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|?iU!ikBSl^UiisK2?lfl %ffi"^"fe^, USC will torch the Tiger 3&2mSiS& during the annual Tiger- , ., ? . , * * * " e sowgs sounded like what you SSII athiet,cSfiddsday at the Basketball teams hungry to start See 'Tigerburn,' page 3 See Sports, page 7-8 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 81, No. 44 University of South Carolina November 16, 1988 " use BRIEFS - f- > USC geologist to study earthquake activity in S.C. A USC geology professor has been awarded a $114,900 Department of Energy grant to pinpoint mquais-C aiuvujr m juuui Carolina's coastal plain. Pradeep Talwani said the results of his study will enable researchers to evaluate much more accurately seismic hazards in the Southeast. Historically, South Carolina has had the most earthquake activity in the Southeast. Talwani will look at subsurface structures such as faults and basins from Augusta to Charleston. STAfl BRIEFS Activists receive $50,000 settlement COLUMBIA (AP) ? Civil rights activists say officials in state government should learn a lesson from the Budget and Control Board's agreement to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit over a sign ban. The lawsuit challenged the budget board's decision to bar a sign from the State House grounds that protested the use of state National Guard troops in Central America. The settlement, announced Monday, "ought to be enough to deter government officials in the future from arbitrarily suspending the Constitution and the First Amendment," said Steven Bates, director of the American Civil Liberties Union in South Carolina. State hears concerns about GSX landfill SUMTER (AP) ? State officials don't expect to decide until spring whether to issue a permanent permit for the GSX hazardous waste landfill, and they say the vocal opposition to the license is no surprise. A public hearing on the permit Monday night in Sumter drew an angry, boisterous crowd of some 2,000 that jeered the site's operators and regulators. The public comment period for the permit closes Nov. 24. Bob King, assistant deputy commissioner for the state Department of Health and Enviromental Control, said the agency will not make a decision on the permit until sometime after March. PoHinopfivo material fnnnrl JL%WU1V/UVUTV lllWiVllMI tvUIIM downstream of SRP CHARLESTON (AP) ? University researchers have discovered small quantities of radioactive material in dredge spoil taken from Savannah Harbor about 100 miles downstream from the Savannah River Plant. Cesium 137, a radioactive isotope, was found in spoil material taken from the harbor and dumped on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River, USA BRIEFS More bodies found at rooming house SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ? Police were expanding a search for bodies beyond the yard of a rooming house after digging up the sixth and seventh elderly victims from shallow graves there. A warrant charging the boarding home's missing landlady with one count of murder was issued late Monday, police Capt. oani ouiiicis ^aiu. ' '-'h > u : Viewpoint 2 Features 3 Datebook 5 Comics 6 Sports 7 Classified 10 GOT A NEWS TIP? CALL 777-7726 - in 11 i iin 111 ii m iv- mi V- .fciirtY.iiiMii.ii .i.nv..in nil ir ri,ririiji?^itaihi;MiiaaiMaiMi^a^MMtf i i: M Biololgy senior David Carter watches as t use to By DENI SWIFT Staff writer USC hopes to draw 2,001 pints of blood from students during this week's fourth annual Carolina/Clemson Blood Drive. The blood drive, sponsored by USC's sororities and fraternities, is being held in the Russell House Ballroom and is open to the public. The drive began Tuesday and will continue through Thursday. Student Government Sen. Marie Louise Ramsdale said USC's goal of 2,001 pints of blood is in keeping with USC President James Holderman's 2001 theme for the university. By the year 2001, Holderman hopes USC will be among the top universities in the nation. The figure was also considered a realistic goal in light of last year's donation total of 1,500 pints, Ramsdale said. The American Red Cross said the theme of the drive is that giving blood is a "Cocky thing to do." The blood drive was officially opened at Lottery to By JOHN MILLS III Reit Staff writer for A lottery to distribute parking sam spaces in the Blossom and Pendleton anyl Street Garages will begin in the spr- Ti ing semester, though many students sam think the lottery is a bad idea. rush Officials hope the lottery will "1 eliminate long lines and provide an line, equal chance for all students to get a are i space, Director of Parking and Vehi- to c cle Registration Bill Baker said. spac Spaces not being renewed are St available in the lottery. Spaces will assigned and renewed by students are fresl not subject to the lottery, Baker said. "j "The old system was first-come- "If iirsi-serve, so we would establish a shot day that the tickets would go on sale. go t And we would have up to 500 or 600 than people standing in line," he said. St "I think it's a better idea because it reas< gives everybody an equal opportuni- meni ty," said finance freshman Tim "1 Blacks ms By JOHN ROBERTS Staff writer Twenty-five years ago USC admitted th< freshman to the university, breaking the sc held color barrier. On Friday and Saturday, former students, administrators who played a major role in d at USC in 1963 will assemble for a conf< memorating that event. The conference, sponsored by the Afi i? n 1 i i ? oiuuies rrogram ana me nistory aepartme amine the progress and the origins of integrat "This represents 25 years of effort on the p citizens both black and white to effect change the whole state," said Roland Haynes, the associate professor at USC and a member of lege of Education since 1972. The first black USC students admitted to featured in the opening session 4 p.m. Frida> Montie " Treadwell, one of USC's first bla will dt.nver the keynote address at 7:30 p.m. Current and former faculty members that p jor role in the desegregation of the university how the university has prepared for desegri SlB M 8 & III * Mf -^ai?:': W....XV.-.. -'< - > < ^ ^T^IpS >lood is drained out of his body and into a bag i begin bio 11 a.m. Tuesday by S.G. President James Franklin, with Cocky and the USC cheerleaders in attendance. Lt. Governor Nick Theodore was also at the opening with his staff to lend his support. Sharon Duke, public affairs director of the American Red Cross, said Theodore did not plan to give blood because he donated to USC last year. To be fair, he will donate to Clemson this year. Theodore's staff, however, plans to give blood to USC. Other guests scheduled to make an appearance during the three- day drive are state Sen. Isadore Lourie, actor Robby Benson, USC Head Basketball Coach George Felton, USC Head Football Coach Joe Morrison, the USC Pep band, Carolina Alive and the USC football and basketball teams. Columbia radio station WYYS-FM will also broadcast from in front of the Russell House. Local businesses donating food to the ) decide pai er. "So those who can't get there Franklin . S first-come-first-serve have the to be sitting e chance of getting a spot as camping ou Dody else." space. That he cost of the spaces will be the said, e, and the students will not be ed to apply for a space, he said. "I think It will eliminate the standing in whole of tl and it will give those people who who don't unable to come and stand in line said journ< ome in and apply for a garage Clawson. " e," Baker said. think it woi udents who really need a space gets there fii stand in line to get it, retailing because the iman Frank Vario said. itiative, anc \ lottery is ridiculous," he said. probably w; you really need to park, then it more." ild be first-come-first-serve. You here and get up a little earlier Lottery r< everybody else." and runs tl udents need the lottery for safety said. Stude rns, said USC Student Govern- should go tc t President James Franklin. Registration t's simply a safety factor," floor of Per irk anniver a.m. Saturday. A 10:15 a.m. session will also ; first black first black administrators and fa hool's long- USC's first black administrat member, the first director of faculty and Studies Program and Haynes. esegregation Several former students invc srence com- discuss milestones in desegregatii Participants include the first b o-American dent, the first black player on :nt, will ex- team, the first black homecomir ion at USC. viser to the Association of Afro >art of many All sessions are open and free : throughout held in the Gambrell Hall audit< : first black "The conference marks a tii USC's Col- learn of what the past was like one's presence, and point the w USC will be future," Haynes said. ', and Henri Black students should attend tl ck students, preciate their elders and thos mitments and sacrifices, he said )layed a ma- All students should "pay speci will discuss order to provide a guiding light sgation at 9 said. File photo it the Carolina/Clemson blood drive Tuesday. od drive blood drive include Domino's, Hardee's anc Sub City and Summer Fields in the Carolint Mall. The Red Cross will be selling T-shirts anc sweat shirts with Cocky on the front and the Clemson tiger on the back. There is one new twist to this year's drive Duke said. This new tradition of competitior is now being looked at a little more seriouslj in light of some pseudo-scientific correla tinnc thf? R*?H Once Vioc fnnn^l Kotmaoti ? V??v ??VV4 v/x v/JJ UUO 1UU11U UVlYYVtll LliV blood drive and the ball game. The first year of the blood drive, Clemsor won the blood drive and the football game The second year, Clemson and Carolina tiec in the blood drive and tied in the footbali game, even though Clemson took the trophy home. And last year, USC won both the blood drive and the football game. Duke said she wasn't sure what would happen this year but hopes the turnout will be excellent. rking I * Itudents should not have 5 in a line, sleeping out, B t all night for a parking 's ridiculous," Franklin B that will be fairer to the ie university for people get out there in time," ilism freshman Robert But at the same time, I aid be better if whoever rst gets the parking space ;y're showing more in1 they're the ones that ant it more and need it jgistration began Nov. 14 hrough Nov. 30, Baker nts who wish to apply i the Parking and Vehicle office on the ground ldleton Street Garage. sary * feature several of USC's culty members, including or, tenure-track faculty USC's Afro-American *. >lved in integration will ig the USC student body, lack student body presiUSC's varsity basketball ig queen and the first ad-American Students, to the public and will be orium. * *> :ne to remember and to ? , to get some idea about <* *?? 'ay to a more significant Decisions, tie sessions in order to ape who made the com- _, Education ju al attention to the past in R??"<ree Peruse to the future," Haynes record aIld ,ape Task force to examine proposals I By KRIS TAYLOR Staff writer f Two proposals for a new transportation system to and I from Five Points will be made to the Student Government Safety Task Force this week, a spokesman said. The task force, created in September after a Five Points I shuttle system was discontinued, was divided into two I subcommittees that each researched a different shuttle (system option, task force Chairman Patrick Smith said. S.G. Sen. Marie Louise Ramsdale was in charge of formulating a new bus system. Her proposal consists of renting a 14-passenger van from a local company. The cost, including salary for a ? driver, would be $1,000 a month. Liability would be covered by the van company, accorI ding to the proposal. "The one (company) we're looking at has a $1 million insurance policy. We would be covered under that," Ramsdale said. The van would run from 11 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. with pick-ups every hour at several different Five Points locations. These locations would be Greenstreets, Circle K, Eckerd Drugs, Crazy Zack's on Harden Street, Muldoon's on Main Street, and Club 131 on Lady Street. The van would deliver students to any residence hall on campus as well as a few Shuttlecock stops convenient for off-campus students. If her proposal is chosen by the task force, Ramsdale 1 said she would seek volunteer financial support from i campus organizations. She would also try to form a group to escort students from the van to the inside of the I residence hall. i The alternate system to be proposed by Tim Burke, president pro tempore of the S.G. Senate, involves a taxi system. USC students could present vouchers for a free , riae. 1 "Our committee's proposal is that we draw up a legal r and binding contract with a taxi company," Burke said. If the taxi system is approved, S.G. will have to decide ; on specifics, such as who will provide the vouchers, when they can be used and what the radius will be for pick-up l locations. "This is just a proposal," he said. "We don't have the I final contract because we don't know if the task force will I choose the taxi system. If they (the task force) do choose r the taxi system, we'll work with the legal department to : write up the official contract." The task force is expected to meet sometime next week and choose a plan. The approved plan will then go before I the Student Senate for approval. 1 Once approved, the program should be paid for by the S.G. safety allotment fund, Smith said. SV V ^ vjg ? wkWd?. mam m Jmm ^WW r^^M -""* ?m*** / *^2 ^ < m. . L' ***$%. JULIE BOUCHILLON/The Gamecock decisions... nior Andrea Stanley and criminal justice senior Brian the selection of music available Monday at the Papa Jazz sale in the Russell House.