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Carowinds lines up 11 rock 'n' J 1 viewpoint page 4 J-pygaragfS Beslwick names associate A.D. g g Cf! -?M V Paladium I Spor,s p 8 J ^ Set Features, page 5 H HBMmJ Classifieds page 10 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday ( Volume 80, No. 85 University of South Carolina April 18, 1988 use bla< By MARY PEARSON Senior reporter It is late at night, and a black USC student is returning to his residence hall. He is stopped by a white campus police officer and frisked. When the officer learns he has stopped a student, he gets back into his squad car and leaves without giving the student an explanation. The student is left feeling harass[9 ed and discriminated against. This is what a black USC freshman, who wishes to remain anonymous, said happened to him. Black students reporting feelings of harassment by campus security is not nnutca to U5L, nowever. it is a prooiem at many universities nationwide. For example, some blacks were recently angered at the University of Massachusetts. They said police officers lined up a group of black students in a dormitory after a reported sexual assault this past February, according to an article in the campus newspaper, The Massachusetts Professors work to help *S.C. roads Improvement project to take twenty months By AMY DELPO Staff writer Although they won't actually be filling potholes, two IJSC engineering professors are working to improve the conditions of South Carolina roads. Ronald Baus and Richard Ray are conducting a research project they hope will result in smoother, better roads. "We're developing some sort of evaluation method 4 * We* re deveto determine when road. loplttg some sort 'Ipneed repaving," said Ray, * , who has been teaching at O* evaluation Uie* use for five years. thod to determine The two are working with . . . the S.C. Department of w?en rOSCJS need Highways and Public repaving." Transportation Ray said Richard Ray. the current method of eval- r J* uating roads is simply to go engineering professor out and look at them. If the roads look like the need . ! rcpaving, they get paved. It they look all right, however, | nothing will be done. Ray said this method isn't effective. "Sometimes roads have things wrong with them that you can't see," he said. "Our method makes the evaluation more objective." Ray said the project is designed to make the road ^resurfacing more efficient. "The bottom line is to give a more efficient use of the paving materials," he said. "A more efficient resurfacing procedure would save money." Ray said the project will cost about $380,000 in state and federal money. They have been working on it since this past summer and will continue to work until the summer of 1990. Ray said the project will take about 20 months. Baus and Ray arc using a deflcctometcr to measure the deterioration and the remaining life of road pavement. The deflectometer is a test device that sits in a trailer pulled behind a GMC truck, Ray said. The truck has a computer inside that evaluates the data collected from the trailer. The test device is actually 14 rectangular metal weights and a circular metal plate with sensors attached. Baus and Ray can take the deflectometer to any point on a road and drop the weights, allowing them to free fall onto the nlnt<? ftav cnir) this i? sunnmed to simulate the sarnf I conditions as a truck traveling on the road. The sensors will measure the effects of the falling weights on the pavement, and from that, Baus and Ray can determine if the pavement needs to be repaired. Ray said the deflectometer was first developed in Denmark, but several states, such as Texas, Kentucky and Virginia use it in this country. This is the first time the deflectometer has been used in South Carolina. ! A. ?. AL I duties sui ^Bitterness between Israel, PLO remains in Middle Easi By RITA K. COSBY Staff writer Editor's note: The following Is based on an interview heU this past week with Tzlon Evrony, Israeli Consul fo Academic Affairs. Evrony is visiting several universitie in an effort to provide more information on Israel'speac plan throughout the United States. This is the final part o a two-part series. Even as the body count continues to grow on Israel' I West Bank, the continuing conflict is not a surprise ti ?those in the Middle East. ^ Hatred, conflict, military action and counter-actioi have been a fact of life since the earliest of Biblical times But while the Palestine Liberation Organization and th 1 :ks compl Daily Collegian. Carl Stokes, USC's system vicc president foi the Division of Law Enforcement and Safety, said he was not familiar with the black freshman's complaint, but if the situation was like the student described, the police would make amends. "We are by no means here to harass any student. There are normal procedures that our police officers should practice, and an explanation should be given when a student is stopped," Stokes said. cjul nnlirn nffirnrc arp trainnH tn hf? mnro sitive when confronting students. He said if students think officers are being insensitive, they should report it so that the problem can be addressed. But Ralph Johnson, assistant dean of Minority Student Affairs, said at least six harassment cases are reported every year. He said three cases have been reported this semester. Johnson said some incidents simply are not reported to 1 Franklin a< r.-v v :'; ,^ . _ - - _ ; ~ n< ' _ H x --?**** Student Government President James Franklin and Stud inauguration ceremonies. S.G. swears By TODD HINES [~ News editor Editor's r The annual changing-of-the-guard fronl S-Gceremony for Student Government took ougural spe< place Tuesday, ushering in a new ad- s ministration for the 1988-89 academic year, university, "We particularly here at Carolina feel a niOUS rcspoi sense of the future as we move toward ings of ovei 2001," said USC President James them just al Holderman. e.d a^out lh The speeches all included an awareness *,on . com of what lies ahead for S.G. under the new cv?ry ls*ue plans and undertakings of the new ex- emphasis it ecutive officers. Holderman has targeted 'Ollowir 2001 to make USC the top research institu- * . tion in the state, boost respect in the marine the umvers ; science department and compete with renown business schools. "The challenge cannot wait until the and praise 1 mid-90s to begin to be met. It has to be met competeni I nAiu coi/1 Q P. Pr He stressed that cooperation and leader- ready to a 1 ship are important factors for the future a course f 1 hlamp pa state of Israel will probably agree that there is no forseeable end to the conflict, they wouldn't agree on the t cause. "The PLO, in particular, is a loose confederation of terrorists bent on Israel's destruction, regardless of what's good for the majority of Palestinians. They are without i any democratic nature," said Tzion Evrony, Israeli Con r sui ior Acaaemic Aiiairs. s Israel says it plays a defense role in these violent ate tacks. "Yes, we are using force too, but only to protect / ourselves from deadly stones, knives, guns and big mobs. These Palestinians are not innocent demonstrators or a bunch of 'Mother Theresas.' They are extremists who s sometimes cowardly put women and children in the front o of them," he said. Shahrough Akhavi, a Government and Internationa! n Relations Professor, sees it differently and believes that i. the PLO can eventually recognize Israel. "One thing not e often mentioned, is that many in Israeli power positions, i ain of has 1 < "We arc by no means here to harass any student. There are normal pro- ' cedures that our police officers should pratice, and an explanation should he given when a student is stopped." Carl Stokes, System vice president for the Division of Law Enforcement and Safety university officials. "I think there is a problem, but I think part of the problem is both groups have stereotypes. The police officer is not familiar with the cultural differences in background that the black student is coming from, and the black stu dmimstratK - ^ Hp' B B > -f jS&~i; .'- --- '': / j^St ': ^ 7"T-;S 81' j $|- If' I I w / i? | | HE ? / ? ,v-;--;,:: ?/ ^ ;;::-;V: M f: ; Kt. ,|BlaH^S^SSgr ' *]^| - SAM ! ent Senator Hob Tcdolrii exchange congratulations at the recc r?r?* m new oiiicc iote: The following is an excerpt We will establish the President James Franklin's in- Student Government book ech. will have as its major goa tudent body president of this the USC Bookstore and 1 am endowed with the enor- Bookstore monopoly over usibility of representing the feel- students. r zj.uuu individuals ? none 01 ike and not all of them concern- We will attempt t e same issues. Our administra- association of university ; mitted to addressing each and dent body presidents. Its pi of student concern. Our major address problems at resj i the upcoming year will be in schools and to act as a lobb ig areas: to ensure that student i October, we would like to sec represented. ity's first fall break become a We will address an tlin irieil it r> Vsl/JIllllI UIV 'IOIUUIVU 11 ?d the new executives as seeming year. [ to press forward. "The problem in toda esident James Franklin said he is trast lo '',c altruistic < ccept the challenge and is also on American patriotism anc or major changes in the coming S eh nftipr fi < ML jk. ms m ML ML jm. ^ 4The PLO, in particular, is a loose confederation of terrorists hcnt on Israel's destruction, regardless of what's good for the majority of Palestinians." Tzion Evrony, Israeli Consul for Academic Affairs such as Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Defense Minister Ariel Sharon and (Former Prime Minister Menachim) Begin himself, were also terrorists in the '40s under the other regime. They were responsible for acts of violence like the 1948 exnlosion of the Kint> David Hotel where many British officials were killed," Akhavi said. A fntal nf Ifift inr* ;in<l two Israeli*. have hern kill cd since last December's uprising. A 15-year-old Jewish girl was killed just two weeks ago, and the case is still be rassment Jent perceives the officer as harassing and rude," Johnson said. The problem is not limited to black students. Some white students have also reported feelings of harassment by the campus police. Hut campus police Lt. Allen Robbins said the problems USC police face are complex, and students need a better understanding of those problems before any real progress is made on the issue. Robbins, a black officer who has been with campus police lor 13 years, said a majority of the people who commit crimes on campus are black males who come from the outside community. "We have a high larceny rate on campus. People are coming on campus who do not belong, stealing from the dorm rooms, vandalizing cars and creating potentially dangerous situations," Robbins said. He said the police officers also have to be concerned See "Police," page 2 ?n begins Nominees * face review Kby senators By BONNIE DAVIS Senate reporter ^ A spccial session of the new Stu^ dent Senate has been called for 4:30 p.m. Monday by S.G. President James Franklin to review his executive appointments. There was so e debate among the Senate ai out approving Pr'jr^Hin'c ann/untmpntc \ivitVi fhf I. nominees absent. Some senators v MiM said they wanted to question the nominees about their - | qualifications. ] If the Senate does not approve I Franklin's choices for any of the H appointments then he must choose replacements, which will hamper his plans to put many of his plans fl in action this summer. j "We need to get these executive I officers in position," Franklin said. "A lot of things are going to happen this summer. These people are serving me, not the Senate, and I have confidence in these people." Franklin's appointments for executive offices are as follows: vrARKS/TheGamecock Thomas Pritchard, executive assisption after their tant to the president; Bowie Flynn, executive of legislative affairs; Jay Hamm, senior justice of Student ^ Government; Britt Siebert, exli ecutive assistant for internal afp/X fairs; and Robert Garfield, executive assistant for greek affairs. I Sen. Tim Burke was elected to university's first serve as president pro tempore of exchange. This the Senate. In the event that Vice 1 that of ending President Andy Williams cannot South Carolina preside over the Senate at any time, book sales for Burke will then conduct the meetings. Sen. Marie-Louise Ramsdale o establish an brought up two bills for the snd college stu- Senate's consideration. One bill jrpose will be to states that senators should be aware jective member Qf parliamentary procedures as lying mechanism given in Robert's Rules of Order. concerns are -n.? u:n 1.? u ? i us~ uni wuuiu ai^u uuy cupic:> ui the book for each senator. The issue of current senators passed the bill by ollcy- acclamation. Sen. Ramsdale's other bill allows for S.G. office space to be y's society, in con- designated for senatorial use. days of expanded The Senate was adjourned before J pride of the past, any action could be taken on the seee pajje 3 cond bill. 3r conflict ing investigated as to which party is to blame. These figures, however, do not include the hundreds that are critically injured daily on both sides. Although the Israeli government says it truly wants to end the violence and begin negotiating, they see it as an improbability. "Negotiating and democrating with the PLO is ridiculous. Seeing someone like Yassar Arafat, the archterrorist and inventor of hijacking, offering his mediation in the Kuwaiti hijacking, was a joke," Evrony said. Akhavi also sees the PLO as often being their own worst enemy. "They consist of so many diverse groups, that Arafat finds it hard to argue for one line," he said. Fivrony still hopes that the Israelis may find a moderate Palestinian group that will emerge one day. "This may be a miracle we have to helieve in Hut if von don't in miracles in the Middle East, than you are not being realistic," he said. See "Middle East," page 3