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0 I s political activism Carolina Alive Athletic trainers H alive at USC? Students sings backup the support behind ! ' M react c ,.c^w for Michael Bolton. USC sports. Too many pieces of music finish See USC Voices ( too long after the end. J g Page 3 Page 4 Pag igor Stravinsky BGamecock Volume 84, No. 56 University of South Carolina Friday, January 31, 1992 Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey, whose administration has been rocked by scandals, has told members of his party that he will resign next week, his office said Thur&day. First word of Haughey's intention to step down came from a senator who attended a party meeting Thursday. The senator, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Haughey would stand down after a successor was elected. Haughey, who has led the Fianna Fail party since 1979 and is serving his fourth term as prime minister, resigned at the insistence of the junior partner in his coalition government. The American Lung Association asked Congress Thursday for at least $91 million to combat what it called a "looming epidemic" of tuberculosis. The association said the federal government had missed the significance of an increase in TB cases. It said 25,701 cases of TB were reported in the United States in 1990, an increase of more than 9 percent from the previous year and the largest rise in new cases ever recorded. Luxury automaker BMW has visited sites in Anderson County, including one near Sandy Springs, to search for a possible locale for a new plant. Officials from the Munich, Germany-based company searched the area for a suitable site, the Anderson Independent-Mail reported Thursday. One site that the group viewed Tuesday was public property near Clemson University's Simpson Agricultural Station, college officials said. Dr. Edward J. "Billy" Dennis III, the first chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at USC's School of Medicine, died of cancer late Tuesday. Dennis, 67, was also director of education for Richland Memorial Hospital's obstetrics and gynecology residency program. Compiled from wire reports Parkii Lot should a commuter ijmi BUSC9 By BILLY BLUME Staff Writer By the beginning of next fall, USC should have its newest parking garage. Bill Baker, director of parking services at USC, said the new parking garage on Pickens and Senate streets will make drivers feel like they are in a drive-thru teller machine. "The best idea to operate a parking garage that we're kicking around right now seems to be a card access system, where you would purchase a card for a semester and it would be reserved for only those nennle that have a card " he said. , Baker expressed hope this new garage will alleviate the parking siGreek Fees not always focus of frats By KIMBERLY EVERITT Assistant News Editor (Editor's note ? The Gamecock attempted to include sororities in this article, but seven out of 13 (JSC sororities would not grant an interview.) Fraternity pledges take note ? the cost of being in a Greek organization can add,to your financial responsibilites. The 20 USC fraternities require some type of payment to become an active member. Dues range from $240 to $250 a semester and over the course of a four-year college career, a single member might spend more than S2,000. Despite the high costs, some fraternity members said they are getting a good deal for their money. "It's not just a lot of great parties," said Trey Wilder, president of Kappa Sigma fraternity. "When you get more involved, you learn about all of the leadership opportunities and you find out that the fraternity really opens a lot of doors for you." Dues are usually broken down into national and local fees. Each fraternity is required to pay a set amount of its dues, from 10 to 50 percent, to its national headquarters. Annual dues for an active memAverage Frate One third of the fraternity du* headquarters. Percentages; chapters use Local US Social 75% BM Rush 10% S Service 10% I I Housing 5% Source: Based on 10 fraternities ?_?M^?-? ?" ?? \ ig ga illeviate ^gravation tuation at USC. The new will provide more than 5i parking places for the uni\ students when it opens up t fall. In addition, metered ] places are likely to be incre 150 spaces in the Pendletc ing garage for those studei do not wish to pay $100-$ a garage space. However, students sho wary of a change in the rates, Baker said. While has been said at this poin changing the meter rates 1 of the new parking facilitie: crease may occur due to th rise in parking meter rates. Baker reports the garage mained on schedule during struction and, weather per should be completed on tim Baker said the $3 millior will pay itself off from the brought in by the new facili life ca ber of Pi Kappa Alpha t The money is used to f fraternity's programs, sai< r>r\r\rr\inotnr rvf r c-uuiuiiiaiwi ui i ship and records for the fra national office in Memphis The programs include le conventions, scholarshi travel for chapter consultan "Yes, there are financial tions," said Matt Basta, cc cations director for Pi Kap "If you have to about paying your then you shouldn't a fraternity." Kappa national headquarters in C "But the fraternity could n ate without the financial su Pi Kappa Psi is require* $42.50 a year to the nation for operating costs. Memb also pay a yearly fee to co insurance policy. Most of the other fra also pay a national fee f< ance coverage. Sigma Phi Epsilon meml sell Gartz said about 80 pc their national dues are use* surance. He said the nation uses the remaining money regional and national confe ?rnity Dues js is used for the national show how local and nationa IlJ^^INatlonal Cha Insurance IZ/J Conference Scholarship Kristin Buehlman/The i rage nea its con- * % mitting, e. i garage revenue ty. The new parking garage on Picke m be expe ire $55. und the d Gwen nemberternity's , Tenn. I adership its. )mmuni- SQ ipa Psi's worry V| dues, be in A/ai Ng iot oper- *> pport.' al office ers must ver their ternities Freshman John Arnold, a men 3r insur- and studyin9 in ^ront of Russell H( _ In addition to the national fees, kpr RiiSr members are required to pay chap:[ftof terfces. ?L-in Zeta Beta Tau's Treasurer Ed 3 ?f nd Kingsmore said, "The social 10 un budget is the biggest part. Since rences. fraternity provides a lot of your ? social life, it's a good value for your money." Wai Ng, a Kappa Sigma brother, I | said money should not be an object in the fraternity. "I think that dues should be $300 per semester so that we can have more social events. If you have to worry about paying your i -? -l >J->* l - (lues, men you suuuiun i uc in u fraternity," Ng said. Sigma Phi Epsilon divides its chapter dues between social events, service projects, rush parties, intramural sports and formal dances. pter "And then sometimes we buy * things like dart boards and pool ^ ? slicks," Gartz said. "It's not a mo/o ncy organization in the first place. It's where you make your friends." Sigma Phi Epsilon member Steve Licbcrman said fraternities Stmecock provide friends to hang out with. rly coi 3^2. <: ? ? S 2* ?.<?. m ^r ' Si ^2*r f|?t IP ^#k jjp. I? v if ns and Senate streets is schedulec nsive , f IB; laX^IBL 'ISia*- * * > -.. Van 11, pe The Gamecock iber of Delta Tau Delta, is sitting Duse for his next class. To afford his dues, Liberman works during summer and Christmas break. Mat Surles, Sigma Alpha Epsilon president, said a lot of members work to pay their dues. "Cnma r\f tKa KrAtEnrc \ifArlr in UUIIl^/ Wl UIV/ U1WIIIWO vrvyirv ah the summer and save up money, and some parents send an allowance and the brothers use that money to pay their dues. Most of them pay their own dues though," he said. "There is a stigma about buying your friends," Surles said. "But it's not like that." Dues for "the African-Americar fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha are only $60 a semester for active members because the group does not have an insurance policy. Because of their low dues, Alpha Phi Alpha relies on the success of their many fundraisers throughout the year. "This year's stepshow raised over $1,600," President Ozell Newman said. nplete m *?Sm~ w"mi 81' i| ' M!:: **' ^ iflfflS ?t '~mp-? ,.^K?2f3jjJ? **^^~,:wiMrp**^' ' r" a M? ^ **? I ?rm w Joanne Buetter/The Gamecock i to open later this year. Wofford seniors travel America By The Associated Press A trip along the route that was once America's main highway earned four Wofford College seniors four hours of college credit and gave them a glimpse of America. The four from South Carolina traveled Route 66 in a rental car earlier this month, stopping for meals and chats in small-town cafes on the road that runs from Chicago to the Pacific Ocean. Heather Stallworth of North Augusta, Amy Edwards of Charleston, Margaret Green of Camden, and Sherrard Kenshaw of i^oiumoia leu ^oiumoia ai me crack of dawn on Jan. 2 and drove straight through to Chicago." Then they followed Route 66 through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. The women said they got the idea for the trip while talking to a professor at the Spartanburg, S.C., school. They wanted to see the United States instead of visiting Europe as some of their classmates did. A college lab assistant suggested they drive Route 66, which opened in 1926 as a U.S. highway. The road has lost its U.S. designation, but lives on as a state highway in the states it runs through. "We researched it and took him up on it," Green said. Their next step was to write a proposal for the journey and get it accepted by the college so they could earn credit for the trip. Each student chipped in $600 for the journey and made arrangements for a rental car, which turned out to be a brandnew white Cadillac. "They were still taking the plastic off the seats when we | picked it up," one of the students said. During most of the trip, the i students stayed with friends or ; relatives. They seldom slept in hotels. "One night we took a detour and went to Las Vegas and elQ\/r?H in a mnfpl " ?aiH kTfn. shaw, who won $400 at Las Vegas. In Oklahoma, the students met Michael Wallis, author of "Route 66: The Mother Road," during a stop in Tulsa. Wallis gave them lips on what to sec and who to meet.