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Volume 80, No. 32 University of South Carolina October 23, 1987
Lett Bias' mol
speaks tor yoi
By RITA COSBY care and understand our young
Staff writer She is the mother of four
One of the major problems facing people today is that 17-year-old son Jay, who is sai
uiwy uun i know wncrc uicy re going, said Lomsc Uias, player his brother Lcn was." No
mother of the late college basketball star Lcn Bias, who ing into the big time pro baskc
spoke at USC Tuesday evening. and living in the limelight.
Bias is touring the United States to spread the message She said people need to de
of hope to teenagers and families. "We must all take great answers and know where they're
and frustration begin the cycle <
# ~ pie can then take over and try t
Hinci' niAThoi* mllz^ "I know whn I nm irx-lfjv- !'??<
J UlOO IIIVIUIVI WIUV5
have ever done, and that's bury
She said her son's death was i
Editor's note: Gamecock reporter Rita Cosby inter- as an example and eye-opener t
viewed Lonise Bias, mother of Len Bias, a former All- "Len Bias had to go. His dc;
America basketball player at the University of timely for many of you, but it
Maryland who died of a cocaine-induced heart attack. maker.''
Some excerpts from the interview follow. \ born-again believer, she sai
By Rll A COSBY hand in control of her son's life
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^muii niiivr Her message was of life and i
Q: How much have you been on the road now? "Parents need to listen, not
A A: It's been about a year now, starting a month and also need to see the beauty they
two days after Len died. It's taken a snowball effect. "Teenagers arc always dancin
Since there is such a need for this message, 1 don't They worry too much about wl
ever worry about time. When you are on a mission, and peer pressures. They need to
that means movement and you don't have time to they arc and stand up to others,
count. You just go and do what must be done. Life is not easy."
Q: Was it hard to talk about your son's death, " she said she thinks all druj!
E psnprinll u nt firci ?
?r- ^ ? J--"- depressions are all only symptot
A: No, amazingly. I had such divine strength from because of a much deeper cause,
within. I never dreamed it'd be like this, ever. I always out of the air and say I'm goinj
had a burning desire to teach, but nothing like the always original causes beneath i
magnitude of this. She said she sees, through her
Q: Do you feel you are here today to make your son's perience, that many young p<
life more meaningful after his death? themselves and their future.
A: No, not at all. I did not set this mission up. Sudden- "They need to realize that the
ly, a week after his death, I was on the 700 Club. 1 love you must have for yoursell
stand totallv in the strencth r?f rlio I r?rH f .....
0... ? I n aiso uoesn't get any easier
I know people were just looking at me in shock, and real world has the same confusi
* Give students job pi
By KELLY S. MARSHALL 1 don't think we do."
Senate reporter Sen. Ivan Molano pointed out difficultie
A resolution giving qualified students priority transportation as fhp r^enn :
? vw.ivil J
over non-students for campus jobs was passed should be given to students.
by the Student Senate Wednesday. "Our responsibility is to represent stude
Sen. Stanley Davis opposed preference being and this resolution is a good idea," Mol
given to students. said. "We don't have the pool of jobs that n
"Saying who should get a job or who students have. Our resources and transportai
shouldn't is an area where the senate just should are very limited."
not intervene," Davis said. "Who's to say that The measure came as a resolution, wl
a non-student has less hardship than a student? means it is not binding legislation, but rat Ik
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( _ I economy coul
4 , - H coming montl
?f a period o
program dire
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. j - Hl :-;;1 Tuesday. In tl
H 1 e<l confidence
K market made
-S^^'Av-j Thursday, t
t' i'Tj"-. ' x~~i ' - I day with the
Be?, ?;^Jw Crime reporter
[ -ffp- | i A week of <
! 'V-BkL' mhi^''' ''''' MM programs beg
^ ^-.-V;:i:' ^. I- : r:.-:v! The theme <
them alternai
L ; questions and
' She said the
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k i | ,. . WIT7 SITTFROING/Thr Gamecock ing thail tO lcl
| Hypnotized Local grour
the Rape Cris
Doug looker, a business freshman, appears entranced by the Raze of a Health Studcr
snake dancer at the State Fair Tuesday night. looker escaped unhitten. affairs will ha
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going. If not, depression ^ W
:>f symptoms. Other peo- '^v In. sffil
1
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d she thinks Ciod had his ij^ , X
lor a vital reason. 1^^ jgA -WtM^;,
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just hear. Young people &
all possess inside. if 'mM*'
ig to someone else's beat.
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hat others think of them
feel confident about who 'i
Let's dare to be different. j|
;s, alcohol, suicides and
ns. People resort to these J^Kj /
"People just do not drop }
5 to use drugs. There are 'liiA
extensive travels and ex- 'f
:ople arc unhappy with ,s|>' JjV
greatest love of all is the
l-onise Bias makes some points in her speech ajj
after college either; the evening. Bias, mother of the late college All-Amcri
ng dilemmas, she said. the nation.
See "Bias," page 2
riority, resolutior
statement of the Senate's feelings and opinions, strike a senate rule, ru
S in Resolutions on tlif? nf
- - i senators acceptance
obs Committee were also passed with little Except tor the de
resistance. Services, the Handbo
nts, its current members ft
ano The decision to allow non-senators to retain organizations,
on- their votes on the Handbook Committee passed
ion unanimously alter being tabled for a week of In final business,
discussion. Freshman Revue wit
lich Because sources of outside funding and ideas was sent back to the (
?*r a are involved in the handbook, senators voted to tee for a week of deb
)fessors disagree c
: ARSON
amies and finance professors are People will feel leSS
nv the record-breaking week on the because of a possible decree
will aifeci use's 1988 graduating values of their financial as<
university in the next liscal year. . . ... ... .
. . . . rr , , 4-r? -? ....II
...* .1 I* Kumit UJ uneci me uml siu- men uicj will HKCiy Spent!
h unless their parents are paying their goods like Cars, llOUSCS and
ttoek market money. Then it could
," retired finance professor Richard '
Economics prograr
o is now a financial adviser, said the _______________
d experience a light recession in the
is. recovering about 100 points later in tli
ess cycle is already in the last stages "What no one can predict is tin
f growth," Ron Wilder, economics events. One possible result is an effect
dor, said. "The stock market fall pectation in 1988 for graduates," Will
a start in a recession." Me said the odds of recession are
'ork Stock Exchanee nlummetted a thnniii
w . ? ....... "VIV. 1/v.iun lilt" L~\t'lllN Ul Mil
ig 508 points Monday. "People will feel less wealthy becaus
larket made small recoveries the next ble decrease in the values of their fina
: stock market gained 102.27 points and then they will likely spend less ot
te midst of a calming tide and regain- cars, houses and boats."
: in the economy Wednesday, the
a recovery of 158 points. Assistant professor of economic res
he stock market had another shaky Woodward agreed and said a recession
Dow falling almost 200 points, but a tighter budget for USC next year.
ik of crime awareness
xKPTINK
*'We are trying to
:rime awareness and safety awareness . . . c . ., . ,,
ins Monday al USC, a rcsidcnl police SllldcnlS Of how (hey ShOUk
to possible precautions ai
.)( this year's safety program is 4Tlay ||lem alternatives that are i
Dcnise Kinard, a university resident
r and crime awareness program tO them, K11111 I'd said.
Denis
ying lo in lor in student, of how they y.SC resident poll
it to possible precautions and show . '
ives that are available to them," crime awareness program co
>se of the Safety Days is to present to
n-sight resource informaton center Tuesday's activities arc safety scssiti
an receive safety information, ask be presented in the Russell House Hal
gather valuable literature," she said. Danny Baker, university assistant vi
tJiugmm win stress cnmc prevention lor law enforcement and safety, will s|
etter to prevent a crime trom occurr- p.m. Tuesday in the ballroom in a se
it happen." "Date Rape ? Can It Happen to Yoi
>s such as Citizens Against Violence, An alcohol awareness program will 1
is Network of Columbia, the Public 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Towers'
it Association and minority student A speaker from the Criminal Justi<
vc booths on Greene Street Monday. will be demonstrating a driving simulai
~| Groups plan
Walk weekend
Hp j for parents
fgr By KAL'RA MOORI.
'J i Slaft writer
Several groups have planned recep^
J': lions Mild PlllcrlninniKiii ("<?r P-inmit'
^ .. H Weekend, which begins today.
Parents' Weekend starts at 6:30
> . p.m., when Living Off-Campus and
Learning will hold a seminar for offcampus
students, followed by an off
v campus student services reception.
The official opening program of
Parents' Weekend, "We're Cilad
You're Here," begins at 8:00 p.m.
today and will be followed bv a band
% dancc, said Mclainc Hoganson of
student activities.
The Carolina Program Union will
offet (wo movies in the Russell
House theater: Children of u Lesser
God today and The Buddy Holly
Story Saturday. They are also sponsoring
a dessert cabaret at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday in the Russell House
K, J Ballroom.
The marching band will hold its
| < annual pre-game reception at 10:30
Wl; <> a.m. Saturday in the band hall.
!* The Student Alumni Association is
w.je I . sponsoring a tailgate party at 11:30
yi f a.m. Saturday, as are Alpha Delta
< Pi, Delta Gamma, Delta Z.eia, Kappa
^ \ Kanna Gamma nnH 7pim Tan AiMii
sororities and Delta Upsilon fraternity,
Hoganson said.
Other fraternities and sororities
1 | '* are also sponsoring post-game reecp?
tions, banquets, and cocktail parties.
URIC HEwm/The Uamecork A( s p m Salurday> paron(s and
. . . j students can choose to go to theplav
.ainst drug use I uesda\ ,.T, , , , ,,, .
, " . ? . * The Imaginary Invalid at
can I.en Bias, is louring . . Tf . . . ,
* l .ongstreet 1 heat re or to a concert at
McKissick Museum by "lilues Doctor"
Drink Small, said Diana Ballard
of McKissick Museum. A minority
w siudcni-parent reception is also planned
at 8 p.m. on the third floor of
Gambrell.
At 9:30 a.m. Sunday, there will he
ile 19B, which barred non- an all-faiths service at Rut ledge
into the committee. Chapel. The annual Parent's Brunch
legate from Information will be held at 10:30 a.m. in Russell
ok Committee will retain House Ballroom; USC President
om the senate and outside James Holderman will speak,
Hoganson said.
a bill to co-sponsor the The weekend ends with a soccer
h The Gurnet and Black game at 2 p.m. and a concert by
Communications Cnmmii- i iw- ? ? *
.jv__ -> li11 i)(t11n .la/./ nana.
ate.
:>n stocks' slide
"South Carolina, when compared to other states
?|. in the country, fares worse during periods of reces*
sion," Woodward said. "In the past, USC has exise
in the perienced sharp cuts in funding by the legislature,
>etS and which resulted ill a tighter budget and higher tui,
' tion. This could get worse if we go into a
I leSS On recession."
boats."
?/ / . But distinquished lecturer in economics Jim
rjn VX iiaer Bradley said there was no reason for a recession to
n director occur.
"I don't think the fall of the stock market Monie
day. day will have much of a real impact," Bradley said.
: timing of "If we sit around and let a recession occur, then it
on jobs ex- will have an impact, but there are micro-economic
Jer said. tools to stimulate adequate levels of demand and to
now higher help stabilize the economy."
s past week.
e of a possi- Bradley said the Federal Reserve and the
nrinl nccpfc T rpnc??r\f 'i rn olrAn/li. I.. ~- .... -If "
....... uu aui.au) niiiMii^ <111 CHOI I lO rCSIOTC
i goods like confidence by making a pledge to provide banks
with the money to buy up securities in case consumption
is decreased.
earch Doug He also said policies such as decreased taxes can
could mean be used to offset negative responses and help increase
the money supply in the market.
> to start Monday
the process of undergoing a breathaly/er test on
i II 4 O TITI several students who were selected to be subjects in
I he alert ,htf l,emonstrationWednesday
night is family night. A represen
id show tative from the American Red Cross will present a
ivallable program for the children of USC students on child
safety. The program will take place in the
;tiiflilOi iimi in '"fjlivin
e Kinard,
ice officer C'olcs Badger of (he Rape ( lisis Network will
present a program at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in
ore UW or Kussell House Room 305 on reducing the risk of
??? rape
Students can register their bicycles Thursday on
ms that will Greene Street in front of the Russell House.
Iroom. As a conclusion to crime awareness week, a self
ice president defense class will nr?.Miiwi k., . i... l-..,... - >
- - l*? vi.vimvw \'y iiiv. rv.iiillimt
peak at 7:30 School of Karate at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the
ssion titled, Russell Mouse.
i?"
)e offered at "1 hope that the students take an active parlobby.
ticipation in the week's activities and acquire some
:c Academy of the sources available to them in this area,"
ion test and Kinard said.