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/ 1 I | ed^with^greenTnd^stuffed Lady Gamecocks ousted in first round ?"t8" with people tomorrow for ^ drink." ? Stephen Guilfoyle, St. Patty's Day. See Sports, page 5 Irishman ^ See Features, page 3 ^ee * * Irish page 2 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday , Volume 81, No. 71 University of South Carolina March 17, 1989 Committee's plan see Trustees cc By MONICA COLLINS Staff writer Students will have more residence hall visitation options if a proposed chanee in oolicv is armroveH hv thp USC Board of Trustees. The proposal is a result of a five-year study by the Ecology Committee that will also be offered to the USC Board of Trustees in an effort to answer questions of campus safety and health in the residence halls, Vice President of Student Affairs Dennis Pruitt said. The committee's proposal will call for assigning each residence hall to one of four categories with a range of restrictiveness, Pruitt said. "The proposed range will be from no overnight opposite-sex visitation in some residence halls to the present apartment-style access in some," Pruitt said. He said the committee is considering the Towers as a possible location for the no opposite-sex overnight visitation residence halls. The committee tried to balance the desires and concerns of students with those of parents, Board of Trustees members and community members, said Jim McMahon, director of Resident Student Development. Board of Trustees member Rep. Mike Fair, RGreenville, said he will be asking the board to reject the plan. Fair said he favors a campus-wide ban on overnight opposite-sex visitation instead. Allowing overnight visitation sends a hypocritical message to students, who are taught in S.C. public school sex education classes that abstention from sex until mar Media Week offers awards, lectures, food By PAM CREECH Staff writer Media Day this year has been extended into Media Week, a four day festival of media lectures, awards and presentations. Edwin Newman, former NBC news correspondent, will bring the week to an end at 7:30 p.m. March 23 at the Shafto Awards Banquet. The Media Week Committee decided on the format change to increase student involvement, said Joseph Shoquist, dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The previous policy was to dismiss journalism classes for the designated Media Day so students could attend sessions sponsored during that period. "In theory it was fine; in practice it didn't work out well, because many students regarded it as a holiday," Shoquist said. A change made last year, the addition of a banquet, proved to be very popular. "We saw that as something that we wanted to continue this year, but we decided to try a different approach to other events," Shoquist said. The new approach will integrate events into regular classes and eliminate any class disruptions. Two of the larger events will be Career Night March 21 and the Shafto Awards Banquet March 23, which honors outstanding work in South Carolina broadcasting. Tickets for the banquet are selling well, said Shawn Fulper-Smith, the President of Alpha Delta Rho. "There was a big rush when tickets first went on sale," Fulper-Smith said. "We expect another big rush near the end." Because there are only 220 tickets available, he also advised those interested to buy their tickets right away. They are $5 and are available in the journalism dean's office in the coliseum. Other plans for Media Week include a showing of the 1988 CLIO Award Winning Commercials at Russell House Theater and daytime lectures. Most events are open to all university students, regardless of major, but luncheons at the Radisson Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday will be for special groups only. Laboratory not By ROBERT THOMAS tablets Staff writer student A USC biology professor said he will continue to student have students study their urine as part of a Folk laboratory despite a student's complaint. dent w "The purpose of the lab is to illustrate a par- six tim' ticular point and to illustrate the mechanisms of Each scientific inquiry, particularly the function of the color, ] kidneys," said Thomas Hilbish, a South Carolina t? the ( College introductory biology professor. Actil English junior Carol Weir expressed her feelings honors shmit the laboratorv to her ,oK -- assistant anu professor and wrote a letter to the editor of The "We Gamecock, published March 1. <?We were not do- said. " ing an experiment," she said. "We were doing a closed, demonstration." e In h She said she will follow proper procedure to have bloated that particular laboratory eliminated from USC rapidly biology curricula or to have an alternate assign- "I h; ment offered prior to the experiment. and hac "This problem (a student objecting) had never is prob occurred to me," Hilbish said. "Certainly, if any When I student had told me that urinating in a cup would Hilbi have been humiliating, they could have foregone used nz the laboratory." Dr The experiment, conducted by groups of four Drug ai students, called for each student to drink one liter experin of water. One of the four then ingested 18 salt ordinar ks to strike balance insider pro] Visitatioi Ecpfogy Committee Four visitation categories, ranging irom no overmgnt visitation by opposite sex to apartment-style access, depending on residence hall. riage is preferable, he said. "I've met with students who have made the very valid point that overnight visitation is not always a sexual thing," Fair said, "but I feel that most of the time it is." Fair said he thinks the Ecology Committee's proposal is a weak compromise. "It'll be a slugfest at the Board meeting," Fair said, "but I think most Board members will agree with me." Resident Hall Association President Michelle Lefeld said RHA is starting a letter-writing campaign in support of the Ecology Committee's proposals. "I support the committee's proposals because I know a great deal of research and discussion was put forth," she said, "and I want students to approve of the proposals." f^Hr ,y frr^ W^ m mm UP^ iiib if Hiai *"^ Agony of defeat An emotional Martha Parker sits at her last post-ga Gamecocks first-round lost to Tennessee Tech, 77-73, at Ci No. 13 jersey will be retired. dangerous, proj , one student exercised for 20 minutes, one "I woulc t swallowed four caffeine tablets and one except for t acted as the control. and thirst i >wing that part of the experiment, each stu- Weir saic as to urinate into a cup every 20 minutes or and degrad es during the course of the experiment. "Using tl i student was to record the specific gravity, invasion of pH and volume of his urine for comparison form tests < other group members' urine. "1 think lg SCC Associate Master Jim Stiver said the not violate college has checked the situation and found Terry Pa to be useful and safe. said he is ur were alarmed by this occurrence," Stiver it is an in1 As far as we are concerned, the matter is ticioated in "That an er letter Weir said, "The salt takers felt ficult to gra I; the caffeine drinkers began to speak the material and sweat." freshman R ave personally taken the experiment twice the experim 1 no problems," Hilbish said. "The caffeine Unger sa ably the least comfortable for the patient. salt tablets, took the treatment, it gave me the jitters." Biology < sh said the laboratory is safe and has been who partici] itionwide. she did not Teresa Noble, doctor of pharmacy at the "It was k id Poison Information Center, also said the said. "We v tent is not dangerous and is not out of the tion becai y. experiment. posed visita i Proposals Reo. Mike Fair No overnight visitation by opposite sex. Lefeld said the letter-writing campaign will be a positive movement, not a negative one. "It is imnnrtant fr>r ct 11cipntc tn roo^t Jr. o m.t.... ? ? ^~?x^? aiuwvuio iv ivavi in a niaiui t mailner to keep something more conservative from being implemented," she said. Lefeld said RHA will be accepting letters from oncampus residents until April 5. "I can't represent students if they don't help me," she said. Dean of Student Life Jerry Brewer said not enough students express opinions to the Board of Trustees. "If students don't make more noise than Mike Fair, then these things will pass," he said. Student Government President Marie-Louise Ramsdale Thank scheduled to be I locations on c * students can rej ? spot, members o Safety Committe< New security r ? maps displaying Wj^ educating studer f// other topics dis< III committee meetir As. part mine the safest 'in yyy fit housing, Thornw j// /'/ i.Q ir wg fig uv using a ntw il // [|l them access int.o I * 11 Committee Chair y ant said. A special bar cc J the ID cards of M Thornwell, Conai m to give its reside Jp their building and ? ? of crime occurrin jfel "It's just one n JRJ harder to just we a. m&Bm mitory," Conant "I think we're more security anc in the dorms," sa ment President ai tee member Marie Security lightii issued next fall, have the Photo courtesy of KEITH JONES boxes On it 3S 1 telephone number "It will show ime press conference after the Lady route to walk arc irolina Coliseum Wednesday. Parker's they are walking a said. "What we' ??? - prevention as opp the problem alter fessor says S5 i not expect any effects on the student 1 a little jitteriness in the caffeine takers I"* | n the salt takers," Dr. Noble said. ** 1 she felt the experiment to be unethical ^ ing Af| T he bathroom is a private act, and it is an V</XX X privacy to make undergraduates perDn their urine," she said. By MARY PEA it is part of a scientific study and does News editor their rights," Hilbish said. A freshmai ilm, associate legal counsel for USC, Wednesday in taware of any authority of law that says falsifying ide /asion of privacy if the student par- underage drink the lab voluntarily. ministrator said, ea (kidney functions) was the most difsp, and the laboratory helped to clarify The arrest of C 1 discussed in the lecture," said pre-med of 520 Moore ca ichard Unger, who also participated in five-week invesi ent. Police, the Alcol id he had a headache after taking the mission and tb Department, sa ind chemistry junior Vickie Emerick, vice president of Dated in the laboratory a year ago, said and Safety Divis feel humiliated. Drake was c ind of embarrassing at first," Emerick count of forgery: /ere mature enough to handle the situa- of marijuana a jse we were doing a scientific alcohol by a per: tion policy said the Ecology Committee's proposals are the best possible solution under the circumstances. "No student will have to live with a policy they don't want," she said. McMahon said if overnight visitation is important to a student, he might want to look into suite- or apartmentstyle housing. Freshman computer science major Jeff Edwards said the idea of having no opposite-sex visitation is stupid. "We are here to learn to be young adults," he said, "not to be told what we can and can't do." Resident Adviser Michael Sheehan, a graduate student in the MBA program, said he thinks the proposed change is a good idea. "It gives us a choice, and I think that's good," he said. If the proposal is approved, changes will take place in the fall semester, Pruitt said. An announcement about w hich halls will be designated as not allowing opposite-sex overnight visitation will be made as soon as possible, he said. "It is not our intention to displace or inconvience students," he said. "A residence hall room is a person's home, not just a bedroom," Lefeld said, "and visitation is part of the college experience." Music education freshman Lori Townsend said she would not live in a dorm with no opposite-sex overnight visitation. "1 think visitation is fine the way it is," she said. irity to improve I boxes, maps of safety plan ES C new call boxes "Students tend to be installed at various reactive as opposed to wtPUrrin!pl The proactive. You've got to iort crime on the r f the newly created take action before things ssaid happen . . . nethods for dorms, lighted routes and Marie-Louise Ramsdale its on crime were S.G. president :ussed in the first ??? ig held Tuesday. xperiment to deter- improvements that have been going security in campus on since the temporary committee ell Apartments will became permanent, Ramsdale said. ) system that allows As far as service fraternities such the building, Safety as APO, there needs to be more stuman Richard Con- dent involvement, Ramsdale said. "Students tend to be reactive as op)de will be added to posed to proactive. You've got to residents living in take action before things happen, nt said. The idea is and the education programs of the :nts sole access of committee will encourage students to reduce the chances be proactive." g, he said. lore step to make it Educationally, the committee inder into the dor- plans to put on more seminars and said. programs, Conant said. The commitgoing to see a lot tee plans to reach more of the 1 show more safety students through orientation proid Student Govern- grams parents, Conant said, id Safety Commit- "Another thing we're looking at is :-Louise Ramsdale. extending the shuttle hours, parig maps will be ticularly in the winter months," ConRamsdale said. It ant said. The hours of availability location of the call have not yet been discussed, Conant well as emergency said. s, Ramsdale said. The shuttles once ran late, but the students the safest university found it too expensive, >und campus when Conant said. As a compromise, they t night." Ramsdale are going to push for a later closingtrvino tn Hn ic rlnu/n timp cnr?h ac fi n m >osed to correcting The committee is comprised of it has happened." students and university officials from its, gates behind various departments such as housing, s where criminals Student Affairs, Women Student ipus awareness are Services and security. hman arrested orgery charge RSON Baker said the arrest was made at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday in Moore 1 was arrested after an ABC undercover agent VU?JHtV.UUJi "IIU ? ?WAV \X~* uuill L^i a IV V. mtification for "The forgery charge is the most ers, a USC ad- serious. It is a felony," Baker said. If convicted, Drake could be sentenced to up to seven years in "orey J. Drake, 19, prison, officer Ken Reed of the me as a result of a Highway Department said, tigation by USC Officials refused to give any tol Beverage Com- more information about the arrest le S.C. Highway because the investigation is still id Danny Baker, ongoing. But Coates said more arLaw Enforcement rests were anticipated, ion. "This is reality and not just some harged with one game," Baker said. "The , simple possession authorities are taking the business nd possession of of falsifying IDs and underage >on under 21. drinking very seriously."