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The Gamecock
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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^
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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
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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
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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.