HTom Hanks and Sally "Let's get addicted (to art) in our colField
star in the movie *^7*1 1 O 1 1 a* 11 lege years and even make some good
'Punchline,' a look at the Wilson ready for basketball season
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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 E'^ty tears of Collegiate Journalism Monday
Volume 8J, No. 35 University of South Carolina October 24, 1988
use BRIEFS
USC trustees elect Mungo
for board chairmanship
Millionaire Columbia- realtor
Michael Mungo, 60, was chosen
Thursday to be the next chairman
of USC's Board of Trustees.
Mungo, currently the
22-member board's vice chairman,
has been a trustee since the
early '70s. He replaces Othniel
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pired this year.
Media reports indicated Mungo
was to be challenged for the position
by trustee William Bethea of
Hilton Head, but Mungo got the
necessary 12 votes before Bethea
got 7, so the full vote was not
completed.
The trustees voted three times
for a vice chairman, but were
unable to break a vote deadlock
and achieve a majority. They
should vote again at the board's
next meeting in December,
Mungo said.
STATE BRIEFS
AIDS cases rise in state
State health officials say there
were 346 confirmed AIDS cases in
South Carolina as of Sept. 30,
representing an increase of 17
cases from the previous month.
State health officials also said
the number of people known to be
miecieu wun me aids virus nas
increased to 1,914 since testing
began in the state in 1985. Exposure
to the virus does not mean
that a person has the disease.
Greenville police sense
cocaine worth $2.5 million
GREENVILLE (AP) ? Greenville
police have arrested two men
and seized an estimated $2.5
million worth of cocaine after the
car carrying the two men was involved
in a hit-and-run accident.
Police Lt. Jerry K. Nolan said
Hector Marquez Zulueta, 36, of
Greenville, and Louis Fernando
Zapata, 24, of Miami, were charged
Friday with trafficking and
transporting cocaine.
Nolan said just before noon
Friday a vehicle with Florida
license plates was involved in a
three-car accident at a downtown
intersection and then drove off.
USA BRIEFS
Man holds on to sandwich
bitten by former president
SPRINGFIELD, III. (AP) ? A
barbecued buffalo sandwich once
bitten into by Richard M. Nixon is
being preserved for posterity by
an Illinois family.
Steve Jenne, now 42, was a
14-year-old Boy Scout in his
native Sullivan when Nixon, then
vice president, sank his teeth into
the sandwich. Jenne walked off
with the uneaten portion and his
family has kept it in a deep freeze
since.
WORLD BRIEFS
Storm hits Central
America
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)
? Hurricane Joan tore across
Nicaragua Saturday with 125 mph
winds and torrential rains, flattening
buildings and setting off
floods and mud slides. At least 15
people were reported killed in
Nicaragua and 21 in Costa Rica.
Three people also were killed in
Panama Saturday, raising the
overall death toll from the storm
in Central and South America
since Monday to 65. The reports
from Nicaragua, Costa Rica and
Panama said 39 people were killed
Saturday.
INDEX
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Features 4
Comics 7
Sports g
Classified 10
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ing its 10-day visit, ended Saturday.
Man hack
By RICH WALENDA
Staff writer
In a scene reminiscent of the Friday tht
13th movie series, an unknown male used ?
machete to hack several doors in Snowder
Dorm just before midnight Friday.
No one was reported hurt in the incident
The person, believed by police to be a stu
dent, attacked three doors on the dorm'i
fifth floor at about 11:40 p.m. apparently
"to relieve tension," University Polict
reported.
Police said they are looking for a whit<
male with brown hair, about 18 years old, i
feet, 6 inches tall and about 170 pounds.
In a separate incident, Marvin G. Morris
25, of 2302 Center St., was charged by
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By RITA COSBY
Senior reporter
Though the polish and professionalism
events" are not typically student mainstay;
officials hope plans to hire students will k
community involved in the new arts center.
The Koger Arts Center will have an
meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Russell H
to inform students about available job opp
Jobs will be available to students of all r
"This is such a fantastic pioneer op]
students of all disciplines," said Carolyn
Mortar Board adviser. "It will allow so
students to be a crucial part of this project
start. That's something to be really proud <
The employment opportunities are endless
Pearson, Koger Center associate director. A
tions include public relations/publicity work
ushers and technical, as well as secretarial/c
areas.
All students will be paid, with wages
$4.50 an hour for ushers to $8.85 an hour
engineers.
Pearson, who originally came to USC aft
a similar and successful program at the Un
linois, said he hopes to fill every type of stv
"We would like to have a couple hundre
volved," he said. "This is the perfect time f
join this $15 million Koger Center project
limited in any way."
The center, which is funded primarily
have its first performance Jan. 14, 1989 wit
Philharmonic.
The center seats 2,236 people, and has tw
sal rooms and the ability to acoustically
reduce the seating to 1,200 seats. The consti
ing 700 days and will be completed by th
semester.
"They have been working on having a ma.
like this in Columbia for 15 years now," Ho
"And since it is partly funded by the city
County, this can be a full-service center, ht
artists in the country and in the university i
The concept behind the center is that it \
students. "I want everyone, including the hi
ty officials that will probably come to the ce
mances, to see students first and foremost. 1
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University Police with first degree burglary,
grand larceny and resisting arrest. The inci?
dent occurred at the McBride fraternity quad
i in the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Upsilon
i wings at 5:10 a.m. Saturday.
Police reports said someone fitting Morris'
description broke into the dorm room
where its occupants were sleeping and stole a
> wallet, which contained $40 and other items.
When challenged by the victim, the person
ran nnt r\f thp rnnm anH thpn was sppn runn
ing toward the Thomas Cooper Library, ac:
cording to police reports.
> University Police were called and saw
Morris near 800 Sumter St. Morris allegedly
ran when told to stop by police, who chased
i him on foot and apprehended him at 1300
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A temale student reported an incident ot
indecent exposure that occurred Thursday in a
the Thomas Cooper Library. The victim told o
University Police that a male dropped his h
pants and underwear and exposed himself to
her around 10:35 p.m. Police have no s
suspects. r
Donald Richard Piano of 2816 a
Chatsworth Drive, 21, was charged by
University Police Thursday with failure to d
stop for a blue light and had several charges d
for receiving stolen goods.
Piano, who is not a student, was placed on a
$3,000 bond. The court date is yet to be set. s
The case is under investigation, University
Police said. c
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S.G. program
to promote
campus safety
ty JOHN ROBERTS
laff writer
Student Government in cooperation with USC's Law
Enforcement and Safety division will sponsor "USC Safey
Days" Oct. 24 to Oct. 27.
The week will include programs on campus safety and
larks the third year of Safety Days, said Student Sen.
1arie Louise Ramsdale.
All programs are free and open to students and faculty.
"The main purpose of the program is to heighten camus
awareness and encourage students to take respon
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tamsdale, a Soviet studies junior and a coordinator.
The theme of the program is "Think Smart, Act
harp." A safety fair will be held today on Greene Street
i front of the Russell House. The local chapter of
Mtizens Against Violent Crime, the Rape Crisis Network
nd Minority Student Affairs will be present.
Brochures and pamphlets will be distributed to
tudents. There will also be a bicycle registration, and Stuent
Government will give away safety whistles,
lamsdale said.
A program, "Protect your Property," will be given by
tie division of Law Enforcement and Safety 7 p.m. Tuesay
in Russell House room 202. The purpose of the proram
is to educate students on how to reduce their
hances of becoming victims of crime, Ramsdale said.
Following the program, students will meet in front of
he Russell House at 10 p.m. for a "safety walk."
"We will walk around campus and point out areas that
/e've had new lighting installed," Ramsdale said.
Students can also point out areas they feel are dangerous,
nd the comments will be passed on to the USC adlinistration,
she said.
"We want to get everyone concerned about walking
lone on campus and show students the right ways to walk
fter dark," she said.
The Red Cross will give a presentation and show a film
in "latch key kids" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Calcott
Auditorium.
Students and faculty with children are encouraged to
ttend the program, which will give safety tips to parents
?f "latch key kids," or children who often have to stay
tome alone, Ramsdale said.
Thursday will be Rape Awareness Day. Experts will
peak throughout the day on various topics concerning
ape. Registration for Thursday's events begins at 9
.m., Ramsdale said.
During the day, experts will hold sessions and field
luestions about date rape, risk reduction, trauma synIrome
and self defense.
"We encourage both guys and girls to come and take
dvantage of at least one of these seminars," Ramsdale
aid.
The entire week's program cost S.G. $426, which
overs the cost of the whistles and hot chocolate.
Anti-crime group
iraws 'crowd'
\y KELLY C. THOMAS
taff writer
The first meeting of a campus organization devoted to
ighting violent crime on campus attracted more than 50
eople last week, including prominent community leaders
nd representatives from the state General Assembly.
Attendance Tuesday at the first meeting of Students
against Violent Crime, or SAVE, included state representees
Candy Waites and Tim Rogers; Scott Elliott, a
andidate for the state House of Representatives; Student
kffairs Vice President Dennis Pruitt; and Danny Baker,
ssistant vice president for the Division of Law Enforcelent
and Safety.
"The whole purpose of SAVE is to get USC as a whole
) look at the crime situation," finance and marketing
;nior and SAVE member Walt McConnell said. "We
ant to see what students think the problems are and
hat everyone thinks should be done about them."
Issues discussed at the meeting included the organiza
an and goals of SAVE, the lighting on Greene Street and
le progress on implementing a safe weekend transportaan
system for students.
The organization will be composed of one representee
from each fraternity, sorority and campus
-ganization, SAVE coordinator Tony Helton said.
Elections will be held at the next meeting for vice chairan,
treasurer and secretary. These officers will not be
garded as organization representatives, and any
ganization to which they belong will be allowed to have
representative present.
Elliott said he gave one of three donations received by
e organization so far for the promotion of campus safeprograms.
R. Phil Roof of RPR and Associates also
ive a donation, and S.C. Electric and Gas company
mated $100 to help cover the cost of a taxi system to
ve Points and back for one weekend, he said.
Waites said improvements of the lighting problems on
reene Street have been studied and that, several days
:fore the meeting, she had talked with Columbia's Assisnt
City Manager Miles Hadley about the poor lighting
i the street.
Hadley inspected the street lights and decided that some
langes would be made, Waites said.
"They are going to trim the trees in the area," Waites
id. "They are also going to change all of the mercuryipor
lights to high-pressure sodium lights. There is one
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