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Arlo Guthrie charmed a "But the fact is, whites have not lost diverse audience at 'Dnnl/ l* fni* Pnrl/ar' rtom A f Anirrllf Greenstreet's Sunday. 1 ?CK 11 IOl Jf mKer gallic lOHlglll " - Jeff Shrewsbury, A ^ columnist i See Features, page 4 c?? llCt ???? , See Sports, page 10 ^ee Strides page 3 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday _ Volume 81, No. 70 University of South Carolina March 1. 1989 S.G. to Ramsdale J - V anticipates busy term By CAREN CAMPBELL Staff writer Student Government Presidentelect Marie-Louise Ramsdale might have slept through the election results, but that is no indication of what she has in store for USC. It seems Ramsdale stood campaigning out in the snow last Thursday and caught the flu, so she was bed-ridden during the tabulation of the votes. "I guess it's kind of funny that I slept through the final election results," Ramsdale said, "but when I actually found out I had won, I was Freshmen retention Colleges By ERIC KENNETH WARD Staff writer More than 600 educators from across States attended a five-day national cor USC on the freshman year experience. Thp ctQr nf thp pnnforonoQ ?/op T TCr,'f> ? ?*v jiwi v/x niv win vi vnct waa u JV/ 3 101 ? a course being used as a model sities around the country. The class is str introduce incoming freshmen to college class meeting addresses the issues ? foi dealing with alcohol, how to study for tl am and what resources are available at th ty ? affecting freshmen. Keeping freshmen in college is a toi John Gardner, director of the conferen "Colleges and universities are very with retention. We have a very high drop the United States," he said. "Hundreds are trying to reduce this waste of precic capital." When freshmen have a better experien Grant red By DAVIS ROWELL Staff writer Pell Grant recipients may soon have to prove to the federal government that they don't use illicit drugs. A drug rule requiring the proof, created to implement the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, will automatically go into effect on March 18 if not formally challenged. Students will be required to sign a statement on the Pell Grant application forms saying they are drug-free, and they are not using the funds for & , - ^ % 'jj t?-. t ill it Vijf % ill m ,* , j ? I1H (t IH W \mm 1 1H . . ^Ipi i* %i i- |P ?* ; # 1 * * . : *** || Passing the time Calvin Hunter, media arts graduate s Tuesday in front of Woodrow resident'* Attention The Gamecock is getting a jump Gamecock is the final edition of the The staff wishes all USC students careful, relax and have fun! The Gamecock will resume public inaugi jumping around the room." As a freshman, Ramsdale became involved in Student Government by being elected to the S.G. Senate from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She then became involved with the Safety Task Force among use Unive orientation, advisement a; they're more likely to ret the United About 200 institutior tference at represented at the confer* The conference brougl University exchange ideas on hov at univer- dropouts. lirtlirpH tG PrnfpcCAr I-J A\im rA D r v w.. v ^ x IVIVJOU1 nuwaiu Lie life. Each about a course on deali r example: teaches at the University c fie first ex- quired of all undergradua e universi- Richard Colfer from I discussed the progress m; p concern, University 101 course, 1 ce, said. USC's. concerned Spending money on stuc out rate in cost effective, said Tom C of colleges of North Carolina. >us human Cochran said he attend ideas on making freshme ce through community. pients mig drug-related activities, said Robert Godfrey, associate director of financial aid at USC. "The exact wording of the statement is not yet known," he said. "We only know what we've heard from the press." Students who lie on the form can lose their grants, said the U.S. Department of Education, who issued the regulation. Not every student would be investigated, but students who are suspected will be checked out, Jim Bradshaw, Education Department student, talks with Paul Camp, physics j hall. on spring break. Today's issue oi ; newspaper for this half of the sem< the best of all possible spring break ation on March 15. irate ik other organizations, and she has been bitten by the bug ever since, Ramsdale said. Although Ramsdale has numerous achievements in the political arena at USC, she believes her involvement in other organizations will enhance her ability to function as S.G. president r'-i * 1 as wen. Dceausc i vc ucen invoiveu not only in Student Government, but in the Interclub Council, I've had a chance to talk with a variety of people. As president of the Student Alumni Association, I've gotten a sense of history by talking with people about what's happened in the past and where we're heading in the future," Ramsdale said. Ramsdale is working on familiarizing herself with certain issues and deciding what kind of president she'd like to be. "I want to be a visible president," Ramsdale says. "I feel See RAMSDALE page 2 rsity 101 nd other support services, People a urn, he said. tance of st is and 41 states were "This whol :nce. a major coi it together educators to country." / to prevent freshmen Neal Har teach Unive ill gave a presentation plement the ng with racism that he have here,' if Utah. The course is retes. Sophomc 4ew Hampshire College along with f ade with students in his on the Un vhich is modeled after program. The progi lents who drop out is not having othe ochran of the University said. ed the conference to get Eight sucl n a part of the college of which ar conference ' ht face dr spokesman, said in an interview with the College Press Service. Past convictions for drug possession or sales shouldn't affect an applicant's chances for receiving aid, but it is an issue the Education Department is considering. "We'll base our information on tips that students have gotten involved in drugs or on newspaper articles about drug activities," Bradshaw said. "Obviously, theUSC Financial Aid Office will not have the ability to if ri?u^r , / TRACY HOWIE/The Gamecock Ph.D. The two paused for a visit jw offic Leary wants student bod) involvement By CARYN CRABB Assistant copy desk chief Vice president-elect John Leary intends to involve as many students as possible in the Student Senate's distribution of more than a million dollars in activity fees. Leary, a sophomore from Alexandria, Va., double-majoring in political science and English, has been involved with Student Government for the past year as a senator and member of the finance committee. After his inauguration Thursday, as model re beginning to recognize the imporudents' first year of college, he said, e issue of the freshman year has become icern of literally every university in the tman of the University of Texas used to :rsity 101 at USC. "We're trying to im: same sort of model out there that you ' he said. >res Lisa Judkins and Kirsten Oberg, our other students, gave a presentation liversity of Maine's student mentor ram helps freshmen adapt to college by :r students work with them, Judkins h conferences will be held this year, two e international. The next international will be held in Scotland. ug tests know who's lying and who isn't," Godfrey said, "but if for some reason it is determined that the student is not telling the truth . . . well, I have no idea of how that would work." The dimensions of implementing the program at USC are unknown at this point. "We currently have 3,100 students receiving approximately $4.4 million in Pell Grants, but we'll do what we have to to be in compliance with the law," Godfrey said. Testicular to young n By RON BAKER Staff writer Testicular cancer is the No. 1 hard tu men in their 20s and 30s today. With funding from the American Ca Fuller and Terry Misener of the College a study of USC males about a month how much students know about this di About one in 25 male students at US of the survey, but response has been lc The questionnaires were mailed to all sing, medical and health majors and to of the remaining males on campus cho "The study requires a good respons have credibility in reporting the data," There are from 5,500 to 6,500 new i cancer reported each year, Dr. Fuller sa accounts for one in seven cancer deaths 15 to 35. "It is very treatable if detected early, Program he By SHERRI TILLMAN Staff writer College students involved with Upward Bound gain experience helping people reach their potential and earn a degree. I 1 r\\x/Qrr\ Drtnn/^ ic o r 1 wk.tuiv> uuuiju a Itucidliy 1 UIIUed academic support program, political science major Marilyn Aiklin said. "It provides cultural and social activities that high school students can attend to broaden their horizons," he said. :ers Thu I. <mm. *Jk. * ^ Leary hopes to focus on communicating with a student body that is unaware, for the most part, of its direct relationship with the Student Senate. Most students have no idea how much of the activity fee they pay each Aiklin, who is academic tutorial te coordinator for the group, said h students must fulfill one of the ai following requirements: the student must be the first generation in his st family to attend college, and his sa family must have a certain level of in- ai come based on net pay and the p: number of household members. Upward Bound provides special n< assistance in classes, Aiklin said. ar "During the regular school year we have students come on campus at least two Saturdays a month to at &fr*totom ._ * i " w 31 he Study break Blanche Singleton, management scie House Tuesday. The weather was cool < so bad to drive students inside. cancer pose nen, researc about 90 percent of there doesn't seem mor cancer killing disease among men. "Most of the liter ncer Society, Sara years old," Misenei i of Nursing began professionals have re ago to determine "Unfortunately, t sease. care specialists as th C received a copy To show how sue) ?w, Misener said. dous, aside from t< men who are nur- University of Minne about 10 percent out he had testicular sen at random. pus was so extreme t e rate in order to intervention. Misener said. Misener encourag< cases of testicular questionnaire and igi id, and the cancer to get a replacement among men aged ?????? " Fuller said, and :lps teens get rsday semester is actually controlled by Student Government, he said. "I want to communicate to the students so that there will be a response, " Leary said. "I think that the new Senate is extremely representative ? it's not just made up of certain groups on campus." Leary was further encouraged in this area by increased minority representation as a result of last week's election. "I'm glad to see that six minority members ran and were elected to Student Senate," he said. Minority representation rose from two to six members, a figure that Leary said could be better, but is nonetheless a step in the right direction. Leary will also continue with a regular publication outlining Student Senate activities, but plans to print a monthly edition of the newsletter inSee LEARY page 2 Jm I 'II. I II.W .. iJ t W - ?<?*- > m<~ \ \ v , * %. : \ TRACY HOWIE/The Gamecock nee senior, studies outside Russell mough for a coat and scarf but not s threat 'hers say the cases are curable. Misener said to be enough awareness about the ature on testicular cancer is about 10 said, adding that even health care rlatively little awareness of the threat, here are not as many men's health ere are women's," he said, ti a lack of knowledge can be hazaro one's health, Misener told of a :sota fraternity member who found cancer. The resulting uproar on camhat the school had to engage in crisis ;s those who originally received the lored it to call his office at 777-4480 See CANCER page 2 to college :nd classes that they would attend in igh school ? English, science, math tid foreign language," she said. "The classes basically help the udents relate to each other," Aiklin lid. "We encourage the students to lalyze situations and things before issing judgment. "We provide counseling if they ;ed it and keep records of when they e counseled," Aiklin said. She said See UPWARD page 2