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,Sx* - Greeks to step right up, I I ~ 7 " ~ I "If Corey got hurt, we'd have to go SSoir.'Sp'rr Simian aces opponents for USC " "Tn contest. Ste Sports, page 8 See "Miller," page 8 " IJ See Carolina Life, page 4 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday 1 Volume 82, No. 28 University of South Carolina October 25, 1989 .$$&&&&N^hr AteeJ bail money? Advertising sophomore Mark Stillinger and Pi jail as part of the Jail-a-thon Tuesday. The event1 Graduate stiii Taking the votes * Members of Sigma Chi man a table on the Russ Tuesday as part of Derby Days. By ROBYN THOMPSON Assistant Copy Desk Chief AIDS has had an effect on many people's lives. In one case, the disease has helped a USC graduate student win a national award for his poem dealing with his feelings about working with people who have AIDS. Daryl Lofdahl, an Elizabethan Literature graduate student, won a $1,000 prize for his poem, "Distances," in a contest sponsored by the American Poetry Association. The poem will be published in Best New Poets of 1989 coming out in March 1990. Lofdahl wrote the poem during his undergraduate career at Winthrop College, where he won the President's Prize for Poetry for four consecutive years. The poem came from his work with Metrolina AIDS Project in Charlotte, he said. "Distances" is part of a series of poems on this subject "It was real emotional getting involved with these people. It was a difficult time and it came out as poetry," he said. He got involved in the competition with a friend and fellow graduate student, Duna Miller, who won an honorable mention in the contest " V, ' . / ^ .11 ft V * 'Mi WtTsf? ,x bJMHBm .^.t y? BSBiTW^ "^Sfe i^J^BHB^H|^^^ ^||K. ' llH f iflfr^ljL J|l ^ ^ y/- ^ . /I fiy: ^ & Lb ^ j!--?/1 H;; 5i4 H;I I11 - x . -' $ -T^m., | g^SP^iM vm * gMiiiiiiP^^ afc ; H Ml JMiMlMM^^ fl^H BBf ilfl'^llIIBIMIlWnHwlHHiy^ w^r^., H re-med/Biology sophomore Kurt Harkey smile despiti was co-sponsored by Kappa Alpha fraternity and Chi1 dent wins aw< Lofdahl said he chose "Distances" because there was a 20-line limit and it was the only thing he had. The Metrolina AIDS project worked to get patients in touch with the right social service agency that could help them. They set up a buddy system for the people with AIDS. The patient "deals with one person until they die. The sicker they got, the more help they needed." . The organization trained the buddies, staffed a hot line and tried to get information about AIDS to the public. Lofdahl worked with the organization from 1985 to 1987. "When I started working there, there were six people and four clients. Now there are 400 clients, 300 volunteers and eight staff members. It is one of the best organizations dealing with people with AIDS in the .South." He worked with the executive committee, which looked for funding and set up bylaws so they could be declared a non-profit organization. They put out "Safe Sex Cards," telling which activities were safe and which were not. 7~\ Peer Con inform st \M Z, /: By THERESA STAROPOLI Staff Writer ^he **cer Conduct Board, whi housing violations, plans to expand campus and let students know tl treated fairly during university proce versity officials said. The PCB currently consists of uiKa ao pop r\f otriaflii K/mipi TT1AV/ 1VTIVTT U1 OU1VUJ UUUjllI on campus. When a residence hall 't ceives a violation report, he can req % ' maf case ^ rev'ewe^ by a higher soun mg dent then has the choice of the case in front of an administator or by a j i | peers, the PCB. jL K'f j The board plans to publicize its< ii by letting students know they car hearing from a group of their peers i B8I State may c g\tjjf ' <* ;: I By The Associated Press * i The state Department of Educa^ M lion will recommend shortening jm the 180-day school year by five V days to help districts hit hard by k 1 Hurricane Hugo, state education Superintendent Charlie G. Wil H| liams said Tuesday. Under the recommendation, all schools that closed for more than five days because of the Sept. 21 storm could shorten their school calenders to 175 days, Williams IP* told the state Budget and Control Board. Hp Districts that lost additional days would have to be make up that in cm/the gamecock jjmc by shortening vacations, elicit House Patio minaling teacher work days, lengthening the school year or increasing the school day. Schools unaffected by Hugo Ba rel By AMY BAR Staff Writer The Beach have each don South Carolina after their rece Carolina Colise The bands p H to Lt Gov. Nil ^ the intermissio mm concert, said C 10 lhe Theodore. Neither the E x H cago sought pu Green said. Th< checks to Thee \ 1 termission, and 1 media people said. "~ " " The bands I JAMES NETTLES/Th* Gamecock ... . helping and ap . . . . cert promoters e being sentenced to Green said. Omega sorority. "Band mcml how much dai ird for poem "I really got annoyed with wha could and couldn't be talked about and it came out as poetry." Daryl Lofdai Sen. Jesse Helms (R?N.C.) tried to cut their fund ing because he said they were trying to send porno graphy through the mail, Lofdahl said. "I really gc annoyed with what could and couldn't be talked ab out, and it came out as poetry," he said, adding tlia the poem is about not communicating. Lofdahl has taken as many classes with Jame Dickey, USC poet in residence, as possible. Dicke; has been supportive of his work, he said, whici "means a lot because he is James Dickey." Takinj classes with Dickey is scary, he said, berause he L such a respected poet, but "if he sees that you'n working, he'll go out of his way to talk to you an< help you." duct Board pk udents about 1 The group was formed because studei the administration wouldn't see their side ch handles story in a violation case, Kris Rollin, 1 [ its role on senior and three-year member, said, hey can be Last year the board heard about 10 cas i! i ~ .i - ~ xxungs, uru- were oruugiu iu uiem uvcr cuiuiicuug This year they have heard only one. 10 students "I'm excited about the group's endeav ig violations this year," Debbie Ritter, assistant dire* adviser re- Resident Student Conduct, said. The uest that the plans to publish pamphlets, create a pos zc. The stu- ries and has plans for the next Carolina P being heard Week to inform students of the board group of his goals. According to Ritter, the board plans t< ilf this year problems before they start and encoura 1 get a fair dents to get help before they are in troubl if needed. The PCB is looking to expand from II :ut school year in must hold classes for 180 days, he Williams a added. Campbell have The proposal, which Williams cation Sccretar said appears to be the consensus of to ask that such the state's superintendents, must be included in the approved by the state Board ofSouth Carolint Education and the General As- for damage to i scmbly. Approval, if it comes, is federal governr not expected for several months remainder, because the General Assembly does not reconvene until Jaunuary. In other bi Meanwhile, Williams told the board, it will cost an estimated $55.1 million, instead of the $85 -w-jf million first projected, to repair JH OJ* schools damaged during the hurricane. All public school students re- In Monda; turned to class by Oct. 20, al- was incorrecl though many classes are still being thryn Gilbert held in temporary quarters such as dent. The Ga churches and portable classrooms. nds donate ief money COMB did in South Carolina and they wanted to help," said Jack SwerBoys and Chicago ling, attorney for C & C Entertainated $10,000 to the mcnt of Camden, the concert Hugo Relief Fund promoters. ;nt performances at Theodore met with and talked to urn. the bands during the intermission resented the checks of their concert and was very im-1 hhi 1 J J c l,k i neouore uunng pn;j>scu wiui uiciu, vjiccii saiu. n of their Oct. 13 This is just one more caring act Jloria Green, assis- The bands had no ties to Columbia ress secretary for or South Carolina other than it being a tour stop, she added. teach Boys nor Chiblicity for their act, 'This donation shows that peojy asked to give the pic across the nation are aware of xiore during the in- the plight of South Carolina areas none of their own that suffered from Hurricane Hugo, were present, she This is a very generous gesture on the part of the Beach Boys and felt strongly about Chicago," Theodore said, proached their coni before the show, The money will go to the S.C. Hugo Relief Fund to help some of Dcrs were aware of the areas that were hit really hard, nage the hurricane Green said. about AIDS Besides Dickey, Lofdahl said he learns a lot from t his fellow graduates students. He also enjoys teaching his English 101 students. All his work, however, ' means he has little time for writing and must do it late at night. il "I'm amazed at how much I get accomplished," he C??iH "T nr? timo trv r?iw">raotinotA " A lUlfV IIV Ulliv IU px UVI UOUllUkV. Ih Lofdahl is using his prize money to go to France this summer with a former teacher. He said he will it use that time to see if he will pursue writing as a ca rcer. But right now, he is just worried about getting it out of school. He has considered being a teacher. "You don't s make money as a poet, but creative writing teachers y do," he said, h g If he could teach his students about people with s AIDS, he said, then they "need to remember that ? they're people and they're sick." What he has learned i from his work with AIDS is "not to waste any time. People my age really do die." ins to expand, ?air treatment nts felt members this year. The board is looking for re: of the sponsible, dependable students who maintain at )iology least a 2.5 GPA, are on-campus housing residents and are at least second semester freshmen. ;es that "Board members must have good judgment ; facts, and must believe in the university's policies and discipline," Rollin said ors for ctor of Applicants must be nominated by a PCB board member, resident adviser, residence hall direc;ter se- tor or resident life coordinator. There are never review and its more than three RAs on the board at one time, and all majors are invited. 3 "spot "It's a good way to meet new people, show ge stu- leadership and understand the judical system," e." Andy Jones, graduate student and PCB adviser, 3 to 15 said Hugo-hit districts nd Gov. Carroll Budget and Control Board: written U.S. Edu- ?Adopted a form that state y Lauro F. Cavazos agencies must use to report their i repair expenses be lobbying activities at the State \ $8.5 million limit House. The General Assembly last i will have to pay year closed the loophole allowing Miblic facilities. The state employees to avoid reporting nent would pay the such expenses. Lobbyists representing private concerns already are required to register and report isiness, the state expenses. The Record y's issue of The Gamecock, Campus Rape Awarness tly referred to as the Rape Awareness Group. Also, Ka: is the group's co-chairperson, not its pro-chair presimecock regrets the errors.