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t Magician-comedian br- r^lniYlCAti PAi^nrrn a17am TTCf^ ''Even the big stars these days can't ings his malevolent magic X^ICIIIi^lJIl y vli lCVCIlliC U V CI become big stars without being great show to the Golden Spur actors. " ? Jeff Shrewsbury, " Tuesday. See Features, page 4 See Sports, page 7 Column,St See "Films page 3 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Monday Volume 81vNo. 60 University of South Carolina February 6, 1989 Koger not read) Nimoy in nego By ERIC KENNETH WARD siau wrner Leonard Nimoy is still 2,400 miles away from USC. Nimoy's lecture, scheduled for today in the Koger Center, is postponed and a definite date for rescheduling remains unknown, said Jerry Brewer, dean of student life. Postponement of the lecture, along with two other programs at the Koger Center, is a result of unfinished construction on the building, Koger Director Thomas Stepp said. But Eddie Daniels, adviser to Carolina Program Union, said USC has offered Nimoy's booking agent two days in April as alternative dates for the lecture. "We have given Mr. Nimoy's agent two possible dates that we can get into the Koger Center. We're just waiting for him to let us know," he said. Daniels said rescheduling takes time due to communication between three parties over a long distance. He said USC contacted Nimoy's booking agent in New York who will contact Nimoy in California. Nimoy will then confer with the agent who, in turn, will intorm U!SC whether rescheduling is possible. Brewer said Nimoy's involvement in other activities also delays USC from knowing if a reschedule will Student < By DAVIS ROWELL Staff writer Three candidates' are running for Stu vice president,and two are running for tr their feelings concerning the main issues Joshua Roger Jr., economics/politica "Tuition increases obviously top the issues facing us as students. We as : replace destructive student passiveness student activeness. "In my capacity as vice president, I w of the bargain by participating in intense with the General Assembly. Also, I will' various student organizations, such as Si ter Carolina and directly with the studei "I have held various positions, both off, that more than qualifies me for th These positions range from various c fraternal and campus organizations, a church, a member of an armed forces < Naval Reserves), a legislative assistan Judiciary Committee for the past four > John Leary, science sophomore "It is important that we as students i are many important problems facing ou greatest of these is maintaining a rappc legislature. We should never forget the institution. "I have had experience working c legislators and would maintain such . ' 4+ r ^ , - 'SB!! 1 ii^L' Ji . z4// world's a zoo Chemistry/math sophomore Laura St Admission to the zoo is free on Fridays ; lecture tiation take place. "He does a lot more things than speaking engagements. Whatever he's involved in he may not be able to confer with us. It adds to the time frame for when we can get answers," he said. Ticket sales for the lecture were halted because of the postponement, but will go on sale again if it is rescheduled, Daniels said. Though rescheduling is planned, ticket refunding is also being planned, he said. "We're talking about maybe starting refunds a week from today it we haven't heard back from him by that point." If refunds are given, they can be obtained by presenting a lecture ticket stub at the coliseum box office, he said. Dennis Pruitt, vice president of student affairs, said he hopes cancellation and refunding will not be necessary. "We want to have Leonard Nimoy, and we have the money to bring him. We don't want to lose him," he said. "He's a prominent speaker." Stepp said there are no definite ideas or dates for rescheduling of the Columbia City Ballet's presentation See LECTURE page 2 Governm dent Government ?1 easurer. Here are jPHWBI of the campaign. jr t|| il science senior I students need to ill uphold my end :udents for a Beton campus and ^^^B ie vice president. ^^^B :hairmanships in am n officer in my Josl :omponent (U.S. t to thp Qpnatp A i..v /-VllCFlIICl JJ1UU1CU1 wt rears." only way to achieve c by all branches of S. realize that there "I have served dil r university. The past year. I was a mt ?rt with the state Committee. I have n< it this is a state always attentive to t U.S. Senate intern ar >ne-on-one with I have seen the legish a relationship. it takes to run an eff '** ""' I Hl^r^dSfeaf/ r , ^ HMi-. arr and biology sophomore Melinda Richi during February. . " :> : : : l t KR Y HUNTER/The Gamecock Here, catch! Eric Parson of the USC lacrosse team tosses the ball at the team's scrimmage game on Saturday. Lacrosse has become an increasingly popular sport in America. ent candidates e> I (TS * ^ d el ^ tiua Koger John Leary Todd : face is that of soaring tuition. The G. Todd Weiss, undeclared sophomo oncrete results is a cooperative effort "I believe that the biggest problem i G. the past we've had a safety committe< igently as a student senator for the nent one. I would lobby for stronger 1< ;mber of the Student Senate Finance manent safety committee. I'd like to se ;ver missed a Senate meeting and am Safety is the major concern of all peop he legislative matters at hand. As a or should be. id as a page in the S.C. State Senate, "The S.G. currently has 36 commit itive process first-hand. I know what research, but it seems to me that these icient, effective senate." most part, meet an average of once H? 7 J yr iiiniii^'iiii^ 3c |Mf * N Jv wM % TRACY MIXSON//he OamecocK ey examine the stuffed animals in the gift shop at Riverbanks Zoo Friday. Insurant: awaits ] By JOHN ROBERTS Staff writer Students who own cars and pay their own insurance can expect a break from rising rates, at least for a while. A six-month freeze in automobile insurance rates will allow the state legislature time to evaluate a system with some of the highest car in surance rates in the country. The bill, which has been passed by both legislative houses, will prevent insurance companies from raising \ their car insurance rates for six J months. < Gov. Carroll Campbell still needs to sign the bill before it becomes law, but a bill not signed within five work- i ing days of its being passed becomes i law, said the governor's spokesman ! Eskew Tucker. He said that because Campbell is out of the country, he cannot sign the < bill, but that it has the governor's ( support. t The freeze was proposed by S.C. Chief Insurance Commissioner John < Richards, said David Butler, a staff c attorney with the S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs. a "Richards proposed to freeze f automobile insurance rates because a of mixed signals being received from automobile insurers and to give the r General Assembly time to study the b scope of the problem," Butler said. ii He said the freeze, when passed, would immediately go into effect. "They should freeze it, and they [press thei jSL Weiss Debra Gladstone re that the committee is campus safety. In representation, but it' :, but not a perma- "Over the last th egislation for a per- parliamentarian. Duri t up a budget for it. adviser to the vice pr ?le at the university, tions. I believe there i tees. I'm still doing committees, for the a semester. I think Majority o know their By KELLY C. THOMAS pit Assistant news editor mt According to reports from around ev< the country, 20 percent of any female college population has been raped. fei TU r: J * * i iic auuvc ngure uoes not include an attempted rape situations, which tai . boost the total number of sexually assaulted college women to 30 tel percent. Be Even more shocking is the fact that mi the majority of these rapes occur bet- of ween people who know each other, dei Auburn psychology professor Barry Burkhart said. tin "It helps us feel more comfortable the to believe that these violent actions pei come from strangers," said Claire raj Walsh, director of the University of ? Florida's sexual assault recovery service. "But often they come from peoFor the Record w ? An article in Wednesday's issue of Th runs over foot," contained several errors. First, the headline was misleading. 1 passenger's foot; it brushed against her h Furthermore, the article should not hav responsible or operated the vehicle in a rec the driver's version of the incident. Also, i freshman; she is a third-year transfer stud We regret the errors. e freeze passage should look into it, because if South Carolina insurance rates are high they ought to make sure that the insurance rates are only as high as they should be and that the insurance companies aren't cheating us," said Russ Blackwell, freshman broadcast journalism major. "Maybe we ought to do what California did and vote to make a reduction in car insurance," he said. The proposed freeze would allow the General Assembly to evaluate past legislation designed to lower automobile insurance rates, said Carlton Truax, an editor for The S.C. Insurance News Service. In 1987 legislation was passed to make high-risk drivers pay more for nsurance, and in 1988 a law designed :o make state highways safer passed, Truax said. South Carolina has a bad record >n highways, and insurance is based )n risk, so there has been more of a endency to raise rates, he said. He said more cases in South Carolina are settled in court, which loubles the cost of settling a claim. "The laws that govern how lutomobile insurance is sold are the iroblem. Good drivers are paying for it-risk drivers," Truax said. "This is the most expensive and nost inefficient method ever devised >y the human mind of man of insurng automobiles," he said. See FREEZE page 2 r views Britt Seibert system is the strongest form of s not being utilized, tree semesters I have served as ng that same time, I served as an esident. I've seen two administras no substitute for experience, and See S.G. page 2 f rapists victims ; we know, even if it'c inst <;o ;one we smile at at the bus stop ;ry morning." Men and women have very difent attitudes toward relationships d different ideas on what acquainlce/date rape is, Walsh said. In a short film shown during a econference held Thursday in the lk Auditorium of the Business Adnistration building, this difference attitudes and ideas was monstrated. The film showed a female rape vic1 and her attacker separately as ;y told the story of what had hapled on the night she said she was >ed. See RAPE page 2 II.i j'l-m e Gamecock, "APO escort car rhe car did not run over the eel. e implied that the driver was irkiess fashion, The article lacked he driver was misidentified as a lent. II