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& B ^ j0p ^ Free Fridays | '-^SSfa ' The winning touch returns Riverbanks Zoo celebrates new year USC's men's and women's basketball teams by offering free Friday admission ^jSt ,f^gpr" end their losing streaks with wins Saturday Spotlight, 7 M Sports, 10 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Monday Volume 78, No. 51 'University of South Carolina January '^0, 1(.)8G Holiday for King praised SG leaders like celebration idea dy STEPHEN C. GUILFOYLE Stall writer Black student leaders say the ^ national holiday to celebrate the birth of the Rev. Martin I uther King lr. is long overdue. SCiA President Kelvin Stroble said people have fought long and hard since King died to have this holiday honored. "I'm glad to see it tinalls happened," he said. Stroble thinks King deserves to be honored in the same way as presidents like Lincoln and Washington "Washington was our tiisi piesident, Lincoln kept ^ the Union together," he said, "hut in the words of the editor of The Stale newspaper, it was King who showed us the country's greatest problem." Stroble thinks himself a legacy of King's dream, and says he is \er\ grateful to him. "We are now m the time where we stop dreaming the dteam and start living the dream." (irace Jordan Meladden, a ^ histoi > piidessor .1! I'SC, s.ivs the national holiday honors not onl\ King, but also many other people, "\oung men and women. hl:,.L .twI v v " w ill" "</l O,.. ?/>t?v I\ UIIU ? IIMV , *? Jivr Tllill V.U 111V commitment "A new day is being realized in out nation through the national holida\," Mcladden said. " I hanks to King, we can truly dedicate ourselves to the principles on which this nation was ^ founded: life, liberty and the pursuit dI happiness lor all, and that all are created equal," she said. I eroy (iadsden, chairman of the USC chapter of the NAAC'P, said ins group will participate in activities at the State Mouse at nooil tod;iv in ;? r:?llv arn:ini /< <) In the statewide NAAC l\ (iadsden says the holiday is lone overdue. kin^ "was a great icailet who made his dream a reality. It we don't continue his ^ dream then we allowed him to die in vain," he said. (iudsden say he hopes next yeai to celebrate without having to j.'o to classes. "It's a national holiday, and we should have the day oil." C iiiclscicn thinks King's courage and committment to nonviolence are two factors in his lasting influence. " I he man was threatened, bombed, and stabb ed," (iadsden said. "He was loved by some and hated by others, P and he knew he would be killed tor lus dream, yet went on." Registrai \ji F Hurt* Emily Rhodes administers the n HHHHHHHI T" .. . . '** 4 Get lucky Freshmen Stacy Yarborough and Leon Ratliff h they camp out for tickets to the loverboy conce Security precau in history course By JERI ROWE Slaft writer III the lace ol coniinuuiiJ iciioiimii in the Middle Hast, US( will maintain tiinht seeuiity around one ot iis most well L mom n nr?r..ii.?r. I. Security officers again will check evciy student that enters lecture hall 250 in (iambrell Ilall. One security officer will check student II) cards and another will check a class roster, making sure every student is registered for Sadat's Monday alternoon class, "()l Temples and Queens." 1 he tighter security measures began near the end ol the fall semester, when a group ot terrorists hijacked an l.gy ptian airplane in November. I hese terrorists are believed to be affiliated \Mth the same jiroup that assassinated Sadat's husband, l-.^sptian President Anwai Sadat, m ()ctober 11>S I. "As things happen in the uoild that tion needles lmmmrMomm mj > KFM CARTER/ leasles vaccination to Karen Sease at registration DAVID DOTSONfTh* Gwnecock ope to get lucky and purchase front row seats as ;rt. tions to continue ! taught by Sadal have a hearing on I SC', we try to adjust to ihem," said 1 t. ( arl Stokes, l.'SC \ ice pieskleui loi la\\ enforcement and ^ . I??! * In No\emhei, Sadat's students waited outside her Monday afternoon class, "Women in l-.j-'yptian Culture." as secunu officers checked each student. Students were allowed to brine only sup plies needed lot the two-houi class, Stokes said. "l! someone had a hook satchel, we )list told them to leave it outside," he said. I he tighter security measures didn't Muster Sadat noticeably in her lecture, said He\eile\ Miiiton I Ikashel, one ot Sadat's students. Miitton-I Ikashel said main students she talked to said they tell more secure with security otlicers stan dinj? near the lecture hall's double dooi entiance. "I \ei\bod\ caied about her so much. ? more than By BOB KUDELKA Asststiini iimws f.'ditor measles .ii I SC. students were i (juned Id p i o \ e ihev arc imnni beloie i ejjisiei inj.' lot spin I )i \udic\ Rhodes said measl - on campus would be "i|U I)nr iiil> iet'isii al ion, siudei weie i?i\ en tlie opporlunily 1.K00 students si ill needed lo \ aoeinated H\ It idas, l ho last da\ i eg ist t a I km i, aboil I 1.500 w et e s. omaied, Rhodes said. Students were notified on th< 'et'istialion pass that the\ wot Thfl Gamecock )C reijuued to show prool ol i nninit\ it) measles and rubella. New phone affect 600 By BUDDY MOORE Stall writer Mote than 600 student phone numbers were changed this semestet because ol new Mjnwitie in liic piu>nc system's computer program. I lie change is one ol I he t*r t> w inu pains of a new system, hut h will allow the reinstallment ?.>t leatuies Mich as call hold and call waiting, beginning today, according it) USC's director ol associate technologies. "When the new phone system w.is implemented, the only software available from A 1 & 1 could handle just y.uOO phone numbers." said Chailes I'oole. who oversees the phone system's department ol communications. "In ordei to grt everyone in. we had to squeeze student and adm mist i at ion numbers togctlici mio L'toups," he said. "Once the new soltw.ue came in. we were able to separate the student and administration numbers and place them in separate blocks, which made the whole system more manageable .mil more efficient A group, or block, consists oi loo consecutive numbers. With the new software, numbers starting with 0. which were previously not available, were opened for use. Most of the new student numbers therefore begin with 0. I'oolc said. 1 lie numbers chanced had no geographical significance, Poole said, noting they came ftom \arums places on campus. I he majoi reason foi dividing student and administration numbers into separate blocks is long distance calling. I'oolc said. " I he student pays for Ins long-distance calls; the state pays for those of the ail?r-.?. M u :.i ...i i.? .1.. - 11111 ii -111 ti i u MI , ML' -<aiu, tiuuiim i IKII iiiiiicis such as A I&I and Southern Hell billed stu ~ " ilSflEK ^BSBBBHHF *r+? ** *>. , Inltmt C o^o4 vidian jauai USC instructor Whatcvei thai was necessar\ Id lake uiio nt her was appropriate," saul MuttonHkashel, a biofeedback thetapisi ("olunibia Sadat's sec 111 i t \ Jul n't iletei am students hoin sipniiiL' up loi Sadat's new course, "(>1 I cinples aiul (Queens." tins s e in e s t e i . according to I S ( spokeswoman I'ain Vihihl1 See "Sadat,'' page 3 usual I IK*mI;I\ Is the JciulllIK' tiM V ,IC cinalions loi sliulenls imoheil m ot I.lie lOL'Isl I .t I Kill e Si lulc III s \\ ho V\CK' \ <lCv. IIKIICll 111 IK' IW'* <>l lit!CI loi measles ?Uli! III 111? I01 latei lot iiibcll.i ,ik' mi CI III II IK' .1 Del Jo nol IK'Cli 11 he tc V .la 11K11 CiI k's Sliuk'lll s hoi II heloie \i)<~ .IK' lie II.IIUMIK 11111111111 o because I t IC measles aiul rubella vseie common us mi inoxi communities. Khoiles lo s.iul Ik' I he follow mi1 special siMiaiions make sonic simlenls e\emiM tioin ui (he \;k in.it ion leqiineinentsIk Students with uli.LMoiis i c.isoiis .il'.iiiin! I he \ >k eiii.it ii wis o| I liese students must pio\ule .i state eel 11! ie;ile. omen u ho .11 e pievn.int cu \ aecin.itions m.i\ ?..uise .1 le.ktion i|t| that eoukl e.uise hi 11 h delists illSee Measles," page 3 i numbers students dent and ;ul in i nisi i .it ion phones dit terently 1 lie admimsUiitinn uncs a I "iil1 distance network tor state ayenaes, while Muuvni> use iiic i /\ n system in dependently ol the administration. I'oole saiel "( iimers won't divide student and .i?l ministration numbers thai ate within the same block, so we had to make ihl- blocks consist of one or the other to in.ike the system more efficient." he said However, the mixture ol both rvpes ol numbers hadn't yet become a problem. I'oole said, because once students made long-distance calls, they were tecogni/ed on the SI AN system as separate Itotn ad ministration long-distance calls Most students receiving new numbers were called before the end ol last semestei and notified of the change, and letters wete sent to all of them at the beginning ol this semester. Now phonebooks will not be punted. ;u cot ding to Poole, who said a "stiaiK'c Mien noise" \s 111 sound il an old number is dial ed. Students may then call the campus operator or campus information and a-k for the new numbers. l'oole said complaints Irom siudents about the nuinbei changes were minima!, coming mostly from those who had used the old numbers on resumes, and he doesn't expect to see an\ necessai\ numbei changes in i he t tit u i e ( all hold and call v.aitinj;. leia'e-: t?r, .. .11 - I . I P. 1VI > m.1, ?U1 <-i IUIIH.11 I'll 1'lli'w >fl .1 test basis, I'oole said. It there arc no pro bleins wnli then use, the> will remain. It students di.thiii! olf-campus numbers are blocked b\ othei students tune up too main lines with call waitine, the service will have to be icinoved, he said See "Phones," page 3. 1,100 entries received for shuttle berth By CARL DAWSON Assistant news editor I lie deadline lor applications lu>ni |oui nalists \> into become the Inst lepottei in space has passed, and project otyani/ets are in the lirst stages ot the decision process. Accordilit; to pioject secretary (iavle Sit toid, more than I. IC)<* applications haw been received at the ollices o! the Asvocia (ion of Schools ol louniahsm and Mass ( ommiimcatioii, based ?u I S( she s,iul 600 u> "00 wore revolted last vseek More than 1,000 raiuesis foi apphca 1 ions uere made dm me the past \\eek and a hall. Sillord said. I !ie\ must he posmi.uk eel In Ian. I 5 to be eligible I he application is 12 pajies. Applicants must pro\ ule bioeiaphical mloimation. thiee icconimendalions. two essass and bi lei samples ol t hen u oi k 1 lies also must be I S. citi/ens. have ai least h\e \eais' experience in an\ bianJi ot the media and be currentK c.nploved lull tune Veleian neuscastei Waltei < lonki'euas an eai !\ applicant Siltoid said thes aie seek in i? .i iruinahs; "u ho is able to com mil meat e to I lie eeiui a! public the overall leeluiL* ol what it is tikito be in space, to be launched A uide \anel\ ol louniahsts h.oe ap plied. including uevvspapei and bio.ukast leporlers, phoiotrraphei s, editonal wnteis. maea/ine uiileis and lieelanee wtik-is 1 it'III caiulul.ill's will he nc!i\ K'vl !!>>m each ol live u'L'ioih i..t:ioiiwnle lite -Jo piclinnn.ii \ applicant will 'h- vni io !i\c tin.ilisis In .1 n.iiion.11 mU\Ihmi vO!i:mn;cc ol I ^ cilucaiots. loinici eiino^ o! 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