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University Police enforcing ID regulation By Jennifer Nobles Students are required to have student identification cards in their possession whenever on campus. The rule has existed since the introduction of student IDs, but enforcement will now be more intense, University Police Chief Kenneth Pereira said. University Police stop four or five students a night for ID checks, Pereira said. "We look for people who look like they don't fit in, someone who is unusual or out ot tne ordinary." Pereira estimates that 8 to 10 people are sent off campus each week as a result. He added that the rule is primarily enforced in the later hours of the evening and occasionally during the day. A student who asked not to be identified was stopped by University Police at 1:45 a.m. about a week before classes began while he was walking on Greene Street in ironi 01 ine women s t^uaarangie. ine student did not have his ID and gave the policeman his name and social security number instead. Because the student had not preregistered, he was not listed as a USC student. The student was questioned about seven o r eight minutes before the - policeman was convinced he was a student. Stricter enforcement of the regulation is needed because university students have *i-. mnn.. rrv ict'cuiiy lequeateu IOU many lu replacements, Periera said. The enforcement of the regulation is not to harrass ' students, but to protect them, he said. ? ?pr s ! :.-1...... v;- .''a ;v.' -./V.v>;;V .- wS"' II * An incident Friday night in which two I Kinn 1711 HnlinnR St Thn Hriunr nf thn i I arrested later that morning. | Student charge By Glenn Burkins The driver of the car in which two I USC students were shot early Friday morning was charged with driving under the influence soon after the shooting occurred, according to the University Police reports. I According to carl stones, systems vice-president for law enforcement, the car's driver was intoxicated at the time of the incident and was warned not to | drive the car after the incident. lie was stopped by University Police at 4:35 a.m., about an hour-and-a-half after the shooting, at Sumter and Devine streets and arrested for driving under the influence and operating a vehicle without a license, Stokes said. Police identified the driver of the car as Douglas A. Allen and the passengers as David R. Mace and George K. Carr. Ix)cal police departments do not agree on details surrounding the THE PURPOSE of the ID is to help the student identify himself as a USC student when necessary, according to Luther Gunter, USC registrar. "The card is a tool for identification, and I don't think that anyone can make someone carry anything, even a driver's license, but at times you will be required to identify yourself as a student, and your ID will help," Gunter said. Pereira said the policy has always been in effect, but interest in enforcing it is more recent. Enforcement was first intensified last October when Pereira became chief. Some students have questioned the legality of the ID rule. Steven Dillingham, assistant professor of criminal justice, said the basis of a legal challenge would be the penalties involved. If the rule is only to restrict students to parts of campus, then it is probably legitimate, Dillingham said, but he "doubts hat the authorities would have the ability to impose the requirement on people in public places, such as streets." PEKEIRA SAID university officers are state constables and may stop a person, with cause, anywhere. Students are being cooperative about enforcing the rule, according to Pereira, who said he has received no negative complaints. M M JBf ^ M ^||| 9 9 mmmm ** >?C iufnik-lC X-M-Vi'^irA^V"3"/' '.^xPl, SBHaBEm^ ijBj&tS''ffii m$t Br ^t^jg i~-'f"~~~z~'r *> '^Sf x{iH^^S ISC students were shot began at Burger :ar in which the students were shot was sd with DUi shooting. Columbia Doliee investigators said Tuesday that two guns were used in the shooting: one a shotgun, the other believed to be a 30-30 rifle. Columbia police reports state that a single bullet was removed from Mace's foot. The bullet that was removed was said to have been fired from a shotgun, while x-rays revealed the shot still lodged in his foot may have been fired from a 3030 rifle. Stokes said it is unlikely that a 30-30 bullet would still be lodged in the foot. He said he feels the bullet probably would have gone through the foot. He questioned the use of x-rays to determine the bullet type. "I have seen a lot of wounds, and it is almost impossible to tell from x-rays what type of gun was used," he said. % <?$$ k.: \j~ " >* A campus policeman checks a student's ID. A r at all times and present it upon request is being USC student exc seeks additional By Toni Saddler More students are coming to USC than are going away in the National Student Exchange this year. Eleven USC students are attending other universities, and 28 students are here from other colleges, according to Mark Shanley, director of Student Development. In its third year, the National Student Exchange program allows students from : u ~ t universities suun aa ine uiuvei&uy ui ivwinc and New Mexico State University to experience South Carolina culture, climate and USC academic programs. USC students may attend another college or university in other parts of the United States for one or two semesters at the same cost as USC tuition and fees through the program, said Shanley, who laid the groundwork for the exchange at USC in 1979. SHANLEY DEFINES the program as a 4'low-risk, non-threatening way to experience another region socially and academically. Students can also become familiar with an area for future employment," he said. About 2,000 students are placed in more than 50 state-supported colleges and universities annually through the nationwide program, according to Shanley. "I wanted to go to the South and get away from Idaho for a while. USC had programs I wanted, and it's larger than my home university," Karen Nichols, an exchange student from the University of Idaho at Moscow, said. Nichols, an elementary education major, said she thought the classes would be much t larger than at her home university. "The size is just about the same," she said. NICHOLS LIVES in Columbia Hall with another Idaho exchange student, Penny Cofield. "We heard about the exchange program from several friends and bulletins at Idaho, and Penny and I finally narrowed it down to Carolina," Nichols said. "People are really friendly at Carolina, but we get a kick out of listening to the different ways words are spoken in the South," Nichols said. f M J Jf ' ' " , \ **"v*v>;xs. V ?<r>**"l.li =" s Photo by Cap?rs Hammond ule requiring students to carry an 10 enforced this semester. hange program I participation Stan Larson, a sophomore from Pittsburg siaie in i\ansas uuy, Kansas saia ne warned a school in the Southeast and warm weather. He also said he enjoyed driving through the mountains. "I like to camp, hike and fish, and I'm going to take advantage of being close to the mountains," Larson said. SURPRISED AT the small size of his classes, Larson might get involved with intramural soccer or other sports. Stephanie Cole, a sophomore nursing major from the University of Maine, said she came to USC for its nursing program and to "get away from all that snow." Cole, now a 22-hour drive awav from home, said, "I think it's fun to get away from home for a while. Four years is a long time." Cole also found the way of life and speech different in South Carolina. She said, "we say 'you guys' instead of 'y'all,' and things are just more easygoing down here.'' In addition to the exchange program, USC also has a club for national exchange students. Under the direction of Bob Reid, National Student Exchange student coordinator, the licensed organization participates in intrarnurals, block seating for athletic events, receptions and field trips. Already this semester, the organization has had a picnic at Bell Camp. Two field trips on the agenda are a trip to Charleston and a ski-trip to Beech Mountain, N.C. "My roommate and I are really looking forward to the Charleston trip because she hadn't seen the ocean before coming to Carolina. We already have been to Charleston and Myrtle Beach, but I'm looking forward to the more organized trip as well," Nichols said. See "Exchange program," page five inside use is one of a growing number of universities that use their own tests to determine freshman English placement. r > ,. ,,.r? f I, rr>r> r 1.4 & ^ l r I r C- v- . The annual All-Niter, sponsored by the Carolina Program Union, promises relief from student boredom. Page 11. USC head football coach Richard Hell tells what he enjoys about his new job. Page 14.