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e weat^er Atlanta-based band, Drag the River, opens at Rockafella's Thursday see page 3 W%?w^iF^9 Partly cloudy and warm through the period with a chance of showers and KWIjlfliM thunderstorms each day, the highs in the I90s Thursday and upper 80s to low 90s Friday and Saturday with the lows in the Former USC assistant football COach acquitted on Steroid charges See page 5 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 81, No. 90 University of South Carolina June 28, 1989 Fair's |H J m <JgsF'' F P Trustee Mike Fair sits at a Bo^rd ol Friends 1 nVi cnrmar VliUiJL iilUl By SHELAINEPETERS Staff writer William M. Strickland, who diet last week, was remembered Tuesday as a tireless and committed membei of the USC Theatre and Speed Department. Strickland, 43, was departmen chairman for the past two months He also served as interim chairmar twice. According to Richland Count) Coroner Frank Barron, Stricklanc died of carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday. "He brought an energy and har mony to the department and to he the university," said Dean Hugh Compton of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. "I had calls from all over the United States from students who had Bill and were affected by his death. His legacy is in all of his students." Comments from co-workers echoed the sentiments of Dear Compton. "He had his humorous side, and r*oiirf nrrloi V/VUl i VI UVI public acces By The Associated Press The public should immediately be allowed to review records of a foundation involved in land -acquisition and development for USC, a circuit judge has ruled. Judge Carol Connor said in an order filed Monday that the Carolina Research and Development Foundation must comply with the state's Freedom of Information Act and "produce forthwith" documents previously requested by The Associated Press and The Greenville News. Foundation Executive Director Christopher Vlahoplus declined to release the documents when shown a copy of the order by the AP. He said the foundation's attorney, Hoover e. Bianion, wouia respona to me order. Blanton was out of town and did not return messages left at his home and office. Attorney Thomas E. McCutchen, also representing the foundation, said Monday he had not seen the order and could not comment on it. The news organizations filed suit in 1987 to force the foundation? which claimed it was private ? to open its records, saying it had received and spent more than $28 million in public funds. Muller said the foundation could refuse to produce the documents immediately only if compilation of the daugl ' Trustees committee meeting earlier this emember l's energy he always saved the day with it," saic Frances Speach, office manager foi i the theatre and speech department / "He brought out the best in hi? r students." 1 Dianne Dunkley, administrative specialist in his office, saic t Strickland was concerned about hi< students. l "He was lighthearted and full ol jokes. He cared about all the people in the department. All programs were 1 equally important." I Strickland, a member of the facul ty for the past 12 years, developec the Public Communication Hand ; book for an undergraduate speaking class. ; He was twice called upon to serve as interim department chairmar : when there where vacancies in the 1 position. Compton said Stricklanc possessed the administrative anc communicative ability needed to aci as department chairman during i transitions. Strickland also published more 1 than a dozen scholarly works. rs immediate js to records documents takes longer than anticipated and the foundation receives an official stay or change of the order. The foundation has 10 days to appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court, though it remains in effect unless a stay or modification is issued. Vlahoplus said a decision on a possible appeal has not been made. The foundation, which engages in land acquisition and development for the university, maintained it was a private entity and therefore not required to disclose its records or open meetings to the public. But in her June 13 ruling, Connor noted that the foundation spent 5io.5 minion iiuin a ieuerai gram 10 build the university's John E. Swearingen Engineering Center. .The foundation also received a $2 million grant from the City of Columbia and a $3.75 million grant from Richland County, which it used for development of the Roger Center for the Performing Arts in Columbia. The foundation then leased the facility to the university. In addition, the foundation received $2 million from the 1984 sale of the Wade Hampton Hotel; the university got $3 million. Connor ruled that the foundation was subject to the state's FOI act because it received and spent public funds. iter w Pli 1 If fc I* I V fe j(|y^-"' .., fe-:- ... year. W : ' Vp; HHflHHR ML flHH Chairman William Strickland. r : Courses Strickland taught incl ; public speaking, rhetoric tritici persuasion, contemporary camps rhetoric and speech fundamental: I He earned a bachelor's degre< science in 1968 and a master's 5 speech communication in 1969 fi the University of Arkans ; Strickland earned a doctorate i rhetoric and public address at L( ; siana State University in 1975. 1 Surviving are his wife, Ruth 1 1 gette Strickland; his mother, A< t Tucker Strickland of Muskoj \ stepson David W. Varty of Re Nev.; brother Rennard J. Strickl; r of Norman, Okla.; and sister, Ja Gambill of Aberdeen, Md. if \ jH s ' /v | j^p.: v '|SP ' P 1 M . 41 ' *'? i SSi aS *ffF* # ^Ihm SB$ Wnmm 'L |# tNB?S'J&?i^J The renovator.* on Drayton 1 expected. ill not atter HI By TODD CHRISTENS Copy desk chief State Rep. Mich, i| daughter, Meridith, said t **0m attend USC this fall bee ua' threats against her. I #>, * * 1 i ne lawmaxer aoesn i - ' ,| the threats would actual out, but the pressure c BhMH| deal with them was too ~ "Her comment was 'V K me Is he B*|j" is he really interested in are guys are l ||| "But the threats, that' - tI much pressure for an 18 Dd take, particularly durir WOB year vC While neither Fair nor the threats "had been repeated from dependent sources that tl In possible to ignore." "1 can't be specific threats, because what specific," Fair said. "Ge ' " were that a fraternity, I which one, has offeree H^^Hb anyone who has sex daughter in a dorm roor While no formal charg filed, Fair has contacted hHe photo sity officials and the St? forcement Division. Bush wants a m *%rm against jlag a From staff and wire reports trav< ^ President George Bush, reacting to a U.S. Supreme that Court decision that protects the right of protesters to burn one the American flag, today called for a constitutional shot ??f amendment that would prohibit desecration of the flag. Hun Bush said, "Support for the Constitution need not ex tend to the desecration of the American flag," which he cont termed "the unique symbol of America." lead ude The New York Times quoted Bush Tuesday: "I think # sm, I've sublimated some of the passion I feel, and I'm very t^e tign open-minded as to what to do about it. And I've asked s. our Attorney General and chief of staff here to recom- ^ - in mend what to do about it." t^e j ' in "I do feel viscerally about burning the American flag," men om he said. g, as. The Times also reported that Bush has been "surpris- hjs s in ed" and "troubled" by recent Supreme Court rulings, in- negg aui- eluding the ruling on flag burning and one which supported the legality of erotic telephone services which are prot -ig- not "obscene." dell Bush also fielded questions on subjects ranging from T1 ?ee; international diplomacy to child care legislation to Conj no, baseball in a free-wheeling 45-minute news conference in flag and the White House briefing room. he f; met The president said: beca He will carry a package of economic aid when he offei Staff writer The renovation of Dr< about six weeks behind s contractors may not be f the end of October, t USC's Project Develop: said Monday. Some of the delays million project, which November, were caused 1 rain and problems witl ture's steel frame. The f be reworked because Ti struction Co. originally plate holes in the wronj B Ir^B N "This causes problems W A||j] ^HH ^ original structure are tw< /V. > WW ' The theater will celebrate K/\ JHhBI l >f n'v'crsary next year with increase in the stage are Les Alverson/The Gamecock stage to ease the raising c stepped seating area foi Hall are taking longer than was originally people and improvei quality. id USC EN "The threats may be nothing. But there is a law in South Carolina that ael Fair's makes it illegal to threaten a state she will not representative or his family," he ause of sex- sa'dFair said he was disappointed that believe that his daughter would not attend USC, U..* 1 ly De carried uul unuer me circumstances ne ?f having to believes she made the right decision, great. "It's really crummy how some /hat if a guy cowards can get their way, and that is ing me up or 10 affect a family's plans," he said, me?"' Fair "It's that some scumbag making a that the bad threat that he probably never would it we're cav- have carried out ? and the reason they make a threat in the first place is s simply too because they are scared and won't ! year old to ta'k man-to-man ? but yet, the very tg her first fact that he said something has had an effect on my family." his daughter Miss Fair, a Berea High School V the threats graduate, has not decided where she i so many in- w''l go to school. Rep. Fair said her tiey were im- choices are limited because she wants to major in nursing and the cost of as to the the school is an important factor, leard wasn't Miss Fair said Friday she would atnerally, they ler>d a private school in South don't know Carolina. i $2,000 to The lawmaker said the threats are with my the direct result, of his largely unn." popular battle to eliminate overnight, es have been opposite-sex visitation from USC's both univerite Law En See FAIR page 5 mendment desecration els to Poland next month, but wants to first make sure the Communist government there will follow through conomic and political reform. He said Soviet leaders lldn't be "uptight" about his journey to Poland and igary. He still favors U.S. contact with China despite the inuing crackdown in Beijing against pro-democracy ers. He intends to make sure that any wrongdoing at Department of Housing and Urban Development is oughly aired and remedied. He criticized legislation on child care passed by Democrat-controlled Senate, but said he hopes agree t can be worked out on the subject, ush opened his visit to the briefing room by declaring ;upport for an constitutional amendment rhat would ite last week's 5-4 Supreme Court decision. The court that burning the American flag as a form of protest is ected by the Constitution. te court's decision provoked an emotional response in gress and elsewhere, and Bush said protection of the will "in no way limit" constitutional rights. He said avored a constitutional amendment over legislation use a law "cannot correct, in my view, the egregious ise of burning the American flag." schedule days renovations iton Hall theater Contractors will also replace the roof, which was rotting, put a full tyton Hall is basement under the hall and add new i i* u*: : * uicuuic, iinu ngiuing equipment, inished until The Department of Theatre and he head of Speech has been unable to use the nent Center theater for more than a year, said Professor Elvin Cleveland, the in the $2.8 department's technical theater design began last assistant. oy the recent i the struc- "Not having the use of the theater, rame had to we've had to make do and plan our iangle Con- theater work around that," drilled base Cleveland said. The department's I places, Ed season productions and rehearsals have taken place in the Longstreet ; because it's Theater. ig in there as But, Cleveland added, the advanss said. tages of a new, larger theater with rate on the better equipment will outweigh the II rn.itnn 1nconvpnipnrp r\f Hpino fhp y, ^aviug nc ...vx/.i.v.i.v.ivv v. t/vui6 "'luvui niv hed. He did hall. has assured Drayton Hall is part of a threealmost back wing building designed in 1930 for the College of Education by thenHolderman university architect Carroll Johnson, the building When a college teaching facility v. 1. was needed, a high school was added the hall's and the hall was used as a high school 3 side walls. auditorium. The high school closed : its 60th an- >n 1966. a 30-percent Drayton Hall is named after S.C. ;a, a deeper Gov. John Drayton (1766?1822), )f scenery, a who was one of the founders of the - about 450 university. d acoustic The dedication of the new theater is scheduled for Jan. 15, 1990.