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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'wo men
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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
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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
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JULIE BOUCHIL LON/The Gamecock
pharmacy sophomore, concentrate on their
the Sol Blatt PE Center Tuesday.