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Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday
Volume 81, No. 53 University of South Carolina January 13, 1989
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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
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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
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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
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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
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W0WS1 Students for a Be
Wednesday to di:
organizing a statew
lobby legislators, v
hope will approve
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universities, as reco
Commission on Hig
Last year, the legi
93 percent fundin
Smith, USC's
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By JOHN MILLS 1
Administration writer
Classes will be h(
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ministrator said.
However, profess
ed to exempt studen
$JH| tend services.
It is impossible
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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
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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.
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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
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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 ^
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