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Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday
Volume 82, No. 15 University of South Carolina September 15, 1989
U.T. reside
area is not s
By KEILA M. LEGREE
Staff Writer
Residents of University Terrace
apartments vehemently disagree
with university officials' claims
that the U.T. area is safe.
A source, who wishes to remain
anonymous, refutes the statement
made by Family and Summer
TT * ' * ^ * ?
nousing Assistant Director Stephen
McCarthy in the Sept 11th
edition of The Gamecock. McCarthy
said, "We cannot do anything
about security if we are not aware
of it"
According to the anonymous
source, there have been several instances
where cars have been vandalized
in the U.T. area. The police
were notified, but no course of
action was ever taken.
Ci Long Li, a resident of U.T.
apartments for about three years,
said when his own car was vandalized
last summer in the U.T. area,
the police did come out at his request.
"The police came, took
some pictures and asked some
questions. That's all they did and
could do at the time," Li said.
The anonymous source also
noted that many of the balconies at
U.T. are not secured. "Anyone can
just walk up the main entryway
leading to the balconies, go up to a
living room window, open it and
go inside. In the summer, it's even
worse because there's no air conditioning
and the windows must stay
open," she said.
Brutal assu
By DEBORAH RYAN
Staff Writer
A little after 9 p.m. Saturday, seci
Staple made his routine check of
South Annex, a two-story section of
building consisting of 12 apartments
its residents being women.
Staple saw and heard nothing ii
check he says the annex gets every h<
But he missed something.
A USC student was being assault<
her apartment by a man carrying a sa
according to a police report.
Gerald Taylor, 25, of New York si
be a maintenance worker at Whale)
rested and charged in connection with
A man rang the doorbell repeated
dent answered, expecting her boyfrier
Student m
USC over
By ALLEN WEST
Staff Writer
English junior Laurie Snelson is
preparing to file a lawsuit that will
cite USC for violations of her
housing contract and her constitutional
rights.
Snelson and her attorneys are investigating
the viability of obtaining
a court injunction that would
suspend the recently imposed visitation
policy and reinstate the policy
in use prior to April 13, Snelson
said. ' :
Whether or not the suit is filed
depends on what sort of action
goes on within the university in 1
terms of moderating the current
policy, said Chris Andriacchi, one
of the attorneys working with
Snelson. Andriacchi's firm has, i
thus far, donated its services in the <
case.
"There has been no suit actually
drafted as of yet," Andriacchi said, j
"We are only looking into the ]
feasibility of legal action. It is our l
sincere hope that we will see some i
conciliation and moderation on this l
issue, which would make courtroom
action unnecessary." c
USC's legal department was not 1
avaiiaDie ior commcni. r
The case was originally being i
pursued by the ACLU, but the or- t
ganization recently withdrew its r
support. s
"Our analysis was, essentially,
that the students have a legitimate, \
legal argument to be made in 1
court," said Steven Bates, execu- t
tive director of the ACLU of South c
Carolina. ii
"But our board voted not to sup- f
port the lawsuit," Bates said. ?
nts insist
afe enough
Li agrees that summer session
criminal incidents are more prevalent
than in the fall session. He
iccis me ponce patrol just is not
the same then as it is in the fall.
McCarthy had no comment concerning
those allegations.
Because of the fear that many
U.T. residents still feel, there are
speculations that some residents
might be organizing a student
night patrol to decrease the threat
of violence in the area.
Li says he has heard something
about the student night patrol. "I
don't know if it's something concrete
yet, but it's definitely something
we need. Anyone can walk
in off the street. We need something
to let the criminals know
they are not allowed," he said.
"If they (U.T. residents) can
show me where violent crimes are
occurring, I'll be more than happy
to help them out," Vice President
for Law Enforcement and Safety
Carl Stokes said. "There haven't
been any violent crimes there or
anywhere on campus since the
semester started.
"We caught the individual that
broke into the young Chinese woman's
apartment, and I haven't
heard of any other crimes," he
said.
He said, as for having screens
and extra security on the doors and
windows, the residents need to
contact housing, because, "I've
never seen a screen installed by a
alt i^rc rAcir
w?(/ JUJ-kJ A VlJlV.
"I opened the dc
a garbage bag a
jrity guard Pedro screamed. He told
Whaley's Mill's the ground."
f the back of the The man took th
the majority of ID, then ripped th
tied her hands behi
n the 15-second face and threatened
)ur. "All the time he
The phone cord w
?d and robbed in told me he was go
wed-off shotgun, had already killed s
"We then went
tate, who used to other phone out of
r's Mill, was ar- bed. He opened dra
the robbery. started slapping mt
ly until the resi- off my face," she sa
id. The man also ti
ight sue
visitation
According to Bates, whom Snelson
met at the protest rally in
April, the reason for the ACLU's
pullout was not the validity of the
case, but due to their determination
that other avenues are available to
students to get the policy changed,
and thus could not be considered a
priority.
"The right of student visitation
was won by student activism, not
lawsuit, and it can be preserved by
student action," Bates said.
Snelson, S.C. Student Rights
Coalition spokesman, believes
USC's action has "created two
seperate definitions of adult; college
student and non-college student.
And apparently the non:ollege
student has more rights."
USC officials have the right to
tssist in determining a visitation
policy, but not to summarily dicate
one, said Snelson, who spent
iiuch of last summer researching
he issue.
Snelson is also critical of Stu- <
lent Government President Marie- t
^ouise Ramsdale's handling of the
natter. "She backed down to easly.
I realize there was pressure, jl
>ut she knew it wasn't what the
najority of the students wanted," 1
ihe said. If
Snelson is a resident of Baker, c
vhich falls under "traditional $
falls" category of the new visita
ion policy, which allows visitation
>nly at certain hours. The new pol- si
cy divides campus residences into r?
our categories, each with different a
;uidelines.
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Residents of USC's University
area is not as secure as it could be.
police officer."
In addition to the night patrol,
some Chinese students are also
considering contacting a victims
advocate from the solicitor's office,
the anonymous source said.
"It can help a lot because an advocate
has personal experience
lents, sparks
>or and there was a black guy with
ind a double-barrel shotgun. I
me to shut up and pushed me on
le woman's VISA, $32 and student
e phone cord out of the wall and
nd her back. He put the gun in her
to kill and rape her.
was threatening and yelling at me.
asn i worKing well enough, so he
ing to kill me instead, because he
omeone before," she said,
up the stairs where he ripped the
the wall and pushed me onto my
iwers and kept shouting at me. He
i around and knocked my glasses
tid.
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Human Rights Now!
Members of the USC chapter <
into a human rights violation im
Wednesday afternoon.
State approvi
3y the Associated Press
'he presidents of South Carolina
irgest state universities will receive
ent pay raises next month, averagir
8.000.
The pay raises granted Tuesday
tate Budget and Control Board wen
outine salary increases awarded to 1
gency heads.
The average pay raise was aboul
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[Terrace Apartments feel that th(
with traumatic situations," Li said.
As far as Li is concerned, he has
no great communications barriei
with housing officials. He does,
however, feel that many new students
do find speaking daily English
difficult, and, therefore, a communications
barrier does exist.
? security fi
rings, two gold necklaces and a wal
Investigator M. W. Vinson of tl
Department said Taylor was picked
morning at 2300 Taylor St. Offic
saw him asleep on the sidewalk
check him. He found a shotgun u
two rings that matched the descr
taken.
Taylor made a full confession, !
the property for cocaine, but none
Vinson said
A meeting was held Monday nig
apartment for all residents of the Si
cuss security.
Staple came to the meeting and i
nex needs a lock or intercom syst
because it is so isolated. But, he sai
the residents as well.
F > of
Amnesty International encoura
:ident in Turkey. The Amnesty ta
es pay raise
cent. The raises are effe
's three Pay raises were awar
7.9 per- University of So
ig about James Holderman, 7.9 ]
creasing his annual sah
does not include salary
by the university's private found
e among Medical Univers
LOO state President James Edwj
$8,387, increasing hi
t 5 per- $113,229.
Committee
Fair's new<
New resolution would
reinforce state laws
By JEFF WILSON
Assistant News Editor
The proposal by Rep. Mike Fair,
R-Greenville, to ban minors from
USC musical and theatrical events
that lack artistic merit and have references
to sex was voted down at
yesterday's Academic Affairs
Committee meeting.
A new resolution, presented by
board member William Hubbard,
was passed to enforce already existing
state obscenity laws. It will
be presented to the entire Board of
Trustees on Oct. 20.
Hubbard said in his motion,"I
move that the committee recommend
to the Board of Trustees that
the university reaffirm its commitment
to the policies set forth in
South Carolina's 'harmful to minors
act' and continue to rigorously
seek enforcement of that act
on university premises."
It was the feeling of the committee
members that it would not
; serve the best interest of the university
to reinterpret statute that is
already the law of the state, Hubbard
said.
! He said when there is an existing
law that has gone through the
Legislature and has been signed by
the governor, there is no need to
tamper with it or cast a different
interpretation.
"State laws are already univerears
at Wha
tch. Whaley's Mill
te Columbia Police holes will be inst
1 up at 6:10 Sunday don't have them
er J. A. Pumphrey may not be feasib
and went over to South Annex r<
ndemeath him and what they have t
iption of the ones crease security b
there are resideni
saying he had sold walk in unnoticed
was found on him,
One resident si
;ht in the woman's the residents of th
outh Annex to dis- ley's Mill has don
Rp.sir1f?nfc cq\; t
agreed that the an- the doors by Frid;
em on the outside request that the an
d, security is up to They agreed the
tion because their
m
ge a student to sign a letter request!
ible is set up in front of the Russell
for universit
ctive Oct. 1. ? Clem:
non, 7.9 pen
ded to: nual salary to
uth Carolina President usual, tl
percent or $8,733, in- by the Budge
iry to $117,900. That cussion and n
supplements from the
lations. House Wa
ity of South Carolina man Robert h
trds, 7.9 percent or ber who head
is annual salary to the pay hikes
fair.
votes down
sst proposal
sity laws," Hubbard said.
Fair said he was somewhat disappointed
at the committee's
decision.
"We have got 11-, 12- and
13-year-olds soaking up junk from
maggots. Obscenity is not protected
by the First Amendment.
My proposal was going to put the
burden of proof on the promoters,
not USC," he said.
Student Government President
Marie-Louise Ramsdale said,"I
think the Academic Affairs Committee
made a wise decision for
reinforcement of state law. If we
reinforce state law there is no need
foi any additional proposals."
The student senate also passed a
resoluton that strongly objected to
the imposition of a separate and
special policy on university
activities.
The proposal was brought to the
student senate by Cameron Bearden
on behalf of Ramsdale. Bearden
said the Fair proposal was redundant
and unnecessary. It was
approved by acclamation.
Fair said there were five recurring
themes in certain kinds of
music, particularly heavy metal.
They are alcohol and drug abuse,
suicide, encouragement of violence,
encourgement of the occult
and sexual activity, often to the
point of rape.
He said the state statute only
legally deals with the area of sex.
ley's Mill
Manager John Huffman said view
ailed in all the doors, many of which
, but installing an intercom system
le because of the cost
jsidents said they are prepared to do
o to convince Whaley's Mill to iniy
making people more aware that
ts back there, and it is too easy to
aid she feels safer because of what
e annex are doing ? not what Whae.
hat if view holes are not put in all
ly, they will go to the manager and
nex have more security.
;y need all annex residents' cooperasafety
depends on it
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ng an investigation
House every other
y presidents
son University President Max Lenient
or $8,240, increasing his an'
$111,241.
tie yearly pay raises were approved
t and Control Board with little diso
controversy.
V7C OnH
j o uuu lTivauo vuuiiillllCC V-JHtirIcLellan,
D-Seneca, a board mems
the committee that recommended
said he thought the raises were