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P I ^ you 're creative __ _ ^ - "...we might know why there is alenough, you can turn your | Q rA 11111) PFll"P?*m ^?l?lT*kV PT*J1 ways loud music coming from the dorm room into a spacious V^Cii Viillia vllltl O kjpt41 1VJ V1 " observatory near Davis College." naiace - m ? on ?Wayne Washington, columnist Pdl?U"c* See Football, page 8B b ' . See Carolina Life, page IB See 2001, page 10A The Gamecock I Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Monday Volume 82, No. 8 University of South Carolina August 28, 1989 Fair's proposal By HAL MILLARD Staff Writer USC Board of Trustees Chairman Michael Mungo says students should not get upset about Mike Fair's latest proposal to make USC a more moral place. At least not yet. Mungo said Fair's idea to prohibit people under 18 from viewing certain on-campus events is by no means a shoo-in to be passed by the board. "There's a lot of rotten stuff going on out there in miio^ of pntprtainmp.nt " Fair has said. But MungO said the board will tread very cautiously over anything that resembles a struggle between academic freedom and censorship, which he is afraid might happen. Free Wheeli A disabled freshm discusses life at USt By KELLY C. THOMAS to be independ< News Editor he loves every n Freshman Donald Rickter "I was excite looked up and smiled. here," Rickter si "After you," he said, as he never got to get pointed the way into his room thing. I'm a lol in the Disabled Student Ser- dent here. It's gi vices' housing facility. He is Rickter said : one of seven students living in was an easy the facility. learned the 1 Carefully, he began maneuv- campus, ering his wheelchair into the "It's a big room, using the hand controls nice," he said, on the chair's right arm. The that there are s chair's motor hummed, and the campus with wheels obeyed his commands. where you can Laid out before him on the no one there." large desktop attached to the He said his I chair were a pack of cigarettes quiet places is and some other small items. behind Lieber The wheelchair bumped the Horseshoe, doorway slightly, and he had to "I just like put it in reverse and try again. look around. Il He succeeded the second time place," he said, and laughed at the awkwardness With a full of the chair. said he hasn't y An amiable young man, burdens of the ~ ~ - * 1 1 ?11 Kickter lorgeis nis cereorai cunege cuucau* palsy ? the debilitating disease people who he that confines him to his wheel- goes to register, chair ? and laughs and jokes "The people with those around him (and has the program ha1 a fair share of pure wit to boot). set up for us ir Living in DSS, he is learning we need help Telephone problet abound first week By MARY PEARSON-LOGAN ^ problem 1 Staff Writer failure of local Some parents trying to reach across the natic their sons or daughters living on new exchange campus at the beginning of re- ters? Bradley sai< gistration week ran into some But by the < problems, officials at the Computer problems had be Service center said. he added. Some students also found it hard "Normally it I to dial out on their telephones or new exchange tc call other friends on campus. other local phoi "Most of the problems were because the sii ones we have every year. People South" coming back and their phones not worked real ha working, or they aren't able to get icm fixed. The in-coming calls. That is normal be- our people can cause mnct rvf Ikoeo ;,olrc ot-on't r , _ wi Utvov javxvo ttivn i COmpdlllCS IK111 used all summer, and inactivity exchange recc breeds several problems for us to said, deal with at the beginning of the He said the school year," said Elizabeth Woo- advantage and dard, Telecommunications Plan- exchanges recc ning director with the Computer cause of the h Service Division. vvho cooperate! These problems, however, were the telephone c< exaggerated because of trouble "Most pareni with the new 544 exchange imple- ceful in getting mented this year in the residence kids. They calk halls, she said. She added that on at0r, and she U the first day there was also a hard- their room," Br ware problem, but it was taken The new exc care of quickly. this fall becaus Parents who were calling long ences ?" "umt distance from within the state and change had bee out of state often got a message The new ex< that there was no 544 exchange in Jhe university r this area, said Mark Bradlev. also laY for softwan ^ith Telecommunications a minimal m< Planning. cost, he said. should not ups< "Nobody has any reason to be alarmed yet about i censorship at USC," Mungo said. "But that doesn't 1 necessarily mean we do everything students want us to do. Trust the leadership to use its judgment and au- i thority in appropriately deciding the issue." Fair's proposal would make it illegal for those 1 under 18 to attend on-campus events if the event ! lacked artistic merit and had references to sex. More specifically, Fair wants those under 18 < banned from events that contain "explicit reference" to or description of: anal copulation, sexual relations with animals, children or corpses, the exhibition of male or female genitals, rape or incest and "vulgar or mt. Apparently, linute of it. d about coming lid. "At home, I out and do anyt more indepenrp.at" his transition .. igmk one, after he layout of the ,'s a really nice Freshman Donald Rickter lives ir Pell Grant, he housing facility, et felt any of the rising costs of people who put our cards )n, and DSS has through the scanners and help Ip him when he us work the elevators when we need to go down to the Elewho work with phant Room to pay," he said, ve a special desk As yet, Rickter has not de\ the coliseum if cided what he wants to major 1 , and there are in, but has been placed in the .-.a- v.ii!>ca h> the "> - v?N.s phone companies fljj SfflSflflflH MMHM m to program the WBB " into their compu1, luation was so ex- II D I >rn Bell's people " VkMx^M ** Ird to get the proby spent hours with Future pledges of the Zeta Beti ing local telephone lonwide to get the TVT q 4-1 q 1 -f 3gnized," Bradley 1^1 d I university had an By SHAWN NELSON was able to get the Staff Writer ignized quickly be- In a decision made final at the lundreds of parents in Baltimore, Md., the national f d and also notified Beta Tau decided to change theii umpanies. pledging new members. is were real resour- The fraternity brothers went th in touch with their training process for getting incomi id the campus oper- J?^n fraternity, ansfered the call to Those who are now planning adley said. fraternity must go through a rush 1 :hange went on line inS a 72*hour process and an in r all nnccihi^ CPni. rushees at that point become assoc ?ZBT - m the organization isn t a major pi . Another major decision the orj " Jf \ no c cided on was the banning of frati nuc . an initial out- on aiC0h0i jhe fraternity has n 2 of about S100 and jyn(j 0f pro5iems wjth hazing or j :>nthly increase in pledging, but ZBT President Jim S surance played an important role 2t students, tmst indecent" reference to sexual intercourse, excretory body functions or male and female genitals. The ban also would have extended to those attending the tentative Rolling Stones concert at Williams Brice Stadium, which promised to prompt an uproar from underage fans. But it now appears the Rolling Stones will not be able to play Columbia anyway. Mungo, who hasn't read the entire proposal, said he could not comment on the likely outcome. Fair presented the proposal Aug. 11. It has been referred to i the board's Academic Affairs and Faculty Liaison 1 Committee, which will discuss it Sept. 14. The committee will decide if the proposal goes to the full Assistant News Edit ^ naneial aid is a nr JBffiiB m:Ms* the complications go through in ret kmm aid, Student Finan John Bannister sail The total amot aid awards is aroi for the year, Banm ditional $3 milli scholarships, he sa Even though thi dent enrollment* MHgHNHf number of financ Wmk tions is about the JAMES NEi fLESITh* Gamecock Bannister Said. M i the Disabled Student Services' students applied f he said. 'The program is College of Humanities. He Bannister said. "V plans to take a full course load, 4,000 loan checks including Spanish ? a language 2,000 grants." he said he likes, "even though I Procrastinatior ???????? hand, often creates nancial aid, Bann See WHEELCHAIR page 2B of the students i problems are those MMjjBBBBEir-^? "1 f II I11 J i Tau fraternity will not have to go through a whole s raternities vote t zation's decision. "Many people tend to think fraterniti( ir convention just for drinking and throwing parties. T raternity Zeta onic thing is they seem to forget the good program for that some fraternities do," Simon said. He said he feels fraternity spending on irough a new holic beverages doesn't create a pleasant ng students to sphere, especially for those who are und Those who are in the fraternity now ai ; to join the under age will not have the president's c< brmat involv- to drink. The insurance under which the itiafinn The nity is covered prohibits the spending of iate brothers, nity money on alcohol, especially in th feel a change sence of minors. roblem. Fifty percent of the fraternity's memtx ^anization de- under age. srity spending Simon said he doesn't feel this new ever had any will have a great effect on incoming as: ilcohol during brothers. He expects a large rush this ye !imon said in- many members of the USC chapter of ZE in the organ- drinking off campus is negligent and it is ;ee says board Oct. 20 for action, Mungo said. "I will read every word of it," he said. "It won't take forever to act upon it As a general rule, the last thing (school) boards do is get into censorship. Censorship is undoubtedly the most sensitive form of in M vasion into academic areas. Fair, who was in St. Louis over the weekend, could not be reached to comment on Mungo's remarks. This latest proposal is one of several Fair has proposed the past few years concerning so-called moral See FAIR page 8A ersity prices ase steadily S til late June or July to apply, or though processing began in Janulding out every ary, he said, of being a stu- The Financial Aid Office does, reasing. however, make an attempt to imases in tuition, prove financial aid services. Workosts, this year is shops are held in the spring for Jergraduate tui- students to answer questions and ) irom $1,114 10 neip prepare imaiieiai aiu pacKcia, for out-of-state Bannister said, s up to $2,774 Surveys are also conducted in jar., determining financial needs, Banising cost, many nister said. "We ask students how g problems with much they pay for books and irtunately, finan- transportation and use the average ot enough to fi- cost in determining a student's iication. need," he said, umplexity of fi- After university bills are paid, imary reason for the next biggest concern is having ; many students to buy books. Books are highreiving financial priced and continue to increase cial Aid Director with the rate of inflation, S.C. d. Book Store President E. A. "Perk" int for financial Bailey said, iind $4.5 million "What's odd about the book ister said. An ad- prices is that some books in a parion is used for ticular course will rise and some id. won't," Bai'ey said. Books geners number of stu- ally increase by a rate of 5 to 6 > is rising, the percent, he said. ial aid applica- The only way to combat high same as usual, prices is to buy used books, Bailey ore than 15,000 said. or financial aid, When a student returns a book, they generally get about half the > in good shape," cost of the book back, Bailey said, /e have received Turnovers and new editions, howand issued over ever, keep the prices up, he said. New editions come out too ofi, on the other ten, Bailey said, and publishers are ; problems for filister said. Most ivho are having ' who waited un- See COSTS page 9A WBSSEm y'"'? ^ w,~ HHiI 'ym+r* *> !"* * ?mm m^SSSSSJ^^ ** *: Mj ? * ?*??*, *T -^T^VT^T T?r? ?** I 'fdi ! ** ^HS > ?* I HUii: * mm ? -JAMES NETTLES/Th* Gamecock emester of rush and the traditional "Hell Night." o alter pledging listic to have a dry campus. js are Robert Baily, Alpha Father of ZBT, said he he tf" feels it is extremely important to find good peodeeds p|e during rush to go through the associate membership process. alcoatmo 'The emphasis of the fraternity is good times er 21. coupled with a l\igher personal development id are which builds chapter," he said. rvnoani JUdUll frater- Unlike past pledges, the associate brother frater- will have to prove his loyalty to ZBT by being e pre- active in the fraternity's social events, dedicated and respectful to its members and maintaining a ?rs are 2.5 GPA. ZBT Fraternity was founded in 1898 and has policy always had a tradition of having good represensociate ar and IT feel unrea- See FRATERNITIES page 8A