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SouthaCarolinianaaLibrary Horseshoe W Gamecock fmr i-ttit .irn?r 8 ? Wednesday Coupon & gg| PMy April 4, 1984 Special ^felH^lBlflj I 1 | ^ICt Bh University of South Carolina S.C. Studen By Becca Mercer Increasing voter registration among college students is an important objective for I 111* ill t*ill l"kMA (1 f lilt* South ( ;i in 11 r, :i "s 1:111 * Si 11 - dew Legislature, who are coordinating a major voter registration drive throughout the state's colleges and universities. The student legislators announced the drive yesterday during a student loruin held with 1 t. Gov. Mike Daniel, as an el Ion to show that college students are not apathetic and are concerned with the important responsibilities that go along with the right to vote. "Students should gel involved because it is our greatest responsibility and our greatest n - uuigomg Former SG presidei to aid Reagan cam By John Deiner I.ess than a week al'tei he ended his term as Stu ment piesident, Barry Gray is ready to begin w< tional political scone. Gray will serve as one of two state youth ch; Reagan/ Bush re-election campaign, a post he w uecenmer. His duties will include traveling to college cam up campus volunteer organizations and speakit in support of President Reagan. "IT'S SOMETHING I really want to do, "When 1 had the opportunity to meet Reagan h wanted to do it even more. I'm just happy the pened to fall this year." Gray first worked for Reagan during the 1S>}? campaign, and he recently volunteered time ft T h u r m ond's re-election state youth chairman for 39p& Reagan have been to recruit people to man phone banks, wjtoga* but he said the position will become full-time in May. X Gray said his experiences |||* in Student Government will help him because he was "in ||||| contact with a lot ol people. ?** ' 'MI SI president V'" on campus, you're in contact with student leaders cm othei campuses. I'll liave people I can get in touch with so 1 can Barry Gray I'ind out who is interested in Reagan campj working," Gray said. Cira\ said he believes Reagan will appeal to because of his accomplishments in the lasi Ion "All you have to do is look at inflation -- it cent, depending on the month. When Reagan was close to 1 I percent. "Also, the only thing that affects people day ili/'ir lhiliiv t<\ i?i?t ;i inh I re.'illv think i he io n 4IIVH I.I/IIII , IV. ev? ? J . it Reagan stays in olTiic," (nay said. " I HI" THI.\(? (hat touches voters iho mosi pening to them," he said. Besides focusing on Reagan's accomplishm also 11 y to dissuade \oters from conside Democratic candidates lot president: Jesse .1 Mendale and Gai \ I lai t. "lot the campus \otc, it seems most likely i he the challenge because he's young and a new has the liability that he was vice president Carter," Gray said. He said students won't forget that Mondal making Carter policy decisions, whether the; had. JACKSON'S CAMPAIGN, Gray said, cc college students, but the "Rainbow Coalitioi enough to fend off the other Democratic can "I don't think he (Jackson) should depend < Irom students. If he had a strong organi/atio he would probably be a real strong candidate ' * * 1 . .. l I.> .1 . . ()ne oi Keayan s, ;mu pciiiii|>N laties nj-'lii now is thai 11 art unci Mondale an oihei oni ol the race. (?r;i\ saul lie cited polls s I low 111 i* i luit main who taw dale will sole I'm Keauan should theii car I )em<K i al k nominalion. t Legislature i iutn to \oie," said Tonv Sncll. tuncrnoi ol she SCSSI . Snell is a USC journalism im student. \o' Mill SH DKM legislators, who also mot hv w iili their counterparts in tlie South Carolina \ < (ieneral Assembly. arc working in conjunction with the State I lo tion Commission to \o inlorm students about absentee ballots a-- I); well as to mail applications to absentee leu \oters. iik I he SC'SSI will distribute flyers and information material to students and coordinate1 a media publicity campaign designed to en- KiI courage and inform students about register- pr< ing and voting. \ it , , "w*'*aimmsk * "? -. :'"- ,:?.v:;*>>- v .dent Govern- "-', 4;^ .' v<t!v ~ ' )ik in the na- .?'.??** ' ? ... .v " *: ?* r> ? v.& t -V:*--"*? r 2 * ?*" urmen ol the ? ,/ *- t J v as offered in - ] * / * * . *svw puses, setting . ^ ^ ^g I ^ t s ^ ^ See-saw for dollar From left, Alpha Tau Omega membe annual See-SawA-Thon. The event i M - * Campus crim By Glenn Burkins I'hice persons arc shoi to deal ;m i*nr;?i?i?d tiuninail. $30,000 di )ign worker pears from a vault atul police hav solid leads in the case. most students Hpisodes Irom "Hillstreet Blu i!" veais. Though they may sound like it 's onl> 4-5 per sion, these crimes happened at I1' took oil ice. it Universities are not olten assoc with criminal activity, but criinc in and da\ out become a part ol college lile, said bs will be there Stokes, ?>\stems vice president lo division ol law enlorcement and s is what is hap at I :S( . ents, (iiay v\i 11 SIOKKS, WHO has been in el rim? the tlnec ol the polce department toi ackson, W allet years, said crime al USC has incn since lie was a student in the 1951 hat Mart would " I here was not a great deal o! ? face. Mondale as we know it today. I only renie under Jimmy one 01 two police officers who < parking tickets, mainly," he said e had a part in In the 1950s, there were i / were good or 10,000 students at USC. Today, more than 20,000 students, the \ msists of many force has increased to 42 law en I i" is not strong ment officers, including 32 unifo didates. policemen. >11 total support Stokes said he feels the incr - " I .N i ..;t v lt i li lINt MUlMlllC, I I I I I I I I il I uvililii tti v . . x. he said. society's chanyes. lie said tele biuuest ad\an- has plavecl a maioi io!e m this ch : knocking each " I \ II \S educated us about .t >i ll.ii i ot Moil bad thinus Vim can sec ihmiis i idtdatc lose ihe today thai, when I was \ouin\ < c\en exist on film." Stokes iv i to hold vol I t. Ciov. Daniel, citine tacts about how micccs nnrlnni votini> i'.in he. s;ii<l "In 1 XfSX one ( :unii lo saved President Andrew Johnson Irom "\1> peachment and in 1923, Miller was elected which one vole. I his shows Inns important lite Daniel i o is.** \ ide t "In 1980, South Carolina was 50th in >noi ter turnout for the presidential lace," said -\dt uiiel. adding that he hoped the student drinki islators would succeed. "I want to coin- the pr nd them in theii worthwhile endeavor." the L in 11uei I) WML ALSO discussed Cio\. Dick "IX Ie>\ piimars and secondarx education ini Dl I. lviiiu'ni itiiiL 1-11* s.ihI r< 11 ii-.-i i inn iv. * * 1 i t I < al 10 Souili Carolina's Immc ecoi^iik atlcnc - ~'ly. : y \ .V. NVf/ Iv<^ I ' I fy '"4^' V* M s rs Charley Beans, Thomas David, Mark Rockefeller and Van s held to raise money for the American Cancer Society. ie rises over time, isap. "I believe that alcohol con0 no tributes to the majority of camcs?" pus crimes. We have a bigger ;,CV1 alcohol problem on than sc. j ? K iatcd drugs. Ulis - Campus police spokesman ,. ,(llc Carl Stokes atcly *.1 i 11 u thai he believes main criminals large uct !licit ideas from television. tinoo Since Stokes was hiicd in I WO. he *ased has kuincelul mans programs to cut ()s. down on larcens, the inmersity\ hii!;rime uest ctime. lhese programs base pro >.mi c/Miifvi li .1! v. 11 ri'i'v, fill hnl Slnki's Illl'\_l > V.II U'.IIV 1? UIM '?.vv? a role sail! there h Ntill a long way to go. Stokes said 1,041 crimes were com ibout mitted in 1980: 838 of these'were with larcenies. In 1981, the number of police larcenies dropped to 794, and the total orce- number of crimes was down to 953. n med I he following year, the number of larcenies droped to 713, and 928 cased crimes were committed. During the fleets past three years, the only increase has vision been in automobile theft. antic. He said lie belieses most ol the alines, particnl.ii K larccnx, ate com lot 01 nulled In students lie said this is 1 he >n l\ 111 cutest dilleiencc between campus .luln't ^ 1 lines now and campus cinnes when I > . I ll.' \V l\ I V. I 1 I , I I'l I I I , ilVI ' ? ? *??. :er drive s hcciitiNO ooilci ahiutk'i' s.i>ui'i [liitl'.s would it! (I ?l?'! HUM;' 11UI i I *>; i mc mkIumiv would :ra.i;. Ivi:.: inn*. WOlilll loild ' > U . .:. i "U. . i.. . , . . i . ...II .... >?uu . i 'iv ^ muvi: ' i> i : i i | i i' }"M ' >^|"K t :'v .1 :'vi ,i Jl ? cl n1 I k A 11U v'ililulU' ill Soul Ii ( aiolina llOSMIU' lllC iopiv. ot chaPsiilK' ',1k' tC;-'ai nil aiio Horn IS ;o ?. i \eais. Daniel mh! oblcm u>in ;n ium i'.i'!)!;. adMnm-ion;;-' i\\n lii pi i'v cp. ! JjiMiis: uiKki i'n k?.\ Menem is ihc nuw ii'ipor tan: *ii>c iu?i raisinji ihc JMm.aif a;-'c." lie >ai.i I'll ill*-.' 1 he p.CIKlli iv'N W'll hi 1,1;! tin i;: col 1)1 I iiow n . J*.'-' : "Hs* SiouF' 1 i : m ^?^-7. i v.0*- . I -r- SV ' I \ \ Pholo by Joseph Garneri J Clark participate in the fraternity's official says "BACK \N 111 N I w.in .t M.uicr.t o\ci\biKl\ u,h piL'iix l.unilki! <A.'h I ,1, V, IM I \ M U U V. 11 I , . 11 i U i i i v. : v ?? . * - . . . w icspeel amonu ourselves. No.v, the stu dent hodv is so lat ue (hat stiuUntsJon" know each nthet." Mokes I houuli changes in socieiv inav K iesponsihle to! (he Inyh crime r.iti. Stokes saul chances in ti\ hnoloe.v will contribute to cnmc> ol the lutuie. I le sjid peisonal computers are becoming a ptoblem, anil people are inventing w a\s ti) steal w it h i hem I In- r nie!i.;> alreadv reacheil I s( I nis pa^i si:t:i met someone named access u> iK I M t .. i v v v !. >1 l i I I y: I i? i \ ,> I f. I , > ; | - | ; | | I , ) ; V. V ' 1 I i } ' 11 I v I I.. COIKV! nine Sv 11. ?!;l->I iw \ !M !' ?!<.!?.' I scores ol loolKill pla>ci v to the pio>s 1 Iu>iiu 11 11i- a.i cannot he icimed .i ciimc, i( ma\ have imen policemen .i glimpse ol the tmino. Stokes saui. "I think it's polity to L'ct worse. 1 hat's something uc (policemen) aie going to he confronted with," he said. Stokes said alcoholic beverages, pat ticularly beer, play a major role m the crime rate at USC. "I 111 I IIM thai alcohol con inbutes to the maiont\ o! campus ci uncs. Wo have a buu'C! alcohol pio blcm on campus than ill ii;js. I hero is a icsuiiionco ot cocaino. bin kuis h?i\< wisoil up to diui'.s. I iluiik v>ui maioi pioblom will ovoniualK bo alcohol \lcohol has oonti ibu'.od to main vhMihs .11 I SC . inchulino thioo Sen "Crime," page 3