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? \ Partly cloudy today with highs I J _ l. % / \ *$2 in the lower 50s, lows in the 20s.I I U aai?a nQllllC ^1^1111* Late free throws give Lady ; |/ ]Saturday thru Monday, fairI I <Lft tL? J1 i HI. I Cj|JUI Gamecocks win over UNC1 \ becoming I I I Charlotte Lady 49ers, 73-63. jjsg cloudy with highs in the 50s. j ^GG Pa9G 5 H The Gamecock e Founded 1908 Friday S Volume 80, No. 46 University of South Carolina December 4, 1987 I i t | Bt^| flnl1 , Man of steel A 4 Al 1 I ?f 4U~ /\ tunMruiuun wurKer uravo uit iiti^nn ui uu Faculty Se By MARY PKARSON I Administration reporter USC faculty salaries was one of the main issues addressed by President James Holderman and '?tglish professor Trevor Howard-Hill at Wednesday's Faculty Senate meeting. I he debate centered on the question ot whether USC provides a faculty salary figure to the State Budget and Control Board to help increase the <| state funding for faculty salaries. During the meeting, Holderman explained a ! small part of each year's budget process that starts Student Metli i \ freshman ann \ By KELLY S. MARSHALL a ' Senate reporter s ' . The Department of Student Media will be > ^ jP.ven control of all the production of the s ) Freshman Review, a bill passed by the Student i Senate says. c But Student Media has yet to decide if it will s ; take the project. i Thp Kill'c nfitc'idp pti/lc ii/ppl-c r\f HphalA \ | within the Senate about the profits from sales > of the Review. j But the vote was close. Student Government | 3 Vice President Leigh Hunter had to cast the 1 ; deciding vote on the bill. I The bill was originally passed by the Senate, I I but was reintroduced and amended after being j vetoed by S.G. President Michael Hogue. I The bill still has an accordance that must be signed by Student Media before it is given pro- i duction of the Review. i One senator was opposed to the project because of the profits. 441 tnirl if nnrp unH 1*11 cjiv if :<onin " \ ^tanley Davis said during the debate. "We I ] should be more careful with our money. We | I are providing them with a way to make a profit j from student fees." After the bill was passed, Communications Committee Chairman Harry Turner said the arguments over money had clouded the ; y original issue ? improving the Review. "I understand the other senators' ] arguments, but 1 think Student Media should a get money tor tne extra work tney do, turner said. "But the main purpose of the bill was i just to improve the quality of the book." Margaret Michels, acting student media i J director, said the department is still investigating the possibility of producing the book. But Student Media should be compen] sated if it takes on the project, she said, v "If Student Media and Student Government [j Drug reduces risk i i By The Associated Press BOSTON ? A common drug appears to j alcoholics from dying of liver disease, but it should used as an excuse to keep drinking, doctors say. A study published today shows that even 5 alcoholics continue to drink, they seem to bencfi 1 the medicine called propylthiouracil, or PTU. Th cut the death rate in half among people who took it * a two-year period and was almost completely el | among those who drank the least. "The finding is very promising," said Dr. Markl I' > ^ftoila, clinical director of the National Institi * ^'Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. "However, the tre | goal in alcoholism is always abstinence. That ha emphasized." Ordinarily, PTU is used to treat overactive I glands. The new study suggests that it somehow p the liver from the poisonous effects of alcohol. ."L-."' x jlr ^3-*r v - - - outer frame of the Roger Arts Center Thursday as he *s~% <rk -4- 1 x /x 1 7" n IlCllC lVJUlYd with the Commission on Higher Education. "The salary figure that goes into the formula is the one the CHE generates, based on their examination of peer institutions," Holderman said. "We are not asked to provide a budget figure for salaries. The CHE puts one in the budget request. Then we will proceed to fight for even more." He also said the Council of Presidents of South Carolina colleges and universities is planning a supplement possibility for this year, but that it is in the very early stages of planning. The plan is attempting to find a way to put a a to publish ! ual,bill says I ire going to work together, there should be ome compromise in where the profits will go. Nc certainly don't want all the profits, but we I hould have a part in it." , \ I InHpr thp nr?\i/ Kill QfnHpnt MaHiq vl/iII hn in :harge of layout for the Freshman Review initead of a publisher S.G. hired. The Com- Hi nunications Committee and Student Media U& -vill consult on the book's price, but the Senate ^ A'ill have final approval over the price of the Review, thereby controlling the profit that j.> V inpc tA QfuHpnt MPHIQ tvy "ivu.u. S.G. will also continue to get $1 profit from the sale of each book and will use the m ney ' for unbudgeted expenses within S.G. Profits ^^1 going to Student Media are to be put into the general Student Media account for its own use. Hut under the new bill, Student Media can- ) v not apply for additional percentage funding in B u connection with the Freshman Review. The bill also says Student Media will never be , publisher of the book, even if the facilities and I equipment are available in the future, Turner "I'm very pleased the bill was passed," he said. "And I'm sure the quality of the book jsjjg will improve. Now we'll have more access to equipment, layout and pictures that we didn't |jp| have before." "It seems to be a good quality now," Michels said. "We wouldn't produce it if we I didn't think we could improve or at least maintain the quality." Also during Wednesday's meeting, Commissioner for Higher Education Frank Shehcen spoke on The Cutting Edge, a program designed to improve colleges and univer- a sities in South Carolina. The program is designed to establish scholarships, allow easier transfer of college ",ei credits from techinical schools and establish minimum admissions standards, Shehcen said. of alcohol-inducec The treatment was developed and tested keep OrrcKO at the Addiction Research Foundal not be to. A report on the work was published ii England Journal of Medicine. when An estimated 18 million Americans have t from ing problems, and liver disease is a com ie drug death among them. during "In the long term, it looks like PTU is b< Tective tients, even though they continue to drii Jerome Zeldis of Boston's Beth Israel Hosp ku I.in- much tempted to try it on a few patients.' Lite on However, he and Dr. 1 nomas LaMo atmcnt University School of Medicine also advisee s to be the best treatment. "The current management of anyone t thyroid plications of alcoholism is to stop drinkii rotects forever," said LaMont. "The public has because this could be used as a crutcl JONATHAN Willi A MS/The Gamecock perform his welding duties. at salaries one-time infusion into the budget of as much as $5 million that would be an addition to the $63 million outlined in the CHE higher education package, The Cuttine Edne. The packagc includes provisions to bring the state's colleges and schools to full-formula funding, the level of funding determined by CHE to make S.C. higher education competitive. USC's faculty salaries are below the salary averages of other Southeastern state universities. I he proposed plan would help bring faculty salaries to this level. NBT ^ IV /' ?g^ vJb"' - ;- ";?SS;: PVTaH commercialized Christmas (ephen King, a graduate student, poses as Santa ai rature to Patricia Young, an undeclared freshman. Sanl use Thursday. I liver disease, doct by Dr. Hector drinking." :ion in Toron- The researchers studied 310 alee 1 today's New rhosis and other liver disease cause they entered (lie program, they serious drink- equivalent of K ounces of whiskey < mon cause of qucnt binges. During the two-year s pills twice a dpy; the rest got placet neficial to pa- Nearly all the men and women nk," said Dr. When the study was over, 13 percen ital. "I'm very had died, compared with 25 percei group. However, those who drank mt of Boston The researchers measured the alc< 1 abstinence as jects' urine and divided the patien and low-drinking categories. Thede vith any com- for low drinkers who took PTU ar tig completely, drinkers who got placebos. However to hear that, high drinkers who got PTU and 26 | h to continue got placebos in the high-drinking c< Library needed preside! By MARY PKARSON and TONY MORENO Stflff writers Thomas Cooper Library will reccive the additional $1 million needed to maintain current levels of periodicals and subcriptions, President James Holderman told the Faculty Senate Wednesday. "I understand a resolution is coming from the Library Committee asking for $1 million dollars, and we arc prcpareu to say mai win oe an equally high priority. We will find the $1 million dollars from somewhere," Holderman said. Director of Libraries Kenneth Toombs said the promised $1 million in extra funds is a relief, but more is needed to upgrade the library research facilities. "The ? ra funding was needed to maintain minimum operational purchases," Toombs said. "I am relieved. I would have hated to get into massive cancellations of subscriptions. We will be able to maintain present level of purchases we are at now." While he remains very supportive of the administration's efforts to help the library, Toombs said better permanent funding is needed in addition to the money provided by the resolution. The resolution was designed mainly just to keep subscriptions while oeuer iiinuing is necucu 10 Keep libraries competitive with other research libraries of similar size. For example, Toombs said the library receives only half of the level BBy TODD HINES Assistant news editu * _~u:. i _i ( ]r //?Ml ^it.' I ft* tiameioik v'l' 1^ I't' ) 'U I [ 1S^ Outside of thes s he hands out small tables and !a was in KusseTI * television, board vided in the area Zuleba expect: building. He said curs after 5 p.m. Or^ 'he loud roon vy O OCL j big-screen televisi control booth an )Siolics who had cir- refurbishing. J by drinking. When Other new leal drank at least the in the back of th< i day or went on fre- by removing ceil tuciy, nan iook riu visidic. >os. Kohn said a n continued to drink, corner of the ret t of the PTU patients ing down portio it of (he comparison rounds outside o less did better. The loud spac inoi levels in tne sun- cnarging aumissi ts into high-drinking main open to all ath rate was 3 percent "We didn't w; id 25 percent for low would come in a it was 22 percent tor Food will he ? percent for those who the Gamecock di )mparison group. the quiet and loi to set I funds, I it says I of funding that University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill library N receives. "We have a long way to go," he p? said, adding that part of the problem kS is the formula that the Commission bi on Higher Education uses to generate funds for higher education. p "We need to improve that formula pi generating funds for libraries. The |g current formula obviously does not j / generate enough money to support pi the graduate and research programs P as far as the libraries are concerned," H Toombs said. "It doesn't give p enougn money 10 ouy inc collections needed and to meet rising inflation." He said the library has 2,(XX) fewer subscriptions for periodicals than it did 10 years ago because of the increasing price of subcriptions coming from overseas. "Almost half of our subcriptions are from overseas," he said. "We purchase heavily in the United Kingdom, Holland, Germany and Switzerland, because that's where a lot of the scientific journals are published and literature as well. And if it's published in a foreign country, you have to pay for it in (hat currency." Davy-Jo Ridge, associate director of libraries, said the problem here is the falling value of the dollar on the foreign market. "We take thousands of periodicals," she said. "You can expect subscriptions to increase as much as 20 percent in one year." Toombs said the subscription costs naa increased this past year oy $227,000. tects unveil 4- /"X /at rr* /> iu icnuvaic ;n Spur area lans for the renovation of the Golden csented Thursday to student organi/.and Pete Stuart of Drafts and Jumper, a resented drafts of new designs for the j give the area a loud side and a quiet is between. cen working on the project plans for a isk of getting basic necessities planned ailable. ilable for renovations from allocations budget over the past few years, said ssell House director. funds arc probably enough to cover the J by the firm, but he expects more funds determined until a committee can be ing to discuss operations. e closed in the spring when construction nd it should be completed for the fall, i will be designed to provide a Ibungefor students to Rathe; and relax, Kohn : firm is working on is to add more colm and have several partitioned living about 12 feet by 12 feet each connected spaces will be completely open and 3 secluded effect. Chairs and a table idc each partition. e areas Kohn expects to put a number of chairs for a cafe like atmosphere. A games, ana magazines wm also tie prof s lounge use will be the same as the 85 percent of Russell House activity oc1 will probably have features such as a ion, a stage, a disc jockey booth, lighting d advanced air circulation and electrical lures would be removable, tiered seating c room and a modern technological look ing tiles so the air circulation ducts are icon light sculpture might be put in the I- and yellow-colored room after knockns of the concrete veil block that surf the Golden Spur and lounge. e can be reserved by any organizations on, but Zuleba said the facility must rest udents. ant it to be monopolized by a group that ind take it all the time," Zuleba said. >old at a special counter connected with ining area for students to bring into both id sides. i