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with violations.
* "I have focused our investigation
on distributors of steroids and people
in authority who, in essence, should
have known better than to get involved
with this type of violation," he
said.
Lide said there was no indication
of any illegal involvement by former
USC head coach Joe Morrison, who
died Feb. 5 of a heart attack. Lide
declined to say if Morrison had
knowledge of the alleged steroid activity
on the team.
"I think if you look at the indictments,
you will find no indication of
any illegal activity against Coach
Morrison," Lide said.
Lide said the indictments bring to a
close the investigation into steroid
use at USC, but said a statewide probe
into the use and distribution of
steroids will continue, with more indictments
expected.
USC President James Holderman
and Athletic Director King Dixon
both released statements saying the
university would re-open its own inquiry
into the charges and inform the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
as to the findings of the internal
investigation. Both Dixon and
Holderman were confident the problems
in the USC alcohol and drugtesting
program have been
enminaiea.
"Let me assure you that our
Wellness Program is in place and
working," Dixon said. "As directed
by the president, I along with Pete
Stokes, senior vice president for Law
Enforcement and Safety, and
Associate Counsel Joe McCulloch
will immediately reinstitute an internal
inquiry into these matters. I am
by letter advising the NCAA of these
actions, and a report will be
forthcoming."
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benefits of a call box pilot program
and to inform people about the status
of rape crisis services in South
Carolina.
Ramsdale said a "light path" map
- will be published for this fall. The
paths might take the student longer
to get across campus, but will be
safer, she said.
Frank Mims of Operational Services
went as an observer and took
notice of areas that needed to be
looked at and lights that had
presumably burned out.
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"We helieve the United States
District Attorney's office and SLED
have conducted a thorough and comprehensive
investigation of this matter,"
Holderman said. "Throughout
their investigation, we worked closely
with them and cooperated fully.
"I am confident that the decisive
measures which the university has
taken in regard to the administration
of its athletic department," Holderman
added, "and particularly its
drug-testing programs have ensured
that our athletic department is today
in excellent administrative hands,
and problems of this nature have
been eliminated."
The athletic director at USC during
the time the steroid problems
were alleged to occur was Bob Marcum,
who was fired in March of 1988
for failure to implement an effective
drug-testing program for USC
athletes. Dick Bestwick was hired to
replace Marcum, but resigned in early
October because of health reasons
and was replaced by Dixon.
Lide said he was satisfied with the
current state of the USC athletic
program.
"I'm very impressed with the steps
the university has taken to rectify the
problems they did have, and I think
they're in very good shape today,"
he said.
But he also had a warning for
schools who violated the law in the
future.
"In South Carolina. . . we're
simply not going to tolerate that attitude
any longer," Lide said. "I
think responsible officials, athletic
directors and coaches will heed our
message, which simply is: If you've
got problems, you'd better clean up
your act before people like us do it
for you."
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Ramsdale said if anyone notices a
light burned out or vandalized, they
should report it, and the problem will
be corrected within 24 hours.
Commander Gary T. Crump and
Corporal E. M. Grabski of Law Enforcement
and Safety at USC went
along on the walk.
"We're here to see what concerns
there were," Crump said.
Awareness Week closed out with a
Thursday night benefit concert. The
Cartwrights performed in the Golden
Spur with a $2.donation at the.door
going to Rape Crisis Network.
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Staff writer
Twenty call boxes might be on the USC campus
by the fall semester, the Student Government president
said Wednesday.
"We have been working for it to make campus a
much safer place to be," international studies
junior Marie-Louise Ramsdale said.
The call boxes could cost nearly $6,000 and will
use a wired or radio frequency, intercom-type
system, Ramsdale said.
Students needing to contact the police will simply
push a button on the call box to be in direct communication
with campus security, Ramsdale said.
The call boxes may not be used to contact people
other than police, Ramsdale said.
"The types we are looking at right now are pretty
much vandal-proof," Ramsdale said. "All we
can ask is for students to take responsibility and
not to vandalize the call boxes."
Ramsdale said there is some danger that the call
boxes might be removed if too much vandalism
occurs.
Student Goverment, however, will have a large
publicity campaign about the call boxes in hopes of
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Carolinians to take up their cause. who feared
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avoiding vandalism and prank calls to the police
station, Ramsdale said.
USC Safety Committee Chairman Richard Conant
said he agreed with Ramsdale.
"We are real concerned about pranksters,",
Conant said.
"We want to train the faculty, staff and students
to be alert and use them when they see something
suspicious," Conant said.
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distributed in the fall, showing the safest routes
between campus buildings, will pinpoint the locations
of each call box, Ramsdale said.
Other universities nationwide have installed
similar systems to the one that will be installed at
use.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
has installed several call boxes and is in the process
of installing even more, UNCC Deputy Director of
, Public Safety Hugh Poland said.
"In the past we have had call boxes that had
been vandalized," Poland said.
The vandalism and pranks were often done by
people from the community and not UNCC
students, Poland said.
"What vandalism that does occur is very rare,"
he said.
Poland said that UNCC will have about 18 call
boxes, and all of them will be without hand-held
receivers.
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