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Viewpoint I Monday, April 11, 1988 THE GAMECOCK 3 J oj Court ba USC lawyers co in court to keep The Freedom of Information A( just can't keep away from each 01 filed and won an FOI act lawsuit Sadat, who was a distinguished vi Then, in 1986, two newspapers FOI reouests to find out the detj Holderman's spending from a di; him by the Board of Trustees. It was revealed in 1986 that H USC, had spent more than $3 milli count, much of it spent giving gift: pointed state officials. But not all the people to whon @ revealed. The Board of Trustee seldom-used clause of the FOI act tain records and 1at*>r a gift-recipients etched out. Some state legislators were oul amended and strengthened. One < the provision the trustees had use< And it also extended the period wi could file a lawsuit to obtain a re< But USC's tangle with the FOI a Charlotte Observer had filed an court to have the trustees' decisio And, in March, the S.C. J the paper did not meet the deadlii Now, the Observer is requesti reconsider its ruling in the case. And two lawsuits against two 1 V still pending. The Associated Pres; suing the Educational and the Ca to see whether the foundations ar< bodies, because they mingle both university funds. Doesn't it give you a warm, pre and its affiliates are at the heart ol the courts busy defining and redef Carolina judges and lawyers earn name of keeping the public in the < ij and its appointed officials control Maybe South Carolina and its 1 many other states have, that the paramount importance, disregard areas of privacy. Maybe they will i reasons at all for a public body t( i ? Other states have led the way in ^ closed meetings, no closed recor Know what business government < It's a travesty that the universi people who pay its bills, the studei the buildings at USC, the people w state government allocates to US( It's been two years since a gift privacy of potential donors. If the now, then maybe their privacy isi spending its money to keep secret Mneipol nhoi ITAUOlVitl VA1M1 If students weren 7 a pa ? CPU may have broken All semester long, Carolina programs to break up USC's bori was Sunday's musical chairs coi 6,200 people Sunday to break a v You might laugh and snicker work. Not so. A local radio stati about a month. C/U scraped up them down to the coliseum parkir passed a motion to close the stree /^m i J! .1 i A ? . i r tru uiu us worK. /\n mey net and for once take an interest in been USC's norm rather than its Upset members cried, but they showing class that is sorely lackii 0 ^ USC students. The Gat fcn I ... 9 Kditor in Chief I JEFF SHREWSBURY I Managing Kditor STEPHEN GU1LFOYLE Copy Desk Chief ANDY BECHTEL Assistant Copy Desk Chief WAYNE YANCi I News Kditor I m TODD HINES > Assistant News Kditor < TONY MORENO I Features Editors I claire diepen brock i susan nesbitt , Sports Editor I wayne washington | Assistant Sports Editor I JIM STUC KEY I Adviser i mi i urtr'.ivuc I letters Policy: Th* (Utmttock win Iry (o pftnt l?ller?r word* long. i^lloriili iboiiM nol mrrtd 500 word*. \ llhtl. Tht (tamtcock will not withhold ntmrc undfr rl Hofl?l S*curlt> number. t it He "JTJ ntinue battles 1 public in dark :t and the many arms of USC ufeJl Am thcr. In 1985, a USC student ^Sj to obtain the salary of Jehan Mlltt IS siting professor at the time. SWK j and a television station filed .IBBl lils of USC President James .nll| scretionary account provided % olderman, in his 10 years at ion from the discretionarv ac- I j ? , r< s to numerous elected and api Holderman gave gifts were V s, using a little-known and 1 , voted to deny access to cer- ' list with about 200 names of 1 :raged, and the FOI act was HS Df those steps was to remove J to keep the records private. ithin which a person or group :ord or sue for violations. ct is not over yet, because The FOI lawsuit with the circuit # n overturned. Supreme Court ruled that a. 111^ tie the 1981 FOI prescribed. ing that the Supreme Court Here comes the sun (ya Here comes the sun JSC support foundations are And 1 say " 5 a,t right' j and The Greenville News are Yes, my people, it's one rolina Research foundations, the kneeless jeans, stash t e considered public or private ready for some serious lav private donations and public, Couch potatoes unite o and on the grasslands c , _ Epidermal ecstasy is the >ud feeling to know that USC month. But let's be carefu f South Carolina law, keeping There are some pretty ra ining state law, making South these days, and it's a their pay? And it's all in the Everyone is out searching lark about how this university th? S and spend the public money. it""secms'that'Tots'of7oikl egislators will soon realize, as and arc now revealing th public's right to know is of the situation. Hey, isn't g ing all but the most sensitive u?5r co,ors? .. . | i There are still others oui realize that there should be no af|er a food.fiUed chrislnl ) go into a closed session. be the year they would go this regard. Florida allows no were set on being ready to ds. The public is allowed to it's one thing to skin a cat J :onducts. about it. itv I, co^rotc S? nOW We VC P,U' ,k; vul1 llMTv JVV1 wlJ llv/ul UIC its who pay tuition to support w -r ho pay the tax money that the ^ every year. V JL^'M VF \M. list was closed to protect the >se people haven't donated by ,.ve gol a ,leadache as i't something USC should be gallantly I plug on, thinki real things I've seen and d First of all, two folks day for Atlanta, heading * ^ baseball game. The driver one with a relative in Atla 1 -J L -1 1 n him it T auuuiu nave asKfu mem i( ineilt (IDOUl UdL, journey; it had to be hilar world record Sunday o ,. Speaking of hilarious Ellis threw two intercepti( Program Union tried new mage? The rest of the sto ng routine. CPU's big project defense didn't blitz once npetion. CPU needed about throws interceptions when vorld record; 200 showed, Now that's ta,entand say CPU didn t do its ^ You might not have ion has been pushing this for jehan Sadat, so I'll tell yo every available chair and got distinguished visiting prof Ig lot. Columbia city Council thc University of Maryl :ts around the lot. always- a fret,y high sala i ? . . semester. Again. :ded was students to show up As om of my lriends sa USC. But apathy has always Suits me. exception. went on and played the game, Many of the member ng in the group they serve ? . Award Well, tonight is the i ^ Awards, the gala event o ?? ? ucscrvmg stars wm a gc - -- - mi performances. Tonight's awards differ u. . . all major categories are lac s 1 ,ake " look ?' mT> absu a it #!??,# ?. lmi On tonight's broadcast, rE#DDYni fP|!5F?,ORraphy MI,or actress award will be anno Science Fditor 10 pump you up for an ir MM NEWMAN b?ring Sh?W" 1 hate tlics< ? , nominees are generally no senior Reporter fllM ,ol_ llw. *Qna JA mary pearson 7 " Datehook Kdllor u^i . . . ,, jenny sharps ^no" w,ho sh<,lul?,, Nraphtrs Editor on'?hl; bul s',e ^on 1 mov TAr in tton s Anne Archer wrap Comic, KHItnr ,itlle Oscar's ncck. She ruAr v uivchm bathroom when Glenn Clo i kac. y mixson . . r .* . . 'irutluute Assis4u.it and,her, lo'"ls" a <arhn addy panties! No one has arte, Acting Director of Student , ? -n . r?al',y* kJt?,,i,7/A.t it.< a. Moonstruck will take hon vlARf ARFt Mirmi *naRer the critics liked Moonstri V1ARC.ARLT MICHhl.S N . . Production . l' IW ? tne RICHARD GRIFFIN category. Without argi ON ha deserves the award becaus A , it , A. of people in The Unlouct Assistant Advertising Manager ' > . e Ui? . MELISSA HENDERSON ."he AcTdimy like. . . ,. ... , , _ _ shed, so Sean will rcma fcflved. iNould b*t < a matlmuM, 250 to JCO Vt rtawc lb* rlfhl lo edit kffm for ?(>k or po??lbU ICflVCS tWO real contcildci rcttmil??ce. I*ffcrt mutl Include wrl?er'? name and BrOQClCQSt N&WS atld Moonstruck. Albert, I'm brings out US da da da) c again time to put away Todd he rag sweaters and get vn lounging. Hines n the shores of beaches >f campus. Skin is in. special phrase of the il out there. i ucous rays beating down * bod bakers banquet. L?? for that native tan. a lot of people began I. We're talking fry city. campus red as a peck of toi i misplaced their PABA get inside, out of the viev cir emoarrassment over chameleons they settle bacl ;arnet one of the sacred These are the ones who ki donning shorts, but do it ai t there who have decided Because there is an art tc as break that this would several shortcuts people tak for the lithe look. They native tan. There's that sti look good in shorts. But your body and makes you artd another thing to talk Those are the folks who ; Sunkist stamped on their bi up people roaming the But one other way is equi s headaches cs ; I write this one, but i?????????ng of all the funny but one the past few weeks. I know took off Thursfor the Braves-Dodgers < was a Dodgers fan, the Stephen nta was a Braves fan. I )tape record their entire VjUlLoyle ious. _ f , did you hear that Todd )ns at the spring scrimry, however, is that the Friday night. He even there's no pressure. across the state are beginni about the shakeup in the ai Carolina. It's kind of funn heard the latest about One of them actually sui u. Our esteemed former Charlotte Observer printed, essor is now teaching at ceffino too harri for th<? at land, commanding, as the univerity should get try ? a cool $50,000 a straight. Lord knows we wouldn't id, "Sadat's a Terp." lose a power forward or rur he can't handle all that a stuff. s of the Gamecock Club As always, we must reme s ceremony pr ninht t hn A rAnm*i f the year, a time when p)lden statuette for fine from past years' because Guest } :ed with dumbness. Let's H ,r.dilics , , , editorial ? the supporting actor and I.unced first in an attempt ??^ I leredibly drawn out and ! : categories because the Chuck i bodies. Therefore, when ^ a..i I Jp;in W 14 VT Ml U | IIIVJT lltvtl 3IIUI ~ take this Oscar home L? love to sec Fatal Attracher sexy fingers around acted like hell in that >se was about to hack her damn young, your hair lool nd that scene with her in sort of healthy. Congrats, i that well in panties in Now, the major cate{ Olympia Dukakis of Streep. How do I love thee' le the award because all to play New York City ir 4ck. flick about sisters arguing o [Jest Supporting Actor Jewish deli. jment, Sean Connery Streep's performance in e he killed a hell of a lot boring /ronweed, will win h jables, one of the year's If Meryl were out of the [ your hopes up, because award to Close for FataI A ;xcessive celluloid blood- gel it for Moonstruck. She in seated tonight. That her new nose and teeth, and s ? Albert Brooks for get-up. She'll say somethin Vincent Gardenia for On the tame side, we i sorry, but you're too category, which is easier IC's tanning mania i ing the skin a l'orange look. Yeah, I could march pfs down to Five Points right this minute, slap down Kj three bucks and slip into one of those human in cuoators tor a halt hour of vegetating. No thanks. K \ This reminds me of a joke: ^ ' Knock, knock. H Orange Orange you glad I go to a tanning spa and look / so damn good? t * / I*ic upon that. It's natural or nothing. Perhaps ^ tanning beds work for places such as North Dakota j and Illinois where butt-white is acceptable. But this j is South Carolina, and the rays here are pretty de- Mf matoes, but when they cent for tanning-type purposes. |Af v of the masses, like Once everyone's initial layer peels off and the [/ n into their pale hues. freckles start showing melanin mayhem, those V'-' low they shouldn't be orange people will just look like a herd of Oomna lyway. Loompas from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate ^ > sunbathing, there are Factory. It is our job to laugh at them hard and js e to gain the prize of a laugh at them long. ^ iff you smear all over So sure, I'll get racoon eyes from wearing my ^ look pretty citrus-like. sunglasses during a good burn, a garnet tone from f| /ou would think have being stupid and ill-prepared, and I may peel like Jtts. an onion, but that's the only route one can take for ^ ally efficient in captur- a true tan. Better red than from a bed, I say. g m't stop columnist | Carolina, where football and God are the most im- g I DOrtant thines to the resiripnts ? ncimllv in thai jk. order. "Do you know, they say the Chinese have a word for everything, but the Chinese don't have a fy^Bp "W word for. . . for. . . for. . . Sorry, I guess we S ? don't have a word for it either," said some come- v: * dian whose name I can't remember. ? c Here's an Irish joke for you, courtesy of BM Ireland's premier comedian, Hal Roach: A priest called up the Vatican and got through all the way ?????J to the pope. And the little priest says "Your Holiness, I don't know how to tell you this, but the ng to express concerns I.ord Jesus Christ is walking up the middle of the thletic structure here at street right now. It really is him, what should I y. do?" And the pope says, "Look busy." ggested, in a story The S that the university was Something happened Friday night that leads ! hletes academically, so me to ask if a new drink has been invented. It was s its academic priorities supposed to be a Scotch on the rocks ? Scotch poured over a lot of ice. But the proportions were want the university to mixed up, and the Scotch outweighed the meager ining back just because portion of ice. So what is it? cademic, learning-type A Scotch on the pebbles ? sounds like a man from Edinburgh is putting the moves on Bam mber that this is South Barn's babe. omises tears, jeers Academy wanted to give Michael Douglas the ?? "j award for Fatal Attraction, but they had already _ given the nasty movie numerous nominations. So ,JnHHh|2j|H when he popped up in Wall Street, they lucked out. - i i Tonight's Oscar to Douglas will actually be for Fatal Attraction, but let's pretend like it isn't. R, Hope and Glory will get the Best Picture award, ^ and Bernardo Bertolucci will be named Best Director for The Last Emperor because it took millions | of dollars to make the movie. / Finally, we are left with my favorite category, 'a Best Original Song Category.This year, several of my dance favorites are nominated. We have "Cry Freedom" from Cry Freedom, and I'm sure that if any of us heard this song, we'd be crying for the sernnri pnmino nr cr\mA?Kinn TKa? ? * ? w/.iiiug v/? .luiiiviiiiiig. a iiv.il rrv uavt a iuiic from Mannequin that is sung by a '60s acid group I thought had been killed in a plane crash in the '70s. ks permed and you look It's Starship, and it's titled "Nothing's Gonna Vincent! Stop Us Now," obviously to our disadvantage, jories. Ooooo, Meryl Then there's "Storybook Love" from The Princess } Word is she has signed Bnde, which I don't know anything about so it will 1 Woody Allen's latest not win tonight's award. We have "Shakedown" ver the check in a vogue from Beverly Hills Cop II, which is too fast to lake the award. So toniuhf's winner will hp i-iarh that movie, not the the The Time of My Life" from the nauseating movie icr a best actress award. that everyone loved, Dirty Dancing. picture, I'd hand the That's a reliable list of tonight's winners. Tune {traction, but Cher will in at 9 p.m. See if the camera zooms in on your :'ll sniffle and cry with favorite losers. See how many winners cry and I she'll be in some awful thank God, a wonderful director and the fans, who g flippant and snide. were ihere when no one else was. l ook for some have the Best Actor fights, some smirks. But enjoy yourself, for there than tic-tac-toe. The will not he hype of this scale unti! next year! 1 >