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Volume 81^ No. 52 University of South Carolina January 11. 1989
Arts cei
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By SUSAN NESBITT and MARY P
News editors
USC's Ira and Nancy Koger Centei
ready for the grand gala of opening
Saturday and all of next week, I
promise.
The center will open after years of ]
scares of not having sufficient fund
project.
However, Gonzales Hall, the mail
Koger Center, and all other constructi
opening performances will be comple
Thomas Stepp, director of the center
The $15 million arts center will c
mance by the London Philharmonic
Saturday. The event will feature the
by a professional orchestra, of Gusta1
ed Symphony No. 10 as completed by
"It's possible that some of the offi
complete, and that there will rem
touches to be made on the rehearsa
"but 98 percent of everything, all tha
opening, will be complete."
Part of what remains to be done is t
of the hall. Stepp said, though, the tes
final exam, a one time thing." He s
been and would continue to go on fc
justments being made.
"Every surface in the hall has bee
ly," he said. "Thursday and Friday
element*; together fnr thp first time n
and adjust them."
He said the many activites schedu
opening days would delay further co:
New small busine
South
By JOHN MILLS III
Staff writer
The federal government has
selected USC and the S.C.
Technology Board to participate in
one of three regional centers that will
produce advanced technology for
small companies.
This technology should rival that
of Japan.
The National Institute of Standards
and Technology, a division of
the U.S. Commerce Department,
selected the two organizations to
serve as the South Carolina center for
production. The center will be called
the South Carolina Technology
Cooperative.
NAACP pla
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about minoi
By DANNY MITCHUM
Slaff writer
The NAACP plans to meet with
USC about its minority employment
practices, said an state association
official Tuesday.
Nelson Rivers, executive secretary
for the S.C. state conference of
NAACP branches said the NAACP
wants to meet with USC officials
after figures on minority hiring practices
and salary levels are released by
the Human Affairs Commission in
its annual report Feb. 1.
Past commission reports on
minority hiring practices at USC
were not good, Rivers said.
The report's figures are important
lq determining now me in/vai^f will
approach USC, Rivers said.
The commission oversees the affirmative
action and equal opportunity
practices and policies of all state
agencies.
Ed Hayes, president of the USC
Black Faculty Association, said he
also hopes to meet with President
James Holderman next week to
discuss possible salary level differences
between black faculty and
other faculty members at the Columbia
campus.
Hayes said he and Holderman met
two months ago to discuss some
positive steps that could be taken at
USC.
"There has been some improvement,"
Hayes said. He said,
however, that both he and Holderman
described the current progress as
titer |H
jady
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r for the Arts will be tekJ
events planned for |
JSC administrators
Dlanning, delays and
ing to complete the
i auditorium of the j
on necessary for the ?
te by Saturday, said >
Clinton Carpenter.
ice space will not be
ain some finishing CSC officials say
I hall," Stepp said,
t's necessary for the the center would
The road to th<
he acoustical testing rocky one. It
;ting was "not like a originated the ide?
.aid the testing had Funding has been
>r months, with ad- ing of the center.
between the city,
n tested individual- construction to be
we will have all the The county pr<
nd we will both test million and the ba
donations from
led tor the center's Foundation. The
nstruction, but that gift from Ira and 1
ss technology
Carolina
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.,
first authorized legislation funding
the centers. Hollings is pleased USC
was chosen to participate, said Pat
Windham, a spoke man for the
senator.
"The Senator talked with (USC
President James) Holderman and
urged him to apply and put together
a good proposal, Windham said.
"Hollings was very pleased."
He said three dozen applicants
were in the running, and only three
were selected. The Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institue in Troy, N.Y.
and the Cleveland Advanced
Manufacturing Program also received
NIST awards.
ms meeting
ta officials
rity hiring
"weak." Hayes said he would be acquiring
figures soon on possible
salary differences between white and
black faculty.
Charges were made last month by
Roy Henderson, the president of the
Spartanburg NAACP chapter,
criticizing hiring and promotional
practices at the USC Spartanburg
campus.
USC Senior Vice President for
Personnel Jane Jameson said USC
was investigating Henderson's
charges one by one. The inquiry,
which was ordered by Holderman,
got started Tuesday at the USCSpartanburg
Campus.
Jameson said she was not aware of
any upcoming investigation by the
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People concerning
the Columbia campus.
The local branch has received some
complaints concerning the hiring
practices and salary discrepancies at
USC, Rivers said.
Rivers said the NAACP was involved
in promoting the objectives of
the Fair Share Pmoram Thncp r?h.
jectives emphasize an increase in the
amount of employment at all levels,
specifically policy making positions,
for blacks in the public and private
business sector.
He mentioned that the NAACP
had recently reached a successful
agreement with Winthrop College
concerning the goals of the Fair
Share Program
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the Koger Arts Centers will play host to the I
be completed within another month. t
; opening celebrations has been a long e
began with O. Stanley Smith, who t
i of building such a center in Columbia,
one of the major obstacles to the open- r
It was not until 1987 that an agreement I
Richland County and USC allowed for t
gin.
Dvided $3.7 million, the city gave $2 3
lance is being provided by USC through t
the Carolina Research Development
largest donations included a $4 million p
slancv Koeer of Savannah Othpr Hnna- xi
, use toe
Up to to $5 million could be given ir
to the South Carolina center over a s<
two-year period. The initial start-up
and operating costs of the center for c<
the first six months will be funded by w
a $1.5 million federal award. There
will be negotiations for the additional in
$3.5 million. ti<
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staff time and equipment to match m
the federal grant.
"The center is not for research as cf
most federally funded centers are. sy
This one is a cultural extention to sn
provide advice for small- to medium- be
sized companies on how best they can dl
automate. There is a strong belief lo
that the smaller companies are lagg
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Keith Jones enjoys the quiet solitude
renovated Golden Spur.
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ions were provided by the Gonzales brotl
d The State. The Gonzaleses donated 5
he Knight Foundation of Ohio has contr
Last minute details such as training
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nemoers are oeing taKen care 01 tnis we
lonald Pearson, the associate director c
he Koger Center.
The center is holding training sessions
45 students who signed up in the fall to
icket takers and other various positions
"We plan to have from 40 to 50 studei
lerformance, so the training is essential,
/e will be going over how things worl
ooperate
ig behind the Japanese," Windam t
lid. (
The U.S. will renew its chance to j
mtinue to be competitive in the t
orld markets, Holderman said. I
"This award puts South Carolina i
i the vanguard of an intensive na- v
anal effort to help the United States p
main competitive with other major c
anufacturing nations," he said.
Hollings sees this opportunity as a t
lance for USC to work with the tech r
stem and to reach a group of ti
nailer companies that have not d
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tiers, who found- mances and safety st;
11.5 million, and Other details incluc
ibuted $200,000. lighting equipment, F
of student staff be in place by perfor
ek, according to The orchestra will;
?f operations for and chartered buses w
said.
all week for the "So the only thinj
work as ushers, right now is a major i
, Pearson said. said,
its working each The National Oceai
In the sessions, weather service predi
!c in the perfor- but no ice storms are
on researc
hree national centers to be establish- d<
id under this program represents a in
?iant leap foward for the university, ed
he tech system and the state," m
-lolderman said. "For the first time
i national center of this magnitude m,
vill be based in South Carolina, a mi
/i ivnvgv until nuw cnjuyeu oy siaies let
>utside the Southeast."
South Carolina was chosen go
ecause of university and tech system cei
esources and because the state's
remendous growth in industrial ha
evelopment has increased the need to
or competitive technology, said Paul f e
luray, USC senior vice president for tec
ssearch. wo
"From an industrial base sail
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aff writer qui]
The Golden Spur will celebrate its I
and reopening Friday after several * den
onths of delays.
The Spur closed in 1984 when the last
ate legislature changed the legal T
inking age to 21. It is being reopen- sep
1 as a non-alcoholic, multi- desi
nctional entertainment complex. ed i
The Spur was first scheduled to boa
open at the beginning of the fall T
mester, but construction delayed incl
e opening. or t
"The construction workers were 0
ving us completion dates which Thu
:re not realistic," Spur manager cere
:e Cossin said. "We also had to do Pru
erything through the USC purchas- fair;
e> system, which takes some time." O
"It was a project in which we wee!
iderestimated the time it would inch
ke to complete," University Pro- The
:t Development superviser Herb T
inson said. will
The fixtures and frames needed for man
s Spur's new high-tech look took emo
tra time and labor to install, he M
id. Mar
In the past six months, the Fea
cilities have been completely doci
lovated. USC administrators set Rigf
de $250,000 for the changes, Brin- T1
n said. Final cost figures are not in, host
t Brinson said he believed the cost Thu;
iyed within the range. a Wi
Although student activity fees were DJ c
t used to fund the Spur's $250,000
lovation, they help with operation Regi
sts, S.G. adviser Woody Carothers Jhui
d. day
The student Senate approved a noor
Dposal last spring that called for til m
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ivi
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indards," Pearson said.
le the arrival of stage equipment and
'earson said. The equipment should
mance time, he said.
trrive in Charlotte Friday at 4 p.m.,
ill bring them to Columbia, Pearson
I we really have nightmares about
ce storm hitting our area," Pearson
lie and Atmospheric Administration
cts rain Friday and early Saturday,
in the forecast for Columbia.
)h center
>minated by the textile and apparel
dustries, South Carolina has movI
into a much more diversified
anufacturing economy," he said.
The center will work in a narrow
arket initially and will deal with
etal cutting, robotics and other
:hnology, Windham said.
Engineers trained by the federal
vernment will be transferred to the
iter, he said.
"A lot of smaller companies don't
ve the engineers or the technology
compete with the Ianan?p inct o
W basic improvements in .
hnology from small companies
uld be very beneficial," Windham
d.
to open
of delays
dollar from every student's rered
activity fee to go to the Spur,
'he proposal went before the stut
body by way of a referendum
spring and was approved,
he new facility is divided into two
arate rooms. The first is
gnated as a quiet room and is usFor
studying, reading, or playing
rd games.
he back room is a high-tech area
uding a raised stage, 36-inch colelevision
and a dance area,
opening festivities begin 4 p.m.
rsday with a ribbon- cutting
mony and reception. Dennis
itt, vice president for student af5,
will cut the ribbon,
ther highlights of grand opening
k, dubbed "Eight Days a Week,"
jde a live band performance by
Cartwriphts FriHnv pwriino
he Residence Hall Association
follow the grand opening perforice
with a Saturday night dance
eed by Yes 97 radio.
!onday has been designated as a
tin Luther King celebration,
tures will include several
lmentary films on the Civil
its movement.
ie Carolina Program Union will
acoustic musician Barry Drake
rsday evening, and "Eight Days
eek" will conclude Friday with a
lance.
ie Spur is open every day.
ilar hours are Monday through
sday 8 a.m. until midnight, Fri8
a.m until 1 a.m., Saturday
i to 1 a.m. and Sunday noon unidnight.