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> Millions more nee ensure quality ec page 2 IT Volume 84, No. Hotel was li to bui tx?i ?,:ii ruiuiiasc win nu increase tuition By TIGE WATTS News Editor USC's recent $3.95 milli purchase of the Carolina Ph Hotel was the result of retii debts and a build-up of insti tional bonds, USC administrate said Tuesday. Administrators also said th< institutional bonds cannot be u: for any other purpose th building. "We can't use these funds anything else other than build purposes," said Earle Holley, as ciate vice president of Busin and Finance. $75 of an in-state student's I ? 1 _r . uuh anu $z.\j\j ui an uui-ui-si student's tuition goes to the si treasurer's office. That money put into a separate account u: primarily for the university's de such as building loans a renovations. "When I was a student here, I tion was $275 and they still $75 per student into these bone Holley said. Administrators continued claim that the hotel purchi would not be the cause for any I tion raise next year. "We can sit here and tell ) that your tuition will not go up pay that capital cost of that hot Holley said. USC President John Palms i said tuition will not rise becaus* the hotel purchase. "The acquisition will certai not affect tuition. We have alw set aside this money for buile Dumoses." Palms said. Palms, however, would not USC students should not look for another tuition raise. State revenue collections h dipped this past year and Pa said a 6 percent increase in months of November and Deo ber must take place. "The October. collections creased and there needs to be percent increase the next I months. I see no flurry of acti yet, so I don't expect the 6 ] cent," he said. Palms said he did not wam speculate, but he did not say dents would face no tuit increase. "The Consumer Price Inde: respectable and it depends on 1 Former American ho Steen. smiling and weepin freed by Shiite Muslim extre after five years of captivity isaid, "It's great to be out." The 52-year-old teacher v hostage released in two day: dom augurs a speedy resolul tage drama. Joseph Cicippk over the weekend. There is g lation that the last Americai nalist Terry Anderson, will s Mikhail Gorbachev matic appeal Tuesday for j nation, warning of possible "catastrophe for all mankind Union disintegrates. "Without the union, the eternal erosion of our societ Gorbachev said in his writte - tions of which were released man, Andrei Grachev. sded to >- Gamecocks crush Jucation, Furman, page 8 IAI 45 money Imited ilding ; 4- ^ ^ I ? B J _^^^B f B ed | 1 to- ^^^B A^B I ' mm ^B BBB| ^^ ^^B^BB^Hl for soess BB ate ale ^ f sed Palms tots n(j our bills are coming in," he said. I "If revenue collections don't in- s tuj. crease, we have to find some way c put to relieve those revenue pressures," t Is," Palms said. s Palms said USC could make no _ to more cuts in both academic and ise non-academic areas. "There's al- T tui- ready 140 vacant positions. We can't cut anything else out," he J fou said. } to Palms, meanwhile, said the hotel T " purchase was a remedy for USC's ^ problems with instructional sites, . conference needs, asbesto prob- t1 also lems and research space. 5 of "Ever since I came here, we've pr been looking at this purchase. We ~~ inlv hdvp fl trp.mp.nrlniic cnarp np/?H anrl 'ays when this comes on the market, we w ling have to acquire this land," he said. te "We've talked this purchase say over with the board for some time. S1 out Some professors are turning down research grants because of in- c' ave adequate space," Palms said, lms Palms also attacked criticism by cc the state officials for rushing the m em- purchase approval to the Commission on Higher Education. The 1 de- CHE must give USC approval to .. a 6 buy the hotel first two "We had to expedite this to the v< vity CHE because of a Feb. 1 dead- w per- line," Palms said. USC will answer questions from U1 t to the CHE on Jan. 7 because of fed- ^ stu- eral agency's bankruptcy policy, ion USC was able to make the purch- u] ase because of a failed business ^ t is venture and they are then open to q iow these guidelines. In the Natioi stage Alann The Food and Dr ig for joy, was tion chief said Tuesdc imists Tuesday allow wider use of an i a Lebanon and ,for Alzheimer's disease, that it is not a cure anc ras the second temporary relief from me 5, and his freelion to the hos- - >^s veiV lmP?rtant to > was released only su8Sestive that the' Towing specu- Commissioner David Ke \ captive, jour- This Morning, oon be free. issued a dra- Letters to Santa ^reserving the ing and hopeful have warfare and a New York City's genera I" if the Soviet thousands this troubled "I am a very poor v re will be an three kids," wrote one y as a whole," in appeal, por- "If you will please sen by his spokes- eat, clothes to put them with." ^ Sharing Time ^ Colu with Seniors USC' program fights pag< illiteracy, page 4 VTF University of Soi Oops! Carolina Shu Jy PATRICK VILLEGAS Assistant News Editor 1 A Carolina Shuttle was involved | n a minor accident Tuesday morn- J ng when the shuttle and a dump J ruck scraped into each other on l| Jncoln and Devine streets, Coor- ? linator for the Carolina Shuttle 9 derrick Huggins said. The accident, which caused no njuries, left the shuttle with a loss )f paint on the right side of the vehicle. Huggins said both drivers of the chicles were being charged with he fault. The shuttle driver, he jg| ;aid, will go before the accident g| eview board, and will most likely S >e verbally counseled. The accident was the first re- ' x>rted this semester, Huggins said. A -le said the only other cases of ac:idents reported this semester is vhen the shuttles on Greene Street tccidently hit car mirrors located )n parked vehicles. In other shuttle news, a trial Ex- si )ress Route has been added to the T )us schedule with new stops at tl" Capstone and The Horseshoe area, Muggins said. Because of the parking problems hat will occur when the new USC jarking gargage is being built, he Str ;aid the new route will help stulents get from The Horseshoe area o the Capstone area when these Ro itudents have to park near Greene ph Holderir Revocation proces o convene soon om Staff and Wire Reports A USC faculty committee meeting to hether ex-school president James Holdei nure should be revoked will be cor on, although no date has been set, a \ ty spokeswoman said. John Palms, USC president, began the ition process Sunday, Spokeswoman lien said. Palms had the request for the jmmittee meeting hand-delivered to ch an Marcia Welsh on Sunday afternoon. A 11 An rafnoad tr\ r/a loooo tha InttAf K nnui is/iujw iu iw^aos/ wiv iv^v* 1/ t's a personal matter." Revoking tenure ? a virtually guan fetime teaching position ? of a form< irsity president is rare in American lucation. USC officials could not ren ich a revocation ever happening liversity. If Holderman's tenure is revoked, li ise a guaranteed lifetime teaching job ai y between $60,000 and $80,000 per ye upaid leave from USC, Holderman is iled to begin teaching in the Departn overnment and International Studie n... In the! ug Administra- The spill ly the agency will uconee inucj experimental drug twice as larg? but he cautioned reported, a co: 1 might offer only Duke Powe ?mory loss. believed the < from one of t' underline that it's 0n Nov. 23 w drug works," FDA later, that ami ssler said on "CBS gallons. Three S both heartwrench- are eyeing M been pouring into cilities as a p il post office by the and research holiday season. The projec voman and I have ing conside: New York mother. Coastal Ca: Georgetown d us something to range from in and toys to play course ma technology. MlMWi: Hhuttte'system, 1 Jhe winning sororil 9 3 Chi s philanthropy TTS ith Carolina Wedn ttle in accident, ne\ TH garoi <*... ? - >?* ?<? Greg Ricfc A Carolina Shuttle (above) was scraped Tuesday srvice vehicle tangled 'n an accident. No injuries he shuttle (right) suffered minor paint damage on t ie vehicle. eet. Capstone residents v to the other side of c Huggins also said tfte txpress ute will solve some of the com- The shuttle route lints from Columbia Hall and trial-run until th< tan's tenur September. Palms had said he would begin the tenure i vocation proceedings Monday unless Holdi man surrendered his claim on the teaching po tion. Palms had given Holderman until Sund to quit. Under USC tenure revocation pro< decide dures, Holderman could demand a closed he rman's ing before a faculty committee, in which ivened would have the right to confront witnes; iniver- against him. The process is expected to take more thai i revo- month, and the final decision would be up Debra the USC Board of Trustees, faculty One of Holderman's lawyers, Thomas V lairwo- non of Columbia, said he could not comm on Palms' decision to proceed or whether H ecause dcrman will fight the tenure revocation. "I would guess (Holderman) would fight inteed, said Joe McCullough, a Columbia lawyer v -r uni- formerly worked in the USC legal departm higher under Holderman. lember Robert Kreiser, associate secretary of I at the American Association of University Profess in Washington, could not remember any simi le will tenure revocation cases, t a sal- "College presidents leave for all kinds of r On sons, but usually not under such dark cloud i sche- he said. lent of Holderman was USC president from 1977 s next 1990 when he resigned amid criticism of State... 1 of radioactive water at n ear Station in Seneca was || To get a job or i * as the company originally college degree? mpany spokesman said. | |i ' r officials originally said they Percentaae B imount of water that leaked he reactor's steam generators J a 9 9 as near 30,000 gallons. A day 10o 86% ount was increased to 50,000 || - >outh Carolina colleges J 40 [yrtle Beach Air Force Base fa- 20 ossible site for college campus 'J 0 ? buildings, officials said. ?? Afro-Ame ts for an academic center bered by Clemson University, rolina College and Horry- | -68% of blacks Technical College at the base |f good education studying tourism and golf ?? whites to get ar intenance to engineering % v . i" ty gets its name on a check to Sigma . Big deal. &| Editorial, page 3 CK esday, December 4, 1991 v route introduced ^ggj 14^ v-: nHnp^ - ?. abaugh/The Gamecock ' when it and a were reported. he :: '^ ^1?H?' ?b?^kb&( Jb - /ho need to get semester, Huggins said. If the ampus. route is determined to be costefficient and feasible for the transwill be on a portation department, it will be 5 end of the continued for the spring semester. e discussed spending practices. Last May, he pleaded no re- contest to state income tax evasion and pleaded sr- guilty to accepting extra compensation. JS1~ After Holderman's conviction, Palms notified ay him that he would begin proceedings to revoke the ex-president's tenure. he In October, The Charlotte Observer reported ses allegations that Holderman made repeated sexual advances to male interns during the 1980s. 1 <1 tQ In the 1980s, records show, Holderman spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money paying for the intern program. Students told er" The Observer that Holderman made sexual ad, vances after giving them gifts, including cash, 1 clothes and secret scholarships. it," After the allegations surfaced, Palms sent out /ho letters to former students and faculty, asking ent them to come forward with what they knew. He received a number of replies. So far, Palms said Tuesday he has received ?rs some replies, but not much more when asked a month ago. However, Palms said he does feel confident in his case against Holderman. eaIs," "I would not be going forward with this unless I felt confident with it. This is a very serito ous matter and this is the hardest thing I've ever his had to do in my academic career," Palms said. College Equals Jobs advance in one's career, how important is it to have a ?| MS SH ? M i y Culture Saying It Is Very Important To Have iree To Get a Job. | l 62% 79% J ' rlcan Hispanic White | i \ - - * mm wmm ^ mmmm I ' 5 said "they have as good a chance as whites to get a | 43% of blacks said "they have as good a chance as J ly kind of job for which they are qualified." -- ' ... !??? ) Ryan Sima/The Gamecock