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P /^St\ F ' ^ar0^na Alive returns from J V ' t 3 Apis# I jsrassr I Soccer team prepares for 1988 ag , Si i \ W Aussies with its singing I _ _ . 0 i ^ortt"A paget! Sports, page 9 Classifieds page 10 I See Features, page 4 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday Volume 81, No. 15 University of South Carolina September 2, 1988 Supercom] By LYNN GIBSON and STEVE PRADARELLI Staff writers USC may have spent $3.3 million on a "super puter" that is significantly less powerful than first b ed, according to a man instrumental in negotiate sale. But Martin J. Solomon, USC systems vice presider computing, communications and informa technology, said that while a few bugs needed to be v ed out, the computer is everything USC expected and for. Trevor Hicks, former president of Paralax C which worked with Perceptics Corp. of Knoxville, T in designing and producing the computer, said the Ge 1000 has two-thirds less speed than originally desi when USC agreed to buy the system last December. Hicks said Perceptics, a subsidiary of Westingh Electric Corp., "cut corners" and lacked the technc to produce the supercomputer it originally set 01 create and sell. Hicks, who left Atlanta-based Paralax in July 198" is now trying to form a new computer company in A ta, said the problem stems from a deviation in the ori, design. He said the Gemini 1000 ? the unit that makes al computations ? is supposed to be connected to its system ? the unit where data enters and exits ? b channels, each capable of carrying one million bit! pieces of information, per second. But the system received by USC in July had only channel. As a result, he said, not only is the systen capable of performing as many functions as quick] previously believed, but without expensive modificati the quality of its graphics could be compromised. "It's like New York City with only one exit," V said. "If everybody wants to get out, you're going to a mess." He said the computer may seem fine now, but USC adds additional terminals ? and when man these terminals are in use at once ? the system become overloaded, forcing one or more of the termi Blackout da campus buil By KELLY THOMAS Dining s? Staff writer House and A power outage that hit the USC forced to cl campus last night left the Russell tinued and c House and several student residence power came halls and classroom buildings forced to ea without power for two hours. Bates House The Byrnes International Center Computer and the Thompson Student Health were tempor Center were also affected. of a 10-seco A leg of a circuit in one of the occurred at fraternity houses deteriorated and Rollins, an caused the entire circuit to blow at Services, sai 5:25 p.m., a Plant Services official servicing the said. Power was returned to most of said center s? the USC campus by 7:25 p.m., but as to normal at of 10 p.m. lights were still out on Residents fraternity row. South area, i The outage caused problems for in McBryde WUSC-FM. The radio station broad- in the dark casts from the Russell House. The and South T station was off the air from 5:30 p.m. without the until about 7:45 p.m., said jour- the outage, t nalism senior and WUSC station were in the e manager Dwayne Neil. He said the power failed transformer was not damaged and These area that the station was fully operational telephone se once power was restored. length of tim ^ Classes r?A _ Monday r\ pA \) P\wm/J Kbx^ Labor 1 \ t / Gameco publicati Freshman ra By RITA K. COSBY Senior reporter A USC student was sexually assaulted Wednesday near Christopher Towers onpevine Street, less than one week after the start of Classes. The incident occurred at 1:55 a.m. while the victim was walking home alone west on Devine Street. The 18 year-old female freshman had just left the Five Points area bar, Pugs, and, according to the Columbia police report, she then decided to walk up Devine Street rather than walk up Blossom Street which has no sidewalk. She was passing the about 3-foot-high wall that is in front of Christopher Towers, a home for senior citizens on Devine Street, when the attacker briskly came up to her from behind. She was then forced to climb over the wall into the nearby shrubbery on the western side of the building. The victim said her attacker told her he had a pistol and would kill her if she did not cooperate. She immediately went to Richland Memorial Hospital where she was examined and looked after by a rape crisis team. No bruises were found on the victim. i Danny Baker, assistant vice-president for law en- i forcement and safety, said the incident is not ] typical because it is so early into the school year. i "In any case, we must all deal with this and < realize that everyone has to be careful and alert," < he said. pmter not c m 5, or jbbbbbb^bB one n jn_ The Gemini-1000 supercomputer, bought 1 [y as million. ions, to shut down. Solomon, who oversees the computer's op licks Hicks's concern about the computer's initia have were legitimate "a month ago." But he said i agreement with Perceptics, the company is once adjustments needed to make the computer pe: y of as Perceptics said it would without any extra i may university. inals "He's behind the times," Solomon said c rkens ? of residence halls in the jjJW as well as those residing BHjgfl B and Maxcy, were left as well. Patterson Hall ower residents were left use of elevators during hough all residents who devators at the time the were able to get out. s were also left with no rvice for a substantial won't meet on because of the Jl^ )ay vacation. The rdlse alarm ck will resume Students stand in froi on Wednesday. to return inside the bu outside. ped while w; "I always tell female students to never walk alone or in small groups around here at night. It is simply not sate or wise. But 1 still can't understand how things like this happen. John Warner head of security Christopher Towers "I always tell female students to never walk alone or in small groups around here at night. It is simply not safe or wise. But I still can't understand how things like this happen, because the area where the walkway wall is located is well-lighted, and we have a security guard on duty at all hours," said John Warner, head of security at Christopher Towers. "This is a horrible thing to have happened to one of our students. Especially with freshmen, when they come to a new campus for the first time they have a lot on their minds ? classes, friends, housing, etc. We need to keep informing them and ;veryone else at USC that we must always play it >afe," said Baker. "It's true that people, especially women, should leficient, t ^^gggggggggjggl 2mS rom Perceptics, a company based in Knoxville, T( ding that on Tuesday Perceptics wil eration, said speed to eight million bits per seco J limitations Solomon said that while the comp jnder USC's operate even faster, it would mal making any ference and would hardly justify th rform as fast "I don't want to pay $2.5 millio :harge to the cond less," Solomon said. Hicks's criticism of Perceptics ?f Hicks, ad- Perceptics President R. C. Gonzale ^ ^ ^ >1BHK' WSm ,S -, .. . ' ; ' : - ' ^ v. 5 Wmwiii -?- " ' w ' >-'?. ?w*Sw?BP?i BRIAN SAULS/The Gamecock rat of the Russell House waiting for the "all clear" ilding. An alarm had gone off sending students alking alone not be walking alone at night. However, ju: because someone's walking alone, this certain! doesn't give anyone the right to attack," he said "No one ever asks to be raped ? no matter whi the conditions. But students should no longe disregard any information that may help prever any unfortunate situations. "Students need to pay attention to our literatur and programs available. I understand that there' other things on students's minds, I was a studer myself once. That's why we continuously offe nonrws nn nrntpctinn onH hnia w.? f * viVVHUH U11U 11??V puui^JlllCLd Mlllll around in Russell House," Baker said. "I understand that it's hard to think about this and you don't want to become paranoid. But don' take chances. We don't want to be reactive, w want to be pro-active," he said. "People have to look after each other and reall; care about their friends. I hope students use a much caution as possible. Everyone deserves t< have a good college life experience," said Denni Pruitt, vice-president of student affairs. The victim described the attacker as a black malt in his late 20s or early 30s. He was wearing a shorl sleeve, garnet-colored sweater with white trim or the bottom and a white collar. He was also described to Columbia police as having short hair, stan ding about 5-foot, 10-inches tall and weighing around 175 pounds. ISC offic allegations of fla' PUB incorrect." "He (Hicks) do< zales said. "Hicks person." Hicks respondec of Hicks as unqiu with electronics fo The Gemini 100 Each of its 16 circv that the system he together, can con Em second. "All the compi hand by all the ma ed can be done i || ; Solomon said. According to a I the computer wil engineering marke H M Installation and < posed to be accom ^ The first phase coi ?????>??. followed by USC' network componer During the secon system will offer at BRIAN SAULS/The Gamecock and high-reSOlutiOI im C1 - Pete Denton, se .nn., cost USC $3.3 finance, said the $2 was a capital expei I boost the computer's "In the USC bu< nd. by Cutting Edge iuter could be made to covered through o ;e little practical dif- additional costs re] ie additional cost. through such sour n to wait one-half se- contracts. Asked if USC p also drew fire from funds toward the s, who called Hicks's nothing stands still Televised coming 1 closed t< By LYNN GIBSON Staff writer Longstreet Theatre will open its doors next Wednesday night for a debate featuring some of America's most influential political figures. But the debate, which will be filmed live and beamed across the country on the Public Broadcasting Service, will be closed to USC students. William F. Buckley Jr. will host and mediate the debate as part of his Firing Line program, produced by the S.C. Educational Television Network. SCETV is producing the program as part of its 30th anniversary celebration, SCETV spokeswoman Jenny Tindal said. The title of the H#*hatp ic f? Tli/> T2ir*Ut ?V D/?f nwi/irtw. A / It A \ Igr 11 WCt" ter Able to Deal with the Soviets than the Left. The debate will pit the erudite and scholarly Buckley, Rep. Jack Kemp R-N.Y., former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger against former Coloradan senator Gary Hart, former South Dakotan senator and 1972 democratic presidential nominee George McGovern, Paul Warnke, chief U.S. negotiator for the 1977-78 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, and Rep. Patricia Schroeder D-Colo. The debate will not be open to the general public because Longstreet Theatre only seats 250 people, Tindal said. The audience will consist of 5t program underwriters, major ETV y contributors and the media. Tindal said SCETV is renting rt Longstreet Theatre, and it is ;r therefore not a university rt production. "The people who will be attending e are the ones who are funding this s event," said Tindal, adding that Lt although USC students won't be able ;r to see the debate live, it will be aired g live on WRLK-TV channel 35 in Columbia. ; USC is the first of four universities t that will hold the debate on campus. e USC is also the only university of the four that will not be allotting seats y for students. s North Carolina State University 3 will host an Oct. 5 debate. N.C. State s spokeswoman Frances Milk said the debate will be held at Stewart Theatre, which seats more than 800. ; Seating will be determined by invita1 tion only, with the majority of the 1 audience consisting of state legislators, UNC Board of Governors and others to be decided later. One > hundred tickets are reserved for NCSU Student Senate. Any returned ial says ws in the computer's design "totally ss not understand the numbers," Gon; is a business person, not a technical 1 by saying Gonzales's characterization ilified is "totally ridiculous. I've been r 25 years." lO 1C oVinnt in faat C. *?11 v to uuuui x\j ivtl lung anu u icci tan. lit boards holds 64 computers, meaning >uses a total of 1,024 computers that, ipute up to 2 billion instructions per nations that have ever been done by thematicians in the world that ever livn one hour" with the Gemini 1000, JSC news release dated Dec. 18, 1987, 1 be used to support research and ts. expansion of the supercomputer is supplished in two phases, the release said, nsisted the Gemini 1000's installation, s acquisition of additional terminals, its and specialized peripherals, id phase, scheduled to begin in the first ! is expected to become the initial inn even more powerful computer. That least 16 billion instructions per second 1 graphics. inior vice president for business and 1.3 million paid by USC for the system iditure. iget, we provided for that expenditure (state) resources, and the rest was ther fees," Denton said. He said any lated to the computer will be covered ces as user fees, research funds and lans to use any more of its operation system, he said, "Today, no. But I. Things become obsolete quickly." I debate to use, ) public Program won't disrupt parking, USC police say By LYNN GIBSON Staff Writer Some USC parking spaces will be reserved for the Wednesday filming of Firing Line at Longstreet Theatre, but it won't be an inconvenience for students, a University Police official said. Associate Vice President for Law Enforcement Ernie Ellis said that Davis Field, which is the small metered parking area between Thomas Cooper Library and Longstreet Theatre, will be reserved from 2 p.m. to midnight Wednesday. The top floor of the Computer Center Garage will be closed from 8 p.m. to midnight. "The Computer Center doesn't have parking for students, and the Davis Field plus a few spots on the library lot adds up to maybe 25 spaces," Ellis said. tickets will be allocated to students. The University of California at Davis will host the program at Recreational Hall, which seats 7,000. U.C. Davis's program is open to the general public. The University of Houston isn't sure where on campus the debate will be held, but UH publicist John Moore said students would be invited. According to Paul Sweeney, the associate producer of Firing Line, holding the program in Longstreet Theatre was a joint decision made by Firing Line and SCETV. The primary reason for the program's location is that Firing Line's ex ecuuve producer warren ^reioei produced a debate there between Buckley and Ronald Reagan in 1978 and liked the atmosphere the small theatre provided, Sweeney said. "The intimacy of Longstreet Theatre works very well with a program of this nature. The (round) structure of the stage especially adds to the quality of the debate," said Tinka Tiemann, director of communications for Firing Line for Producers Inc., a Columbia-based production company." Some professors have expressed disappointment that the debate won't See "Debate," page 2