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Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Monday
Volume 81, No. 73 University of South Carolina March 20, 1989
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By RICH WALENDA
Staff writer
A fire, a celebration in Five Points and car vandalism H
kept University Police, the city's police and fire departments
and a state agency busy this weekend.
University Police and the Columbia Fire Department
responded to a fire at the Phi Kappa Sigma lounge on
Saturday morning. No one was reported hurt in the
incident. ||
The blaze occurred at 12:39 a.m. in building A in the B|l
McBryde Quad when a mattress caught fire. The Columbia
Fire Department responded with five trucks and was
able to extinguish the fire in about 15 minutes.
University Police and the Columbia Fire Department
are treating this incident as arson, and it is still under II
investigation. jr
Sophomore fraternity member John Lipsky said there
is smoke damage to all the rooms in the building. "All of >
my clothes smell like smoke," he said. I
Damage to the building is estimated at $20,000, and
$400 for couches and mattresses that burned. There was I
about one inch of water on the floor of the bathroom
where the fire apparently started. Also listed among the
losses were the fraternity files and the fraternity tests
from past classes, which were destroyed.
According to the S.C. Alcohol Beverage Control
Commission, 57 people were arrested during the St.
Patrick's Day festivities in Five Points on Saturday.
Among those arrested were two males who assaulted a
female ABC agent. Most of the individuals arrested were
19 and 20 years old, with charges ranging from underage
drinking to possession of alcohol. The youngest arrested
was 13 years old. Only four of those arrested were charged
with possession of false identification. It is unknown
how many of the people arrested were USC students.
In a separate incident, a juvenile was arrested by
University Police after attempting to break into a car at
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See CRIMES page 2 estii
Phase two of sign-up procesi
Few spaces lefi
By ROBERT THOMAS Sim
Staff writer a.m.
Nearly all spaces in campus apartment complexes have "Ft
been filled for the next academic year, Director of Ad- defini
ministration for University Housing Jim Smart said. Mei
"We have some spaces left over for men, but many of lightei
those spaces already have a preferred roommate listed for Sim
that space," Smart said. apartr
The first phase of the continuing student sign-up period the vi:
for housing ended Thursday. Tw<
The apartment housing still available ? less than 50 ing pr
spaces for men at Bates West and Cliff apartments ? will to Pr<
become available for underclassmen during sign-up phase Mike
four on April 11. Truste
Groups discoura
use of plastic foa
By ERIC KENNETH WARD it can be recycled.
Staff writer Beck said plastic foam
Cold drinks at USC may be served recycled, and South Caroli
in paper cups instead of plastic foam future shortage of land ir
cups next fall because of an ozone- can dump its solid waste,
depleting chemical used in many Mike Griffen of the Mar
plastic foams. Corporation said the issue
Eric Beck, member of an en- ing plastic foam with papei
vironmental club in the business is being investigated, bui
school, said many plastic foams in- know for sure when th
volve chloroflorocarbons (CFCs) in would take place,
their production. Beck is a member Beck said his club has al:
of the Organization of Business this semester with Studer
Students for Environmental Greener Environment and 1
Responsibility. dent of Facilities Planni
OBSERVE was formed last Rinker to develop a p
semester to increase awareness in the aluminum can recycling pr
business school and community of
environmental issues relating to The future program will i
business. The club is made up of a trial run, he said,
graduate students in international Large containers for p
business studies. cans will be placed in t
CFCs break down the ozone layer buildings, possibly Garni
protecting Earth from the sun's and Coker Life Sciences, h
radioactive rays. They also collect in SAGE currently has cor
the atmosphere, holding in heat and Gambrell Hall for collectii
raising the temperature, Beck said. help cover their operating <
Besides damaging the ozone layer, large containers will replac
plastic foam does not decompose and now being used, he said,
stays around a lot longer than paper in addition, an educati
when littered, he said. gram will be launched
He said Marriott campus food students aware of the pi
facilities have been encouraged to said,
find alternatives to plastic foam with "if this program works \
other items than cups. hopefully going to expanc
"There's no reason for the whole campus," Beck said.
Styrofoam bowls in the Russell to work well, the student
House. They could easily use re- participate, he said,
usable bowls."
The restaurants said they will The administration is als
research alternatives, Beck said. with the groups to hold
Another advantage to paper is that cleanup day.
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fire at the Phi Kappa Sigma hali on the fraternity quad caused an
nated $20,000 in damages Saturday morning.
f begins tomorrow
t in campus apai
irt said the women's apartment spaces ran out by 11 The Ecology Comn
rhursday, which was earlier than previous years. current apartment-s
>r women, it (signing up for apartment housing) was shortening current vi
tely heavier than normal," Smart said. move to no visitation
i requesting apartment housing was normal or by areas of two Tow<
than normal, Smart said. Douglas and Bur
irt attributed the increase in women requesting freshman hall, of the
nent-style housing to their concern over changes in by the committee's pi
sitation policies. Fair, a member of t
3 forms of changes in the visitation policies are be- campus-wide ban on
oposed, one by the Ecology Committee in a report sex.
;sident James Holderman and the other by Rep. Freshman internatii
Fair, R-Greenville, to the university's Board of looked into moving f
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Officials a
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By JEFF WILSON
Staff writer
Three USC students have been arrested for
the manufacturing and selling of false driver's |
licenses, and state and local law enforcement officials
said more arrests are expected.
Joe Dorton, chief of enforcement for S.C.
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r-iicuuvjin. Dcvciagc v_,uihiui ^.unimission, said
Corey James Drake, 18, of Orangeburg was ar'ested
Wednesday night for forgery, illegal
Dossession of liquor and simple possession of
narijuana. He was released Thursday from
Richland County jail on $1,000 personal
ecognizances bond on the forgery charge and
6200 bond on the other charges. driv<
After further investigation, Joseph Riopelo, A pt
18, of Simpsonville and Edward Joseph picti
Laurent, 17, of Greenwood were arrested Fri- prop
lay for forgery in the same case. They were
30th released on $1,000 personal recognizance P<
xrnds. All three students reside in Moore dor- clud
nitory, Dorton said. alon
He said information about the campus ID false
nanufacturing operation was obtained from bore
;tudent informants. coul
Students were paying from $15 to $50 for S(
"alse driver's licenses in this particular case, he dupl
.aid. the <
"Our (ABC) agents developed the informa- F<
ion about a month ago that there was on the Car*
JSC campus individuals operating a factory of Dor
orts for manufacturing false IDs and were us- sent
ng a method we know well from past investigaions,"
he said.
Dorton said investigators from ABC, S.C. forg
Jighway Department and the USC Police gam
Department were able to get an undercover D
igent in and purchase a driver's license from a undi
tudent. Si
The operation run by the Moore students had und<
>robably been going for about six months, Dor- fron
on said. M
The process the students used was a common or 3i
ystem, he said. and
A handmade board of a Pennsylvania $20(
rtments for
littee is calling for no changes in the because of the
tyle housing visitation policies, "Apartmen
sitation hours in some halls and a ly worth it bee
by the opposite sex beyond the lob- see ar)d when,
:rs residence halls. "The Horst
ney, one male and one female ar>d it did fill
Towers complex would be affected Thornwell,
an. renovated and
he Board of Trustees, is calling for a the first buildi
overnight visitation by the opposite Smart said
newness of th<
onal studies major Elizabeth Harris 1
rom a traditional residence hall to
aley's Mill, an off-campus complex,
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;r's license was made and placed on a wall.
:rson stood beside the board and a Polaroid
ire was made, the picture was trimmed to
>er size, laminated and sold, Dorton said.
slice confiscated the equipment used, ining
the wall board and Polaroid camera,
g with several finished and almost finished
: IDs. All the Pennsylvania driver's licenses
: the name Erin Ernst, probably because it
d be used by a male or female, Dorton said,
juth Carolina licenses are more difficult to
licate than several other states because of
detailed background, Dorton said,
srgery is a felony in the state of South
slina, with a maximum seven-year sentence,
ton said they are seeking the maximum
ence for the students arrested.
We intend to send a message by using the
ery charge that we are no longer playing
es with underage drinkers," he said,
orton said more than half of all people
zr the age of 21 have false IDs.
nee July 1, ABC has arrested 1,800
;rage drinkers statewide, ranging in ages
i 13 to 20, Dorton said.
inors caught with false IDs face a $100 fine
0 days in jail. Individuals over the age of 21
caught supplying minors with alcohol face a
) fine or 30 days in jail, he said.
next year
: pending visitation policies,
ts may be more expensive, but they are realause
it will be our choice to who we want to
" Harris said.
;shoe is most definitely the most popular,
up first as usual," Smart said,
which reopens in the fall after being
converted to apartment-style housing, was
ng on The Horseshoe to fill up.
Thornwell closed quickly because of the
; building and its furnishings.
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