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"" ?-p :? 0 Henry! Album onslaught s,"""""s Andy Duncan wonders what criteria WUSC DJ Don Douglass reviews mm mllm follows in selecting speakers new tunes in weekly music column The Gamecock Founded 1908 Friday Volume 78, No. 59 University of South Carolina February 7, 1986 ?J Flu absenc * students t< By PAULA WETHINGTON oian wruer Although USC officials said last week no plans existed to close the university because of widespread illness on campus, several students who arc sick are beginning to worry about their absences. Julia Harris, a hotel, A restaurant and tourism junior, said on Monday she waited two hours for an appointment at the Thomson Student Health Center Monday. The problem for students has been not only long waits, but also the decision of whether to return to classes while sick. Some, like Laurie Sawyer, have no choicc but to stay in bed. Others, such as Donna ^ Neff, say they would rather atW tend classes than face the academic consequences. The details of how the flu victim's absences are taken care of are set by each professor, according to Michael weisn, executive vice president for academic affairs and assistant provost. This means the professor can exact penalties, such as lowered Q grades or extra work. Official university policy is S.C. Italians s has prospects # despite Fowle V columnists. Fowler, Democratic National Committee chairman, said he never intended to insult Italians when he commented on presidential hopeful Mario Cuomo's chances in the region. "There are a bunch of Italians in the South," Monteleone said. "We've got about 200 families in Greenville alone. We have quite a bit of influence on people. So, I think Cuomo would do well in the area." ^ Monteleone agreed with a USC assistant Italian professor who said although the comment was made innocently, it sounded like an insuii. "I think there are many stages of discrimination," said USC assistant professor Faust o Pauluzzi. "Discrimination doesn't have to be personal and hateful. It can be innocent." Pauluzzi said comments such m as Fowler's point out what is V wrong with the nation's political system. "People in the South are By MARISA J. PORTO Editor in chief Despite a USC professor's remarks, at least two South Carolina Italians still think New York governor Mario Cuomo has a chance to carry the region in the 1988 presidential elections. Richard Monteleone, founder of the Greenville Italian American Club, said Mario ^ Cuomo has a good chance in the South if he runs in the election despite remarks by USC government and international professor Donald Fowler. Fowler was called by Washington columnists Roland Evans and Robert Novak to discuss New York governor Mario Cuomo's prospects for the 1988 presidential election. "Between Richmond and Houston, there are no Cuomos and damn ^ few Marios," he told the es cause 9 worry that absences of more than 10 percent are considered excessive. whether thev arc cx cuscd or not, according to Welsh. For classes meeting twice a week, the limit is three absences; for classes meeting three times a week, the limit is four. Signs are posted at the health center telling students to ask for excuse slips at the time of their visit. But at least one professor says he doesn't care whether students have slips or not. "1 don't bother with excuses from the health department," said English Professor PirharH fltintAr rirtllninp %1VIIM1M VJ UUIVI . ITtJ |SVJIIV.I\r3 are a little bit old fashioned. "I don't charge students for absences, bvit all quizzes arc announced. If you miss a quiz, you get an F." He does allow students to drop their lowest quiz grade in case of illness or sports events, but only one drop is permitted. "This may discourage a basketball player from taking one of my classes during basketball season, but it gives students an attitude of M potta go to class/" he said. ;av Cuomo f ----in region, r's remarks hostile to foreign culture," he said. "What he said about Italians could be said about blacks or any minority group. "If everyone keeps saying that a guy with a strange name won't make it in the South, nothing will change. If Carter could be elected by people in the North, Cuomo could be elected by people in the South." The remark, which made headlines in New York papers, was attributed in the column to a "liberal member of the tyviuv/viouv i^auuuai V/Uiiiiiiiucc from the Deep South." Fowler said when he made the remark, Cuomo's background never crossed his mind, and he thought Cuomo was a French name. "Never in my life did 1 intend to issue any ethnic slurs," he said Wednesday in The State. "I only meant that New Yorkers and New York are looked upon as being a place different from the South and there are obvious differences that (Cuomo) would have to overcome," he said. Cuomo, angered by the remark, told the New York Post he might be goaded into running for the presidency in 1988 to crusade against anti-Italian prejudice. He said the remark was comparable to slurs like "nigger, kike and dago," according to the newspaper. Fowler, former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, serves as an executive on the national committee. He is chairman of the national committee looking at possible changes in the delegate selection process. Fowler is considered notable in national party politics, and he was adviser to U.S. Sen. Ernest Hollings' effort for the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination. 3 HnnHp HMI Anna Mashbarn fills a perscription at Th That same attitude of having to go to class conflicts with nursing student Jamie Dingle's wanting to stay home while she is sick. Dingle has strep throat and missed a nursing maternity clinical class Wednesday. "But I'm afraid to miss any more," she said. "The professor said if you're sick, don't come. But what if I miss two more? Maybe even one more class, and I'll have to take the class over. It would put ma back a semester." | i .. PflPEn^ I B^BEHnHflBralfiF Modjeska Simkins Civil rights speaker Law could By PAULA WETHINGTON Staff writer If former USC quarterback and Representatives member Michael F; way, beer or liquor advertisements pear in any college newspaper Carolina. The bill would take effect in S said Fair, R-Greenville. Fair spoil bill in May 1985 prohibiting the advi or endorsement of any alcoholic be' South Carolina universities. Fair said he recognized advei wmmmmmeWashout At toast tome of thasa studaitta walkii Otheri did not and Had to pay tha togt v, , zr r omton Student Health Center Another student who has to follow strict attendance rules is Lisa Voss, a senior educa,; 1/ . ihjii iiiujui. vuss is icacning students at Richland Northeast High School and got sick Tuesday night. She said she is allowed only three sick days and would have to go back to work then even if she was still sick. The high school students were the culprits of her sickness, she said, many of them being ill. Another student, Laurie Civil rights nrlwnn^+nn lr auvuuaico l By MONICA WASHINGTON Staff writer Civil rights activist Modjcska Si black unity in a spccch to USC s chapter Wednesday. Blacks must work together to er She also stressed that blacks mu: remember the struggle of their anc Simkins spoke of paying taxes a of black representation and the stri days when a black teacher was pai end beer < alcoholic beverages as years ago. At that tim< House of dent James Holdermi air has his such advertising. won't ap- "Alcohol is a dri in South presented fairly by tl "I'm concerned why tl eptember, volve itself in isored the controversial." ertiseinent The bill would 1 /erages by tisements in student pu events sponsored by al rtising of panies, such as the rece ? 81 p * jW J| ajf 1 .-^Hpy ^"llTft tt gy : ig in front of Rustell House were prepare |y consequences. Mil L-.'J II : I I ED YOUNGfTha Ganwcock Sawyer, a residence adviser in Capstone dorm, was sent to Lexington County Hospital Sunday night for her illness. "1 haven't eaten since last Tuesday," she said. "At one point there were at icasi one third (ot the residents of sixth floor Capstone) sick," Sawyer said. "Some had coughs, and in two days it was gone. Others had been sick a week." Usually, she said, if one roommate is Mck, the other is too. supporter ilack unity m imkins stressed the importance of tudents and the NAACF campus isure their rights, she said. 5t not forget the past. Blacks must estors, she said. nd not being able to vote, the lack lggle of the NAACP. She cited the d less than a white teacher. ids in colli a problem about two House sp ?, he wrote USC Presi- The be in a letter concerning legislatioi beer indu ig mat is noi oeing nolo witn ic media," Fair said. At US( ie university would in- accept ad something that's that sell I said Stevi >an alcoholic adver- Burr c tblications and campus Gamecoc Icoholic beverage com- related. 1 nt art exhibit in Russell ~ i B jfi mat tHB m fig 3^ 3H j^FT 4B^B t 1 I d for Thursday's rainy weather and carrii Shooting lawsuits anu me parents 01 Johnson and McGinty were asking about $200,000 apiecc in damages from the university, as of last fall. The suits were dropped last November, said USC General Counsel Paul Ward, because of a state sovereign immunity law, which protects government agencies from being sued unless the institution has liability insurance for the maximum amount ol the coverage. Ward said USC did not have the insurance to cover these types ol incidents. The suit was refiled after the South Carolina Supreme Court abolished the law in 1985. USC is still considered immune from the law, however, because it does not have insurance to cover itself in this situation. The parents of McGinty and Johnson also filed lawsuits against Kappa Alpha Psi and Global Security Services, formerly Southern Security Services Inc. These suits have not been dropped, McCulloch said. There is no word yet on how the suits against the fraternity and security com pany are pending. jge papers onsored by Budweiser. er industry could try to block this i, but amendments may allow the stry to honor current contracts they i universities, Fair said. r, the policy of The Gamecock is to Ivertisemcnts for beer and for bars jeer, but not liquor advertisements. : Burr, advertising executive. stimated about one-fifth of The 'k advertisements are alcoholf the Fair-sponsored bill passes, the See Beer ads, page 2 heQUIB _r | I ^ OnW t /I^^U :; SEAN KEEFERIThe Gamecock ?d umbrellas. dropped Fraternity party ended in one death Dy UHHHY MHAULfcY Staff writer Lawsuits filed against USC last fall concerning a shooting during a Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity homecoming party that resulted in one death and several injuries have all been dropped, said USC associate counsel Joe McCulloch. The shootings began at Bates House dorm and continued on the pedestrian ramp, resulting in the deaths of Terrell Johnson, 21, and Patrick McGinty, 19, and injuries to John Aiken, 24, and others. Former student David Simons