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(2^. A USC freshman has T 11* a i "If you've got problems, you better Z'Te performed" at 'the LSU defeats Gamecocks in tennis Koger Center. attorney \T\^ 1 See Features, page 4 See ?Por,s' ^ 8 See "Steroids," page 1 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday Volume 81, No. 86 University of South Carolina April 21, 1989 Forme By KEVIN ADAMS Sports editor Three former USC assistant foot ball coaches were indicted Wednes day in federal court for allegedly set ting up a program to provide illega steroids to Gamecock players from 1984 to 1986. Former defensive coordinatoi Tom Gadd, former tight end coach Tom Kurucz and former defensive line coach Jim Washburn were all charged with "conspiring to conduct a program of illegal steroid use by members of the athletic community. . . particularly by members of the university's football team." Former USC strength coach Keith Kephart, who was with the Gamecock program from 1982 to 1988, was also indicted and charged with illegally obtaining and dispensing steroids during the same period. Gadd and Kurucz both coached at USC from 1983 to 1986, while Washburn coached from 1983 until this past January, when he accepted a similar position at Purdue University. The three were charged with bringing steroids into South Carolina, dispensing them without prescrip Police at demonsti at AIDS By The Associated Press At least 40 demonstrators were i ficers wearing rubber gloves Thurs blocked traffic in front of the State! protest South Carolina's treatment The protesters, yelling "Keep you were picked up by police officers an to a waiting bus. They were then dri National Guard Armory and charg police officer directing traffic, s; spokesman for the State Law Enfoi The charge carries a $100 fine and About 80 protesters gathered at th 10 a.m. carrying placards such as "S and chanting, "The racist, fascist bigots, go away." After about an hour, the dem< groups of about 25 to a street by the :~i?i lilt iuhu uiilil llicjr WCIC pitKCU up m officers. The protest was organized by thi Unleash Power, a national group ki protest the treatment received by All Carolina. The demonstrators said they anonymous AIDS test sites; an end and quarantine of inmates infectei human immunodeficiency virus; and that allows public schools to expel ii "South Carolina has the most re books in the nation for quaran AIDS. ... It drives people deeper u closets," said protester Mike Smith "This state has been criminalizin] s, Event st}' By TINA FERRO Staff writer Student Government President M Louise Ramsdale led about 50 students tour of the campus Tuesday night poir out where lighting problems have been rected and where they still exist. The Women Students' Association s] "I .iehtwai/c * tir-11. a_ ,ulv- ? <=> ^ waiK /\ g< Violence" as part of Sexual Aware Week. 1989 co By KELLY C. THOMAS Assistant news editor Jaime Escalante, a nationally recogn Angeles math teacher, has accepted ai tion to speak at USC's undergradua jjjgflccincnt exercises. Escalante has received national accl his success in motivating underpr Hispanic students to excel. He was the of the recent critically acclaimed movit and Deliver. Mary Lowe Good, chairman of the 1 Science Board and senior vice-presii technology for Allied-Signal Inc., will commencement address for the g students' ceremonies. r coach* i \ V t/k ^ Jim Washburn ] tions and providing funds for the ? purchase of steroids. In addition, < Kurucz was charged with one felony count of lying to the grand'jury. The other charges are misdemeanors. i If convicted on all counts, Gadd i and Washburn face a maximum * sentence of four years in prison and a $301,000 fine. Kurucz faces a max- j imum penalty of eight years in prison < and a $550,000 fine, while Kephart 1 could receive a five-year sentence and t 5S > 8 ICS I II I rators. /!Jj ll "4 \ ' arrested by police ofday after they briefly ^3 louse during a rally to 1 of AIDS victims. r laws off my body," id taken on stretchers |Bfl ven to the S.C. Army HjHj ed with disobeying a aid Hugh Munn, a ^Bgjjj|k cement Division. jH 1 30-day jail sentence. e Statehouse at about ilence Equals Death" t, anti-gay Southern 1 anstrators moved in Statehouse and lay in ;conds later by police e AIDS Coalition to jflJP^ , aown as ACTUP, to 3S sufferers in South were demanding WM to the forced tpstino d with the HIV, or a change in state law nfected students, pressive laws on the itining people with nderground and into of Atlanta, g this infection, and A demonstrator is s ?e AIDS page 2 aids policy. esses safe Coles Badger of Rape Crisis Netwoi dressed about 50 students who attend* arie- Lightways program on the second flc on a Russell House. iting Badger spoke about rape and the cor- Crisis Center services, urging studer volunteer at Rape Crisis to educate p pon- about the problem, linst She said the Lightways Walk would ness bolize the fears women have and shov women have to go hand-m-hand togetl mmencei "We believe in our s ized Los faith in his high schoo i invitate comlaim for Good has published more than iveleged technical journals, as well as num< ; subject tions on science policy and rese; Stand ment strategy. She was named Scientist of th< National dustrial Research and Developmer dent of 1982. give the ;raduate High school math teachers thi state have been invited to the gra is indie ieith Kephart i $302,000 fine if found guilty of all :harges. The indictment also charged that 'Kephart and others would adninister the steroids to each other to mprove athletic performance and to rnhance physical appearance." Besides the four coaches, the grand ury also indicted John Landon barter of Bethesda, Md., with a "elony count of distributing steroids o four former USC football players, w *fmM w~ ^ f^M KM % H'' % ' ^ * " " ----? / > I TEl irrested Thursday at a protest of Soi walkways k ad- walk across campus. ;d the Students, by coming t tor of asked USC to respond t< safety, she said. Rape Lightways' purpose its to awareness about the fea eople campus, to look at the n< better lighting on campus sym- _________ v that her t0 See LIGInent sp itudents and their future ju >1 students." USC Preside 100 articles in cises to hear Esc :rous publica- seniors may invite arch manage- teachers whom they on their lives. ; Year by In\t magazine in "We believe in oi just as Escalante h students. The powei roughout the is evident in how it duation exer- Holderman said. ted on including Tommy Chaikin, a defensive lineman for the Gamecocks from 1983 to 1987. It was Chaikin's Oct. 24 article in Sports Illustrated magazine that prompted the grand jury's investigation into steroid use in the USC football program. In the article, Chaikin told the story of his own four-year battle with steroids and alleged widespread drug use by other Gamecock football players. Arraignment for those indicted will be at 10 a.m. on May 4 at the federal courthouse in Columbia. No USC athletes will be indicted, said U.S. Attorney Vinton Lide, who conducted the investigation with help from the State Law Enforcement Division, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Justice. "It had been my intention, and remains my intention, to treat studentathletes as victims," Lide said. "I have not charged and have no intention of charging any student athletes See STEROIDS page 2 ^11 Off ment Thursday cidents being ii Stud for j 4 By KRIS TAYLO ody lepp/The Gamecock Senate reporter .th Carolina's The Studem recommending a 3 meeting Wednesd; The resolution Senate could si prepared by the J Senators also reo f Government Presi in support of the i "There are tim ogether to walk, at the pos a the problem of ?rsI appear.? 10 Ramsdale said in was to raise "enefi's ?f an a< rs of women on outwetgh the costs ted for more and . e.n" J"1!1 , to point out the resolution on behs also stressed the in "For the past ( tTTM/~, ~ organizations have 1T1NG page 3 amount of money eakers < st as Escalante has students -j. t rr f i and fh<?i mi james noiaerman ' Both honorar; :alante speak. Graduating They > high school or university to be pr( r feel have made an impact USC ( degrees 1,033 gn ar students and their future 216 law ( as faith in his high school Comm r of the teaching profession begin at1 can change people's lives," Graduat* 5 at the < steroid Reactioi of sterol st? i/n iv i r> i iic Sports editor Former USC football playe my Chaikin says he has no about co-writing a Sports IUu article that led to an investiga steroid abuse in the Gai program. Former USC assistant c Tom Gadd, Tom Kurucz at Washburn, plus former s\ coach Keith Kephart were ii Wednesday on various charges taining and dispensing sterc USC players. All face heav; and jail sentences if convicted In the Oct. 24 article, C who was granted irnraun January for testifying befo federal grand jury, men Kephart and Washburn as aware of steroid abuse by players. ices inv< f. cumj' it lR and MARY PEARSON t o pter of Omega Psi Phi is being both its district and national ii : of a reported incident of f C Phi District Representative p ;y in Charlotte, N.C., said raternity's activities have been e the end of the semester. si it is verified, criminal charges against the USC fraternity, a latter was reported by Melody tl :udent Life in March, and the v< gan immediately. n .1 fraternity does not condone o ;rate hazing," Sweeney said. n; said that, as he understands it, di incidents of hazing by other being looked into by the USC th irs released an updated state- in stating one of two hazing in- ti< ivestigated has been discon- ti< lent Sent fee increi R 19* tivi Senate passed a resolution ere >10 activity fee increase at its get ly afternoon. tioi was tabled last week so the ( tudy information packets adc Senate Finance Committee, eived a letter from Student are dent Marie-Louise Ramsdale resolution. altf les when you have to look crei itive impact of what may at be negative legislation," tee the letter. "I feel that the res< ctivity fee increase will far nev gra Shah, who proposed the mo ilf of the finance committee, pay nportance of the resolution. f eight years, various student ~" : been working on the same they were working with in chosen gooa 10 Know tnat tnere are people e who are willing to give so that t can build better futures for themse r communities," Holderman said. Escalante and Wood will be awar y doctor of science degrees, vill receive two among six such awt ;sented this semester. :xpects to award 1,744 undergradi at the Columbia campus, as well iduate degrees, 59 medical degrees; degrees. lencement for undergraduates 1 9:30 a.m. May 6 in Carolina Colisei ; commencement will be at 3 p.m. N :oliseum. I charges i to charges d U<ZP m w a a WW > s \ & $+ "1 don't feel any elation," Chaikin said in a telephone interview with the r Tom- Associated Press from his Bethesda, regrets Md., home. "1 Just wanted to show strafed that there was a problem and that 1 tion of was involved, and the coaches, like necock the players, were caught up in the situation. And turning their backs on oaches it was not the answer." id Jim Reactions by those involved in the trength indictments were mixed, tdicted , of ob- "At this time, I don't know any ids to specifics of the charges," Gadd said i lines in a released statement. "My No. I concern at this time is clearing my haikin, name." Gadd, now an assistant at ity in the University of Utah, said he was re the never contacted by authorities contioned cerning the investigation, being USC The Associated Press contributed to this story. ?stigating or hazing inued because of lack of evidence, but the ther incident is still being considered. The incidents were reported to USC officials i late March, according to earlier Student Afairs reports. Hazing is illegal under South Carolina state law and is against university olicy. Dean of Student Life Jerry Brewer confirmd that Omega Psi Phi is the fraternity that is till being investigated. The Division of Student Affairs has released statement. "University offices are working closely with le national officials to determine who is inolved and to what extent. The university will ot put additional pressure on the national rganization during the review process by aming the organization or involved students uring the exam period," the statement said. Brewer said since the district office released te information, he would confirm it. "We are supporting Omega Psi Phi in their vestigation. We will not take any further ac3ns until Omega completes their investiga3n," Brewer said. ite votes ase of $10 11, while programming costs for various acties which students participate in have inased significantly," Shah said. "If we don't the increase, I don't know how organizais are going to survive." )pposition to the resolution dealt with the led burden to undergraduate students. Sen. Frank Timmons said undergraduates usually faced with the brunt of expenses. 'I think we should look into some other :rnatives besides an across-the-board inase for undergraduates," Timmons said. Sen. Alton Hyatt, former finance commitchairman, proposed an amendment to the alution calling for a $6 increase as well as a v fee of "$15 per semester for all students, duate and undergraduate, taking nine or re hours who presently have the option to the university tee." lyatt said his amendment would cause the See SENATE page 3 nelr TT ^ irds |-i 111, fl : %H| j tate Jiglj^NBur fl fl pjv^ Wfj^ will I 1 m Rhoto Courtesy of/ UNI VERSITY RELA T/ONS lay Jaime Escalante