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/ ~r> USC has been picked as help the homeless and proWomen play NCAA 1st round tonight will be less educated." ? Amy I liJllilJElJr j mote Comic Relief. Loomis, columnist I See Features, page 7 See Sports, page 12 See "Visitation" page 6 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 81, No. 71 University of South Carolina March 15, 1989 Dorm r< into ap? By D. R. HAYNES Staff writer Thornwell will sport a new look next fall when it reopens as apartment housing rather than a dormitory. The dorm closed last spring, but is scheduled to be available to students as co-ed apartments. Thornwell formerly housed 90 students, but its new design will allow only 60 students to live there, said Director of Administration James Smart of the University Housing Services. One reason for converting Thornwell was to provide more women spaces in the Horseshoe area, which is predominately male, Smart said. In addition, 40 percent of the Horseshoe living space is reserved for the Honors College students, he said. "You can really see the kind of transition of people moving from a restricted building when they are freshmen to suites and apartments as they get older," Smart said. StliHf?nts tvnirallv want mnro privacy, study time and real world experiences such as cooking and living in a real world environment, he said. "We really see people going from Tortfoli financial By KKLLV C. THOMAS Assistant news editor Portfolio, USC's literary magazine, has run across hard times. Because of high printing costs, the magazine's fourth issue might be canceled. "Funding is definitely a problem," Director of Student Media Ed Bonza said. "Portfolio has the smallest budget allocation of all of the student media organizations and has a hard time meeting revenue requirements." Each media organization is allotted a certain amount of funds by the university according to its function and operating costs, Bonza said. These funds are mostly made up of student activity fees. The allotted funds, however, are not enough to cover the full operating costs, so the organization is required to raise a certain amount of revenue. Portfolio is allotted $20,645 by the nni\tprcit\t onH ic rpnilirpH t n raieo uiu?vi jitj anu u iv\jm??vv. w l wuv Crazy Z By DEBBIE JORDAN Staff writer Two popular Five Points bars, C C.P.'s, might lose their liquor lie charges that they allowed underaged bars. Joe Dorton of the Alcohol Beverage sion said the commission hasn't issued Zack's and C.P.'s may be fined, suff revoked license, or see the charges disi Hearings were held on March 7 con drinking at Crazy Zack's and C.P.'s. If the charges are dismissed, ABC ag checking IDs at the doors of Crazy Z Dorton said. ID bill con< By DEBBIE JORDAN Staff writer A bill proposed by the House Rules < man suspending the driver's licenses of IDs has some students and local busine t> U,,ff A I\.cp. IU111 HUH, i/ iiwuil rtUgUMcl, P January. The bill is in debate on the H The bill would require the suspension days for a first offense and 60 days foi There seems to already be some cor fake IDs. "If I got my license suspen disastrous," 20-year-old fashion mere Susie Dowling said. "I have less than i legal so having a fake ID right now may interest. Maybe I'll hold off for a while Journalism junior Jennifer Becker sa matter to her because she is turning 21 th said she sympathizes with younger stud wait. "Next year's freshmen can just fo Employees at local businesses are finances. A waitress at the Parthenon who di identified said business might decrease i scared to use fake IDs in local bars anc ^novated iriiiiciiLS the traditional residence halls to suites to apartments and out to the real world," Smart said. "We try to set up the apartment situation like off-campus apartments as much as we can," Smart said. The apartments will be all singles, resembling the make up of the Horseshoe apartments, Smart said. A small living room, a kitchenette, a dining room and either two or three bedrooms will be featured in the new apartments, he said. Thornwell has been closed for the past two semesters, and former residents will have priority at its reopening, Smart said. "I stayed there because the setup was nice, and I was able to make some friends, which brought me back another semester," political science sophomore Dennis Williams said. "Price was a factor, but not a major one," Williams said. Thornwell was the most inexpensive place on campus to live before renovations began. "The prices over there were very reasonable," Williams said. Thornwell will cost the same as the Horseshoe apartments, which are $1,100 per semester. o' faces trouble $3,630, bringing the total to $24,275. Sixty-five percent of this amount, nearly $15,000, is used to cover printing costs. The rest is used for overhead ? postage, conventions, 4 student compensation and general " operational costs. David Lucas, Portfolio's editor, said raising revenue is difficult for I the magazine. S "Portfolio is just not a good outlet for advertising," he said. "It is only t published so many times a year, and ii then it sits around on somebody's coffee table until someone might pick e it up." n Advertisers are not too keen on t< paying to appear in a medium that s, might or might not work for them, he said. tl Printing costs for the first three issues were a little higher than had tl been planned, he said, and the re- d maining funds might be insufficient to publish a fourth issue. ir ack's, C.F ''Our agents are tr; Dorton said. Tazy Zack's and If ABC agents begi enses because of C.P.'s staff members drinkers into the government-issued id license, passport or m Control Commis- the door anyone foun< a ruling yet. Crazy A decision from 1 er a suspended or available within a few nissed. On March 1, Edgai ownership of C.P.'s. cerning underaged Tuesday's hearing < ship, Epps said. "The; ents may be found ?????? back's and C.P.'s, :erns local m "Let's face it, 50 pei Points are using fake I Committee Chair- intimidated enough to people using fake lot less business." sses concerned. The waitress saiH hp roposed the bill in patron has one, he wil ouse floor. "I don't have the tii of a license for 30 mine if it's legitimate,' ' a second. Lisa LoManto, a wa icern about using most businesses will be ided, it would be frequently go out with :handising junior ing home and drinking a year before I'm with a fake ID. not be in my best "A lot of times it's ! " who are under 21. If tl id the bill doesn't because their friends lis month. But she they'll probably have { ents who have to The Loft most likeh rget it," she said. clientel is a much olde concerned with Five Points, however, i the bill. d not want to be ????? f students are too 1 restaurants. . v f^|i*n?<*i I ' B JK^Sr ?* ,.v '"m-I^i, i^Hr m B" ;^gj * ^E ^ ***S&r tif rfife -k, < o-^lfUKHHIKifn ^^,1 ^ ...,,:x;^ Gamecock senior Bill Vernau looks to pass the of the Metro tournament against Florida State at to the Seminoles 80-63, but still received a bid t Campus pb ly MONICA COLLINS itaff writer Because USC has used almost all the numbers ir he 777 exchange, a new exchange of 544 will bt mplemented for student phones in the fall. Administration numbers will remain in the 77' xchange because there are fewer administratior umbers than student ones, Janet Stokes ;lephone communications department official, aid. "We've just run out of numbers," Stokes said. Number assignments were "in the 9000s" out ol le 10,000 numbers available in the exchange. Rapid expansion in the university system caused le need for the change, said communications epartment member Elizabeth Woodard said . "The university's growth has been monumental l the last four years," Woodard said. \ 'smight U ained to know what to look for," in working with Crazy Zack's and at the door, they will only accept lentification such as a driver's l lilitary ID. They will also arrest at I d using a fake ID. I ast Tuesday's hearing should be \ weeks, Dorton said, r Epps, a USC graduate, acquired dealt with C.P.'s previous owneri no longer have a lease, so they no See BAR page 3 erchants cent of the people drinking in Five Ds," she said. "If those people are stop using their IDs, there will be a r only job is to check for IDs. If a 1 be served, she said, tie to examine every ID and deter" she said. litress at The Loft, said she thinks A affected because those minors who Z]m 21-year-old students will start stay- * to avoid the risks of being caught By DEBBI only one or two in a large group Staff writer hey can't go out with their friends The num are old enough and they're not, of false id< )arties at home," she said. double in / wouldn't be affected because its Tucker of t sr group, LoManto said. Most of trol Comm she believes, will be greatly hurt by Even the can be ex ???????? were a5OU| rests in Cc See BILL page 3 it?t HjH recei' By KEVIN ADAMS Sports For the first time ever H and women's basketbal received bids to t ? postseason tournament Wjf' ^he USC men, with Kr wm 19-10, received their fir -/I. years and will play N.C. 4 R.I. The Gamecocks are in the 16-team bracket. B in the East. The Wolfp; fl^DPF W regular season Atlantic ference championship, i upset in the first round \ ^ tournament Friday in Atl 5l? :i aK Dlace Maryland The winner of the US( game will face the winne ~"m Iowa-Rutgers contest Providence. "It's a great thing f gram," said USC head ci TRACY HOWIE/The Gamecock ? . , u I Felton, who was a : ball in USC ssemrf'nal game rcscrvc d on Frank OrolunColMim. USC fell |973.74 ,eam ,he |as| 0 the NCAA tournament. tones to get: Additions such as the new Ira and Nancy Koger Center, the Swearingen Engineering Center and ex1 pansion within existing departments are examples ; of the rapid growth of the university, she said. The decision to change was made in late January r by Computer Services in conjuction with Southern i Bell and University Housing, Woodard said. Student numbers are being changed instead of , administration ones because student numbers and form occupancy change at least every four years, whereas administrative offices do not. Woodard said. "Even if students move only once a year, the number would have changed anyway," Woodard said. Stokes said the new system will be in use Aug. 1. Woodard said random-pattern assignment of room phone numbers in the new system will help ose their liqi ( pin \ gk Nfe# : . I .# \ 8 1 NaS^-N .'I c - -iAi ^ \ \ K \ x% \ X \ vKlf s \\V T/ -h \)\ i y i V y I rests for fake 11 E JORDAN said. He predicted twice th for 1989. iber of arrests for the use A 20-year-old USC sti mtification is expected to did not want to be ider 1989, said Captain John caught using false ide he Alcohol Beverage Con- twice last year, ission. "ABC seems to folio mgh acquiring a fake ID around Five Points," she pensive and risky, there first fine was $120 for a fa t 350 fake ID-related ar- my second was $68 for dumbia in 1988, Tucker drinking." The arresting officer n men, ladies ve bids to lA tourney i squad to play in the NCAA ^7 ld\7 Tournament. "It's got to be positive," he said. yiiryj/if "It affects everything ? it increases *1 attendance and excitement at the games, it should help recruiting and it gives us increased media exposure. That'll help us in the future." , USC men's Felton said the Wolfpack would I teams have pose a tough test, but added the two he NCAA teams were comparable in several in the same ways. "We're playing a team that was a record of first seed in the ACC," he said. "But st bid in 15 we match up well, and I think that's State in the important. Regional at The Lady Gamecocks are seeded Providence, sixth in the 12-team Midwest Region seeded 12th of the NCAA women's tournament and will play hbst to Ohio Valley e No. 5 seed Conference champion Tennessee ack won the Tech at 7:00 tonight at Carolina ColCoast Con- iseum in a first-round contest. but were The nationally ranked USC of the ACC women, 23-6, will be making their seanta by last- cond consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and third in the last four T-N.C. State years under head coach Nancy r of Friday's Wilson after winning their third Sunday in Metro Conference Championship this past weekend in Memphis, Tenn. or the pro- USC defeated Cincinnati 63-60 in Dach George the semifinals and Southern seldom-used Mississippi 92-65 in the championMcGuire's ship game to win its second conGamecock secutive Metro crown. new prefix the problem of obscene phone callers picking a certain block of numbers to call because they know the blocks access female dorms. ''We've had problems in the past with prank and obscene calls because there was no random assignment," Woodard said. "This should help the problem, although I can't say it will cure it." Five-digit dialing, in which a call from one oncampus phone to another can be made by dialing seven and the last four digits of the number, will continue to be used, Stokes said. The only difference in the new system, she said, will be that the first digit used in student numbers will be four instead of seven. Administration numbers will continue to be accessed on campus by the old system, Stokes said. Stokes said she anticipates no problems with the new system. uor licenses mm* ? . ' / v I'v * *'.'* Ifc# Os to increase lat amount minor for a number of offenses, Tucker said. The most common adent who penalty for false identification is a itified was $100 fine or 30 days in jail. Those ntification who help produce fake IDs may be fined $2,500 or sentenced to six monw me all ths in jail, he said. Forgery is the said. "My worst offense and carries a penalty of ke ID, and up to seven years imprisonment, underage ??????? nay cite a See ID page 3