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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Monday
Volume 81, No. 13 University of South Carolina August 29, 1988
Damaged
face freez<
By LYNN GIBSON
Staff writer
Thomas Cooper Library has put i
about 1,500 of its books on ice ?
literally. J
The books, water-damaged during y
a thunderstorm this summer, were
shipped Thursday to Cargo-Care '
Moisture Central Co. in Atlanta to
be freeze-dried in an effort to save
the books.
C. J. Cambre, the library's director
of operations, said freeze-drvine "
is used to avoid problems caused by v
heat-drying. d
"If water-damaged books can't be C
dried in a short period of time, there d
will be problems with mold and tl
mildew," Cambre said. "Freezing e
stabilizes these and quickly dries the
books within a carefully regulated li
range of temperature and humidity." o
He said the books will be returned p
to the library in about 10 or 12 days, b
and that while some will have to be a
rebound or replaced, most should be
salvageable. w
George Terry, associate vice presi- lc
dent for libraries and collections, V
said the July 27 squall, which
unleashed two inches of rain in half cj
an hour, appears to have proved too ft
much for the drainage system, caus- b<
ing water to seep into the library's in
first underground level. m
By the time the storm ended, near- w
ly 2,000 science books, mostly
physics texts, were soaked. ft
Terry praised the quick reaction of th
the library staff and estimated that if ai
all 2,000 books had been beyond D
repair, the cost would have exceeded w
$300,000. w
"Many of them worked from ten w
o'clock that evening to six o'clock ci
the next afternoon," Terry said. vc
Terry said the total cost of damage th
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J. UI1U dU
By PHIL POWELL
Staff writer
Student Government has found an extra
treasury, four times the amount of th
surplus.
This increase in the S.G. budget is not c<
increase in tuition and fees approved by
Trustees this past summer. S.G. funds com
student activity fees. When tuition was rais
$25 per semester activity fee each student
the same.
It is simply a better-than-normal year
Caruthers, S.G. adviser. A combination c
enrollment, idle money not spent by can
tions and a contigency fund put back in s<
Aspiring :
By MARY PEARSON so
Assistant news editor
More than 120 students waited tic
hours Friday for a one-minute ch
chance to get into actor, writer and wh
director Robby Benson's yearlong evi
course on film-making. ter
Many passed the time reading
magazines while others thought wh
about what they might say to get the
Benson to notice them. pei
"It is not really like a rehearsal,"
media arts senior Terri Cobb said. "I
"It's just a matter of waiting because
you just got to go in and be yourself. tic;
And it's hard sitting and waiting
because you can't improve your nu
chances while you sit here and wait." to
Many said they came just for the wo
chance to be in the class itself, while 1
others admitted they came for a pe<
glimpse at the film star. the
One student who didn't want to be ab<
identified said, "I don't think I'll get til
in the class, but all this waiting will sm
be worth it for a chance just to meet cej
Robby Benson." aft
Because of the unexpectedly large
turnout, the size of the class, which 4
began Saturday, was expanded to 30 the
students from 20. a r
Sandra Wertz, director of cut
undergraduate studies in media arts, filn
said tne class will oe divided into two aiw
parts. The first part, which will be ava
taught this fall, will concentrate on '
how a movie is produced, she said. anc
The spring semester class will be tak
devoted to making a $2 million F
feature film written by Robby Ben- the
son, Modern Love. on
Benson has starred in several son
movies, including Jeremy, Ode to the
Billy Joe, The Chosen and Running
Brave. Fie co-wrote the script with goi
his father and played the leading role Me
in One on One. wai
Wertz said event organizers were the
overwhelmed with the turnout. Ben- like
I books
^-drying
"If water-damagec
3ooks can't be dried in j
>hort period of time, then
vill be problems witl
nold and mildew."
C. J. Cambre
Director of Ortpmtinn*
Thomas Cooper Library
/on't be known until the freezerying
is completed. But he did say
'argo-Care's bid for the freezerying
project was less than $10,000,
le lowest of three sealed bids receivd
by the university.
Jan Watson, assistant science
brarian, said the water fell primarily
n the physics materials, but current
eriodicals and books on
iochemistry and microbiology were
ffected as well.
"Luckily, the reference materials
ere not affected because of their
>cation on the center of the level,"
/atson said.
Terry said the damage should
luse only a "minor inconvenience"
>r students because most of the
ooks can be obtained through the
iter library loan program. "Within a
lonth, it'll be hard to tell that there
as ever a problem," he said.
To prevent water damage in the
lture, the library plans to replace
le building's water seal and install
i auxiliary drain. Terry said a
isaster Preparedness Committee,
hich was already being organized
hen the accident happened, is also
or king on plans for future emer genes
and has compiled a list of
>lunteers to help save materials if
e need arises.
rplus Si
this nast vear all
Caruthers said
$100,000 in its an increase was u
lis past year's year's fall semest
"This jump in
jnnected to the student organizat
the Board of for more activitie
e directly from of USC students
ed this fall, the Campus orgai
pays remained available money i
ditional funding.
, said Woody new organization
>f high student Law graduate
ipus organiza- said that though i
avings by S.G. in any organizati
actors k
n said he agreed.
"The turnout was pretty excep nal,"
Benson said. "It made the
oices much more difficult than
lat I thought it would be. So far,
sryone who came here for the inviews
should be in the class."
Benson was looking for students
10 had experience in film and
:ater and will offer that exrience
to the class, he said.
"I have an open mind," he said,
am also looking for students who
11 let me know how they will paripate
in the class.
"If someone doesn't have that
ich experience to offer, then I want
know that they can't wait to
>rk," Benson added.
But despite the large number of
Dple competing to get in the class,
: interviews ? which averaged
3ut 15 to 18 an hour and lasted unabout
12:30 a.m. ? went
oothly, Wertz said. The list of ac>ted
students was not posted until
er 1 a.m.
'Welcome to the real world of
ater," said Mitzi Melton-Swisher,
nedia arts junior who made the
. "If you are in the theater and
a-making businesses, there are
'ays more people than jobs
liable and long waits.
'People just have to be patient
1 grab every opportunity they can
e," she said.
'atience proved to be the word of
night as many people sat around
the stairs waiting. Wertz said
tie students gave up and left before
y were interviewed.
'Those are the people who aren't
ng to make it in the business,"
lton-Swisher said. "You have to
t in long lines. That is just part of
business. All day today was just
: 'Intro to Show Business 101.'"
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Psychology freshman Renata Thomas is temporarily housed in the fifthfloor
study room of Patterson Hall.
I
urprises Student
contributed to the fund surplus. sidered as fairly as possible,
a normal year's surplus is $50,000, and The degree of student interest woi
mexpected. At the beginning of this past determining factor, Hyatt said,
er, there was $25,000 in the treasury. In reviewing funding requests, Hy
funds is going to be a direct help to the committee is as thorough as it can be
ions on campus, who will be able to pay into the reviewing process,
s and hopefully increase the involvement Hyatt said he wanted to see more
in campus life," Caruthers said. some of the non-undergraduate pi
lizations are being notified of the perfect opportunity to rekindle tl
and are being encouraged to ask for ad- medical, law and graduate students, li
A real emphasis has been put on getting felt like they have been neglected."
s to request funds, Caruthers said. The availability of additional fund
Alton Hyatt, senate finance chairman, positive reaction from many of the or]
there would be no tremendous increases leaders on campus,
on's budget all requests would be con- Julie Coe, insurance senior and
;arn business in B<
Music education senior James "I was shocked that I had made
Smith, who did not make the list, the list," said junior Lonnie
said he felt like it was a wasted night Reynolds. "Because I am a engineerand
was disappointed. But he said ing major who has very little
the people who did get in the class background in theater, I thought my
have a lot to look forward to. chances were pretty slim."
"I think the class will be a lot of
tun, and they will learn a lot," Smith inose wno aia maKe u ana waitea
said. around to find out had only a few
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I By KELLY THOMAS
I Staff writer
I Student housing is literally filled
to the rim and nverflowino as the 1
1988-89 school year gets underway
at USC.
Students are temporarily being i
housed in study rooms and in resi- 1
dent advisers' rooms in Patterson
Hall and McClintock. In addition, 1
students have been assigned to i
rooms on the bottom floors of the <
Towers, which are usually kept vacant
for housing students during i
school holidays.
University Housing Services' i
director of administration James s
Smart said despite the large number
of residents accepted, "It has been 1
a smooth opening for us." i
About the propriety of the tern- s
porary assignments he said, "It's 1
certainly not ideal, but then you (
have to compare it to the alter- 1
native, which is no housing." t
Students were informed during t
the summer that they would be in \
temporary room assignments and
were required to sign an agreement <
before arriving on campus f
acknowledging that they s
understood their placement status. \
He added that students are 1
receiving room assignments as t
vacancies arise with priority going i
to those students living with RAs.
Second priority is given to students t
still on the waiting list and finally
to those residing in study rooms. r<
"The main goal is to get as many tc
people off the waiting list and r(
housed as possible," he said. u:
He said the acceptance of ap- ci
plicants was not based on the r(
amount of housing available. "We ti
Govern
Union president, sail
aid be an important She would like to s<
for campus students
att said the finance ment could be broug
; a lot of time is put quently increase stu
said.
money plugged into Psychology senioi
ograms. This is a tion of Afro-Americ
le participation of take advantage of tl
le said. "Many have She said she recog
pus need to expanc
Is has sparked some avenues and adds a 1
ganizational student funds will give her
chance to break raci
Carolina Program Thompson said.
enson's cs
hours before the first class began at 9
a.m.
Reynolds said students spent the
first day of class introducing one
another. He said Benson talked
about the films he had worked in and
what he expected from the class.
"I think the class is going to be real
fascinating," Reynolds said. "I have
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and media arts film professor Marsha Mo<
w hits
using
accepted as many people as possible
so we didn't deny people the opportunity
of living on campus," he
said.
Smart said there were more
women applicants than there were
men. He said the main reason for
this is that ? for security reasons
? parents are more willing to let
:heir sons accept off-campus housng
than they are for their
daughters.
He said there are always between
200 and 250 vacancies each spring.
'All residents should be in permalent
assignments for the spring
iemester," he said.
Students living in temporary
lousing situations, however,, are
tot totally displeased with their
;ituation. With the exception of the
'act that they do not know from
>ne day to the next when they are
ikely to be removed from their
emporary situations and assigned
o rooms, they are content to live
vhere they are.
Psychology freshman Felecia
liethers and engineering freshman
Monica Brooks, who share the
ixth floor study in Patterson Hall
vith one other student, say they
ike their room and the only pro>lem
is not knowing how far to
mpack.
Gethers said,"It's so indefinite,
>ut the room is pretty good."
Smart said there are no plans to
movate studies into new rooms or
> build any new undergraduate
;sidence halls. He added that the
niversity does not expect suffient
increases in the number of
:sidents to warrant the construcon
of new housing.
m cinf
infill
d CPU could always use more money.
;e more features, lectures and events
. With more money, better entertainht
to the campus, which would subsedent
interest in CPU activities, Coe
Sharon Thompson of the Associaan
Students said the group will try to
te extra funds.
;nized that the organizations on cam1,
and a bigger budget opens more
ittle more spark to campus life. More
organization greater visibility and a
al stereotypes, both white and black,
ittle call
always been fascinated about movies
and what goes on behind the scenes
? what works and doesn't work."
But the class isn't going to be all
play. Reynolds said Benson has
already given the first homework
assignment. Students have to write a
brief summary of an original movie
they'd like to see filmed some day.
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BRIAN SAULS/The Gamecock
>re interview media arts junior Tim