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B flpHl Sally Hess, an interna- J Quote of the day W M jfe? Hk tionall>' known performer ITTC^^ c/\nnAi? ^-AnYV? ^^<1 'That's what I feel when I dance. I am a 7 M mm a % and choreographer, will be SOCCGF t6flDI (JClCJltS O^lCIHSOll I tree> turning.'- Sally Hess, dancer 01 \ r'\ > a two-wee^ USC resident. I See $ Jt7 and choreographer A)/ ^ See Features, page 4 ^^ Sec "Dancer," page 4 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism MondcW Volume 81, No. 30 University of South Carolina OctoberlO, 1988 use BRIEFS Civil War symposium to be held at USC Eight of the nation's leading Civil War historians will gather at USC Thursday and Friday for the symposium "1863: The Critical Year of the Civil War." The symposium will discuss why the South lost, as well as the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. All sessions are free and open to the public. Morning sessions will be in the Campus Room of Capstone, and afternoon and evening sessions will be in Gambrell Hall auditorium. STATE BRIEFS 11 1 ' SRP reports back protesters' claims COLUMBIA ? two years ago, an activist group described a near catastrophe at the Savannah River Nuclear Plant in 1965, but the report largely went unnoticed. This week the incident was detailed by The New York Times, proving, the activists say, that they are not the "kooks" they've been called for years. "I'm glad that people are beginning to pay attention," said Francis Close Hart, chairwoman of the S.C. Energy Foundation, a natural resource policy and education group. "We've been saying this kind of thing for a long time." Officials of Du Pont, the plant's operator, insisted Friday I that thf? II S onucrntncnt nlant the nation's sole producer of weapons-grade plutonium and tritium, is safe. "We believe these facilities are safe; otherwise, we would not operate these facilities. We have never had an accident that has put the community around us or our employees at risk," said Jim Felder, manager of public relations for Du Pont at the sprawling operation in Aiken, near the Georgia line. Jackson's half-brother a 'political prisoner' GREENVILLE ? Noah R. Robinson's lawyer says he won't request a change of venue, while his client was saying he was a "political prisoner of war." Robinson, the half-brother of former democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, has been held without bond since Sept. 20 at the Greenville County Detention Center. Authorities said he hired a hit team to kill Leroy "Hambone" Barber in 1986. Robinson said in a prepared statement that solicitor Joe Watson was "a ruthless, irresponsible, reckless and politically ambitious lawman politician." I V"? a c t itp rvi Pnt + O/.# 1 nr\ a xiv Jioiviiivui uaivu wti. i at" cused Watson of "political shenanigans," and referred to the prosecutor as an "outlaw." "We challenge him to button his lips and get ready to be knocked on his hips in a court of law in South Carolina," Robinson said in the statement. USA BRIEFS Judge orders Tyson to leave wife alone LOS ANGELES ? A judge ordered heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to stay away from his wife, actress Robin Givens, after she filed for divorce and described her eight-month marriage as "a continuous horror story" of domestic violence. Friday's order by Superior Court Judge Hugh MacBeth Jr. requires Tyson to stay at least 1,000 yards from Givens and the Burbank Studios set where she tapes her television series, Head of the Class. INDEX Viewpoint 3 Features 4 Datebook 5 Comics 6 Sports 7 Classified 8 GOT A NEWS TIP? CALL 777-7726 | BBsf ^ f ? im ? lK, - J? ?' tST J Hk 4 ] ^HK0| &>!?*, IfawMP^ * ** T* I B^MMaMBBg: V ^' - * *! Sweater weather Students travel between clases in front of Gambri has arrived in the Columbia area and will stay for USC professo, By LYNN GIBSON the Staff writer T Columbia residents are paying $100 to listen yeai to USC professors speak during a 10-part Clai seminar on U.S.-world issues. T The seminar, which is sponsored by the pop Byrnes International Center, Institute of International Studies and the Government and Inter- Col national Studies department, will run from Oct. ever 12 to March 15. thai The weekly sessions will take place 8 p.m. in Clai Gambrell Hall auditorium. The speakers are H USC professors who are considered experts in sem Tra inincr bplne A A livipj police fight crim< By RICH WALENDA Staff writer Crime on the USC campus has decreased 8.2 perc< since 1986, according to University Police statistics. The decrease in crime on campus, said Carl Stok system vice president for law enforcement and safety, 1 occurred because of the qualifications and training quired of the University Police's officers and resei officers. According to a special report that appeared last week USA Today, there were 16,783 thefts from cars, 6 rapes, 22,170 burglaries, 13,079 assaults, 3,366 drug 1; violations and 1,874 robberies on 698 campu: nationwide. The survey, which included USC, found that one out four students reported being a victim of a crime. But percent of students polled by USA Today said they f their campuses were as safe as they expected them to 1 University Police reported 1,085 crimes for 1987. T1 total includes vandalism and underage drinking. There were 773 larceny cases, 74 burglaries and assaults, University Police said. The USC-Columbia campus police force Stokes spo of has 59 full-time uniformed and non-uniformed < ficers. This force is supplemented by 16 reserve offici who are students. These students are commissioned pol See TRAINING page Sp* ,4 BRIAN SAL ell hall Friday. Many wear sweaters because fall the next couple of days. rs to discuss topics they will discuss. he seminar will be the first in a series of i iy seminars if all goes well, said William rk, associate director of the Byrnes Center. i he series is designed to cater to the non-USC i ulation, Clark said. This is a community-oriented program for t umbia residents who are interested in world its and want to know more information i 1 they could get just by reading the news," ; rk said. I [e added that part of the attraction for this 1 inar was that the small-group atmosphere ^1YV ( Df2rs Strike up the band ice ? Psychology freshman Lori Gibson an band traveled to Blacksburg, Va., to ei 2 Room i exceeds By JULIE STUEMPFIG About 47 of the 300 students al tected by a housing shortage thi gtaif Wffi,.W& semester are still in temporar In August, about 200 women an 100 men ? many of whom wer freshmen ? were left with no plac gjjyygito live. A little more than a mont later, all but about 35 women and 1 men have been housed, said Jame Smart, University Housing Service' director of administration. Many of the students had bee placed temporarily with resident ad visers in various dorms, but the m have since been given permanen quarters, Smart said. And at Pattei fson Hall and McClintock, som women are living in lounges that hav been converted into living areas. "The remaining students wh< could not be placed have made othe living arrangements for the semeste until we can find them spaces," h This semester's shortage was th first in five years, but he added tha the problem could occur again nex year. Housing Services starts taking ap Slpnnfp r ^ Wf V v reimbur, By BONNIE DA Via Senate reporter The issue of the Five Points shuttli system continued to divide the Stu dent Senate Wednesday, as senator; debated whether to pay part of las weekend's shuttle costs. Senators debated a bill that woulc retroactively reimburse $316.75 tc the Sorority and Fraternity council: for costs in running the shuttle lasi weekend. The shuttle was discontinued lasi weekend ? after two weeks of service ? when questions about liabili//c/t* - . ty, insurance and costs were raised. A iLS/The Gamecock J . , , . .... special task force is looking intc alternatives for the service. Several senators said approving a like weather bill to fund something that has already taken place would set a bad precedent. world issues a promotes interaction between the speaker and ning t the audience. speake 1 he seminar has been publicized primarily oy ai me mailings to people who have shown a prior in- Of I terest in world affairs, Clark said. 37 an Sixty responses have come out of the 500 in- subscr titial mailings, Clark said. Any The $100 subscription fee covers admittance year's to all 10 sessions. Half-subscriptions are "He available for couples, meaning that after the in- enougl tial $100 fee, the additional subscription for Families would be half-price. Funds will be used to absorb the costs of run d business sophomore Cathy Kate jam at the Virginia Te< icourage the Gamecock team to victory. demand I nn?^?%lvT ? supply plications in early December, Smart said. Most of the residents left f- without rooms this year had not apis plied for housing until late spring, y and some waited as late as June, he said. d "They set themselves up for proe blems by waiting so long, but e students have been mostly very h cooperative in dealing with the situa2 tion," he said. :s Another reason for this year's s shortage was the loss of 100 dorm spaces with the closing of Thornwell n ? a men's dorm ? for renovations. I- Thornwell is expected to reopen next y fall, it Smart said he thinks the increase in e the size of the freshman class this e year further affected the availability of housing, o About 3,000 freshmen were enrollr ed at USC this year, compared with r 2,883 last year, said USC Admissions e Director Deborah Haynes. About 28 percent of this year's freshmen are e out-of-state students requiring on- or t off-campus housing, t Admissions doesn't consider housing availability when accepting students, she said. iebates sement The funds had been sought in a separate bill, filed before last ; weekend's service, that was passed by the Senate Sept. 28. But Student 5 Government President James t Franklin, awaiting counsel from USC's legal department on the use of 1 such funds, delayed signing the bill. ) Franklin said he was ready to sign > the bill when he realized that its wort ding made it ineffective. He then asked Student Sen. Marie-Louise t Ramsdale, who wrote the bill, to rewrite it and re-introduce it to the senate. "It's a question of semantics," ? Franklin said. Franklin, who had to veto the i original bill in order to approve the See SENATE page 2 m it seminar he seminar, including mailing expenses, ;rs' honorariums and a banquet to be held final session, Clark said, he 60 subscriptions confirmed thus far, e full-subscriptions and 23 are halfiptions. excess funds will be retained for next seminar, Clark said. )pefully, the program will generate i interest that we can attract and pay for See SEMINAR page JULIE BOUCHILLON/The Gamecock :h game Saturday. The Carolina