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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.
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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
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to keep Confec
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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<
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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 "
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_~ " - ' ="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
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Gore is a war
jrT-'-js;iWk Americans believe sli
^ _ sorship; she disagree
^ "There are other v
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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
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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
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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
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(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
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