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T~ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Hs i .' Tournament time Sports > 7 I Lady Gamecocks waltz into Metro Conference tournament j at Columbia Saturday, riding on an 11-game winning streak ' The Gamecock I Founded 1908 ^ rid ay Volume 78, No. 68 University of South Carolina February 28, 1986 - | Runoffs needed for SGA By ED YOUNG Staff writer 1/ ^ I_I nil s* /I <-? r% r\ \ m If rvcviu nan tugvu nmj Houser by 7! votes in the Student Government presidential race Wednesday, resulting in a runoff election March 5. Kevin Hall said he is looking forward to next runoff. "I'm confident that when the students consider issues, they will respond to realistic and effective leadership. I'm commit* ' *? A ?Anl ffAfAnnA ICU IU <x icai UU1CIVHV.V by presenting a dry campus, by ending the special fee system, which 'nickels and dimes' students to death, and by taking leadership on academic concerns," he said. Amy Houser said she is satisfied with the numbers ol students voting. "The turnout was larger thar last year's elections, but ] always wish more would turr nut fnr the elections." she said Houser said she plans to be ii full force for the runoff. Hall received 978 votes, whil Amy Houser, present SG vie president, has 907 votes USC, Clei By MARISA J. PORTO Editor in chief Clemson University Preside Walter Cox has joined UJ 1 President James Holderman asking that higher education exempt from a proposed 2 p cent state budget cut. Holderman and Cox agr< with a unanimous resolution the Commission on Higl Education and the council presidents of the state's univ sities. The resolution asked Legislature to exempt the uni\ sities from a proposed across-t board budget cut. ) A 2 percent cut for all si agencies is being considered prevent a budget deficit cau How much? ^ Bob Fulton ouctiono off o pi the Baptist Student Union's " I ^pfl ?^mH^nfl^ ] \;j^ '1 Student Government presidential candidi Although he did not make the runoff, Melvin Stroble had 625 i votes. Eric Eppes had 85 votes, I and Keith Stanton received 61 i votes. This year's voter turnout l reached an all-time high, SG Prf*ciHf?m Krlvin Strnhle said. e As for the other races, both e Robert Beall and I.croy Gadsden will be in a vice mson want by unexpectedly low revenues. The House Ways and Means :nt Committee has proposed exSC eluding higher education from in the cuts, but the proposal has yet be to be considered by the er- Legislature. Holderman and Cox issued :ed separate statements to lawmakers of asking them to consider dipping ler into the state's reserve fund to of make up for the decreased state 'er- funding. The reserve fund is for the the Legislature's use in ^er- emergencies. he- "We're still cautiously optimistic that we'll get the 2 periate cent returned," Holderman said. to "We're working very hard. Some ised legislative leaders have indicated 'i HI Wmf B8 DAVID DOTSON/The Gamecock cnie with U8C baseball player Jeff Barns at Auction '86" Tuesday. ^r * - >*5B^^H ita Mfilvin Stroble urges Marine Science i presidential runoff. Gadsden had 905 votes, while Beall received 716 votes. Mike Jasper had 709 votes, and other candidates for vice president totaled 32 votes. The office of secretary also has two candidates in a runoff. James Belton, present SG secretary, had 922 votes. Joan Davis received 673 votes. exemption they're willing to step out in front and force the issue and get the 2 percent back." "It's our feeling that there is a reserve fund that should be used when there is a documented need for it. It would be better to evaluate the needs of each agency. Some are in greater need than others," Cox said. Holderman and Cox said tuition increases will have to be considered at USC and Clemson if they don't get the 2 percent back. Thev said no such increases are planned at the moment, however. "We have not made such a decision on an increase," Cox said. "At this point, we have not I proposed that. We're going to be Cocky win: By JEFF SHREWSBURY Assistant sports editor Cocky, USC's comical masc< voted as the best college mascol country by the Universal Cheei Association and the Ford Moto pany in Orlando, Fla., Sunday. nc wa:> i au^nu.cu ai mi, nuuw school cheerleading championship World. Chosen as one of four I Cocky's competition consisted of the Rebel from the Univer Mississippi, Buzz, the bee, from Tech, and Willie the Wildcj Northwestern. "1 think it's really great and w pleased," said USC Athletic Dire Marcum. Each finalist was required to : videotape of himself in actior UCA, and the finalists were choi thr?cf? cnhmiccinnc VanWell: By HAL MILI.ARD Assistant news editor Maintaining and strengthenin the Western Alliance is crucial West German Ambassado Guenther van Well said Thursda in a speech stressing close reW tions between the United Stat< and Western Europe. The crowd in Gambrell Ha listened as van Well emphasize repeatedly the importance of coi r gcs i SG wdBa tru rw off V< ^HHL I ^^HHs i 9 rcr f^'^-^S',;-.: H th< I ";'-v ' I els RAY GRONBERG/The Gamecock nc ? wl lenior Mike Vitti to vote rc Pf Although she did not make the runoff, Robin Abel had 529 Q| votes. Others totaled 184 votes. jn The office of treasurer has two candidates in a close race. sj Michelle Murray had 949 votes u and Jim Sheridan had 926 c| votes. Craig Lindsey received 355 votes, but did not make the r runoff, and others totaled 37 t votes for the office. f from cuts t able to cut back, but at Clemson, before any decision on our 1986-87 tuition, we'd have to see what the appropriations are from the General Assembly. We'll try to make the decision at that time." Cox said any fee increases at Clemson probably would come in the form of housing expenses and other fees, not tuition. "We feel that a cut at this time would have a very negative effect on research, graduate and undergraduate education," Cox said. The study by Augenblick, Van de Water & Associates said Clemson's tuition is $1,852 a year and USC's is $1,600 a year. > 'best masc The final decision had made before the mascots ar 3t, was entertained the crowd betw r in the formances while av rleading announcement. r Com- This was the first nation held for college mascots, a nal high has been voted as the best >s at Sea Virginia Tech cheerleadinj finalists, past four years. Johnny Cocky, whose true id sity of secret, said it feels great to Georgia is very proud that he coi ?t from tional championship back When Cocky cam? ons e're very his plaque and trophy, he ctor Bob Mickey Mouse ears, a set red bow tie and a black ti submit a Cocky received a i to the message from the office ol sen from James Holderman before Columbia Sunday. U.S. has bet tinned friendship between the United States and Western g Europe and the need to improve I, relations with the Soviet Union r and its satellites. y "The security and stability o! i- Western Europe has bccom< ;s structurally dependent on it: defense links with the U.S.," vat ill Well said. "As a matter of fact :d the United States itself ha n- become a European powe olderman, t odds on ULIET NADER editor G President Kelvin Stroble plans t< ;sing for permanent student reprc ? ? f rtf rilCtOOC lb Ui liic uuaiu ui 11 ujivv.j. iut USC President James Holdcrm; ;ion, which was raised at a board he suggestion coincided with a car presidential candidates, Stroblc s; 'A lot of the decisions affecting stces meetings," he said, adding th icial voting member, but an ex-off decisions made pertaining to stud n response, Holderman said tl etings does not always pertain >resented, he said, other groups w< : board. "You are not alone in wanting to si the deans and all of the chan e . . . the vice president of Student s exccutivc sessions," he said. Holderman said these people arc ition that a lot is going on in there i len in fact they (board member* stricted by the law ? matters irsonnel." "We do not handle questions of ti f tenure and promotion, in which e eluded." He said it would be unjustified tc tting in on executive sessions when niversity," is excluded from the it luding Chris Vlahapolus and hims Chairman Othniel Wienges saic nembers in executive sessions. "N< end," he said. "Any other person is invited by I ew exceptions, have always askei cutive sessions," he added. After the meeting, Stroble saic in CPCC cpitaciuaiivv. m uiv He thought students should hav< enure or not because they would I Students would know "professo Bell senten By ASSOCIATED PRESS Convicted murderer Larry Gen in the attempted assault of a USC death sentence Thursday for kic Smith, 17, of Lexington last Ma Circuit Judge John Hamilton 15, but death sentences are a Supreme Court. Bell also faces t nap and murder of 9-year-old D The sentencing verdict came i The jury found Bell guilty arguments that Bell be found gi After the sentence was handec on whether Bell's actions in coi siv been rived, but they va| een squad per- Fjfl vaiting the jjfl ial competition lthough Cocky r at the I camp for the entity is kept pP win. He said he ild bring a na- . giL .5^ to Columbia. H HL' H it age to receive IHBSa W was dressed in ppHHRP ipiincd glove, a ; he returned to ' Cocky shows hi ;ome a Eur because it has acquired cert; i rights and responsibilties." Van Well noted the contini i devotion of West Germany NATO and its allies and i t crucial role it piays in i>/\ i * ; success. Several countries, s eluding France, England, Can? i and the United States, h , soldiers stationed in West C s many. He said West Germ: r hosts more military exercises tl Stroble I meetings I a urge his successor to continue | mentation in the executive scs- i an said he is opposed to the sug- | of trustees meeting Thursday. j npaign promise made by several i students are made in board of . c student docs not need to be an mornlipr lutin fan llivt* ilinilt I IV1U IIIVIIIUVI ??? *-? v?.. 0. . , cuts. ic material covered at board to students. If students were ould also want to have a seat on it in on executive sessions ... all cellos and virtually everybody t A f fairs would all like to sit in on "harboring the most floundered that affects their lives and futures i) arc handling matters that are of contract and litigation and lition, but we do handle questions ven a faculty representative is not ) award a student the privilege of "virtually everyone else from the ipptincs. excent for six people, in elf. 1 the board prefers having only 0 other person has the right to atthc board to attend. We, with very d the president to attend our ex1 he will still push for a student ions. : a say on whether a professor gets be the best judges. >rs who are really concerned about See "Trustees," page 2 ced to die e Bell, who was arrested and charged student ten years ago, was given the lnapping and murdering Shari Faye y. Smith set an execution date of May utomatically appealed to the state rial in Lexington County for the kid ebra May Helmick. n the 16th day of the trial. of both crimes, rejecting defense lilty but mentally ill. I down, Swerling would not comment irt may have hurt his case. - - \ ' j r -V ~ V?lMgy j, jLmSi fum SEAN KEEFER/The Gamecock j's No. 1 opean power ain any other Western European nation. led Van Well also said I lie close to political, military and economic the bonds between his country and ys the other Western European in- countries makes it virtually imida possible for war to occur between ave them. ier- Yet war is still possible between any Hast and West, and van Well said han See "van Well," page 2