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Weekend crash among state's worst / An explosive crash this past weekend that killed nine people and left one in critical condition was among the worst automobile accidents in South Carolina history, a former S.C. Highway Patrol records analyst said. /% "It is one of the worst, if not the worst from mv recollection." said m Talmadge LcGrand, who retired in March as director of the Highway Safety Division of the state Department of Highways and Public Transportation. By Nine people were killed just before midnight Saturday outside Kingstrce Sla when a jeep plowed into a motor home filled with fans returning from USC's first football game of the season. ca) The motor home exploded almost immediately after it collided with the set jeep. "I don't recall a worse accident, as far as number of fatalities that occurred," LeGrand said. LcGrand worked with the highway department for 38 Ca years, the last 10 as a records analyst. be ch; of Miss S.C. compares football, pageant fc. itc College football players aren't the only ones who train hard, says the pQ reigning Miss South Carolina. br< Nancy Humphries, recently crowned Miss South Carolina, thinks she ? has several things in common with college football players. die "They've worked all these years to get their scholarship to play foot- usj ball," she said. "And I've worked these years to get my scholarship from the Miss America Pageant, which I will use to go to school," Humphries Or said. Since she was crowned, Humphries has been pumping iron three days a week and trying to refine her voice twice a week at speech, voice and die- j tion training. She's also been playing the piano daily and working on dress / designs. JL Chinese execute man for failed heist y HONG KONG ? A man who tried to steal imperial treasures from the Forbidden City was executed in the Chinese capital of Beijing, an official By report said Thursday. Sta Han Jilin, 22, a peddler from northeast China, was convicted by the Bei- , jing Intermediate People's Court of breaking into the Imperial Palace of pie China's Ming and Qing dynasties June 24 and trying to make off with the fal imperial seal and the jewelry of Empress Ci Xi, official media reported. He was executed after the Beijing Higher People's Court rejected an ap- sor nnal r\ f t lin enntnn pn A nmirt Mntitr Crtri?!rt/? - i'vui ui 11iv uvuiu jviiiviivv iiuuuvu uumi 111 nugu^i, iiiw x^imia ntwa Jti vivt \^u reported, without saying when the execution took place. on More than 10,000 people are believed to have been executed, by a bullet 1 to the head, since China launched a campaign against crime three years 23ago. for sor Koch compiling "toughest" letters pie NEW YORK ? New York Mayor Edward Koch said he is putting ' together a book of the "toughest" letters he's ever sent to friend and foe. rus The mayor already has one best seller under his belt. Mavor. and is l'e! working on a book on social issues with Cardinal John O'Connor of the C^J Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. Students unprepared, professors say am Most students are inadequately prepared for college-Ievcl work and rox come to campus equipped with only "fair-to-poor" academic abilities, a qc survey of 5,000 college professors says. jol In the SlirVfV hv thf f^nrnpoip Fr\nnHatir?n fr\r lhi> AHinnconioni ... .... 0 ? KJ, n,g Teaching, 54 percent of the professors said their students were "fair to poor" academically. an( As he released the survey results, Carnegie President Ernest Uoyer said the best way-to prepare students for college work was to make college and gjr high school faculty members cooperate more. ma the -Jferajn;: CAROLINA'S TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX! ji Sun. - Teen Night A ]; J> Mm. - Monday Night Football 2 Wide / \ -/ \ \ \; Screen TV's FREf Pizza ' / I; I; And Chili Dogs With Admission / !; <1 Tuai. - 25* Draft 25? Wine 8:00-10:00 v i| ;! Amateur Burlesque Night ial, J? ;! Weekly Winner $100 Cash ^totty \ ;! ; Grand Prize-1987 HYUNDAI \ \. J; !! W?d. - Udw$ Drink Frw All Ni^Ht L#?j / v\ r??!! < I 8 Until Closing / \ <! \\ <3.00C?vir \ !| !; Bar Brtftdt, Draft Bear iitd Win# \| !; I Diuri. - Round II of the 2000 Plan ?> !; Xanadu & C-103 'What Is The Most Outrageous !; !; Act You Would Do On Xanadu's Stage?" !; !! Weekly Winners $103?Grand Prize $2000 Cash <! <! 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Ej ? \ (zrm I | WELCOMES OUR 1987 PLEDGES! j A A | Kellie Anderson Lesloe Dunnigan Julie Manfredi | ?l_ 11 r\n r\i 11 ion l?i ly iiioitj Clltjl ClII/clUUIII IVloyOfb Tonya Baker Kathorino Eubanks Chrissy Nelson f k Page Barnes Lisa Flitz Cindy Rennix j f Stacey Beard Kellah Fortsons Melanie Robertson " Jennifer Beckor Angie Gay Rita Romano f Kimberly Bickar Elaine Goodrich Angela Self | Amy Bruton Libba Greenup Wendy Schumacher f ; Lisa Bukacek Lisa Gunter Debbie Schutts , | u/uaiiiiu v-/anauay iviiuriuuu riawr\iiio ivtJMlbU ouiiuiis | (Kathy Van Cleve Tammy Hettinger Candy Walker * Jenny Connolly Trisha Hillburn Cindy Ward V Stephanie Corley Merry Jolluck Beisy w?bner a Taunya Deshields Sarah Luckam Misty Whatley " (Lorin Diamond Lori Luxrnore Karen Wicker A Dawn Douroux Amy Mackenzie Melissa Williford ^ Angie Wilson | 4 Capstone cafe 1 Ganges menu, ipdates decor NANCY JO THOMASON Hall were eating at the old cafeteria, iff writer he said. The menu at the Capstone Chandler said the new menu was leteria offers something new this based on four of the specialized and nester. popular restaurants on campus: Sub The renovation of* the cafeteria, City, Baker Street, Summer Fields lich is located in the lobby of and Fast Break. pstone, was completed the week "People will not be happy about fore classes started. Besides losing the old cafeteria's foods, but anges in the menu, the appearance more students are using the new the cafeteria has changed. cafeteria, and we have a broader rhe new cafeteria, Gibbes Court, spectrum of students from Capstone itures deli sandwiches, bakery and Columbia Hall because of the ms, frozen yogurt, baked new products and hours," Chandler tatoes, hot dogs and a few said. :akfast items. "I love the new cafeteria because it Studies done this past year in- is really nice, but regret that they do ated that very few students were not have regular hot meats and nig itic iacuuies, saiu <^ari vegeiaoies, ior example," said Lisa landler, director of dining services. Bukacek, a journalism sophomore, ily about 25 percent of all of the who lives in Capstone. idents of Capstone and Columbia See "Capstone," page 3 More than 700 pledge o greek organizations LUCY SOTO scream and go crazy; it's a lot of j ff writer " \bout 400 women and 314 men Fewer girls dropped out of rush dged greek organizations during this year, Ross said. "A lot more 1 rush, which ended this week. girls stayed through rush, and this rhe National Panhellenic Council makes me think that the girls were ( orities and the National Fraternity more satisfied with the system." uncil fraternities started their rush This year, for the first time, the August 23. rush system was computerized to Bight sororities held rush August lessen confusion. 30. About 627 girls showed up for "When you deal with 600 girls that mal rush, Ross said. USC's new are going to eight different parties on ority, Alpha Chi Omega, rushed a two days, there's a lot of legwork inek later and added 91 more volved," Ross said. "So we decided dges. to put it on a computer. We had [During NPC sorority rush, the kinks in it because it was the first hees go to a series of all-day par- day, but overall it went great." ? to get to know the different Fraternity rush for NFC frateripters and to decide which sorority nities is a lot different from sorority y would like to join. rush, said John Herron, president of 'Each girl goes around to eight USC's Fraternity Council. lerent parties, ana tne sororities "l or one, we're not as structured, rrow down their lists in round one We leave a lot up t the rushce to go d round two while the rushee nar- around and meet people in each vs down her list," said Alpha fraternity," he said. "The first two lta Pi member Lee Satterfield, a days are open rush, and it's up to the irnalism junior. "On preference rushees to decide what parties they go ;ht, the list is down to two choices. to on the fraternity quad." The e rushees write down their first rushees are invited back during closd second choices. ed rush until they are invited to "On the last day, Bid Day, the pledge. Is find out what sorority they During fraternity rush Monday ide it into," Satterfield said. "All through Thursday, the parties were : girls go back to the quad and See "Rush," page 3 Order a Isi and get 4 fc"- 1*^' *'TJ|| t.'L dkadfcitl li Serving Forest Acrem A Serving Qamer* Ferry- Ser Arcadia Lake* Area: South Beltllne Areai <~mt 787-7383 783-6770 ? 1943 Decker Blvd. 7410 Garners Ferry Rd. Serving West Columbia: Serving Forest Acrem: 791-5309 787-2826 ? 1220 Augusta Rd. 2005 Bel,line Blvd 21 112< Serving N? Columbia: ?< Andfw., 736-5344 798-6466 4PK 9810 Two Notch Rd. 597 St Andrews Rd 11 Al 11 Af JiBM L? ?J|? Fl Limited delivery arrns Drivers carry under $20 fc RijHfl jj ' KEITH JONES/The Gamecock And behind door No. 1. . . Kurt Baston, a chemical engineering sophomore, looks like he's stalling around the portable toilets on the Horseshoe, but actually it's important business. Carolina Johns of Columbia provided the toilets. Greeks to pick up after pope's visit By JULIE BUTTERFIELD could not be provided, said the Siaff writer fairground manager Gary Goodman. More than 100 fraternity and "We normally have a company. ^ sorority members will spend Satur- that comes in Sunday morning iJB I day morning cleaning up the State clean up after football games," he Fairgrounds, said Luke Byars, said. "Because of the amount of Fraternity Council's public relations turn-around time between the pope's chairman. visit and the football game, as well as The clean-up follows Pope John the fact that the company could not Paul H's visit to Columbia today come in Saturday morning, we told wntn nit tungiuumu:> win uc uscu mi uiai we couiunt gci 11 aonc." parking during papal services at During home football games, the Williams-Brice Stadium. Gamecock Club contracts a portion "We were contacted by James of the fairgrounds for parking, and J Brown this summer and asked if we the remaining area is sold by the would consider participating in this State Fair as individual, first-come project," Byars said. "We're doing it first-serve parking for the general as a community service project with public. Money raised goes toward the the Sorority Council." cleaning and maintenance of the Brown is the volunteer coordinator fairgrounds and restroom facilities, for papal operations. In a contract with USC which The students will meet at 9 a.m. at made the fairgrounds available for the fairground's rockets free parking during the pope's visit, Refreshments will be provided by^P the South Carolina State Fair, a local restaurants. Anyone interested private, non-profit organization, in participating in the project is instipulated that fairgrounds clean-up vited to help. 1 1 ??? i large ^ll #! I II 1 /ft ? of these ^ J i n B Ming Irmot 111AM-2AM Sun.-Thurs. J2?"|230 11AM-3AM Fri. & Sat. 2 Woodrow SI .3g n ptml$ll0 tumblmrt. vmaunlvrwltyot Whll. .up&l.. I..I ith Carolina I ^ rounding Armmi 56-8151 ?f*%4L\ * Devine St. ?3*$' fyVe*i trms y vi?m Mon-inurs. ' DM 1 NO'S VTA ELI VERS" 1EE. i 0198/Domino s Pu/a, Irvc j