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Z???? v Male stu< in campu? uy Stanley A. Johnson Jr. ? Gamecock Staff Writer (j Several men have been sexually c propositioned by other men in the ? bathroooms of the Russell House 1 University Union and the Thomas Cooper Library' forcing ad- i ministration in both buildings to s take action to stoo the harassment t Phil, a sophomore, said: "I was in the main floorhathroamof the f lil^Tary in a stall. As I was sitting s - there I heard somebody get up fc from one of the other stalls and s walk towards my door. Then I saw 1 a head looking at me through a r crack in the door. I moved to the * other side of the stall and pulled < my pants up. He was still looking t so I unlocked the stall door and t kicked it open. It hit the guy in the 1 nose, and he was thrown back a 1 lew teet. 1 came out ana cnasea him till he went into a stall and locked the door. "I started yelling at him, and then I went out, " Phil said. "I could have beat him up, but I was shaking because I was so scared. "Things like this happened to me f three times in five months during my first semester here," Phil said, i "Once in the Spur bathroom a guy 1 asked me if I was gay, and once in < the first floor bathroom of the i Russell House there were three ? guys sitting on the counter wat- t ching me as I was at the urinal. But i I didn't complain because I didn't c know who to complain to," he said, s ? ANOTHER MALE STUDENT C who wished to remain anonymous f said, "I was in the third fllor ? Russell House bathroom standing t at a urinal, and there was a guy sitting in a stall. You can see into c the stalls through big cracks in the t doors. This guy stood up with his s pants still down, and stared at me c wile I was urinating. Needless to / say 11 was an uncomiortaDie situation, and I asked him if he had a problem. He didn't speak so I left swearing to kill him if it happened again. It's O.K. with me for people to do what they want, but I don't want them infringing on my privacy." C.J. Cambre, assistant director of libraries for operations, said: "Anytime you have a public building, particularly one that is open for long hours, you'll have a problem with homosexuals. About six to eight months after the library moved from McKissick we had serious problems,' he said. ''But I have not noticed it lately. "The library has a reputation for not tolerating foolishness," Cambre said. "We have the right to request identification from I Unit m ^ cic UBS H [ IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITII Downtown-1 ;1 f 'v ,v.' >' */ ' ? /.' ' ' ients prop > restroom: inyone in the library, and if they lon't have it we will call the tampus police. If anybody, male or emale, bothers anybody in the ibrary, I consider it a problem." Cambre suggested that if anyone s bothered in the library, they ihould tell the security guard at he front desk. One administrator said he was orced to take the doors off certain (tails in some campus bathrooms >ecause men would sit in these... tails and peep-through holes mat iaH hw>n onrvprf in thp stall walls lext to urinals. Another adninistrator reportedly saw a copy >f a national publication that listed he Russell House University Jnion and the Thomas Cooper library as likely places for gays to neet. THOMAS C. OTTS, director of he Russell House University Jnion, said, "I wish people would :ome to me if they want to make a complaint. If they don't come 'orward, we can't do anything ibout it. "It's an emotionally-laden ssue," Otts said. "From our perspective we've heard a lot of allegations and rumors, but I can't magine it's as severe as it ounds." Otts said that by idenifying the problem , the situation night get worse. He added that he lidn't want Russell House to have i reputation "that these bathrooms ire hangouts for gays, but it's not >ur intent to scare people away rom the bathrooms either," he ;aid. "What I want is for students o feel comfortable here." "We have a regulation con:erning individual and group >ehavior, and we will investigate iny charge we get, Frank Arlaiolo, associate dean of Student Affairs, said. There are grounds < I e iff/if. 4) ?Back to People, Back to Basics Mature student needed for part-time work. Excellent student hours with excellent pay. Interesting work. Please call 799-8096, or come by 907 Bluff Rd. que kSU%l thing ^DIaaI/ r\4 in 04 - L-PIWV^IA Ul IVICIII I VJl .' v . .. v c ositioned s, library for a violation of disorderly conduct involving students, and we know who did it, we can take action." ? Ardaiolo emphasized that the witness must be willing to testify. "But we've not had a single complaint about this," he said. If the complaint involves a nonstudent, action can be taken by the USC campus police. Titles 16-20 pf the Code of Law?* of tfkJUui n-.-n/nJ' 107K nrnhihits [f.V-Ji ? | AVIV ,|#? prostitution or publicly inviting or enticing any person for immoral purposes. This is a misdemeanor offense, but if someone is touched it can become a case of assault, according to Ardaiolo. DR. VINCE WARD, a USC instructor of Human Sexuality, said: "This is not common behavior among gays. There are kinky gays just like there are kinky straights. It's 9 email minnritv urhn arp Hninu this. "It is probably people who are unsure of their real orientation," Ward said. "It would be doing a dis-service to most gays to assume that this behavior is typical. In most cases all you have to do is say no, and that person will go away." A gay student at USC, who wished to remain anonymous, agreed that cav oeoDle are not the ?0 ^- a. kind of people who will attack you. "But," he said, "You have to realize how hard it is for gays to meet. I don't condone this type of behavior," he said, "but sometimes people do things out of desperation, and if people would think what they would do if they were in the same situation, they iiugm uui puss juu^iucui su quickly." The Lambda Alliance, a gay organization, declined comment on the subject. 11. Misbehavin' Joy B I ATLANTIC II |j II. Fullfilling | Young Cups m Fur Traps j x -L v ' /, Administrate to improve fx By Jim Ku< Gatrmcock Si Administrative changes within t expectea 10 improve operations me ministrative dean for admissions and West has recently been named to Martin McGirt. John G. Bannister h student financial aid. The changes were made after the fi this past summer. Several students < awards and their amounts this fall un "A lot of things had come apart in "Thev nrnhahlv didn't mnkp thp rhar "They (the present administrator operation," he added. "You can't ch probably see a drastic improvemen have a top-notch program." In conjunction with the change, t has been renamed the Office of Stude VF of tli y Counseling and Human (m annoui f DROP-IN HYPNOSIS V of self hypnosis and how to appl y Dec. 12. 2:30-4- p.m. y ONGOING WOMEN' (# r'OriU/TU / CITDDAU x vjiivy 111 / cvui v/i* V women's personal and interp< T Wednesdays. Sept. 5-Dec. 12. 2:3* X FREE for USC students. Grout J Phone: 777-5223 lor further in X space in the gr & or A rnm^ t<"? l-lor?nri 'POI PpnHlpInn I RucmN^K. Pm ? GAMECOCK we changes m ? m ? inancial aid ykindall taff Wrh?r he financial aid department are re, according to Arthur West, adI financial aid. this position, taking the place of ias also been appointed director of inancial aid department fell behind did not receive notification of their am ?J mi regisu auuu uay. the admissions office," West said, lgesoon enough." i) have been involved in a mop-up tange horses in mid-stream. You'll t, though. 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