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j I USC's Athenian Society dedi- J Viewpoint page 3 r??? cates itself to free speech, 1 ~ _ w \ Features..4 e=a?s; Jsjy^ir"- j Gamecocks trounce Southern Miss a-y,:, si *cature;i' p kc ** If? ~ ~ I Classifieds page 8 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Monday _________ ??- ? - ? Volume 80, No. 57 University of South Carolina February 1, 1988 k^^S ' - - - - - gz^g^ >^5 ?: mkk KlW b J bGS^B9B9Hh^BB3^ ^ * f"v."." "-r.;:/::"'";;.-,::-^Hr wy9H r y4 wart/ winning performance Defensive football team captain Brad Edwards grips tl Clemson game. He is flanked by USC coach Joe Morrist Trustee a By STEPHEN GUILFOYLE mor Managing editor son; USC's alcohol advertisement and dorm visita- effo tion policies are not strict enough to suit one USC thei trustee. poli r State Rep. Michael Fair, R-Greenville, who also T serves on the Board of Trustees, raised concerns beet about what he called "problems associated with Tl sexual promiscuity among the young" and "the alio problem of advertising beverage alcohol products oth< by the university and its personnel" in a letter to fern Board Chairman Othniel Wienges dated Dec. 11, help 1987. P At the Board's Executive Committee meeting pro Thursday, board members listened to Vice Presi- fals dent for Student Affairs Dennis Pruitt address thei some of Fair's concerns regarding the visitation "A policy. thai Fair's letter read, "Sexually transmitted diseases " are and have been epidemic tor several years. exo AIDS is the killer and has gotten the most to t attention. Dennis Prui11*s office has been doing a not responsible job in this area, but 1 wonder how 7 much help it would be to review our housing gue policies with these things in mind. we "I would like to see access to dorms above " ground floor restricted to same sex. In that gre; connection, eliminate any coed dorms. stu< "We are obviously going to emphasize proper inv Brazil moving ambassador to By TODD HINKS J i ? News editor Brazil, though one of the top three debtor na- leSS tions in the world, is becoming one of the fastest growing industrial countries and has a powerful trill future, says the Brazilian ambassador to the acri United States. Hii? _ Ambassador Marcilio Moreira spoke before a crowded audience in Gambrell Hall Friday Ofl about the history and future of the improving South American country. "In a few decades ? actually less than 40 years ? we were transformed from a rural Amei agricultural society to an industrial one to a very when urban one," Moreira said. a rev He said more than 72 percent of the popula- "!i tion now lives in cities. The gross national pro- we a duct ranks eighth in this hemisphere and tenth Mor< in the world. Bu Much of that comes from an upswing in in- is int dustrial expansion. Moreira said 70 percent of "I exports this past year were industrial materials. coun Also, over the past 50 years there has been an worl< annual growth rate of 6 percent. true But Brazil is not all a balmy day on the coop beaches of Rio. Moreira said the country has amoi rv% /inti f M /\ mm many \u uuil iii."? . nu. ^ "We have a social debt. We have a foreign Fit debt, and we have this challenge of writing a Unit' new constitution to really strengthen and jumf possibly endanger a very recent democracy." out ; He said the focus up until very recently has affei been Brazil's economic roles. The results have Tc been less concern for social and political soph development. coun The social debt led the country to borrow of tli heavily in the 1970s and create their "enor- appr mous" foreign debts. Moreira said this happen- M ed because the Brazilian leaders had thought the Was attention to economics would cause a trickle- futu down effect and help the society and politics. then f The new constitution is a great step for Brazil thre< ^ since ending its totalitarian regime, which folded three years ago, he said, adding that Brazil is culti looking foward to democracy. beca He said the country has great respect for the of tl 1HB B& V^? u _v JB Ht wKi" '::': v "i iSa --:;:v;;^ i 3 ~^W^tV i - pP t^S rM'/: jMBTMl"" J'"" ' I lie Ernest Brooks trophy awarded for (he most valuable playei >n and to the far left Kugene Griffith, a trustee of the Brooks uestions p< al behavior and responsibility in all interper- enters these i il relationships. . . yet, we may undermine our "We're al' irtc hv nccicf inn cf lulnntt tr\ Hp nrnmic^nnnc in r>riv/nrv V r sexual behavior because of relaxed visitation students is tc cies." USC Pres he visitation policies are not relaxed, but have coed dormltc i improved in recent years, Pruitt said. residence hal he visitation policy is a good one, he said. "It Bates House ws students to come in close proximity to each Zoo." He s ?r. And we've found that allowing males and machine dov ales to come into close proximity to each other a keg out the >s their development," he said. of the Bates ruitt said he did not think there was any But since blem with sex on campus. "There seems to be a residents h e assumption that if there are coed dormitories, Holderman < i students are sexually promiscuous," he said. The comm nd I don't know that there is any evidence that action, but tl t is the case." full meeting. Where cohabitation exists, it is such an The comn option that people know about it. It is brought ment policy he attention of staff and is confronted, and it is always com< accepted," Pruitt said. on that issut he new residence hall policy requires that all Wienges v sts sign in. "We know the traffic in the dorm; on the bask know who's in there," Pruitt said. Arena. But 'With our new sign-in policy we have much all university ater control over these decisions. Many of our up in 1993. > dents are concerned about whether or not we're to take any ading their privacy rights by controlling who would revie\ forward, |||||| U.S. says In a few decades ? actually man 4U years ? we were ma iisformed from a rural, icultural society to an in- p trial one to a very urban B rican political evolution dating back to i it was a foundling nation and just ending t has been a very difficult exercise, because ire still a rather unstructured society," t one of the most important issues to Brazil ernational relations, he said. think that we in Brazil, as many other raj tries in Latin America and throughout the J, that we cannot dispense and put away _ _ ""T-v understanding and we must have complete " ,* r," eration with our foreign partners, and jffi ; ' rig our foreign partners the United States is " ^ 1." IwSi?? it Moreira said there are fears that the [iij-d-Vj ed States will close down on imports or > to eliminate the trade deficit by pulling aid to struggling countries and this would [ r :t the entire world economy. ' _ - )day, he said, the relationship is more ! --- - r- ^ isticated and complex betwen the two < _ - _L itries. Both are more vulnerable to the rest 1|S ic world and neither can take an isolationist oach, he said. oreira spent much of the week in -.? - hington speaking to the Congress about the re of relations and the present debts. He traveled to USC to be the final speaker at a , _____ e-day conference on Brazilian literature. Actually, both literature and politics and jral economics are really after all linked Marcilio Moi luse all of them are the results of the labor about (he probli le human spirit/' Moreira said. speech was the W tW AHBgmsSm a News editor rjy arc g Y reminder of friends on vacation the Student Government them for a new purpose begit jjI today. ' :. It's spring, and that mean: ., '' .. . . ' ' . Hp time once again for the legislature to allocate funds foi - ~~ " I leges and universities. These ;. j are the newest efforts in that ai v--: j get USC more funding. /'i ' ; , - . "Thr? mnin imnnrt that wr? vv: ? I? - " i - - 1 make is to show to the legislatur there is student concern, and we to have more than just the lead( of the students saying that thi concern," said S.G. Pres 1 Michael Hogue. After having attempted a I writing campaign that cost i $1,000 this past year and had Keith Jones/the Gamecock support from students, the revis forts arc a well-conceived scl r of the annual USC- Hogue said. estate. Alton Hyatt, in charg I legislative a hairs, said the co printing the postcards will be 1|| ? ? Since they will be hand deli' " 1 O there will be nothing else invol Hill S "The biggest link between t -HL JH. SL and students right now is how funding we'll get from the G residence halls," he said. ways respective of students' rights of ( I #T Ve found the best influence on S ? it / t ffl/f, ) treat them as adults. %/ irtf^nf hmi>c Hnldprnun snirt h;ivino >ries has actually helped improve some TOROD NEPTUNE Is. He said when he first came to USC, news.cd,,or . : was a single sex dorm called "the USCs student magazine, Po ;aid some students threw a vending Magazine, is seeking .unds tc /n the elevator shaft, and others threw ,or 1"1Prov^ments in the publ window that crashed through the roof 1 have been hindered beca cafeteria unattainable revenue require the dorm has become a coed, the sa'^ ^.a,t?aret Michels, acting ave responded more responsibly, t0r,,?, student media. j lor the past two years sir littee did not address the issue with any revenue requirement has been he full board may discuss it at the next the Student Senate, we ha been able to reach that goal, littee addressed the alcohol advertise- also means that we can't do ar first, because, as Pruitt said, "sex additional to the paper, IS ;s after alcohol," but took no action sai~; , gjiher rhe magazine receives /as concerned about I he Coots display 517,000 a year from student < elball scoreboard in Frank McGuirc '.CLS a ,ls . ,? tequired t< he said the contract was written when "-J00- which lhe magazine I / students had the right to drink and is .5,?' bVienges said the Board would not need he revenue requirement is action about current contracts and en^ ea^ f,scal year. ? * others as they come up. magazine publication has n Editor's i the Unite* HI U5U V S/J By RITA Staff write Questu . growth, \ been neg help this; Answe funds int all levels, high prio Q: Ab( of povert A: Th youths, mortality 86/1000. Q: Is i thrp#* \jf*a HA: Yes govern tl very stro have ma governm undertak of cxpre: problem; more of Q: Ha ban Bra; as a rctal and licet A: Yo ? - - ^ respond< ; r"'!- , _-V;"'."' '. j hoping t *.V: ? ^ Q: wj ting (he A:Wc should g 0: W jffl cartel"* .. - i.. ?i... ?., KtlTH JUNtS/Ihe UamrcocK i.. uiv v, A: Fu elra, Brazilian ambassador to the United States, speaks us all. V ems and progress his country has faced in recent years. His have brc climax to a three-day conference on Brazilian literature. ? attempt d plan funding * o Assembly, so it's their opportunity to express that concern and do little something about it," Hoguc said. , but Hogue said the tuition issue is the o use biggest thing on students minds and ming that this is finally a chance for them to do something about it without * it's much effort. state "It's an easy opportunity to say r col- how they feel," he said. cards The card has a picture of a ea to Horseshoe building on the cover, and on the back is a statement written by int to the S.G. executives about the cone that cerns for full-formula funding. There ' have is a space for students to include their :rship own comments to their legislators, s is a The postcards will be available in ident the S.Ci. office beginning today and will be available for three to four letter- weeks. Students can come and comicarly plete their cards without worrying little about postage. ed ef- Hogue said the cards will then be heme, sorted and brought by himself and some representatives to the State e of House. He said he is hoping to have a st for press conference to present the $300. postcards. vered, ved. Meanwhile, he will spend the next uition few weeks speaking with groups much about the importance 01 the eneral campaign. )' seeks funds been able to have the money by the date. rtfolio The Student Senate decreased the i allow revenue requirement in 1986 from ication $4,000 to allow for what was thought use of to be a more attainable goal, but Jim ments, Davenport, editor of Portfolio direc- Magazine, said that it hasn't helped. The Student Senate reduced the ice me revenue requirement tnis past year in raised hopes that the magazine would be ive not able to sell a full back page of ads, which which would have raised about lything SI,000 itself, but the magazine was dichels unable to do that. "We do get a lot of funding from about student activity fees, but we just activity haven't been able to reach that 3 raise revenue goal," Davenport said. lias yet "Portfolio is not the most successful avenue for drawing revenue due at mainly becausc we rely heavily on ind the our patrons and donors to support lot yet See "Magazine," page 2 )reira outlines azil's future note: Marcilio Moreira, Brazil's ambassador to (I States, visited USC Friday. Sta ff writer Rita K. ? I. _ .,..'<1. I ukv wun nun. K. COSBY r in: Brazil had a dramatic increase in economic vhile social development such as education had lected. What is the government doing now to ) I r: The present democracy has tried to channel o education, doubling the federal expenses. On , we are trying to push education to one of the rities on the national agenda. out one-third of your nation is on the threshold y. What is being done to support the poor? ey are trying to introduce new programs for expecting mothers and children. Our infancy rate is extremely high ? approximately Thic ic imhnlnnrpfl and imnmvinp i full democracy established, as it has only been irs since the authoritarian rule? finally. Yet, the big problem exists with how to he country. Brazil used to be a country with a ng government and a weak society, and today we lybe a stronger society and maybe a weaker ent. During this period, a big change had to be en. Things are changing now ? there is freedom ssion and no oppression now. But we still have i on the police level, normal violence. Hut that's a social problem than a political one. #lw? I 1 ^ I ?Uo ? mmlw i:> uic UIIIICU oidits (iniRniiKtu 11ai mty iiiigui Lilian imports, especially on computer software, liation to Brazil's restriction on certain U.S. trade ising? u have not done it yet, though. Brazil has actually :d in a very serene and objective way. I'm still hat this problem can be overcome. lat is your stand on Central America and supporContras? do support the peace process, the Arias Plan. We ive the process a chance. hat was said tins past [Novemoer at me tientor discussion between the three largest debt nations orld ? Brazil, Argentina and Mexico? II coverage on debt. It is a shame it exists among Ve don't want to create a cartel, but in order to )ader institutional advances, we must all undersSee "Interview," page 2