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r Break out the tie-dyed "You know what I'm in for? Reaching clothing, Octoberfest ^ J *l_j 9 _ _ 1 _ through chicken wire and killing a guy celebrates Caribbean-style x^OJIClIGS ClGIlV v llSlKlll S CliHITIS when 1 had mY wide-brim hat fb. tomorrow. on..." ? Stephen Guilfoyle, See 'Octoberfest,' page 4 See Coaches story, page 8 Columnist See Viewpoint, page 3 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 81, No. 36 University of South Carolina October 26, 1988 STATE BRIEFS Springs votes to reduce production of fabrics GREENVILLE (AP) ? The decision by Spring Industries Inc. to pour money into its sheet and towel mills while reducing production of apparel fabrics reflects recent trends in the apparel industry, according to analysts. Springs' board voted Thursdav to limit apparel fabrics to 15 percent of the company' sales by the end of 1990. To accomplish that goal, the company said it would sell some plants and close others. Research facility focuses on blacks at state colleges CLEMSON (AP) ? State education officials say they will use studies by a new research center at Clemson University to analyze efforts by South Carolina's public colleges to recruit and retain black students. "We've been administering programs, but we haven't done an evaluation on what is effective," said Fred Sheheen, state commissioner of higher education. USA BRIEFS Arrest of 2 Mexican police halts plans to traffic drugs NEW YORK (AP) ? Plans for a $50 million-a-month heroin pipeline from Mexico were foiled with the arrests of two Mexican police commanders who, officials say, boasted they could close airports in their home state to help the smuggling. Pedro Guillen, 39, and Margaritan Villagrana, 42, commanders from the state of Guerrero, which includes Acapulco, were to be arraigned Monday, authorities said. They were arrested late Saturday in a hotel following a four-month investigation, said Robert Strang, a spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminstration. "They had the arrogance to travel to the United States to peddle their goods," said Robert M. Stutman, special agent in charge of the DEA in New York. "Whenever you have police officials involved in the trafficking of major amounts of drugs, it is truly the worst betrayal of the public trust. To have foreign HaIiPP Affiporc PArno f A tka T Tr?Ifo/1 pvuvv wxiivvio W111V IV/ HIV U1111WU States to traffic in drugs is even worse." Greenhouse effect to cause declines in Southeast WASHINGTON (AP)? The warming of the Earth from the "greenhouse effect" will cause significant declines in the wetlands, crops and forests of the Southeast by the middle of the next century, according to the first major government study of the phenomenon. The study, done by the Environmental Protection Agency at the request of Congress, used current scientific literature and computer models of the global climate to assess the long-term impact of projected climate changes. The greenhouse effect refers to the gradual warming of the Earth from the growing atmospheric concentration of gasses that keep heat from being radiated into space. Most greenhouse experts say the Earth will warm on the average by three to eight degrees Fahrenheit by the middle of the next century. INDEX j Viewpoint 3 Features 4 Datebook 6 Comics 7 Sports 8 Classified 10 GOT A NEWS TIP? ! CALL 777-7726 * Tfi^, *x ^. - x? % *N 11 S *W J JK < $. | In the pen One of the "jailbirds" in the Chi Omega/ them out. /n i campus D By SARA CRUTCHLEY Staff writer College campus buildings across the United States need about $70-billion worth of repair work, according to early reports from a study being prepared by the Association of Physical Plant Administrators in Washington, D.C. Putting off repair work has led to a buildup of urgent work, early reports indicate. The final report is set to be released in December. Although he would not confirm whether ^ mumi mmWP > 4j ft ft t- f v M m * ft ^ f wKKM I* * %k: | r*' . . . And throw away the kt Finance senior Phil Coppney is locked up by Cantey Haile Tuesday. Coppney was one of behind bars during the Jail-a-thon sponsoi Alpha. |^p . c ^ ^ '"Ww "' Smt ^ Kappa Alpha jailhouse tries to bribe his way out uildings ne USC was included in the report, Senior Vice 1 President for Facilities Planning David t Rinker said a number of major renovation 1 projects are being carried out on each of the USC campuses. t Maintenance, however, is often deferred s because of lack of money, he said. "When you only receive 88 to 94 percent f of the money you ask for, maintenance and building gets caught," Rinker said. f Pete Denton, executive vice president for f Business and Finance, outlined the need for c preventive maintenance to keep problems c Hi Editors' note IMMtH Br Morrison's prei ^ JPgj LYNN GIB! ^^5 X I Staff writer HP \ y~ Steroid abus< ' if legiate Athletic "Steroid abt Hp w?B Uryasz, the NC I t - HjH tunately, or un flH view, your sch< possible abuses. H ioot oan player use of anabolic ball team also i "We have tc coming," Uryas say that what C Although onl tested positive began testing in ductd one year said. Self-reported which could the "Because of t fact that we're c those small nui steroid use eithe "We really d have to operate are telling us am a 101 01 use, in I schools, the use said. m. $ Players in th most likely to u: JULIE HOUCHILLON/The Gamecock for Steroids, the >y will have to be c "Both on the political science sophomore try to deter th the many "criminals" put introduced." ed by Chi Omega/Kappa An extensive drugs available athletes as well, yt/L/? BOUCHIL LOS/The Gamecock . Other inmates wait for friends to bail ed reoair 1 ( rom becoming serious. USC has a substan- . ial number of buildings dating from the , 960s, he said. ( These buildings are starting to display pro)lems in roofing and in functional systems ( uch as air conditioning. USC will continue to improve its physical e acilites, he said. This year, $5.2 billion has been set aside f or repairs on the Columbia campus. This s igure was reached with the help of the apital bond bill, which is distributed every ither year. -oid use no oid abuse d 'normal' : See story about head football coach Joe | is conference, page 8. SON ; is not unique to USC, a National ColAssociation spokesman said, lse is a serious problem," said Frank ^AA's director of sports sciences. "Forfortunately, depending on your point of doI has an athlete who chose to expose 4 issue of Sports Illustrated, former USC Tommy Chaikin described his extensive steroids and said at least half of the footised them. ) appreciate from where he's (Chaikin) >z said. "I don't think at this point we can haikin is saying is incorrect." , jl y 3 percent of collegiate football players ; H for anabolic steroids since the NCAA 1986, a University of Michigan study con- I i :arlier indicates a rate of 9 percent, Uryasz data is usually lower than the actual rate, refore be much higher, he added. j he deterrent effect of drug testing and the inly testing during the post-season period, nbers are not an accurate predictor of x," Uryasz said. on't know how hieh the rate is. but we under the assumption that if our athletes | d our coaches are telling us, 'Hey, there's ,| en what they are saying is true. ;ports that for certain positions at certain rate has been as high as 50 percent," he | Jjs e traditional strength positions are the || >e steroids, Uryasz said. % s have been trying to lessen the demand re is an increasing realization that more ~i lone on the supply side, he said, federal and the state level, legislation to e abuse of anabolic steroids is being black market for steroids exists, with for high school and junior high school Uryasz said. [__ Library Science enrollment breaks 'Marianne' image By MARY CATHERINE CARROLL Staff writer The image of a stern librarian, her hair in a bun, skirting around in comfortable shoes and admonishing noisy patrons, is one that dies hard. But the image isn't keeping students away. In fact, enrollment in USC's College of Library and Information Science has increased 130 percent since 1982, said associate professor Charles Curran. The college enrolled 391 students this year, compared to 186 in 1982. One reason for the increased enrollment is that more and varied opportunities are available because of a growing need for information specialists, Curran said. In the 1970s, fewer opportunities were available, he said. As a result, enrollment dropped all over the country. The coming of the "Information Age" brought with it a realization that people were needed to deal with all the information, he said. "We have left the Agricultural Age and the Industrial Age," Curran said. "Most of us are no longer growing things and making things for a living." Salary is another reason for the new interest in library science, he said. Librarians' salaries range from $19,000 to $25,000, depending on the location. More jobs are now available in the public sector because more federal money is being put into the public service agencies, including libraries, Curran said. Today's librarians' skills are marketable in areas beyond the setting of the library and can be applied in jobs in computer centers, publishing, sales, research centers or consulting, he said. Because of the various job opportunities, the College of Library and Information Science offers four tracks for its students: school media, public libraries, academic libraries and special libraries, such as law or music libraries, he said. Courses are designed for the specialty areas, and there is also a general curriculum that equips graduates to enter any area available, he said. South Carolina has a greater iemand for school media specialists, he said. The College of Library and Information Science offers a master's Droeram renuirina 3fi honrc r?f rrpHit QtnH?nte ivho enter the program must have a bachelor's degree that :mphasizes education, liberal arts or science. Students who choose the school media track also must complete a six-hour internship. Lee Hemphill, a recent graduate of the college, is imployed as a reference research librarian at The State. Special libraries are much more challenging, said Hem?hill, who assists reporters in finding hard facts for tories. He uses resource material, statistics, telephone See LIBRARY page 2 t uncommon Drug effects serious By LYNN GIBSON Staff writer The steroids that have recently caused a stir in the sports world represent only a small group of the chemicals known as steroids, says a doctor at the School of Medicine. .. There are several types of Steroids, said Paul Housley, an assistant professor at USC's School of | "When a physician or scientist talks about steroids, talkina ahmit a .->Vn?miAal ? UsiuvIm viiviu<v?( iim mvvm vy jwwoivv said. Anabolic steroids refer to steroids that build muscle mass, and they are derived from testosterone, he said. The properties of testosterone contribute to the growth and development of muscle, Housley said. "That's why men have more muscle than women, on the average," he said. Anabolic refers to the building or the synthesizing of muscle mass, Housley said. "Although anabolic steroids possess high anabolic activity and low testosterone-like activity, they do have both, and it's the testosterone activity that accounts for many of the side effects," he said. Examples of non-anabolic steroids would be birth control pills or the cortisone in cream that is used in treating skin irritation, Housley said. "Historically, anabolic steroids have been used in situations where people have been burned badly, to keep things going, to keep muscles from wasting away luring periods of disuse," he said. The side effects of anabolic steroids depend on the ige and sex of the user, Housley said. Side effects include water retention, alterations in ;ex drive, infertility and acne. They have been known o cause breast enlargement in men, and, in some ases, the size of the male sex organs has been known o decrease, he said. Women who abuse anabloic steroids could begin to lemonstrate masculine features, such as facial hair ind male pattern baldness, Housley said. "As for behavioral side effects, we don't really mderstand that well in terms of what's actually going m," he said. 'T don't know if anabolic steroids inrease aggression so much as they decrease inhibitions tnd cause a lack of self-control. "A person who abuses steroids might overreact to ituations." he said. The most serious side effects result from long-term buse and are potentially fatal, he said. The three main ide effects: possible liver failure; cancer of the liver nd the Chance of near: disease, i I HMI.MM ?