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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
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U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno tours campus
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? 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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lember, throws a keg as part
uns through Thursday.