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The Gamecock
Founder} 1908 Wednesday
Volume 77, No.65 University of South Carolina February 20, 1985
Lawmakers
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Young people are "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 highway funds next year.
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- ?'s alcohol problem,"
?>nell saicf.
A rhninktr
By lurry Sjowensky
College fieshmen are usually th
men on the totem pole, but they wt
center of attention at this \
Frtjhmen Year Experience at USC.
"People are finally becoming inte
in freshmen, " said John Gardner, I
the conference and director of l
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.
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on since Sunday and will continue t
More than 700 representatives fr<
stitutions in the United States, C
and Great Britain attended the prof
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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
as "wanton drunkards."
SNELL SAID faculty members
at the University of Michioan rnn.
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ducted 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 drinking
age," Trexler said.
Rogers said he is awaiting the
outcome of South Dakota's
idwaun mc ieaerai
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
whichtfill render the state bill null
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By Barry Bradley
A motorcycle struck the iro
Street in front of Russeli House
Monday. The driver was uninju
According to a police report,
traveling east on Greene Street
closed gate. His motorcycle hit
front fork and headlight were d
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A worker (left) welds repairs on the Greene Street gates yesterday
after they were hit by a motorcycle Monday night. Columbia
City police (above) gURStinnnri a stnrinnt MnnHm, altpr Ihn
accident. The motorcycle driver was uninjured.
hits Greene Street gate
but was not issued a citation.
n gate on Greene The gate was closed because of telephone line
: about 11:30 p.m. construction. "t"he driver told police he didn't see
red. any lights or warning signs indicating the gate was
a USC student was closed, and he didn't see the closed gate until he was
and didn't see the within 10 or 15 yards of it.
the gate, and the Carl Stokes, USC's system vice president for law
amaged. enforcement and safety, said there was supposed to
s traveling too fast be ; furricade in front of the gate. ?
esnmen-year Diaes
was also impressed by "the N.C., said he obtained a great deal of in
sw institutions and new formation from the various presentation;
the fourth and largest an- and will try to put some of the informa
tion to use at his institution.
id, "This is the only con- He said the program was well run, anc
/pe in the nation." "the national and international reputatior
considers USC to be "a of this university makes it the place to be
pack " and sees the con- to obtain information in this field."
i outgrowth of leadership
niversity. GARTH STORY, of Berkshire Christian
College of Lenox, Mass., said he wa;
TED both USC President "very favorably impressed" by the infor
man and Provost Frank mation dispensed, by USC's University
making "a big difference 101 course and the people he met during
the conference.
rom many of the par- Patrick Boyle, of Dusquesne University
i the optimism of the con- in Pittsburgh, Pa., was also impressed by
ers. USC's Universitv 101 idea anH caiH h*
a member of the faculty of plans to set up a course similiar to it nexl
tian College in Wilson, year at his school.
Reagan's
JYlf Loan cuts
" m graduate s
By Collflfje Press Serwica
iffflUltl S&4 ?5 administration major
. Vicky Heard said she wouldn t be
I f" I i at private Atlanta University
[ p im without the $5,825 in federal aid
I ' ", she's received each of the past two
- V; : HI And thanks to President
A Reagan's new proposal to limit
B wBP students' yearly aid awards to
tt&lfi&ftfli1 $4,000, Heard ? along with an
| IT. ^MLSMW 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
|g|H| I cap is but one of the key coin
Iggj ? ^ ponents Reagan unveiled in his
Hfr'^-3'":ivH : -M education budget proposal last
week.
IBjfPHB ik \ HE AI-SO WAN TS to limit Pell
M grants, National Direct Student
Loans and Work-Study funds to
MM^r students from families with annual
JOSEPH BARNcTt I ThiBwww* incomes of less than $25,000, and
limit Guaranteed Student Loans to
. students from families making less
MM M?, fr?N toft D*vM HUhurn, Bill than $32,500.
Ifek ft*Nk aMTKftvfo Some believe the proposals
^ could affect more than 2 million
inrif 1'1ltn^i 1 or l*ie most Part? lliKliei educaiwuw.
w tjon officials are confident ConNM0Wg
feMTMMfy grcss ? as jt has for jast 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 31-3 to set the
measure for priority debate today,
Ql/AlHino tKo nACCikilifti
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bogged down behind other
legislation.
"Looking at the (roll call) list
and talking to most people involved,
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.
i "That's a pretty substantial
margin, but 1 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
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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 I 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
''''wlienThe^af^
against the Measure provided it did
not affect the outcome, putting the
final tabulation at 30-10.
Branton's advantage in stalling
i the measure is that it could get
backed up behind contested
legislation when it goes to the
I House, delaying final passage of
i me dim.
: "I don't believe this Senate is
going to cut me off immediately on
this legislation," Branton said.
"There are many people who
i voted for some changes in the blue
laws, but there are any number of
< senators who would not vote im;
mediately to sit a senator down."
Hayes said he believes a final
i vote on the measure could come as
r early as Thursday.
; "It's time to move on," he said,
t "The issues are clear-cut. 1 think
the public input has been there."
> ax
wimnlH hurt
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tudents most
years ? will reject most of
Reagan's proposed cuts.
The newly proposed $4,000 cap
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
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wii nit aunaix, saiu ^nanes
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 havp th#?ir
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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