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-? Interviews with Scott Coffey, star from 4'Shag ? The Movie see Features, page 3 Weekend weather Mostly cloudy through Sunday with a RfiTj chance of thunderst0'm'each day- Hi^hs 1' 111' n he 8?S L? " ? USC professor to begin two-week bicycle journey through Nova Scotia see sports, pages The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Y.ears of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 82, No. 3 University of South Carolina July 19, 1989 I aK * , t- ^ ' ti ' jf mb' h;tl;- ;:*JK -*M ' ' ^ jSH| - Building up The cast from "Charlotte's Web" po? the well-known children's book is appes Bills propose Chinese studei to remain in By RON BAKER News editor m< Two new bills in the U.S. Congress of promise to delay the return home for U. those Chinese nationals whose visas expire soon. Pe The bills, sponsored by Rep. Nan- CI cy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Sen. Alan tai Dixon, D-Ill., seek to waive the re- st? quirement that Chinese students and to scholars studying in the U.S. return inj to China for at least two years after fu their visas expire. A Chinese national studying at tic USC consented to talk with The thi Gamecock as long as his identity was not revealed. He chose to be called by CI the common Chinese name "Wong." dy "It is very dangerous to go back to sci China now," said Wong, .who has a an visa. He believes that more people sa have been arrested and killed in China because of their involvement to in pro-democracy demonstrations sti than the government has revealed. W "There is no trial; there is no wc justice," Wong said. "They just kill vou." sa But Wong is also concerned about re: the consequences of not returning to th China when his visa expires. "If we fic apply for political asylum, whether we get it or not, our families will suf- re] fer. They will lose their jobs. If we su are talking about an extreme case, Sp like the Cultural Revolution, they Pe will die," Wong said. Chinese students know the Chinese sa government better than American of- at ficials who are making decisions wl about \tfhen students should return, St Wong said. "I think we should be decide what time is best for us to go fri back." Wong believes the Chinese government should not be trusted. He tells frc nf an nld ioke amone fhp npnnlp r>f CI w. v?.. J CP China that the official state po newspapers should be read upside- go down for accuracy. go Wong thinks that the requirement that Chinese students must return to i> China is sound in principle, but not ah given the present situation in A *** 53 11 'wff jt jppiMjjm ?J|HH|^Hh " i IIP f ^lllPl' -til ~ W i^kHI II ?^<fet<S??(?i(?g6al^SSw^^ #&S?S <* IrS^Z IB ' y?. lH I ilc photo ses outside the Longstreet Theatre. The play based on tring at Longstreet Theatre through July 29. to allow I ~~~ its, scholars H? . 1 T T Lll v V?/ k3 I in The Pelosi bill waives that require- 3 :nt and maintains the legal status | Chinese nationals presently in the A June 21 press release from Rep. losi's office stated, "If a single linese student can stand up to a ik in Beijing, we should be able to ind up to bureaucracy in America prevent Chinese students from be I sent nome to an uncertain "Now is not the time to reduce opins for Chinese students living in e United States," Pelosi said. Wong agreed. He said that most tinese students in the U.S. are stuing math, the sciences, or political ience. "The people in those majors e badly needed in China," Wong Aside from fears of not being able find jobs in China because of idents' involvement in protests, _ . ong said that many students still DlV6StfTl fi :>uldn't return. Sen. Dixon's bill provides for the I jnis 8raiI,u c: me measures as Pelosi's. Senate w across from sponse to the bill makes it likely at approval is forthcoming, of:ials in Dixon's office said Friday. ? South Carolina senators and presentatives have indicated their y j pport of the bills. Rep. John >ratt, D-S.C., is cosponsoring dosi's bill. By The Associated i Tom Kahn, spokesman for Spratt, Nobel laureate A id that Spratt "is very concerned f'rst major America >out the fate of Chinese students won't return to his to are studying in the United available in every b< ates, especially those who have Since leaving the en politically active working for Cavendish, Vt., witl eedom and democracy in China." syn has written moi Russian of an epi< Wong said he appreciates the help covering the peric im the U.S. government. The Revolution of 1917. tinese people need economic and One of the novels Jitical pressure from Western is being published ii vernments against the Chinese Straus & Giroux. vernment, he said. He said in the Jul Despite all of the hardship, Wong that to return hom< optimistic."I'm very confident available to Soviet c out the future. 1 think this will go of mute." Time sai< a good direction," he said. pages of the work. Audit crit ? ueiweeii i By RON BAKER News editor A Legislative Audit Council report critical of the relationship between USC and its foundations released Thursday has created a storm of controversy between university administrators and state legislators. The audit pointed to a wide range of problems with USC's relationship to its four foundations. These include potential conflicts of interest, non-compliance with state law and contracts that could cost the state millions in unnecessary spending. The two-year report recommended that the legislature should look into passing laws to make the foundations subject to the state's Freedom of Information Act and to provide for more state oversight of transactions between USC and its foundations. The LAC's audit reviewed fund-raising, business transactions, and oversight pro U1HU3 involving inv, vaiuuna lxwavaivn auva Development Foundation, the Educational Foundation and the Richland Memorial/USC Foundation. The audit was also critical of how money was spent from the university's discretionary fund. USC Board of Trustees kept confidential the names of 69 of the 116 gift recipients from the university's discretionary funds, even though doing so violated the board's own policies, the report said. The discretionary fund is controlled by President James Holderman who spent more than $3.4 million between 1979 and Dec. 1986 on gifts for potential donors. At an hour-long press conference Thursday afternoon, board Chairman Michael Mungo said the university would not release the names. Mungo added that the audit presented no new problems of any substance. Mungo, however, announced that the university would appoint an advisory committee to study the relationship between the university and its foundations. The committee was selected Friday. Mungo and Holderman said USC would not comply with certain recommendations of the LAC. In a prepared statement released at the ** |i|| ^ V- && x f - * ... ^ ' I 1 ^ ? t ailing for two USC foundations to divest i the Russell House Thursday No err u ? wo group has els t writer's wor, Press dexander Solzhenitsyn, in his "m n interview in 10 years, says he have ? ?ne W homeland until his new epic is we canTaTk"" ookstore in the Soviet Union. r u Soviet Union and arriving in goin^ k n?te a his family in 1976, Solzhenit- SLv ,re than 5,000 printed pages in m :, called "The Red Wheel," >d surrounding the Russian <~)n anothei aroazed when of the series, "August 1914 " SUC!1 as ant'-S< i English this week by FarraV nat'?nalistic. It is quite y 24 edition of Time magazine r Ve ^een ; before "The Red Wheel" js 'st?rt things :itizens would make him "sort trouble to J he is now preparing the final rernarkable, a na'ists. No on The 70-yea icizes relaf JSC, four Highlights of audit c< The Legislative Audit Council's major cen findings include: coli "Accountability could be increased < without reducing the benefits derived from gre foundations." Legislative oversight of the do foundations and their activities would not Cai necessarily damage the fund-raising and capabilities of the foundations. reP "USC administrators, faculty and members of the USC Board of Trustees 1? 1 serve on foundation boards, and USC con- ' trols the selection process for some board ^ee members." The university has not, in this piei respect, maintained the necessary separa- fun tion between the university and its na" foundations. b?a Tht "State resources have been used to owi raise money for foundations, and state ap- tior propriations have funded foundation pro- owt jects." University employees, paid by the < state, raise money for foundations while on sals university time, thereby using taxpayer cou dollars for foundations that are supposed it d to be private entities. cou "USC has entered into leases with an sup affiliated foundation that could be un- recc favorable to USC." The state could be left sun with the responsibility to pay off the Koger rep press conference, Mungo said USC would not stop using USC employees to raise m funds for foundations that the university tc has maintained are private. w "We must preserve the integrity of our K laboriously structured methodology and ex- b pertise in fund raising," Mungo said. The LAC report noted that the staff of T< the Development Office spends about 66 a percent of its time raising funds, and that p this meant about $600,000 of the office's $900,000 budget was spent raising money for a foundation. e The report also criticized USC because f promised private contributions did not b materialize for three major USC projects, c leaving the state to pick up the deficit. The shortfall in funding will end up costing taxpayers more than $13 million. ^ I | ** rp Mjf aefXH i i >- ? ompanies doing business in South Africa was foi limed responsibility, a USC police spokesman sa ks not welcor, ould know where I stood. I would Nobel P i nothing. Once people read it, then nion abc he said. in the Sc d that the major stumbling block to "In th is the Dendine charee of treason because >r his writings. U.S., fa fashion topic, Solzhenitsyn said he was writes oi people give him and his books labels perfectly jmitic, chauvinistic, xenophobic and He sai extraordinary the extent to which 1 major cf d about." he said. "Some DeoDle munist v consciously; others just don't take work, check their sources," he said. "It is "Was nd it makes me ashamed of jour- ting as a e ever gi' es any quotes." do that. I r-old Solzhenitsyn, who won the old, and ionship idations Dirndl's findings ter lease unless private donations are lected to do so. ? "All other southeastern states have ater access to foundations records than auditing organizations in South olina." Verification of certain records 1 clarification of discrepancies in pledge orting were impossible for the LAC ause foundation records were not open hem. ? "The USC Board of Trustees voted to p confidential tne identity of some results of gifts paid for by discretionary ds. However, we found that some nes kept confidential did not meet the .rd's resolutions on confidentiality." : board is permitted by law to make their i policy on the expenditure of discretary funds, but they did not follow their t guidelines. ? "University employees' receiving try supplements from a foundation Id lead to a conflict of interest, making ifficult for the employees to be fully ac~ ntable to all concerned parties." Salary ?l /STVt Af\+r /v f ?* 44: t A ifr C A Siin fl 1 ? t jjiiuivma up iu j>j**,uuu nave oeen :ived by university employees, but the ts received may not have been properly arted as required by law. The foundations promised to provide as luch as $3.2 million for USC's obligation ) the Folger theater. The state's taxpayers ill have to pick up a $8 million bill for the oger Center for the Arts and a $2 million ill for the Swearingen Engineering Center. Holderman, however, defended the aundations, saying that' there has been no ttempt to mislead the public about the rojects. He added that USC had always contendd that the Koger Center would need public unds and that it had been just a hope to iuild the Swearingen Center on just private ontributions. The audit was requested in 1986 by Sen. ilenn McConnell, R-Charleston. j | J!|J|^|^^| jjljj : jig ::,^jaMBfc?yvy ^f^S^Sfc.' yvyg*^ ?L|jW^jMgi Cft& / o 1 /?tv s?>// / he (iunnTin k jnd on the lid. ne at home ii?c iui iiiciaiure in iy/u, saia puonc opiiut him is varied in Europe, but monolithic iviet Union and United States. ie Soviet Union 1 can understand it. It is of the Politburo," he said. "But in the shion is very important. If the winds of are blowing in one direction, everybody ie way and with perfect unanimity. It is extraordinary." d he has chosen to remain silent about the langes in the Soviet Union and the Comvorld because his focus has been on his i going 10 interrupt my work ana start acpolitical commentator? I didn't want to [ had to finish my work. I am over 70 years age is pressing on me."