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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
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"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
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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
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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
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~wiped out much of the recovery ft
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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