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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday
Volume 81, No. 25 University of South Carolina September 28, 1988
use BRIEFS
Five graduate students
earn Liberty fellowships
Five graduate students in USC's
College of Business Administration
have been awarded
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in Greenville.
Collete Gauthier has received
the B. Calhoun Hipp Fellowship.
Other recipients of Liberty
fellowships are Deborah
Bachkosky, Valerie Leszkiewicz,
Donald Jacobson and Lawrence
McManus.
Doctoral candidate given
Science Policy Fellowship
Tony Boccanfuso, a doctoral
candidate, has received the Science
Policy Fellowship, a national
award given annually by the
American Chemical Society.
Boccanfuso, who is from Boca
Raton, Fla., will study for one
year with the society in Washington,
D.C.
STATE BRIEFS
Sumter Co. blacks protest
The vice president of the
Sumter branch of the NAACP is
promising disobedience unless the
community joins together and
solves the problems of blacks.
Carl Holmes said people in
power are not concerned about
the needs, aspirations and lives of
black people. He made the comments
Sunday night, during a rally
to protest an all-white Florence
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jury 5 acquillal Ui <x wimt lunnci
sheriff's deputy who was charged
with shooting a black man to
death.
Black community leaders contend
the j ury verdict was made on
the basis of race and not the truth.
Jefferson Square Theater
to show 'Last Temptation*
The controversial movie, The
Last Tempatation of Christ, is
scheduled to open at the Jefferson
Square Theatre on Main Street.
The movie has drawn protesters
from religious organizations to
theaters nationwide when it opened
because of its potrayal of
Christ as a vulnerable character.
One scene depicts Jesus fantasizing
about marriage and a sexual
affair.
USA BRIEFS
Billy Carter dies in Plains
PLAINS, Ga. ? Billy Carter,
known to millions as the
wisecracking brother of the nation's
39th president, was eulogized
as a courageous man who was
prepared to devote his life helping
others overcome alcoholism.
"Billy Carter was struck down
in the prime of his life," country
singer Tom T. Hall said in the
eulogy at a graveside ceremony
Monday. "He was just beginning
a new chapter. He was planning
his travels to help others take
rharop r?f thpir liv#?? "
Carter, 51, died Sunday of pancreatic
cancer, the disease that
killed his father and an older
sister.
About 500 mourners gathered
at the Lebanon Cemetery to pay
their last respects to Carter, who
was thrust into the national
spotlight after his older brother,
Jimmy, became president in 1977.
Shuttle to launch Thursday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
(AP) ? Discovery's astronauts
scheduled jet training flights today
and kept an eye on the
weather as a new team of
engineers, born of the Challenger
disaster, was taking over key decisions
leading to Thursday's
launch.
As the experts prepared to meet
for the first time, the countdown
proceeded without a snag toward
the first shuttle launch in 32
months.
INDEX
Viewpoint 3
Features 4
Datebook 6
Comics 7
Sports 8
Classified 10
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The Ira and Nancy Koger Center for The Arts
Big names 1
By KELLY C. THOMAS
Staff writer
The London Philharmonic Orchestra is
scheduled to give the opening performance at
the Ira and Nancy Koger Center for the Arts
that will begin its first season Jan. 14.
The orchestra is making a special run-out trip
to perform at the center. This means it will
fly here, perform and fly back to London to
prepare for their spring season.
Usually, it will not appear in the United
States unless it is planning a tour, or if it is
a national event.
"We are proud to have been invited to give
the opening performances," said Tours Director
for the ^.ondon Philharmonic Orchestra
Jacqueline Noltingk.
Taxi systen
*rve Foints
By STEVE PRADARELLI
Assistant news editor
Taxis could replace the Five P6ints shuttle wit
weeks, eliminating the threat of university liabil
Sorority Council Service chairwoman said Tuesdi
Chairwoman Marie Louise Ramsdale said cos
ding and contract details will prevent the use of t;
weekend, but that the service could be in place by
Meanwhile, she said, the shuttle will run from
to 2:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at thr
Points locations along Harden Street: Eckerd
Food Lion and Circle K.
The decision to alter the shuttle program follow;
ty meeting Monday at which USC officials urged
of contracts with private transportation compa
avoid legal entanglements through the use of state
vehicles.
The meeting, called by Ramsdale, brought t
USC officials, student organization representatr
Columbia police to discuss recent campus crin
possible solutions.
Discussion quickly turned to the shuttle service
began operation on a trial basis this past weekei
funds from the Sorority and Fraternity councils.
"I'm not so sure the shuttle service fits the crit
state-owned vehicle use," said Carl Stokes, seni
president for Law Enforcement and Safety.
Students who use the Five Points shuttle sen
technically "hitchhikers" under guidelines set by t
Budget and Control Office, because they're n
ticipating in an approved university function, Stok
"There's legal things there we can't overcon
said. "I've stuck my neck out, arid"! might get it c
off."
Danny Baker, assistant vice president for Law E
ment and Safety, suggested that student organi
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lighlight ope
"The opening weekend will be a people's Ti
event," USC President James Holderman ar
said. "The Koger Center was created for the
people of the Midlands and the state of South B<
Carolina. Our opening events are outstanding
and diverse enough to draw classical music fans, $4
as well as families, students and children." fe
For the opening performance, the London
Philharmonic will perform the American ha
premiere of Gustav Mahler's unfinished Sym- Ce
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Carpenter, a Chicago music editor.
Harold Faberman will direct the performance sti
Tickets for this performance will cost $80, of
$75 and $70.
On Sunday afternoon, the orchestra will per- Tt
form several light, popular and classical pieces. Ko
i may replat
shuttle servit
place a taxi company on retainer.
Students who need a ride home could cal
hin two pany, show their I.D. and sign a voucher fc
lity, the campus, Baker said. The cost of the rides
ay. reimbursed with funds from Student Go
ts, fun- other student organizations or through d<
axis this Five Points merchants, he said.
Oct. 6. "Cab companies have done a lot receni
10 p.m. their image, and I think they would jump a
ee Five said.
Drugs, Five Points merchants are also likely to s
program, said Columbia Police Chief Rob<
s a safe- "The last thing they want is to have sc
the use their establishment have some problem," 1
mies to Stokes appeared to support the idea. \
:-owned such a program would remove liability fror
ty, he said, "It's putting it back where it ne
ogether the private sector."
ves and But Sorority Council President Anne Mai
les and she had reservations about using taxis.
"Are those drivers going to make sure sti
, which their door?" Flynn asked,
ad with Ramsdale of the Sorority Council Ser
would give the taxi service a chance, bi
eria for students will probably be reluctant to call a 1
ior vice tie service makes finding a ride home moi
she said.
/ice are She admitted, however, that funding w<
he state be more accessible if the issue of liability v
ot par- Last week, fear of liability caused Studen
es said. President James Franklin to withhold suppo
te," he gram and threaten to veto funds to lease u
hopped for the service.
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By KELLY C. THOMAS
Staff writer
USC President James Hold<
man announced Monday the openi:
of the Ira and Nancy Koger Cent
for the Arts, which is scheduled
T take place in January 1989.
"The Koger Center is the core ol
multi-faceted cultural complex
Holderman said. "Nothing can ev<
begin to compete with what we
The USC and the Midlands, inde<
all of South Carolina, have with tl
opening of this new facility."
He added that with the Carolii
Coliseum, Drayton Hall Theatr
. Longstreet Theatre and the ne
HW $18.8 million music building that
being planned, USC will be able i
JI provide seating for about 16,500 pe<
ISC f pie at several various events within
ft mm three block total area.
The Koger Center, which cost $1
iS? 1 million to build, will be a 138,0(
^ square foot structure that will se;
r fpT a maximum of 2,236 people, ii
11*0 I eluding ushers and attendants,
it fSwf The setting, arranged in three tier
can be reduced to only 1,000 seats 1
^ accomodate smaller gatherings.
iolL "The ability to reduce the Kog<
j Center's size and still maintai
^ acoustical and visual quality gives it
capability matched by only about 1
other centers in the country," sai
Ronald Pearson, associate directc
, of operations at the Koger Center.
^ rearson saia tne center win teatur
^ superb acoustics and aesthetics ths
""* *??, wilf attract artists and musician
from around the world.
He said the center's two sound
~,t?; proof rehearsal halls will also spoi
state-of-the-art acoustics.
"The hall will be equipped to har
die any production that's on the roa
today, from grand opera to Broad
way to comic revues," Pearson said
Local talent, such as the USC Sym
uls/the gamecock phony Orchestra, the Columbi
Lyric Opera, the Columbia Cit
ning of Kogi
ickets for this performance will cost $28, $18 Oth
id $14. next s
On the evening of Jan. 16, the Vienna Choir (
3ys will perform at the Koger Center. ? Jar
Ticket prices for this event will be $10, $8 and 1
1. This will end the weekend of opening Centei
stivities. 1
"We've priced the events so that anyone will 1
ive the chance to come through the Koger I
nter that weekend," said Koger Center direc- Stern
r Thomas Stepp. * J
Ten percent of the seats are reserved for USC J
jdents until Friday, buf no discounts will be 1
fered to them. ^
Tickets for the opening events went on sale Ashke
lesday. To obtain an order form, contact the 1
ger Center or the coliseum box office . June 2
e 'Students
?e for their <
By STEVE PRADARELLI
Assistant news editor
Students need to be more respon
1 the taxi com- sible if campus crime is to be reduc
>r a free ride to ed, Columbia's police chief tol<
could then be leaders of several USC studen
vernment and organizations Monday,
anations from Columbia Police Chief Rober
Wilbur and Deputy Police Chie
tly to increase Mike Galvin addressed a safet;
t that," Baker meeting between representatives o
student organizations and USC
lupport such a staff at the request of Marie Louisi
-rt Wilbur. Ramsdale, Sorority Council servio
>me patron of chairwoman.
Wilbur said. Ramsdale said she called th<
Vhen asked if meeting to discuss recent crimes oi
n the universi- and near campus and to work ou
eds to be ? in possible solutions. Students ar<
particularly concerned about theii
:on Flynn said safety in the Five Points area, sh<
said.
idents get into Five Points is one of the mos'
heavily patrolled areas by city
vice said she police, but most patrol time is spent
it added that responding to calls, Wilbur said?
:axi. The shut- especially those regarding parking
e convenient, problems.
"Parking problems are taking
juld probably away from other law enforcement
/ere resolved. duties," Wilbur said, adding that
t Government city police responded to about
rt for the pro- 292,000 calls last year. "It's amazniversity
vans ing how little people think when
parking cars."
" Because of all their duties, police
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Center
January
Ballet and the South Carolina
Philharmonic Orchestra, will also
ir- perform at the center,
ng Other qualities include a
er 45-by-60-foot main stage and 14
to dressing rooms.
Thp ppnfpr ic nom/arl in h/\nr*r
a Ira and Nancy Koger, who donated
$4 million toward its funding,
sn The Kogers, both philanthropists,
at have been described by officials to be
;d the driving force behind the performhe
ing arts center at USC.
A donation of about $2 million
la was received from descendants of the
e, Gonzales brothers, who founded The
w State in 1881. To honor this donais
tion, the main auditorium in the
to center has been proclaimed Gonzales
0- Hall,
a
Other funding includes $2 million
15 from the city of Columbia and $3.75
)0 million from Richland County, with
at the balance being paid by the
a- university.
Alice Barron Pearce of Columbia
s, donated a Steinway grand piano to
o the center. This donation was made
in memory of her late husband, L.
;r Gregory Pearce.
in "It's really exciting to watch a new
a building being put up and to think
0 about staffing it," Pearson said,
d A newly established National Adir
visory Council on the Arts at USC
will help to advise the university on
e how to bring the arts to the Carolina
it community, Holderman said,
is Kitty Carlisle Hart, chairw.oman of
the New York Council on the Arts,
1- will be the chairwoman of the council
rt at USC. To assist her will be Helen
Hayes, who has won a Kennedy
i- center /\wara ror ner coniriDuuons
d to American culture, and actor
I- James Stewart, who helped to launch
I. USC's Year of the Arts,
i- The council will meet for the first
a time in January, the day before the
y center's official opening.
sr Center
er main attractions at the Koger Center
pring will be:
Classical guitarist Christopher Parkening
1. 24.
rhe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
r ? Feb. 8.
rhe Pittsburgh Ballet ? Feb. 21 and 22.
rhe Pittsburgh Symphony ? Feb. 28.
nternationally acclaimed violinist Isaac
? March 2.
rhe New York City Opera ? March 16.
fhe Tokyo String Quartet ? March 19.
rhe Joffrey II Dancers ? April 10.
Vorld-renowned pianist Vladimir
nazy ? May 8.
~he Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger ?
11 to June 25.
responsible
own safety'
cannot be everywhere at once, leaving
responsibility for protection in
i- citizens' hands, Wilbur said.
"You have to keep in mind that
d there are isolated areas we don't
it have coverage for," he said. "It's
about time we say to students you
t have responsibility for your safety,
f We'll help you all we can, but it's a
y two-way street,
f "I think education is the
Z answer," he said,
e He encouraged the use of local
e media and the city's Crime Prevention
Program to teach students how
i to best guard against attacks and
i other crimes.
t "You have to stay out of harm's
; way as much as possible," Galvin
r said. "Walking home from Five
? vomts at one in tne morning is not
staying out of harm's way.
t "You need to create an
r awareness among the student
t population of, 'Don't put yourself
in that position,"' Galvin added,
r "Just like friends don't let friends
drink and drive, friends don't leave
; friends stranded at night."
Carl Stokes, senior vice president
for USC Law Enforcement and
Safety, said the problem of campus
crime has been overstated, causing
i n
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