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Cats, the succcssful Broadway Viewpoint page 3 "'I cJt-1 StttfcKTJ: I Gamecocks pound Clemson, 75-63 a==sj pn umbia today. See Features, pane 4 | See Sports. p??e 7 Classifieds page X The Gamecock gr- Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Monday Volume 80, No. 60 University of South Carolina February 8, 1988 ROTC safe from cuts, (.officer says By JONATHON LOBKR Staff writer The number of officers in the Air Force and ihe Arm; is decreasing because of a defense spending bill passed b Congress for the 1988 fiscal year, but the bill will not af feet USC programs, said Air Force ROTC facult member Robert Humphreys. u;it i,>r n.r?nr/. ;> i ill. win i vv.ji.iii v:> inv i/t^ai uikiii ui ivviviisv iu v,ui ii officcr strength by 1 pcrcent this year. The Navy and the Marines will both gain officers i 1988, because they have not had as much of an overabur dance of officers in recent years as the other two inilitar branches, Humphreys said. The AFROTC is trying very hard not to dismiss anyon involuntarily, Humphreys said. "We don't like to treat our people that way," he saic Humphreys made a list ranking cadets from best t worst, just in case the AFROTC program is forced t ^make involuntary reductions. In order to avoid such drastic measures, the AFROT has implemented two programs designed to let people g the easy way. The first, which ended Dec. 15, involves students wh arc forced to take an excessive number of courses eac semester in order to graduate on time. These cadets would be allowed to delay their date < graduation, thus lowering the number of graduatir cadets, an Air Force document said. Any cadet taking extra semesters would have to pay f< them. No cadets took advantage of this alternative, Hur phreys said. The other program would allow any senior cadet | good academic standing to disenroll from the AFROT program with no further obligation to the government Cadets are usually bound by a contract requiring the to serve in the Air Force after graduation. 0^ Only one USC student has decided to disenroll, Hut | ^7phreys said. AFROTC engineering senior John Gamble decided * disenroll because he had an opportunity to make mo money as a civilian, Humphreys said. The Air Force is trying to limit its national officer pr duction to 2,500 officers this year. This is at least 6 j fewer cadets than would usually qualify. The DoD will have to get rid of 2 percent of its offic< in 1989 and the same amount in 1990, he said. This means the Air Force will lose 2,255 of its office and the Army must decrease its numbers by 1,514 in 19f according to a story in the Jan. 18 Air Force Times. This past year, the number of officers in the Air Foi decreased by about 1,250. This past year, the Navy's size neither expanded r shrank. The Marine Corps decreased in 1987, but is < pected to grow slightly this year. j?Alcohol polic By SCOTT SAUNDERS Statf writer < USC students need to be conscious of the univerjj sity's alcohol policy, said Novella Fortner, assis- I tant to the dean of student life, and the alcoholeducation workshops conducted at the university this semester have this goal in mind. In fact, the alcohol-education workshops, which 3 were held throughout this past semester, are scheduled to take place again this semester. The sponsoring organization planning to have an alcohol party must have attended at least one workshop on alcohol policies, Fortner said. "We try to teach risk management and the reduction of liability," said Fortner, "and help the organization gain an understanding of USC's \ alcohol policy." t a Fortner said any event on USC property and f i * i * 1 .i j "* ieaiuring oeer or wine inusi ne regisiereu wiwi inc State senator b to keep Confec By Associated Press by a recent n COLUMBIA ? State Sen. Glenn flag from sta McConnell has emerged as a national South Car spokesman for the effort to keep the the flag over Confederate battle flag atop South while Georgi Carolina's State House dome, and incorporated the Republican from Charleston in- their official sists he's not a racist. black Alabai "1 think some people who oppose rested for at > ^me about the flag are disappointed to flag from find that I'm not a closet racist, that capitol. I'm knowledgeable about the flag's "One of and our country's history," McCon- priorities for nell said. "And that my actions are the Confedt not based on some emotional roman- four Southe, ticism about the Confederacy." Shinhoster, Three weeks ago, McConnell director for defended the flag on the NBC-TV "The flj Today show. He has spoken on divisiveness i several call-in radio shows across the and racism. country and has written and been the bols remove* subject of a half-dozen editorials. they want to His Columbia office has received or put them < about 125 letters and telegrams and that is fine. ) W50 phone calls about his stance on the buildings." flag ? 99 supportive, he says. NAACP Although McConnell has long Carolina is t defended the flag, his emergence as a in which no national spokesman was prompted flag has be< jJ*M^ fflr SB frYuHj I HKIl mm. ^H 9 Sg^HBHNyl jm^v j HBji.-.. j 1 1 lirlw^Skafe^i s ; mk mKMilroj ill?lnM Hj aBffl^^BW^^^^^^Miii'iillBiBml^LJ '.y^B^^r . 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""*1 jfc 1 jP&B , j^K' /- '^2fp?? :\ 0i& ESPSBBr IH ' ' >'/ . y ;)vr->.v * " Mail call tor Business freshman Cinda Patrick eagerly sorts through ms -x- in Charlotte after checking her mailbox in Carolina Mall tf :y important, off Jean of student life. not manag< According to tne use alconoi policy, spon- tne resultu taneous gathering for an unregistered event where hosts. beer, wine or distilled spirits are present is a viola- Former tion of this policy." students, n Fortner said a faculty advisor to the particular and it is lo( organization, a member at large and an executive the Russell officer of that organization must attend a Fortner workshop before the dean of student life will allow response the event to take place. workshops Those attending the workshops learn not only the univer< through discussion, Fortner said, but also through events, she a variety of literature and a computer program that ing host to presents a typical party situation, calculates your The nex body weight, amount of food and number of p.m. in th drinks input to compute food-alcohol level at the Room, but end of the evening. of these w< A video tape is shown featuring a party that was at any org ecomes crusader ierate flag flying lovement to remove the Political observers say the reason is te capitols. that no politician wants to bring up olina and Alabama fly the controversial subject in an electheir capitol buildings, tion year. a ana Mississippi nave "I'm not intimidated in the least it into the designs of by the NAACP, and I'm well aware state flags. Tuesday, 14 of the political risks I take by opposma legislators were ar- ing them . . . But I think that their tempting to remove the mandate to bring down the flag simpatop the Montgomery ly bccausc they say it is wrong is an example of their gross intolerance of our top legislative differing viewpoints," he said. 1988 is the removal of "I believe in many of the principles :rate flags from these on which the NAACP was formed, rn capitols," said liarl but they do not have a monopoly on Southeastern regional morality." me r. nven ivicconneii s detractors ag is a symbol of acknowledge his intelligent and evenn this country, of hatred tempered argument. And we want these sym- "Mr. McConnell is no racist, and d from public policy. If I've never said that," said Shinhoster keep them in a museum from Macon, Ga., Saturday, on bumper stickers, then McConnell is a lawyer and a Just get them off the Charleston native. He represents 76,000 constituents in the 41st Senate officials said South District, an odd-shaped box inhe only state of the four eluding North Charleston, Goose legislation to remove the Creek and two-thirds of James in introduced this year. Island. He was first elected In 1981. n Moral i Tip *" ** * ' ; * I Staff writer ' Mary Elizabeth " - - - H wife of Democratic p _~ " - ' ="r~:.~ -_j didate Albert Gore, sf KjP^j -"f film presentation at a BICIIglUIl dllVJ [HIUIK Russell House Ballroc an audience of about She spoke on "T1 Religious Communit Mass Entertainment.' Gore is the co-f< Parents Music Reso non-profit organi/at educate and assist pi sumers on explicit ai in music. Raising PG Kids Society is the title o and the theme Gore \n to follow. Although the restri ly explicit movies an< her priority, Gore h; volved in civil rights i I abused children ! people. i "Society must s children and are will needs before our owi Ciore has fought against the movie ind sion networks exposii to things she feels th< for. "Their priority is iw rhilMr#?n M cair Gore is a war jrT-'-js;iWk Americans believe sli ^ _ sorship; she disagree ^ "There are other v ' mms: . new MACY M/XSOS* Thr Ojmeant ill from her father and her hesl friend By ROBYN THOMI lis pasl week. Staff writer j viiodcs v^ouri in newest place to eat ; * "X It opened this pasi I ,rial run in August XV^-S-CA'A OC^V k3 could be successful ing hall. Renovated from ed well, the tragedy that occurred arid cafeteria, Gibbes Co ig consequences paid by the party's ing when University found that student said this material is available to all ferent type of cafete ot just those involved in the workshops services official. :ated in the Office of Student Affairs in "After doing so House. and getting fcedb 4 U . A i lArnt >!'? fnimH luiiiiiiiiuiu innmvtiy UII UIL ^UUU "WIW.i, iwunu i??v, from faculty and students," the this type of prod have received, and added that although Medendorp, senior iity has no jurisdiction in off-campus services. strongly urges anyone considering play- Gibbcs Court is c a party to attend. to 11 p.m. These h< ;t scheduled workshop is Feb. 23 at 4 compared to tho e Campus Activities Center Conference cafeteria in Capstoi : F-'ortner said, because of the importance "Customers ask< orkshops, she is willing to schedule them hours," Mcdendoi <rn.c<.i ....f,...... ui11/<iiIWIi ^ v.v'11 vciiilikv.. uuuiiiunai v.auiv,i 1191 Aqua man rewarded IJSC swim team member Wade King is congratulated I Bob Marcum, IJSC athletic director, for his participation i medal in the swimming competitions this past summei ceremony at Frank McGuire Arena. ssues per' Gore s speech S this issue without censorship," she Sciicl. "I am not out to put a I'ipper" Gore. childproof cap on the world." residential can- Gore and her organization are par>oke and gave a ticularly responsible foi warnings i conference on about record album lyrics. values at the " I his is minor, but it is the best >m Thursday to way to deal with this issue in a liee 150. society," she said of the eontroverle Role of the sial warning labels. y in Changing Among some of the groups that Gore wants to put labels 011 are sunder of the Prince, Slayer, The Beastie Hoys and urcc Center, a O/./.ie Osbournc. Ciore said these ion created to groups portray incest, suicide, rape, ircnts and con- satanic worship and murder in a id violent lyrics positive light. Gore thinks if rock and heavy in an X-rated metals groups continue to condone if her new book this behavior in their lyrics and in rants Americans their concerts, "glamori/ed violence will desensitize our children to real ction of sexual- violence." J music lyrics is ;is also been in- To combat explicit sex and md the plight of violence in movies and musical lyrics, and homeless the 1W1RC has published a handbook called "Parents'Guide to Some Rock how we value Music," and they publish a ncwsleting to put their tor. She also wants to implement a n," Gore said. new rating, K.V., lor restrictive a tough battle violence. ustry and televi- Gore urged parents to watch prong young people grams with their children and explain cy are not ready to them why they cannot watch certain movies or listen to some music, profit, and ours She stressed the importance of coni. cerned parents and said they should e that some do whatever they can to make a ie advocates ten- change. s. "The power of the pen can still /ays to deal with make a difference," Gore said. stone gets dining hall PSON can't keep tilings on a warming tray for 17 hours." Capstone is the It appears that the change from the it USC. old cafeteria appeals to students, t semester after a This past week, 10,4(M) people ate showed that it there, a vast increase in patronage. In as a regular din- a similar week this past year, about (\ 'WWl ivnnlf* mI<? :il tlx1 mIc! cnlctcri;! (he Capstone in Capstone. urt came into be- E-ven with the apparent im' Dining Services provements, some students gave mixs wanted a dif- ed reactions to the quality of food ria, said a dining and the prices compared to other places on campus. me survey work Tina Boland, a journalsm junior, ack from mall eats at Gibbes Court every day. She :re was a need for said it is "one of the better places to luct," said Ken cat." She said, "Their prices are a lit director of food tie more than l ast Break, which has a b out t h e s a me kinds of >pcn from 7 a.m. sandwiches." :nirs are extended Medendorp said the food quality is >se ol me oiu comparanie arounu campus. w e ic. follow the same price guidelines, but ?d for expanded some of the products are unique and rp said. "In a the portions may be different. This ia setting, you could make the prices seem higher." A t.UH JONt.!>> I If uumeiock before Saturday's Clemson-Carolina basketball gume by in the Pan American Ciames. King won a gold and a silver r. USC swim coach Kris Kirchner looks on during the 1