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More m for APC % By JOHN MILLS III ? Staff writer i The number of males escorted I around campus by Alpha Phi Omega | has increased, although the total | number of people escorted by the | coed fraternity has remained the ; same, the president of APO said. APO President Lena Younts said ! that despite recent crimes in the area, i overall use of the program ? which ' the fraternity has run since the 1960s J ? has remained the same. But in re| cent weeks, she said, more male ; students have asked for a safety 1 escort. The escort service, which operates ! Sundays through Thursdays between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., uses a university j automobile to provide free transpori tation around campus. The service i does not extend off campus. APO escorts about 25 people each | night, she said. "We take people to places where ! they might be nervous to walk i alone," Younts said. "Some people \ may not be scared, but they just feel | better walking with someone else. "I can't tell that there's a large in1 crease," she said. "Normally, we serve to the females and the hani dicapped. But we are getting a lot | more men, I can tell right now." The USC APO chapter has 20 active members. Younts said a pledge class of between 10 and 30 people i joins each year. APO has not yet installed a pledge class this year, but she said it will * I I i Leary Continued from pa Leary said the war on drugs is used | as an excuse and distraction from the real problems. "They're frothing at the mouth at the Oval Office right now. They don't want peasants to reward themselves and use their brains." Drugs can be extremely beneficial when done with a group of people, Leary said. "It's when you sneak off in a corner alone that it becomes a problem. That's abuse." He views LSD to be less troublesome than lesser drugs. Statistics reveal that 10,000 times more people get hurt by alcohol than marijuana, and 300,000 people die a I MINIMUM With EVERY donatior Blood. Programs avail simple blood test is all if you qualify. Special students. ry~\ Sere 2719 M Serologicals *' ' ' " WHO? RESPONSIBLE GRADUATE STUD EARN $4.00 AN I VALUABLE JOB E) WHAT? POSITIONS AS ASSOCIATES CC NIGHTLY TO D CAROLINA AND I WHEN? APPLICATIONS A MONDAY THROI NOONS FROM 1 I WHERE? USC DEVELOPMEf' TERNATIONAL CEN IS LOCATED ON TF AND SUMTER STR HOUSE, 1731 COLI TION YOU MAY C WHY? SO THAT YOU ANC Nl CAN BE PROUC IS THE BEST! ales ask > escorts open its doors to a new pledge class next month. Despite the safety offered to students by the escort service, the program does have limitations. "We don't operate on the weekends," she said. "When we're wjjtn, wc wuin iuui nuuib a iugiu, and that's prime studying time for us, also. So Friday and Saturday we're not open, because most people spend Friday and Saturday nights socializing and not going to the library." She said another reason for the limited schedule is a lack of volunteer escorts. She added that APO did operate on the weekends one semester, but there was little demand for the service. Younts recommended that students call for an escort at least 10 minutes before they are ready to leave. She said the staff operates only one car, and they might receive 10 to 15 calls within a few minutes. She said APO urges all people on campus not to walk alone after dark. "1 know a lot of people know that we're here but they think we're just for girls, and we're not just for girls," she said. "We are an organization that serves anyone ? faculty, staff, students at USC." Although the escort service is the group's largest project, Younts said APO is involved in other activities as well, including work with adult and child care homes. This week, APO will help with voter registration. ' ge 1 year over nicotine. "One out of ten is ' addict ? but there's plenty of other r addictions ? gambling, homosex- j uality, bouncing checks." ? 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CAROLINA I Schools By JEFF WILSON i aff Reporter A lack of role models, poor cam\ 'r: locations and an intimidating low black/white ratio are to blame for the low black enrollment at South Carolina universities, say higher education officials. The most recent census figures indicate that 30.4 percent of the state population is black, but in many of the state's higher institutions, the black enrollment percentage does not exceed a single digit. USC fares considerably better than many other state campuses. Of the 3,000 students in the fall freshmen class, 13.6 percent are black. At the Citadel in Charleston, 6 percent of the 651 freshmen that started the fall semester are black and at Clemson University, only 5.6 percent of the 2,886 students in its freshmen class are black. Two state colleges have a higher percentage than USC. Of the 521 freshmen at Greenwood's Lander College, 13.8 percent are black. Winthrop College has the highest percentage in the state ? 16.1 percent of its 838 freshmen are black. Twelve percent of the College of Charleston's 1,103 freshmen are black. Statistics are similar at some of the state's privately funded institutions. At Furman University in Greenville, for example, 4 percent of its 665 freshmen are black. And at Wofford College in Spartanburg, blacks in the freshman class equal only 7 percent of its 271 students. 'You realize that 'Just say no', really neans Just say know ? know /ourself. And I sure know myself ind good drugs." During the end of the presentation, -eary ripped off his jacket and tie, ind he sat sprawled out on a chair asually drinking water. Today, Leary tours the college cir:uit four months a year and owns a Beverly Hills estate which overlooks Cary Grant's mansion. "Life is about experimenting it all and then deciding what you like best," he said. Leary was s w^a m p e d with autograph-seekers immediately afterwards. 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"I had never been on a ship before," Hinckley said. "And I picked a real doozy for the first one: a 408-foot-long ship full of Soviets." Zeeman said the high point of the trip was seeing all the Soviet friends he had made on the 1984 expedition. During the expedition, the Soviets became familiar wjth the term "Gamecocks" and the rivalry with Clemson that is part of being a true ur New Music Kno ll\. "fi >'ti -O ' /v2:; mmtSmmSm ^ GRAYSON HUGH ? T. Grayson Hugh Wft This exciting new singersongwriter was inspired by: A Thp Mnrmnn Tahornarb f!hrwr BnH B. The Chipmunks BH C. The classic soul greats HI of the 50's & 60 s 6^^Tape 12^CD 303?I I si BARS: L, COLUMBIA MAIL DINTS AREA . Motion) 779-6046 rollment ment of Colored People. "The few blacks that graduate from high school may not want to attend college at all. Many of them are considering the military." iviauy mania 111 ouuui \^aiuwua prefer to attend predominatly black colleges, such as Benedict and South Carolina State, said Randal Jones, USC chapter vice president of the NAACP. At South Carolina State College, preliminary data indicate there has been a substantial increase in new student enrollment this semester. No statistics were available at press time. Some blacks might be able to get more money if they go out of state for their higher education, said Tjuan Dogan, executive assistant to the president of USC's Association of Afro American Students. There may be several reasons why USC is able to obtain and retain its black student population; Lisa Mills, a graduate assistant in Minority Students Affairs, said her office's Minority Assistant Peer Program, or MAP, is one reason. Under the three-year program, juniors and seniors are paired with incoming freshmen to offer advice, assist with social problems and help the students adjust to campus life, Mills said. Research is being done to see how effective the MAP program has been. The office also sponsors a Minority Student Awards Night, she said. The program honors minority students who have excelled in academics and leadership. USC fan, Zeeman and Hinckley said. "A ship like this is a small city," Zeeman said. "It's impossible not to make friends in such close quarters, working with everyone." "If every U.S. and Soviet citizen went on a trip like this, we wouldn't have any problems," Hinckley said. "Everyone became such good friends, because we were all literally in the same boat on the same sea putting up with the same food, working 10- to 18-hour days with no breaks except for meals. 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