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A local jazz band heads tol/Qg "l"Ui7ffc O r I I rrn^c Chuck, if you've got something that for a national competition UI5L/ lillvCS IWO IlOlll 1^1 O JS X lSJClS rotates, by God, use it!"? Chuck L.A. Dean's uncle ^ ^ See Features, page 5 See Sports, page 11 ^ee Random, page 6 The Gamecock Founded 1908 * Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Mondciy Volume 81, No. 87 University of South Carolina April 24, 1989 S.G. president | against switching | canteen to offices f By ERIC KENNETH WARD Staff writer I || Student Government is throwing its weight behind an effort to prevent the canteen in Gambrell Hall from being fc converted into four graduate student offices. S.G. President Marie-Louise Ramsdale said she met Kl with Vice President for Student Affairs Dennis Pruitt and II Vice President for Facilities Planning David Rinker to express student concern about the possible change. Ramsdale has discussed the issue with many students who were all adamant about keeping the canteen, she ^ "Do we want to look after the concerns of a few students, or the concerns of many students?" Ramsdale H| said. She said office space will not help the majority of the students. "Office space is certainly not something that is conducive to a positive academic environment," she said. She said she also wrote a letter to College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Carol McGinnis Kay and plans to meet with her on Friday. S.G. Vice President John Leary said,"I wasn't aware the College of Humanities and Social Sciences was in need of extra office space with the Welsh office building right next to it." Rinker said the renovations would cost about $20,000 and stressed that it is a request from humanities and not a definite plan. "It is a request submitted for consideration, but it is not something that is locked into cement," he said. Rinker said the decision-making body that would present the request to USC President James Holderman ineludes Pruitt, who is also the dean of students. Hi Spp CANTRF.N nncp 2 Stan winci with nni r Mam stree cnrino 3 'U'e m?re than a week remaining in Students ctnHents nf carnPus offices are reminding change of; r me essential things to do before leav- Second cl mg for summer vacation marine, Se es LaDonna Moss s* of distribution date andT'k'"f? ing sludents m.one' addresses deadlines for changing respondent n?,ice' raail service >o all cam- Mossed, morning mail deHvery'm^v d'SC?"tin,Ued af,er "Vj R May 5 is b0Z2TMay 31 SumrTs^" sr Students wishing to ha, , . ~P-n1, their summer addresses mm^n! ' forwarded . The nnal oust fill out a change of leaving is Faculty and staff might gel U Parking pr< By MARY PEARSON News editor fac Student Government is upset over a provision in the live final draft of the USC's Parking Committee proposal for tha the next academic year. Rai "We like most of the proposal, and we think the Park- " ing Committee has done an excellent job," S.G. President whi Marie-Louise Ramsdale said. dur S.G. is upset, however, with a provision that will turn a sho 200-space commuting students' lot near Capstone into a ' faculty and staff lot, allowing resident students to park resi there only between the hours of 5 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. tior H^H^E jHBX^ Standing tall The USC branches of the various Reserve Officer Training C( ceremony for the USC ROTC units. Departing studen By KRIS TAYLOR address cai ^c ??** T*|. %#?"** 1 I B :^a P __ feftjtt JA story junior Carole Ayre registers for classes at the ( ' commuting student Ic >posal angt 'There are two times as many students as there ar ulty and staff. We need those spaces for students wh : in Capstone and Columbia Hall. The bottom line i t those spaces should remain in student hands,1 msdale said. It is putting faculty over students, and, le I respect the faculty, where are we supposed to pari ing the day? Students just are not being treated as the; uld be," Ramsdale said. 'What they do not realize is that parking is needed fo dent students. There is no adequate public transporta 1 like at other schools," Ramsdale said. "Man Bj^PfeW^pP fl d I S vssWSWpssss >rps stand at attention during Passing Review Friday. ts must tend i d in person at the campus post office on Developei it before May 5. policy. St ' mail, for those who failed to submit a ready to 1 iddress card will hp rptnmoH t.-. conHo.- :? - , .. ... WW * vvui uvu IU JVIIUVI . 51^11111^ <X ass mail such as newspapers and condition will be discarded. The roc essed the fact that if students are expec- visers at tl y or airline tickets to get home, cor- for any di s must be notified of final mail distribu- "Last 5. "No exceptions will be honored," establishir consumini also the last day to sell used textbooks. director o tives will be available in the University pretty har beginning today from 9:00 a.m. until and easier Residen I and most important thing to do before of appoin room check-out. Resident Student Hall RHE II Director I registratio By ROBERT THOMAS Staff writer The head of USC registration dispelled i rumors Friday that hundreds of underclassmen changed their appointment times to pre-register early for the fall semester. "It was One of those tvniral srares " Direetnr wmmr " J 1 "? , " " "vvv/* of Registration Linda Woollen said. "There were not hundreds and hundreds of people ,'<0 changing their appointment times." Woollen said that there was not a substantial ? ,, J| figure of students changing their appointment * p times, and the computer system has safeguards JJJJJ to prohibit such an event. There are only 999 reserved appointment m spots in the mornings and afternoons on . registration days for students to change their / H times to, Woollen said, '" r The reserved spots were not used up on any of the registration days so far, Woollen said. "I feel that a lot of freshmen did get to register before upperclassmen," business junior Jody Wallace said. "I feel that upperclassmen should be assured the right to register before underclassmen." Meanwhile, Woollen said registration officials have become stricter about changing times for students requesting changes, and more than 24,000 registration forms had been processed by the scanners. "That's an average of two to three forms per mes nettles/the gamecock person> which is right on target," Woollen said. Coliseum Thursday. "I have been doing some research into the rt ;rs Student Go e students bring their cars so they are not stranded on cam- howev o pus during the weekends, to go home or to go out, and of uni is during the week, some students who live on campus have there, to go to off-campus jobs at night." Becl Ramsdale added that safety was also an issue. It is not away ] safe to park in the parking garages late at night and walk buildir ^ back to campus residence halls alone, Ramsdale said. faculty y "I don't think students should be inconvienced to have the lot to get up in the morning at 7:30 a.m. to move their cars The r that they parked close to their dorms so they would not ______ have to worry about walking alone at night," she said, y Parking Committee Chairman Peter Becker said, m PH By RICH WALENDA University Police were k during the past week with r burglaries of unlocked dorr B IdMBBB* A female student reporte H BjH exposed his genitals to her ( Bf:: 0 cond level of the Thomas Library at 11 p.m. Wednesi Mi ilk f Mm A female reported that had taken her car key f J mHHRN unlocked room in Bates H Thursday afternoon. Ano dent reported that some ^MM taken his watch sometime ' Jt ** morning from his Bates Hoi MMMMHi A male student reported meone had taken some ite his apartment in Woodrow ; * - * M*- * Thursday. According tc reports, the apartment was u * A female student reporte< meone had taken a purse unlocked room in Capstone hall this past Sunday night. Another student repor JAMES SETTLES/The Gamecock , , , . . somone had taken several it< ? . ? . , . . his room on the second Passing Review is the annual awards tU. b Moore sometime this past night. Friday night, a student ' that someone had entered hi f1/ /V///K\V ed apartment in Bates We? LS t/UJ H 1 ith floor and took several University Police also r< nent has instated a new express check-out to several calls of vandalism udents may go to their Area Office when break-ins during the past w< eave and sign out, leaving their keys and A student reported that statement saying the room is in good window was broken whili parked at 600 Marion St >ms will be checked later by resident ad- night, leir own pace. Students will then be billed I 11 I images they did not report. X AAJj/J year we found the old process of - rtTYVlji lg appointments with R.A.'s as too time- 1! Ft J/ / f Today's said Reggie Singleton, residence hall 44111+ J f Gamecock f Preston. "With exams going on, it is 1** IP newspaper d to get the times set up, so this is a faster 7, and the method. i and happy ts may still choose to use the old system itments if they want to, said Patterson ) Cathy Savisky. dispells iW% HIiniAW 'It 1 U11IU19 things that occurred, and I have found nothing out of the ordinary," Woollen said. Woollen feels that students were overreacting to the number of appointment changes and the main problem is there are not enough sections of classes available for the students wanting them. "1 do understand how some people would like to change their times to have a better chance getting into the classes they want," broadcasting junior Regina Suggs said. "As a junior, it would really get me mad nor to get into one of the classes I wanted because underclassmen were able to register early." As in years past, the Office of Communications and other university departments put holds on some students' registration for unpaid telephone bills and other reasons. "It's like this every semester," Janet Stokes of the Office of Communications said. "We do not put a hold on the student's registration unless the telephone bill is a month unpaid." The office does not put registration on hold unless the unpaid bill is $25 or more, Stokes said. "Personally, I think there is a lot more to worry about than registration," business freshman Randy McKay said. McKay said a lot of students who changed their appointment times did not have legitimate excuse except for wanting to be assured of getting into the classes they wanted. vernment er, the spaces were needed for the faculty because versity plans to build a new journalism building cer said the location of the new building will take parking space that now belongs to faculty. The ig will also create an additional need for more ? r spaces for the journalism faculty who now park at * s around Carolina Coliseum. Parking Committee's proposal would change the f See PARKING page 2 are incident = eek's crimes A non-student reported that someone had broken his car window -pnt hllCV onri ro?v? xsx+uj UHU ivuiuvtu 1119 wailCl 11U111 1119 tai eports of while it was parked in the Koger n rooms. Center parking lot last Saturday d a male night. 5n the se- A female reported Wednesday that ; Cooper someone had broken the passenger- , day side window on her car and removed someone her purse while it was parked in the rom her E-6 lot at 1400 Wheat St. ouse last Tuesday night, a student reported ; ther stu- that several items were taken from one had his car while it was parked in the ' rhursday Business Administration meter lot. ! iseroom. Another student reported that sothat so- meone had scratched the paint off of ms from his car while it was parked at 900 sometime Greene St. sometime Thursday night. ) police Three incidents were reported in inlocked. the S-5 lot at 1400 Heywood St. A student reported that someone had i that so- extensively damaged his caj. Another from her student reported that someone had residence broken her car windshield. A male student reported that someone had ted that damaged his right front door of his ;ms from car. All of the incidents had occurred floor of on April 15. Sunday University Police arrested several ! people who attended a concert Tues- ; reported day night. o T1 ? 1- ?J J - 5 uiuucN- iincc pcupic wcic <x\ i cmcu uuring * >t on the the Cinderella concert at Carolina items. Coliseum for possession of mari;sponded juana. All three were arrested and and auto brought to the Richland County ; eek. Detention Center. his car Two males were charged with ; it was disorderly conduct at the concert. I . Friday They were also transported to the Richland County Detention Center. J > ) issue is the final issue of The for the spring semester. The will resume publication June staff wishes everyone a safe / \ ^ \