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-al With a little humor, ? . . , , "Would you rather your kid play Risque Business looks into (jaiTieCOCkS COIllfl DC hOWl-hOUnO suicide and drug abuse. r See Snnrtc m.o?? w- ? Scott Pruden, columnist See Carolina Life, page 4 ee Sports, page 8 See "Lifestyles," page 4 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 82, No. 38 University of South Carolina November 15, 1989 Call box fj By JEFF WILSON and ROBERT THOMAS Staff Writers With the installation of six call boxes, campus officials say The Horseshoe is one of the safest nighttime areas on campus. But it was not a safe place for DeSaussure residenl Douglas Warner Sunday night. Shortly before 11 p.m., Warner left his tenament tc check on how he fared in the USC/Clemson student ticket lottery at Russell House. Then, only steps away from his apartment, three males suddenly attacked him, breaking his glasses, which shattered into his left eye. "I stepped out of my apartment and walked past three black young men, who asked me a question. I chose to ignore them," said Warner, an international studies sophomore. After they attacked Warner, he fell to his knees in hope of protecting himself, but the assaulters did not stop pummeling him. Gamecock C to increase d By DAVID STANTON crease. I realize Staff Writer else is going up. Last week, university officials nn the iin and announced that for the first time in along, hell, the) 23 years, Gamecock Club member- up to $750 and ship dues will increase. For the problem with it. second year in a row, the club is cial end of it, it' facing a financial shortfall because going on there ir of funding changes made by the years," he said, state's General Assembly. Art Baker, exi Franklin Adams is a Full Scho- the club, said an larship member of the club who avoided until no has not yet decided what he will ing membership, do about the increase. "I'm not too Two years ag crazy about it," he said. "I know decided to disci that the money goes for a good funding of out-c purpose, but still we feel like what athletic scholars we're paying now should be that time the clu adequate. We might have to move ready been set, back down to a Roundhouse." department and i Adams said he and his brothers, agreed that the i with whom he shares the member- shortfall would ship, plan to make a decision about funds from the c novt t/aor a ftnr th/? Plomnnn nomn l-Li- J iiwvi jrvai Uiiv* w?v v^iviudUU gallic. SCIVC5. 1 III5 UCJ Jim Streeter paid $100 toward a fund to $1.8 mill Half Scholarship membership this The club's bi past spring, but, he said, "Because rent fiscal year of all the problems that were going $650,000 for out on I just never paid them any more $5.4 million, of money, and I don't plan on renew- million has been ing for that reason." He said the he does not exp< increase did not play a role in his dues to make up decision not to renew. ence this year. "I just got disgusted with the "I think proba whole cotton-pickin' thing. Maybe be necessary to j King Dixon is a great fella, and serve fund," he Sparky Woods I'm sure is a great did not know ju guy. But this goes way back to have to be pulk '82. Maybe he wasn't the greatest and it will prob coach in the world, but I do be- before the club lieve he (Richard Bell) was ethical, plenish its reserv Marcum and that crowd ran him At current levc off, and it's sort of been at my gut, Baker projected but then when all this came out it million for the n< cnrf nf nrAtmH */\ .'f Ka avn own ui pui^u 11 uui UJ lilt Uiai 11 saiu lit UVA/J i/Aj; was a crooked bunch they brought in here," Streeter said. "I could have lived with the in- Sei jl MMS? ADDAM :11 x iiuiluj..?""(* i*. -m? 3 :v,^' ip^ - ' - s Addam's University Bookstore, located on Main Stn lils student "I then ran towards the call box," Warner said. < When Warner, with vision only in his right eye, 1 reached the call box, he realized it was covered with a J plastic bag. < The call box was useless. ii t "I think the call box might have stopped them from t following me," he said. > The call box in front of DeSaussure College is one 1 t of at least three that has not worked since their instal- n lation earlier this semester, Student Government Presi- a 1 dent Marie-Louise Ramsdale said. 1 "Three or four of the call boxes are not opera- tl tional," Ramsdale said. "I've been asking for them to be made operational. There is a communication system backlog because of Hurricane Hugo. ii "I've tried and tried for two months. I've asked A Danny Bakker, vice president for Law Enforcement and Safety, to please apply pressure to get the call tl boxes working. It's not good to have call boxes just sitting around. I've been on the phone all day. Our A hell, everything JH If things had been 1 1$ up all the way jj f could have gone || jm I'd have had no I It's not the finans just what's been i the last couple of fvntivp rtirprtrtt* r\f HP <M?teiSi?l has been , which includes IMP <?g| -of-state tuition, is ML < | M* j ? . i ? *>4 a mm \ W> - < sis of membership, revenues of $6.2 Arp ... ;xt fiscal year, but lake I HA J III ect the increase to Accounting junior Krista Pearm donating blood at the Carolina/Cler _ Tuesday. The head will eventually b ? CLUB page 2 J ] 1 UNIVERSITY ! L A nnnircTnnp , __pcpfj 256-6666*" ' ... ov- - ,, ^ << i* V s s s ii V:' , ... ....J ;? "ivy" ^ V- y'S;;:'' '' " ,nf-. ~ - - .v ,. .... f jj I d TEDDY LEPP/The Gamecock ^ U ;et, is scheduled to open Friday. p attacked 01 ;ampus should be as much of a priority as possible," ^amsdale said. About 30 minutes before the attack on Warner, Pre;ton dormitory resident John McDowell was assaulted n the parking lot behind the Faculty House, according o police reports. "I was walking behind the Faculty House going to Tiornwell, when I was attacked by a group of black nales that were following me," McDowell said. "I sked them what they wanted. They did not answer. Tien they attacked me. One hit me at least twice on tie left side of my face, and another one hit me." He said he ran into Thornwell and called the police. "The whole thing was a really big shock. Especially i such a well-lighted place as The Horseshoe," IcDowell said. "The police did a good job of finding the men, and ley responded as quickly as they could," he said. Warner said he will have surgery on his left eye londay morning. Richland Memorial Hospital offi i^V " ^ | ? W 1 If * ' ' |p? fP'" y'"::-: *' TEDDY LEPP/The Gamecock ian sticks a name pin in the tiger head after nson blood drive in the Russell House Ballroom >e used in the annual Carolina "Tigerburn." New bookstore t< Business plans to open Friday ly ANTHONY HODGE Itaff Writer Students seeking an alternative source of books and chool supplies will soon have the opportunity to shop it Addams University Bookstore. "Students will find that the layout of the store will nake their shopping very convenient," said bookstore ;eneral manager Mike Moore. "Our goal here is to be one-stop shopping location," he stiid. Moore said Addams, located on Main Street, will >e a full-service bookstore providing new and used ooks as well as other school supplies for students. Wp will fill thp ctnH/*ntc' jiaaHc fn tViA hr?ct nf Anr ' ' v M.M.AM. uiv okuuvuu iivvuj uvy Uiv i/vji wi \jui bility," Moore said. "We have a lot of respect for our competitors, but ve also have the students' interest in mind," Moore aid. He feels like the added competition will help the tudents gain better services at better prices, he said. "We will be opening Nov. 17, and for the first veek or so, we'll be receiving stock and stocking helves. The store will not be completely stocked, but terns will be ready for sale," he said. "We will definitely have a full textbook inventory or the spring semester," he said. As of opening day, the store will begin purchasing extbooks from students, Moore said. "Because we leal with several textbook wholesalers, a student will eceive a very good price for selling the books back to is," he said. In addition, during the busiest buy-back teriod for the store, students will be given a i Horseshoe cials said the potential for him to regain his sight is good, but he might need additional surgery. Warner, from Clemson, was listed in good condition Tuesday, a hospital official said. Warner said his mother flew in from San Diego Monday. His father, a Clemson University professor on sabbatical, is still in San Diego. Edward L. Crum, 20, of 4041 Waterpark Drive and Eric D. Wallace, 20, of 2614 Palmland Drive have been charged with assault and battery, and disorderly Conduct. Crum was alsn rhartmri u/ith secanltinrr o iv* u?wumu6 a police officer. Micheal Kelton Anderson, 19, of 2630 Palmland Drive has been charged with disorderly conduct and might face additional charges, according to police. Crum works at the Faculty House, and Wallace and Anderson are former employees there. The three were See ATTACK page 2 Officials deciding whether to retire Ellis' jersey By TODD VENEZIA Staff Writer USC Athletic Director King Dixon is wading through a pool of suggestions on whether or not injured Gamecock quarterback Todd Ellis' jersey number should be retired immediately. A special committee looking into USC's jersey re tirement policy has submitted a long list of suggestions to Dixon, who might make a decision on Ellis' jersey status by the end of this week. "The suggestions ranged from letting coaches decide to having a 20-year waiting period (before a jersey is eligible)," said Assistant Athletic Director Tom Price, chairman of the committee. "It was also a consensus that someone had to graduate. A waiting period was definitely a guideline and also a player's contribution to the team in the area of Ail-American." "You don't want to make a quick decision," Dixon said. "I don't think this is something that can be done overnight," Price said. 'There are a lot of emotions now." In developing its opinions, the committee ? Price, Assistant Athletic Directors Nick Gasparato and Joyce Compton, Associate Athletic directors Sterling Brown and Art Baker, basketball coaches George Felton and Nancy Wilson and assistant business manager Chris > Massaro ? investigated the policies of other schools. "We're looking at what our sister institutions are aoing, race saia. Price said USC looked into the policies of many schools, including Notre Dame, whose policy is to not retire jersey numbers, and North Carolina, which has retired six in basketball and five in football. Many of the players whose jerseys were retired were All-Americans who led major bowl-winning teams and Heiseman Trophy winners. So far, USC has retired four football jerseys: AilAmerican Sterling Sharpe, Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers and Steve Wadiak and Mike Johnson, both of whom had their numbers retired posthumously. "With over 100 players and four numbers gone already, a major concern is that we have enough numbers to use," Dixon said. "Also, you don't want to devaluate retirement by giving it out too freely." o serve students "Because we deal with several textbook wholesalers, a student will receive a very good price for selling the books back to us." Mike Moore Addams University Bookstore General manager computer-printed recipe that will list the amount given in return for exchanging books at the store, he said. "The owner is a nice guy. First and foremost, he's interested in satisfying the students. He isn't interested in draining the students financially," said business freshman Aric Boyles. international siuuies senior Matt Mcuonaia saia, "Lots of students are excited about the store. I purchased $150 worth of new books last semester, and none were bought back because the other stores said they were unsure if the books would be used again. I feel that the bookstore will be a big help to the students." "This store has a whole lot more to offer than the other bookstores. Students will be benefitted with a greater selection," said business freshman Price Reeves. "One of our objectives here is to reduce any excessive amount of time that a student has to wait in line See BOOKSTORE page 2