Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

mPerformances of student WT7 i 1 111^1 1 wasn't quite sure what a Gameactors give otherwise WOOQS S0IK1S LSIlipbGll lO SnOWCFS cock was, but I was ready to become weak plot of Tar tuffe a one Alex Hawkins, ex-USC lift. / See Sports, page 7 football player W See Carolina Life, page 4 See "Fanner," page 4 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday Volume 82, No. 23 University of South Carolina October 6, 1989 Hurricane ] By KATHY BLACKWELL Copy Desk Chief Although Hurricane Hugo resulted in close to $5 billion in damages to South Carolina, as well as an unestimated amount to USC, officials are unsure if this will affect tuition costs for the university next year. "It's far too early to speculate," Associate Vice President for Budget and Finance Earl Holly said. "If state revenue is off, then we might have to consider a raise in tuition, but that is not likely." Holly said he read last week the state might suffer a $200 million shortfall, but now the outlook is that the 1n? will he verv minimal. In Thursday's The State, it was reported that the state Board of Economic Advisers are indicating there Safety Days to deal with crime issues By ROBYN THOMPSON Assistant Copy Desk Chief Safety Days will begin next week at USC to promote safety for Crime Awareness Month. The program will run from Oct 9 to 13 and will have several events dealing with crime issues and safety, said Student Govemment President Marie-Louise Ramsdale. The events include a Safety Fair Monday on Greene Street and a banner contest on Tuesday with the Lightways Walk and the official opening of the call boxes that night. On Wednesday, Risque Business, a live theater group, will perform on the Russell House Patio at 12:30 p.m., and that night a CPR class will be taught. Women Students' Services will show a new date rape video Thursday night. This is the fourth Safety Days event, Ramsdale said. It was introduced by Student Government and the Division of Law Enforcement and Safety four years ago. The purpose of the event is to learn some important tips to reduce risks and to make students aware of the resources available to them, Ramsdale said. The law enforcement division is also involved this year. "We'll have a large display on Monday with services available, like bicycle registra- ggggp tion and Operation ID," said Danny Baker, vice president for Law Enforcement and He said the purpose of the program is "to show the importance of community involvement and to get information to the commun- * 4tJ ity. The police can only do so much; the community has to be involved." % The Safety Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday on Greene Street Several organizations will participate and have booths, including Student Government, the Health Center, Citizens Against Violent Crime, Minority Student Affairs, Women Students' Services, Rape Educators Network, Rape Crisis Network and the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, said Paula Woods, a Reserve Police Officer and a criminal justice graduate student who has been working with the fair. She said Greene Street was chosen as the location for the fair, because that is where all the student traffic is. Crime awareness is the objective of the fair. ajj ^ "We want to make students aware of safety precautions and aware of their sur- A shi roundings. They do have to be careful even leading though this is our campus, our own little community." The banner contest Tuesday is to promote the Safety Days program. A price of $50 will be awarded to the organization with the best banner. ? w Tk. mn _i -ii i . L. L.. BV KRIS me v^rrs. wass win uc laugni uy suiitcunp from law enforcement, Baker said. The class "I will be held in Russell House Room 202 . Wednesday at 7 p.m. concernin A new video dealing with acquaintance groups f( rape will be shown to raise awareness about meet^nS ^ sexual assault, said Leigh Stanton, coordina- Accorc tor of Women Students' Services. Last year stude they held a Rape Awareness Day during funds av; Safety Days, but this year they wanted to fo- organizat cus attention, and attendence, on one The PurP evening. percentag Stanton thought the Safety Days program organizat would bring attention to campus safety and Financ give students information to make decisions Shah sai about personal risk. only pro tions this "USC provides certain protections, but nate the students have the responsibility to protect fee. Und< themselves and make low-risk decisions, has beei They have to be involved with safety." House, m Hugo proba "We have a sort of gentlemen' we don't have to. It's up to the Legish control." might be little effect in state tax revenues from the damage caused by Hugo, and, after an initial dip, the state's economy will be boosted by reconstruction. Also, the economy would be helped even more if Gov. Carroll Campbell requests that the federal government pay most of the state's disaster bill. "t.?? tt xl a inanity nugu uucci laniuus wtui iwu muck. One, we thought we had a loss of revenue, and the other side is that it might not be that bad," Holly said. "As far as the impact of Hugo on tuition, there are ' .. I jyjrff* #" **' JHHK ' j$> ^ " wwjimitoir wfymmpv* mm* < * **, v -?'? <s * , WW , .s ashed up ivering Rep. Mike Fair, R-Greenville, sits in the dun Board of Trustees member who is working toward p into noccoc Hill fi taiv puijkjvkj uni 1,1 I TAYLOR Although the Sei jorter S.G. Vice Presideni udent Senate passed a finance bill President Marie-Lo ig percentage allocation to funded sidering vetoing the >r the fiscal year 1989-90 at its dale believes the bil Nednesday. that need work, ling to the bill, "an increase in In response to th< nt activity fee has increased the said the finance coi ailable for allocation to student step at a time. "Fu ions in the current fiscal year." any problems that h ose of the bill is to give the new ing at this time," SI ;es of allocation for these funded bill now would on ions. process." e Committee Chairman Rajan Shah also said if d the new allocations will not finance committee vide more money for organiza- before the Senate n semester, but it will also elimi- dress Ramsdale's cc need for a Russell House user's In other Senate 1 ir the allocations, a special fund nor Mulcahey prop a established for the Russell ing for the Senate's aking a user's fee unnecessary. tion of automatic dc bly won't al s agreement that we won't raise tuition ij iture. A lot of factors are beyond oui Earl Holt Associate vice president Budget and Finance so many factors involved in determining tuition that it's harrl tr? tp.11 " T p.s Rnwlps statp. hnHcpt analvst fnr Higher Education, said. "There's no direct cause and effect." "Based on the findings of the Board of Economic Advisers, I wouldn't think the hurricane damage would affect tuition," he said. Estimates are not in yet on the cost of the damage done directly to the university by Hugo, although it is known that The Bubble was destroyed, several trans * - * TEDDY LEPPtThe Gamecock king booth at the homecoming carnival. Fair was the hasing out opposite-sex visitation in the dormitories. iat couldgive grc nate approved the bill, ational and living-area build I John Leary said S.G. currently do not provide acces uise Ramsdale is con- icapped students. bill. Leary said Rams- According to the resolution II has some major areas buildings on campus do not ha cess to handicap students. Mu i threat of a veto, Shah it should be the job of the Sen nmittee is moving one and support the accessibilty of ture bills should solve all people associated with th farie-Louise is foresee- community, hah ?aiH "Tr? vrtn thic Senate concern focused on t ily hinder the funding by passing the bill, S.G. might sponsible for funding of the ins the bill is vetoed, the will bring a new bill Mulcahey said the bill has i cxt week that will ad- binds and is only to show the mcerns. vors the installation of automa business, Senator Con- theory, osed a resolution call- Sen. Stephen Benjamin agre support of the installa- the bill clearly states that the ors in academic, recre- ports the installation in theory ffect tuition - formers exploded, dorm windows were broken, and * there was a heavy pile-up of broken tree limbs, r "Expenditures of our clean-up are considerable, but y hopefully the federal government will help out with ^ that," Holly said. "At this point, I'm afraid to say what the total cost of the damage is. We're compiling that right now. I could only give preliminary figures that I couldn't back up and probably would not be accurate," he said. Bowles said the main factor in determining a raise in tuition is if USC gets full funding from the General Assembly. However, Holly said, tuition might not go up. "We have a sort of gentlemen's agreement that we won't raise tuition if we don't have to. It's up to the Legislature. A lot of factors are beyond our control." " USC focuses on drug abuse Campus to have awareness week By TODD VENEZIA Staff Writer The USC Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs is sponsoring Alcohol and Drug Awareness Week from Oct 21-28. The event will be held in conjunction with National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week and Red Ribbon week (focusing on community involvement) and will include many activites and programs designed to inform the campus population about alcohol and drug use. "We're really excited about the program," said Katie Altman, director of the Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs. "We feel there needs to be awareness about the whole spectrum (of drugs)" she said. Alcohol is the major, but not the only, drug used here. According to a recent poll, 78 percent of USC students questioned had used alcohol in the past 30 days, 18 percent had tried marijuana and 3 percent had tried cocaine or crack. All those statistics are in line with national averages quoted by the Lloyd Johnson Institute. The week will start Saturday with Awareness Week Kickoff during the Western Carolina Game. There will be information tables Monday on the Russell House Patio from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the movie Less Than Zero at 9 p.m. Many of the information tables will deal with drunk driving. "Driving under the influence is still a major problem on this campus," Altman said. "There's still people that do it, but there's a growing awareness of the dangers, and we want to promote that." Tuesday will start with the second edition of the monthly educational series, Grapevine, sponsored by GAMMA. The seminar will start at 4:30 p.m. and will have presentations by Federal Drug Agent Freddie Bradshaw and Byant Walton of the Bruce Hall Alcohol and Drug Dependency Center. Tuesday will then wrap up at 7 p.m. with a comedian in the Russell House Ballroom. Wednesday will be the biggest day of the program. It starts with exhibits on the patio at 10 a.m. and will continue with a game of Family Feud at 3:30 p.m. featuring alcohol related questions and will conclude with a presentation, "Women and Alcohol." Wednesday's main event will be "RisQue Business," a live theatrical performance that uses drama and humor to address alcohol and drug issues. "We've done it this last year, and it was very popular," Altman said. "It's absolutely terrific." Thursday will have information tables at 10 a.m., a "Straight Talk" session at the Patio Cafe at 4:30 p.m., and the "Sports All Nighter" at the Blatt P.E. Center from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The week will conclude Saturday at 7 p.m. with a Halloween Costume Bash featuring music by Hootie _ and the Blowfish. tups more money ings which financial responsibility. Benjamin went on s for hand- to say, however, that if the Senate was asked to partially fund the installation, , numerous they should be willing to do so. ve easy ac- The resolution was passed by the ilcahey said Senate, ate to favor facilities to The Senate was also addressed by Presile Carolina dent James Holderman. Holderman commended the students for their efforts and he fear that support in the Hurricane Hugo relief be held re- movement tallation. Holderman also commended the Student Senate as well as all students for their mano financial ture response to the visitation issue this ; Senate fa- semester, tic doors in Senators questioned Holderman on ed. He said numerous issues including parking, visita Senate sup- tion, the selling of Bell Camp and his inonly, not in crease in salary.