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IN VIEWPOINTS: Beardman rates camping gear page 4 ?iKafcicft Serving USC since 1908 WEATHER j_ TODAY High 82 ] Low 60 WEEKEND PN| Cloudy High 78 |?f|f"~^: , j Low 64 INSIDE * JBm : \ ?jk Ml grown up Etc. reviews and previews the bank Little Sister. ETC., PAGE 5 ' Puffin' on the Dog The Gamecocks travel to Starkville to face the Mississippi State Bulldogs. SPORTS, PAGE 8 BRIEFS Registration forms available * Hfn? nM'. ^ r, -J-, ft |l tot women s momonng nocwoik Registration forms for the Women's Mentoring Network are available at the Information Center in the Russell House. The deadline to register is today. For more information, contact Patti Tomanio at 777-6688. S.C. music teacher of the year to perform Tuesday Dr. Constance Lane, a music professor and flutist, will give a classical musical recital Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall of the new School of Music building. Lane was named teacher of the year bv the South Carolina Music Teachers Association and is principal flutist for the South Carolina Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras. Admission is free and open to the public. International isoflaius sponsors coffee house Wednesday International Programs for Students will sponsor an International Coffee House on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in BA 435. The Coffee House will include a speaker on The Trend of International Companies locating in South Carolina." Ministry seeks volunteers The Cooperative Ministry is seeking volunteer counselors and office workers for an emergency service program and a clothing/fiirniture bank. Anyone interested in learning more should attend a volunteer orientation meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. To sign up for an orientation session, call the Cooperative Ministry at 799-3853. INDEX News 1 Viewpoints 4 Etc 5 Sports 8 Comics 6 Classifieds 10 XTr^rr/^r rloi irrV \a6tU^JL Ainffctatwl Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? Two daughters of business park magnate Ira Koger have sued a former Koger official who revealed improper company accounting practices, saying he mishandled a trust that was to benefit the University of South Carolina. Roger's daughters, Celeste K Hampton and Pamela K Moore, accuse Larry W. Jordan of breaching his duty as trustee for the fund set up by Ira Koger. They want Jordan to pay $2 million. The trust's main assets were 65,965 shares of Koger Properties Inc. and 8,000 shares of Koger Equity Inc. The two real estate companies were The new recital hall In the School of H Mils The School of Music opens its new doors on Assembly f( Street two months after moving into the building. ^ JENNIFER STANLEY Staff Writer si After 84 years of existence, six loca- T tions and $17.5 million of state funded b money, the School of Music got what they ii deserve: a new building. d: StnHpnts and farnltv will celphrate cl ? J ??this milestone in USC history with a public grand opening on Saturday. si Todd Simons, a sophomore music ed- S ucation major said, "We have a veiy good t< music program at USC. Usually, the arts sacrifice money first, so it's great to get ol such nice building." ol Columbia era comes to Col Staff Reports are av, Columbia Museum of Art is bringing or moi the best in fine crafts and art to South An Carolina with the Southeastern Art and positic Craft Exposition. Absoli Crafts items shown at the SACE of- Vodka fer high-quality products by artists and the sp craft people from across the United States. Ov The SACE will be held at the Car- missio olina Coliseum Saturday from 10 a.m. in all f until 7 p.m. and Sunday from 12:30 p.m. glass d to 6 p.m. The preview party will be held ion an tonight from 5:30 until 10 p.m. This par- most a ty allows guests time to meet the artists grams and have first opportunity to purchase hood,' premium works before the show opens origin) to the general public. states, Tickets to the preview party are $15 create in advance and $20 at the door. Preview state, party tickets serve as a weekend pass to Th the exposition. General admission is $5 as one and $3 for students with ID cards. Chil- Unitet dren 12 and under are free. All tickets chose will be sold at the door. Discounted rates the re iters sue truste founded by Koger, who went to the university's law ] school. . The Koger Properties shares now are almost ' worthless, financial analysts have said, and Koger ( Equity shares were hurt by the real estate reces- | sion. hi August, the value of what was to have been a $2 million trust, was estimated at $120,000. 1 The trust was part of $4 million Koger pledged 1 to help the school build the Koger Center for the Performing Arts at USC. Koger paid the other $2 ] million in cash. . The two sisters claim in the lawsuit filed last week in a Florida state court that Jordan should j i have sold Koger companies stock held by the trust when he became aware of the companies' deterio P' ~ 'V* ___________ ft w Wuslc will host musical performances at the gram ?wl rSK?fi-i ies include refreshlents, tours and mu- John Adams works with a a ical demonstrations, office and studio in the new i he performances, by oth faculty and students, will take place musical instr 1 the recital hall, opera rehearsal stu- building," Mcfl io, "old instrument" room (harpsichords, elementary scl lavichord, etc.) and other studios. the growth of t The building is four floors and 58,000 were also usee [juare feet. It is located on Assembly "Now ever] treet and connects to the Koger Cen- of in separate jr for the Arts. "This will hel] Since it's creation in 1914, the School student relatii f Music has occupied six buildings, none The new S f which were adequately designed for ft expo rBF Lseum iKL ailable in advance for groups of 10 added bonus this year for the exmis an exhibition of pieces from * nt Vodka art collection. Absolut JIL flp Jw i and Sonoco Products are two of ? onsors of this year's event. er the years, Absolut has comned not only painters but artists ields, including sculptors, crystal lesigners, photographers and fashd jewelry designers. One of the imbitious art commissioning proin recent years was "Absolut Statea two-year campaign in which 51 sd new works from each of the 50 plus the District of Columbia, each d by a talented artist from that e 1994 exposition was nominated i of the top 100 craft shows in the 1 States, by exhibiting artists and locally as "Best Indoor Event" by Painter Mike Will aders of Free Times Magazine. touches on his w< e of fund to lie sisters claim in the lawsuit that rustee Larry Jordan should have sold Koger companies stock held by the trust when he lecame aware of the companies' leteriorating conditions. ating conditions. They say he sold 3,500 shares of his personaly owned stock but did not take action "to protect ind preserve the interests and value of the trust." The trust suffered $2 million in losses from his naction^the suit claims. Ms. Hampton and Ms. Moore succeeded Jordan CI 3! A GINT cl a glass roc; gram for se Points bars PATRICK POHI An ordinary course is sure t sion revolving economy, instit cy or some othe This semes class, however, 1 ly different appn work. Sometimi 477 students in j-- n* n ? ii converomtsu dry text. fii# Photo "Trips to Fiv I opening Saturday. Well,not 80 When thest -^BSBBssi down to the bars jMHPpY'' ^ sion of a differer J dents are doing vince business W\ biggest areas fo: Cm|| lumbia to begii ^E9^HK5e and more of thei glasses. Currently ii 4 ly three bars/n make a consists cycle gla Pavlov's and R< Yesterday's i Fiio Photo is infamous, as (tudent In his faculty blue bin for recy< nuslc building. ing lot. Technic bin is for comi uction. The last "music Points; but in p ff aster, was previously an rarely, if ever, 100I built in 1911. Due to than Yesterday he school, other buildings Pavlov's pr< 1 for classes. They re-case tl rthing is together instead and sell them buildings," said Simons. tributor for $2.C p build a strong teacher- afellas also mal unship. recycle their gli chool of Music is a state- In terms of MUSIC page 2 tion, all of the 4 Ivan ar+ivo fiilfi WENDY in the U.S., aboi m Phoio versity could hel Hams puts ths finishing talked with other xk for the sxpo. "It was really i benefit USC as trustee when he resigned in March 1990. Jordan's allegations of improper accounting at the companies in 1990 led to a number of shareholder lawsuits when the value of the stock plummeted. Jordan said he was unaware of the lawsuit. "They're just harassing me because I testified against their father," he said. Four months ago, Ira Koger was indicted by a federal grand jury on seven counts of income tax evasion. He has blamed his personal tax problems on Jordan, who was his accountant at the time. Koger Properties filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 1991 and merged into Koger Equity in late 1993. ss takes lework :ive Points BSS develops in the information gathering and ^cling pro* action process, veral Five Some students researched current recycling programs by visit * ing Five Points establishments, iRTY Senior Writer while other students contacted 400-level GINT public and private recycling ageno include discus- cies to see what the possible oparound political tions would be for a comprehenutional legitima- sive Five Points recycling pror abstract theory, gram. iter's GINT 477 The professor of GINT 477, Las taken a slights David Whiteman, is very sup)ach to their class- portive of his class' effort, gs, homework for "I enjoyed watching the class volves more trips come together to achieve a comlan reading from mon goal," Whiteman said. They all made the decision together, e Points?? Wow!!" considering everyone's own posifast. tion carefully. I hope they achieve g students head their goal." i, they're on a mis- The students also seem to be it sort These stu- enjoying the role they are playtheir best to con- ing to help their environment, jes in one of the One of the more active students, r glass use in Co- political science sophomore Tara a recycling more Dooly, is optimistic about the abilir heer hottles and itv of the students in 477. and USC in general, to help jump1 Five Points, on- start recycling in Five Points, jstaurants/clubs "I think it is sad that such a ;nt attempt to re- prosperous area as Five Points is ss: Yesterdays, so wasteful," Dooly said. "I hope >ckafellas. that the Five Points bars will rerecycling program spond to our class' pressure to rethey have a large cycle because it is mainly us, USC ding in their park- students, that support the area, ally, Yesterday's They should be responsive to our lion use in Five request." ractice, it is used Currently, the city provides by anyone other a free recycling service for any 's. business within the city limits igram is unique, that requests it. However, even leir used bottles the absolutely free nature of the back to the dis- city's service is not enough to canK) per case. Rock- vince many bar owners in Five ces an attempt to Points to begin recycling, ass. Many bar managers claim ' class participa- that the price of labor to separate 77 students have the glass and put it in a blue bin lling various roles would be too much of a cost. fired up' after trip 1/ JL 1/ *JL Editor said. "It was a good meeting. Th< John Palms said governor made and excellent pre louth Korea with sentation on the on the economii ir laid the ground- opportunities in South Carolina.' er of programs. Palms said he was impressec e trip highlight- ty Beasle/s performance. 5n gco. "In every speech h< at and mentioned USC. He die sv not mention other insti ee^jay p tutions," Palms said he got "There were four othei nDae- ^ fy Southern governors tha Kore- IP# K" Jm* ^ made presentations mann. ML Our governor did the th< r5i ^ He also said the trij a'com- ^H helped relationships witl d the pALMfi Beasley. 18 for "It was a good time t( px+ on spend three days with the t will go toward governor and get a chance to knov ms. him better and relate to him tin i told three com- needs of the university for the fu begin operations ture." at how the uni- Palms was "very encouraged p them. He also by his trip, donors. "Overall, it was worthwhile,'' hi excellent," Palms said. "I came back fired up."