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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm \ n- m [ n n i ,, i in i?wnin m i ~ ) r ?: Finding a flat B"stasss p 7 'We did it' S|"",s"9 Students interested in off-campus housing can find what's L ^ Lady Gamecocks captured the Metro title available in Columbia at the Russell House ballroom today [* Monday by defeating Cincinnati 61-48 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 78, No. 70 University of South Carolina March 5, 1986 Deadline to leave: Friday By mtu STEPPE Staff writer USC's student housing facilities will close Friday at 6 p.m., according to Jim Smart, director of Administration for University Housing Services. Smart said residence halls have closed on the Friday before Spring Break for the past six years. Dormitories have not been kept open until a later date because there has never been much of a demand for the residence halls to remain open, Smart said. But students will not be forced to leave campus if they have a legitimate reason for staying, transportation, for example, he said. If students have a problem with leaving campus before 6 p.m. on Friday, they should consult their RHD and RA immediately. See "Dorm," page 2 Fort Lauder By SHARON COSTE Staff writer The time has finally arrived students to close books and open 5 as they prepare to head for the s Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Spring In addition to the usual mayhem dale every spring, this year there w to drinking as a result of a new < passed last summer. The new Florida drinking age is birthday before June 30, 1966. The feet many younger college students ed to drink while at the beach. This year, the city of Fort organized alcohol-free alternatives come there for the spring break sej from the last two weeks in Februar April. A Spring Break committee h College Games, in which several ] leges and universities from the acrc be competing against each other w r< it r* ? ' sponsored oy ouaweiser, me f Society and local businesses, the g; volleyball, basketball, tug-of-wj relays on the beach and a 26-mile i will be given daily, and a $1,000 sc awarded to the school with the m< each week. False fire ale Du IfATUV I CIA1IO Alii ICT iJinrn uj nni llhiiI anu UUIIEI nnutn Staff writers Four fire trucks sped to Bates \ noon in response to alarms accidei Richland County Fire Department Evelyn Jefferson of the depa Capstone alarm was registered at 1 3 p.m. Hard at work Reed Todd, left, and Kent Boone ch for blowing. Todd it a Department < Slk^wP _,t#i m How sweet it is The Lady Gamecocks beat the C place in the NCAA women's tourm dale plans ' In addition t< comedy concerts for some USC tie to no alcohol untan oil bottles Though the at unny beaches of this year, most 1 Break 1986. Fort Lauderdale i in Fort Lauder- and businesses ? ill be alternatives Most of the pre irinking age law pected, but not < 21, or 20 with a Steven Culbr ; new law will af- Lauderdale said who have plann- ing laws v. ill din "We are still Lauderdale has broken window for students who chairs being thi ason, which runs drinking excess^ y until the end of How strict the as organized The the severity of tl sarucipaung coi>ss the nation will Steve Babik, < 'ithout alcohol. Route A1A, saic American Cancer pecting the calm ames will include strict laws. Last ir tournaments, don't want thai marathon. Prizes Hilton plans to holorship will be and have hired t 3St points earned Most of the bj be much differei irmo hfinri Hi ii1110 uimy in Vest and Capstone Monday afteritly set off within the dormitories, employees said. rtment's records office said the 2:44 p.m., the Bates West alarm at l i Hkj?,. JRk %. MnEj>MH|K' B j ^ jj| op a hrick in half for a new furnace that \ gf Art lab technician, Beard is an adverti incinnati Lady Bearcats Monday, winning the ament. Tournament MVP Brantley Southers (1 dry' activities 3 the College Games, music and di will be held on the beaches with lit- n< mosphere may be slightly mellower sp will agree that students who go to w are going to have fun. Residents m ire ready for the massive crowds. )blems from the past are still ex)n such a large scale. T< sti ith of fh#? niialiflJ Inn in Cnrt n r .... W? VMV ywuui; tllll 111 A \J 1 I UV he doesn't think the tighter drink- so ninish the usual crazy atmosphere, expecting the same problem of L; s, students sleeping in the halls, la rown into the pool and students th /ely." y will be on the students depends on le offense, he said. cl or assistant manager of the Hilton on af I exactly the opposite. "Wc are exest atmosphere ever because of the year's mess got out of hand, and we so t to happen again." He said the fe be very strict in enforcing the rules ighter security. or irs' staffs do not think this year will L; it. Though they plan to enforce the he efiahtprs ranini g Water leaking into the Bates West 1 box holding equipment that alerts tl Buford, USC environmental services An electrical short stopped the ah dorms, he said. "We were surprised when they (th Bates West Area manager Bob Holde If an alarm is set off in one of the b horn sounds in the area office, Hold< Bl Ne " cl fe tii te U b< b: "HH te OAVID OOTSON/fhe Gamecock 5, hi Mill be used to keep molten glass hot sing derign senior. Q Bft , iBL. V yV fRSPr I S H WwHtoL .Ism v3BBImm " KM .flH| / : _ Jj Bill I :: R -i4m \ R V \. RAY GRONBERG/The G#mecoc i Metro uonterence tournament and gaining a 12) leant onMindy Ballou (44) after the game. > for students inking age strictly, they feel the atmosphere wil 3t change much. Mike Doumai of a b3r called The Button, also j lonsor of the College Games, said the environmen ill not be any different than in the past. "Ou ain concern is that students have fun safely." The Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerc< purism Department reports the main troubh udents get in is alcohol-related. "Students don' >rmally do crazy things when they are completely >ber." Some USC students planning going to For luderdale for Spring Break don't think the nev ws and the stricter atmosphere will interfere will eir plans for having fun. Camille Baird, a freshman undeclared majo aims, "We are going to have a great time one wa; another." She and her travel companions will bi fected by the new drinking laws. Scott Montieth, a political science and businesi phomore said there is no wa rhe laws can be ef ctively enforced. "It is a madhouse there. With all those people, n( le can see everything going on." When in For luderdale, "you can only use your imagination,' : said. a to Capstone. Be k/ I ' )asement dripped into the metal "None of ne city of fires, said Lawrence alarms were director Lawrence Buford. irms from going off inside the He sa*d 011 way the fire e fire trucks) just showed up," Bates House :man said. or l*ie other, uildings, a panel lights up and a Buford sai ;man said. "Someone I _fi_ lumanmes cia luring testing f JULIET NADER like that? It w iws editor need to test Fire alarm testing in the when classes i UMiailll IC5 UUIIUlllg UlMlipiCU IIIC Class w asses, according to several pro- wasted." ssors who were teaching at the He said i me. scheduled at I Professor William Castles was David Tr aching English 287 when the freshman in SC Environmental Department the police ma jgan testing the alarms. was only goi "A university policeman came time. y and said they were going to "Class wa; st the fire alarms so ignore it, times. It was in mc noise was so irritating, we nad a Hai 5 said. with what he "How do you get a classroom Another st f people to ignore something Barry Strickl | Journalist's shuttle ride still planned By CHRIS MOULD j* Staff writer ; Review panels for the Journalist-in-Spaee project will resume the first stage of the selection process on I Monday, project officials said. i After a joint review with NASA earlier this month, the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication is continuing its selection process, which has been delayed almost a month by the Challenger accident, said Jack Bass, the proH ject's public affairs coordinator. R The shuttle flight including a journalist is scheduled for Sept. 27. However, NASA announced Monday that all manned shuttle flights will be grounded for 12-18 months. NASA also announced that they have hopes of returning, for the time being, to the old rockets used before the shuttle made them obslete. Although the flight has not yet been rescheduled and will not take place until another teacher has participated in a shuttle flight, the journalist selec* tion process is continuing in order to take advantage of the administrative process already in place, Bass said. H P'jHni 11 r* orn/l r%t I IC/"1 " ? - *' ' J..VUUMUUI1V.ILU ill UOV., IIIC dSSUCiai 11)11 IS 111 charge of narrowing the 1,703 applicants to five for NASA. Albert Scroggins, former USC journalism school dean, is serving as the project's chief program officer. The college is providing office space and administrative support for the project. II NASA officials will make the final choice from among the five finalists, said Jennifer McGill, exa ecutive director of ASJMC. t "All of the applications are very impressive," she r said. McGill said the panels have an extremely hard decision to make. Not only do they have to choose J an outstanding writer and sneaker, thev have tn J choose someone who can handle the pressure of t becoming an instant celebrity, she said. / In the first stage of the selection process, review panels of professional journalists and faculty t members with journalism experience will meet this i month at 20 cooperating journalism schools, Bass 1 said. The selection panels will review applications and select 100 regional semifinalists, 20 from each of r five national regions. These names will be announcy ed in April. ? In the second stage, selection panels at the coordinating school in each region will interview its 20 semifinalists and observe them on videotane hefnn* s cutting the number to eight, McGill said. This will leave 40 regional nominees to be named in May. This number will be decreased to five by a ) 15-inember national selection committee, which mt eludes USC President James Holderman. The comSee "Shuttle," page 2 itPS Woct Hnrmc ?iww i v UUl UUI I I BO the fire panels lit up in our office, which means that no pulled," he said. e alarm goes off for the whole Bates area, and the only department knows whether the fire is in Bates West or is to look for evacuated students standing in front of one d the Capstone alarm was pulled by a student. pulled it over there, I'm sure," he said. sses disrupted of fire alarms as distracting. They everyone's attention. It was really maybe at 4 p.m., annoying. Class didn't get started ire few or out. Half until they stopped. It could've as more or less waited for a later time in the day." most classes were Lawrence Buford, director of his time period. Environmental Services, said the inlett. a biolocv testinc wan nm m the ntnii ;.?? Castles' class, said but the alarms had to be checked de it sound like test because there have been problems ng to be done one in the building. "We have a motor and timing i interrupted many device not working properly, but a nuisance because there will be a replacement," rd time keeping up Buford said. said," Triplctt said. He said he had to wait until the udent in the class, part that controls the power was and, said, "It took shipped to USC.