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Tesla, a band out of Los ,, , liw Aneeles brines its bluesv Yes' there are stlU songs Karl Marx rock n' roll to Carolina Lady Gamecocks fall to Georgia ?>""< " B,?sengs,acke? Coliseum Sunday. ^ ~ See "Notes" page 4 See Features, page 4 See Sports, page 7 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday Volume 81, No. 53 University of South Carolina January 13, 1989 use proi By D. R. HAYNES Staff writer If no other way is found to get money for improvements in Russell House, the student union building may begin charging organizations a iee to use building facilities, a univerisity authority said. The fee would be required by all organizations charging admission for functions held in the university union, said Jerry Brewer, dean of student life. The Russell House is showing signs of wear and tear. Carpet in the busiest areas is almost worn through and needs replacing. Furniture is worn down, and the number of chairs available is decreasing because of damage, Brewer said. He said money is needed for repairs and upkeep, and this seems to be the only option available to get money. Brewer said he has looked into other options to fund the improvements. He asked the Student Senate Finance Koger construi nears comple By KELLY C. THOMAS within 30 days to rt Assistant news editor ed 20-inch distance Workers will be laboring around The building an the clock to complete construction of southern architecti all public areas of the Koger Center said, but these cm before its gala opening Saturday the city codes, wl night, center director Thomas Stepp 22-inch difference, said. Almost all of th Some "behind-the-scenes" areas been installed at th of the center will still be unfinished in continental style on opening night, he said, but they seat just 100 feet f will not affect the performance. "It is a very Questions arose when it was found ment," Stepp said, that some of the seating in the The continental center's performance hall did not ment has no middl meet Columbia building and fire cessible only by dc regulations. of the hall. Each d According to safety codes, there rows, should be 22 inches of space between "The seating arri rows of seats for a building of the basic advantages Koger Center's design. Some of the "First, it allows ro seats in Gonzales Hall are only 18 in- in the hall. Secon< ches apart. other arrangement! Contrary to reports of the problem or something, peop in the Thursday edition of The State, move out of the Stepp said only two or three dozen orderly fashion am seats are affected by the regulation. "Third, you doi City spokesman John Spade said seats ? the ones i The State blew the problem out of fourth, it is more Dronortion. and that the Droblem is allows for more r not that serious. rows." The Columbia Building Board of He said the stag* Adjustment and Appeal has granted an orchestral shell USC permission to open the center as ly moved for scheduled on Saturday, but the performances, university must modify the seats Jaffe Acoustics S.G. to postpt textbook exch; until next sem By ERIC WARD students in their el Staff writer the book exchange Establishment of a permanent stu- seen anything we A ? * 1 o iimKL-aIi; tV*ic nmvul HpnpnHc r\m UCIll UUUN CACliailgW Id UllUKU; VIUU pv?Mi VII year, despite the wishes of Student change will do," h Government President James Lack of space is Franklin. The Russell House In the face of pressure to meet its location for a boo goal, however, a temporary campus- said. But at the en wide book exchange is being con- when a book exc sidered for next semester, said place, the space Patrick Smith, assistant to the S.G. study station, he s president. Smith said Larr The project might involve a of the Russell Ho billboard where students can place give up study stf advertisements for buying or selling book exchange, books. Another possibility is setting Zuleba said, ho a day and place for students to meet study station is poj to buy and sell books, Smith said. as a place to prepa; The Student Government will try for a book exchan to locate either the billboard or the "I'm willing to meeting place inside the Russell try to reach a wo House Student Union, he added. he said. A book exchange would allow Logistics is yet t students to sell used books at a higher implementing a b price than the book stores would pay year, Smith said, and to purchase them cheaper than A book exchan; the stores sell them. business and oper; Several obstacles nave maae ine requires a 10101 m establishment of a permanent book Smith said. "I'm exchange this year impossible, Smith that will work e\ said. One problem has been long term solutior discouragement from the The future of administration. however, depends Smith explained that, although the administration, Si administration is supportive of S.G., S.G. will push administrators might fear that a ministration to cc student-operated book exchange develop a book could have problems and make the said, administration look bad. The book exch Vice President for Business Affairs from competing p Richard Wertz, however, said a book Formultion of exchange serves students, and the ad- was put on the bt ministration would support it. in place of a Five "We'd be glad to support the vice, Smith said. >oses Rus Committee for money, but he said he was turned down. "It's something we don't want to do, but it's looking like we have to," Brewer said. "It's all we could come up with so far." The proposed fee structure would differentiate between student organizations, USC departments and nonuniversity groups. Rooms would cost student groups $5 daily, $10 for the back patio, $50 per section of the ballroom and $10 for the theater. Proposed fees for USC departments are double that for student groups, with the c * -* . ii- i , - . _ ^ tr <*> z- i_ XT exceptions 01 tne tneater ana oacx pano ai eacn. ixununiversity group rates are double the USC department rates. Larry Zuleba, Russell House director, said the building's operating budget has been impacted by budget cuts and aging equipment, which prompted the proposal. Russell House is given $56,000 annually, and of that total, more than $40,000 is used for student wages. :ach a compromis- ^^^9 between the rows, d seat design met ural codes, Stepp des differed from "9 lich specified the ig e 2,236 seats have e center, arranged , with the farthest rom the intimate seating arrangee aisles, and is actors on leads to three angement has four _ ...... ," Stepp said Gonzales Hall, the main hall of the In om for more seats 3, it is safer than assigned the job of testing the 5. If there is a fire center's acoustics. 3e can split up and Acoustical testing was to begin 8 side doors in an p.m. Thursday night and be coni get out faster. tinued Friday afternoon, said Jaffe n't waste the best Kacherovich, enior consultant. n the center. And He said the USC orchestra would comfortable as it help the testing crew , oom between the All acoustical arrangements are complete except for the sound t is versatile, with system, which Kacherovich said still which can be easi- needs to be installed. The perforother types of mances scheduled for the opening weekend will not require the sound , Inc. has been system, he added. anee to carry :. We just haven't can react to. Apwhat the book exe said. another J^ftM k exchange, Smith d of the semester, tange would take is occupied by a aid. y Zuleba, director use, is reluctant to I ition room for a wever, though the Dular with students for exams, space ge is a possibility, talk with S.G. to rking agreement," mother problem in ijH ook exchange this |tejttiL. , iM ge that runs like a ates every semester oney and planning, formulating a plan 'ery semester as a i." a book exchange, ; on the next S.G. nith said. for next year's admtinue working to imiiiiiiiii.il..i WBm exchange, Smith ? j Spur finally reopens ange also suffered riorities, he said. Dennis Pruitt, vice president of st a book exchange of three ribbons marking the official ick burner by S.G. as Student Government President , Points shuttle ser- reopening as a non-alcoholic entert: sell House What's worse, Zuleba said, is that two to three percent of 1 the operating budget is subject to being recalled during f the fiscal year. Organizations using the Russell House to make money i should "give something back," Zuleba said. He said the user fee is needed to pass along a portion of the burden to s groups who use the Russell House to generate revenue. t The fee will apply to organizations charging a registration i fee as well. s USC has not been awarded the full amount requested c from state legislatures in past years, forcing all departments to "tighten their belts," Zuleba said. Funds are I needed to supplement the limited Russell House budget. t mis proposal nas siuaent organizations concerned about the effects the fee would have. a "Bottom line, CPU will have to offer less movies," i CPU President Julie Coe said. I CPU currently shows five movies a week. By showing 2 11 t-1H1 IIP 1 i and Nancy Koger Center for the Arts, as it looked Thursday a "It will be ready to go on Satur- what should be don day," he said. not ready opening n Stepp said the work not done by "We don't need Saturday should be completed in "The center will op< about a month. are in great shaf Although construction crews are night." feeling pressure to finish the hall by Concessions will t Saturday, Stepp said there should be formances, but foo< no problem with safety in the hall. allowed only in the 1 "I am fully convinced by the many will not be allowe levels of inspections and supervisors building, and anyi that the construction is being done smoke will be asked with great care, and all precautions are being taken," he said. There are 62 ever No thoughts have been given as to the spring, 61 perc? Administration writer _i : i?li B planning iu lunoy i Assembly in hopes c njH tion increases at col sities in South Caro W0WS1 Students for a Be Wednesday to di: organizing a statew lobby legislators, v hope will approve mula funding for S universities, as reco Commission on Hig Last year, the legi 93 percent fundin Smith, USC's ^or Academic Affa mM That was up 5 p By JOHN MILLS 1 Administration writer Classes will be h( a .u i BH' i Uc*y> lllc 1 K the birthday of t BS Luther King Jr. ministrator said. However, profess ed to exempt studen $JH| tend services. It is impossible "TEDDY LEPP/The Gamecock this year, even thOU are made, becaus calendar is full, sai udent affairs, prepares to cut the final Smith, USC senior opening of the Golden Spur Thursday jn a memorandur lames Franklin watches. The Spur is jjSC faculty, Smith ainment complex. portance of the holi one of the great citia 5 user fee cr\ :? ??i.. ? ? ?i <r ? cat* ...:n k/? ju iiiuvicj) ycany, an auuiiiuiiai jyvw win narv iu >aid under the user fee. Student organizations should not have to pay for the lpkeeping of USC buildings, Coe said. Delta Sigma Theta President Thadette Stenson, a ienior, said the user fee could make clubs look elsewhere 0 hold their functions. She said her sorority has most of ts fundraisers in the ballroom. Stenson said the cost ihould be looked at and lowered. The proposal would ;ost the sorority $150 a night to use the entire ballroom. An open forum will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Russell House theatre to give students a chance to address he issue and get feedback. If the proposed user fee is passed, it will go into effect it the end of the spring semester. The proposed fee is beng announced early in order to allow student groups and JSC departments to factor it into their 1989-90 budgets, 'uleba said. * fHB| if- ill 1 TEDDY LEPP/The Gamecock t the media preview luncheon. e if the center is non-USC sponsored. The hall is ight, he said. already 80 percent booked for perI to," he said, formances and rehearsals through sn Saturday. We May. >e for opening The London Philarmonic will per>e sold at all per- form again Sunday at 1 p.m. Other i and drinks are scheduled performances will include obbies. Smoking that of the Vienna Choir Boys Mond at all in the day at 8 p.m. and classical guitartist one wishing to Christopher Parkening Jan. 24 at 8 to step outside. p.m. On Feb. 22 and 23 the Pittsburgh its scheduled for Ballet presents its interpretation of F. :nt of which are Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. ;nts to lobby litinn Vipln 4.11/ivii nvi|y [II previous fiscal year when only 88 percent of the funds were approved, he organization is said, the state General SBC will organize a post card mail>f eliminating tui- ing, in which students, divided into leges and univer- subcommittees by congressional lina. district, will urge legislators to adopt tter Carolina met full formula funding, SBC chairman >cuss plans for James Smith said, ide campaign to "Aside from the post card cam/ho the students paign, we're going to do letter 100 percent for- writing, and that's going to be on a !.C. colleges and more personal basis. The members of mmended by the these subcommittees are going to be ;her Education. the ones who are going to be in closer islature approved contact with the legislators," Smith ig, said Arthur said^___^ )r vice president irs and provost. ercent from the See Tuition page 2 neet as usual hr t-n OT7 DVP1 ICO iy may cAtuow Lts honoring King [II States. Although a number of student requests have been made that ;ld as usual Mon- classes be cancelled on the national toliday observing observance day, Smith said classes he Rev. Martin will still meet. ,, a USC ad- "But because of heavy and diverse demands on our spring academic lors are encourag- calendar, cancelling classes this year its who wish to at- is not possible," Smith wrote in the memo dated Jan. 6. to cancel classes Although special programs in gh many requests memory ot King have been held ;e the academic at US.C since 1983, a USC d Provost Arthur spokeswomah said the university vice president never cancels classes for optional n addressed to all holidays^^^^^ explained the imday, calling King c ^ ens of the Uniled See K,nS PaSe 2