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^ Sunny, hot and humid as Art beats the summer heat page 3 In an exclusive interview, USC Presi- I V RsJ? y ^^"3^ always. Highs will be the in dent James Holderman talks about topics jjgj uppbr 90s, with lows around such as the pope's visit, support founda- p| feuw- 70. There's little chance of Athlptir nrniprtc in limlvft rtnoo S tions' bud9et cuts and resignation M rain or cooler weather. /\IIlieilt prOjeClS III limDO page J rumors. See page 2. r? ? ?? The Gamecock I % Founded 1908 Wednesday p Volume 80, No. 6 University of South Carolina July 22, 1987 H Judge ! University t< From Staff and Wire Reports ^ USC was ordered Friday t< \W release to attorneys for 77i< Charlotte Observer newspape about 50 documents revealing thi names of people who received ex pensive gifts from the school. The order, issued in Columbi; by Circuit Court Judge Ralpl Anderson Jr., came in a Freedon of Information lawsuit by th newspaper that seeks all record of expenditures from a $3. million discretionary fund con trolled by USC President Jame Holderman from 1977 throug l-i i f r\nrt I rv^ Knr liii^ jjadi L/tv,v;iHUti . The order applies to th "discovery" phase of the lawsui Policy From Staff and Wire Reports The swaying east upper de< Williams-Brice Stadium may be of the past. University officials have mac to move students this fall out o the deck that is most prone to s Dennis Pruitt, USC vice presi< If f . % . ? oi siuaeni anairs, saia student that agree not to rock the deck fered block seating in two sectio problem section. The proposal would move s Departn Bv TOM AIJIXI I Staff Reporter Anticipated spending cuts at Thursday when university Presi man presents the proposed 19* board of trustees. The 1987-88 fiscal year beg budget shortfall is expected to t nine campuses in the USC sy: schools and programs at USC-< A lack of funding from the si caused USC to experience bud percent, said Pete Denton, senii ^ business and finance. W Stale funding appropriations middle of the 1986-87 fiscal yes Iing of the 1987-88 state budget, bell cut another .5 percent, I?t \ t^! wrww i r ;? | I ? ! % Rah rah rah, sis b pi Cheerleaders participate i Georgia and South Carolim * orders old to release s ? a procedural device used by at) torneys to find out information e in a case. But this does not r necessarily mean the documents e will ever be made public. Over the past 10 years, Holderman bought more than $300,000 a worth of gifts from the discreti tionary fund, including more n than $90,000 worth of Steuben e glass. This past November, USC s officials had said the gifts were 5 rewards to donors. i- But in February, the university s released documents showing that h public money was used to buy gifts, meals and plane trips for e hundreds of state and national it politicians. Recipients included tackles s southernmost section :k of USC's noticeably because of : come a thing games in 1983 and thi said. Section 501 woulc le a proposal general ticket holders, f a section of To promote student waying. groups would be offere Jent and dean in the first 20 to 30 rov organizations 503, he said. i,j u~ wuuiu uc ui- i neat itdi rtiup ns next to the can increase the swayir groups acting rowdy tudents from seats, Pruitt said. lents brac< USC's budget wl Assembly's fundi USC become reality Thorne Compt dent James Holder- humanities and s 57-88 budget to the his school could such as graduate i an July 1, and its "It's going to >e divided among all Compton said stem, including the dimed to death" ^uiumuid. iiieiu upKccp itiit :ate government has All sophomor get cuts of about 7 English courses r vice president for entry-level Engli meaning some p( were trimmed in the for needed cours ir and in the design- Despite the cu Gov. Carroll Camp- find money to k< or $516,000, from open as possible t wtt^m L W BgMggl j v|jHgggpp? M ^ loom bah . . . n a routine Thursday in the Solomon Bl i nign scnoois were at ust tnis past we a ./-% * lecret gilt list President Ronald Reagan and s South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Julius "Bubba" < Ness. <, Still at issue in the lawsuit are > the names of numerous gift reci- 1 pients whose identities the univer- j sity has kept secret, as well as ] documents that would provide further details of Holderman's i secret spending. i The Observer contends it is in i the public's interest to know how i USC spent the public money. The "discovery" process would enable the newspaper's attorneys to question university officials, such as Holderman, about why they wanted to keep the names ? A < ? -m sm ?/ wuyirig / 501, which swayed Student fan antics at football Hogue said s past season, Pruitt organizatior i be used to seat only in different cooperation, student Although d block season tickets stadium sh< vs of sections 502 and arose after a and the Ur a leverage beam that when rowd) ig effect. Any student to sway. T1 would forfeit those past Oclobt the USC-Nc s for bud len he vetoed part of the General ing for higher education. on, associate dean of the college of ocial sciences, said budget cuts in mean cutting back on personnel assistants and assistant instructors. be serious," he said. the college is being "nickeled and by operating costs such as equipl supplies. e-, advanced- and graduate-level for the fall semester arc full. All ish classes have been trimmed, :ople will have to wait until spring es, he said. If), V-.U111JJIUU StllU UIC LUUCgC Will ;ep as many freshman-level classes . He said some on-campus people rmlLs- W BfrMi m"^: f 'lw % att Physical Education Center. More olr f/tr ilia \JalInnal /^'hooi'lpaHpirc Act v?t iui iiiv naui/uni viivvi ivnuvi >i iitK % o talk to attorneys iccrct. Anderson refused to allow the tttorneys acccss to minutes of :losed-door executive sessions in ^vhich the USC board of trustees /oted to delete the names from gift vouchers released to the public in January. USC is allowed an automatic right of appeal within 10 days to [he state Supreme Court, so the documents won't be released to the Observer's attorneys yet. USC attorney Hoover Blanton said Tuesday a decision to appeal is under consideration. "My guess is that a decision will be made within the next couple of days," Blanton said. iroblem Government President Michael the offer should appeal to student is that had received block seating sections on a rotating basis. i studies of the 72,400-seat 3w the design is safe, concerns i 1983 football game between USC liversity of Southern California, / fans caused the east upper deck hose concerns were renewed this ir, when the deck swayed during :braska game. I get cuts i who have English degrees will be te; this fall. The office of student affairs is al ngni umes aneaa, saia vice pr Pruitt. Pruitt, who is also dean of stude major funding cuts will probably tra c AtAn aI pntKo^L'C onH in^rAOCArl 11; r\ i JV7I1UV1 vuiuuvi\o UMU uivivajvu Wl staff that remains. Pruitt said the cuts will have the staff morale ? because there will b this year. The office of admissions will be out-of-state students to USC-Colum tours and sales pitches, said admi Deborah Haynes. William Mould, headmaster < Carolina College honors program, s? CHRISTINE HORVA TH'The Gamecock than 300 cheerleaders from relation's camp. i Hp VB n^K - Ht^":S-l '..ft-,--' '"ffiff IS'-' " -: / j 3 :: "' " " 31 I~ 3 3:"' 3 J\.'" ^ -- - -'^*3^ - - - " r " ' H ~Q^?zu^?y.^ ~r B.miBMBm^V^WPt im aatBBBBHBBB , J*- ' B ta 5*w ? ';t':' Jifi lE^ "> |-:-j?; _ # # NtCK LEONCA VA LLO/The Gamecock l lif'r>ii/?M/> /7..t/}ti^?M/.*t^ Alexander Gray, director of Carolina Peace Resource Center, disagrees Friday with Janice Kraft, president of Students for America at USC, about divestment as media members look on. The coalition pickets on campus every Friday to press two USC support ! foundations to stop investing in companies doing business in South Africa. in new fiscal year acning ror tree also going through rough times. "The cut is painful for us and is forcing us to put things on hold that Iso bracing for are ready to go ahead," he said. esident Dennis Mould said the honors college has been fortunate because it hasn't faced the elimination of programs, nt affairs, said But on the other hand, it will not expand this year, nslate into per- he said. rkloads by the The money problems faced at the College of Journalism are also discouraging, but they aren't most effect on worse than what any other college at USC is facing, e no pay raises said Dean Joseph Shoquist. bringing fewer Shoquist said the budget cuts can already be seen bia for campus in smaller journalism course offerings this summer, ssions director Other possible cuts this year include reducing the number of graduate assistantships and part-time 3f the South employees and the amount of general operating exiid his school is penditures and in-school scholarships, he said. ROTC enrollees face AIDS exam By LAURIE SNELSON him to go anywhere in the world, Staff Reporter he said. These shots inject a small C:??? i noc 4u1 c.. 1? ? OllllC I70J, 1I1U Ulllll'U OlctlC^ UU3agC U1 VI1U.U5 IIIIU IIIC 5CImilitary branches have required viceman's body to build up his all incoming recruits to test for immune system, but they can also the Acquired Immune Deficiency cause harmful reactions. Syndrome virus as part of their And in battle, the soldier is pre-admittance health screening. considered a "walking blood All American college students bank" for others, Schlessman in Reserve Officer Training said. But the AIDS virus makes Corps programs are required to blood donations impossible, complete this screening, in- Schlessman said the potential i: * 1 a mc i c.?~ rf-v o ~ # u~ + ? ^ * ciuumg me /\ l l/ij iCM, utiuic tusis iu inc iiiiiiiaiy iu ucai their junior year, said Capt. AIDS are too high. The disease is David Schlessman of the Army simply being treated as any other ROTC at USC. highly contagious disease, he If the test results are positive, said. the student is removed from the Army ROTC cadet Wayne ROTC program at the end of that Yang, a journalism junior, said a academic semester, Schlessman cadet who tests positive for AIDS said. should be expelled from the ROTC program. Servicemen on active duty who "1 guess it makes me feel better contract AIDS are given the op- that if I have to get a blood a! f 1! 1 .1! - _L A? r n r\?' f 11 ci/\n I /!/>?>' Uaim # lion OI a incuicai tlisciiargc. /\S uanaiusiun, 1 uun i nave IV) with any type of illness, the worry about contamination as soldier's unit is told only that it is much as if the Army has a policy a medical discharge. If the soldier preventing people with AIDS chooses to stay in the military, he from joining the Army," he said, is closely monitored by military "Our fear of AIDS is not really health services, he said. irrational...it is a lifeSchlessman said a U.S. threatening disease." Defense Department's updated Officials with the Navy, Air version of health policies released Force and Marine ROTC prothis past May define several grams could not be reached for reasons for the military's comment. position. Before a serviceman goes on Editor's note: This is the second active duty, he is subjected to a in a series of stories on the AIDS series of innoculations that allow virus and its impact at USC.