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Art exhibit features gloves NEW YORK (AP) ? Artist Nierle Laderman Ukeles's latest project isn't garbage - but it's been close to it. Ukeles is artist-in-residence for the city Sanitation Department, and she's gathering gloves used by sanitation workers, to be assembled in some type of art form for a "Touch Sanitation Show." She plans to hold the show in Mav at the Marine Transfer Station - where the city's garbage is loaded onto barges. "The gloves serve a vital purpose in protecting the men," said Ukeles on Tuesday. Garbage collectors are being asked to drop their gloves into 70 bright orange litter baskets in sanitation garages around the city. Two years ago, the artist shook hands with every sanitation worker in the city, and the show will feature photos and videotapes of the handshakes, with recordings of garbage trucks in the background, she said. "We're always searching for visible symbols of the scale of the endless work done by sanitation workers," Ukeles said. Among her other projects: trying to raise money for a 350-foot light show that would feature neon an blinking truck lights assembled on a garbage bargS. Woman throws man overboard PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) ? When a woman boater invited a male acquaintance aboard her boat for a starlight dinner, the man apparently had something else in mind ? so she tossed him into the Elizabeth River after he disrobed. Nearly three hours later, a female police officer found the man walking along a main street, wearing only a plastic bag and searching for a telephone booth. The woman had called out to the man after giving him the heave-ho Monday night, but there was no response, authorities said. She then notified police, who called the Coast Guard. A Coast Guard search turned up nothing, and the man apparently swam tn shnrev <jaiH r?r>lirp who tr> IHon?ifv either party. The woman did not press charges, and police took the man home Man accused of 'leg licking' MARTINSBVJRG, W.Va. (AP) ? A city man pleaded guilty to battery after a woman said she awoke to find him licking her leg, police said. Arthur Young, 21, was sentenced to 90 days in the Berkeley C" m I n f V in il n ffi^r inpi/Innt ~ \1~ -1 ? J J ?.. w?v- Hiviukiu c*cisui a.III. YTtUlltSUtiy, J>ctlU city Police Capt. Mike McLaughlin. "She was in bed sleeping with her husband and child, and she felt something wet on her bed," McLaughlin said. "She found she was also in bed with Arthur Young. "Everyone ran out the back door, and he was apprehended in the back yard." Young initially was charged with trespassing, McLaughlin said. "The sexual assault statute doesn't say anything about leg 1'cking, so then we charged him with batterv." he said. I ATTENTION: Tre I of Student Or&ani I Receiving SA Fun< I 1983-84 The Office of Student Affairs will c for the treasurers of student organiz; i funds through the student allocatic workshops are for those treasurers of | approved budgets and for those wit pending before the Senate Finance < dance at one of the workshops is rec organization can spend the mone allocated to you. rr-il 1 1 r 1 1 1 ine dates and times ot the worksr Wed., Sept, 14 7:30-9:00 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 15 3:00-4:30 p.m. Mori., Sept. 19 2:30-4:00 p.m. Wed., Sept. 21 7:30-9:00 p.m. ;; Russell House Room ; Presidents of all organizations are along with their Treasurers as the infc ! willbebeneficialtobotlv^^^^^ WirE ||8ip?'*'!~ #>?=*? **"* "' ^Mg^? v^ vJWy? ^ .,. .W. . ;.v< ..j-tfi "*? >*. : j2M^BBH^C^BHBB^aBg|^^MMSi^. > --*.^:? ' xj^s - ,<f)H?HHB| *39 j^Kr v \d|H?B^ jWj^B Me and my dog USC student Richard Morse relaxes near th just rested. Riley reveals re (AP) ? Gov. Dick Riley gained ammunition in his battle to improve public education Wednesday with a survey showing South Carolinians are embarrassed by the low national ranking of state public schools. The public is aware of the link between better education and better jobs and would pay to improve public schools, said the governor. He added that the survey conducted by Metromark Market Research Inc. of Columbia reinforced his own perceptions of public feeling. "It shows that the improvement of our schools is a real and urgent need felt by the public," Riley told a Wednesday morning news conference. "And they indicated that they will be willing to make the required investment if they can see tough new standards and if they can see meaningful results. THE SURVEY also said the major concern of the people interviewed was the quality of teaching in the state. Respondents commented that teachers aren't paid enough and that many aren't qualified enough and committed to education. The survey also showed that more than 70 percent of the respondents are n r iitiii i m i^miiiiiiggf^tfatto^ mmassam sasurers | J zations 18 lin& for 11 onduct workshops I 1 ations that receive : j )n process. These H h organizations with | I 1 1 * I- ' ' < h budget requests ' committee. Atten- hi juired before your y that has been lops are: 1 I 31 i* II inmtion presented i mSSSSmSmSmmM 9*.- * \<\' '' * ' < v ? -k- ? v*.SSa^SSaa^.^ 'l. >-- ': WMftwiKatiahyfe^.^ . S_ E. ? '^Qii^HHRlitt^'' : >-^s?? e Humanities Building Wednesday. Morse got a ( suits of survey in favor of merit pay or other incentives to encourage quality teaching. The governor and state Superintendent of Education Charlie Williams commissioned the poll, but the $13,000 cost was paid for out of private funds raised by the newly formed Foundation of Educational and Economic Excellence. The foundation is chaired by Samuel Tenenbaum. a close Rilev associate. Riley declined to comment on whether he would propose a sales tax hike to fund massive improvements in the state's public education, which ranks low in several crucial categories. The state is the lowest in the nation in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and near the bottom in teacher salaries and per-pupil expenditures. RILEY SAID he has briefed members of the General Assembly on the poll findings and hopes it will give them a clearer picture of the public's concerns about education. Several committees are working to set priorities for improving schools, and Riley said he wants to hear recommendations from them before deciding on an approach for this legislative year. ii ? miiHm11iFmiinriiiiiinnTfiTrwumi?11mi nil mmiiihim SAMBINO*S_ Chicken oss From Towers at pWE DELHI 254-444 I 6-12 Mon-Th -4 r? /"> Lo-1 am rn-c 6-10 pm Sun BHMmBnMHSMHMBHBSHBMnamiaai Movies every nig ;t:oo"OFFT2~F m m OT UltCl with Coupon c Before the Gam TWO MOVIES Ti HMHMHHnHHHHmi Photo by Jennifer Wooten :hance to read while his dog, Jesse, on education The poll interviewed 496 adults, of whom 83 percent agreed with the statement, "The fact that South Carolina always ranks so low in the quality of education is an embarrassment and something ought to be done about it right now." About 75 percent of the respondents agreed strongly that the state would benefit from having better educated students. And 64 percent of the respondents agreed strongly that the state must be willing to spend more money in order to get better education. TO WHETHER it is more important to spend money more wisely or only provide additional funds, 61 percent answered using available money wisely. Only 33 percent of those responding to the survey agreed strongly with hiking state sales taxes a penny on the dollar to fund education improvements. Another 29 percent "moderately agreed" with that solution. But 75 percent of those polled said they'd be more likely to vote for a state legislator who supported such a sales tax increase. The poll was conducted between July 21 and July. O m m A GC OUb5 | I Main & Blossom I >ER-i 1 1 I urs : iot 1 'Wl day I I ht at 9:00 I ^ew~Bucket! I ken ! I >r Ticket 1 ? e Saturday I I HIS FRIDAY^ j