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^ First copy free. Additional copies may be picked up in Russell House 321. I 'Equus'indicative Of fine theater <h-W. Chance of thunderstorms pacf 4 ^r^rL * ? a ir< GH: 78 LOW 54 Gamecock baseball I I III 1^ I III l^k President Palms should takes two of three ^^^1 W Al H H I m control visitation Page 7 W* W Page 3 Serving USC since 1908 . ? > U1-UIIJWRiverbanks to exten weekend hours Beginning Saturday, Riverban Zoo will extend its weeket hours. The admission gate w open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.i Saturdays and Sundays. Visitc may remain in the park until p.m. "The spring season is 01 i busiest time of the year," sa Mary Leverette, director of pub! services. "The extra hnnrc nn tl weekends will give the visito plenty of time to enjoy the zc and the mild weather." Communicators to speak at seminar Top professionals from a nui ber of communications fields w speak and head roundtable di cussions at student sessions of tl ' South Regional Conference i Women in Communications In< set for April 8-9 in Greenville. Both student sessions and tl professional seminars are open the public. Cost for the entire e tire conference'is $30 for studen members of WICI and $40 for st dent nonmembers. Nonmemb< students may attend the Saturd; morning student session onl which begins at 11 a.m., for $1< Student sessions will featui I Lisa Klos, WISI member and d rector of marketing at the Floric Commerce Federal Credit Unio in Tallahassee, speaking on "Mai aging Credit" and "The Art of N< gotiating." Professionals from a variety c other businesses will address cn auw nvtnv/iiuiig, waicuL upuuii at agencies, corporations and not profit enterprises; practical advic for self-defense; and other topic relevant to new graduates see kin employment. Adviser of the Year applications available Applications are being accepts by the USC Leadership Council fo \dviser of the Year. Nominee must be full-time faculty or stai members whose required respon sibilities don't entail advising stu dent organizations. Nomination forms are availabli in the Campus Activities Cente and must be received by Friday Awards reception to be in RH Ballroom The Office of Community Ser ^ice Programs and Buickwil sponsor the annual USC Commu nity Service/Buick Volunteer Spii it Awards Reception from 4:3< p.m. to 6 p.m. April 19 in the Rus sell House Ballroom. For more information, call 777 5780. Correction The story about the P.E. Cente in the March 21 issue of Th< Gamecock contained several er |rors. Herbert Camp is director o campus recreation. The numbe of people using the building dur ing its new hours is about 90 pe day. Index News 1 Viewpoints 3 Carolina! 4 Comics 6 Sports 7 Classifieds 8 Snakes alive! About 100,983,000 Americans are afraid of snakes. Shris Muldrow/The Gamecock 71 Trustees vote By WENDY HUDSON man Do ^ News Editor the mot 1)C| A motion recommending visitation t'on coi: 1 policy be determined by the universi- Unde m ty president was killed Friday in the former ,rs Student-Trustee Liaison Committee of andJSG 6 the Board of Trustees. power t The board sets the visitation policy tion pol ur for residence halls. Trustee Charles Si- the pres id mons, acting on a proposal made to "We w |ic the committee by SG officers, pre- presider sented a motion to the committee rec- in the p< fs ommending the board turn over the have cor power to the president. to mon None of the committee members some tyj present, trustees Arthur Bahnmuller, Becai William Hubbard and Mark Buyck, cerns, t provided a second. Committee chair- current ; 7^ Mil tu IP I U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno tours campus < Reno visits a< r ? By GORDON MANTLER f Copy Desk Chief l" U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno visited US '* Friday to address the law school's annual Law D, banquet. e Eajdier in the day, Reno met with law studen r and held a short press conference, briefly di cussing the National Advocacy Center to be bui at ircr "It's a privilege to be here," Reno said. "This a great university and a great law school. And think it will make a perfect center for us (Justi< Department lawyers) to join local prosecutoi > Discipline offlct ' in student incid r By NORA DOYLE Assistant News Editor The number of USC students involved in discipline cases increased from 97 in 1992 to 210 in 1993, according to a report from Jerry Crot? ty, director of student discipline. He said he doesn't know why there was such f a large increase. r Incidents at Williams-Brice Stadium decreased from 51 percent of discipline incidents to 16 r percent. Student ID abuse dropped from 36 percent to 10 percent. "it s nara to know exactly why there was a drop, but maybe students are getting the word that they shouldn't use other students' IDs to get into games," Crotty said. "Also, there was a higher level of student involvement in 1992 than in 1993." Judicial Board member Michelle Murphy has a positive attitude about the change. "I hope college students are becoming more aware and realize that this is an institution for 3 higher learning," said Murphy, co-chairwoman I of the board. "Maybe this is a better crop of stu? dents. I think it's great." E Student discipline involves incidents reported | by police, resident hall staff, faculty and students. "Our general obligation is to investigate and | solve the problem," Crotty said. Once a complaint has been made, the students involved are interviewed, and a judgment is made if grounds exist to file charges. Students then have three choices: have Crotty judge the hearing, have another member of the administration judge the case or go before the Judicial Board. V Hearings entail deciding if incidents are viola^ tions of USC policy and, if they are, how the uni\ down propos* nald Bailey was in support of ion, but because of his posi- lnC main rea ildn't provide a second. Surveys Cited fol campus from i; President Brian Comer, the Was the visitati o make changes in the visita- Brian ( icy would be turned over to ^ ident or his designee. ant to let the board allow the in a letter to the Bo; it to study and make changes ? c?l i j in i_ . ? ^ . . -un.y, ouiuuiuu ?<uu. lci iiuii aus. in a letter to t ltrol on a daily basis. We need Comer and Solomon itor the problem and have curity in residence ha pe of resolution." since the policy weni lse of increased safety con- that the strictness of he board implemented the ving students to mc visitation policy in the late "Since the implenr f^pi' * ^iSBBS: & sS^Bl ..,::[: - Friday with Sen. Fritz Hollings, trustee Charles Jeffcc ivocacy center who are on the front line in the fight agains crime." ;C She said the center would bring prosecutor onH offnmpvc frnm nrrncc tKo rnnnrmr ***\A rk ^y HUM iiiiviiivj AWV/OO U1V V.UUIIU J dliu nil world together "in developing the best traininj ts facility possible." s- "It's very important that we work together ii ilt focusing on crime and how to prosecute it," sh< said. is The center's objective is "to form a real strong 11 network that's going to take this country into ef :e ficient and effective law enforcement in the 21s rs century," said Tony Moscato, director of the Ex ; reports rise lents in 1993, The following numbers of students have been involved in cases recommended to the director of student discipline for complaints such as disorderly conduct, university ID abuse, alcohol abuse and theft: Percent of cases TOTAL 1993 1992 White males 111 53 60 White females 39 19 18 Black males 37 18 10 Black females 15 7 2 Other males 7 3 8 Other females 1 .01 2 Source: Discipline Caseload Report Chris Muldrow/The Gamecock versity should respond. Crotty said there are five goals in a hearing. "We want to make sure everyone has learned something and that the event is less likely to reoccur," he said. "Then, we want to repair the harm done during the incident, make university policy clear and help other students learn from the mistake." The number of white males involved in student discipline cases in 1993 was 111, while the number of black males was 37. "The most logical reason for that is there are a lot more white students than black students on campus," Crotty said. The top three categories of incidents in 1993 were disorderly conduct, alcohol abuse and university ID violations. Most incidents occurred in October and November. "Football season typically generates a lot of incidents, and some cases are referred after they become a chronic problem, which may not be until later in the semester," Crotty said. il to alter visitatic V visitation policy, the occupancy rate woe SOn in exit of residence halls has decreased from the: r moving off ^ percent in 1988 to 93 percent in late 3QO t 100^ 1993," the letter said. "The main rea- thei yjyj tO lyyj son in exit surveys cited for moving ditic ion policy." off campus from 1990 to 1993 was hall* fomer and 'he visitation policy." end" LUiiicr diiu. Comer and Solomon also men*1 Solomon tioned financial reasons for changing q ard of Trustees , inri offic The effect of every 100 vacancies is a loss of approximately '$ 170,000 to POSt he committee, the housing budget each year," the wou i agreed that se- letter said. "Since the fall of 1991, at th lis has improved there have been vacancies in campus t into effect, but residence halls that have resulted in a til the policy is dri- loss of more than $2.6 million to the a.m >ve off campus, university." cam lentation of the The policy the SG officers propose full 1 pp*1 Ii r | J ^ ^ camj ||b I ^ j^H Wr bU a lobb Drui Com er. 1 Fc strej stud in th "II State fund "If 2, an it listei catio Th Educ . r tire o abou idem Lee Clontz/The Gamecock "ty iat and USC President John Palms on College Street. cause time, site, Columbia volve t ecutive Office for U.S. Attorneys. Holt He said construction on the center should start have s in about a year. The center should be ready to be over : occupied by late 1996 or early 1997. ' After the conference, USC President John Palms j ^ and U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., accompanied their a Reno in a walk across campus. They stopped to e; look at the site for the advocacy center, located their , in the city block along Pendleton Street between at le; the BA building and Pickens Street. amou t Reno also visited a closed-down crack house in SG Eau Claire. If a se or cal Barrel of fun J ? James Brocks, a history senior and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity n of the Greek Olympics. The event is part of Greek Week, which r in power ild leave apartment-style visitation same, extend suite-style hall hours r on weeknights and keep them same on weekends, and make trainal buildings more like suite-style > in terms of weeknight and weekvisitation. However, there are no nite hours set yet, Comer said, ammittee members suggested the :ers come up with a specific pro il outlining the exact changes they Id like to see made and present it le next committee meeting, scause the next meeting isn't uneptember, one was called for 11 . April 22 at the USC-Lancaster pus, the site and date for the next board meeting. G: students lould lobby ate Senate UPE EYDE Write udent government is planning a saign to lobby the S.C. Senate for :ased higher education funding. a 1111.11HJ IU 91UUC1IU, WHICH was ted in The Gamecock March 18, sked students to get a start on the ying effort by calling Sen. John nmond, chairman of the Finance mittee, on the Monday after Easthere will be no classes that day. >rmer SG Treasurer Brad Holt ised the importance of as many ents as possible getting involved e lobbying effort. " only five people go over to the : House and say we need more ing, they'll blow us off," he said. 000 or 3,000 go, then that makes ipact. It shows that students are ting and care about higher edun." e Senate Finance Committee, the ation Subcommittee and the enenate will discuss the finance bill t the time school is over, SG Pres; Brian Comer said. re want to get an early start be1 we leave school right at crunch " Holt said. Lobbying the Senate icreased funding will be left to fficers during summer break, ooefullv. we ran per students in :d, give students information," said. "A lot of students don't it. We want to take a day and go to the State House, coordinate Clemson and other state-sup:d schools." e SG memo asks students to tell senator that tuition has been risich year. Callers also should urge senator to fund higher education ast 1 percent more than the int recommended by the House, also encourages parents to call, inator is not in, leave a message 1 back. & ^k y I - & i " ** David Mandrell/the Gamecock lember, throws a keg as part uns through Thursday.