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fefe-vi" ^ coming 1 0 m tt-^'w' a * c This is JJSC, and if there s going to and USC is sprucing itself S?V^? SCCK1112 J\l P JU iFRIlClllSG be any animal singing and dancing, up from the dorm room to ? it's going to be a squirrel" ? Scott SStr the President's House. See Sports, page 8 Pruden, columnist ^gpL<|l See Carolina Life, page 4 | | | See "Lifestyles," page 4 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 82, No. 44 University of South Carolina December 6, 1989 Forum to black cor By JEFF WILSON Assistant News Editor A forum will be held Thursday night to discuss questions that have been expressed by students concerning the need for such things as the NAACP, black beauty pageants and a black press. The forum, entitled "A Bridge to Understanding," is sponsored by tfiA MA APP anH will lv*rvin at A'fYl WAV X 11 AVA U?1U TT 111 lA/^111 Ul V/.VV p.m. in the Russell House theater. "We saw an immediate need foi the panel after concern arose ovei a letter in the Monday, Dec. 4 issue of The GamecockUSC NAACP President Stephen Benjamin, said. The letter with the headline, "Blacks close themselves off," accused black students of segregating themselves by sitting together during meals, wearing clothing with black slogans, and having separate newspapers. "Over the entire semester we've noticed that there has been z simple lack of understanding ol why certain things exists, why certain things happen and why society is the way it is," Benjamin said. Benjamin said the NAACP "wants to open up the door to all students that don't understand wh> things are the way they are. whether they be white, black, oriental, Hispanic, or whatever. ine in leu 11 was neces sary to sponsor the forum in ligh of recent comments and criticism! and past comments expressed bj various students because of a lacl of education of why we do have these organizations," said Roc Glover, statistics junior anc NAACP vice president Glover added that many indivi duals have been making false as sumptions and the organizatior wants the forum to be a way of de Administi Rv HAT MTU ARH M,J Managing editor University officials are asking safe in the wake of a violent rape i lot last week. Dennis Pruitt, dean of Student A students can assist campus safety e out for themselves and watching 01 Pruitt and his staff met with a ment and safety officials Tuesday tion and determine ways to increas said lighting on campus should be hinted that the one-way entrance t . 4^ Food !! Roberta Elkins, a Frito-Lay are not an uncommon sight 01 filled. ' discuss nmunity t- , "We saw an immediate * _ V ? n a- 1 ^Ti/vM neea ior ine panei auci concern arose over a let- A ter in the Monday, Dec. 4 * K issue of The Gamecock." * Stephen Benjamin USC NAACP President f* , j i aling with false assumptions. * ' "We want everyone to come % there and leave, if not agreeing ' with everything, at least underi standing some aspects," Benjamin f said. He said the panel will consist of ' such individuals as Bernard Leggett of the S.C. Black Media Group and Willie Harriford of I Afro-American studies. ' "We can basically say Harriford > is a storehouse of knowledge. We have constantly debated the topics that will be discussed at the forum. Just by being there, I think he can t open a lot of doors for understand8 ing for the people present," Benjar min said. : "We are honestly making a plea * that everyone interested in the 1 topic attend. If we get an entirely 1 black audience, we won't achieve anything. It's not going to be a de- keeping tTOC bate. It's not going to be an argu- Medical technology - ment. It's going to be like a show game located in the Ru i and tell with everyone learning games, as well as pool 1 from each other," Benjamin said. mtors, police encc rape occurred may have contributed to the ea students to play it crnnen a campus parking Pnntt said further discussion about the ways to better secure the campus would pre ffairs, said Tuesday ongoing, but added that students must do thei fforts' by "watching "Be extra-special careful," he said. 'There it for each other." individuals out late at night. Students shoulc scious of all the safety rules they've learned 1 impus law enforce- point. .. because many students are not tai to review the situa- safety seriously." nnfntt; TKp fTfYMlT> pQfUnilO rv\laro m/vrA ItUnlir nnui tA ctAf IV dOiVkJ A I1V V/UIUJ^UJ |A/I1VV CUV HiUlV 1IAV1J IIVTT IV \ reviewed and also and ask for ^identification, Pruitt said. "Stud o the lot where the to be sensitized to this and not be offended." 1 4 ?^ ml ^ employee, prepares to refill the Russell House vending machii 1 a campus of 30,000 hungry students ? who empty the machii jS? ?I|A h ~ JBBI. :.|m .jj^^Hf r _J'i 1 1^ V Br ^Bm^^HB^BF^ m JM * ^H * HSPa ' m .-:i? ? m m ' #M I I Hik, #4B % fl ife V I, s.:f? HEr fl I IVW OTTIThe Gamecock k freshman John Louden tries his skill on OFF ROAD, a video issell House game room. The game room has a variety of video tables, ping-pong tables and a canteen area. mraging students, ise of the "Students should be conscious of all rape and safety rufes they've learned up to ?babiy be this point. . . because many students r part. are not taking their safety seriously." l Shi?rnn. Dermis Pruitt up to this Dean ?fStudent Affairs :ing their ????-?????? Pruitt also warns students the man who committed ) students the rape may strike again and that "copycats" pose a ents need threat as well. USC music professor Richard Conant, chairman of Builc drags By SHAWN NE Staff Writer Construction c W f' M | sound-proof the *1 "iliafili 11iiMiiiiiilliilirTr' m Hiiilrlinnr Jc irni B9I ^ 1 &KJM. * due to adverse v mm < and some delayer by USC, a univei have been fmish< .,. bcr, said George <^HimSSihSSS Panning contract 'This is a cor said. A lot of remi going into the re< cially ordered < sound proof, havi the project and 1 in the delay. Mitchell said completed woult to $2 million. T1 k _ For T1 WIN OTT/Th* Cinm*rnrk In the Mond les Tuesday. Vendors' trucks USC faculty m< rtes almost as fast as they are garages. Facult; not pay for surl Priorities change for registration By KELLY C. THOMAS News Editor Because freshmen were allowed to register for their spring classes immediately after seniors this semester, many juniors and sophomores have found themselves pushed out of the classes they need. South Carolina College sophomore Kris McVey said she was lucky to get into an American Literature course she needed ? and she only got into it because the honors college offered a section. "I wanted to take a regular section of English 287," she said, "but they were all full when I went to register, so I had to take the honors section. And there was only one place left in that section." "I didn't get closed out of a class, but I did have to take an 8 a.m. class," studio arts junior Thomas Kelly said. "I tried to get another section, but the 8 o'clock was the only one that would fit into my schedule." He said he had heard many complaints from stu dents who were shut out of classes because all the places were taken by freshmen ? especially in the English department. Many juniors are finding they cannot get into core requirement classes such as basic computer science courses, American and English literature courses and other humanities courses below the 300 level. USC Registrar T.L. Gunter said the decision to allow freshmen to register before juniors and sophomores was made because of problems many freshmen encountered in registering for the fall semester in August. 'The only reason we did it ? and this is the first time we've ever done this ? was because of the hard time we had getting freshmen through registration at the beginning of this semester," Gunter said. Gunter repeatedly said he does not think the same decision will be made again in the future. He said he based his decision on the fact that freshmen would be signing up for freshman classes that juniors and sophomores wouldn't need. "You know how you make decisions, and sometimes you like them and sometimes you don't, and I just think this is one of those decisions I won't make again," he said. "But you never know," he added. to play it safe the University Safety Committee, said his group would proably not meet before the Christmas break. But Conant said the committee would take up the matter in a meeting scheduled for Jan. 16. "We will review the incident and think of things that perhaps could have been done by the university to have prevented it," Conant said. "But I don't know what we can do that the police aren't already doing. "Really, there is only so much you can do aside from putting bars all around the campus ... we have See RAPE page 2 ling construction i frv > uut lu wt-auit-i LSON struction would not cost the university anything extra, Mitchell >f Drayton Hall, a said, because of the contract the catre and speech school has with the company, ng rather slowly Triangle Construction, veather conditions But Ben Boatwright, supervisor d decision-making for Triangle Construction, said the sity offical said. delay would cost the company lall project should thousands. id in late NovemMitchell, facility "Eighty percent of the delay is or. due to weather and 10 percent is aplex project," he due to the owners and another 10 percent due to the contractors," odeling has been said Boatwright construction. Spe- Drayton Hall is expected to be ioors, which are finished in late December. Once e been ordered for completed, it will be hold 400 peolave been a factor pie. With the new design, loud noise like a fire engine passing by the project once during a performance, would be al1 cost USC close most completely muffled, Mitchell le delay in recon- said. he Record ay, Dec. 4 issue of The Gamecock it was stated that smbers do not pay for parking in the university-owned y pay the same fee as students in the garages. They do 'ace parking. The Gamecock regrets the error.