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P fl H r l T III1 n C Godfathers and Liv- J I Quote of the day raiMiilllll) Volleyball team wins six straight d "t*/".* a_ \\t j j I ^ ^ them and wash their car when it s nice l*WWl t^ coming Wednesday. I sp.ru, p.* 7 ont.Chuck Dean, columnist qJ See Features, See "Random Patterns," page The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday ? ? _____ Volume 81, No. 32 University of South Carolina October 14, 1988 use BRIEFS Biology dept. chairman to study skin disorders USC's biology department chairman has received secondyear funding of $148,500 under a $750,000 grant to study the genetic basis of skin disorders. Dr. Roger Sawyer's grant is from the National. Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study such disorders as psoriasis. In the past 10 years, his research has received nearly $2 million in funding. Sawyer, who has studied skin genetics for 23 years, said he and other researchers are trying to find out how skin cells in the embryo use genetic information to change shape, size and position to form hairs, fingernails and the cornea of the eye. STATE BRIEFS Greenville Co. schools adopt affirmative action GREENVILLE (AP) ? The Greenville County School District has become the first in the state to adopt hiring goals for women and minorities. District trustees Tuesday unanimously approved an affirmative action plan, which officials say was prompted by last fall's reassignment of a black male principal. The plan proposes the hiring of more women in highranking district jobs because women are under-represented as principals, assistant principals and high school teachers. The plan also is to help bolster the number of black males serving as elementary school teachers, teacher's. aides and clerical workers in the district. USA BRIEFS N.C. corn growers expect third highest yield ever CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) While the summer drought left South Carolina with its third worst corn yield in 10 years, North Carolina farmers expect their third highest yield on record. North Carolina is bringing in 85 bushels per acre in a rain-delayed harvest that is 58 percent finished. In South Carolina, yields have been about 55 bushels per acre with four-fifths of the crop harvested. WORLD BRIEFS Red China, Soviet Union to hold summit next year BEIJING (AP) ? Senior leader Deng Xiaoping said today China and the Soviet Union are likely to hold a summit next year, according to diplomatic sources. It would be the first such meeting in 30 years. Deng, in a meeting with Finnish President Mauno Koivisto, also PYnrpeca/4 n J ? tUnt lr\?rr ?K'VMVU CUIlIlUCIltC HIOI. strained relations between China and the Soviet Union will improve, sources in the Finnish delegation said. Deng's statement was the first by a Chinese to predict that the summit, the first since Nikita Khrushchev came to China in 1959, will likely take place next year. Tests refute Shroud's age TURIN, Italy (AP) ? Scientific tests on the Shroud of Turin indicate it is no more than 728 years old and cannot be the burial cloth of Christ, the archbishop of Turin announced today. The scientists are "95 percent" sure of the accuracy of the tests, Cardinal Anastasio Ballestrero told a news conference. INDEX Viewpoint 3 Features 4 Datebook 5 Comics 6 I Sports 7 Classified 8 GOT A NEWS TIP? CALL 777-7726 Group pushes vnfptv By KELLY C. THOMAS Staff writer With increased crime on and around campus this semester, a USC student has decided to create a crime awareness group to help make students safer. Political science senior Tony Helton is founder and chairman of Students Against Violent Crime ? an organization that he formed after one of his friends was attacked last week. The group will be comprised of representatives from the various university clubs, fraternities and sororities, Helton said. They will discuss individual crimes and decide what could be done to prevent the same type of crime from happening again. "We're going to try to get a list and contact every organization on campus. We want representatives from all of them," Helton said. "We've called a lot of newspapers and television stations," he said, "WIS-TV 10 did a news story on us last night (Tuesday), and there are some newspapers that are going to cover it. The only paper that hasn't responded is The State." Helton said he had spoken with USC President James Holderman, and Holderman had referred him to Vice President for Law Enforcement and Safety Carl Stokes. (] "Stokes just kind of said that crime is increasing all across the nation, and not just on college cam- Tt puses," Helton said. Bs Helton has since spoken with Dan ny Baker, assistant vice president for mm Law Enforcement and Safety. Baker said that he would be glad to 1% speak to the group and offer them any advice and help that he could. "I'm anxious to see what direction it takes," he said. "Also, to see if the By new campus safety committee will Staf work with the group. T "I've been to meetings of Citizens org; Against Violent Crime, and I was wee really interested in it," Baker said, the "It will be interesting to see if this ac- T tually becomes a student ofC organization." Oct The organization is not trying to you make the university look bad, Helton cha] said. Instead, it is trying to raise cam- Ii pus awareness and to do something was about crime, he said. seve "We liked the idea of the shuttle Col system to Five Points, but it's sad Col that we need a system to walk Moi students 500 yards from campus," he T said. "If you get that bad of a label mer on a university, that's really bad." mer 'World re I top U.S. cc By JONATHON LOBER chf(' Staff writer Third World debt and relations with the Soviet Union, Europe and 01 Japan top the list of challenges facing are U.S. policy makers, a former U.S. undersecretary of state said. m' Lawrence Eagleburger, who ? served as undersecretary for Henry Kissinger, spoke to about 30 people ac 1 at Gambrell Hall Wednesday night. poll( The lecture , the first in a 10-part pe series of seminars on world issues, was sponsored by the James F. J? Byrnes International Center, the Institute of International Studies and vv,ei^ USC's department of government s and international studies. as a The most important item on NatI America's 21st century agenda is to ^tat< maintain the United State's relation- the ship with Western Europe and Japan, Eagleburger said. ^urd Finding intelligent ways to deal In with the Soviet Union and the Third- Unit World debt are also important, he barg . said. milil "The transatlantic relationship is H in some trouble," he said. "Not to men say it can't be fixed, but there are agre problems that need to be addressed," W01 he said. assu One step toward solving the pro- tries blem is recognizing that the United pay states is not the dominant power it were once was, and that its policies lack a St clear direction, he said. mor J He said he's also concerned about Thir - ^ , >. a* * **. lotcha Fritz Hofmeister, a business freshman, takes a< lesday to enjoy the outdoors and get in a game of I ites. sfAACP's a LYNN GIBSON f writer he USC chapter of the NAACP dominated the anization's annual state convention last kend, winning six major awards and bringing largest youth delegation to the convention, he National Association for the Advancement Colored People held its Conference of Branches . 6 through Oct. 8 at Hilton Head. Of the 150 th delegates at the convention, 41 were USC pter members. i addition to its attendance, the USC chapter named S.C. College Chapter of the Year out of :n college branches, including those at Claflin lege, South Carolina State College, Winthrop lege, Allen University, Benedict College and rris College. he campus chapter also earned first place for nbership laydown, which is the total number of nbers gained from August to the convention ations I mcerns' nging perspectives in Europe. The farther you get away from generation that lived through rid War II, the more likely you Mgsjgggggg to find leadership that is less conied about their relationship with erica," he said. "The restoration iurope and Japan by the United es may be the single biggest evement in United States foreign I :y in the post-World War II 3d." e also spoke on European nse. Western Europe is carrying less ht in its own defense than it ild," he said. "Western Europe J^B| whole has a larger GNP (Gross onal Product) than the United :s and a bigger population than United States. It's about time started bearing more of the len." i dealing with the Soviets, the ed States needs to continue saining from a position of sary strength, he said. e also proposed that the governts of the West should collectively 'Ju e to guarantee the debts of Third Id countries. Governments could re banks lending to those counthat the governments would help part of the debt if that country Tniir H : to default on its loans, he said. * UUr U ich action would make banks Leah Jol e willing to make further loans to workout as d World countries, he said. 1? ly the to hin The recov< Twi and cl larcen mk Richa ^Kr. were < allege JULIE BOUCHILLON/The Gamecock break Ma radar jvantage of the cooler temperatures mt0 c lacrosse on an intramural field behind ?? ictivism win: date. USC gained 220 members during this time. The chapter was also awarded first place for overall membership with 354 students. Two USC students won national scholarships at the convention. Charles White and Sharon Thompson were recipients of the national chapter's Agnes Jones Jackson Scholarship, which is awarded on the basis of leadership and academic achievement. Out of the 20 scholarships awarded nationally, five went to South Carolina students. White, who is also the president of the state NAACP Youth and College division, said the fact that one-fourth of the scholarships went to South Carolina students says something about the youths' attitude. "We're becoming more and more active," he said. "Students are ready to make a difference." Thompson, who also received the state NAACP's Most Outstanding College Student e Blatt inson, a journalism junior, and Pamela Duncan, a they ride the stationary cycles in the weight room of 'wo men harged i robbery CH WALENDA vriter d men have been taken into custody for the Sept. 11 I robbery of Wild Pizza in Russell House. rid T. Tillman, 17, of 2709 Howell Court, and a ...i ?ii 11.. ?u_ .i- _ u-uiu maic wnu was ancgcuiy inc gunman 111 inc ry, were arrested and charged with felony armed ry. man was picked up at C. A. Johnson High School 5 p.m. on Oct.7, police said. The 16-year-old, whose cannot be released because of age, was picked up 2 after Tillman confessed there was another person lad participated in the robbery, man, a former employee of Wild Pizza, was allegedlookout man for the gunman and gave information i about the operation of Wild Pizza. : $122.50 stolen from the restaurant has not been ;red. The suspects may be ordered to make restitupolice said. man will be tried as an adult. d men have also been arrested by University Police larged with eight counts of auto breaking and grand y, police reports said. mny D. Morris, 17, of Bulah Cuttino, Sumter, and rd G. Morris, 17, of Route 1, Sumter (no relation) irrested by University Police at 3 a.m., Oct. 6, while dly breaking into vehicles in the coliseum parking lot No. 2. dtness observed the pair breaking into a car and callie police. University Police responded and the :ts were immediately apprehended, the report said. ; pair was charged with two counts each for auto ing and grand larceny. ny items of stolen property ? including stereos, detectors, speakers and burglary tools ? were taken ustody. University Police are presently identifying Sep RORRFRY naop 8 s awards award, is the president of the Association of AfroAmerican Students. She praised the NAACP's involvement in campus and community affairs. The organization is one of the most seriously motivated on campus, she said. "I get so fed up with people saying 'Give us, give us, give us,' and never giving in return," she said. "The NAACP gives to the community because they're looking out for people who need help, and they're willing to work to get things done." The large number of USC chapter delgates at the convention is evidence that the USC chapter is more motivated than ever before, White said. He attributed the chapter's active role to the number of USC students in leadership positions at the state level, the motivation of old members to drum up membership and a renewed sense of unity See NAACP page 8 & ^ ' mm JULIE BOUCHIL LON/The Gamecock pharmacy sophomore, concentrate on their the Sol Blatt PE Center Tuesday.