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Chaplains, relit hold vigil for s By RONI BEA KAYNE Staff writer USC chaplains and religious counselors held a silent vigil for the space shuttle victims moments after the Challenger's explosion Tuesday. During their weekly meeting, the eight religious leaders were notified of the tragedy. They did not know the details, only that the mourning families needed their prayers, university chaplain Lauren Brubaker said. "We feel the weight of the sorrow, but there are no easy answers," said USC religion professor Hal French, who also spoke last week at a campus memorial honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King. Leroy Gadsden, president of USC's chapter of the NAACP, said the astronauts and their families will be honored this week with memorial services and prayers. The Student Christian Fellowship will hold a memorial service and moment of silence at the Rutledge Chapel on Sunday, Gadsden said, adding the student NAACP will send a wreath to the family of deceased astronaut Ronald MrN-iir J 0 U rn 3 lists didates will be announced April 17. Although no journalists could be reached for comment, a USC art professor, who has also been considered for the Citizens Observer Program, said he still wished to go. "Recently, the press has been tough on the Citizens in Space Program. I'm afraid this tragedy will be reason to halt the program. But I don't think the seven people on board the shuttle would have wanted that to happen. It would make their deaths Disc jockeys dc to seven who ( By CARL DAWSON and BOB KUDELKA "I had more p Assistant news editors than before, and A student disc jockey at cam- portive. The pht pus radio station WUSC off the hook. Eve dedicated songs to the seven express their viev astronauts who were aboard the Sengstacken d< space shuttle during Tuesday's Earth" by Kat< explosion. World" by Tears "I found out when 1 got out of Good Die Youn class; It hit me pretty hard. 1 "Countdown" t decided that since I was going on Are the Light" t the air today, I should dedicate and "Trail o some songs to the people who Guadalcanal Dit died on the shuttle," said Bill other songs. Sengstacken, who uses the name Sengstacken, "Zork" during his show. sophomore, said don't think he p "The more and more I thought for publicity, about it, the more I realized that I U I - J uau a gooa amount 01 songs to "Anybody wh( dedicate to them," he said. right now would He also asked listeners to call same thing 1 di in and request songs for the shut- special." tie passengers. 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USC history professor Grace McFadden said she hopes the accident will not affect the quest for knowledge "beyond the skies," "Ron McNair challenged students to excellence. We don't want to deter young people from going forth and pursuing science and math," McFadden said. She said school children were especially interested in the lessons they would have learned from the first school teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe. in vain," said Chris Robinson, who worked as a conccptual artist for the Kennedy Space Center ten years ago when the program was first announced. "When NASA announced the Citizen Observer program in 1976, everyone expected an artist would go first," said Robinson. Robinson has been interested in riding the shuttle ever since then, and Tuesday's mishap did not phase him. "Everybody's going to try to get on the shuttle if they had the chance," he said. idicate songs lied in mission hone calls today Price said three songs that most were sup- could be inappropriate because )ne was ringing of the accident were not played, ryone wanted to These songs were "Gonna Fly /s," he said. Now" the Rocky theme; "Major :dicated "Hello Tom" by Peter Shillings, about : Bush, "Mad an astronaut; and "Things Can for Fears, "The Only Get Better" by Howard g" by Divynls, Jones. iy Rush, "You WTCB, B106, played "High >y Lone Justice, Flight," the theme to "The Right f Tears" by Stuff," in honor of the shuttle iry, as well as crew, said Mike Steinhilper, vice president and general manager, a journalism WTCB also played "America, he hopes people Why 1 Love Her," a dramatic layed the songs reading by John Wayne. Steinhilper said the radio station had pulled the following 3 was on the air songs from their program: probably do the "Something's Burning" by Kenny It'c r? ? .t .> ..fining ivugcrs; tiroKen Wings" by Mister Mister; and "I'm On ) station WZLD Fire" by Brucc Springsteen. sic at 5:05 p.m. WCOS disc jockey Doug of silence and Emlow said he did not play "We are the "Burn Like a Rocket" by Billy on Price, public Joe Royal, because it would have been in bad tasie. NDfiTORY | PQET I RKSHOPS B y the B ) Finance Committee 9 Resident and/or I iurer of all eligible I rsitv ornani7atinn.Q ! I ssting 1986/87 fiscal! funding from the I nt activity fee are I r?d to attend one | 5t workshop. 8 0 1/27 4:00 pm RH 305 - i 1/28 4:00 pm RH 305 I I 1/28 7:00 pm RH 305 1/29 4:00 pm RH 305 N 1/29 7:00 pm RH 305 L Warmer weather expected Canadian cold front moves down coast By ED YOUNG Staff writer Bitterly cold weather pushed its way into Columbia Monday, plummeting temperatures to near zero and causing brief snow flurries on the USC campus. Snow fell along the coast as far south as Savannah, Ga. Officials said flurries in Charleston were the first in five years, and caused hazardous driving conditions A warming trend is expected over the next few days, according to Columbia Metropolitan Airport weather forecaster Dick Matthews. p nllimhio'e urn afUnr /-? r* rM wiuuiviu o vv/iu vrvaiiivi cauit from a Canadian cold front that pushed arctic air southward and will continue its way down the Florida coast. Temperatures this past week have been as low as 3 degrees, with winds up to 15 miles per hour. But Matthews said Columbia residents should expect daytime weather to be milder, with temperatures ranging from the low 30s to mid-50s the rest of the week, with a chance of rain Saturday. Campus the radio and then watched the video the television. "Most of the office was in sho< "Our hearts go out to the families." Louisa Gantt, a secretary at the La she heard it by word-of-mouth a telephone call. "I felt like 'Here we with the Iran hostages." She went to eat lunch at Califoi shortly after she heard the news and s and employees at the restaurant wat in "stunned silence" during the lunc "1 hope they find out what caui said. Ed Ellis, an educational psycholi was worried about his own family as "My biggest concern is Kana, HKMp H i ' !.., jWfflltWBHB r , ' , JgS I - . f -Jk^SH -~? k " rm ^a. m mm \ _ ; HL jyraL ' jbB? g H x * HI Sr. " JH , vf,S '" g|lljm||w . 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