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Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday
Volume 81, No. 62 University of South Carolina February 10, 1989
S.G. preside
By D. R. HAYNES
Staff writer
The political hype associated with a presidential campaign
officially began Wednesday night as five Student
Government presidential candidates squared off in a
debate.
The debate took place in the Russell House Ballroom
and was sponsored by the Athenian Society and the
NAACP.
The candidates started with their introductions, followed
by questions from three panelists. The audience was
given a chance to ask questions, and summaries from the
five contestants ended the clash.
The rising cost of education-was the biggest issue in
common with most of the candidates. Parking lots, cost
of books and safety were other problems addressed.
Security, tuition and parking were the primary issues of
political science junior Tony Helton's platform. Serving
as the founder and chairman of Students Against Violent
Crime on campus has enabled him to see many facets of
campus security, he said. USC is a fast-growing campus in
a fast-growing city, thus posing a greater security problem
for USC, Helton said. The crosswalk between the fraternity
quad and Bates West, the area from the Russell
House to the library and the area from South Towers to
Greene Street are key spots for trouble, he said.
After confirming his intentions with the secretary of
state's office and Ed Stokes, who registers lobbyists,
Helton said it was legal to have a full-time lobbyist. Having
a full-time lobbyist with a vested interest in USC
would be more beneficial to USC, Helton said.
Even though five candidates participated, only four will
appear on the ballot. A technicality in the constitution
denied physics math major D. J. Jensen his opportunity
because he lacked 30 credit hours at USC. Despite Jensen
Campaigns costly
Candidates mi
obey spending i
By ROBERT D. THOMAS Malphrus said.
Staff writer The commissioi
As campaigns for Student decide if the candid
Government offices draw to an overspent and w
end, candidates are drawing more disqualified,
money out of their bank accounts "I have the abilit
to finance them. candidate if he doe
Presidential candidate and rules for campai
political science junior James Malphrus said.
Smith is running the most costly would be real hard
campaign for the Feb. 16 election. "1 don't think th
Smith has spent $385, $15 below lot of money) is n<
the S.G. election code limit. Smith said. He saic
The codes limit the amount of to believe that he
money each candidate may spend most on a USC i
on his campaign, S.G. Election campaign this year
Commissioner Gary Malphrus He attributes the
said. campaign to havinj
Candidates running for S.G. re-order campa
president, vice president or because many of
treasurer may spend no more than posters have been
$400 on the campaign. Senate can- campus walls and 1
didates are limited to $50. "It is very expen
If someone believes a candidate president," current
has overspent during the campaign, James Franklin sai
he would have to file a report with "The reason the
proof to the Election Commission, limits is to assure t
Program will run throughout
S.G. begins s
By ERIC KENNETH WARD
Staff writer 4<Wc
A student book exchange supervised by Student
Government opened Wednesday on the range J
first floor of the Russell House. what I'
The exchange will use a bulletin board across I'm goi]
from the Grand Marketplace and will run for J? .
the remainder of this semester, S.G. President Hand it
James Franklin said. Hr?n T
In addition to being a forum through which frnrn ft.
students can buy and sell books, the exchange ir"in
will also give the requirements for future follow 1
courses, he said.
Patrick Smith, special assistant to Franklin,
said the exchange will work this way: sPei
When a student has a book to sell, he or ????
she should obtain a card from S.G. own exchi
The student must then put information Governme
about the book on the card. "Studen
That information, which will be verified purely adn
by S.G., includes the book title, edition, course The last
for which it was used, price paid for it and price when thert
fo> which it is being sold. Also included should exchange v
be the student's name, address and phone House, Fr;
number. Smith s<
The card is then pinned on the board, and and a st
the market system takes over. exchange.
The faculty senate is trying to develop a "We're
catalog ot course descriptions that will aid the That's pre
exchange, Franklin said. into," he !
The catalog will list required text(s) and and hand
descriptions of courses for the next semester. will have ti
Students can help develop the catalog by br- will follow
inging in the syllabi that go with their books, he Franklin
said. to the next
S.G. will keep a copy of the information sity. "1 doi
cards and sales receipts to ensure legitimate next admii
sales, though students will sell books among recommem
themselves, he said. "Students will control their administra
ntial Candida
having been administratively taken off the ballot, he insists
on staying in the race.
"In my opinion we should get rid of the part of the Student
Government. I think the part of Student Government
is a waste of time. I think our Student Government
is embarassing. I think we can do without it," Jensen
said.
Presidential hopeful Marie-Louise Ramsdale, a Soviet
studies senior, spoke of her extensive experience in student
government. Since her freshman year, Ramsdale has
served on several S.G. committees.
"Real answers and real experiences" highlighted
Ramsdale's address. The real answers are the solutions to j
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proDiems siuuenis lace, sue saiu. i\anisuaic saiu nci experience
in student government will enable her to be a
good leader because she has already been exposed to
many problems students face. Tuition, safety and book
hikes are major problems confronting students, she said.
Lorrie Shealy agreed to the problems, but the broadcasting/political
science junior offered a different approach
to solving the problems. "There is too much
politics in student government," Shealy said. Problems in
the student government has slowed progress, she said.
The number one problem is tuition increases, and proper
steps are not being taken to rectify them, Shealy said.
"We can get 25 students involved, or we can get 200
students involved, or we can get 500 students involved,
but if we don't do what the South Carolina General
Assembly asks us to do, they're not going to give us that
full-formula funding," Shealy said.
Wasteful spending is the primary reason USC has not
received full-formula funding, Shealy said. "As Student
Government president, I will look carefully at every audit
that comes out," she said.
Funding from the state Legislature was the focus of
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n would then
late had actually ' mith
ould thus be 0 100
y to disqualify a
s not follow the tremely wealthy does not go out
gn spending," and spend $2,000 or $3,000,"
"However, it Franklin said,
to prove." 0 Compared to the other races,
at it (spending a the contenders for the president's
;cessary at all," office have the highest average
1 it was difficult spending. The candidates' spenhad
spent the ding: Tony Helton, political science
executive office junior, $318; Marie-Louise
Ramsdale, Soviet studies senior, <
high cost of his $290-$300; Lorri Shealy, broadl
to replace and casting/political science junior,
ign materials $248; and Smith, $385. <
his signs and "I found it necessary to have the I
removed from things out on campus because my
bulletin boards. name recognition was not as high 1
sive running for as other candidates' when the cam:
S.G. President paign began," said Helton, whose 1
d. spending was the second highest in 1
re are campaign any race. 1
hat someone ex- Helton attributes his high spen- \
semester
tudent book ex<
're still working on a longdan.
That's pretty much
m putting my time into.
ng to write a proposal and ;; jra
to the next administrahey
will have to take it C 1
lere, and I hope they will MM"* f
through with it." BB
?ial assistant to S.G. president ) #
uige under the auspices of Student jl
t Government's role in this will be pi|w?wi
linistrative," Smith said.
two or three days of the semester, gggriflP^gd
: will be a big rush to sell books, the 1 # M
/ill be moved to a room in the Russell %
inklin said. ,
lid the bulletin board is temporary, i ' fl
ore might eventually house the || IBS J/M
still working on a long-range plan. p
ttv much what I'm nuttino mv time P i
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>aid. "I'm going to write a proposal I
it to the next administration. They
0 take it from there, and I hope they
through with it."
1 said he will recommend the proposal
S.G. administration and the univern't
have anything to do with what the
listration does, but it will be highly Two IJSC students
ded to them and the university change board locatet
tion." House across from th
tes square of
Journalism senior Berkeley Grier moderates the Athenian
Wednesday as members of the audience look on.
political science sophomore James Smith. USC is missing
a direct contact with the state Legislature, he said. Smith has
said he has three years' experience in working with the onl>
state Legislature and has sat in with the Ways and Means said
Committee.
ENDING I Studei
By DAVID L. fcATOlN
248 Staff writer
300 USC students and faci
318 ing a state-wide battle ag
BK
385 Up$et me that any
1 1 i is legal," said Kather
200 300 400 secretary/treasurer of
Peace. "1 heard about
of marital rape last year
ding to the size of USC and to his failed in the legislature,
ordering two different styles of "We (the Alliance for
posters rather than one, as many started a petition wit
other candidates did. signatures. We also have
Presidential candidates have letter.-writing campaign
spent money on items ranging from gaining interest and ?
posters and flyers to stickers and. said.
pizza. A new bill in the stai
In the vice-presidential race, would more strongly
campaign expenditures ranged the existence of marital
from $50-$300. The candidates' work professor Kathryn
spending: Joshua Roger,
economics/political science senior, According to present
550; John Leary, science assault between spousi
sophomore, $248; and Todd Weiss, crjme unless the couple
undeclared sophomore, $300. ordered separation. T1
W! P1CC w/Ka enpnt tKo moct ? ? ?
"v,JO: """ ^ acknowledges as crime s
money in the race, said he an- between spouses living a
ticipates spending even more a court order. The bill al:
money because there are a lot of crime of sexual batte
plans late in the ball game. pje js stjjj living togethe
The extent of the
unknown. Some 50 ro 1
all sexual assaults go uni
^ fx a even greater percentag
.iiaiiut assauits ,^^'n
O unreported, Kidd said.
' 'shelters for battered
report having been rapec
Wl expected to attend the n
Bk "* % , ^MH| vice for head footbal
pPPk \M Morrison at 3 p.m. toda\
m The memorial service
Ji at ^ '"iams-Brice Stadii
vice will be brief, said
assistant athletic direct
I relations.
. 1 Speaking at the ser
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vs Joe Lee Dunn and S
former New York Gian
(7/11/ Tl.CkLtt T/ic (imiitunk Alma Mater and ltle
theme during the cerem(
put up cards on the new book ex- At the family's reques
I on the first floor of the Russell cast media will not be all
e Grand Marketplace. the ceremonies, P
f in debate
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Society's Student Government presidential debate
I think what you all have to be concerned with is who
the experience to deal with it, and right now I am the
' one . . . who has experience to deal with it," Smith
its concerned
mnriinl rnno
ii 111
Women has done extensive research
into the issue. "The main concern
ulty are join- that we have heard voiced was that
ainst marital there may be false complaints
entered," Sue Summers of the Cornkind
of rape mittee on Women said. "There are
ine Gilbert, now sections (of the bill) that would
Alliance for prevent such claims from occurring,
the problem The charge would require the same
when the bill proof as stranger rape: traces of
semen or vaginal trauma."
Peace) have Summers also addressed another
h over 150 concern voiced by the public. "It (the
just begun a bill) really isn't that radical. Thirtyin
hopes of seven states already have some type
iction," she of legislation in place against marital
rape," she said.
te legislature
acknowledge "I interviewed with a woman who
rape, social was a victim of marital rape. Her
Kidd said. husband raped her with- a scout
knife. The charges of criminal sexual
low covhqI ncr.n..i? u;? i i?
i?vy, ocAuui a^sauu auaiusi 111111 wcit uiuppcu. illes
is not a stead, he was charged with aghas
a court- gravated assault and was sentenced
he new bill to seven of a possible 10 years. He
exual assault will be parolled in one to one-andipart
without one-half years," she said,
so recognizes The original criminal sexual
ry if the cou- assualt conviction carried a penalty
r. of twenty years in prison.
"Rape is never an act of lust or
problem is passion. Violent sexual behavior is
)0 percent of violent sexual behavior," Kidd said.
eported,and "There is no evidence that being
es of sexual married precludes violent sexual
rriages go behavior.
The Alliance for Peace has set up
en who enter tables in the past couple of weeks to
women also get signatures from students and
i within their have them sign letters to send to their
in the mar- state represenatives, Gilbert said,
rted, but no The group will be out on the Russell
I. House Patio again Monday from 10
mmittee on a.m. until 3 p.m., she said.
forrison
ial service today
Photographers may take pictures
its, faculty, from the photo deck, and the service
nembers are may be covered from the press box.
aemorial ser- Classes will not be cancelled Friday
1 coach Joe for the services, Provost Arthur
/. Smith said. Smith said he is neutral
will be held on the subject of whether or not
am. The ser- faculty should excuse students from
Tom Price, class who want to attend the
or of media memorial service, as was done for the
Martin Luther King holiday
vice will be
Coordinator "We are not doing that because
am Huff, a there are not that many classes on
ts' teammate Friday afternoon. If students want to
go and if they have conflict with a
ritus Lauren class, they have to work it out with
service with a their professor," Smith said.
Parking will be available on the
perform the State Fair Grounds. Those attending
Cocky 2001 the ceremony are encouraged to enter
any. on the west side of the stadium
t, the broad- because seating will be on that side,
owed to tape The west side gates will open at I
rice said. p.m.