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College Notes Party-turned-riot cancels future events Big student parties at 2 more campuses burst into alcohol-fueled riots at the end of the spring term, and have now lead to the kind of backlash that has stopped annual student bashes at other campuses in recent years. A drunken party near the University of California-Santa Barbara May 29 erupted into a rock-and-bottle throwing riot that ended with 3 police officers injured and 23 people arrested. Earlier in May, moreover, Iowa State University's annual spring festival was marred by 3 consecutive nights of violence. Tn rpppnt vpurc cpvpral annual paIIaop cnrino f^ctix/olc ac \i/ol1 ac Ipcc. M.MA A VVVtlk J VW1 J JV* V1U1 UtlllUUl VVllVgV J^l 111^ 1 V Jll T UiJ y UJ TT VII UJ IVOO organized parties, have developed into drunken violence, forcing school officials to reevaluate, and in some cases cancel, future events. Bill makes college grades public If a bill introduced in Congress June 13 become law, colleges would have to tell the federal government the grades and graduation rates of their student athletes, and high school seniors being recruited for sports teams would get to see the information. The bill-called the Student Right-To-Know Act by cosponsors Sen. Bill Bradely (D-NJ) and Rep. Tom McMillan, who played college basketball at Princeton University and the University of Maryland, respectively-aims to give a high school athlete the means to "weigh his academic prospects as well as his athletic prospects" when choosing a school, Bradley said in introducing the idea. "But Tina Kunzer, a senior assistant athletic director the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, says it's unfair to isolate student athletes from the rest of the student body. "I would not mind if the entire student body's grade were highlighted, but I have a problem with isolating the student athlete," she said. "Too often we forget that they are first and foremost students, although they have a lot more demands on their time than other students." KSU shooting records moved to Yale Some 110 crates of reoorts. documents and information about the Mav 4,1970, shootings of Kent State University students were loaded onto moving vans in Columbus, Ohio, June 20, and sent on to Yale University in Connecticut. The reason: some surviving victims of the shootings-which took place when National Guardsmen were called onto the KSU campus to quell student protests on the U.S. invasion of Cambodia-worried state officials might tamper with the records. "Some of the people involved in all this don't trust the state," explained Dean Kahler, who was wounded in the tragedy that left 4 students dead and nine others injured. "Ohio," said Kahler, who cosponsored the lawsuit that forced the state to give up the records, "might take some of the stuff and destroy it to destroy some of its unpleasant history." Kahler, other survivors and the families of the dead students forced the state-which found itself with a complete collection of all the reports about the incident given to it by the Ohio National Guard, the FBI, campus police and the other 9 public agencies involved in investigating the incident-to donate the records to Yale, where it will eventually be opened for scholarly research. Young Communist elected as president A University of Massachusetts at Amherst student government committee validated the election of an avowed communist and his running mate June 9, resolving a 4-month dispute. The March election of Jason Rabinowitz, a member of the Young Communist League, and Shari Silkoff, who is not a communist, was overturned in April by a student judiciary panel which ruled that 2 students could not serve as co-presidents. But some students feel the challenge to the election was fueled by opposition to Rahinowit7's nolitiral heliefs "There were nolitical overturns." said Robert Fadel, the speaker of the student senate. "It was an issue during the election campaign." Stephanie M. Orefice, the student representative of the university's board of trustees, added that the April action was "very political." [buTone I GET ONE FREE! ! Buy any of the famous hamburgers from the original Dairy Bar and get one free with this coupon! | Saturday 12-3" Expires: 8(31/88 + + ^ 1202 Main Street Next to Capitol Newstand PliM???m?????????mrn ONLY 10 MINUTES FROM CAMPUS Central Air Conditioning Beautiful Swimming Pool Club House Basketball Court Extra Convenient Laundry Facilities Patio & Balconies LARGE, SPACIOUS APARTMENTS AT LOW PRICES Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 to 5:30, Sat. 10 to 2, Closed Sunday 782-7948 504 S. Beltline (2 Blocks off Rosewood Dr.) ) University F . BY JULIE STUEMPFIG Staff reporter USC's Housing Services has initiated several dorm renovations this summer, and several of the projects are already completed, according to University Housing officials. Renovations are taking place on most campus housing. Bates House and Bates West, Capstone, South Towers, the Horseshoe, and the Towers are all crhpHlllpH to Ka linhotah Kit tV?o on/i nf tKie dim Mil WTWAWVtMAWV* IV w uyuuivu \J J 111V V11U U1 IXllO OUIII" mer. Some of the USC family housing units are also being updated. Some returning students will find major changes in their living environments when they return in the fall. Some of the improvements that are planned include new furniture, wallpaper, carpeting, as well as smaller changes such as shower heads and closet doors. According to figures provided by Housing Services, about $150,000 is being spent on plumbing refinements at Patterson Hall and the Towers. Carpets are being replaced at some Cliff Apartments at a cost of almost $480,000. Bates House is being waterproofed at a cost of nearly $77,000, and about $71,000 is being spent on painting the interiors of Bates House and other apartments and residence halls on campus. Tile relacements and lighting refinements are also being done to several campus buildings at a total cost of nearly $115,000. The largest expenditure is the $665,000 which is going toward the replacement of furniture in student rooms in Douglas, LaBorde, and Moore dorms in the Towers area. , The renvations, which started the Monday after classes were finish for the spring semester, will continue until the day before the fallterm begins. According to Housing officials the length of the renovation period is due to an increase in funds Housing Services received. "In the past, Housing Services has had about $.5 million to spend on housing renovations, but over the last three years that amount has risen to the current $1.2 million," said Linda Saad, director of Housing Services. According to Saad the money housing received is not covered by USC tuition. It is totally dependant on housing fees, and at nresent about 5 nerrenr of Black faculty-^ address this shortage, the university has begun a pro] to develop more minority Ph.Ds from within by fur qualified students at the graduate level. "Many black professionals may be initially hesita come to a predominantly white Southern institution that hesitation often lessens after the black candi< talk with other blacks already on staff at the univers said Jameson. Margaret Smith, of USC's Affirmative Action C tells more of a university community which has not t ed down in the face of a difficult task. Her office n tains exhaustive lists of sources for black educa When notified of a faculty opening, Smith provide faculty search committees with a list tailored to its n Each search committee has an affirmative actioi vocate to ensure fairness in the candidate search. "T1 dividual departments of the University pursue black didates eagerly in a real effort to improve the balan their staffs," Smith said. Evidence of this departmental committment wai response to a fall 1987 workshop o minority recruit; strategies, conducted at USC by the American Coum Education. More than 250 people from various de RESERVE 0 J urruni ?. - . . - lousing reno1 ^ Moving In As a part of the University Housing renovation proj new furnitures into the Towers area this summer. housing fees goes toward renovations. That figure was obtained by taking the monetary value of 1 percent of the value of the building to be renovated. In the past, more money was allocated toward building housing facilities because there was a great demand for dorms as the children of the baby boom generation entered college. Now, however, the number of students entering college has declined, and the buildings which had been neglected have fallen into disrepair, according tn QqqH IV vuuu. Housing Services is now turning its attention to all of the necessary repairs, and over the past few years has been trying to update the buildings in need, Saad said. Many of the renovations are being done by hired contractors who make bids on the various projects. med from page 1 gram ments of the university attended, iding Dr. John Gardner, chairman of the long-sta firmative Action Advisory Committee, which nt to President Holder man on University-wide , but minority populations, tells of a special $200,00 dates proved in 1987 through the provost's office, ity," "Individual departments may apply for these create and fill new faculty positions, available < ffice to minorities," Gardner said, jack- Dr. Edward Hayes, president of the universi nain- Faculty and Professional Staff Assi itors. acknowledges the university's work toward s the tion, but says that "much remains to be & eeds. levels." l adlein "Black professors at the university suffer fr can- of mentoring from more seasoned colleagues, i ce of find it difficult to advance" within the univer ture," Hayes said, s the Hayes says that the movement to black equit ment lethargic in recent years, but that the "spirit is; cil of again." He says that black professionals mu part- more effective leaders for other blacks. FF1CERS' TRAIN | K :%. J^| :fl|?/^p-'' MBbk/ y^' ^ ' A iffSr a v ^Kl 4:^E?zMBjgjg ?H i^l; :>;:^B ;?g ?: &> ' ^ : ^ .- :-;: fx UNITY KNOCKS 0! DOORS FIRST. Why? Because Army ROTC helps you develop management and leadership skills. Builds your self-confidence. And makes you a desirable candidate in the job market. There's no obligation until your junior year, but stick with it and you'll have what it takes to succeed?in college and in life. araIrotc THE SMARTEST COLLEGE COURSE YOU CAN TAKE. CONTACT: CPT SCHLESSMAN AT 777 6542 or * VISIT US IN LEGARE COLLEGE (On The Horseshoe) 057-N8-Ad 2A pates dorms ini ject these workmen were unpacking and moving However, other renovations are done by housing maintenance staff members. This also includes students hired for the summer to do minor electrical repairs, carpentry and painting in the Bates and Towers areas, said Robert Harman, assistant area manager for University Housing Services. Housing Services is trying to make sure that all of the renovations will be completed during the summer break so that students will not be inconvenienced when they return. New students will enjoy the largest number of renovations because most freshman live in the Towers area where the largest number and amount of renovations are being done. If problems arise, however, some of the renovations could run into the fall term. If this happens, Housing Services will try to keep renovations from interfering with students schedules Saad said. Scholarship Continued from page 1 inding Afreports to issues of Mrs. William Maxwell Gregg,II of 0 fund ap- Columbia and South Carolina Tees Inc. of Columbia, monies to The scholarships supported by the exclusively late Walter Watt Gregg endowment will be named in honor of South ity's Black Carolina's five delegates to the 1787 ociation, U.S. Constitutional Convention, desegrega- John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth one at all Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler and Henry Laurens. "My father, the late Walter Watt om a lack Gregg in whose memory the scholarand blacks ship endowment is established, was otii/lire intArArtaH in Ua^farm an* oil uv" aivrajo liuvi voivu xxx u^iiciliiviu UI human beings," said Mr. Walter y has been Watt Gregg Jr. awakening "Therefore, the family decided to st become create the endowment in his memory, the reasons were personal." I N G CORPS ^SSBBjk i? >: wh ft (THESE V v