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Volume 80, No. 13 University of South Carolina September 9, 1987
Securing the an
Papal 1
. residen
By JEFF SHREWSBURY
Assistant news editor
Security for the pope's visit Friday will be ti$
include clearing the The Horseshoe's resident
the entire day.
Only those residcncc halls on the inner r
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residents in Preston, Woodrow, Maxcy and
will not be required to leave their rooms. They
allowed, however, to leave the building througl
facing The Horseshoe area, said Carl Stoke:
vice president for Law Enforcement and Safe!
. USC onpns 'S
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to more studei
? , By JEFF SHREWSBURY
Assistant news editor
USC is trying to give every eligible perso
to see the pope Friday at The Horseshoe.
] The administration announced this past
spouses of students, faculty and staff could
pope's Horseshoe visit. USC has now mat
concession by allowing students who haver
! ten a validation sticker to enter The Horsesh
Char Davis, assistant vice president of Si
fairs, said USC is hoping to give those stu
may nave nad trouble getting a validation sti
as night students and part-time students, a
see the pope.
A special-request table will be set up n<
Green behind McKissick Museum for studei
entrance if they have not already gotten a
sticker. Davis said students with stickers wi
priority to enter The Horseshoe, but if ro<
late arrivals will be allowed into the area.
^ Davis said The Horseshoe will hold abc
people.
I A valid, new, ID is required and must be
at Gibbes Green for admittance.
The pope should arrive at about 5 p.m.
Pope's vis
parking si
By BRKNDA BLYTIi cling t
News editor their C
During Pope John Paul IPs visit may r<
^Friday, several changes will be made Bill Ba
in USC parking. park tl
University parking lots will be in- Colisei
terchangeablc all day, said Danny parkin
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uuKcr, vice prcsiacnt 01 law enforce- Alth
ment and safety. Students, faculty, parkin]
and staff whose vehicles have a cur- the po|
rent decal will be allowed to park in out-ofany
available parking lot on a first park it
come, first serve basis. "Th
"Faculty and staff lots will be access,
open to anyone with a decal," said he sai
Hill Baker, director of parking. studenl
"To minimize any inconvenience, their c?
we are honoring faculty and staff Neitl
^ will rec
Danny Baker said. At I
Students who park in lots surroun- close,
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Zane Skinner, u freshman business major, sh?
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visit to fore
ts off Nhn
Horseshoe residents were notified tlvt they w<
evicted for the day of the pope's visit this past spri
>ht and will meetings were set up with them and the admini:
:c halls for this past week. Most students think they were givei
of notice to find somewhere else to be Friday,
im of The "It's a slight inconvenience, but we'll be watel
ter dorms' pope from The Horseshoe anyway so all we have
Thornwell find something to do for about five hours,'
will not be Pruden, a broadcast sophomore who lives in Maxi
h entrances "I can sec the need to do it."
?, assistant USC law enforcement personnel will be worki
ly. the Secret Service to do a "security sweep"
Horseshoe area after the residents have let
Horseshoe should be secured by K a.m., accordi
hAO :
iiitmu i?ucu i? residents oy Kesicience Hall Direct'
Tomanio.
a Residents are requested to be out of their rooms
' 1 IS a.m., when a team of resident advisers will check
rooms and turn them over to the security perso
7:45 a.m. When the secret service is checking the r<
university staff member will always be present,
n a chance sa'^Char
Davis, assistant vice president of student
week that sa'^ USC security personnel and Secret Servi
attend the "sweep" the dorm rooms using dogs that det
ie another plosives. Stokes said the security sweep will not
i't yet got- with anything that could not "cause a disturbance
ioc Friday. l'lc pcope's visit, like drugs."
tudent Af- 1 ne residents of The Horseshoe are required to
dents who ?' ,'ie'r rooms unt'' about 15 minutes after th
icker such leaves and The Horseshoe reopens, Stokes said,
chance to Rooms 202 and 203 in Russell House have been
ed for the residents to use during the day
:ar Gibbes Refreshments will be provided for Horseshoe resit
nts to gain onc rooms? an(J 'be other room will be a
validation room" for studying. Tomanio also suggest
II be given Horseshoe students take whatever supplies or mec
3m is left tbey need with them in the morning because they 1
be allowed back in their rooms during the pope's
)ut 35 000 doesn't bother me that much to be movet
said Marcus Burch, an electrical engineering juni
presented ,ivcs in Harper-Elliot.
"If we really objected to it, then we could have
quested to live in The Horseshoe. We've had pl<
mm 1111il" iu uiiiKc pians ior n, lie said.
it will change
tuation Friday
he area are asked to remove streets:
ars Thursday by 5 p.m., but Assembly Street from Lai
;turn them at 6 a.m. Friday, the stadium,
ker said. He said students may College Street from Assem
heir cars at Bates or Carolina The Horseshoe,
Jin. " mere should be ample ? Sumter Street from Grce
g," he said. Pendleton, and
ough Pendleton and Blossom Greene Street from Picke
g garages won't be affected by Assembly.
se's visit, Bill Baker said some No one will be able to gel in
town people may slip in and of the parking lots conneetec
i these spots. these streets once they are c
ey will be monitored as far as Danny Baker said. There will
but there are no guarantees," exceptions.
d, adding he recommends "Once the papal motorcadi
ts park early and don't move the area, the place will be se<
irs until after the pope leaves. Once it's closed, it's closed," Ik
icr USC nor Columbia meters l ots A and C will be reservi
juire coin deposits Friday. the media and personnel di
! p.m. the parking lots will related to preparations for the f
along with the following See "Parking," {
ots for Ihe ei^ht hull in the Russell House name room.
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I with Staff writer ;
loscd, As USC's football team slowly climbs into the sportbc
no swriters' polls, another USC group, the College j
Republicans, has been ranked in the top 10 among cam,s
1,1 pus groups by the Philadelphia National Convention. (
;urcd. "Winning this award meant a lot to me, but I'm not go:said.
lo sU)p unjj| j gCl as many Republicans elected as j,
?d for possible," said ! . J. Cousar, USC College Republican
irect'y prcsident. I
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SNews editor
1'unds totaling S250.000 arc available t
renovation of the Ciolden Spur and have a
been released from various organization1
Jerry Brewer, dean of student life.
But there is no funding for operating
once the Spur is renovated, said Brewer
also served as chairman of a special task ft
1986 that looked into the plan to tin
former bar into a non-alcoholic nightclul
The funding would have to come from
crease in the student activity fee, Brewei
Student Government President Michael I
said former S(i President Amy Houser ve
hill during her tenure to increase student I
$2.
AtmttNNt si/./ # u ^accommodate operation costs.
Brewer said that if student fees don
crease, the Spur will not serve as a nigh
hut will he rented out to student organi/a
These organizations would have to suppl\
own entertainment and beverages.
Brewer said he had hoped the Spur woi
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, platform on The Horseshoe for the pope's visit.
cans in top 10
Me said Republicans were gaining strength in the South,
i region not Known as a stronghold for the party.
"It makes clubs throughout the South feel they were a
>art of this movement," he said.
The College Republicans has 25 chapters in South
Carolina and more than 250,000 members nationwide.
I he organizations are political college clubs that work to
set Republicans elected.
The College Republicans began in 1897, and this is the
irst time IJSC has ranked in the top 10.
Some of the special guests the USC group has scheduled
his year include Vice President George Bush.
mailable to renovate
ion-alcoholic Innnap
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or thc "I don't foresee an increase,
iready But it will be a nightclub. We will
v, said |iave money available next year."
C0sis Michael Hague
, who Student Government President
>ree in
n l he
umivmc-u niio a lounge during (tic clay where
an in- students could go and relax and then he used as
said an entertainment area at night with live music,
loguc Other plans included serving lood such as
toed a sandwiches and nachos at the renovated lounge,
ees by Design work for the Spur renovation is exKnain
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said, weeks, said David Rinkcr, vice president of
noney facilities planning.
Kinker said the Spur could have several dil1,
and fercnt uses. "We are going to try to reserve
areas parts to be used as meeting rnnmt " !<<
The renovations will probably not be com't
m pleted until late spring, Rinker said.
telub, A I'I I I US survey showed that two-thirds ol
lions, die students polled want the Spur to be made in
i then to a non-alcholie nightclub. Almost 80 percent
want food to be served and a dance floor with
ild be bands.