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'iMjjii.1! ui. ii jw^j-^aawfc^ It's O-Fish-cial sPotnBht. P. 5 iJjEg- Back to work SpofU> p-7 WUSC Music Director Johnny Fish explores the new music bin Joseph Garnett shoots Gamecock football players to find tuneful treasures from Philip Glass, Husker Du and PIL |l/| mBP. as they stretch and strain during spring drills The Gamecock Founded 1908 Friday Volume 78, No. 78 University of South Carolina April 4. 198P> Rooms may ? have three residents By JOANNE KORTH Staff writer |)rf?Lt/vn /? ??! 1 * !? > iv..iiifn unu .mm uuimiiory rooms with two students may have three this I all because of overcrowding, a housing official said. I he overcrowding in dor& mitorics is a temporary situation " created to avoid turning away students who want to attend IJSC.', according to Jim Smart ol USC Housing Services. Some students can't attend the university because they cannot get on campus housing, and the overcrowding system helps to placc these students so they can come here, he said. "It's a win for the student and a win for the university. We've been able to help a new student and also help the university to at tract new students," Smart said. About l(X) students arc normally inconvenienced by the | overcrowding, He said, and about H5-lX) people who signed up for housing last fall did not show up, which solves much of the problem. I he rooms in Sims have been overassigned for about 15 years, ^ and the process will be irnP plcmentcd for the first time at Preston, Smart said. They were chosen because of the si/.c of certain rooms, which were originally intended to be three-person rooms, he said. Oncc spacc .opens up elsewhere, ihe extra person is offered the opportunity to move, he said, adding that everyone in triplet rooms in Sims last ^ Sea "Homing," p. 2 Columnist: T errorism not caused ? by media By STEPHEN C. GUIIFOYLE | militant Spotlight editor Jeff Greenfield, a nationally syndicated columnist and analyst lor ABC* Nightlinc, said the three networks have made misjudgements in terrorist coverage but have learned with cach new 1 crisis. 1 "Wc made mistake*, but we 1 ^ did not repeat the mistakes of the 1 previous crisis. In the Iranian 1 hostage crisis, the situation wa* uses as a promo to keep people on the network, channels, but that did not happen in the following crisiscs," said Greenfield dur- 1 ing his "Terrorism and the Mf'flilt" Tiim/1'111 ... ? M I M > )' VV V M I H V 1 VI (I / ? (irccnficld defined terrorism as ' "a deliberate decision to involve j clear non-combatants in a 1 political action." 1 "Television has a peculiar way of letting the public know when ' something is happening that is 1 H important, when the chief an- 1 chors arc on the tube when they 1 shouldn't be. It alto says ( something should be done about it," said Greenfield to about 20 people in the Russell Mouse a Ballroom. In his hourlong speech, (ireen- j field said television has affected \ terrorism by overplaying certain 1 events such us Iranian hostage crisis in 1980 and the TWA hi- * jacking this past summer. He sawJ 75 percent of all the 1 network news coverage lust year " ^ a 8bb "OrMnflsId," p. 2 i yiiir* ^ ^ j _(^ _ofc? jg HBMMM t& "Spg i + % Can you canoe? Concrat* canoes Joined the ducks at thay ware paddl engineering senior Joay Infinger pushed off while pre 1 Odor of burnin disturbs art cli By TRACY MIX80N md ED YOUNG Stall wrttflri The bitter odor of burning animals disriip classes at (JSC's Hooker T. Washington build Thursday, promptingcomplaints from students; a promise by Animal Resources laboratory work that the situation would be investigated. The smell came from dead animals be destroyed in the lab's incinerator, which is ncxi an art studio used for classes. I he animals had b used in research experiments, including cancer ; cardiovascular studies. Dr. Paul l.angner, USC veterinarian and diret of the Animal Resource f acility, apologized for odor and said he would investigate the problem w the Department of Health and imviromncr Control. "I want to check out these complaints we had I afternoon," l.angner said. "Even if it is onl; nublie nui*finr?> it ihnnl/ln'i w.. if :? i. f M .IMWUIMII I l/V. II II Wlliy once, but it'* something that needs to be correct that's what we're going to do." One student said she was concerned wiih not o the pollution but also the university's involvcm in the practice of burning the bodies of animals u in research. Education, busini By RONI BEA KAVNE HflUH Stall writir | Democratic gubernatorial can- [ ilidate Phil Lader said education | ; . and business go hand in hand. 1 and must be the main priorities in making South Carolina an even stronger, respected state. HHHH| "The battle isn't being fought | ^ x with missiles, but with minds," I l.adcr said at informal discussion Wednesday with Columbia Mall residents. BHHHpMj l.adcr, former president of Winthrop College in Rock Mill, 1 aid business and education are interrelated. "Companies arc hirng well-trained employees, and hat means education." l.adcr said his education : ?*??- .??- ? ' /tiinugi; iimuuct lUIIIIIlg DUCK 0 the future" for teaching Tiethods and adding new V.*, ethnology that he said will not :o#t much to implement. "We cun't treat education like 1 lad. We need not junt to catch ip with other Mate*, but to leap- Bl0l?Hy "n,or rog beyond them," he said durng Columbia Hall'* I.?v- workshops ai rig/Learning program. between cliik An cycball-to-cyeball relation- are ways I.a hip is needed to get parents more volvc parcn nvolved in their students' educa- process, ion. said l.ader. add i nit schnok if ire only good if parent* play an require high ictive role, participate ii Mandatory parent teacher rnunity scrv HAY GRONBFRG/The Gamicock ad acroaa the Thomas Cooper Library pond Wednesday. Civil paring for a race against Clamson University this weekend. g dead animals i 1 asses, students " I here is a need for doing whai they've done, bin I'm not sure wlial neighborhood would aeecpt it, * * led said Jean l.ane, a sltidio ails senior. "Would you ing like it in your haekyard? ind "Somebody has to do il, and somebody has ;crs decided thai this is I he* plate. You couldn't do il next lo a ehureli, you couldn't do il in front of the ing Carolina Inn. Ii's gotia be someplace, and I his is lo it." een mil I he laboratory is one of four such university facilities on campus, and animals such as dogs, lor cats, tats, mice, gerhils and hamsters arc housed the there. 'ith I.angner said the lab's piimary responsibility is to ital keep the animals comfortable dining research experiments. He said animals that wouldn't lead a his normal life after experimentation aren't revived. Iny a stead, (hey are killed and cicinated. ens Peg Kent/, animal care supervisor at the lab, said cil, she hopes Thursday's complaints will prompt IJSC to buy new equipment to cut down on pollution, nly "Maybe now that people have complained about cm inc smell, the administration will take action," set! Kent/ said. "It would suit me to net a better incincrator system." sss must be state's J Kirati Parkar gives Democratic guhnrnntoriiil cnndidata Phil Led nd learning contracts enrich the ln^li school education I n:iri'itl uiul ii'itclwr ?./? 11?? '? 1 >v?v.>v> -.?# nun *i111111~111 > nijvc it ncncr in* tier said he will in- sight inio what I lie real world ts in lhe learning holds." In addition, he said tcachcrft (.ader said he would need lo receive more aid so Ihcy school students to can spend more time with each i 40 hours of com- student, ice. "We need to "leaching is the noblest of MacNeil, to teach on medii By SHARON COSTE and HAl Mill AHO Stall writers You usually only see I hem from 6 to 7 p.m. on I'US; hut next year IJS( students can see them m person, in class. Robert MacNcil and lames l.ehrer, co uncilors ol the I'ublic Broadcasting System's "MacNcil/l .elirer Newsl lout were named "Distinguished l ee turers" by President Holder man Thursday during the ( ollege ol Journalism's Media Day activities. Howard Simons, loiniet m anaki u K ed i t oi <? I I he Wushinnlon I'o.st, will imn MacNeil and I cluci m ii- im teaching the journalism course "Contemporary Issues in i InMass Media," a seminar type class open to all students. I liecourse's curriculum was coot dinatcd by Simons, who leaches the course to journalism graduate students this year at IJS( MacNcil and I.ehrer will take turns lecturing once a month star ting next fall. I.ehrer will teach on Sept. 15 and on Nov. 10 and MacNcil will teach on Oct. M and Dec. 8. I he classes will he on Mondays from 9 a.m. until noon. MacNcil and I.ehrer will also stay an extra day to talk to writing students and to present lectures to undergraduate and graduate 4if 11/lf?nl c in nflw?r .mmmviii.i a winn VJl |s<1 i i i i ii i 11 > . MacNeil and l.chrcr will lec lure or) subjects such as television news and electronic media and its impact on national al lairs, broadcast journalism ethics, and whether television coverage con tributes to individual and group violence. "He is extremely excited to be teaching," said Rosalind An ington, secretary lor I ehier in Washington, l).( . "IJp 'til now he has been working with nisi straight news, now he has the chance to work with college nrinritips 12 I . , I ;, | |2;j RAY GRONBERG/Th? fisfrwcock r political advlca in Columbln Hnll professions. Wc need lo enhance the professionalism of leathers. not (akc away I heir discipline authority. We need to reward their services," l.ader said, lie added that South Caiolina needs to encourage more students lo become teachers by olteriiiK higher salaries. H fl Lenrer course ) issues students majoring in journalism. He I eels ii will enhance his whole career Doris ( toss, MacNcil's New i Yoik stall manager, agreed. j "Hoth men arc very happy to have this opportunity to tcach. Bui ilie greatest thing for them is thai they will tcach as a team. I hat is the most important aspect loi them." MacNcil and Lchrcr first worked as a team in 1973 when they provided live coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings for I'MS. I heir work earned them an l-.inniy Award. In 1975 they began work on what would eventually become "Ihe MacNcil/l.chrer Report." | mikc men, (he show has won more than 30 awards for cxellence, includinK an Emmy Award, the (icorge Foster I'cahody Award and the Television Critics Circle Award. "li is a tremendous compliment to our College of Jour* nalism that it i* able to attract outstanding journalists such as Howard Simons, Robert MacNcil and James I.chrcr as visiting faculty," said Molderman. I he decision to bring MacNcil and I.chrcr to I JSC * was made by President Molderman in August I9K5 when they received Iwuwir :ir\i U..~ ............ J wwviwi wi IIUIIIUI1C Idler S degree* from USC. lournalism Dean Joseph Sho(|tnsi said, " I he.se arc two highly respected newsmen with impeccable credentials in both prim and broadcast journalism. Their knowledge combined with Howard Simons' impressive experience will be of tremendous value to the college and to our students." MacNcil and Lehrer join the company of such visiting faculty members as Jchan Sadat and Ilenry Kissinger. ader says When asked how his job as a college president will help him as governor, I.ader said both jobs involve limited direct authority. " I hey both have the power of persuasion, to articulate objectives and get people excited about the institution by building pride," he said, adding his job as governor would be to attract and retain the best people to work in govei nmcnt, I.adcr said tic follow* the philosophy posted on a sign in his ol'lice: "One man can make a differ cncc, and every man must try." lie stressed the need for citi/eii involvement arid vdtcr turnout in the election. " I here is not any room to complain if you didn't play an active role yourself." I.adcr also addressed the problem ol prison overcrowding in light of Tuesday's inmate riot at kirkland Correctional Institute on Itroad Kiver Road, saying he supports tougher standards and longer sentences for repeat violent offenders. He said he also approves of alternative sentenc ing services unci limited borrowing power for state prisons. I iirier said money shouldn't be spent on those inmate* who do wioiik, but on those who are doing right, including inmates who are receiving an education.