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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 Wednesday
Volume 77, No. 65 University of South Carolina February 20.
Lawmakers
on higher di
SCSSL spoil!
at noon at F
By Qr-gg Lasky
Young people arc "undeserving
scapegoats of this nation's alcohol
problem," and state legislators
should vote against a higher drinking
age today, said Tony Snell,
governor of the South Carolina
State Student Legislature.
Snell, who will lead a protest
march at noon today from Russell
House to the State House, and
Rep. Tim Rogers, D-Richland,
spoke yesterday at a press conference
in the State House lobby.
In a prepared statement read to
reporters and students, Snell voiced
his disapproval of the proposed
bill. Failure to ratify the drinking
age increase by October 1, 1986
means the state will lose $7 million
in highwav funds next vear.
HE POINTED to a plaque
hanging on the wall across from
the podium that commemorates
the death of one 16-year-old and
two 18-year-old South Carolinians
killed in war.
"This memorial, like the
countless others that perpetuate
the memory of the hundreds of
thousands of South Carolinians
under twenty-one who have carried
the cause of this nation's liberty to
the battlefield, reminds us of
youths' contributions.
"For this sacrifice and this faith,
we have been rewarded with indifference
and suspicion. We have
been the undeserving scapegoats of
this nati Tf's alcohol problem,"
Sncll gaitf.
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By tarry Slovensky
College freshmen are usually th
men on the totem pole, but they w(
center of attention at this \
Frtjhmen Year Experience at USC.
"People are finally becoming intc
in freshmen, " said John Gardner, h
the conference and director of
University 101 program, des
especially for freshmen.
The Carolina Inn was the site of a
conference of educators and
ministrators concerning the plight
freshman in the college experience.
THE CONFERENCE has been
on since Sunday and will continue !
More than 700 representatives fr<
stitutions in the United States, C
and Great Britain attended the prog
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He went on to say 99 percent of
18- to 21-year-olds have never been
involved in an alcohol-related accident,
yet they have been portrayed
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SNELL SAID faculty members
at the University of Michigan conducted
a study that reports that
nine states who recently raised
their drinking age to 21 have seen
,an increase in drunk-driving
fatalities. He charged opponents
with presenting "figures tainted
with economic bias."
Terry Trexler, president of the
student legislature and Student
Government at USC-Sumter said it
is a positive sign that 1,200
students signed the protest petition
initiated by Snell.
At last count, just under 2,000
students had signed the petition.
"We have conducted a statewide
survey of college students, and
they are overwhelmingly against
the raise in the drinking age. We
need to stiffen drunk-driving
penalties, not raise the drinkinc
age," Trexler said.
Rogers said he is awaiting the
outcome of South Dakota's
lawsuit against the federal
government.
"If the legislature is only
pushing this vote because they are
worried about insuring the
highway funds, then if the federal
bill is ruled unconstitutional, we
would like to include a clause
whicb^ill render the state bill null m
and void/' said Rogers.
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The theme of the convi
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seminar courses, acade
:rested and freshman identity,
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USC's fessionals to exchangt
igned freshman education.
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major ference administrator, sa
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going saying that they are puttin
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By Barry Bradley
A motorcycle struck the iron
Street in front of Russell House
Monaay. The driver was uninjur<
According to a police report, a
traveling east on Greene Street a
closed gate. His motorcycle hit
front fork and headlight were da
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tie presentations faces" at this, t
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mic advisement Gardner said
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LY gratified at Borkowski for r
)ming back and in this area."
g into place pro- Reactions frc
t from previous ticipants echoed
rhelmed at the ference organize
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onsiders USC to be "a
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of leadership
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an and Provost Frank
naking "a big difference
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optimism of the conrs.
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iirs on the Graene Street gates yestera
motorcycle Monday night. Columistioned
a student Monday after the
driver was uninjured.
ie Street gate
not issued a citation.
ate was closed because of telephone line
tion. fhe driver told police he didn't see
s or warning signs indicating the gate was
nd he didn't see the closed gate until he was
) or 15 yards of it.
tokes, USC's system vice president for law
lent and safety, said there was supposed to
icade in front of the gate. ?
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N.C., said he obtained a great deal of information
from the various presentations
and will try to put some of the information
to use at his institution.
He said the program was well run, and
"the national and international reputation
of this university makes it the place to be
to obtain information in this field."
GARTH STORY, of Berkshire Christian
College of Lenox, Mass., said he was
"very favorably impressed" by the inforr
tion dispensed, by USC's University
101 course and the people he met during
the conference.
Patrick Boyle, of Dusquesne University
in Pittsburgh, Pa., was also impressed by
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ujv. s university iui iaea, and said he
plans to set up a course similiar to it next
year at his school.
~~ Reagan's
H Loan cuts
I gradates
M*r% By Coltoyo Prats Sorwice
Public administration major
Vicky Heard said she wouldn't be
at private Atlanta University
without the $5,825 in federal aid
sue s received eacn ot the past two
yearsAnd
thanks to President
ifefc Reagan's new proposal to limit
students' yearly aid awards to
$4,000, Heard ? along with an
estimated 630,000 other students
who receive more than $4,000 a
year in federal aid ? may be in
serious financial trouble next year.
The proposed $4,000 per year
cap is but one of the key components
Reagan unveiled in his
education budget proposal last
week.
HE ALSO WANTS to limit Pell
grants, National Direct Student
Loans and Work-Study funds to
students from families with annual
incomes of less than $25,000, and
Guaranteec* Student Loans to
students from families making less
_ mat llian t11 cn/\
pui man jjjXi,juv.
Some believe the proposals
p, could affect more than 2 million
students.
For the most part, higher education
officials are confident Congress
? as it has for the last four
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Senate approves
blue law proposal
By Associated Press
The Senate voted 30-9 yesterday
to allow Sunday sales from 2 p.m.
to 6 p.m. and left open the
possibility the blue laws could be
relaxed even more before final approval
is sought.
Immediately after the vote, the
lawmakers agreed 31-8 to set the
measure for priority debate today,
avoiding the possibility it could get
bogged down behind other
legislation.
"Looking at the (roll call) list
OnH toll^innr .1^ 1 - .
uuu lainiug lU IliUJl [icupic II1VU1Vcd,
I think it is a strong vote," said
Sen. John Hayes, D-York, the
bill's principle sponsor. "I could
probably guess two or three in
there who won't vote for the bill,
but I think that is pretty set."
SEN. BILL BRANTON, the
most vocal opponent of the bill,
said he did not view the vote as a
defeat.
"That's a pretty substantial
margin, but I don't consider the
debate over yet," the Dorchester
Republican said. "Have we lost? 1
really don't consider we've lost until
we've taken a vote on third
reading."
Branton said he would not
apologize for briefly filibustering
against the bill last week before the
30-9 second reading vote was taken
. J
ycsiciuay.
"I have been cornered. . .as to
why I am stalling this legislation,"
Branton said. "That doesn't
bother me. . .to use the rules for
the position 1 espouse."
"YOU MADE the rules before 1
got here. Right now, we're using
the rules to stall."
While the actual floor vote was
30-9 for t-?tative approval, the \
smaMiaU id Sm' ?ar"SQ"- i i
when the tyadiots were cast, to vote
against the Measure provided it did *
not affect the outcome, putting the
final tabulation at 30-10.
Brar 's advantage in stalling
the measure is that it could get
backed up behind contested
legislation when it goes to the
House, delaying final passage of
thi> K*il!
"I don't believe this Senate is
going to cut me off immediately on
this legislation," Branton said.
"There are many people who
voted for some changes in the blue
laws, but there are any number of
senators who would not vote immediately
to sit a senator down."
Hayes said he believes a final
vote on the measure could corneas
early as Thursday.
"It's time to move on," he said.
"The issues are clear-cut. I think
the public input has been there."
; ax
would hurt
tudents most
years ? will reject most of
Reagan's proposed cuts.
Thp n .^u/l \r nrnnnco/^ <t A AAA ?
itv uvni j pi td[>
on federal aid, however, could
gain support, aid experts fear.
"THAT'S THE ONE we're
most vulnerable on because the
argument for it sounds attractive
on the surface," said Charles
Saunders of the American Council
on Education (ACE).
"They think they're just hitting
people going to high-cost, private
schools," he said.
The cuts would hurt students at
private colleges more than at
public schools, according to
Julianne Still Thrift, research
director for the National Association
of Independent Colleges and
Universities.
Three of every 10 students at
private schools would have their
aid cut, compared to about one out
of every four at public schools, she
said.
BUT A DISPROPORTIONATELY
high percentage of
private school students facing aid
cuts are in the lower-income
brackets.
Of those in families with less
Sm "Cuts,'' page 3
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