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?For almost half a cen- 1T7 * -j-i a i f "I think if there is one thing I would tury, Lillian Mixon has W3.K0 1^ OFCSt UpCIlCiS VTcHllCCOCkS change, it would be the parking " been a USC employee. ?? ? Lillian Mixon, USC employee See Carolina Life, page 4 Sec Sports, page 7 See "Students," page 4 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Monday Volume 82, No. 28 University of South Carolina October 23, 1989 1 Jr^Hl Sj v ?; ! >VA ? ^31 % 4BHHL % ifiSS 7ms1/ jammin9 The Call performs in the Russell House Ballroor Experiencing, By The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH ? After fleeing South Carolina with Hurricane Hugo gusting at his heels, the last thing Darrel Dixon expected was to be caught in the middle of one of the nation's worst earthquake disasters. But as the Utah businessman walked through San Francisco's Chinatown shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, the sidewalk began to rock under his feet "It was really scary," he recalled Sunday. "A lot of people were running outside. I looked up at the buildings around me wondering if they would come down, and I ran into the middle of the street." Dixon, who travels around the country selling wastewater treatment equipment, said the coincidence of confronting two of the biggest natural disasters in N.C. works to s mmntiol TT/O nfn j. vv ad iv^ By The Associated Press after Gov. Carre RALEIGH, N.C. ? North Car- dered the state's olina can develop a hazardous landfill closed to ; waste incinerator by 1991, but it's not allow similar not clear if a fast-track route will its borders, convince South Carolina and three On Tuesday, Sc other states to let North Carolina three other South( into a regional waste compact, ready have hazan N.C. Gov. Jim Martin said this ment facilities si past Thursday. agreement, but lei "Some technology is available olina. Alabama that we didn't know about until a plained the state few weeks ago that is based on facilities and cou mobile incinerators," Martin said speedy developme at a news conference. ator it offered as "They essentially use'off-the- ional treatment fat shelf units, which could be in- All states had stalled in five or six months. That certify they coul< would cut the construction time by hazardous waste a year." and waste they wi Martin said permits for the in- next 20 years, cinerator are "pretty standardized" and would save another year be- Martin had lob cause they would not have to be eight-state agrcer tailored to custom-made units. have allowed Nc "We would try to get the site make that certific selected sooner to give us a little the regional a extra breathing room," Martin said, through, the state When asked how he would outlining its proje speea up uic sue selection process, production, its wa Martin responded, "By telling the program and its ] people working on it... to move four-state pact, a little quicker." The Hazardous Waste Treatment If the federal Commission in 1987 narrowed its Protection Agenc list of possible sites to Rowan and prove the slate's r< Davidson counties, but withdrew Carolina could los after local opposition. Last year, Supcrfund monc; after narrowing the field to Lee clean up two old County, the General Assembly or- dumps, dered the site search ended and the Martin, who re commission to seek a volunteer from a trade missi county. said he had no <. The Legislature lifted its ban on whether the EPA hazardous waste landfills this year the state's report a 'X - ? 'X ,, I \4S-C 5 x| ^-. ' v, ' .; .r; I j-_ . "s "; " . f-:". , :. S >' 'j ||| - -M :'^KP Ji ^f' ? . v < % , Wb mmSK : 1 I ' '"-- ill iii ; ii Friday night. The group was sponored by the Carol Hugo and quo U.S. history was "a little spooky." His wife, Melva agrees. "Once in a lifetime, mavbe." she said. "But noi twice, especially in a three-week period." Dixon is a group product manager for Salt Lake City-based EIMCO, an equipment manufacturer once known as Eastern Iron Metal Company. He was ir San Francisco to pitch his company's products at the Water Pollution Control Federation Conference. Just a few weeks before, on Sept. 21, Dixon was conducting seminars for engineers and consultants or Kiawah Island, just south of Charleston, when authorities ordered the resort community evacuated. "The next morning, the winds were starting to blow. We went ahead and got off the island," Dixon remembered. "The airport closed, so we drove a rental >11 Campbell orhazardejs waste any state that did facilities within >uth Carolina and V jrn states that al- V ious waste treat- \ ' gned a regional HHI ft out North Car- s officials comhas no treatment Id not guarantee nt of the incinerits share of reg ;ilities. , VA until Tuesday to 1 dispose of the g|| now produced ill produce in the Catching a ride bied hard for an ,, nent that would Member of Kappa Alpha Th< >rth Carolina to broadcast this past weekend. Tl ation. But when greement fell T"| r? submitted a plan KQnP IflTOI ictions for waste 1111V7J vSte minimization jlans to join the By ELISABETH TANGUY Staff Writer In recent months, rape has beco Environmental issue across the country. :y does not ap- Last week in Washington, Pres sport, then North and Congress were debating whei ic $26 million in money should be provided for a y earmarked to cases of incest and rape. Since nc hazardous waste was reached, Bush is likely to veto t Currently, the government only p; turned Thursday pregnant woman's life is in danger, on to the Orient, Rape was also discussed at US iarly indications during Safety Week, held Oct. 9-13. would approve As a result, the creation of a Rape e Q/^A/inofA mi nrjif C/iAm CAmAmkat m/Iii n A o au^ajuaiv. iin^in owiu owiiivyvuai iwuuiivj mmm Cri |v|: ' rec< By ALLEN W Staff Writer ^ T? .'La r > '? \ kh ? jj* f\SS^%* - :';9|B t-K il.V> l>i | -? \.....s ' |||| 11^%^ ! I gk ^gmp^Si # ^ $?; ? - >:|||: II i|MNiiiwriW^*t>P'' T* ' ~ ^S*-* ,.^ *~ - ;~ m**~ ?^r , 4 *,? >* * eta and YES 97 (WYYS) radio station prepares to le hey are celebrating Kappa Alpha Theta's victory in 1 rmation group b However, the USC Rape Awareness G which was founded earlier in the year, wil me a major gin operating on campus this fall, prov data and information to all USC students. ;ident Bush English senior Katherine Gilbert is pro ther federal president of the group, bortions in Quoting national statistics ? which ) agreement apply to the USC campus ? she said one he measure, man out of four will be raped in her life. T lys when a fore, there is an urgent need to make p< (both men and women) aware of the pro >C recently and to educate them on ways to prevent : from occurring. ; Awareness "The Rape Awareness Group wants t< [ant. spond to this need," Gilbert said. XIIV W.kJ. J UO awarded a $2( USC College i to fund a resea investigate the i substance abu olina's black pe Criminal Jus drew Chishom operation, whii make policy ri lawmakers. The propos evolved from South Carolin and Chishom, background in < Dean W. J. Ma lege of Crimina Chishom is tough researcl will include ' search" that v pavement meet He said he hop can work his chain and exam WIN OTT/The Gamecock . . . network system He hopes to i ina Program Union. black people an stance abuse b ike 'a little spo , car down to Atlanta and flew out of there. Hugo hii that night t "I got back into Salt Lake City in time to watch the news accounts of it hitting Charleston," he said, ad> ding he felt both relieved, and a bit guilty, about hav; ing made it out in time. i ttir i * ? ? i ou Kina 01 icci nice you re leaving tncse people behind," he said. There was no escape from witnessing disaster lasi Tuesday, however. After the shaking stopped, Dixon hurried back tc his downtown hotel. With electricity out, he climbec the stairs, in gathering darkness, to his sevenlh-flooi room. It was while he was in the shower that an aftershock hit x 6 l i I I I w\ *|t| || IIISF ^ ? 1 ^rjj fix * B if ^iji - i $ p an - tw* P? IIB minal justice eives grant EST and powerful people who purchase large quantities from them, tice Department has "I don't intend to be intimiX),000 grant to the dated," said Chishom, who is a of Criminal Justice former police officer, parole ofrch project that will ficcr and probation officer, as well causes and extent of as the South Carolina U.S. ise in South Car- Marshall, jpulation. Benedict College and South >tice Professor An- Carolina State College will also be will SDearhead the involved as subcontractors hut ch will be used to USC will be the repositor, Mathias ^commendations to said. Chishom said the program will al for the project be the first of its kind to try this interaction between particular approach. He predicts an a's Black Caucus increase in drug use among black who has extensive females, more single-parent famiIrug abuse research, lies, more babies born addicted to thias of USC's Col- drugs and widespread AIDS and 1 Justice said. hepatitis infections, unless lawplanning to use makers can come up with ways to tiing methods that alter the present course. "street corner re- 'Things are not getting better," fill "go where the he said. "They're getting worse, s the road," he said. Racism is evident, educational opes by doing this, he portunities are waning, the dropout way up the drug rate is higher than ever and there line the drug culture are more poor black people than ever." discover how young ????? e recruited into suby studying wealthy See CRJU GRANT page 2 oky,' man says I "It kind of knocked me around a bit. The main thing I could think of was I wanted to hurry up and ' get out of there because if the hotel came down, I wanted to have some clothes on," Dixon said. The next morning, on a trip that took nearly five hours to cross the Golden Gate Bridge alone, Dixon i and associates drove a rented car to Sacramento to catch flights home. Friends have joked with him that he should stay home from now on. But Dixon and his wife plan to go i to Hawaii for their 22nd wedding anniversary next 1 March. "People have warned me that if I do, a volcano will probably erupt while I'm there," Dixon said. LJBB^B M mm l^fcaBr m ^^HR K ' ' *-* " ? . *'' k ..*"*. > - V ..? 2 ^ ' ?. % - " >* ' ' " " * ' <z~ "*? " - - - - , " ? : --.Xv . * WIN OTT/The Gamecock iave for the S.C. State Fair for a live the homecoming skit competition. egins activities roup, The aim of the Rape Awareness Group is not II tn r*rrvviHr? rruineplinr* fnr mtvj \/ir?timc thic Je wv punuv VUUIIOVltllg XV/* lUJ^V T1VUI1IJ. UUJ IJ iding the job of the Columbia Rape Crisis Network, she said. The Rape Awareness Group was chair created for educational purposes. To inform students, group members are going also to talk to campus residents and make presenta> wo- tions in the different residence halls, Gilbert here- said. ^ople One commonly held myth about rape is that a blem woman will only get raped by a stranger. "In rapes fact," Gilbert said, "75 percent of all victims 3 reSee RAPE AWARENESS page 2