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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
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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
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Chemistry/math sophomore Laura St
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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
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U.S. Senate intern ar
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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>
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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
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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
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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.
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