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^Oll won't soon forget a I "Robby would make a silly, goofy face fiBsk Felton finally beats Denny Cram ssssssassa memory study. "i^Zi ~ Dea"' ^ty See Features, page 4 , See Sports, page 7 See "Random Patterns," page 4 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Monday Volume 81, No. 69 University of South Carolina February 27, 1989 Rams By MARY PEARSON News editor The snow and ice didn't keep more than 1,500 students from voting in the Student Government runoff elec uons l hursday. They elected Soviet studies senior Marie-Louise Ramsdale as president and political science sophomore John Leary as vice president. Ramsdale beat out her opponent, broadcasting/political science junior Lorri Shealy, by 239 votes. Vice presidential candidate Todd Weiss lost to Leary by a vote of 637 to 813. "I think the turnout was pretty good when you think about how bad the weather got toward the end of the day. Offices and classes were even closed by 3:30, and there were still people showing up at the polls to vote," S.G. Election Commissioner Garry Malphrus said. He said the runoff election was not postponed because the S.G. election codes do not have any provisions to Local Mo oppose ki nnvplictJ?i By RON BAKER Staff writer The Moslem students at USC are type who have driven author Salman The general reaction of Islamic st book, The Satanic Verses, is appreci than the violent outcries in the Middl order by Ayatollah Khomeini on Ru: Biology senior Asif Kidwai, vice Moslem Students Association, said "1 opinions may be stretching Islamic k While Kidwai said he is not sure of point of view on the execution of "bl that "if this judgment is actually a faith, the Ayatollah ought not even o reward for killing Rushdie." Moslems are not paid for praying Islamic law prescribes, Kidwai said. Asima Mahdi, another member of munity, said she doesn't think trying help the situation. Other students agreed. Mohamed "punishment overseas is a complicai Britain's laws on such issues are obvi Islamic law. There should be an intergovernme issues like this prompted by "some s ween Britain and Iran over this issue While these students aren't as mili their reactions to the novel, all cor were critical of the work. "This is a t good for people to realize that the bo tation of the prophet's life," Madhi Most students were hesitant to corr content because its unavailability 1 reading it, but responses to charges t suited Mohammed, his wives and Is negative. Mahdi believes that Rushdie, in > Verses, is just "trying to vent his reli "Rushdie could only do this'for th student who wished to remain anonyn added that he has not yet read the bo< remark conclusively on it. Kidwai, on the other hand, has reac "extensive notes" on it, he said. "The book contains a lot of offe said. He is concerned that uninform See AI Carolin By D. R. HAYNES Staff writer Editor's note: This is the second ha( of a six-part series on Black History six will deal with the Orangeburg mass run in Wednesday's paper. The attention, the media and the being a black student trying to enroll ii institution is what James Solomon Jr first black students to attend U5 encounter. Solomon enrolled in the mathem; ment and was the only black enr graduate program at USC at the time Since desegregation of schools created turmoil on campuses nation-v arrangements were made by South ( USC to insure a trouble-free registrat On the first day, the three black stu the office of attorney Mathew Perry, 1 federal judge. From there a police esco to the campus. Then they were all tak ministration building and quickly Solomon said. "As I recall 1 was registered by the graduate school in his office," Solom dale, L allow a postponement for bad weather. "The election codes clearly state when elections are to be held. The main election has to be held three Thursdays prior to spring break, and runoffs have to be held the following Thursday," Malphrus said. The S.G. Election Commission had discussed postponing the runoff Thursday morning, but decided against it, he said. "The candidates were not in favor of postponing the runoff because they wanted to get it over with anyway. We decided not to because it would have cost us a lot of extra money," he said. "We would have had to pay the poll workers for comI ing in that morning, and have to ba< ' come up with more money to pay tio them next Thursday." ' loc Malphrus said the commission hel i might suggest an amendment to the po; election codes to include guidelines if slems j ' lling ishdie apparently not the Rushdie into hiding. udents to Rushdie's ably more moderate e East and the death shdie. president of USC's Khomeini's personal tw." the Koran's precise asphemers," he said 1|| part of the Moslem 1 ffer a single dime of five times a day as USC's Islamic comto kill Rushdie will El-Komi noted that F ted issue," and that ' ously different from ntal agreement over ,ort of dialogue betEl-Komi said, lant as Khomeini in nments by students ree country, but it's ok is a misrepresen- V said. * lment on the book's tas prevented their hat Rushdie has lam as a whole are h writing The Satanic igious frustations." e notoriety," said a nous, but he quickly Mk ' *AMm ok and is hesitant to f m 1 the book and made nsive material," he K ied Westerners may Menitha Henrihand p gOSpej chQjr Sunday i JTHOR page 2 Perfor""*"cesLa's first I registration took only a few rr Following the registration, / oj part Jive was held, which Solomor Month. Part "Students who register don't acre and will conferences after they register Other precautions taken we hardships of USC's security for the stude l an all-white During the summer an iron fe one of the high was constructed around SC, had to called that our fence," he said "I had some anxieties. T1 atics depart- anyone would have then in an oiled in the you are the only one of a give said. at the time "I had the anxiety any gradu vide , special said. Graduate work is deman Carolina and was an incentive, Solomon sai ion. Solomon, now 58, said he h idents met at from a lot of people in the who is now a Wyman Williams, then chaii ?rt took them department, was very suppori en to the ad- Williams also helped Solomon registered, tional Science Faculty Fellow i graduate school. This distil dean of the Solomon get a fellowship in tl on said. The Foundation. As a result, he wa eary win to nn i? OTTM?*Tnn RAMSDALE 121 72 132 23 SHEALY 88 85 84 17 VICE PRESIDENT WEISS 92 64 116 17 LEARY 115 77 90 22 i weather interferes with the elec- only problem that the commissioi ns again. had to deal with Thursday, Malphru 'That is something we have to said. >k at, especially since elections are Attorney General Kelvin Strobli d in February when snow is a was sick and unable to be present fo ssibility," Malphrus said. the vote count. Because of the elec rhe weather, however, was not the tion codes, the count could not b( . , , TEDE> r LEPP/The Gamecock ith irepares to sing her part during a performance of the Touch of Faith n the Russell House Ballroom. The choir is well known for its }lack student r linutes, he said. time and receive a rewarding amount of money. a news conference He aian t have to do that, Solomon said. 1 found unusual. Mainly because he was a graduate student and ii usually hold press a different environment, Solomon didn't en ," Solomon said. counter as many hardships as his undergraduat re the beefing up of cohorts did. "I must truthfully say that I had n< nts, Solomon said. real problems," he said. nee about three feet Robert Anderson, another black USC student the campus. "We received a different treatment because he was in ; 1. different situation, Solomon said, tie kind of anxiety "I was in a very closed environment. 1 didn't d< environment where anything but study, go to class, go to the librar; n group," Solomon and go home," Solomon said. "Graduate students, as a rule, are more mature." * 1 n l A ? 1: l ...L' L J re aie siuueiu nab, ne rvuueisun uveu on campus, wnicn was aiiieren iding and the desire compared to Solomon. The Clark College transfe d. student had recently lost his father and was tryinj ad a warm welcome to get closer to home. math department. Solomon recalls an event when he and Andersor rman of the math were on their way to the Russell House for lunch :ive, Solomon said. and an unidentified person yelled from a dormitorj in becoming a Na- window, "I didn't know your brother was ? n his second year of monkey." nguishment helped ? he National Science is able to study full- See HISTORY page 2 ?p posi * m v I & ::J:: TOTALS r^'GAMB M?0|S'^?:'; 2 283 23 8 6 3 7 188 7 6 3 4 1 179 15 6 3 7 8 288 15 8 1 3 1 started until either Stroble was better s or until President James Holderman appointed an acting attorney general. s "We were considering postponing r the count until Monday, but President Holderman offered to appoint 2 an acting attorney general. The canPower lint causes out Woodrow without heat for 17 hours By TODD CHRISTENSEN Staff writer Woodrow residence hall was without power for 17 hours this past weekend after a power cable exploded late Friday night. A larger section of campus from The Horseshoe to Capstone, called Circuit I, was without power for about one hour and 40 minutes, Energy Distribution Manager Bob MacNaughton said. The power went out at 10:58 p.m. Friday and was restored to all buildings except Woodrow by 12:40 a.m. Saturday. Woodrow is connected to Circuit I by way of a conduit running underground from Currell College. A high-voltage feeder cable exploded within this conduit, and the awkward location of the damage added to the lengthy repair time, MacNaughton said. "We had a similar explosion a couple of months ago on McBryde Quad," MacNaughton said. "This one is more of a problem because it's harder to get to. McBryde's occurred in a manhole, and this was in a conduit." Replacing the damaged power feed involved cutting four sections of cable, each 270 feet long. Three of the cables were 8320-volt feeder cables and the other was a common, or ground cable. The cables came loose during the nrsi aiiempi ai repiacemeni, ana rerunning the cables added several hours to the repair time. Power was restored to Woodrow at 3:55 p.m. Saturday. In an attempt to aid disabled students in Woodrow's Transitional Living Center, two extension cords were run from Currell College so that electric heaters could be used. However, TLC resident Jimmy ecalls hi e r 3 a 'A * BLACK HISTORY MONTH > tions didates wanted to go ahead and begin the count, so we accepted," he said. Holderman appointed Evan Smoak as acting attorney general. "I believe Student Government has a very good year ahead of them," Ramsdale said. "We have a lot of plans we are looking forward toward implementing. 1 think it is an honor to serve as the president of the student body." Shealy said the snow did hurt her campaign. "We had a hard time turning out the people because of the weather." Shealy also said this year's S.G. election was one of the dirtiest she had ever seen. "1 have been in involved with a lot of campaigns," she said. "There is no worse feeling than being the subject of untrue rumors. It has left a bad taste in my mouth. 1 will run again for some government capacity because 1 believe in governmental service for the people and not politics." 1 ; CApiUMUIl age Friday Donald said the problem didn't just involve hfeat. "I had 5 blankets on my bed and clothes on, but there were more problems. We didn't have any power to recharge the chairs, and I had an 8:00 a.m. class. They had to push me to class and take the battery charger so 1 could charge up in class," Donald said. "Also, the call buttons we use if we need a nurse won't work without power." Amidst the complaints, most residents understood the lengthy repair time and did not blame the repairmen for delays. Woodrow Residence Adviser Deidre Harris said she was pleased with the effort of the maintenance staff. However, some residents were less than pleased with university efforts to relieve their discomfort. Although TLC received temporary heat, other residents were forced to cope with room temperatures occasionally iuwci man i ne winter temperatures outside. Matthew Washburn, a sophomore finance major, said that USC should have taken more action to help Woodrow residents. "1 think USC should have put us up somewhere," Washburn said. "Or a generator should have been set up so we could have some heat, especially the handicapped students downstairs." Engineering senior Ted Moore agreed with Washburn. "A generator should have been set up as soon as they knew what the damage was and that it would take a while to fix. The only thing that got warm in our room was the refrigerator," Moore said. Repair supervisor Cecil Sheppard said the damage was discovered around 12:30 a.m., but the original repair estimates did 'not warrant generators. If replacing the cables had not restored power, generators would have been used, he said. trdships IT t