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Puffin' on the Dog
The Gamecocks travel to
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Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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BRIEFS
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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.
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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
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Wuslc will host musical performances at the gram
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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
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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
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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
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ly different appn
work. Sometimi
477 students in
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converomtsu
dry text.
fii# Photo "Trips to Fiv
I opening Saturday. Well,not 80
When thest
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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
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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
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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."