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/V^i Autumnfest opens this J 1 Quote of the day week on the ground of the I _ tm i 1 "They have nothing else to do on FriMjk Roben Min House and the [Carl Piatt becomes a special team star! l:y^':xz cze r "2 W I s spom,p.??7 school chart." Liz Elliot, English mansion. sophomore The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Monday Volume 81, No. 27 University of South Carolina October 3, 1988 use BRIEFS Scholarship established The USC alumni association has established a scholarship program for qualified dependents of alumni. Children or dependents who will enter USC as freshmen next fall will be eligible for the $200-ayear Alumni Legacy Scholarship, which is renewable for up to eight semesters. Campaign gets donation Clinton Mills has donated $100,000 to the USC College of Business Administration's Campaign for Carolina Business, bringing the campaign total to more than $3.2 million. Funds from the campaign, which began April 12, will be used by the business college for faculty development, student assistance, updating computer services and expanding library resources. STATE BRIEFS Beach bill change sought MYRTLE BEACH ? Some Grand Strand real estate agents want the state legislature to convene a special session and soften a new beachfront management bill they say is creating chaos along the oceanfront. Real estate agent Doug LaVay said he wants lawmakers to allow existing buildings to be "grandfathered in," meaning they would be exempt from the law and could be rebuilt if destroyed. But Rep. H. E. "Pete" Pearce, D-Myrtle Beach and a leading supporter of the bill, said it would take a governor's order for the General Assembly, which isn't scheduled to convene until January, to convene in an emergency session. SRP tritium supply low WASHINGTON ? A Savannah River Plant nuclear reactor must be restarted as quickly as possible to replenish the tritium supply for the nation's nuclear weapons*, a Department of Energy official said. Deputy Energy Secretary Joseph F. Salgado said there is no other source for the tritium. Department of Energy officials told a House subcommittee last week that the nuclear reactor the department ordered shutdown in August will not be restarted for another 30 to 45 days. USA BRIEFS Nuclear plant leaks water CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. ? A water leak in an enclosed part of the Sequoyah nuclear plant posed no risk to the public or plant > workers, the Tennessee Valley Authority said. The TVA notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the problem Wednesday morning and declared an ''unusual event," the lowest of four emergency categories. Teenager shot SHREVEPORT, La. ? A white teenager was shot and seriously wounded by a black early Saturday in this city scarred by recent race riots, but police said they didn't think it was a racial incident. Todd Spillers, 17, a high school sophomore, was on a respirator but improving in the intensive care unit following surgery, his mother said. The restaurant where the shooting took place was the rito /\f iirkof rs/~\ 11PP CQirl u/oc or* nn dllt V7I vruai pv/nvv juiu tyuo ciii uiiprovoked racial shooting in August of a black teenager by a young white man. One man has been charged with second-degree murder. INDEX Viewpoint 3 Features 4 Datebook 5 Comics 6 Sports 7 Classified 8 GOT A NEWS TIP? CALL 777-7726 ^ J}/} 0 J U ? / I I I IYU tllf N ' F k Former USC student Todd Heffner protest tion of Christ Friday. Center pro By HAYDEN DONEHUE Staff writer Women make up 50 percent of the undergraduate population and 63 percent of the graduate population. Each semester this number grows. Along with this growth, the issues and concerns of women are being taken more seriously. Last year, USC President James Holderman appointed a committee to study the needs of women students. As a result of the committee's recommendation, the Women's Student Services Center was established this year. The center serves to aid women students in exploring their resources at USC and in the Columbia area, said Leigh Stanton, Women Student Services coordinator. All women are not invoivea in sororities or clubs," Stanton said. "There are some women students who aren't members of any club and who need a place to feel that they are a part of." Five cars bro By RICH WALENDA p? Staff writer lflP| Five vehicles were broken into dur- f I ing the weekend at USC's S-16 park- J ing lot on 1100 Wheat St., University Police reported. The vehicles were broken into between 1:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. Saturday. JL The stolen items included a radar detector and car stereo equipment. There are no suspects. A USC student reported that her vehicle was stolen from the 1300 Colui block of Wheat Street sometime bet- she v ween 6 p.m. Wednesday and 1:30 throv p.m. Friday. male Also Friday, a non-student block reported that an AM/FM cassette Co player was stolen from his locked or m vehicle on level five of the Blossom that Street Garage. . ducte Three female USC students Un reported being assaulted at 2:20 a.m. non-s Friday by a non-student in the Bates 3:16 House dorm. The male was charged rnnHi with assault and battery by Universi- Un ty Police. three A male USC student was arrested Willi; by University Police at 3:15 a.m. Fri- footb day in the South Towers dorm for sion < assaulting a female USC student at An the same location. charg Another female student reported viola! that an unknown male peeked Cont through her window at Sims Dor- Stadi mitory Friday. The peeper ran off An when spotted. unkn Saturday, a female USC student the f reported to University Police and Scien XYAVJ CO] By MARY Assistant nev The deba The Last Ti umbia at th USC stu students an< that includ* sides of the "They ar 'offensive.' standards c USC Unguis The junio said he was i \/i J he received The stud members Presbyteriai this weeken theater folk 4*% were there t of Christ a: R f human thar r 1 K # / ? But a cor I Ml enrthin wa' "We hav provided us geology gra< P censorship g pie to see form, such Psycholoj was not wh 4 Campus Cr f%f/f ' The student day evening "We wei group," Ch JOHN BODENHEIMER/The Gamecock s the movie The Last Temptavides help J But, the Women's Student Services is an umbrella type of organization that will include all women students from sorority members, mature students, married students, handicapped and all nationalities to the artist, athlete and accountant. "Women students are not receiving the support from the university environment that they need to succeed," Stanton said. iuwaa v> c it vvwi ivnig wii nitiuut a van tv tory of services, a resource library and a speakers' bureau, all specifically geared to meet the needs of and address the concerns of women," Stanton said. The directory will be mainly for women students, faculty and staff and will be a listing of services available to them on the USC campus and in the surrounding area, she said. The resource library will contain journals on women's concerns and articles on assertiveness and leadership training, health, child care, rape and abusive relationships. iken into [py( Police | for educ Report the univ Pigford, has been mhia PrUirp Hpnartmpntt that . ?k" ?- own insi vas grabbed from behind and The p /n to the ground by an unknown service t while walking along the 2200 schools ( of Devine Street. educatio lumbia Police have no suspects other na otive at this time. They report jn six an investigation is being con- ducted d by the Columbia Police. workshc iversity Police charged three America itudents between 2 p.m. and lege 0f j p.m. Saturday with disorderly The u act at Williams-Brice Stadium. 14 sch< iversity Police charged another Banglad non-students Saturday at lvory c< ims-Brice Stadium during the Guatem; iall game with unlawful posses- USC ?f liquor. the entii underage non-student was jng son ,ed by University Police with USG ere :ing the Alcoholic Beverage "Wor rol law at Williams-Brice changed um during the football game. educatic ound 6:55 p.m. Saturday, an the scho own person broke the glass on 1 have a ront doors ot the C oker Life tries anc ces Building. )vie brings ' ntroversy 1 PEARSON rs editor re continues over tne controversial movie ?mptation of Christ, which opened in Cole Jefferson Square Theater Friday, dent religious organizations, individual 1 a community group protesting censorship B> ;d students were there to represent both Sts issue. e saying 'no censorship,' but we are saying cte We feel the movie violates community de if morality and wholesomeness," said a Se tics junior who participated in the protest rej r would not reveal his last name because he co afraid someone would threaten him and his sy: an vhen he protested the movie The Life of yo ti portrayed Jesus as the son of a prostitute, bu death threats against his family, ent was among about 200 community M from local fundamentalist Baptist, im i and Pentecostal churches who showed up pi; d on the sidewalk in front of the movie >wing each showing. The groups said they ve 0 protest the movie because of its portrayal sp 1 a confused and vulnerable person, more i divine. ch nmunity group, Citizens to Combat Cen- wi 5 also there to demonstrate. de e come out tonight to thank people who mi with the choice to see the movie," said iuate Tom Bowman, a member of the anti- so ;roup. "I would also like to encourage peo- m; he movie and to fight censorship in any as banning this movie." iy sophomore Kelly Clary said censorship us at she and the other 15 students from the of usade for Christ were concerned about. co s helped pass out Bibles and tracts Satur$2 e not there to officially represent our ph try said. "We were there as individuals to gu See PROTESTS page 2 f JW R cor women ? sa "In the future," Stanton said, "we want to establish a drop-in center as a place for eq any women students to meet or come in for ni information and/or counseling. One simple jn but big plus will be the bulletin board we hope to put up." m; With the bulletin board, women students will be better able to communicate with tic each other. The board will offer guidance m; for women looking for child care, items for ft sale and notices of meetings or public lectures on women's issues. sp Ideally, the center will enlist the coopera- ac tion of women .students helping women th students, Stanton said. The Women's Student Service Center is sft available to provide references, academic ye and personal, and it will assist in coor- ce dinating or planning programs. or The center is in the west wing first floor bl of the Russell House. There will be an organizational meeting for the center co Wednesday. sa j _ ^ fgram ircuns u\ fCY BRANHAM SONGER er lege of Education program providing training I ators at schools in countries such as Burma is g jlting in professional enhancement for USC >articipants, an administrator said. * ;rvices to Overseas Schools Program is part of t ersity's ongoing commitment to provide sup- 1 educators wherever they are, said Aretha the college's interim assistant dean. "But, it I a tremendous development experience for our ^ ructors." rogram was established in 1982 to make inraining available to faculties at international overseas, which were providing American-style ns for children of American expatriates and tionals in sometimes remote locations, years, 31 professors and adjuncts have concourses for university credit and skills ?ps at schools in Africa, Asia and Latin , said Susanna Melo, coordinator of the ColEducation's Office of International Students, diversity has instructional relationships with sols in 13 countries, including Burma, -1- "?1-:?" c-~ ~ rnmomAn Vcnva thf* esn, J3UI Kliici i aau, v^amvi wn, aast, Niger, Liberia, Senegal, Brazil, Ecuador, ala and Mexico. professors go to the schools where generally e faculty participates in their in-service trainle of the teachers choose to take the course for :dit. king with schools in Guatemala and Brazil my view and enriched my own teaching," in professor Gail Breedlove said. "Teachers at ols tend to be very bright and energetic people, new respect for work going on in other coun1 how hard those people work." Registration L>y phone iegins 1990 ERIC WARD iff writer USC students will be the first in the state to register for isses by phone via a computer-controlled system, if velopments follow current timetables set by Computer rvices. "We're planning for a voice response unit to aid ?istration, which will allow students to add or drop urses over the phone," said Martin J. Solomon, USC stems vice president for Computing, Communications d Information Technology. "It will talk to you, and u can negotiate your schedule by pushing the number ittons on the phone." Testing of the system will begin around February or arch and enter the experimental stage next summer. Full iplementation for use in registration for spring 1990 is anned by the fall of 1989. The system will enable students to register at their connience by calling in rather than standing in long lines at ecific times at the coliseum, Solomon said. Some students, however, may be resistant to the ange, registrar Luke Gunter said. The present system 11 remain in use and could eventually be phased out, pending on how well the new system operates and how iich it is used by students, he said. Students will access the new system through their pernal ID number, similar to the system used by bank teller ichines, Solomon said. It will also enable students to pay fees over the phone ing credit card numbers or to make electronic transfers funds from their accounts into the university's acunt, Gunter said. The university-funded system is expected to cost 83,000 plus the cost of an undetermined number of one lines. The State Budget and Control Board has not been laranteed funding for the system. USC's funding relest for the system will be presented to the General ssembly before the Nov. 1 deadline, according to Fred . Sheheen, commissioner of higher education. "We're committed to doing it," Solomon said. "Funng isn't really that important. We believe so strongly in is system we're going to go ahead and spend money >w. We're convinced the state will finish funding this ing." The system may pay for itself in the long run, Gunter id. The system will save money by reducing the amount of liinmpnt whifh muct mnvpH tr\ tVi/? onH tVin " ?"VII vv lllVf VU IV lliV WV11JVU111 U11U 111V imber of temporary employees that must be hired durg registration, he said. Planned implementation of the system in fall 1989 arks a year's delay in the original schedule. The initial timetable called for the system to be opera>nal this fall. But newer and better systems were arketed, and USC moved at a slower pace to make sure chose the best system, Solomon said. USC is still shopping for a system which will meet its ecific needs, Solomon said. By mid-October, USC will cept bids from companies to determine price ranges for e various systems. John Orwig, a systems analyst with Ohio State Univery where a phone registration system was installed last ar, said an unofficial survey showed that less than 5 pernt of students and faculty disliked the system and that ily one or two students each quarter complain of a proem with it. Nationwide, 32 schools have the system running, and a uple hundred are working on implementing it, Gunter id. >erseas educators "The teachers are energetic, flexi)le, adventurous ? wonderful itudents to teacn. no matter wnai country they received their training in, hey are working on the same pro>lems. That was a relief. It makes it eal to me that we belong to a global community." Beverly Busching associate professor In addition to giving her own course on "Teaching Reading in Content Areas," Breedlove was able to study literacy programs in Brazil. She will make a presentation on the program's techniques next month in the Philippines. Working with multinational student bodies and faculties was enlightening for associate professor Beverly Busching. "I had my first experience in a multicultural school," Busching said of her work in Nairobi, Kenya, where she conducted a course on "Teaching Writing in the Elementary and Middle School." "Here is primarily a bi-cultural situation. There the children are from so many countries that the differences become something interesting rather than a division," she said. "The teachers are energetic, flexible, adventurous ? wonderful students to teach," Busching said. "No matter what country they received their training in, they are working on the same problems. That was a relief. It makes it real to me that we belong to a global community."