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Suspended ladies, elephants, J I Viewpoint page 3 ?n The Gamecock's special [Athletics defends drug testing policy I i photo page. I Sports page 8 See Features, p?nc 6 Classifieds pugC 10 The Gamecock $ Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday t Volume 80, No. 64 University of South Carolina February 17, 1988 Editor urg blacks to 1 * more initfc BY MICHELLE SCHOHN Staff writer Ft IP) P* If Black people must take responsibility for their own success and happiness, said one of the highest- I ranking female journalists at a pro- BUflf J gram Monday night. Wm, Susan Taylor, editor in chief of Essence magazine, spoke to about "You have t 400 students at the annual Associa- panics. We ne< tion of Afro-American Students' corporate Ami "Salute to Black Americans." Taylor said "I'm pointing the finger at you portant part 01 and me. Continuing pain in black She quoted < America is dependent on you and I DuBois, sayi A making the wrong moves," Taylor million black I ^ said. the Atlantic "Pain is a central theme of life for sharks used to too many black people," Taylor knowing they said, and that one-half of all black "We're the: children were born into poverty and the mightiest one-half of all black children were don't know yo born to unwed teenage mothers. your life is ha While black men make up only 9 per- "America c cent of all people enrolled in college, but they're n< Taylor said, they make up 47 percent you. You have of the prison population. know who yoi "We have to celebrate ourselves, Taylor, wh even when it's not Black History Essence as bea Month. We arc the flowers in bloom. she does not I We're the first generation of black the pinnacle c people to be off our knees in this because she n society." education. Taylor stressed that America was "The only t ^ not going to make a living for black haves and the fa people and that there was not one is education.' black president of a Fortune 500 "I'm afraid corporation. Sports help, n., ANirtv ut'if'iiTi.'i JU>j nm/i oiiVvII iiiij Copy desk chief Although the university's academic programs and atmosphere influence students the most in selecting USC, the success of the football team is also a factor, an admissions official said. The football team and other sports programs are _ a part of USC's many elements that attract f< students, said Jay Smith, assistant director of si ^ admissions. g ^ "I think it is a factor, but not a decision maker," Smith said. "It's a part of the mosaic, a part of the c picture." it He said it is still too early to tell what effect this tl ..oor'c C A I, : 1.? -)f\ -I J V-C4I a O-t IVHUUUII Ata.MMI, WIIICII IIKIUULU (1 ?.\J' / defeat of arch-rival Clemson and a trip to the g Gator Bowl, would have on enrollment to the n university. tl Smith said the admissions office tries to deter- f mine just what brings students to USC. Transfer g students are more likely to be attracted by a large s athletic program than incoming freshman, he said. "They tell us having a football team is a plus," g Smith said, adding that because high school t students usually apply to colleges in the fall, the s success of the football team has less influence on \? them. The admissions office does not prominently t w Racial inciden tensions, adm By JEFF SHREWSBURY Kditor in chief Recent racial incidents are not a sign that tensions : resurging between blacks and whites, but a sign stagnating attitudes, a USC administrator said. ; Ralph Johnson, assistant dean for minority affai said he thinks racial tensions in the United States and USC are nothing new. He said discrimination docs not on openly, but attitudes of intolerance among the mas still linger. In the past two years, there have been several raci< in/M/inntc fh'jf haup rqicprl rui^ctinnc nf vjuhpt 11iv/1 i v (11 vij iuviuviii J vnui nufv iuijvw vjuvjmviij vr? %.? there are renewed tensions between blacks and whil The freedom march in all-white Forsyth County,Geor in 1987, the racial statements of Jimmy "The Grec Snyder and the incident of hazing a black student at 1 Citadel have been among the more well-publicized. These incidents have left many questioning whet there has been any progress in race relations. "They reflect the general attitude in society and wli we have come since the '60s," Johnson said. "I th we're regressing. We were heading there, but attitu rnmino r?nJ of WnUiinutnn h:iV?? sent H ITlCSSaHC that it 1 OK to be intolerant." Johnson said the tensions may have something to with the cutbacks in federal programming that have m resources scarce. "When people fight for their resources, it tends become a racial thing," he said. Willie Harriford, director of Afro-American stud said these incidents are part of prevailing attitudes in , United States and the only way to eliminate these attiti 1 o build your own com- 'f ; / .' :" >* .;... W?} V" :d you to build a black V;j*H '' .> '* :rica." J .:./-.':"v^ / % " '"; ^ =-:!-? uiutk iiisiui y is an mi- v_? -, ^ F black America today. W-^y -; i study by W. E. B. 1 ' V -v * * ng an estimated 60 ft I flj * 30dies line the floor of I I /*. . . . ' Ocean and that the I m follow the slave ships, ? 8 _ ^3 be fed. mM strongest of the strong, | of the mighty. If you H ur history, you'll think rd." wes you a great debt, ' ^ Dt going to give it to to take it. You have to .1 arc." ! ' : / "" 10 went to work at H uty editor in 1970, said , relieve she has reached I )f success and security H ever received a college H hing that separates the have-nots in this nation Susan Taylor, editor in chief of Esse ? ,, ' speaking about "The Woman Extrac See "Editor," page 2 admissions of cocaine cl ?????????????????? damage r< "We can win the recruiting game but 1 t|lin nd not the football game." 11 smith s Is* % % uVwMlt in juy ^truiri, " Assistant director of admissions pionship, ' past few mature the teams in its pamphlets about the univer- teams. " ty. "It's not a major focus," he said. "The team especially ets enough publicity in the sports pages." USC's And it's the team's publicity and television year, and overage that draw prospective students more than attract sti s actual performance, Smith said. "We can win Studeni ic recruiting game and not the football game." sports pr Smith said the nationwide telecast of a football USC. ame between USC and Michigan in 1985 brought In 198' lassive results. Although the Wolverines crushed 22-21 wii lie Gamecocks 34-3, USC's admissions office was Bowl. Bi looded with phone calls from people interested in Painter, ; etting more information about the university, he senior ap aid. best seast During halftime, the network broadcasting the "It die ame runs an advertisement for each school, and although hese ads work well in promoting a school, Smith tests, incl aid. "A halftime spot is the best advertising in the She said i yorld." still woul But bad publicity for the football team, such as But Pi hf? rpppnf nrrpct r>f wirlp rprpivpr Rvan Fipfhpa mi ipamc wn ts don't increase inistrator says is through education and cultural integration. "When people change their attitudes, then everythin are will change. The '60s changed people's actions throug of the law, but it did not change some attitudes," Harrifor ! .1 saiu. irs, He also said tensions at USC have not been greatl at affected. go "There really hasn't been that much change. The majc ses change is that now you have black students coming t USC with people they know already, and whatever reU dly tionship they had will be retained," Harriford said, her As far as the march in Forsyth County, Harriford sai ies. the attitudes in that part of the country are consistent t gia wnat tney ve neen UKe tor uecacies. :k" "They kicked the blacks out in the early part of th the century and didn't let them back in. They still feel tl same way," Harriford said. "For several decades, her didn't bother people, so why does it now?" Both Harriford and Johnson agree that laws restrictir icre discrimination are the best way to try to change attitude ink but as long as parents leach their children biased a des titudes, tensions will always exist. was "Laws change actions, and those actions may chanj attitudes," Harriford said. "The laws are importai do because they give the opportunity to change actions ai ade maybe attitudes." Johnson said the '60s brought to light the plight < i to blacks, but it did not even come close to curing the pr< blems. He said as long as racially biased people are lies, positions of leadership and are not exposed to cultur the differences, they will be insensitive to differences ides others. \ U if | Dor 11 escc IU' VAMHUA I A J M % I, Staff writer Patterson Hal : B | j operating the "Pn J i f escort service pro; ^ IfBgiaa | residence hall's pi jES?S^? Patterson Hall ed by President ;| ; itiated POW this response to a reo ? walking escort ser .. \ JBk POW allows f / * *" mk walk safely betv hall and the I hon during nighttime Warren said tl offered to the wo Area residence h becomes stable in The POW pro the Alpha Phi Oi that is already students at USC, Patterson's reside APO, a servic has offered an es for 20 years, used needing escorts, t operat ion. Bjy "A lot of peopl a ride to the litar; *different need." ^ Chris Burnett, past president ol said, "I am moi Speaken WA YNE YANG /The Gamecock JOU1 nee magazine, was on campus Monday a -m irdinaire? Young, Gifted and Black." | il < # ^ By WAYNE WA ficial savs w- j >?* a monin eariy u nalism professor narges, can hurt the school's image and Bruce Konkle, jcruitment. Smith said. "It doesn't help, publicity for the k students are wise enough to look past switch was mad gs," he said. participation mi aid applications would probably increase students. percent if USC won the national chain- "We decided but applications have been on the rise the March," Konkli years regardless of the success of the five or six weeks It won't sweep a big class in for us, it's better timing the good students." Media Day, a basketball team has gotten better this Journalism and Smith said the improvement should help tions sets asid luenis. 11 can i nun, nc saiu. various speaker: is had mixed opinions on whai effect the ferent programs ograms had on their decision to attend held March 2 in "Everything < I, the Gamecocks went 10-2, including a Russell House," \ over Clemson and a trip to the Gator held it there last it that success didn't influence Kathryn out nicely for sti a nursing junior, who was a high school Between 400 plying to schools when USC enjoyed its roughly half of m. journalism schoi in't really affect me at all," she said, In addition t she said she attends most football con- there will be oth Inrlino nu/nv onmi'f * * - e ? * ++J p<*M yi'ctr s luiui lhat it USC had been winless in 1984, she f.or the first t d have enrolled. banquet the nigh srker Bobb, a finance senior, said the The banquet re the main attraction for him. Capstone Camj d I || o " |^L | V W B - fSL Wis H * ?e nt id lt The Breakfast Club ? President James Holderman and Dennis Pruftt, vice p in inn at the "Breakfast with The President," sponsored b: |*n tions ranging from his "200! Plan" to full-formula fu Ill IU iCSUlll >rt program NC Patterson Hall is doing this. It's a big responsibility, and it's hard to run II will again be because it requires a lot of manotect Our Women" power. I wish them the best of luck." jam next week, the The escorts for POW are Patterson esident says. Hall residents who volunteer by signgovernment, head- ing up for a certain 15-minute slot June Warren, in- each week. past November in Escorts walk in pairs to and from ognized need for a the lobbies of Patterson and the vice. library. The service runs 8 p.m. to emale residents to midnight on weekdays. /een the residence "I don't know if it will prevent a las Cooper Library rape or an assault, but it's certainly hours. not going to hurt," Foster said, ic program will be "People don't think that it's going men of other South to happen to them," Foster said, tails as soon as it "but I've personally known many Patterson. people that have been assaulted." gram complements In a letter circulated to Patterson mega escort service residents this past month, Warren available to all said assault is unfortunately a prosaid Leslie Foster, blem at USC. :nce hall director. "Although we may not be conic fraternity which fronted with this problem every day, f ic/^ : r?... ?i-~J tv/ll OVI VH.V Ul UJV. Wt IdllllUl IgllUIC llic IULI lllctl 11 UUC5 I to walk with those exist. POW is one effort to reduce >ut now is a one-car the chances of this crisis occurring," Warren said in the letter. le won't call just for This past semester, 75 women ary. POW meets a volunteered to be escorts. Foster said. Volunteer response has been high APO member and this semester, also. "It's neat to see f the organization, people taking an interest in others e than happy that See "POW," page 2 y, dinner rnolicm CPIIA A1 I iiuiiain ijviiwi old Media Day IlSHINGTON p.m., and the cost will be $5 for students and $10 for faculty and nonII be held more than students. tiis year, USC jour- Also, because of the early date, says. journalism scholarship winners will who is in charge of not be officially announced on Media event, said the date Day as they were this past year. e in order to make Konkle and the Media Day Comore convenient for mittee met this past September and began organizing events and deciding to bump it up until which professional journalists they e said. "It's about would ask to come to USC. earlier. We just feel The committee has just received a for students." confirmation that Steve Haworth, day the College of director of public relations for News Mass Communica- Division of Cable News Network, e for bringing in will be one of the guests. s and offering dif- The keynote speaker will be Doug for students, will be Marlette, creator of the syndicated the Russell House. comic strip Kudzu. >vill be held in the Marlette, who now works for the Konkle said. "We Atlanta Journal-Constitution, began year, and it worked drawing cartoons for newspapers idents." when he was 16. and 500 students, He was graduated from Florida me siuuenis in inc ^tate University and became the 5l, attended. editorial cartoonist for The Charlotte o the date switch, Observer in 1972. er changes from this Marlette began working for The at. Atlanta Constitution in 1987 and has ime, there will be a had his work reproduced in Time, it of March 1. Newsweek, The Christian Century, will be held at the Rolling Stone and other publications, ius Room at 7:15 See "Media," page 2 ::: ' , ffipv <- - jJHpllg SI " -Hk^gW B n- 'bVi'jai' "* . V EK s rf'g|X^^wj 1 . ap"i**wt 1 -fe. .Br ' jB "*"* MsSSsSBB KEITH JONES/ The Gamecock resident of student affairs, answers questions Tuesday morny Carolina Program Union. Holderman fielded various quesnding.