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Volume 77, No. 22 University of South Carolina September 26, 1984
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Students lined up yesterday along the Bull Street side of the Russell
were left, but they should be gone by tomorrow. They will be avail;
I Enrollment decline part
of USC officials' plan
By Joe Sitorz
The recent enrollment decreases on campus are part of a
plan by officials to make USC a better university.
Enrollment decreases on the Columbia campus from
24,296 a vear ago to 23,301 this fall can be attributed to
tougher standards and program phase-outs that date back
to 1979, according to a university report.
Higher admissions standards have lowered the number
of newly enrolled freshmen. Students in school now face
higher progression standards, said John Bolin, assistant
vice president for administration and director of
admissions.
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.
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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.
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"To my knowledge, they were close
friends," he said.
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and evidence. We think a fourth person
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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
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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
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ROSSI'S BODY was found 7:45
p.m. Thursday about 12 miles from
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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
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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
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