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Volume 77, No. 35 University of South Carolina October 24, 1984
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In case you haven't noticed, the State Fair is in town. And if
you'd like to be "wrapped up" in the fair's atmosphere, Serpentina (
the Snake Woman can be found on the midway. See related story,
page 10.
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Inside
Classified 16
Dateline 2
Entertainment 10
Features 9
Opinion 8
Sports 14
Nurses'aide. The I'.S. Department of Ilealth and Human
Services has awarded the College of Nursing three grants
totalling more than $900.000 (>
Step rijjfht up. The llfith South Carolina State Fair
brightens life in Columbia through Sunday 10
Top Ten Time. The Gamecocks are ranked ninth in the
Associated Press college football poll, and eight in I Pi's.
This is the first time a Carolina football team has been
ranked in the top 10 11
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Walter Mondale, with just 13 days left to catch Ronald
Reagan, is depicting him as an uninformed, pass-the-buek ii
resident, while Reagan dismisses the challenger as having
no business" in his job and talks confidently of victory.
The Democratic presidential nominee enters the final two d
eeks leading up to Election Day Nov. 6 in the position of n
aving to make up perhaps a percentage point a day ? or c<
lore ? in the polls.
National polls in recent days have shown Reagan ahead by S<
s few as 9 and as many as 25 percentage points. Reagan, VN
hile insisting he was too "superstitious" to claim his re- V
lection is in the bag, sounded nearly as jubilant as his camaign
aides as he began a West Coast campaign swing
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ope over despair, and yes for strength over weakness,"
leagan said after touring a B-l bomber plant in California. d
"We're entering the home stretch of the campaign, and si
>e've set our sights on victory," he said. C
Both Mondale and Reagan were still talking about their
lebate Sunday night and sounding upbeat ? Reagan saying T
ie "felt good" and Mondale saying "1 won." a
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hind to South Bend, Indthis past
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Roadtrips can be one of the most exriting
events that can happen to an
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AS W'F left Columbia, everyone was
realized that the long ride Thursday
night was not going to be that much
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I was seated on the back seat of the ffSI -_-f
bus in a seat that didn't recline. To top
it oil. it was right in front of the toilet.
Eivery time someone came to use the
restroom, I had to move o they could Irish jig
?cl USC band members
Ah, but 1 took that in stride. I
figured that this would he a good way VVe arrived in ('in
of getting to know everyone on my have the buses sei
bus, and some better than others. I got wandered around ttic
to know Kim, a coquette, best of all ? 'mg their laces with
10 times! I told a custodian t
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I (il KSS she was nervous. Notre Dame. She
To combat the long drive, most of knowledgeable aboi
members brought alone their trusty commented that we
Walkmans. Some even irieci inventing heat the Cincinnati 1
games as we went along, but the most
ingenious idea was the luau held on WIIKN WK arri\
Bus Number lour. Ind., where we won
two weeks left
raws nearer
ebate and phrasing it in even stronger terms, calling Reagan
the most detached, most remote, most uninformed president
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VIEWERS OF the televised debate, he said, "saw a presient
who cannot discuss any major issue without making a
lajor mistake ... They saw a commander in chief who is not
Dtnmanding and who isn't a chief."
Reagan was in Portland. Ore., today before headinu t<>
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eattle and Columbus, Ohio. He planned to return to
/ashington Wednesday and announced plans to visit New
ork, New Jersey and Connecticut on Friday.
Mondale was in Youngstown, Ohio, beginning three days of
impaigning in the Midwest before stopping in Texas and
avelinu on to California f-ridav. He was coiu-enirMtinn on i In
ig states, reflecting his need to win those big electoral prizes if
e is to have any chance of winning the presidency.
Their running mates were on the road, too, with Vice Presient
George Bush campaigning today in Minnesota, Wisconn
and Michigan. Democratic vice presidential candidate
ieraldine Ferraro was in Arkansas and heading to California.
As they campaigned, debate over their debate continued,
hree national polls ? by Newsweek. AliC'-W'ashinmion Post
nd CBS-New York Times ? all showed voters concluding the
ebate was a statistical draw.
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cinnati, Ohio, to wc stopped at the restaurant to eat
viced. Everyone before checking in.
bus station, stuf- Two friends of mine, who are also
biscuits. photographers, and 1 went to a
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ere going to play who was quite unpleasant. She was
seemed to be from Huntsville, Ala., and advised us
it our team and that South Bend was a beautiful place,
"could probably but we shouldn't stay on the street at
iengals." night. I left wondering what we were
going to face the next day.
ed in l i. Wayne, Alter a shower, 1 attended a party in
Id stay the night. See "Band," page 7.