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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
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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
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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
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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
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''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.
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of the Metro tournament against Florida State at
to the Seminoles 80-63, but still received a bid t
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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