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IUSC PROFESSIONAL colleges generally have higher tandards than the university itself, he said. Within the colcges, specific grade point averages and specific curicula must be met to advance. Because of tougher progression requirements "some I>eople just say,4l can't stay in (the college they're enrolled n), I'll go somewhere else,' so they go away," Bolin said. University standards are "so strict a lot of folks who usd to be in limbo, taking courses but not making real process towards a degree, are no longer in school," he said. The university's professional schools have strict admisions policies for freshman and check Scholastic Aptitude Test verbal and math scores and class rank. I"AVERACjK KIDS have 95U to 1 ,l)OU bA I scores, borne :>f the professional colleges have scores in excess of 1,000 in a state where the average score's about 800, that's really kind of phenomenal," Bolin said. "That's two standard deviations above the mean in South Carolina." Bolin said drastic cutbacks have prompted USC to lower enrollment. "We've done some pretty, massive program cutbacks. See "Enroll," page 3 ; Inside Classified 19 Dateline 2 Entertainment 10 > Features 9 Opinion 8 .Sports 13 Courting students. . .The USC Campus Court is looking for students to fill 12 positions and applications are due today 5 They got the beat. . .A large crowd was the only thing missing from the Go-Go's concert Sunday at the Coliseum. i rv 1VI Classic softball . . .EE Patrol will represent the Colum/ y ! > B iWflw + mgn gam VKjl Sk ' ;i-f ^JP?v flsfe^f House to pick up tickets for the USC Georgia fo 3ble in the Russell House lobby beginning 7:30 Ihree char By Amy Bedenbaugh Three men have been arrested in . rvtinAPtinn with llip ranp nnH murHpr of USC student Barbara Lynn ilBobbi" Rossi, and authorities suspect a fourth person was involved, Richland County Sheriff Frank Powell said yesterday. Benjamin Anthony Joyner, age given as mid-20s, of 506 Queen Gucnivere Trail, Garner, N.C., and Willie Earl Nesmith, 26, of 713 Glenn brook Rd., Raleigh, N.C., were being held Monday in Raleigh on fugitive warrant charges and were expected to be transported to Columbia by Richland County deputies last night, Powell said. At an afternoon press conference, Powell said a Gadsden man taken into custody Friday was also being charged with murder in connection with the case. MARCELLUS PIERCE, 36, is being held on $300,000 bond at the Richland County Detention Center. Powell said the sheriff's department began looking for Pierce 9 p.m. last Tuesday after Rossi was reported missing "because he was involved in something similar to this." Pierce had previously been charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and criminal sexual conduct in connection wun an /\ug. h inciuem. Pierce was picked up on a fugitive warrant Aug. 16 in Raleigh but was released on $1,000 bond. Powell said the three suspects-, all Karate instructor ( tips on how to pri i By Tracy Mixson The "buddy system," common sense and awareness are the safest, most effective ways to prevent attack, according to Mike Genova, USC karate instructor. "The most important thing 1 tell everyone, especially women, is to use the buddy system," he said. "Never travei alone when it can be helped, even if it's just across campus. If you know someone, call them to walk with you. ^v.ft *.r*' r.# t-: "r V ' * Hfr ** .. * Iggggymzz: otball game. About 11,400 tickets were picked a.m. ged in Bos black, were born in Wake. County. "To my knowledge, they were close friends," he said. . BECAUSE OF the "circumstances and evidence. We think a fourth person i j n n it : j i u was mvoivcu, ruwcn suiu, uui nc would give no details. The fourth suspect could be identified "maybe within the next couple of weeks, maybe never," he said. Powell would not say why the three men were in Columbia, but said they may have been "looking for transportation, not any specific individual." Pierce frequently traveled between Wake County and Gadsden, he said. THE SHERIFF'S department still is not certain where Rossi was abducted but it may have been near Garners Ferry Road, Powell said. Richland County Coroner Frank Barron said Rossi had been shot three times, once each in the chest, abdomen and back. Newberry pathologist Joel Sexton, who was flown in by helicopter Thursday night, indicated -I -. -Ta 1 ! I 1 ? I sne aieci snoruy auer oeuig aouuut-u, Barron said. According to Powell, Rossi was shot at "close range," but details on the murder will not come out until the trial. The case will now be turned over to 5th Circuit Solicitor James Anders, he "?aiu. ROSSI'S BODY was found 7:45 p.m. Thursday about 12 miles from offers students otect themselves 44 ANOTHER THING people should do is always tell at least one person where you're going and when you'll be back .... "People knew when (Bobbi Rossi) was supposed to be someplace. When she wasn't, they knew something was wrong." Cienova, who led a self-defense talk tor Bates area female residents Thursday night, told the students to always be aware of their surroundings. See "Defense," page 6 Photo by Joe Jackson up and 600 ci murrlpr IUI IRRU1 UU the USC campus, near the soybean field where her ear had been seen about 6 p.m. Monday. According to the Richland County Sheriff's Department, two deputies were sent Sunday to Johnson County, N.C., to process Rossi's 1970 Volkswagen, which had been found earlier on an old logging road by the .1 o hnso n C o u n i y S h e r i (' f ' s Department. Students and faculiv gathered Monday-'aftifitoori^^e RMS' :. L>u?iim>m(*v ?emeuil>?? nursing student tiobbi *oss?. President James Hoiderroan one of twoi rnemor&J abo8f\ ^tjHoideni^ stressed the "indeik ^difference" Rossi made thro***** I i\8f$P*rh of goodness she conveyed. | during ifer shoit time in the worU|L: The impacro|Jt** Hfcand death,-Ml-; a gr<^?i! ties^p^H^p PiK as ^ evidenced by m outpouring of ,Uragca^a<|)rok#iie spef#llf|j "house of vmm't that is a tinivert. \$#% since ^violence and abuse have, aa^^Jjssai doubt happen again. In spite of|our 'J?*ftoil?t said* this tragedy/ 4J8?t|*:< j^tWfer^ ^vith the univer ** l^ff g?af ?f M,r>a,<jng a The service also included a pfiAori8|?|a?$$agcr . \' t??vea| i,y??h and four songjte pef^J |?J|1^ ^lW^|fc|C mer, I acknowledged the I eils^wice ?s-4t^forum tA:^iiire?*iiii^>5: is 5't'cf ** ^ _ ' glglp-*/^: | wmBM **e Clfe^dcath :0. naf^r^part oHH||lMg a gate^jjl HfottotkMi. later, $$?$tpved some x*> t?ar#fc*Wi a ! I PM^M<MfcHil8<il ')