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Center CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Spectrum owns both teams. “We’ll try to do some other sporting events as well,” Paquette said. “We’re looking into tennis exhibitions.” The East Coast Hockey League’s Columbia Inferno will play its second season in the Carolina Coliseum, but Paquette didn’t rule out a future move to the Carolina Center. “There’s no plans for this com ing season; we’re going to take it one year at a time and see how things go,” he said. One sporting event that is al I ready booked is Champions on Ice, featuring Olympic medallists Elvis Stojko, Dorothy Hamill and Nancy Kerrigan, along with skat ing champions Surya Bonaly and Nicole Bobek. High school sports will also be featured in the new arena, with the South Carolina state high school basketball championships coming next year. “We haven’t talked about any other high school events, but we’re always open to talking about events that will fit in the building well,” Paquette said. Sam, a clown from the The first ticket, good for any event in the Carolina Center, was awarded to the Epworth Children’s Home. The new arena will house a variety of events, including basketball games. PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM/ THE GAMECOCK Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus, helped present the arena’s first “big” ticket — a do nation of 20 tickets to a show of its recipient’s choice — to the Epworth Children’s Home. The circus comes to the Carolina Center Jan. 22 to 26. The Carolina Center cost $70 million to build and required 1,158,000 man-hours, the equiva lent of two hours from every per son living in the Columbia metro area, to complete. The city of Columbia, Lexington and Richland counties, and Richland District 1 provided $7.5 million for the new arena and donated the land to build it on. The center will have 18,000 seats, 41 suites, four entertain ment suites and the Frank McGuire Club — a full-service hospitality room capable of hold ing 300 people. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Staff writer Kristen Moore contributed to this report. 1 Fees CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 system is working. The value-centered manage ment model the committee rec ommended involves returning money directly to the academic department that generated it. In May, the board approved the committee’s plan, which in tegrated some programs to elim inate administrative positions and recover indirect costs. As part of the plan, the College of Criminal Justice became part of the College of Liberal Arts, The board praised the admin istration for the plan’s prelimi nary results. “This makes me want to kiss * someone,” trustee Darla Moore said after the presentation. “This is just divine.” Deferred maintenance According to Kelly, more than H Sorensen I speaks 9 about % enrollment goals at H Thursday’s S Board of 1 Trustees H meeting. I PHOTO BY ■ CANDI ■ HAUGLUM/ THE I GAMECOCK $25 million is needed for pro posed renovations in buildings such as LeConte and Petigru col leges and that a tuition increase of as much as four percent might be needed to cover such costs. But Kelly said the administra tion would seek other options be fore raising tuition. Deferred maintenance is con struction that the university has put off to save money. It includes renovations both in USC buildings and on the university’s grounds. Kelley said the administration is pleased with the end of reno vations in Sloan College and Callcott Social Sciences Center but that USC still isn’t close to reaching its goals. Board notes Mack Whittle was re-elected board chairman and Herbert Adams vice-chairman. Whittle, of Greenville, has represented the 13th Judicial Circuit on the board since 1990. Adams, from Laurens, has represented the 8th Judicial Circuit since 1964. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com c Professor releases book on labor law V USC teacher calls for more • unions in S.C. BY ALLYSON BIRD THE GAMECOCK A USC management professor released a book this month call ing for unions to have a greater presence in South Carolina in the 21st century. Hoyt Wheeler, a professor at USC since 1981, released “The Future of the American Labor Movement,” advocating union ization to improve the quality of jobs and raise wages. In the book, Wheeler examines the question of whether unions re strict progress in an increasingly global economy by giving workers the power to cut off supply. “Globalization has made com petition extremely tough, driving managers to-be very cost-con scious,” Wheeler said. “It’s in their best interest to keep wages down.” As a result, Wheeler said, unions are all the more important in today’s labor force. According to Wheeler, union ization began after the Revolutionary War and during the Industrial Revolution, when child labor was common and blue collar workers had no rights. Today, he said much of that labor has been replaced by technology. Wheeler said “every generation of managers” thinks unions are no longer relevant, but “I think they may be more necessary than they were in the past. Workers are under more pressures today as a result of globalization.” Wheeler said two fundamental tensions cause conflicts of inter est between employers and em ployees. First, he said, every dol lar paid to a worker is a dollar tak en from the corporation. Second, he said, the workplace runs on a hierarchical system, and workers often resent those who have pow er within the infrastructure. Despite the increased need for unions, Wheeler said, unions are decreasing. In South Carolina, though, unions might never have * *r been a major factor in the work force, he said. “Historically, there have been occasions when industrial firms have discouraged firms that are unionized or that pay high wages,” Wheeler said. “Discouraging unions will only keep lower wages.” He said union workers have benefit levels 30 percent higher than nonunion workers do. Wheeler said that, when a corpo ration suffers, employees with se niority are the last to be laid off when a corporation is unionized. Otherwise, he said, layoffs are at the management’s discretion. Wheeler became interested in labor policies when he was a member of the intercollegiate de bate team at Marshall College in West Virginia around 1957 and spoke in favor of right-to-work laws. Wheeler then went to law school and began practicing labor law. He is an arbitrator and has written extensively about labor. Some more modern union strategies laid down in “The Future of the American Labor Movement” include collaborating with community groups, worker ownership of corporations, em ployee stock ownership plans, 401K plans and stock options. “The labor movement is likely to survive and maybe even pros per, but it needs to change,” Wheeler said. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Holtz CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Gamecocks,” as host, the call-ir program was an opportunity foi many students to speak to Holt: and ask him questions about th< team and the upcoming gamt 1 against Louisiana State University Before Holtz arrived McAlexander fielded students questions. He predicted a low scoring game against LSU this Saturday and said the opponen “has one of the top defensive play ers in college football in lineback er Bradie James.” But McAlexander emphasize< that if LSU quarterback Mat Mauck and USC quarterbacl Corey Jenkins are healthy enougl to play this weekend, “it will be ai exciting game, a real nose-bleeder. ’ Next, Holtz took the stage to an swer students’ questions befor< the show. He provided his per spective on the team and the up coming game: “We’re really start I ing to come together,” Holtz said “We have some really good younf players this year.” While students raised concerns about the hostile environment in Baton Rouge, where 90,000 fans will be chanting “Tiger bait,” Holtz said he wasn’t that con cerned with the crowd factor. “You take pride in going into a hostile crowd and not flinching,” he said. “We’re going to have to topics, from his personal opinions to USC gridiron theory. The Student Gamecock Club coordinated the event. Chris Odom, Student Gamecock Club president, said: “Programs like this help us to promote all athletic events here at USC. We’re here to give stu J_i-_•_z j _ use a iui ui hand signals and stuff like that. The team that plays best at LSU is the school of the deaf.” Students l were also wor ried about “We’re going to go down there to fight LSU, and if hell freezes over, then we’ll fight them on the ice.” LOU HOLTZ use FOOTBALL COACH ucuio ail moiuc look into USC athletics.” Students re sponded with enthusiasm to the idea of more frequent visits from the coach. “He’s a charis matic person,” wnai eneci me weauier cuuiu have, but Holtz, never one to shy i away from a question, said weath er would not be a factor. “We’re going to go down there to fight LSU, and if hell freezes over, then we’ll fight them on the ice,” Holtz said. On the air, Holtz answered questions from students on cam : pus as well as from callers across the state, and discussed a host of saiu lirsi-yeai piiarmauy giauuait: student Andrew Krasny. “I’d love to hear him speak again.” First-year business student Matt Mitchell agreed. “Lou Holtz is such an important person in college foot ball today,” he said. “Hearing him talk on a regular basis would really be something special.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com • State of the Art Fitness Center t • Multi Station Computer Lab •Fax & Modem Station finked to USC Campus •Study Area •Two On-Site Laundry Facies • Swimming Pools • Tennis Courts • Catering to Students • Lounge Area • On-site 24 hour I_I