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Vol. 94, No. 29 November 3, 2000 www.gamecock.sc.edu UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH Carolina Columbia, s.c. Travis Lynn The Gamecock Sen. Chrissy Stauffer debates a lottery bill at the student senate meeting Wednesday. The bill’s fate Is In doubt after confusion over whether K garnered a majority. SG lottery resolution in limbo ■ Members attempt to determine if reso lution passed after close vote, abstentions by Brandon Larrabee The Gamecock The fate of a student senate resolution sup porting the South Carolina lottery initiative re mains in limbo after a 48-hour whirlwind of ac tivity that has seen a debate roiled by questions about procedure and the Student Government constitution. As for the lottery resolution’s fate, SG Vice President Corey Ford originally said the bill had passed by an 18-17 maigin, with three absten tions. However, Ford was told after the meeting that the abstentions must be counted in decid ing whether the bill garnered more than 50 per cent of the vote. That meant the resolution had fallen short of being adopted by one vote. But after talking to an attorney on Thurs day, Sen. Chrissy Stauffer, who sponsored the bill, said the SG codes didn’t require the ab stentions to be counted. If llie resolution did fail, Ford said, lie would have to clarify the issue at the next student sen ate meeting. That meeting falls after the Nov. 7 lottery vote. During the debate over the bill, some sen ators who opposed the bill accused Stauffer, who works on the Gov. Jim Hodges’ 2002 re election campaign, of having ulterior motives. They said it was aimed at Hodges’ Friday visit to the campus. “This is purely a piece of propaganda for Governor Hodges and for the lottery on Fri day,” Sen. Bryan Hunter said. In her remarks at the end"of the debate, Stauffer shot back. “That is not what we are about,” she said. “We are about further funding education in the state of South Carolina.” Sen. Adam Musgrave agreed with Hunter’s characterization of the bill Musgrave co-spon sored, but differed on what that said about the bill. “I’ll admit it’s a piece of propaganda,” Mus grave said. “The Declaration of Independence is a piece of propaganda.” Stauffer said after the meeting she had asked a member of the governor’s staff to help her draw up a list of states that had approved a lottery. “But that was all,” Stauffer said, maintain ing the resolution was her idea. During the debate, Stauffer said the lottery would be a boon for South Carolina education. “It is time that South Carolina put a prior ity on education,” Stauffer said. “Wfe need schol arships. We need better-paid teachers. We need new technology in our schools.” Originally, Stauffer had reacted positively to the senate’s vote. After the conflict over the resolution’s fate arose, Stauffer was more re served. “I still say that 18 senators stood up for their constituents,” she said. “Seventeen senators that didn’t feel they could make an impact... de cided to veto this resolution that would have Umbo see page 2 Fund-raiser who helped # meet goals stepping down by Brandon Larrabei The Gamecock The man who helped lead USC in raising more than $300 million through the bicentennial campaign is stepping down Nov. 17. The departure of Charles Phlegar, who as vice president for development helped shatter the university’s original campaign goal of $200 million — and then broke it twice more before the bar was again raised to $500 mil lion in September — was announced by USC late Tuesday. He will be replaced by Robert Sta ton, ciiairman of Colonial Life & Ac cident Insurance. Staton will serve as _ interim vice president until spring 2001. ™ He will also stay on as chairman of Colonial. Phlegar will accept a similar po sition at Johns Hopkins University. Phlegar called the move “just a career opportunity that’s, in my profession, very difficult to pass up.” However, Phlegar said it was dif ficult to leave USC. “It’s a tough time,” he said. “I’ve emotionally become very attached to what we’re trying to do.” He said breaking the goal for the bicentennial campaign was a high point in his career. “It’s one of my greatest career ac complishments, by far,” Phlegar said. “A lot of people were very skep tical back in 1995 wlien we said, 'Wfe're going to try to raise $200 million,”’ he said. Phlegar came to USC as associate vice president in 1995 to direct the capital campaign. At the time, USC had three professional fund-raisers. Tlie university went from having a staff of 12 to a staff of 65 during Phlegar’s Gve year term, and the amount of funds raised by die university went from about $20 million a year to about $70 mil lion. He was named vice president in 1997. According to Phlegar, his fondest memory at USC was seeing workers and doubters alike realize the univer sity would make its goal in the bicen tennial campaign. “Getdng the gift from Bob McNair and Darla Moore didn’t hurt,” Phlegar said. “That was fun, too.” Phlegar also said he wouldn’t have the current opportunity if it hadn’t been for his work at USC. “I’ll always be indebted to the uni versity and John Palms for giving me this opportunity,” Phlegar said. Phlegar said Staton would do “a terrific job” as interim vice president. “He can bridge the business com munity and the leadership of this state better than just about anybody they could have hired,” he said. Provost Jerome Odom said losing Phlegar would throw a wrench into the university’s goal of increasing the uni versity’s endowment to $600 million. “Losing Charlie Phlegar is a blow, a big blow,” Odom said. “But this is a wonderful opportunity for Charlie to go to an AAU institution, a bigger in stitution.” University spokesman Jason Sny der said Phlegar “did a wonderful job Fund-raiser set page 2 Til always be indebted to the university and John Palms for giving me this opportunity.’ Charles Phlegar Outgoing Vice President of Development , USCPD arrests 8 for scalping by Charles Prashaw The Gamecock University and Columbia police made several unprecedented ticket scalping arrests during the USC-Ten nessee football game this past Satur day. The USC Police Department earlier this week released eight inci dent reports from individuals that were arrested for scalping tickets. Under stale law, any person con victed of scalping tickets could face a $ 100 fine or imprisonment for up to 30 days. To be arrested for scalping, an individual to attempt to sell a ticket for more titan its face value. Usually, during home football games only a couple of individuals are arrested or warned to slop scalping tick ets, according to police incident re ports. But during the Tennessee game, police arrested any individuals they overheard trying to sell tickets for more than the face value of $27. According to USC spokesman Jason Snyder, the arrests weren’t an organized police action. Instead, they were made because there was a high level of scalping during the game com bined with a high level of people try ing to get tickets, though there are no records of how many couldn’t get in to the game. “The university wants people to go to the football games, but we don’t want them to pay outrageous prices to get into the game,” Snyder said. At least one of the individual ar rested for scalping was selling tickets for $300, said USC police officer K. Grindstaff. But most of the arrested scalpers were trying to sell tickets for prices between $30 and $60, he said. In one incident report, a scalper tried to sell a uniformed police officer a ticket, after which the officer arrest ed the scalper. At least one of the scalpers turned out to be a USC student, while the rest of them were men in their 40s and 50s. “The mere price people were ask ing for the tickets caused police to start making arrests,” Snyder said. Police officials are saying if die lev el of scalping reaches the amount dur ing the Tennessee game, they would once again try to deter individuals from the practice by making arrests. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmaU.com. SAVING THE CONGAREE Photos by Travis Lynn The Gamecock A citizens group Is expressing concern over how the Burroughs and Chapin Green Diamond project might affect the Congaree River. Federal flood maps show that 70 percent of the site Is in a floodway. Task force expresses concern over development along river by Jennifer Carter The Gamecock Anew citizens group is expressing concerns over a billion-dol lar development in Richland County. The Congaree Task Force for Economic and Environmental Responsibility joined last Thursday to express concerns over how Burroughs and Chapin’s proposed $1 billion Green Diamond de velopment in Richland County would aflect the environment and its cost to taxpayers. The Green Diamond development would include a high technology park, a convention center and hotel, golf courses, nature trails, retail establishments and homes. The Federal Emeigency Management Agency’s flood map released last month put more than 70 percent of this 4,600-acre development site in a floodway, making construction difficult. The Congaree Task Force is a bipartisan coalition made up of businessmen, lawyers, environmentalists, community leaders and several state officials. Weston Adams, a Columbia attorney and spokesman for the group, questioned whether Burroughs and Chapin would take responsibility for improving and maintaining levees on the prop erty and what would happen if they should fail. “A billion-dollar development could mean a billion dollars in liability,” Adams said. The Congaree Task Force is also concerned that taxpayers would end up footing the bill in the event of the proposed de velopment flooding. Jim Wiseman, Burroughs and Chapin’s local project direc tor, said the company is interested in the group’s input. 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