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Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 79, No. 24 University of South Carolina October 15, 1986 y- T? T : r^vv .v.'^X1,!* ^ mm* M> gff* ffy.y ** Light brigade Keith McGuire and Jeff Mair sot up carnival lights for the World Hunger te From staff reports USC will join 250 other colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean in presenting the third annual World Food Day ^ satellite teleconference Thursday. The event is the centerpiece of activities planned on campus for World Food Day, but other events are planned year-round, according to Jerman Disasa of USC's Byrnes International Center. "This is not just a one-day thing," he said, noting other projects such as students writing research papers on hunger and food production and inform ? A? 1 i ? a. _i i too ~i a ^ J ing international siuucms ai uoi, auuui iuuu jjiuduction in the United States. The teleconference, "Hunger Amidst Plenty: * Waldheim's wai topic of USC pr Ru T P HIIMTFR amnnH him News reporter for the missing Professor Robert Her/.stein of said. USC's department of history is Waldheim: < working on a book about is the title of tl 1-> Austrian President Kurt deals with W Waldheim's activities in the from 1938 to Balkans during World War II. which he foug I, But the main focus of the book of those arour (will be about Herzstein's search While work for the "missing years" during Jewish Congre the war. tein discovere< "The book will be unusual in of evidence j [ the following sense. It's not going participated in to be about Waldheim. Only a German inte about one-third of the book will Arbor Hou be about Waldheim. The other book in 198 two-thirds will be about the war publishing da Oil U A i o mum 11 yut;5 nu | By TRACY MIXSON JKickoff editor After a near-fatal accident and five weeks o hospitalization, John Gould is going home. The USC freshman, who suffered severe head in juries Sept. 5 at a Columbia nightclub, is expecte< to be moved today from Richland Memoria Hospital to a rehabilitation center at Mt. Vernoi Hospital near his home in Alexandria, Va. His father, Ed Gould, said John's condition i \ good, and they hope the student and walk-on US< jl Grier wins SG By BOBBY JONES was I Datebook editor "I | The race for Student Government tion secretary finally ended Monday with agre< , Berkeley Grier, an advertising/public rela- Gi tions sophomore, capturing a 48 vote win the c ' A n^t/ U/illiamc KflH \ UVCI 1IC1 u(j|;uii\.ui nnuj tt iiiiuiuj. kuu IGrier received 154 votes and Williams disaj received 106 votes in the election, which studi '1 * Money I i , #%# ' |^?iTotal divestment i wanow moot poin ?SC ?oup See p. 5 ? ^ Staff Illustration by Robb Lana I I ? \ F' ; c 'Z 1 ir%- u r' i;Mfctth KHJH :: ROBERT GONZALEZ/The Gamecock Q t > State Fair, which is coming to Columbia Oct. 17. f I ilonnnforonnp inwnl iuuuin ui i/i auu iiivui Policy and Practice," will feature international experts on the problems of providing food for the world's growing population. It starts at 12 p.m. Thursday in the Law School Auditorium. John Scali, ABC News senior correspondent and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will moderate the teleconference, the first hour of which will be devoted to a discussion of global and national hunger issues by the national panel. The second hour will involve a local panel discussion of statewide issues. At USC the panel will include Wallace Brown, rural improvement division, Governor's Office; Dr. John Ureda, USC department of health education; Dr. Joan Altckruse, USC department of preventive rtime activities ofessor's book . (and) my search when Herzstein completes the I years," Herzstein book and Arbor House's publication schedule. The Missing Years The idea for writing the book le book. The book came from John Martin of ABC 'aldheim's actions News and Edward Chase, "a 1948, the war in senior editor on the New York ;ht and the actions literary scene," as Herzstein id him. described him. ing for the World The sole writer of the book will :ss last year, Herzs- be Herzstein, who said, "I'll get i convincing pieces all the credit or blame. . . except proving Waldheim for Martin and Chase for getting Nazi war crimes as me into it." tlligence officer. Herzstein will base 95 percent se will publish the of his book on documentation 8, but the exact found in the archives of the te will depend on See "Waldheim," page 3 me after accident football player can return to the university by next fall. i we ve oeen ncic lung cnuugu ? u muc iu home," Mr. Gould said happily on Monday. "We just thank the Lord that everything has worked out. i "I've told John that we came close to going home il with one less person. He still can't believe that he n almost died twice." During his first week and a half in intensive care, s Gould had two close calls that required emergency " See "Student," page 3 Secretary runoff the second attempt to fill the position. ''It's a shame really had no idea which way the elec- decision for tho would go," Grier said. Williams "Most of the :d. time around vol ier also said low voter turnout made Williams call< outcome unpredictable and believed the gratulated her weather was a factor. Williams results. jreed saying it was the apathy of the "She is goinj ents on this campus. Williams. .. Jniversity law elease of Sad om staff and wire reports r ur><. men a lawsuit 1 ucsuay against an agcncy ithin the State Budget and Control board concern- s ig the release of documents about the university's ^ nancial dealings with Jehan Sadat. The university also asked for a temporary t :straining order to keep the state Division of 1 ieneral Services from releasing details of Mrs. I adat's salary and travel expenses until a Richland 1 'ounty Court judge rules on a separate lawsuit :eking the information. 1 The lawsuit asks the court to decide what inforlation about university expenditures should be lade available to the public. ; The division's director, Richard Kelly, said he i /ould not release the information because he had eceived a copy of the request for a restraining M UC1 . Paul and Cheryl Perkins and The Greenville \lews filed for the information Sept. 23 under the tate's Freedom of Information Act. Tuesday markid the end of the required waiting period of 15 nisiness days before release of the documents. "They told us they were about to give us the in"ormation," Mr. Perkins said. "They said it was the 'irst time anyone had ever tried to prevent the Ives USC student medicine and community health; George Laven, division of children's health, S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control; and the Rev. Howard Williams, St. Luke's Episcpal Church. During the third hour, the national panel will res pond to questions and reactions generated from sites across the country. Dicaca caid international students from develop ing countries at USC will be able to tour the state Farmer's Market and will work with area farmers in order to see how food reaches grocery stores. "The Farmer's Market is a unique idea," he said. "It is an open marketplace similar to those in developing countries." Working with taimcrs win snow students "now * tj PM ? THOMAS HUM Hometown news Sitting next to the mailboxes in the Carolina Mall, Tim hometown newspaper. Rogers is an engineering freshman election by 48 v : that 260 people made the There weren't any pi monHc " williamc cuirt Hrrfinn in ueneral accori people who voted the first nett, the SG Electii :ed again," Grier said. chairman. sd his opponent and con- Neither candidate ha after they both knew the perience in collegiat government. 5 to do a good job," said Aimee Black won the S rsuit delays lat expenses clcasc of this type of information." The Perkins had filed a lawsuit in July seeking the alary, travel, lodging ana sccuruy expenses paia 10 Jadat. The university filed the lawsuit "to find out from he court exactly what information pertains to the "recdom of Information," said USC spokesman rians Knoop. "We just want to do what's right. Frankly, we're a bit confused about the matter." The Perkins asked the General Services Administration for the university's sole source file for 1985-86, which is available to the public. I lurlnr cf nrnpnrnmnnt I') \i; an\/ timn a ctQt#* agency contracts with a consultant without putting the contract out for bid, the information must be listed in the sole-source file. That file is public record. All sole source documentation from other state agencies must be filed with the General Services Administration, which has 30 days to respond to the university's lawsuit. A hearing has been held on the Perkins' previous request for the documents from the university. Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Judge James Moore said Friday he will decide within 30 days whether they will be made available to the public. s, professors people work together to solve problems," Disasa said. "It's a way to promote pride that farmers have, and promote how farm produce is produced in South Carolina. "Thev can apply these things in their own countries." Since 1981, World Food Day has been observed by more than 140 countries. Observations are planned to stimulate public involvement in a global movement dedicated to the eradication of hunger and to providing secure supplies of food. "Hunger doesn't discriminate between cultures," Disasa said. "Hunger doesn't have to be in Asia or other Southeast countries ? it can also be in South Carolina." If | Group stages w? 'nuke attack' f near cafeteria By STEPHEN C. GUILFOYLE Copy desk chief Students eating in the Grand \ Marketplace Friday witnessed a J* strange event for USC: an actual S f anti-nuclear weapons e demonstration. Student demonstrators sat in the hallway outside the cafeteria in various corners of the hall, and one of them threw either a smoke bomb or a bag of flour into the air to give the appearence of smoke, while the rest, screaming, threw flyers into the air, and themselves to the ground. 5 Then they got up and left. Their flyers read: "This was only a test. S.C. is a primary target for a nuclear attack: Columbia, Ft. Jackson, Charleston Nuclear Sub Base, Shaw A.F.B., "Do you know how close we are to nuclear war? What are you PHREY/The Gamecock There was no name on the flyer, and no one from the group remained to identify who staged Rogers reads his this demonstration. ' Malinda Hamann, president of J the Alliance for Peace, said her group did not know about the demonstration. Up know that none of our officers knew what was going to happpen," she said. "We didn't roblems with the have anything to with the ding to Sean lien- plannning. on Commission "1 think it is an overreaction. Mavbe the neople have good in d any prior ex- tcntions, but it's the wrong way c level student to go about things." "The issue is an important senate scat for the lee "Senate," page 3 See "Demonstration," page 3~ Inside (Classifieds 10 Comics 8 Datebook 7 Features 6 I Money 5 SnnrK 9 I Viewpoint 2 ?