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l USC's Mying Club is teaching J I Viewpoint page 3 i IA1 Groh to take over USC offense T^Ti in the cockpit I ;?^-"a" ,n See Features, pane 5 ? ??1 Classifieds 10 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday ? Volume 80, No. 58 University of South Carolina February 3, 1988 Exhibition H| to feature hH computers H By AMANDA COLSON Staff writer j * * .. The USC student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery will sponsor computerawareness days Thursday and Friday ^ from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Russell f ~ ~ = House. > jJ The exhibit will feature a demonstration of nersonal com puters and their capabilities. Visitors will also have the opportunity to purchase various types of software for a small handling fee. JBH "There are machines that you can Ai&a put on your desktop that can be fun and useful to your everyday life," Ed j Ncff, ACM president, said. y Neff said the purpose of the exhibition is to make students aware of the applications of computers to business, to science and to their daily Information will be available on b IIUYV diuuvuid can uuiaiu ^^iduuai K'fmtfJ computers at discount prices through the university's computer services ACM will ask visitors to complete r<rr^8 a survey to determine computer needs at USC. One of the major services that ACM offers to USC is the accessing and copying of public-domain software. Available software includes word processing, spreadsheets and utilities. Because many students might not have access to a computer and modem, this service should be useful, Neff said. "In the age of electronics, we have the most advanced technology t possible." The software will run on IBM compatible computers that have a hard disk drive such as those in the Business Administration computer A true lab. ACM's other services include pro- Senior S viding relief breaks for assistants in by studyin computer science labs and tutoring with aboul for people who are learning. S.G. produ By H. S. DONEHUE Staff writer At a school the size of USC, it is often hard for students to find their classes, to join clubs or to ^ where the best nachos are served. Not so anymore. A new student handbook will highlight the many tl Columbia offers. Gone will be the days of lugging ar 79 different pamphlets distributed at orientation. Student Government will begin distribution of the ricp hjinrlhr*r\k? in AiioiiqI UmtftiK nrrivp fr?r nri tion. The project is the brainchild of the S.G. Si Communications Committee. "There were about 79 smaller guides circulating i beginning of each fall semester. We thought it would money and be a big help to new students if we coml all the pamphlets into one comprehensive handbo said Harry Turner, head of the committee. The handbook was modeled after similar handboo UCLA and the University of Miami. Actual work b in early October 1987, after some initial planning. Funds have come from monies previously allocate thf* SI Ci hnrlopf frrtm fhp ctnH<?nt flrfivitif><; fpj?? inrl in tuition ? about $5,300. Off-campus services pro ^ $1,700 for production, since one of the 13 sections t SAGA openi to serve resi By CLAIRE DIEPKNBROCK "We ha^ Assistant features editor all we can A scaled-down version of the created a ni Country Store opened this past it away. W month in Bates House cafeteria to Richt now I provide Bates-area students with an what the fi alternative to walking to convenience but at leas stores, said a SAGA official. the student a. Holly Hacker, food service The stor< manager of the cafeteria, said the to 11 p.m idea of the new operation in Bates day. Hack House has been talked about for a are necessa few years, but no solution has ever tion with t! been put into action. Finally, in "Right December the subject surfaced again. the bare As a result, Hacker and Mike Kcyes, isn't enoug food service director of Resident store, and I Board Operations, took on the added it in the "Fvprvthir (Surveys were sent to Bates House wheel evei and Bates West residents to get their night, thoughts. Hacker says the response "We've was very positive from all the about 100 mk residents questioned. hope with t ** "This is really just a stepping is business stone. We don't know where it will Hacker sai go from here, but we do know that it "Person will be headed in the right direction. point of vi I H? 1 '; V ' - ' ; - '" - - ^ J .....' -.- . . -' y '--j y ' "VL * r ; . ' ' * *. v s ' "' ' ' ?* >{ ' - - riMCr MIXSON/The Gamecock * scholar panish major Sherrie Swords shows her dedication to academia K this past Sunday night during a Super Bowl party. Swords was I 30 other students who were watching the game in Chapin. ces handbook handbook will be completely devoted to off-campus students and to helping them solve problems they might new encounter away from campus. find "We're planning to pool our resources so that this will be a nice book that students will keep and won't just hings discard. It's supposed to be published this summer, and as ound of right now everything seems to be going according to schedule," said Woody Corothers, assistant vice presi con- dent for personnel and finances. enta- Turner said the handbook will have a conservative enate cover and simple layout with about 70 photographs throughout the 76 to 80 spiral-bound pages. it the I save S.G. is planning to print at least 4,500 copies, which Dined should be enough for all new freshmen and transfers. iok," Also included in the handbook will be listings of the infirmary, bookstore, post office hours and semester calendars. The university's constitution and rules on cheating ?ks at and plagiarism will be in the handbook as well. icgan "Realistically, we can't expect the 1988 handbook to be an accurate guide in 1991, so it will have to be updated d for each year," Turner said. luded "The guide will be useful enough, though, that it will vided give new students a point to start from in finding their >f the way here," he said. s Country Store dents of Bates "Right now were only eed, and we can't just puii offering the bare 'e aren't here to do that, necessities because there , we don t really know , , . uture holds for the store, 'Sll t enough TOOIH to Set t we have something for up a whole Store." s," Hacker said. Holly Hacker, s is only open from 8 p.m. food servjce manager . Sunday through Thurs er said the limited hours idea. If a girl wants to get something iry to avoid any competi- late at night and they don't have he restaurant hours. anyone to walk with to the main part now we're only offering of campus or down to The Pahtry, necessities because there she's stuck. Now she has somewhere ;h room to set up a whole to go in case she wants to get there's nowhere else to put something other than what's offered : area," Hacker said. in the vending machines," Hacker ig is on wheels so we can said. ything in and out each The store offers basic merchandise such as milk, juice, soda, snacks, had a nice steady flow of candy bars, and toiletries along with npnnlp parh nirvllf QnH VlS/? O f a\ti hrvt ifomc f/\r llmrn itrKsx mice pvv/piv vuvn 11151U, M"M " V (I IVW 1IVJI IIW1I1D IUI UIV/3W VT11U IIIID,"* he word catching on like it the restaurant hours, Hacker said. > will steadily increase," "I just hope we have given the d. students what they've asked for and ally, from a woman's have made everyone happy with the ew, I feel that it's a good new option," Hacker said. > University to solve II By STEPHEN GUILFOYLE Managing editor Problems with USC's new II) card system will be worked out eventually, a university administrator said. The card was designed to eliminate stickers and get rid of other ID cards, USC Registrar T. Luther Gunter said. "The idea was to have one single, all-purpose card with no labels, with no second card like they had for meals, no fee receipt needed, used as a single unit with direct input into the computer," he said. Gunter said the ID was designed to work without stickers such as the ones University Dining Services, the P.E. Center and the library arc each putting on the card. <4P<?r\nlp u/hr\ r\nt ctirlrprc nn it arp nr>t ruittino in pniiin. ? vvpiv pui jnvnvi J v/.. .1 ui v uv/i ['"11...^ ... vv^.p ment. Why, I don't know," he said. "Eventually, we'll get everyone settled on the idea. Change comes very slow," Gunter said. Dick Ferriter, director of the P.E. Center, said the center plans to get on-line, but he said not all departments have gotten the. scanners to read the bar code. Ferriter said the P.E. Center needs both the scanners and the equipment to hook into the university mainframe. "It will be a couple of months before we can get the equipment in and in place. It's been on order for a couple of months," he said. Students will also have to show fee receipts to get a library validation sticker to borrow books at least until the summer, Director of Libraries Kenneth Toombs said. The library will not be able to get on-line until then, Toombs said. The library already has laser scanners to read the bar code into the library's computers, but the library lacks the equipment to link its computers to the university's mainframe. Toombs said he thought the library would be given the equipment for the link. But the library will not be able to get the link installed and tested until at least the summer, he said. He said there was no problem this past semester because it was the first semester with the new cards, so everyone with the cards had gone through registration. Students cai about librarj By JONATHON IOBKR Stuff writer Two USC students involved in the destruction of library materials this past semester say ihey want to tell their stories to try and convince other students not to make the same mistake. Hnp nf thp ctiirt^nlc hntpl restaurant anH tourism administration senior who wished to remain anonymous, ripped out several pages from magazines from the library and used them as reference materials for a class assignment. The student had all semester to do the assignment, but started it three days before it was due, she said. "I was in a hurry, and I just tore them out. I wasn't thinking about it, I just did it. "I realize that it was wrong." She then lent the materials to a classmate. This student, a male HRTA senior, accidentally turned in these pages in a magazine he had checked out from his professor, according to HRTA professor Thomas Vandyke. "Yeah, it was stupid," said the student involved in the incident. Vandyke said this was the first time he had ever caught someone vandalizing. "1 was just amazed to find the articles in the magazine. Most of them make sure they don't get caught," Vandyke said. The next offender in his class will face stiffer penalties, Vandyke said. "Too many books and magazines are being defaced, and this has to be stopped if the library is to be of any use h;---.'-'>\-.I' ' '. ' . , ". .^V ^9utgtfl^d^g !;V::1:V- v,. V. . Jp # ?x ^': :^tf f MS - _ IT- ' " 1 ^ P \ I ."i"rzBESfct *"* ^^p-.--v. --i.'?. "" Wfr I I_m Kickin9 fcacfc Business freshman Sieve Alford lakes a break to watcl (his past weekend. > working ) troubles But this semester, many students who 'eft the university siiii nave meir cards, tnc HDrary needs to know it an ID card is valid. Although the university's mainframe can distinguish if a student's ID is valid, (he library's computer is not hooked up to the mainframe. The library is putting library validation stickers onto the ID cards, but students must first show their fee receipts to prove they registered. Once the sticker is in place, the students do not have to bring their receipt. The library will assume a card is valid if it is marked with one of the other validation stickers from Dining Services or the P.E. Center from this semester, another member of the library staff said. Toombs said he was upset when he found out that the problems with the new card were not noticed earlier. "It upset me from the students' point of view. There was a lack of communication here, and this problem kind of slipped in through the cracks," he said. He said he had discussed the problems this past semester with the late Robert Roberson, systems vice president of computer services. "I talked to him about the problems, and he got right on it," Toombs said, adding that Christmas break and Roberson's death delayed work on the problem. "This wasn't funded; I don't know why it wasn't funded, but that's a moot point now," he said. Toombs said he thought the money for the computer link would come from computer services, "since we don't have the budget for it." George Ballington, assistant director of administrative services for computer services, could not be reached for comment, and will be away until Feb. 22. Toombs said he knows some students are upset with the problems. When I heard, I was sure that people would be upset ? I'd be upset. But temporarily, we're doing the best that we can do." Dining Services has its own computer and uses a magnetic strip on the back of the ID card instead of hooking into the mainframe by using the bar code on the front. ition others j vandalism 4'Too many books and magazines are being defaced, and this has to be stopped if the library is to be of any use to students." , . 7 nomas Vandyke HRTA professor to students," Vandyke said. Vandyke turned in the male student to Jerome Crotty, assistant dean of Student Development. The female student turned herself in after being encouraged to by the other student involved in the incident. The students paid for the magazines before their first mpftino with Crnttv They have been required to write letters of apology for their actions to their professor and to come forward and tell their story in The Gamecock, Crotty said. "It is important that students realize the gravity of the situation," Crotty added. Destruction of library materials is a misdemeanor and can be punished by up to 30 days in jail or $100, according to state law. Vandalism is a widespread problem at USC, and virtually all kinds of students commit the offense, C. J. Cambre, assistant director of operations at the Thomas Cooper Library said. "What students have to realize is that they are hurting other students when they cut up the magazines," Cambre said. -- - ^4:- .. <jlPC?PMIifiiSfe . , i:.- = .. - , : lljSSgl " ' . ..V".= : " v y_ WSflB^v "': . 1?krb? - .y_:-xT---c.^-- _- | I -"-v -r ? - - P&&M I | - - g|| . raSaMMB I JOHN MARK l.EWIS/Tht Gamecock i some television in the lobby of the Maxcy residence hall i