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Weather J Excellent acting and set design j : VSSXXCIS* [Gamecocks break into Top 20 production of Imaginary I Tom?rrow: hi?9^th?60" 1 See page 9. \ SeepageT^"9' V^TaS I The Gamecock I ^Founded 1908 Wednesday B Volume 80, No. 34 University of South Carolina October 28, 1987 B Public to debate bus fare increase By JEFF SHREWSBURY Assistant news editor An increase of Columbia bus fares from 25 cents to $1 will be the subject of a of a public hearing today and Thursday. ^ South Carolina Electric and Gas, which operates public Wt rancnnrtalinn for tlip f nliimhi.i nrr>n filivt a nmnnsnl in August to increase the bus fare to $1, assistant general counsel of the commission Marsha Ward said. If the proposal passes, the fare will increase 25 cents every six months until it reaches $1. Ward said SCE&G made the proposal because public transportation is losing money and it wants to generate the $6 million it would take to "break even." Opposition to the increase has come from the homeless, the poor and students. Nancy Pinckney, a USC graduate who works for the Providence Home Organization, which offers help to the homeless, has tried to organized people to attend the hearing and oppose the proposal. She said public transportation has never made money, and the poor and homeless should not have to pay for what SCE&G is losing. She said the idea of a public transportation system breaking even is "a little far-fetched." Linda Nunez, a journalism junior who rides the bus to ^and from USC, said she depends on public transportation 1 < ar?H ?wantc tr* cpp imnrnvAmpntc if thp furp ic inrrPfl^pH "When the bus fare goes up, I have no choicc but to conceed to the price," she said; "it's still chcaper than cab fare. "The passengers are going to be a lot more demanding on the expansion of routes, a wider span of hourly pickups and a scven-day-a-week service," she said. Pickney also said she is concerned about the quality of bus service and said she thinks SCE&G should not raise the price unless they're going to improve the services. "Don't give us a dime's worth of a ride for a dollar," she said. The commission will hear, along with public testimony today and Thursday, SCE&G's proposal and testimony from the consumer advocate's office and then will designate a vote before the deadline of Jan. 28, 1988, Ward said. If the proposal passes, it would take effect immediately, she said. Ward said she could not say whether the quality of the ^services would get better, .but said there would be a 10 per1 ^Fcent discount for 10- and 40-ride tickets and a 50 percent See "Fares," page 2 Publishers IBy HAL MILLARD nat Staff writer ing High textbook prices at the two campus sai< bookstores are the result of publishers charging as I more and not bookstores seeking to greatly in- $ 1C crease profits, Richard Wcrtz, vice president of ' business affairs at USC, said. kec The S.C. Bookstore, a private bookseller, and set the USC Bookstore are at the mercy of publishers she i who have caused textbook prices to skyrocket, 1 Wertz said. The same is true for colleges across the am I .-?T vl^w^B I ,- ':::: ~^m 1 Leaflets of fall Cindy Ramsey, junior anthropology major, can't e.v Snelson as she hands out a leaflet protesting apartheh Russell House patio Thursday to protest the treatmeni ?F oreign-languag itAii/ ramiirnmoii iiv tt i vvj mm vinvii % By KAKKN MCDANIEL taking 102, ha Staff writer Session I '88 t Students who have only taken one If the studi i introductory level foreign language course, they w course and need to take another have again, because only two semesters left to meet their will change pei I requirement. mer 1 '88. Many degree programs at USC re- There are thi -^uire six hours of one foreign note before ac U JRanguage. With the changes in the in- week for stude troductory courses, students who are to general gra< & now enrolled in 101 language said Susan C 1' courses, or have taken 101 without secretary in ERIC HH WITT/The Gamerock Lt. Weaver Grayson, a USC police department training officer, takes a short break while manning the USC Office of Crime Awareness table Monday. I set textbook prices ion. They arc charging more for binding, shipp- the store is a self-supporting business without any , printing and payment to authors. Wertz also aid from the state, even though it is part of the i publishers' prices hurt the bookstore as much university. Wertz said the bookstore's margin of [hey hurt students, who very often pay between profit is only between 1 percent and 3 percent of K) and $200 for books per semester. the $3.5 million after operating expenses. 'The USC Bookstore keeps its profit low to But Wertz said despite the constraints the :p prices down," Wertz said. "The publishers bookstore faces, the prices students pay for texthe prices, and we don't charge more than we tbooks are fair. >uld." Some students, however, disaeree. kVertz said the USC Bookstore operates on an The biggest complaints from students seem to be nual budget of about $3.5 million. He also said See "Bookstore," page 2 : By The Associated Press MT/ NEW V()KK ? Stock Prices su a^ter Wall Street suffered its sec ,* ' :V: x;' '-;vh-:^^;^v';'''' ::'7'j'^.^yfi17,ijsession decline that deepened a sen ~wiped out much of the recovery ft jflv JLg^lNHH| J .v v ;i | On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, IP-* stock average, which lost 4.7 perceni gf 1 day, closed nearly 3 percent higher on the Hong cd this morning, but then recovere and banks announced new measure - " v' """' ' market. The market's prime gauge of blue r u-f? index, closed up nearly 7 percent to ifrau^Tfp ^zi day's worst one-day fall ever, when 1; as the market reonened after heim; ' third of Monday's drop* of 111. \. lric henirr the oomeank Uut |j,e Australian market com plunge, dropping 7 percent by the c . . , , . ... Wall Street stumbled Monday ' cape the watchful eyes of sophomore Knglish major Laurie dropping another 156.83 points to 1 \. Members of the Alliance for Peace will sleep out on the whjch represented 8 04 percent of th I of blacks in South Africa. ,lie seconcj_iargest point drop evei ? Monday's devastating 508-point selloff. 4 a TO AA rlie value of U.S. stocks fell 5 1/ WHLEdl. l/VJ JL trillion Monday, according to the 5,(MX) Equity Index of stocks traded A ^ American stock exchanges and ovei ts spring semester and Wednesday and left Wall Sti ve until the Summer foreign languages and literatures. dicator only about 55 points abov o take the course. Creed said the spring 1988 close. ents don't take the semester will not offer any 101 Analysts blamed the latest slide ill have to start over courses in any language. sharp losses overseas. During this p; course requirements Also, the department has foreign markets mirrored each othei rmanently after Sum- developed a new curriculum that will ing or falling because of the perfor be effective by fall '88. Under this "There's a spreading feeling of p< ree specific changes to new system, the only 101 course of- didn't exist last week," said John ( Ivisement begins next fered under the current requirements the investment committee at Dean nts who must comply will be in Summer 1 1988. After the Some investors who bailed out of iuation requirements, suntmer, the course numbers will be raise cash; others sold out because < >eed, administrative changing, Creed said. said. the department of See "Languages," page 2 Analysts say Monday's decline i plans [ with si By RITA COSBY Staff writer Members of the campus group Alliance for Peace will probably have a cold and uncomfortable night Thursday on the Russell House patio as they sleep outside to protest conditions in South Africa. The organization is holding a 24-hour sleep-out and a rally Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. involving three bands and at least eight speakers on world issues. The "shanty" protest begins i nursaay evening ana enus ociore the rally. "Our only prerequisite for this event itself is that we raise $60 to pay for USC's required Crowes security guard," said Amy Brown, vice president of the alliance. The actvity's purpose is to illustrate and enlighten students about the horrible conditions in South African shanty towns, said Brown. People in the towns are forced to live in temporary homes of sheet metal, plywood or plastic. They must be put up and taken down on immediate notice. We are tortunate enough to go home to our warm dorms each night, but these people must live day-in and day-out like this," Brown said. The Alliance intends to depict the troubled scene as accurately as possible, said another member of the group. "We'll be out there with clothes and blankets ready to brave the cold. This goes on frost or freeze, rain or not. We'll be there," said John Coulter, rally coordinator. They must then be prepared for their third annual fall rallv Friday. This year they hope to have about 500 people stop and listen throughout the three-hour session. They will transfer the shanty sign to Greene Street. The rally's three bands range from Southern rock to high-energy music, and the band Wolves is coming from W/Qchinotnn Pi (' Coulter said the bands are stock pric eet prices small companies rged overseas today and job creation ond-greatest, single- money out of sm se of pessimism and ones. om urn past weeK s louayseemet the over-the-coui the 225-share Nikkei market is where of its value on Mon- lives," said Harrj today. Lane, Space, Sm ock Exchange tumbld as the government The NASDAQ s to help prop up the stocks fell 9 perc chips, the Hang Seng day, following Mon- **4 it tumbled 33 percent JV&MlKvl closed a week. ? * the Financial Times- I SllOOlS as up 46.6 points at I ecovered more than a I By The Associs MIAMI ? 1 inued its downward trading during :lose today. little attention i with the Dow Jones Kane, a longtir ,793.93. The decline, Kane, who e average's value, was week's plunge, r, after the previous day and minute ? 22.6 percent ? and opened fire broker before 1 >203 billion to $2.23 "He had su Wilshire Associates stock market, on the New York and | Hnllub father r the counter. 1 daughters. "Bi e out much of the I tion. When pe( of this past Tuesday | Kane amasse eet's best-known in- I York Times re e this past Monday's I quoting an un j| Kane had as ni in part on a string of I iost millions th ?st week, the U.S. and B Police said J r, with one market ris- I Security Admii mance of another. I daily visitor to ;ssimism, which really | The Falls, a fa onnoiiy, chairman 01 Dade County. Witter Reynolds Inc. I Kane was su the markets needed to I office when h >f pessimism, analysts 1 hours talking t is proving a blow for 'roup I jrotest I hanty donating their time to the campus causes. The speeches will cover a full range of controversial topics, and each will last about 10 minutes. They will involve issues such as South Africa, Central America, civil richts. nuclear issues, torture, disinformation and drug smuggling. "We hope that through the rally we can draw attention to these important issues and as well receive necessary support dollars. Right now our only sources are our own $5-perperson dues, private contributions and revenues from buttons and bumper stickers," Brown said. The Alliance works closely with the Student Affairs Office and gets all activities such as the rally cleared by the office, although it is often not required. "It's simply more effective this way and safer, too. As Abbie Hoffman said about keeping one foot in the street and one always in the system. . ." Coulter said. Alliance members said they have heard rumors of possible resistance, since counter-groups like to show up at the rallies and voice opposing views. But Alliance members are no strangers to counter-protest. "1 think it's sinful to keep your mouth closed when you know what's going on," said Greg Gangi, member of the Alliance. "People think something's wrong if you are pro-environment, care about other people or want justice to be served. But they can call me what they like. I know I'm acting for the general good and follow my cons cience," Gangi said. He said protests such as the sleepout and the rally are attempts to inform USC students and community members. "Yes, our goal is to increase our immediate group size. Ultimately, we hope that after people have been informed, they'll act on their con sciousness. :es surge; stumble that need to raise money for expansion . Nervous investors have been pulling all companies and putting it into bigger j to be a particularly devastating day for titer market, and the over-the-counter most young companies start out their / Miller, portfolio manager for Johnson, ith & Co. in Atlanta. ) composite index of over-the-counter ent, or 29.55 points to 298.90. : player in Miami two, then kills self ited Press Brokers fatigued by a frantic week of the stock market crash said they paid to the familiar, friendly face of Arthur n<? markpf nlnver. reportedly lost millions in this past walked into the manager's office Mons later pulled a pistol from his briefcase ;, killing the manager and wounding his billing himself, police said. ffered some very serious losses in the He was distraught," said Marvin -in-law of the oldest of Kane's three it other than that, there was no indicate lose money, they are upset." :d a portfolio in the millions^ The New ported Tuesday. The New York Post, lidentified Merrill Lynch source, said luch as $8 million invested and that he lis Dast week. (ane, a 53-year-old bespectacled Social listration hearing examiner, was a nearthe two-story Merrill Lynch offices in shionable shopping center in southwest ch a regular that he could come into the e pleased and sometimes stayed after o employees, she said. See "Shooting," page 3