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The Gamecock
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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
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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 ,
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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
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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
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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