presi- tinr dent for administration at USC. He said the thai Educational Foundation has about $500,000 mit invested in companies that do business in ing South Africa. i Morris said the foundation would not comply because it is a private non-profit organiza- strc New ducks may * m -m soon in library p By DEBBY WEAVER leave the duck; Staff Reporter repeatedly disci One of the major issues on "He shooed campus this year has not involved every time we tuition, budget cuts or football turing them," seating. Cambre said A Instead, it involves the mallard ture the foui ^ ducks, which were temporarily female ducks I removed from the pond in front adapted to the nf Thr\mac Pr\Ar\P?* I iKrari/ ii/hnn i 4 T hpw hai/A \J 1 * 1IV/I1IUJ V/VV/pVl L/IU1CU J TT1IVU I HVJ IIUT V it was drained and cleaned this They are now past year ? and were never area in and returned. pond," he sj Caliste Cambre, assistant healthy and ha director of operations at (JSC, Cambre said said new ducks will be placed in for new ducks the pond as soon as possible. will donate th The ducks have been absent The library 1 from the pond for more than ducklings, but seven months. They were moved full-grown due ? this past November to the Moore 14As soon Garden pond behind Patterson some ducks, th Hall when renovations began. the library por The ducks were to he returned The ducks h I to the pond after renovations tion at the libi were completed. They were 18 years. The scheduled to return on April 21, when uniden when members of Animal began leaving \ Resources Facilities planned to about 1969 gather them from Moore pond. popularity, U However, Cambre said an keep the ge< [i unidentified student foiled the feathers cloj plans. The student, whom he said drain. They v . was part of a vocal minority to mallard ducks I 9 c Vl/f f In the "Funding re-allocation angers provost' appeared in the June 17 issue, a South Carolina Higher Education recommendation was stated transfer of "all surplus athletic funding, whicl above the academic department's break-even poii funds." The proposal actually suggests that all surplus which is every penny above the athletic departn point, be transferred into academic funds. In the editorial on racism, which appeared in t! 1^^ tion, it was stated that a civil rights march was h Ga., this past February. The march was held Jai >trators to meet today ?^ -a 4--W T *T T-? 4- V* l-? 1 juiiiy wiuniuj due in December, in addition to the $2 million due this past January and in July. The City of Columbia is scheduled to pay the final $200,000 portion of its $2 million payment July 1. Council chairman Ray McKay said the agreement reached between USC, the city and the county in 1985 called for pro rata payments, guaranteeing that one area of funding ? private donations, city payments or county payments ? would be equal to the other areas at all times. "Back in January, when the most recent payment was due according to their schedule, (county finance director) Tom Whitacre withheld the payment because there was some question as to whether it should be made in view of the fact that we had made a substantial payment previously, and no progress fuses FOI r and therefore not subject to the FOI Act. the FOI re lexander Gray, director of the Carolina money th :e Resource Center, announced the re- those con ;t at a candlelight vigil in front of univcrsi- Devclopm Resident James Holderman's house on he said. Horseshoe June 16. The vigil com- Morris lorated the 11th anniversary of the WIS-TV < eto massacre of more than 600 black and USC th Africans. statement SC invests only in companies that follow to follow Sullivan Principles for their business deal- Sullivan's in boutn Atnca. l ne principles, issued oy Rev. Leon Sullivan of Philadelphia in "Essen 7 and revised in 1984, are meant to pro- policy," e racial equality in employment for Foundatit erican companies operating in South would no ica and to create programs that improve loans to t lg conditions among non-whites and con- we feel fi ute to the end of apartheid, South Africa's tions whi em of racial separation. adhere to ullivan said this past month that the prin- Gray ; es were a failure. He has called for all possibilit; erican companies to divest and for the comply \ ted States to impose an economic em- would fil nr r\ /-\n C r\i it li A f rl ao rn/> r\ r^r uii juuui nil ica. jv?cui u.^. "That Rev. Sullivan has said that perhaps it is comes fir e for U.S. companies to pull out. We feel as an org t it is time for the university to end its com- are willir ment, apparently, to those companies do- boards ai business in South Africa," Gray said. Arthur 'It is not working. We need to take Research mger action. You by now all know about could no swim *ond V s at Moore pond, V ' ouraged ARF. k , the ducks away & } \ were close to cap- I \ Cambre said. % Yl>. they cannot cap- \ V\\ male and two A > ?> because they have MB gM/Wfi Hj ' ... Moore area. jg W become too wild. 9 MK ffl :l I jM ' news story that , ' i Commission on I - ^ ~ as proposing the . V' ,:=' h is every penny IMS I . nt, into academic 1 -z:ir athletic funding, lent's break-even ?Ot it. '' he Viewpoint sec- Mechanical engineering junii leld in Gumming, ball to (he opponents' side duri i. 24. this past week. > A ds payment f had been made on the center," McKay said. Some council members said they knew nothing about a definite payment schedule when they approved payment for the project in 1985, McKay said. However, Chris Vlahoplus, USC executive vice president for administration, said every council member's staff received a copy of the payment schedule well ahead of time. "The payment schedule was worked out with the financial officer of the county (Whitacre), so they've been aware of it at a staff level," he said. Whitacre could not be reached for comment. McKay said some of the people criticizing early county payments and slow construction at the Kogcr center are the same ones who vehemently opequest WM quest we filed to find out how much nt thr imivf^rcifv line invfctpH in -= lpanies through the Research and jffl- V_7< ent and Educational Foundations," released a statement June 12 to * ' concerning the Sullivan Principles : investment in South Africa. The \ - - y said the foundation would continue the Sullivan Principles without [ ' v -V:: blessing. [ ;i=l tially, we are not ehanging our Morris said. "The Educational 3n board last year pointed out it t invest in any banks which made he government of South Africa, but rec to invest in American corpora ch do business in South Africa and the Sullivan Principles." said this past week there was a | y that if the foundations did not ,vith the FOI request, the groups le a lawsuit to gain access to the B~ -J has to be measured. Communication st. We do not want to use the lawsuit :ani/.ational issue," Gray said. "We I lg to meet with members of both id discuss the issues." Sam Stone Williams, president of the Carolina volunteer at tl and Development Foundation, ment of silenc t be reached for comment. dent James H Ho bus resi caulking an^ CHUCK DEAN/Tht Gamecock A ? . At CoIuit are painur or Hob Deese attempts to return the removing a ng a volleyball game held on Field E gave apprc refinishing I bathroom i r * or arts center posed any county payments for the center two years ago. "There are some concerns, but it's not a consensus of council that we have an overwhelming concern about the status of the construction, as long as it is apparently progressing. (USC President) James Holderman says it is," he said. Vlahoplus said an undue burden wasn't being placed on Richland County. McKay and fellow council member Bristow Marchant, who also serves on the board of patrons of the Koger center, are scheduled to meet today with Vlahoplus and David Rinker, systems vice president for facilities planning at USC, to discuss county payments and construction progress. YAO SFIDA/The Gamecock , a student at Lutheran Theological Seminary and le Carolina Peace Resource Center, participates in a moe during the candlelight vigil held in front of USC Presilolderman's house on The Horseshoe June 16. using office >y renovating idence halls LD countertop on the front lobby desk. SC's residence halls The list of repairs goes on ? as rig renovations this long as the money holds on. )rding to the Hous- Saad's office can, by mandate, >ffice. reserve five percent of its total in>m painting and come for future renovations, or ousing Services has $400,000 out of an annual $8 ions underway, in- million budget. noving asbestos, The board of trustees approves it fixtures, installing housing rates for the 6,500 resire-tiling lobby ceil- dent students at USC. Each resiling shower stalls in dent paid an average of $ 1,230 in ns. housing fees during the 1986-87 ere pleased this past academic year, out of which hey returned in the Saad's office draws finances for heir renovation sug- the slated jobs. oecomc rcamy, saia ouau ?<uu nuusmg ocivivw ic, Housing Services evalulates its priorities each fall and draws up one-, five-, and her area managers 10-year plans. The report releas)f repair possibilities ed this past fall had a price tag of vhich are largely a more than $3.5 million. ? " ? f rori/foni Thf? cinolr? hioopst druin nri \J 11 U 1 I t .1 I u v II I ? "V V>11151V Vfi M... v.. tions. funds is roof repair, 19 of which currently need renovations, she forms a list from said. idents, and both lists The summer's most extensive d to make final pro- project is at the Towers, where part of the veil-block walls le projects listed in a around the residence halls are beased by the Housing ing repaired. fice in November The outer veil, known as the w well in the works: "honeycomb," is a decorative Capstone, Rutledge block enclosure around each ower, new carpet at building. It began separating yde and Maxcy, tub from the walls of one building as I asbestos removal. a result of uneven settling and ibia Hall, workmen contraction. The expense of the ig, carpeting and veil repair has meant postponing sbestos. Saad also some other projects this year. >val for furniture Saad said her dream list inin student rooms, eludes new housing facilities for renovations and a graduate and married students.