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Founded 1908 Wednesday ^ Volume 79, No. 12 University of South Carolina September 17, 1986 m ' * Ready... go! Jerry Long, a biology graduate stu graduate student Bob Browne during i Support prog By GARY DEE News reporter A student having trouble with classes or just looking for a part time job may feel like he or she ? needs help. Fortunately, the Office of Academic Support offers two support programs to students in these situations. Academic Support and Assistance Programs (ASAP) and the ASKUS Telephone Information System both "help students realize that they can control their environment, rather than letting the environment con* Garnet and By BUDDY MOORE News editor An editor will be chosen todi Garnet and Black, USC's year bo oldest publication on campus. The decision comes as a relief to Student Media Bill Clements. "For a time, I was worried that to have to be editor," he said. A An editor is usually chosen in but no one applied for the positi* Because the editor chooses his stal no planning for this year's boo made. "We had those students who the staff, but none of them wt editor," he said. Photographers attended event' during the beginning of the fall sei as football games and freshmen \ grams, in order to prevent missi of them for the book, he said. * K\V V\J Editor's note: This story tinue the week long series ( edition will feature student laws that went into effect Feature .A fsj\ Secur ftTy tackle 7 in lati Se * dent, begins the timer to start his choss 1 meeting of the USC Chess Club. The grou rams help sti trol them," said Susan Hey ward, coordinator of Academic Support Programs. ASKUS, developed in 1978, supplies students with information on jobs, health and student activities. ASKUS is a telephone information line. Over 800 cassette tapes provide callers with information on a multitude of topics. i_I i * ? ricipmg Muucmh utui wiui their personal life and life on the USC campus is the purpose of ASKUS, Heyward said. "On average 10,000 calls arc ' Black editi An organizational Thursday, and attend ay for The with about 50 applica ok and the tions attending, Clem The editor will be Director of plicants by the Board and Communications I was going four students and thr acts as publisher and i the spring, and Black, The Gam 3n, he said. station WUSC-FM Ff members, magazine and the U k could be which broadcasts Television. returned to inted to be The delay for an c book to be behind in ? happening because the first dead mester, such Clements said. >review pro- "We have a fall d< ng coverage other universities do, whole academic year \ N t ,,:#fWW Stilt ifcituiion b? Mnbd Iww ana ine reiaieu one on page j tunon the new drinking age. Friday's s' opinions about the new drinking Sunday. 5 AJL ity guards I '! i boredom b night job . P 6 Whi % sar _w wjf ' JENMttR STEIB/Thc Gamecock match against international business p meets Mondays in the Russell House. I idents adjust responded to by operators each year," she said. The ASKUS service also has two special programs for upperclassmen. The Career Placement Hotline helps seniors who arc seeking full-time employment by informing students of potential employers who will be visiting the campus. The Cooperative Education Hotline provides information regarding the variety of positions available to students still in college. A listing of ASKUS tapes is jr to be cho staff meeting was held cheaper t lance was encouraging, "Most nts for other staff posi- so busy p ents said. May thai chosen from five ap- the sumn of Student Publications keep the . The board consists of lower pri ee faculty members and manager for The Garnet Cleme ecock newspaper, radio on time, , Portfolio literary "The SC Cable Connection, and the ] on Columbia Cable Those printer a bably or ditor will not cause the Clement its publishing deadlines About line is not until January, students Portrj ilivery book, as a lot of Oct. 20Clements said. "The The C is included in it, and it's since 18' Drinkina Aae uState legi By HAL MILLARD Special assignments editor A state legislator said the state should repeal the 21 minimum drinking age law and impose harsher penalties for drunken drivers and fake I.D.'s instead. State Rep. Phillip T. Bradley, R-Greenville, also said people between the ages of 18 and 20 have been "betrayed" by those legislators who voted in favor of raising the age to 21. "Raising the minimum age to 21 has appeased the legislators' conscious. They think they can go back to their constituents and say they have done something to remedy the problem of drunk driving," Bradley said in a telephone interview with The Gamecock Monday. i.r. admissi te doesn't m Petition drinking By BUDDY MOORE News editor USC students arc being asked to s proval ? in writing ? of the new d USC's Young Democrats arc cii uon against tnc law, ana tney no 3,000 signatures on campus, accoi Smith, the group's vice president. "We're thinking about branchi campuses if we're successful hcr< want to get ahead of ourselves," ! The group decided to begin the | of days ago because students " railroaded because they don't vot tive," he said. "There is a sort-of pessimism that they won't make a difference. 1 fulfilling prophecy," he said. The group started by collec signatures among tailgaters at tl to USC lite available in the USC Telephone Directory, and students can reach ASKUS by calling 777-7777 or 777-7779. Operators are available 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. ASAP is an early alert system for students experiencing academic difficulties and was developed during the 1985-86 academic school year. the AaAr program iocuscs more on the classroom problems a student may face in college, Heyward said. See "Support," page 3 isen today hat way. yearbook publishing companies are rinting high school yearbooks during t they charge higher prices. During ler, they have down-time and need to ir presses running, so they charge ices." nts said last year s dook was nnisnea which is in the middle of June, editor finishes the book by himself, past one finished early," he said, yearbooks have returned from the nd will be distributed next week, pro1 the second floor of Russell House, s said. 3,000 copies have been printed, and may purchase them for $18. tits will be taken for next year's book *11 ...!iL 1 KI .x.. IT "> 1 j i, wan a uuiKcup uaic i>uv. i 1-1.1. iarnet and Black has been published ?8. Series slator want: He doesn't think it will help at all. Bradley said the oniy real way tn trir? 11 cIxj Mpcrcacc fhp rt r 11 n If #M1 driving problem, which is the main reason for the law, is through public awareness and extremely strict penalties for those convicted of driving drunk. South Carolina, as well as the rest of the nation, is weak on drunk drivers, according to Bradley. "The country of Norway has a lower drinking age than we do, but thev also have extremely harsh penalties for drunk drivers. These include heavy fines, revoked licenses and extended jail terms," he said. "They have only a few drunk driving fatalities a year." ? I ion iimiieu lind switches s to help I age inci Carolina football gatr and grandmothers ? how their disap- haven't all been just rinking age law. "We want to built rculating a peti- students, but among pe to get about more influential with rding to Patrick Smith said the groi the State House once ng out to other proach individual su :, but we don't one we can. Smith said. "As constituents, i petition a couple listen. arc just getting Smith noted that ; e and aren't ac- ment is arm-twisting reduce highway fun among students nothing about the la It becomes a self- cent governor's conf "If all the govern* ting about 300 could possibly defeat ie USC-Western looki^ for 8^^* Psychology senior Chandler Deery recei about Santee Cooper durino the Carolina 1980 graduate of USC's graduate school. s drinkina aai Bradley also said 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds are being used by the di lawmakers. is "They forget about the large la number of people 21 and older uj who are also out on the roads killing and getting killed because of alcohol. 1 don't blame these pi now underaged adults for feeling fc betrayed, used and mistrusted," si he said. s? Bradley believes fake I.D.'s are it a problem, too, and something needs to be done to increase ai penalties. I. Bradley helped sponsor a bill in st the state legislature this year tl making any false identification card illegal. The bill was amend- n ed from a 1976 bill which was fi originally restricted to driver's d licenses only. ~~I Classifieds Features Money Sp?r,s Viewpoint fight rease \c Saturday. "Wc had mothers iign this," he said. "They students." J up support not just among adults, also, because they're legislators," he said. jp plans to take the petition to it's completed. "I want to apitc legislators and affect each they have the responsibility to although "the federal governthe states," by threatening to ding if the law isn't passed, w was mentioned during a rccrence in Hilton Head, ars stood up against this, they l it," he said. (no "Pntitinn " nana 1 WU1I VtltlWMf W JENNIFER STEIB/Tho Gamecock ves information from Abie Ladson Career Fair Tuesday. Ladson it a e lowered The penalty for using or projcing a false identification card a misdemeanor under the new w and carries with it a fine of 0 to $100. ro/tl/ti/ u/antc t! UUi Lliauiv/ "UlllO 111VI v . "Originally I wanted the use or roduction of a fake l.D. to be a ;lony and the guilty party to be ibject to a $10,(XX) fine," he lid. "I'll continue to fight for Bradley said a 21 minimum age nd weak penalties for fake D.'s doesn't make sense and ate lawmakers should make up leir minds. I "Naturally, if you increase the linimum drinking age the use of ike I.D.'s is going to rise ramatically," he said. See "Alcohol," page 2 ~ Inside I 10 8 7 6 5 n 9 4 V