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H ?? I I Mill Mill MIWMII I r - " WHMIIIIIH. ?? ***? - Sound off violin, P8 Flower power Spo,lHh, p7 The Gamecock wants to hear from you on how to improve Floral prints will fashion many beaches its coverage and voice campus concerns in every section and fill many suitcases this spring break 11 f ? ' The Gamecock Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 78, No. 67 University of South Carolina February 26, 1986 . Vigil held opposing apartheid isy AMY UtlPU Staff writer They began as a small group of A lights, breaking through the ^ darkness, as they marched from the Russell House. Ncaring McKissick Museum, their song began to reach across the Horseshoe: "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine." Their solemn faces were lit by the flickering flames of candles ? candles lit against apartheid. They stopped on the steps of McKissick Museum, following a banner that read, "South Carolina ? South Africa. One neoole. one strucale." The Rev. Winston Lawson began with a prayer. He asked for God to "remember those with whom wc stand in South Africa," and described that country as "the land of scorn, sin and oppression." He prayed for Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu and South African Prime Minister Botha and asked that Botha be given "the wisdom to know thou art knocking at the door." The candlelight vigil, sponsored by the USC Association of Candidates By STEPHEN C. GUILFOYLE Staff writer Student goals were discussed on the Russell House patio as five student government presidential candidates debated their platforms. Sponsored by the Athenian Literary and Debating Society and NADA apartments, students listened at the hour-long debate as candidates answered questions from a four-member panel Monday. * SG preside Eric Eppes As student body president, I work for and with the student achieve a "square deal" from administration. My first step will be to fight th forts of the administration to turn ? iiiiw u uiy campus. i ms aumimstr; effort is an infringement on those to drink. For those not old cnoufc drink, they should be able to go place on campus and have fun, place being a non-alcoholic Gc Spur lounge. Also, I would like to find out the parking department is so lov money. It shouldn't be low on mc and the pits should be paved. Lastly, I wish to reactivate the S rnit Fund; however, the rm gg| generated will be used by the stud ^ on projects for the University of Si Carolina. Students walk along the Horseshoe dui Afro-American Students, was held at 9:10 n.m. Mniulav nnrf of Back History Month. Nelson Rivers, state secretary lor the NAACP, compared the relationship between the United States and South Africa with one between a father and child. A father who beats his wife in front of his child is setting a bad example, he said. "America set a bad example for F.I Salvadoi, a bad example for Nicaragua, and now we're setting a bad example for South Africa." debate Go Eric Eppes said he would light against making USC a dry campus. "We arc allowed to operate machines of war, but not allowed to drink," said F.ppes, the first candidate to speak. tppes said he would pave new lots to help lessen USC's parking problem and set up an investigative body to study the parking ticket situation. "I want to know where the $100 a day in tickets that parking tntial candi K} m m I # *" Kevin Hall shall Through my experiences S Co nnrl mw :i itnrliMit rr?nr??vi>iit the board of trustees, I havi great deal about student e cf- and its past ineffectiveness USC Unlike previous adm ition which have focused on is legal tional concern, a student ih to with me as president will I to a government committed to ; this cerns and student issues, ildcn It will be a student govt why ed on forceful but realist >i /tn fh'Jl /?v r\r/?ccnc cln/Unl %is Y Wll HI"* Vrt|/IV.MVJ .llllUtlll VI >ney, issues that we face. Special fees, the cam ium- policy, student discipline a incy questions are the imports lents this campaign. outh ' stand for realistic lc;i real results, not just vagu< ?di A lL I! k I a ... vO. iTU J iHSS'SilVti J W. ring Monday night's candlelight vigil He also asked that people get more involved in the fight against apartheid. "People in South Africa don't need you crying at their funeral," he said. In an impromptu speech, President Holderman expressed conccrn over the situation in South Africa. He recalled when Martin Luther King was assassinated. "1 feel the same kind of frustration today about South Africa," he said. Holdcrman did not mention the issue of divestment of EducaIden Spur, takes in goes," he said. The next candidate, Kevin Hall, said student government doesn't represent the students adequately. "There is no real leadership in the Student Senate, so they cannot even maintain a quorum," Hall said. He said he would fight against the special fees added to tuition that "nickel and dime" students, which could be exchanged for a single, all-inclusive extra fee. dates give Amy Housi as a senator As vice preside alive to the worked to start i : learned a visory Committc< government mandatory meal r food service. I wo inistrations, terclub Council ! sues of na- heard outside ol government meeting. Three w 3C a siuucni with administratis student con- academic calendar taking exams thro Next year, we n :rnment has- voting member on ic leadership to ensure student )ices on the hoard's executive need to let state I pus alcohol objections to tuiti nd academic possibility of a dr int issues in With two years ment experience, idership and smooth transition promises. ment and its off RiWF-EjH DAVID C^RUZfThB Gtrntcock tional Foundation funds. The Educational Foundation is a private organization that invests money for the university. Perry Stradford, president of the Association of AfroArnerican Students, estimated that 150 people participated in the march. He was not pleased ' with the turnout, however. " i ncrc were many more people at the ballroom where we started," he said. "I would think that this issue would encourage us all to come out." parking, exi Hall also said 21-year-old students should be allowed to drink on campus. "It is irresponsible to suggest that a dry campus is a responsible move," he said. nan said ne wanted to close Greene Street permanently. Amy Houser, the next speaker, said her experience as SG vice president had given her knowledge of the office. Houser worked with the administration to move back the platforms 1 Br Keith nt this past year, I My plai t Food Service Ad- "A Burst : that reviews the tribute net >lan and the campus of sludeti >rked to form an In- USC. hue so students can he fiee of thi f a formal Senate student af eeks ago, I worked persistent >n to change the fall change in so students won't he Togctlu ugh Dec. 22. ? w ccd to put a student that cona the board of trustees ? w< representation in the adminisin sessions. We also System; legislators know our -- | V/II 11IV I <11 IV. I I lie I I I I I I J 1 I I (I 111 y campus. hettermen ; of student govern- ? gi I could provide n whether h for student govern- group or i icers. governmei Law may reduce USC enrollment By CYNTHIA ROBERTS Staff writer Cuts in education funding forced by the (iramm-Kudman-Hollings balanced budget law may cause an enrollment decrease at I JSC. said USC and Veterans Administration spokesmen. Debbie Hayncs, acting admissions director for USC, said the law is likely to affect future enrollment. Lower-level economic families will be unable to send their children to college without federal financial aid, she said. However, Hayncs said USC could gain students who needed financial aid to go to private universities, but could attend a state-supported school without aid. "No one at USC is sure where the cuts will be or when they will be effective under Gramm-Rudman-Hollings," said Dennis Pruitt, USC dean of student affairs. The U.S. Veterans Administration issued a statement earlier this month, saying the bill would cut educational assistance programs for widows and orphans of deceased veterans. "It is precisely that program which paid for Sen. Phil Cirainm's college education," said Albert Linden, Disabled American Veterans national commander. "Now the law the Senator co-authored will force some of today's widows and orphans out of college," Linden said. A VA spokesman in Columbia estimated 750 students receive aid under the old GI Bill. Steve Siwtelle, one of those 750 students receiving aid, is upset with the bill's legislation, which will cut funds from the old Gl bill. "I agree with the principle of cutting the deficit and balancing the budget, but not with these types of cuts," said Sawtelle, a IJSC nursing sophomore. Sawtelle said he will lose $33 a month, or possibly more, because of his dependency status. According to the VA, veterans and dependents under designated sections of the old Gl bill will have their benefits cut by S.7 percent effective March 1. But some disabled veterans under another drsumn tion of the bill will be affected by cuts of 13.1 percent. All reductions resulting from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings act will ! be in effect until Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. tra fees, testing TAs fall exam schedule and par- She said the parking problem ticipated in the fight to stop this could be avoided if the adpast semester's tuition increase. ministration would act on the "I will remind Molderman and Student Senate's resolutions, the board of their responsibility which allowed for the paving of to the students," Houscr said. two pits. She said student problems The next candidate, Keith could be avoided if a voting stu- Stanton, said he would briny dent could be placcd on the board energy to the presidential office of trustees. Houser said the and curb student apathy. board meets with USC President He said he wanted a grade apJames Holderman in a closed ex- peal system and a system for executive session and then allows the SCi president to address them. See "Debate," page 3 For today's election i Stanton Melvin Stroble [form exists on the basis ol There are many issues at ( amluia of Energy." T.nergy is the at- that we would like to see addressed. :ded to distinguish a new role I. |f we have a tuition increase, it body leadership here at ensure that the cost is risen only to that rgy in the capacity of the of- which is needed, with no additional c president would help deter special fees attached. And a timely xtthy. Energy in the form of notification of the increase. e can help the students 2. On-campus telephones in the any "mainstay" issues. Russell House. :r we can do the following: Renovate the Ciolden Spur into ork on the many problems a non-alcoholic lounge. rn you; 4. f oreign teaching assistants ork on channin? an already F.noliOi nmiirim. v i<>ur<i ition-based (trade Appeals 5. Student safety: eniergc-ncy call boxes, better lighting, etc. )crsisiently urge the ad- 6. 10 percent absentee policy >n lo make changes lor the should exclude excused absences, t of the student society; 7. Timely improvement of dorm vc each student as chance, conditions. c or she is affiliated with a 8. Rewrite of SGA constitution lot to help influence student 9. Seek an alternative to the in. Russell House bookstore prices.