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Volume 80, No. 66 University of South Carolina February 22, 1988 I
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Nicaragua's minister of foreign American hi?
trade criticized the United States for for the Cont
using anti-government rebels to con- He also bl
duct an "immoral war" against his tions of natic
country. ing tension*
Speaking this past Thursday at States and N
Gambrell Hall, Alejandro Martinez security cor
Cuenca said the United States should productive,"
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problems and that the U.S. govern- posing a se
ment has warped perceptions of United State
Nicaragua. has always v
"We want Central America for with the I
Central Americans," said Martinez, mutual respc
^ who was enrolled in USC's master's Martinez
program of economics in the early coexistence"
'70s. He said th<
He said the piesent conflict, a civil respect cffoi
war involving the leftist Sandinista leaders to acl
government against the Peace he
U.S.-supported rebels known as the economic de
Contras, has its roots in 20th-century he said. "
history. peace, Nica
Constant involvement by the growth. Wh
United States in the region has didn't close
created cynicism among Nicaraguans La Pren
toward America, the trade minister newspaper tl
said, adding that the United States bv the Sandi
has sent troops a total of 34 times to the past few
10 different Carribean nations during Nicaragua
the past century. munism, Mi
"Unless we go back to history, we only 40 perc
will not be able to understand the gets comes f
situation in Central America," Mar- And com
1 tinez said. "It is a history of
b.u. worki
By ANDREA MUSHER
Staff writer
A walk alone at night can be intimidating, but
that could soon change at USC.
A task force has been formed to see it change
through betUr lighting.
"There's absolutely no reason why students
i should be afraid to walk around this campus at
night," said Marie-Louise Ramsdale, chairman of
Student Government's safety task force.
Ramsdale, a sophmore, began chairing the task
force this past April. She said she hopes S.G. will
make this ad hoc committee a permanent senate
| ^V.committee soon.
y The task force is helping create "Lightways," a
I- well-lit path through campus. Lighting im\
provements have been concentrated around Russell
House and run northeast from there.
"We are trying to give a lighted corridor from
f Capstone to Russell House," said E. Frank
Williams of the Office of Project Development.
"The students can stick to that and be OK."
i Williams and Ramsdalc participated in the
l. "nighttime walk-through" this past November,
b They toured the campus in golf carts looking for
dimly lit areas. They said they made a list, assigned
a budget and set Williams to work designing
i lighting to solve everv snecific lighting nroblem on
j? the route.
? "We got a large budget after that incident at the
1 Russell House," Williams said, referring to the
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By STEPHEN GUILFOYLE
Managing editor
After battling rising tuition costs and decreasing
I j support, Student Government President Michael H
11k was told that the efforts may be in vain,
ft USC President James Holderman, at Thursday's I
I: of Trustees meeting, told Hogue
J[' that his campaign to get full- I
& formula funding to provide g ;
mk' dollar*: for state colleoes and HI
M universities and fight a tuition
JK increase at USC may not help. ' _ ^ 1;
5 Holderman said there was ag
\ difference between tuition and
fees. jKf|
j "We're one of the few institu- I M ^gg
tions that still has tuition in the i
real sense ? tuition is tied jBnaefl Holdcrmai
{ toward the retirement of our
bonded indebtedness," he said. "We pass on to y
?. students the retirement of the debt of building;
facilities that have been here for 10 and 15 years."
Holderman said that even if the university syst
f>, fully funded there would probably be an increase ii
that pay the operating budget of the university
k university has not been fully funded by the legislatu
f, ^^the past 10 years, and the cumulative shortfall from
^Jyears will force the university to raise fees, he said.
\' Hogue had been asking Holderman if the fee in<
, ! was dependent upon the level of formula fundin
university will receive.
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and interventions. That H
e of our people. Central itory
shows no evidence
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aiiitu nuivuvati ^vivv^security
for
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icept is most counter- W n he
in Central America
problem to B H \
s," he said. "Nicaragua [-^jfj-J I I I ..;j'.'"-.:-^
Jnited States through HfHB^HHa H fifi .
9 Bis
advocated "Deaceful HH
with the United States. M -. . m . fp I
: United States should ' 'X
ts of Central American I ~ " - - I 1
peace the
lps human rights and j
velopment in Nicaragua, \
While Nicaragua had _ ragua
had its greatest } ;; S? 1
en peace was there, we H' '' m
La Prensa." _
sa is the opposition j ; i||?|gWm
lat has been closed down j. ': i-./. . Av, V:
nistas numerous times in
vears.
i is not a base for com- I v '* W^MS?artinez
said, adding that | _ ~~~ ~ ent
of aid that Nicaragua
rom East Bloc countries. Alejandro Martinez Cuenca, NIcj
imunism was not what campus this past Thursday in Gambr
See "Minister," page 2 involvement in Central America.
ng on campu;
there's absolutely no reason heSo^u
why students should be afraid to cur^bui
walk around this campus at night." CUfy ^
Marie-Louise Ramsdale, made b>
Student Government safety task force for mail
through
rape of a freshman at the Russell House in October for lighi
1985. The budget has allowed Williams to create side,
not only more light, but also light fixtures that suit Anotl
the style of the campus, he said. Denise
The process decides what areas need better Kinard
lighting, determines what form the light will take mine wl
ana includes bidding tor the project and installa- She si
tion of poles and fixtures. Some areas are finished, "Stu(
and others are still being planned. but the
"Around the observatory is a real problem," student'
Williams said, adding that most lights interfere "We*
with the use of the telescope at night. don't ji
He said vandalism isn't a problem, "except importa
where lights may be kicked or knocked with a Kinard
hand," but the Student Health Center will require prevent
vandal-proof fixtures. student:
iu dimcvc uiuiwugii iiiuiiniimiuu, sonic miruus LOm)
and trees will be trimmed, and new poles and fix- end of
tures will be installed. will be
"High-pressure sodium bulbs are the best light publiciz
for the money, but most people don't like them, so Suggt
we use mercury," Williams said. given ar
efforts might be
Holderman savs
"There's no set amount," Holderman said. "If <
were funded at 100 percent, we might still have to hav<
state fee increase."
logue Holderman said S.G.'s efforts to fully fund t
university were commendable.
toard The Board of Trustees had heard discussion on t
D financing of notes for the Athletic Department a:
tuition notes.
In 1982, the Athletic Department took out anticinatii
I notes worth $10 million to pay for the upper deck
Williams-Brice Stadium, and the university has re
nanced the loans each year. The notes have been financ
down to $7.8 million and will be refinanced again tl
year down to $6.5 million.
Also, the Board heard about refinancing tuition bo:
anticipation notes that were taken out in 1982
$5,335,000. The university has paid down the tution nol
i in a similar fashion to the A.D. notes, but tuition nol
are general obligation bonds that are guaranteed by t
vsu eta diuiv.
> and The tuition bonds have been paid down to $3.4 millii
and the university will pay them down by $585,000, a
em is percent payment, and refinance the notes.
n fees The $585,000 payment comes from tuition.
, The
re for Hogue and S.G. have started a postcard campaign, ai
those Hogue has said there will be further marches to the Sta
House to protest inadequate funding, such as the march
urease held this past year.
ig the The postcards show The Horseshoe. The text asks t
legislators to support full-formula funding for USC.
By TOROD NKP1
Assistant news editn
USC President
appointed a five-r
this past week to e
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test athletes for dr
The task force,
of USC's staff, '
testing prograi
specifically to see i
provements that
program.
"Our intention
free athletic proj
and we want to b<
that the procedure
Ull' (Uflll'lll Uf|J<
prehensive enoug
objective," Holdc
The task foro
begin its investiga
testing policy i
Holderman plans
the findings to hii
After the rcpoi
planned to discus*
task force with th<
and then make th
to the public ;
possible.
Holdernian saic
force to look at tl
Punch
imguan ioreign iraae minister, was on
feat
> lighting *$gZ
* airlines that offt
m and mercury are both bright lights, but P^?P'e to ^y? S
most people prefer the white light of mer- P .to rewartI s'
lbs to the yellow of the sodium. The mer- ce!lain anc
it is more expensive. Thc *7ehque"
so said some lighting improvements were sponsored by S/
' the city of Columbia, which is responsible designed to re
? _ ... - . j _ . . discovering the
.naming me ngnis aiong roaas arouna anu ,. .
campus. But the city is only responsible a'"Jn8ting
a few feet in from the road on either rizes range I
cash cards or me;
ler member of the "Lightways" team is 'n8 break cooler
Kinard, a USC reserve police officer. veryone^ca
reads incident reports each day to deter- Medendorp. A
lere security problems may exist. ticipate ? cash <
aid many incidents aren't reported. V,S.lt0rS l<
lents as a rule do tend to report incidents, Medendorp, s
y're sometimes talked out of it by other ?. , . at ,
she said. who get his card
re here for the students' safety, but we "|stantJy w,"s a
ist react to incidents. Prevention is also an his cash-card crt
nt function of the police on campus." . More points ai
said, adding that increased lighting will not tim^s an P aces;
all crime, but should reduce crime and let st"aents to mal
i feel more secure. d.ferent places at
iletion of "Lightways" is expected by the . tu e"ts ? *e
the semester, and a formal announcement w ? r
made then. Maps will be distributed and I,.us" ere ?re'
ed. Kamsdale said. Ihc conlcst 15 10
:stions for additional improvements may be , a . e 1
lytiine to the safety task force. P|e lhe vanet>'
nd yt |
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es ^ _
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an M
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te Sign? What Sign?
es
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inese siuuenis reany aon i seem 10 care aooui ine si
jie lunch Sunday.
iel to check
g program
riJNE grams used by other universities and
r in a k e r e c o m m c n d a t i o n s for
InillPQ HnlH<?rtnu n ctrpnotl?f?nino th/- ?>rr\r?oHnroc tUat
nember task force USC's atliletic department is
valuate procedures following.
letic department to Concerns raised during the past
ug use. few weeks have been one of the
which is made up reasons for the formation of the task
will look into the force, Holderman said.
m for athletes "Unfortunately, there remains
if there are any im- some confusion among the news
are needed in the media and the public about the
athletic department's 'Lifestyle Prois
to run a drug- gram' and about what we are doing
jram at Carolina, in the areas of drug testing and drug
: absolutely certain counseling of athletes," he said.
:s currently used by The concern with the testing pro
iiiuicm uiu luiii- wcuuiw ubcu oy u:>^ s /Mniciic
h to achieve that Department arose after wide receiver
irman said. Ryan Bethea was arrested on cocaine
e is scheduled to charges and possession of marijuana
tion into the drug- this past month.
immediately, and And more recently, the death of a
for them to report USC signee from Maryland who
in March 1. overdosed on the cocaine derivative
rt, Holderman has crack has brought additional concern
; the findings of the to the issue of how USC addresses
e Board of Trustees drug testing of its athletes.
e findings available The five members of the task force
is soon after as are USC staff members who have
positions in the medical, criminal or
1 he expects the task legal areas of the university,
le drug-testing pro- Sec "Force," page 2
cards
GA program
tures prizes
HUE But another goal is to deter overcrowding
at peak periods.
it from the major "Overcrowding at the Sidewalk
:r deals to get more Cafe, for example, will be decreased
AGA has started a because it's not even on the Frequent
[udents for eating at Diner card," Medendorp said.
1 places. "We decided to do it during the
t Diner program, spring semester because by now new
^GA Foods Inc., is students are fairly familiar with the
ward students for campus and know where the
variety of campus restaurants are," he said.
r a.ir, ... Fred Wencel, assistant food serfrom
$10 credit on ..
vices director, said "Our biggest proil
plans to a tree spr- blem right now is that we don't know
. If how students are going to respond,
in win, said Ken We don>f knQw jf we should order a
nd anyone can pai- truckload of coolers or just a few."
card holders to cash Qne s^qa employee at Fast
3 campus. Break, Joyce Meyers, said "1 think
enior director jt>s a g00d j^ea, an(j we've had a lot
JSC, said a student more business early in the morning
completely punched frQm 8 9 a m ,, That.s the time Fast
cooler and $20 tor Break punches cards.
A few students think the program
re awarded at certain can bc cffective
, This is to encourage "Everybody gets into a rut of go<e
efforts to eat at jng to (^c same place all the time,
nd at different times. Thjs opens the door for mQrc pcople
n say there isn t a t0 gQ to different places," said Don>laces
to eat on cam- do Attencio, a psychology junior,
one of the goals of y 7
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great difference.
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