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Volume 78, No. 22 University of South Carolina September 27, 1985
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By JULIET NADER and LINDA TAYLOR
Staff writers
The sexual assault of a USC fr
1981, has prompted university off
on personal safety and protection
^ Carl Stokes, systems vice presii
^ said the assault was probably an is<
the campus atmosphere.
"This only happens once in a bli
The crime rate is not bad. It has be
.attributed to efforts by the faculty
inform and help students. We h
educate students on their own safi
The 1981 sexual assault occui
Women's Quadrangle. Bars were i
quad dorms after the incident.
_ fUSC student
assailed near
Russell House
By HAL MILLARD
Staff writer
A female USC student was
sexually assaulted about 12:15
a.m. Thursday morning
behind the Russell House StuUnion,
according to?
report filed by the USC Police
Department.
The freshman was walking
back to her dorm when an
assailant stopped her at the
southeast corner of Russell
House ana tnreatened her verbally.
He forced her into an
equipment room on the side of
Russell House where he
assaulted her.
^ The assailant is described as
a black male in his 20s, about
! 5 feet 9 inches and of muscular
: build. He wore an earring in
his right ear and a lightcolored
tank top and short
pants. He also had on either
prescription or sunglasses.
, After the incident the victim
went to the 1700 block of Bull
Street where she met two USC
students, who walked her back
to her dorm, where the USC
? Police Department and her
parents were contacted.
nri - r ?
i nree types 01 universuy ponce
officers in blue coats who monito
happenings; walking patrol of uni
well as assistance at request from
Other safety measures taken
24-hour, 7 days-a-week residence
limit access, an entire detail devot
pus at night, Alpha Phi Omega ?
said Pruitt.
Stokes urges students to take ad
with a friend. If this is not possit
police for help.
"Arivtim* unn'r? rcallii roor?/J
t inj iniiv j \su iv i vauj avai vu 9
assist you. Within reason, we'll d
"People usually don't call (the en
The campus police will send an;
dent by car or foot, or monitor tl
"You might not get this help frc
campus police. We will provide s<
Students can call the emergency
tion number, 777-4215, for assists
Beyond the basic advice of >
avoiding poorly-lit places, Stokes
tions. "As soon as I say resist, you
assailant) in the groin . . . and g<
ferent. I'd rather suggest (going i
after 11 p.m.) than using mace or
APO members strongly urge s
many people know about us, but
often. We would like to be there i;
vent campus crime," said one men
tion is very small, they have about
as much as possible.
"We have tried several times t<
tions, namely the Greeks," said M
asked the Inter-Fraternity Counc
escort, and they said they would,
it."
No institution can do enougi
^ policemen to respond to calls and <
w university educates faculty, staff a
programs.
till safe
cident,
ials say
eshman, the fi st on campus since
Icials to offer students suggestions
lent for Law Enforcement Safety,
elated incident and doesn't relate to
tie moon. We've got a safe campus.
:en reduced, and I think that can be
r and staff who have been trying to
ave been and are doing things to
ety," he said.
rred in McClintock dorm on the
?ut on the windows of the women's
USC has an open, urban campus,
and in any city the size of
Columbia (about 24,000), incidents
such as an assault are
bound to happen, according to
Dennis Pruitt, vice president of
Student Affairs.
"The campus is comparatively
safe statistically. Since 1980 the
the number of critical incidents
have declined," he said.
T? inot i *vw\ -
in i7oi incic were i,uuu incidents
of various types, as compared
with 804 last year, said
JPt9)c.?,;Hs ^tributes
in incidents to student and
university efforts.
"In any city this size, you'll
have a critical incident. The in- 1
dividual (victims) shouldn't take I
the blame or feel guilty, it was
just the circumstances," Pruitt
said. "Students shouldn't walk
around in fear, but they should
be sensitive to their
environment."
"We don't want to fence in the
campus, and there are
undesirables on campus," said
Pruitt.
Stokes said students should
report any strange person on
campus at any time of day or
night. The person can be asked to
present a student ID card if they
appear to be loitering and can be
arrested for trespassing, he said.
Stokes said they don't mind the
paperwork and hopes students
will be more apt to come forward.
"We will be there for
service."
operate on campus: Reserve police
r the campus for unusual people or
formed officers; and car patrols, as
the Columbia police.
by the university include having
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ed to locking all buildings on camand
even campus police ? escorts,
vantage of the APO service or walk
>le, students can call the university
I'll guarantee they (the officers) will
o anything in our power," he said,
lergency line)."
y officer available to escort the stule
area, according to Stokes.
>m the city police, but you will from
icurity as best we can," he said,
number, 777-5222, or the informaince,
said Stokes,
valking with another person and
hesitates to make specific suggesmight
use your key . . . or kick (the
rt you killed. Each situation is difin
pairs, calling APO or the police
a key," he said.
tudents to use their service. "Not
t we wish they would use us more
n /.a.. ...? ??I I
i> voov nt ait iiccucu su wc can prciber.
Although the service organiza18
members who would like to help
) enlist the help of other organizaary
Rowland, APO secretary. "We
:il and Panhellenic Association to
but they never went through with
1, Pruitt said, but areas are lit,
confront suspicious persons and thf
nd students with a number of crime
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Security to b
By AMY BEOENBAUGH
Staff writer
Security at parties on USC's frat*
quadrangle will be tighter in the future
result of Saturday's fight between frat<
members and non-students, an 1
Fraternity Council spokesman
Wednesday.
At its meeting Monday, the council a
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iu iiuc a ^uciiu iu pairoi parties in me q
common areas, which include the n
ground and sidewalks, said Council Pre:
Kevin Hall.
"Each fraternity will also have a se
guard stand at their own parties," Hall
"This means there will be eight to 10 g
on the quad at a typical after-game par
He said security has been left up to
chapter's judgment in the past.
All 14 fraternities housed on the qua
have to continue paying the guards the
tor their individual parties, but the c<
will pay the salary of the guard in the
mon area.
"We have the funds and it's a commi
we're willing to make," he said.
The council, which consists of
representatives from each of USC's 16 1
nities, did not vote officially on the n"
but everyone agreed, Hall said. "W<
strongly about having a safe place to
Student Sei
By BUDDY MOORE and COLETTE boj
BAXLEY wh
Staff writers Sot
A resolution denouncing South /
Africa's governmental system of by
aDartheid was nassed hv thp I IfSr1
Student Government Senate "w
Wednesday. wit
The resolution "does not take she
a stand on investment" in South sen
Africa, said to Sen. Leroy 4
Gadsden, who introduced it. Fes
Apartheid, a governmental tioi
policy of racial segregation and ma
supression, has allowed five sai(
million whites to take control of of
23 million blacks and provided a Coi
system of punishment without '
benefit of trial. pec
"We're showing our disfavor the
of apartheid. We want to send a eve
message to the S.C. State 1
Senate," Gadsden said. har
He also said he hopes the dir.
resolution will influence the USC Rul
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njoyad the Caribbean Cultural
n of the cernival performs a
e tighter <
each other's company,
In Saturday's incide
irnity a party jn front of !
as a house when fraternity
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mate* who were piayn
Inter- A USC police repor
said refused, and one c
students in the face wi
A fourth student, C
tempted to act as a me
struck in the head with
1!^dle report said,
s nt The non-students f
Greene Street. Police
niritv
"said' Juven'le beside Longst
uards The 15-year-old <
ty." charged with three co
He is in the custody o
' ea the Richland County !
Rollins' injury, whi
d *lU Medical Center for >
y * was not reported to pi
3uncil repQrt said R0|
com- Qf identities of an
could not prosecute ai
tment not see wj10 hit
two Police were not call
'rater- was out of control, sa
latter, vice president for law <
e feel "If they had called
enjoy confrontation, perhaj
late passi
?rd of trustees "regardless of
o has USC money invested in
ith Africa."
Although the resolution passed
acclamation on first reading
h no debate, Gadsden said he
as expecting a little opposition
h it. I think the final vote
wed the concern of other
ators in the matter."
'With the Caribbean Cultural
tival and USC's other internalal
ties, we should touch on
iters that apply to these ties,"
i Gadsden, who is chairman
the senate's Minority Affairs
mmittee.
4In other parts of the world,
pie are killed just asking for
things we take for granted
ry day," Gadsden said.
^here was a question over the
idling of the resolution, accorg
to Sen. Rodney Brown,
les Committee chairman and
Coast prep
for winds.
From staff and wire reports
MYRTLE BEACH - While many stores ai
along the Myrtle Beach oceanfront yestei
iU. 1 L 1 - i
me ucatn anu in oars naving "hurricane
They were accompanied by expected wi
feet higher than usual as hurricane Glork
according to Richard Marvin, Myrtle Bea
Gloria, one of the most powerful storm
Atlantic, spared the Bahamas and head
Wednesday as it spun across the sea with
A hurricane watch was posted from Son
eluding North Carolina's vulnerable barr
and tourists began evacuating, and schoo
closed for Thursday.
Although the storm, which had 150-mpt
day night, emergency plans were drafted a:
keep track of Gloria in other coastal area
Before weakening, the 300-mile-wide hi
a "borderline" Category 5 storm, capab
The last time a storm anywhere near the sti
Coast, it killed 600 people in New Englari
"If it goes into the Carolinas, this couh
said Neil Frank, director of the National
Gables, Fla.
Even if Gloria's winds weaken further b
comeby today at a site yet uncertain, it n
ward speed that it could be just as danger
less time to evacuate, Frank said.
At 9 p.m. EDT, Gloria's eye was near la
74.2 west, or about 500 miles south-southf
It was moving northwest at 15 mph and
thward gradually and increase its forward
A hurricane watch was posted from E
- Charleston, S.G,,.?o Cape-Henry, Yaco
Outer Banks.
A campground on Ocracoke Island, a
Hatteras, was evacuated Wednesday n
Ocracoke, Hatteras and Portsmouth islar
at future quad
" he said. not have been hui
nt, a fight broke out at dent occurred waj
f? -
jigiuci V.111 s iraicrnuy No more arres
members asked several because the police
lg basketball to leave. "Only two witu
t said the non-students tell us anything,'
f them struck three nine black males
ith his fist. We need names
lifford Rollins, who at- security guard ha<
diator in the fight, was been able to resp<
a blunt instrument, the more to go on."
i ac ?i ~,.oa Wes Kirkland,
led from the quad to . . .
7 a ~ director, said thei
reel Theatc" Chijs par,, excep,
on IDs.
jreenville youth was "The fraternity
unts of simple assault, local people who t
f illv/pnilp n*
. ?.uw a> uninvited and hav
Sheriff s Department. Non-students f
ch sent him to Baptist come into other i
:-rays and six stitches, Stokes said
slice until Sunday. . ..
Ilins had no knowledge ? Outs,ders can
y persons involved and House recently an
lyone because he could We hafd ,0.ca" ,h
ment for back-ui
n
Outsiders are able
led until after the fight free beer. If the
id Carl Stokes, systems blems will occur,"
:nforcement and safety. Even though th<
the police at the initial ty, its grounds are
)s these people would employees and stu
J.S x?
es anii-aparm
president pro tempore. rect s
"Last year a bill was passed in world
which all national or interna- the is
tional resolutions would be refer- tant i
red to the Powers and Respon- truste
sibility Committee for considera- enoug
tion instead of an open senate Ga<
debate 'if such resolution has no Mitch
direct relationship to university trodu
activities,"' Brown said. the S<
"The Rules Committee, along next :
wun (Muuent Government) H.
President (Kelvin) Stroble decid- Gat
ed that this issue has just such a voice
relationship to the university," fluem
Brown said. possil
"I'm glad it was not referred to "A
a committee," Gadsden said. "We
"We should be more direct with 28,00
matters on the senate floor." Du
Senator Gadsden disagrees Gads<
with students who believe apar- have
theid is not pertinent to USC. and sj
"Whenever you're in a posi- what
tion to affect a change and cor- done.
ares
rain
(id restaurants were closed
rday, some people were on
parties."
nds of 45 mph and tides 20
i headed for the Carolinas,
ch city manager.
is ever recorded in the open
ed for the East Coast on
135 mph winds,
ith Carolina to Virginia, inier
islands, where residents
Is in a coastal county were
i winds, weakened Wednesnd
residents were warned to
s.
irricane had been ranked as
le of catastrophic damage,
ength of Gloria hit the East
id in 1938.
i be a very terrible storm,"
Hurricane Center in Coral
tefore landfall, which could
light attain such a fast forous
because there would be
muae Z8.u north, longitude
:ast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
was expected to turn norl
speed.
Ldisto Beach, just south of
inc)u4m& North Carolina's.
short ferry ride from Cape
doming, and residents of
ids were asked to leave.
a
parties
t," Stokes said. "The inci/
before they called us."
ts are expected, he said,
have no more leads.
tesses have come forward to
' he said. "Just telling us
were there is not any good,
to put on warrants. If a
i been there, we might have
ond quicker and we'd have
the quad's resident hall
e was no security at Sigma
: for someone rherkino sow
o *'ov'/
is not the problem. It's the
hink they can come in there
e a party," Kirkland said,
rom the community have
student parties on campus,
le into a party at Russell
id it was a touchy situation,
e Columbia Police Depart>,
but nothing happened,
to come on campus and get
police aren't notified pro'
he said.
i university is state proper;
limited to use by faculty,
dents, he said.
teid bill
ome of the wrong in the
, then we are involved. If
sue of apartheid is imporenough
for the board of
es, it is also important
;h for the Student Senate."
isden also said Sen. Theo
ell of Greenville is incing
four bills concerning
Duth Africa situation at the
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iiaiklluu?C >CSSIUIl Ull UCl,
Jsden believes that USC's
of disapproval could in:e
the board of trustees and
)ly the statehouse.
fter all," Gadsden said,
are a population here, we're
0 strong."
ring his presentation,
ien noted other universities
passed similar resolutions
aid he was "hoping we'll do
the other schools have
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