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^ _ ??? Weekend weather Mental health: walls of misunderstanding need to come down see page 3 7*^- Cooler forecast for <4/_V^ weekend. Highs will be in the mid 80s and Q^QQI - lows will be in the low 60s. There is a Slight chance of rain each day. USC basketball team tO play in Latin America See page 5 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday Volume 82, No. 6 University of South Carolina August 9, 1989 Williams-Brice Stadium can hold 72,4 Lawmak< By The Associated Press Foundations affiliated with the nine state-supported schools all operate differently, but legislative guidelines on how they should run aren't necessary, a state lawmaker says. But Rep. Herb Kirsh, chairman of the Higher Education subcommittee of the House Ways and Means committee, said he wants to see the schools "open with (lawmakers) and the public." The subcommittee has visited all nine state-supported schools and two branch campuses to talk about funding, foundations and development. "Each school has its own way of doing things," said Kirsh, D-Clover. "We just want to make sure they do things up front." A foundation is a private entity that exists to support the school. Primarily, a foundation is involved in fund raising and investing and Tide of racism on ii Progress Rlr DA\T n A V7T?Y> UJ nun DAMLK News editor A report on civil rights in the released last week said little progt made during the past 20 years. A Common Destiny: Blacks a Society, edited by. Gerald David Jayr M. Williams Jr., was published by Research Council. It concluded that' ly 1970s, the economic status of bla< whites has, on average, stagnated or c Jaynes, a black economist, and white sociologist, headed a panel of concluded that many common ide black experience and black opportuni are actually myths. "The American dilemnja has not ed," the report said, referring to i work on race relations by Gunnar My American Dilemma. The report souj Myrdal's studv and a report by the Commission. One of the report's major findi blacks do not have equal emploj tunities, in spite of affirmative act and a strong economy. The report said that black male col make less than 75 percent of whs counterparts. make annually. It als USC, Sovie From staff reports Scientists from USC and the Sovie * v'Union have signed an agreement t( do joint research at Siberian Lak< Baikal. USC researchers met with official: from the Soviet Academy of Scienci and the Ministry of Geology fron July 22 to 25 at USC, where the} icacned the agreement to drill cor< samples in Lake Baikal, the world'; deepest lake. The idea for the project came fron use geology professor Dougla; Williams. "This is glasnost at its best,' . , *r <'. . ";,, *^fxV^ -, t * t Oiiiiiii xsiwiiii V 1 JBHMHBiHM 1 1,'.T'TUni>4 n i I H! /"; n ''tliV^^'Mll ill ^ ?- ' ^ v<-^ 100 people. says gui( managing funds and assets. The major foundations affiliated with South Carolina's statesupported schools are: The Clemson University Foundation; The Citadel Development Foundation; The College of Charleston Foundation; The Francis Marion Foundation; The Lander College Foundation; the Medical University of South Carolina's Health Sciences Foundation; South Carolina State College Educational Foundation; The Winthrop College Foundation; and USC's Carolina Research and Development Foundation. Eight of the foundations control assets totaling an estimated $139 million; figures for The Citadel Development Foundation were not immediately available. Clemson has two other foundations and USC has three others that are involved in minor fund-raising activities. se, recent events show in civil righ blacks' per capita income whites' in 1984, the same United States The report found that ess has been families with high income: the past 20 years. nd American Another finding of A Ci 1 nvprt discrimination is sti ics auu i\uliui . the National This is particularly true wi 'since the ear- tion of neighborhoods, th< :ks relative to "The higher the white n leteriorated." less they wanted to Williams, a neighborhood," Jaynes sa scholars who "Blacks and whites sha as about the sus, in the abstract, on the ty in America an integrated and egalitar said. But "principles of ec been resolv- when social contact is clo 1 major 1944 frequent." ShUo update The release ,he T 1968 Kerner other major reP?rts on.th< gress of blacks, including dedicated to studying the ngs was that the Civil Rights Act of 19? [ment oppor- in black America, as well < ion programs devoted entirely to the pli The Ebony issue found < lege graduates National Research Counci it their white has America moved so f? io noted that civil rights," wrote John t scientists a? Williams said. "Our agreement lays t out specific plans for sharing the ) enormously valuable information we ; hope to gain from the project." Scientists hope that through the s research at Lake Baikal they can gain ; a better understanding of global 1 climate changes over the past 20 to 30 / million years and learn more about ; when and where major earthquakes > are likely to happen. The agreement provides that USC i will take a leadership position among s universities involved in the project. Other universities participating in' elude Japan's Kyoto University, the File photo delines fo "Each school has its owi just want to make sure the: Last month, the Legislative Audit council released a report cnucai 01 the University of South Carolina's relationship with its four private foundations. Among concerns cited were the commingling of public and private money, the use of state employees to raise funds for the foundations and lack of disclosure of records. One of the foundations, Carolina Research and Development Foundation, has assets of about $59 million, which make it the largest affiliated with a state-supported school. It subsequently released information relating to the expenditure of public funds for the Swearingen Engineerts lacking, , was only 57 percent of publisher o: level as in 1971. special issue the percentage of black Ebony's s has barely grown over climate in t and it cites immon Destiny was that ceeded in 11 common in America. politics, law th regard to the integra- The issue ; report said. of drug abus espondents' income, the in major U. be in an integrated id Last wo re a substantial consen- numerous b i i . ? . . nmnc on tr oroaa goal ot achieving r, T 7 , ian society," the report black famili juality are endorsed less <tWe beli se, of long duration, or masses of American r( rt coincides with several it is this intc ; progress or lack of pro- the nation 1 a special issue of Ebony Gersham ar progress of blacks since tion to the 64 and the drug problem Family." is an issue of The Nation These sti ght of the black family. may be a s\ different results from the Liberty Cit} l's report. "Never before increased re ir so fast in the area of puses, and H. Johnson, editor and unrest in th ;ree to reseai University of Miami and the University of California at Riverside. The U.S. Geological Survey will also take part. As many as 15 American universities could eventuallv hprnmc in. volved with the project as well as scholars from the Netherlands and West Germany, Williams said. The agreement also includes a provision for an exchange program in which Soviet and American scientists and graduate students will do research in each other's country. This month, Williams will meet with other scientists involved in the Concer outrages From staff and wire reports USC's refusal to allow the Rollii Williams-Brice Stadium this Septemb merchants, fans and state legislators The announcement by USC Athlet on i nursaay rnar rne tock group wo play the USC football stadium has i the lost retail business and state taxi The concert could have generated in admissions and sales tax revenues $28.50 as for the Raleigh concert. The Rolling Stones' American tou on Sept. 1, and the tentative date for at Williams-Brice Stadium was Sept Promoters for the Rolling Stones cert could be held at the stadium afte "We're going to keep the lines of with both the Rolling Stones and Columbia attorney Jack Swerling, C&C Entertainment, promoters of s dates in the Southeast. Dixon said the 72,400-seat stadiun ball and USC wanted to "maintair football stadium for our fans.' however, that exceptions such as al evangelist Billy Graham to speak at t made in the past. r foundai i way of doing things. We / do things up front." Rep. Herbert Kirsl ing Building and the Koger Centi for the Performing Arts. Of the nine schools contacted la week by The Associated Press, on one other besides USC said it hand ed any public money. The South Carolina State Collej Educational Foundation handh grants obtained by professors an keeps the funds readily available fc their use, said Loretta Taylor, tl foundation's executive director an accountant. Other schools, such as Winthrc College and The Citadel, hii employees to work solely for the foundations. Others, such as the Medic report sayi f Ebony, in his introduction to tJ research found that the civil righ he South has improved dramaticall; numerous individuals who have su the modern South, particularly j and the social sciences, also focused on the growing problei ;e and trafficking in black communitii S. cities. ek's issue of The Nation invit ilack women to write articles and c< ie current situations blacks, especial ies, face daily in the U.S. ieve that the desperate plight of t black infants, children and youth ipresents a crime against humanity, ai ilerable set of circumstances that we a to address now," wrote Jewell Han id Margaret Wilkerson in the introdi issue, titled "Scapegoating the Bla idies and reports coincide with wh veiling tide of racial tensions: Miam / riots, a growing neo-Nazi movemei ports of racist incidents on college cai other incidents of racially-motivat e U.S. rch jointly project in Moscow and Irkutsk, town near Lake Baikal, for furth discussion on the venture. The Baikal Drilling Project con cost more than $100 million. Co: are to be divided among participati countries. Williams is seeking a grant fro the National Science Foundation help pay the United State's share the expenses. Technical sunnnrt no - rrv4fc 11 v/m U.J. 1 dustries such as oil companies w also be needed, Williams said. t ban of! > merchan University Presider ig Stones to play at committee to draft a i ler has outraged local may be held in the sta within 60 days, said ' ic Director King Dix- sity's board of truste uld not be allowed to According to a US' "aised an outcry over cert proposal "provi ?S- raised serious concer as much as $118,000 the football field and if the tickets sold for ing the field after the r begins in New York The university alst the proposed concert ing, "It is well-knov . 30. Brice sway." and USC said a con- "It is not a quest] t the football season. turally sound; it is," communication open Allen. "But we can < the university," said during football gan who is representing would not be able tc everal Rolling Stones The Five Points Richard Campbell, s i is dedicated to foot- were distressed by th i the integrity of our Campbell said a j ' Dixon conceded, lost by local bars, lowing the pope and university made its d he stadium have been Some state legish with both USC's dec tions not n ~ University of Charleston's Health j 4 Sciences Foundation, use all university employees and reimburse the school for time spent by those employees on foundation activities. 1 "We keep track of the hours peo pie spend fund raising," said William 2r Matthew, executive director of university relations for MUSC. "We st compute at the end of the year how lv mnrh thpv rnst thp universifv in -j "?v" fc"v; w v 1 """j ? 11- salaries and benefits and the school is reimbursed." ?e Lander College's Lander Founda:s tion does not keep track of the time d college staff members spend working >r for the foundation, but a reimbursele ment is built into the foundation's d budget and is paid back to the college each year, said Jeff May, vice presip dent for development and alumni e affairs. ir Officials with all of the foundations have said in interviews they al would make all their records ^ v . S * I le ts Y, n ed ly ^!Pi .? /* i Spinin9 the disks WUSC-FM disc jockey Leslie 1 er "Technical Difficluties" show. WUS sts mftvp \1 Has " wM'M ? ThiI of summ et\'ll#jS*T resuiw iii with 01 I Stones \ ts, fans it James Holderman has appointed a policy outlining what types of events tdium. That policy should be written lorn Stepp, secretary for the univer es. C statement, the Rolling Stones conded the university short notice and ns over maintaining the integrity of the subsequent safety of players us: concert." ) cited safety concerns for fans, saym that the upper decks of Williamsion of whether the stadium is strucsaid university spokeswoman Debra :ontrol problems created by the sway ies by controlling the crowd. We ? do that during concerts." Merchants Association's president, aid the members of his organization le Aug. 2 announcement. ?reat deal of potential business was record stores and so on when the lecision. itors have expressed dissatisfaction ision and how it handled the matter. ecessary available to lawmakers. Although the Carolina Research and Development Foundation previously said it would not open all its records to officials, USC President James B. Holderman said he would ask foundation officials to do so. He reiterated that position in a letter last week to Kirsh. Kirsh said all nine schools appear willing to release records at least to lawmakers, if not the public. And although the subcommittee has not yet asked any school or foundation to see documents, they might, he said. The state's Compliance ReviewPanel is reviewing to what degree USC and its foundations comply with suggestions made in the audit council's report. The panel is expected to take its recommendations to the General Assembly in January. Les Aherson/The Gamecock laynsworth spins records on her C-FM is a student run radio station. >e a nice break is the last issue of the ;r. The Gamecock will ; publication on Aug. 21 ur Registration issue.