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I Viruses studied p. 3 | monday Circus world p. 8 M m SL# February 27, 1984 USC wins Metro p. 10 B H BiH University of South Carolina mWm H B Vol. 76, No. 68 | Student at \ toward Soi v (Laitor's note: The following story in a series on greek activities at USC.) By John Deiner I Student attitudes toward greeks at and other Southern universities range tolerance to animosity, despite atteni] fraternity advisers to encourage mo teraction between the two groups. At I icr ~W ? .4 \A * uuv, wiivit auuui i*t jjcicciu < students are in a fraternity or a sororii groups "get along fairly well," coord of greek activities Julie Busch said. "On any campus there is some anti sentiment," Busch said. "That view is ly based on stereotypes, and I don't ki that stereotype is totally untrue." r SHE SAID she doesn't think ther strong anti-greek sentiment on campu; now, but admitted that things cou better. "It's a fairly desirable situation on c? right now, but in any situation there is i a need for improvement. I would like the system grow even larger, but bigge necessarily better," Busch said. siuaent ana greek interaction shoul become more widespread on campu plans are now being developed to ercc that, Busch said. Recently, the Interfr; ty Council and the Panhellenic C worked together to plan activities AFRO. She said greeks are participating in non-greek activities than ever before many of the fraternities' philanthropic benefit the entire USC community. "THERE IS definitely interaction 01 pus and I've seen it increase, and I thi going to continue to increase. The system has struggled with a lot of issu it has grown a lot in the past seme Busch said. She said she could not classify th< greek system as strong or weak, but ad that the average system in the South larger. The University ot Alabama-1 uscaio one such system. About 25 percent < total school enrollment, or 3,000 stu make up Alabama's greek system. "It's a very strong system on campu it's very old," said George Jones, as: director of campus activities at AU. " of the leaders in this state have been HI _ I - ivionnaie m By Chris Handal Although the first Democratic prim until tomorrow, Walter Mondale a toward the nomination and a Noven President Ronald Reagan. "He's (Mondale) well on his way (to Kenny Whitby, who teaches a course the government and international s 111111K I1C ^Ulllg IU IJttVC lU IllilKC Will nomination." Another GINT professor agrees wit very difficult to head Mondale off | makes a mistake," said Earl Black, w titled Southern Politics. IN THE Iowa caucuses this past we large margin against his seven challei not in Mondale's strong showing but i by Ohio Sen. John Glenn, who was e> vice president's toughest opponent. Glenn finished behind Mondale, S McGovern and uncommitted. Hart's strong showing prompted hii as a two-man race between the Mondale. l, 1 I:,1 ? earner llUN [?um war ncui suiu, between myself and Vice President 1 nominee." Mart also said the choic Mondale is a choice between old ani Democratic party. titudes vary jumiii yibBKS is one here and that has helped promote the gr 1 system." HOWEVER, THE large size of the sysi USC has caused some bitter hostilities, Jones s; from He said independent students on cam pts by generally look unfavorably upon the gree re in- mainly because the greeks have had all power on campus for the past 100 years, of the the past century, only four or five stud :y, the body presidents have been non-greek, Jo inator said. "Most of the Hiworppmpnt rpntprc i?rr\i -greek our very strong student government, most- election for the student government can p now if mote some very ill feelings," he said. "One year, one student's phone was e1 bugged by his non-greek opponent." e is a 5 right DESPITE ATTEMPTS by the Alaba Id be administration to get the two groups to teract more, Jones said the task is too < impus ficult and the hostilities continue. .1 ' uways "we're constantly trying to get the t to see groups together," Jones said, adding t r isn't many students go to rush, but only becaus is something that they had planned to d also before they started college. s and The University of Georgia-Athens can ? >urage boast of a large greek system with 20 perc aterni- of the student body in a fraternity or son ouncil ty. However, the hostilities evident with Alabama are not as prominent at UGA. John Opper, UGA fraternity adviser, * i more the students' attitudes toward greeks at and school are better now than they were tl events years ago when there had been discipline f blems on campus. i cam- THINK many students still see fra nk it's "'ties as nothing more than social clul ereek Non-greeks who are closer to the system h es and a more educated view. t ,, "On many campuses, the most vis aspect is the social aspect. You don't tenc ? USC see the other, more valuable, aspects. If; mitted on'y see ?"e s^e? PeoP^e tend to lum ooot ic all together and stereotype fraternities," < cciSl IS . . per said. The biggest source of the greek syste iosa is bad image comes from signs promol of the drunkenness at frat parties, he said. _1 _ A nour r\r\c iti/~vr\ Vioc ro^ontlx/ Konn nrni Uvnij) ** pu^iuuil liad IV^VVltlljr UV^Wll tltd within the UGA Interfraternjty Council s, and monitor the image fraternities are presenl sistant to outsiders, and one of its duties is to 'Many guidelines for signs advertising greek part greeks See "Greeks," paj oves closer to ary does not take place news ppears to be cruising iber showdown against DESPITE A better pos ly improved finances, Bla the nomination)," said is between the Colorado in electoral behavior in "That is the kind of thi tudies department. "I myth and nonsense," Bla e blunder not to get the cond and it happened to It s southern politics h Whitby. "It would be becomes something of a at this point unless he third." 'ho teaches a course en- Whitby also did not pi ing. He said Hart's succ similarity of his views anci :ek, Mondale won by a race between Hart and IV mgers. The surprise was ~ ~ ~ KMh A V I? A I)I>L' A O U LIIC JJUUI JJC1 1 UI lilcUllt; IVIV/l^ RJ/%!LjKj /%! I 1'iAA ;pected to be the former a strategy Whitby and Bk crucial blunder, en. Gary Hart, George Rather than focusing h the other contenders ha n to charaterize the race critizing Reagan. Colorado senator and Some of the stiffest crii accused Reagan of "leai 'It is a two-person race "The people of New Hai Mondale...I will be the by staff, policy by defau e between himself and ship by amnesia.... d new leadership in the "One day (House Spe< the troops out of Leban * 1 I eek lid. plpIllP|^i!&^ pus | ' ' ;;:;:"r 5pSIf|||pH :ks, KK* V*vx- * '' p WB '': t h e [p p .'''Y> V': 'W'""In B ' F^^B ent IK'S . : fen ,*#' ^ ma _ aid ' tree . ave j 1 t? , j -" " you ting ited Concentration 1 to ting USC pitcher Larry Price delivers a pitch during the I set defeated Methodist College 9-2 at Sarge Frye Field \ ies. See story, page 10. go 3 - presidential no *1 next day we fine y analysis out ition in the polls for Hart and slight- "THEY TEL1 ick dismisses the notion that the race in putting togeth senator and Mondale. the next day the ng that Hart could claim but that is a There's a wh< ck said. "Somebody had to finish se- and amnesia. W be Hart. who s not in ch; ; played out on a national scale. It Whitby said : lottery who comes out second and alienating the p time. ace much emphasis on Hart's show- If Whitby's a ;ess was due in a large part to the will have an eas> I Mondale's. "But I don't think it's a Mondale establi; londale," Whitby said. the campaign? S to be ignoring all his challengers ? THE FIRST a ick said will keep him from making a liked by the Derr Whitby said. is attacks on the other Democrats, as Also, being a ve been doing, Mondale has been Much like form 196$, Mondale 1 ticism came this week when Mondale Also, Mondal dership by amnesia." Mondale said, beat Reagan, mpshire won't settle for government Probably the W arianAm nnt Ywr o I i U t a /l lao/^nr t K a ii, iiiaua^viui/iii uy auui anu nauii - mv lytiuvitiauv iker)Tip O'Neill is told that to pull THF CAMP) ion would mean surrender, and the ^ aBSr? ^ ,V 11 ppgb 1 > v- _ ...... v._. r'. Photo by Chip lowett Gamecocks' home baseball opener. Carolina ^esterdy afternoon to up its record to 2-0. mination I that they're getting ready to pull the troops L us we're making great diplomatic progress ler a strong central Lebanon government and y say there's no hope. Die pattern of policy announcement, retreat e can't have a strong nation with a President irge. speeches such as these keep Mondale from eople who will support him at nomination nd Black's predictions are correct, Mondale ? run to Democratic nomination. But how did >h such a lead over his opponents this early in nswer is that "Mondale has always been welllocrats, especially by the more liberal voters," former vice president has helped, Black said. er President Kicnard Nixon when he ran in las a lot of political debts he can collect. le is perceived as someone with a chance to most important reason Mondale is ahead ot field is this is not early in the campaign. \IGN for president does not begin with the See "Campaign," page 4