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. I Index Landmarks I Comics 6B State runding s tollies page 2A A special photography page takes a fegg Features 1B _ look at some of the old and new g^?|gdj Sports 7A # o 1 j .< * picturesque locations at USC and >; : ffif/ilS Viewpoint 2A JHlClplIlK irGSlIIIIGIl SJOlUSt DUS6 1H provides a guided mini-tour of the univerYear in Review 5A sity. See page 6A. Mpt rp| "I LsSWr, 11 >f^19q8 1 hebamecock^ I Volume 80, No. 8 University of South Carolina August 4, 1987 pi By PATRICK JEAN Kditor in Chief USC's budget of about $295 million for fiscal 1987-88, which 9 university President James Holderman called the tightest he's ever seen, was unanimously approved July 23 by the board of trustees. i union win nui uicic<i:>c despite the tight budget, and faculty members will receive a salary increase of about 4 percent, Holderman said. But all departments face a budget cut of 6.6 percent from the previous fiscal year, and incoming students who still need to register will find fewer courses offered, he said. The budget crunch was caused when the South Carolina General ^ Assembly funded USC and other state-supported schools at only 88 percent of full-formula funr.-o,w,i ioqt oo n , uui?; iui u.uai i 70/-UU. vjw* . v^uiroll Campbell trimmed another .5 percent off USC's budget when he made 277 line-item vetoes in the state budget in June. USC has raised tuition three times over the past five years, and its per-scmestcr in-state tuitior rate of $1,014 is one of the highest in the Southeast. Thes< two facts prompted USC not tc raise tuition this year, Holder man said. But Holderman said he woulc not make anv similar guarantee: * Discrc By PATRICK JEAN Fditor in Chief Revisions in the usage policie: discretionary fund account c< President James Holderman wei by the board of trustees. Most of the money, which H over the past 10 years to buy g dignitaries, will now flow to aca It will be more closely monitore and by the South Carolina Aud The new policy also gives a 9 where money for the discreti from. Funds for discretionary use ai cession sales during events at on-campus vending sales, Russe Tijr ubsi ssMsbB^ pffir ^ '# j * J" i i . v"':: ' t , ^t"c^S- "^4=^-4, j i, gj Carolina campaig, United States Rep. Richai -'* '- - IO/-H. iiui cuinpuign snip ui uav ? tial candidates are expected campaign heats up. i j tees a] i"5?' USC President James Holderma since he took over at Carolina in 1 for the 1988-89 fiscal year. "Even i at 100 percent (state) funding, we have such a shortfall to catch up : wiui inai ii may ui* iiccc^^diy iu l deal with student fee increases." i Holderman blamed years of : state funding shortfalls for the i current budget crisis. "(During) > the fiscal year that just ended, we incurred back-to-back 2.6 percent and .8 percent reductions, 1 plus gubernatorial vetoes of aps proximately .5 percent," he said. itionan m/ profits, tradema Solomon Blatt I s of a controversial Pete Denton, Dntrolled by USC business and fi e approved July 23 generate about ! Denton said iolderman has used Bookstore in Ri ifts for donors and the discretionary demic departments, they arc used 01 d by the trustees ? The policy als itor's office. football games i clearer picture of were used in fisc onary fund comes retained by the Earlier this y e derived from con- gifts Holdermai Carolina Coliseum, now faces the f 11 House gameroom All of the u ^ Hr ^DjL^'>f f |IE r ? ^SBSSplJ B fnnr T1L jttU fr # A//CAT LEONCA VAl.LO/The Gamecock rung d Gephardt, D-Mo., made a presidenGambrell Hall July 9. Other presidento visit Columbia as the 1988 election aprov - i- lW *lV*x - P n (center) called the university's 198 1977. "Ongoing reductions in an operating year magnifies uui piublems dramatically." To cover the deficit, departments will take a 6.6 percent cut; Holderman and other senior administrators won't receive a pay raise; programs such as the distinguished lecture series will receive less money and fewer courses will be offered, Holderman said. "Students will, 1 expect, pro{ speru rk licensing and vending sales at the Physical Education Center. , USC senior vice president for nance, said these income sources 5400,000 per year. I profits from the University issell House have not been used for / fund. According to the new policy, ily for academic scholarships. 0 states that concession sales during at Williams-Brice Stadium, which :al 1985-86 for the fund, will now be USC Athletic Department. ear, trustees restricted the type of 1 could buy for donors. Holderman ollowing further restrictions: iniversity's retail activity costs will Porta \ pilgrim, By YAO SEIDU Staff Reporter When Pope John Paul II visit and USC Sept. 11, his five-hoi focus international attention Carolina. About 250,000 to 500,000 pe< pected in downtown to see the visits Columbia, tne second stop tour. About 25,000 to 30,000 Ui staff and faculty are expected t The Horseshoe to see the pontiff The pope will promote a theme unity as he meets with 27 Christi; the university President's Hoi Horseshoe, worships with 550 Ca Papal ag< From Staff and Wire Reports Here is a schedule of Popi ' John Paul II's visit to Columbii Sept. II (all time listings an tentative): The pope's airplane will arriv< at Columbia Metropolitan Air port at about 3:3U p.m. At 4:05 p.m., the pontiff wil travel in a motorcade to St Peter's Catholic Church at thi corner of Assembly and Taylo streets. He will meet there for 4 minutes with 550 South Carolin Catholics. The pope will leave a tent covered entrance to St. Peter's a _ 4:50 p.m. in the "popemobile." e tiel - File Photo 17-88 budget the tightest he's seen test vigorously when they come back and have not pre-registered or do not have all of their registration intact," he said. "But we cannot take the kind of budgetary lumps we took without either raising tuition dramatically or cutting back." Holderman said funds were reallocated internally to create the salary increase, and to allow programs such as the Freshman Year Experience (University 101) and lin rr nr ^1115 have to be met before income is n discretionary use. Portions of the fund must distributed to on-campus colleges, clubs such as residence hall goverr libraries and the colleges of app sciences, business administration and mass communications. Denton must make an annu trustees' financial oversight com sources of monies in the discretic USC internal auditor must make to the committee on the fund's a The state auditor's office will a the discretionary fund to make si monies listed in the new policy are ed tor tne tund, Denton saia. Septeml s, profit Peter's Church an ecumenical servic s Columbia Stadium. ir stop will At USC, there will on South the papal visit. Hov will remain open. aple are ex JJUpC tl^ IIC rui sttuni) ilu.i on a 10-city residence halls on Th iC students, ed to leave their ro( o gather on Faculty, staff an< Horseshoe offices wi : of religious Downtown merch an leaders at be business as usual I isc on The to town. Some said I tholicsat St. to ring in as much snda in Cc nc win travel a parauc ruui ? south on Assembly Street. / The pope will arrive at Th ? Horseshoe at 5:10 p.m. and giv a brief greeting to USC Presiden : James Holderman and other ol ficials, students and staff. At 5:15 p.m., he begins a on< 1 hour meeting with 27 religion leaders at the President's House e At 6:20 p.m., the pope leave r USC in the "popemobile" an 5 travels to Williams -Brie a Stadium. There, he will hold a ecumenical service titled "Pray< for Christian Witness." it The pontiff leaves the stadiui ' at 7:55 p.m. in a limousine f( lit bu 1987-88 Appropriations Student Fees Infirmary Housing Athletics BooKstore/uoncessions Student Activity Fees Sales and Services Federal Grants Other Grants Fee Waiver Scholarshii TOTAL I student services to receive more money. A $500,000 contingency account has also been set up in case of fiscal emergencies. USC-Columbia will receive $243.8 million of the $295 million budget, which Holderman called "extraordinarily tight. It's the tightest budget we've had since I've been at the University of South Carolina. "Unless the (funding) turnaround happens within the nexl }licy r< lade available for Holdcrman chasing more t be periodically discretionary I departments and over the past iments, university said in 1986 tl )lied professional But USC re , and journalism showing that t and airplane ti al report to the politicians, ir mittee listing the Holderman sti maru fun/H anH rx marlp r^Qtriftii a quarterly report past month, vpcnditurcs. USC has als lso annually audit pients from tl are the sources of filed a lawsui the ones being us- documents th Holderman's )er visit s and pi d participates in an they n< e at Williams-Brice period. "We be no classes the day of new bi ever, university offices know ii Steve restaur ons, students living in Mar ie Horseshoe will be ask- restaur )ms by 8 a.m. Sept. 11. uncem i administrators with pope's >11 not to report to work. will be ants have decided it will "Th he day the pontiff comes ed aro they expect cash registers know 1 profit during his visit as )lumbia w e the airport. He will leave Colui ma snorwy auer o p.m. on c chartered flight to New Orleai e La., his next stop on a 10-c it tour of the United States, t- Some of the leaders schedul to meet with the pope are: The Rev. James 'Andre is stated clerk, United Presbyteri ;. Church in the U.S.; Kev. Har< ;s Bennett, president and treasur d executive committee, South< e Baptist Convention; Rev. Ral n B o h I m a n , president, t ;r Lutheran Church, Missoi Synod; Rev. Arie Brouw m general secretary, Natioi >r Council of Churches of Christ dgct i (JSC-Columbia I Total Funding llj $117,110,662 $37,564,459 $2,100,000 H $10,500,000 $10,963,000 > !t>b,b/J,UUU pass $1,381,000 $19,080,302 $27,429,000 $6,823,000 gH PS $4,182,000 p| $243,806,423 I fiscal year, 1 think we arc in v'try I serious qualitative trouble . . . this state suffers damage MS far beyond this generation and pg| way into the next," Holderman g|g said. ||g In other business, the trustees B approved changing the name of |1| the college of journalism to the B college of journalism and mass H communications. They also fe agreed to reinstate the master's I;:;-, t degree program in media arts. ivicpH I has come under fire this year for pur- H han $300,000 worth of gifts from the I fund, which contains public money, H 10 years. He and other USC officials fe| le gifts were rewards to donors. |g leased documents this past February p he fund was used to buy gifts, meals p ips for hundreds of state and national p icluding President Ronald Reagan, p apped this practice, and trustees have I ons such as the policy approved this || o kept secret the identities of gift reci- I le fund. The Charlotte Observer has || t to obtain those names, as well as at would provide further details of || discretionary spending. I to draw rotesters Drmally receive during a two month haven't actually calculated how much isiness we're going to have, but we t's going to be quite an increase," said Wiggs, manager of Pizza Hut ant on South Main Street. y Davis, manager of Wendy's ant on Assembly Street, said she is lin of what to expect because the parade route is on Assembly, which closed. ey're going to have all the streets blockund here," she said. "We don't quite what to expect, but with 500,(XX) peoSee "Pope," page 3 'ill be busy m- the U.S.; Most Kev. t.amonci a Browning, presiding bishop of is, the Episcopal Church, and Rev. ity Robert Campbell, general secretary, American Baptist led Churches in the U.S. Also, Bishop Herbert w, Chilstrom of the Evangelical an Lutheran Church in America; )ld Bishop Philip Cousin, secretary er, of the Council of Bishops, ;rn African Methodist Episcopal ph Church; Rev. Paul Crowe, he ecumenical officer of the uri Disciples of Christ; Rev. James er, Crumley Jr., bishop of the lal Episcopal Church; Bishop Clinin See "Schedule," page 4