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Volume 81, No. 84 University of South Carolina ' April 14, 1989
Contr<
75 students
stage protest
By MARY PEARSON
News editor
About 75 students gathered on the
front lawn of Capstone Thursday to
let the Board of Trustees know their
concerns about the campus visitation
controversy.
The students began gathering
about 9 a.m. in the morning before
the board held its meeting, talking
amongst themselves about the upcoming
vote.
"We know that we may not have
that much of an impact on the vote
today, but we hope our presence will
send them a message," journalism
sophomore Amy Beckham said.
After the Student Liaison Committee
Board meeting Friday, board
member Rep. Mike Fair, RGreenville,
said he would make a motion
to ban all overnight visitation except
in campus apartments.
Other board members said they
would have to deal with the issue of
visitation by voting for either the
amended Ecology Committee visitation
proposal or Fair's proposal.
The amended Ecology proposal
would start phasing out visitation for
freshmen in 1990 with an intent of
ending all overnight visitation by
1992. In the fall of 1989, opposite-sex
visitation would be allowed only in
the suite-style residence halls on the
weekends and on-campus
apartments.
Before the trustee members began
to arrive, Beckham asked the
Housing trends
Freshma
By ROBERT THOMAS
Staff writer
As residence halls that allow overnight
fill up for the next academic year, tw
residence halls with no visitation have ha
students sign up to live there.
"This shows that our present studen
want to live in a building with no visitati
Director of Administration for Universitj
Jim Smart. "The availability of having
guests is a real concern of the students."
Next year, under the Ecology Coi
recommendation, Douglas and Burney h<
Towers complex will have no opposite-s
tion at anytime beyond the lobby area.
Presently,out of the 484 spaces availal
buildings, there are four resident advi
graduate student and eight undergraduat
up to live in the buildings.
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activity fee
By KRIS TAYLOR <
Senate reporter
The Student Senate tabled a (
resolution to consider a student ac- (
tivity tee increase at its meeting t
Wednesday afternoon.
A resolution calling for a $10 in- c
crease for next fall was proposed by r
Senator Raj an Shah of the Senate tFinance
Committee. The increase v
would be the first since 1981 and
would be appropriately allotted to t
benefit all funded entities. c
"Pending national legislation per- p
taining to minimum wage, rates and
work study costs will significantly p
add to activities costs," Shah said in (
the proposal. Campus organizations a
are also in need of more funds that s
could be generated through the pro- <j
posed increase.
The resolution also states that no s
student activity fee increase would be q
requested during the next three fiscal ti
years. h
The resolution was tabled to allow r
senators a week to study it and its p;
consequences. The finance commit- b
tee will be sending out information Sl
In the Wednesday edition of The Gam
about the business seminar misidentifie
picture is psychology professor Ron Po
error.
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Journalism sophomore Darren Shepherd and psycholo
visitation by holding a sign at a protest in front of Capstone 1
students not to shout at them as they agreed with Beckham
walked inside. "First it will be whc
"We want to make the point with our dorms and wher
our presence," she said. "This pro- them there. Next, the
test is not just about the visitation dictating what cloth
policy. It is not a personal attack on criminal justice gr
Mike Fair or the university ad- Harkins said. "We <
minstration," Beckham said. should be allowed as
"Mike Fair is trying to push his ?ur own decision."
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uianu oi morais on us. 1 tnink this is When the students 1
scary because with this sort of legisla- board had voted to
tion we will no longer have a overnight, opposite-se
democracy, but a dictatorship." 1992, students sail
Students at the protest said they disappointed.
go haywire
n dorms get ]
The remaining spaces in the two buildings will 1
assigned to freshmfen and late housing applicant
visitation Smart said.
o Towers "If it comes down to living there or nowher
id only 13 that choice will become more appealing," Sma
said.
ts do not Smart estimates that 150 fewer applicants for oi
on," said campus housing have been processed this ye<
r Housing compared to last year.
overnight All incoming students will receive a letter withi
two weeks explaining the current visitation policit
mmittee's and will have the opportunity to change the
ills of the residence hall preferences, Smart said.
,ex visita- Meanwhile, the majority of men and wome
who were listed to be preferred roommates in Co
ble in the umbia Hall were bumped by other students seekin
sers, one apartment-style visitation Tuesday and yesterday
:es signed "Very few preferred roommates survived,
Smart said. "There were a lot of juniors an
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iach senator this week.
In other Senate business, Athletic
"ommittee Chairperson Berkley
Drier announced changes in football ||1
icket distribution for next semester.
Students wishing to purchase
latebooks will be required to pay the
egular season amount of $116.
kbuse last semester has done away
vith the student discount.
Ticket validation will continue to
>e $10 per ticket, but the athletic
lepartment reserves the right to sus- , ,
lend validation for any major game.
Block seating for student organizaions
will undergo the biggest change.
)reanizations will no loneer be ?
llowed to collect IDs and reserve
eats on the Sunday prior to regular
iistribution.
Each member wishing to reserve a |l *
eat with an organization will be re- if
luired to present his ID at a special
able during regular distribution ^ 5
ours. They will receive a coupon to Srtnii
eturn to their organization represenative.
The representative will then
ring all coupons to the block fh,^
eating distribution in the S.G. office *-?***>
n the Monday night of distribution.
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y will return to moving to off-campus housing to tl
es we wear," protest the board's action. y,
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are adults and Most students, however, said they
adults to make agreed the issue was not over. h
Student Government President is
earned that the Marie Louise Ramsdale said the
phase out all Ecology Committee will hold an "
x visitation by open forum on the visitation issue at 0
J they were 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Russell House tl
Theater. a,
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low turnout
)e seniors who were unhappy today because they
s, wanted to get into Columbia Hall and Capstone.
"Most information from students at sign-up in- ,
e, dicates that the primary factor in deciding housing II
rt is visitation," Smart said.
All USC housing facilities are now filled to j
l- capacity for the next academic year except for
ir Burney, Douglas, Baker, McClintock, Sims, Pat- J
terson and Bates House, Smart said. Under the j
n new policy, overnight visitation will not be allowed
;s in most of these halls except Sims,
ir Patterson and Bates House have the most remaining
spaces, as well as Douglas and Burney, ,
n Smart said.
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Board passes
phase-out beg
By RON BAKER
Staff writer
The USC Board of Trustees passed
in Ecology Committee proposal
rhursday that would phase out overlight,
opposite-sex visitation for
reshmen and sophomores beginning
n 1990.
The proposal implemented by the
joard's action is a modification of
he original Ecology Committee
Report, said board Chairman
Michael Mungo.
The new plan means that students
ntering USC as freshmen in the fall
>f 1990 will be allowed no overnight,
>pposite-sex visitation, and the same |
/ill be true for sophomores beginn- ja
ng in 1991.
As protestors sat quietly outside, Ec
Itudent Government President ter
larie-Louise Ramsdale spoke inside
n behalf of the students and the be
icology Committee Report's recom- foi
lendations prior to the Student sai
.iaison Committee's compromise of
ipril 7. leg
"The majority of students here on be
lis campus do not think there's a lot leg
Tong with the current system," ov>
Lamsdale said. She added that she
links the actions taken by the board a i
ave been an overreaction to the dis
sue. rec
Ramsdale noted that it was with pu
great reservation" that the students Cc
n the Ecology Committee accepted
le compromise in which freshman fcc
nd sophomore overnight, opposite- tio
;x visitation rights be eliminated tio
Itogether.
The issue arose from actions by ex thi
fficio board member Mike Fair, po
ho originally brought the matter to ?
le board's attention. The adlinistration
commissioned the
ACLU investig
By MARY PEARSON Th
Vews editor prr
The American Civil Liberties pai
Union is investigating possible civil
action against USC because of its act
tew visitation policy that was pass- tha
:d at a Board of Trustees meeting stit
fhursday, the ACLU executive the
iirector said. uni
"We will ask our attorneys to Bal
ook into' possibly challenging the 1
>remise on which the university ac- hat
ion today was based," Director chs
iteve Bates said to a group of tak
tudents who sat outside of I
:apstone in protest of the Ecology att<
Committee proposal amendments. jou
Students shot
nastier jtchedi
f LUCY SOTO day
iff writer regi
Students pre-registering April cha
-25 should be sure to check the C
?en section boards for corrections che<
errors in the fall master schedule. hav
Luke Gunter in the registrar's of- Lee
:e said the errors occurred as part jus
an experiment when the informa- son:
n for classes was downloaded clos
)m the mainframe computer to an dro]
)ple computer. G
"We lost a seven-character field. mer
ie person who typed it in by hand amc
tde some errors," Gunter said. bier
Ve will fix that so it won't happen sche
ain." A
The error in the schedule occurred the
the area beginning with the last senc
pt of the classroom number and offii
last letter in the days classes are thej
Id. After the seven-character area sche
c ctrinr>?*H flip infnrmotinn KoH fn
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put in by hand, Gunter said. advi
'We worked all night trying to put
:m back in, and when you do that, "
u're going to have a mistake. It's dep;
fortunate," he said. "We had a rors
ltract and deadlines. That's why sche
're trying to use this new system to S<
all the workload down in a rush mer
meet the deadline." psyc
Hunter said students should always hav<
jck the open section boards in the erro
iseum during registration for
isible changes in class schedules. thin
'By fall, there will probably be 20 ing
inges in the schedule. We're con- effic
ntly adding sections or changing that
lues
proposal;
ins in 1990
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mes Holderman
ology Committee to study the matof
visitation at USC.
Fair said at the meeting that he has
en attacked by friend and foe alike
r his stance. "That's okay," Fair
d. "It's better than being wrong."
"Those who yell loudest about
;islating morality are usually angry
?uuu. iuc niui amymax ib ucmg
islated doesn't represent their
n," Fair said.
Board member Donald Bailey said
)oll revealed that in every judicial
trict in South Carolina the people
:ommended following the policy
t forward by the Ecology
mmittee.
Holderman agreed, adding that the
ology Committee's recommendans
reflect a move away from visitan
freedom, not a move toward it.
"I do not believe, and I do not
nk the students believe this prosal
is in the best interest of the
See BOARD page 8
e Ecology Committee visitation
>posal and an amendment were
ised at the meetjng.
'We are concerned that by this
ion the university is assuming
t students will give up their conutional
rights in exchange for
privilege of attending the
versity. The issue isn't over,"
p said.
Jates added that students still
1 time to organize and work for
inge before the policy finally
es effect.
lates talked to {hp students who
mded the protest organized by
rnalisra junior Amy Beckham.
uld check
ule errors
s and times," he said. "As we
ster students, there's a constant
nge in the master schedule."
>ne student said she hardly ever
:ks the open section boards. "I
e before," said advertising senior
Satterfield. "But it was probably
t my freshman year and
letimes when they say a section's
ed the guy in front might be
pping the class anyway."
iunter said the psychology departit
seems to have the greatest
>unt of errors, although the pron
is spread throughout the
:dule.
ndy Ryan, business manager for
psychology department and who
Is information to the registrar's
fp fnr thp macfpr crhfHnlp saiH
f have produced a master
;dule of their own for the departit
to help students who are being
sed.
We've posted signs around the
artment saying that there are erand
to please verify their
:dules," he said.
a far, Gunter said, the governit
and international studies,
rhology and biology departments
: called to complain about the
rs.
There are like 10,000 lines in this
g," Gunter said. "We keep tr^to
improve it and make it more
:ient and sometimes when you do
you slip and trip."