34 17 Tigers drown Duke, clinch bowl Tuesday f ■ 1 9 FREE, ONE PER PERSON NWSQR«Haa November 14,1995 The INSIDE NON-PROFIT U. News & Notes .2A U.S. POSTAGE PAID Opinion ,4A CLEMSON, S.C. Sports .5A PERMIT NO. 10 I iger ToDAY-chance of rain/snow, Established in 1907, South Carolina's','s Oldest College | 1 Newspaper high mid-40s WED. & TiiUR.-partly sunny, high 50s, low 30s Volume 89 Clemson University i»iiri9 Campus safety concerns all 3 percent JENNIFER J. PATTON their room. how safe students are on cam- assistant news editor "It is kind of scary when pus. Locking your door at When the lights are you think about it," said Kelly. night may not guarantee your turned off and the "The desk clerk did not even safely. Campus police have tuition hike door is safely i.d. him or see if he even taken many measures to are a necessity and that his latched, one would think they belonged in that room." ensure safety on campus. ROBIN EDDY would have a safe night's Incidents like this happen "One thing that students stall *ritci committee always tries to sleep. more frequently than one Clemson will lace a three- "keep these things to a mini- see SAFETY, page 3A This is what Kelly Wright might think. It all relates to percent increase in both hous- mum." and Christy Phillips thought as ing tuition and meal plan costs Also planned "in the near they turned off the the lights due to construction and main- future is the renovation of and locked the door before tenance on the dining halls and Schilletter dining hall." said turning in for the night. various housing buildings. John Gilbert, operational man- At approximately 1 a.m., a l@lilMi|lIillip] Maintenance costs, such as ager. loud noise woke Kelly and rcroofing and the rising cost of Two separate bids will be Christy. They looked toward 1994 ; 1995 water and utilities are not sent out to contractors for the rcroofing of the dining halls. the door, and Christy got up to Number of appropriated by the stale. Both see what had caused the housing and the dining service and. depending on the contrac- noise. To their suiprise there are totally self supporting. tor, the dining halls "probably was a man lying beside their Beginning in the 1996- would not have to be shut door, trying to get in. 1997 school year, students will down ." said Gilbert. Christy tried the door and experience a three percent Coupled with the three-per- it was unlocked. Christy asked increase in meal plan costs. cent meal plan increase, stu- the man what he thought he According to John Newton, a dents will also face a three , JI- was doing. The man told member of the Budget and cent on-campus housing uue Christy and Kelly that the per- Finance committee, this increase beginning in the 96-97 son at the front desk told him increase is necessary because school year. Due to rising oper- that he could go through their "we are facing two very large ational costs and maintenance room to get to his. capital projects." needs, students will pay any- where from $25 to $40 more "What were we supposed Liquor Law These two projects are the to do if he had gotten in the rcroofing of Schilletter and per semester with the average room?" said Kelly. "Here we Drug Abuse Harcombe dining halls, which increase being $32 per semes- 1 were, two females alone and Weapons:^ are estimated to cost a total of ter. not aware of what he was $700,000. The three-percent "We did not have a rate DUI increase for this year. " said capable of doing." Disorderly C increase amounts to a maxi- Later, the women learned mum increase of $27 per Verna Howell, housing direc- that the man lived on the floor Vandalism semester, depending on the tor, "but there were definitely above them. He had no rea- source: Ck'mspn U uiywrs increased costs." infograph t meal plan. Newton said that the son to be trying to get into repairs to the dining facilities see PRICES, page 3A Wilkins emphasizes With highest regards fair representation ' ^F7" MARISSA HUDSON Stamps will be turned over the staff writer state level. Wilkins believes With the shift of the policy heavily in a move towards making moving to local and decentralization and federal- state government, the Speaker ism. of the House of South Wilkins also spoke of. how Carolina's House of the public needs new annexa- Representative, David Wilkins tion options. "If we arc to see is placing emphasis on fair rep- local governments improve, we resentation. need to cultivate broad support "It is a new day in govern- beyond the general assembly ment, both at the federal and and into the community," said state government level," said Wilkins. Wilkins Thursday at the Self More localized govern- Auditorium in the Strom ment, in his opinion, would Thurmond Institute. make government more He believes tremendous accountable to the people. On change is taking place and the state level, Wilkins wants there is "new leadership, new committees to work closely vision and new players at the with local and state govern- table at every level." ments, The ultimate goal, he Wilkins spoke of the fact said, "is to effectively repre- that the country has its eyes set sent people in our district, on the United States Congress. improve the quality of life for If reform measures pass, there South Carolina citizens and will be an historic shift in keep the lines of communica- responsibility and money from tion open." Renee |ohnson/sta(f photographer Washington to the state level. He closed his speech with Retired Brigadier General Lewis Edward Maness (right) If these changes occur, the an invitation to "call, talk and responsibility of such pro- visit him with thoughts and addressed a ceremony in respect to all veterans in Memorial Stadium Saturday during the Clemson-Duke football game. grams as Welfare and Food see WILKINS, page 3A 2A/NEWS The Tiger November 14, 1995 CAT enhances community diversity I""* " r T"l l\ I ROBIN EDDY in 1988,51 percent are still enrolled in or have graduated in their staff writer initial majors. The University shuttle buses will be used as the part of These 407 students have a five-year graduation rate of 56.5 the new transit system that will be throughout the campus percent while the University average five-year graduation rate is and the city of Clemson . only slightly higher at 66 percent. The Clemson Area Transit system (CAT) will begin Other events that occurred at Friday's Board meeting operation in January. This joint city/University transit sys- include: The adoption of a new Disaster Management Plan for I I th Annual tem will run both on- and off-campus, though 90 to 95 the University which will minimize the loss of life and/or injury percent of the service will be on-campus and the off-cam- in the case of a large-scale manmade or natural disaster; the Clemson-Carolina pus, routes will be to where students live off-campus. approval of President Curris' plan to use ten universities as Blood Challenge The new fleet will be comprised of 11 buses all of "Benchmark Institutions" with which to compare Clemson - aca- which will be handicap-equipped. The largest buses will demically and otherwise. The ten universities are: Auburn, As a prelude to Saturday's have a seating/standing capacity of approximately 43 peo- Georgia Tech, Iowa State, Michigan State, Mississippi State, football game between Clemson ple. Students, faculty and residents of the city of Clemson North Carolina State, Purdue, Texas A&M, University of and the University of South may ride the buses free of charge. California at Davis and Virginia Tech. Carolina, the 11th Annual Paul Shelton, dean of Municipal and Health Services, Clemson-Carolina Blood said that this implementation will provide "better service Challenge will be held today for students both on- and off-campus." through Thursday, 11 a.m. - 7 The CAT transit system will be an enhanced system, p.m. daily, in the Palmetto and the University will not pay any more for this city-run Ballroom of the University system than it would pay for its own system. Union complex. The competi- CAT will not be in full force until April, but students tion, which has become largest will begin to see the buses around campus in January. blood drive in the slate, is held While the city of Clemson will employ five or six full- each year to boost blood sup- time drivers, Clemson students will be used to fill in the plies for the upcoming holiday other 20 or so driving spots. season. Clemson's efforts are led Clemson students were the subject of an admissions by Alpha Phi Omega National report presented to the Board by Robert Barkley, associate Service Fraternity. director of admissions. This year's freshman class, with a 1042 average SAT score, was the third highest in Clemson history, with the 1994 freshman class having the second ■:l!!i!S Telecom law, media highest average score of 1048. Freshmen entering the merger to be College of Engineering and Science and ftle College of 111! Architecture, Arts and Humanities earned the highest discussed at Strom average SAT scores among incoming freshmen with 1095 Thurmond institute and 1056, respectively. Clemson's average freshman SAT Greatest Sources of Out-of-Stafe Students: score was 132 points higher than the national average and 1111 "Telecom Law, Media 198 points higher than the South Carolina average.