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Pass in review The Navy Reserve Officer Training Floyd Spence, R-S.C., Friday. The c House. Greenpeace building of a reactor, Hutson said. Concerns will not be limited to SRP, but Hutson said the USC chapter can do more good focusing on the plant than it can helping the whales. "We will write letters, though, to help concerns elsewhere," Hutson said. Hutson also wants to use the organization as a resource center, to let people look into issues such as acid rain and deforestation. During the first couple of meetings, Hutson wants to present an orientation to Greenpeace ? showINTERESTED IN I /C\w V Wed.?Fri., Oct. 5,6 & 7 DATE _ Deposit Required i TEDDY LEPP/The Gamecock Corps pass in review before Rep. eremonies took place at the State ! Continued from page 1 ing videos and explaining the organization's purpose. She hopes to organize trips to tour the Savannah River Plant, as well as to a series of "Scoping Trials" being held by the plant to let the public participate in debates on whether or not a production reactor should be built. All students are invited to attend the meetings and are encouraged to become involved in Greenpeace. "I hope a lot of people will come to listen to us and see what we're all about," Hutson said. "We don't want to scare people off. We're not a scary, radical group at all." i ir-p'lH 'i WORKING FOR TH Call 777-7726 Ki ^V O Y> 9:00?4:30 Unn TIME Students ( By HAL MILLARD News editor Editor's notes: This is part two in a two- pa, series. The first article ran Friday. Professors have inspired a lot of things i students through the ages ? hard work, schola ship, a burning desire for knowledge ? but in tf Carolina of old, professors could inspire violei hatred and disgust. The most popular outburst of unbridled hatre of a professor occurred in February 1814 again professor George Blackburn, the archetyp; academic hardhead. He had "an irascible temp< and had little patience with students' follies," ai cording to Daniel Hollis' two-volume history ( use. After students made off with the college bell c the Horseshoe, Blackburn and a colleagi discovered and apprehended the pranksters an had the faculty suspend them. Open rebellion broke out on Feb. 8. As Hollis described it, "A large body of studen in disguise partook of and distributed spiritous 1 quors at the college bell, burnt an effigy < Blackburn and then marched with drum and fife I the center building of North College, broke ope doors, did great damage to the library, carried o the bell and destroyed it." Blackburn's house and that of his colleagu Tutor Reid, were attacked by brickbats. The milit had to be called to repel the rioters, and a stror guard had to be placed outside Blackburn's hous The faculty didn't much care for him either, and 1 was forced to resign after an investigation of tl affair. In addition to unpopular professors, food ar living conditions were also the focus of revolts South Carolina College. The college had an entrei ched commons system that kept students from fii ding other living quarters and places to eat. By 1852, students had had their fill of th system. They staged what is now known as tl Shuttle Continued from Four proposals are being examin- other p ed. There was a meeting Tuesday said, after press time to discuss these op- Frank tions and decide on the proposal that blem ap will be used, he said. have fu "People are thinking we are doing this pasi nothing about crime on campus," "If I Franklin said. "We are not doing would fc 'nothing' about this situation. We the grot] are looking at other plans." has said The Safety Task Force was created Smith to address the implementation of have cc some type of safe transportation progran system to and from Five Points and type sy Outlook Continued fr Education employers do the ma- can exp jority of their hiring during the sum- crease, mer quarter, but are expecting a 26 mental percent increase this December. large de Those seeking government work tion ma - tnum-i nw u-..-,. E~GAMECOCK? r? ^t>v \> , j . -A? 5 / X0> xSy c c # rersity Bookstore PLACE c 1986 ArtCarved Ciass Rings )f old parti "A large body of students in rl disguise partook of and distributed n spiritous liquors at the college bell, x' burnt an effigy of Blackburn and it then marched with drum and fife to *n * 1 _ O m.T tne center nuiiaing 01 i^onn ft College.'' ai Daniel Hollis ;r historian c"Great Bisquit Rebellion." ?n A total of 108 students demanded a return to the le licensed boarding house arrangement of the past, id The trustees, not appreciative of ultimatums, refused. Students went on a rampage, breaking windows in Steward's Hall and pitching pots and ts pans from the kitchen down the well, li- The 108 students then withdrew from school in jf further protest. A few returned, but most earned to degrees elsewhere or didn't finish their education at ;n all. ff The nature of students then at USC seems to be quite different from that of today's students. They e, partied as hard, but drinking, and even affronts to ia someone's honor, could spark vicious fights and lg duels. Students were rambunctious, unruly and e. even violent a lot of the time. Duels were reportedle ly not uncommon back then, but only one ended in le death. The fatal duel was as humorous as it was tragic, id J. Marion Simms, in Hollis' book, gives the at following description of the infamous duel of A. n- Govan Roach and James G. Adams: n- "They were very intimate friends; they sat opposite to each other in Steward's Hall, at table, lis When the bell rang and the door was opened, the le students rushed in, and it was considered a matter page 1 laces in the city. Franklin same concept as the shi but would have an outs din said he would have a pro- tor," Smith said. >proving the bill that would "The second proposal nded the shuttle service for system," said Sean Gr t weekend. director of Public Affairs were to approve that bill I dy system is one in w ?e supporting a system which volunteer to walk peopl* ip who started it and the S.G. the Five Points area, bu is flawed," Franklin said. has other aspects." i said he agreed. "What we There could be a desig me up with are alternative system and an education t proposals. The first is a bus- Griffith said. The main stem which would use the keep people from comin pm page 1 ect a 25 percent year-end in- Regionally, employers Not since 1970 have govern- are more optimistic th employers predicted such a other areas of the Unite* :mand for public administra- South has a large demar jorS. firm workers and >.Stn? uov , j\ xy NOBODY IS UGL\ HAPPY HOUR $1.50 Bui $2.00 Piti rHURSDAY- LADIES NIGH FIRST 100 LA THE MEN OF FRIDAY- DOOR PRIZE! GAMECOCKS COME C VICTORY W OPEN 4 pm - 2 am ABC REGULATIONS STR ed, dueled of honor, when a man got hold of a dish of butter nr hrpaH r\r onu Hich it uroc V*ic I Tnfnr VI V/1VUVI, uiij vskiiw U1J11, II. TTOJ 111.3. UI11U1tunately, Roach and Adams sat opposite each other, and both caught hold of a dish of trout at the same moment. Adams did not let go; Roach held on to the dish. "Presently Roach let go of the dish and glared fiercely in Adams' face and said: 'Sir I will see you after supper.' They sat there all through supper, both looking like mad bulls, I presume. Roach left the supper-room first, and Adams immediately followed him. Roach waited outside the door for Adams. There were no hard words and no fisticuffs ? all was dignity and solemnity. " 'Sir,' said Roach, 'what can I do to insult you?' Adams replied, 'This is enough, sir, and you will hear from me.' Adams immediately went to his room and sent a challenge to Roach." The two young men got their pistols and went to fight it out at Lightwood Knot Springs, 10 miles from Columbia. Adams was mortally wounded and died a few hours later. Roach's wounds were less severe, but he never recovered and died a few years later. These are not the things most people probably recall when they think about South Carolina College. But students then were more rebellious and liable to blow up over anything. They were not always the gentle sons of wealthy southern gentlemen out to get a first-rate education. O A.J ^ I 11 4. ~ 1 T"1 ooine were mere iu raise ncii, su iu speax. inere were other incidents, uprisings and tempestuous students who have colored USC history, but few of the modern era are as colorful as those of their brethren of the 1800s. USC is going through a protest lag, of sorts. History professor Thomas Connelly says campus protest comes in cycles, and USC is overdue for the next wave. So who knows, the next Bisquit Rebellioh, building takeover or period of police beatings and tear gas assaults may be just around the corner. lttle system, Five Points alone, ide contrac- "The third system," Smith said, "is a taxi system in which students I is a buddy use vouchers instead of actual money iffith, S.G. to get back to campus. The first two ;. "The bud- programs have serious problems, but hich people none of the proposals have gone ; back from before the full committee, t the system "James Franklin has worked hard to consolidate students on the issue mated driver of safety and have one voice (in finlal program, ding a feasable solution). Everything point is to will be done within the committee g back from meeting," Smith said. : in the South employees, as well as public adlan those in ministration workers in the i States. The government, id for service The South will be a little above the education national average for hiring in 1988. DiUO-y. iilti-Lii. - - ' t" i > f ACTED OA It/I nr i cn ?.mivi 4pm-8pm :kets lhers IB IT IDIES FREE : KNIGHT HEAT! S! ELEBRATE YOUR ITH US ON SATURDAY IICTLY ENFORCED