The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 09, 1990, Image 1

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Pglgfcj The greatest show j Woods lectures on South Africa pa^7| Q"?!e ?!the day If ' Circus performers share I ?makes the mistake o? sayfrrg* hel thier'bi8 top'secrets ? : 7 L | , jjl Carolina Lite, page 4 | USC (JlVCS intO FIOMda SWIIH ITieet Page 7 | " ^ The Gamecock Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Volume 89^No. 58 The University of South Carolina Friday, February 9, 1990 BRIEFLY I ! la# I ft I 1mm I ftLaa I ^ IN THE NEWS _ B MmjwwmM re Multiparty system fo in Soviet Union 10 MOSCOW (AP) ? The w Communist Party leadership Pi has blazed the way to a brave new world of Soviet R] politics, where it will be o\ forced to compete with other parties, and people will di- pr rectly choose the nation's leader for the first time. "There will be a multi- * party system. There will be a normal democracy," is how Communist Party member Svyatoslav Fyodorov, a noted eye surgeon, approvingly summed up a three-day , meeting of the party's Central Committee. 2 East Beruit exodus J * I_.ll K auring iuii in war BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? Waves of civilians scurried out of embattled East Beirut to the city's western sector Thursday during a relative lull in the battle by rival Christian forces for control of the country's Christian enclave. Police said the respite was used by Gen. Michel Aoun and Lebanese Forces militia chieftan Samir Geagea to add ammunition and weapons to areas under their control in devastated East Beirut and Kesrouan province. g California oil spill | heads for wildlife HUNTINGTON BEACH, I Calif. (AP) ? Emergency crews worked under spot- T liahts sarlv Thnr?Hav tn mn tain a spreading slick of more than 290,000 gallons of oil as it headed toward a wildlife estuary and popular beaches, authorities said. The hull of the fully r< loaded 811-foot American F Trader tanker apparently was gashed by its own anchor, y creating the spill of heavy r< Alaskan crude oil, Coast F Guard spokesmen said. s Early Thursday, the leading edge of the s 14-mile-by-100-yard spill " was within a mile of beaches and an estuary surrounding the Huntington Beach Har- C bor, officials said. v Lawmaker wants |_! more AIDS testing _ COLUMBIA (AP) ? * Rep. Toney Farr, D-Union, wants to give public health and safety workers extra pro- By tection from contracting the St? AIDS virus. oft< I think police oihcers in thi; South Carolina have a right vic to know if they are in dan- the ger" of coming into contact ] with people with the human an( immunodeficiency virus that off causes AIDS, Farr said im] Wednesday. tui, stu Today, cloudy with a 50 pai percent chance of showers 1 and possibly a thunderstorm. As Highs in the lower 70s. ye< Tonight, mostly cloudy be< and mild. Lows in the low the 50s. wa Saturday, cloudy with a eni chance of showers with highs in the 60s and lows in big the 50s. on em Sheriff a y JEFF NICHOLS sorts Editor Tim High, USC noseguard, has been a sted again, one year after being arreste ir possession with intent to distribute ps cybin mushrooms. High was charged with illegal bettin rednesday along with teammate We ingle, an offensive lineman. Both are 21. The two have been released from tf ichland County Detention Center on the vn recognizance, police said. The charges carry maximum six-monl icnn Iprmc r\r Cl OT\C\ flnon 1JVI1 IV1U1J v/i v^ljWV 1111^/3. ' II v / > ' ' '' ' ^ ^ ^"iw^ ->f /v, '*'*' %7<s- + % * - * w/ ~v ' \ ^ *'.r * m^rns JSC's Drayton Hall, a theater that too rheater to i ly BETH FISCHER >taff Writer After 18 months and $2.3 million in snovations, Drayton Hall will re-open eb. 24. "There's really not any one thing that ou can put your finger on as being the eason for the delay," Assistant Vice resident of Facilities Planning Ed Bass aid. He said the contractor had to re-do everal things because they were done icorrectly. Originally an old high school built in 930, Drayton Hall began renovations in )ctober 1988. It is a traditional theater /ith a stage, which has an arch separatig the audience from the performers. USC theater professor and design constant Elbin Cleveland said the theater ras "pretty well equipped for its time," /ice preside ERIKA JOHNSON >ff Writer The office of vice president is jn the butt of many jokes, but s year's Student Government e presidential candidates take job seriously. iric Hellman, Torod Neptune I Todd Weiss are seeking the ice in the Feb. 22 election. The jortant issues of the election are lion, parking, campus safety and dent apathy. Criminal justice junior Hellman , g Is the most important issues are ident apathy, visitation and king. Hellman was a Residence Hall ?rjc sociation senator his freshman ir and for the past two years has woul m a S. G. Senator representing he sa : College of Criminal Justice. He "If s also involved in student gov- to tr iment in high school. there 'I'd like to see students make a hers,' ;ger impact on what's happening the ! campus," Hellman said. More agair iphasis on committee input when irrests ath The State reported Thursday the arrests _ followed a Jan. 29 drug raid at the home of r_ Constantinos Stellakis and Gary Hutzler, d which turned up marijuana, cocaine and j_ paperwork for a bookmaking operation. Richland County Sheriff Allen Sloan told g The State that gambling records indicate the is operation involved several thousand dollars in bets placed on college and professional 1 1 .L-11 " < ' 1 te uasKcioan games as wen as proressionai ir football games. Phone messages left Thursday with Sloan Lh and Athletic Director King Dixon were not returned. ^ 3 "'"I? ^ : mm . ^,. jr. k 18 months to renovate, costing $2.3 million, wi e-open after r< but because the theater was built so long the fi ago, it needed a larger stage and more Th backstage space. a dai The scenery was hoisted by hemp The ropes and presented potential danger that to rm something might break and fall on "T someone. ing i The new rigging system for scenery is Clev< counterweighted rather than being hung Dr from ropes. Long The floor was torn up and built on a an a: steeper grade with level step floors. The theatf bleacher-style plan allows all of the au- form dience to have a better view of the stage, ment Cleveland said. "B Additional improvements included impo; constructing a basement and raising the ram ceiling to 60 feet. Acoustic doors were USC, custom built and installed, and the traps lighte were enlarged. Provisions were made to thing incorporate an orchestra elevator when fuller ;ntial candidal Hellman Torod Neptune d help get students involved, voted on visitat id. privileges. ' we, as students, pull together Although some y to have our voices heard, have been change* is more you can do in num- there is still more I " he said. Hellman remembers afford to stop tryii low turnout at the protest done." Petitions ai ist Mike Fair, R-Greenville, ions will change th i the USC Board of Trustees Hellman also letes for g; Sloan told The State his department confiscated records that indicated more than $4,000 in bets were placed on the Super Bowl, including a $375 bet by Pringle. Sloan said High would bet as much as $500 a game. Also charged with betting were Pringle's roomate, Cecil Byrd, 24, and Hutzler, 24. Stellakis, 24, was charged with bookmaking. Dixon told The State he was "shocked and upset" at the news of the arrests. "We're working with authorities to get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible." i Stu IrP tuit %* By CARE: f Tuition might occii representat gislation V Pi Kappa / * :: . representat Richland C The Le$ i terms of th "The bu pocket," h( In the p decides m higher edu formula is tion at ave ... W universities ^ Educatic Teddy Lepp/The Gamecock programs, ill re-open on Feb. 24. ^IS Pfs cent, said * Budget anc novations jet "We nee jnds are available. politics of e hall is painted plum, lavender and his concerr rk purple that looks almost black. fearofoffe Unn !?/% am ^ C til rl /->*"% O wwuwuifc lias uccu siaiiicu puipie otuutius itch. offended, F he new color scheme is very invit- Legislati md attractive and comfortable," to make tf iland said. member of ayton Hall seats 400 people while because st street Theater seats 200 people in said, rena-style arrangement. The two One mai its allow students to learn and per- step, woul< in two distinctly different environ- would be n s, Cleveland said. "We net oth of those theaters are crnically have a bon rtant to the first-rate training prog- Students that we believe we have here at cause they " Cleveland said. "We are very de- said. "If y< <1 with this new facility. It makes effect." s safer, and it enables us to do and richer productions." js serious aboi | o Todd Weiss ion hours and parking issue. He feels a good ution would be to build up in: visitation rules of out and to use existing pai d, Hellman said lots instead of buying more lar to do. "We can't International studies junior ng to get things tune also feels student unil ad voiced opin- lacking and that tuition and c ings, he said. are important issues in this y addressed the election. ambling USC Head Football Coach Sparky Woods said in a statement, "We'll await the outcome of the investigation and then take whatever action is appropriate." High's scholarship was not renewed for last fall following High's February 1989 arrest on drug charges and a subsequent curfew violation. The drug charges were later dropped on a technicality in August Woods TI:?U ?i? r?.1?11 i__? auuwcu nigu iu \nay luuuuaix msi year as a walk-on. USC has notified the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Metro Conference of the charges. idents need ight against ion increases N CAMPBELL increases and cuts in available programs ir if students do not organize, a S. C. House ive said at a forum concerning student lefednesday. 0 people attended the forum sponsored by Upha fraternity, which featured State House ives Candy Waites and Tim Rogers, both of lounty. pslature is facing an unparalleled crisis in e budget, Rogers said. dget crisis will put a-direct drain on your ; said. rocess of formula funding, the Legislature )w much money the state will spend on cation using a pre-determined formula. The aimed at keeping funding for higher educarage levels compared to other colleges and ?in the Southeast. >n has only been funded 100 percent once, d. This year it might be funded at the lowi the past four years ? below 90 percent ? two percent drop from last year, at this level will create nothing less than a e for higher education funding, and this It in possible tuition increases or cuts in he said. >t year, education was funded at 91.5 perLes Boles, a budget analyst with the state 1 Control Board. r, higher education funding is a political as economic issue. id the leaders of the state to rise above the the situation," Rogers said as he expressed i that politicans would remain frozen out of mding people because it is an election year, have to let the Legislature know they are Rogers said. on concerning USC students, like the bill le Student Government president a voting the Board of Trustees, has not Jjeen passed udents are apathetic and unorganized, he ch on the State House, although a positive 3 not do the job, and a continual process leeded. jd your help every year, but this year we a fide crisis," Rogers said, have a tremendous potential impact beliterally represent every part of the state, he du get organized, you'd have a hell of an See Tuition page 2 it campaign Neptune is presently cochairman of the University Judicial Board, has worked with the Office of Student Life, has worked on S. G. committees, was a past summer editor of The Gamecock and was a Residence Hall Association senator. "I have a broad perspective of I what's going on with the entire campus," Neptune said. Because of his campus leadership experience he knows the needs of the students, he said. "I am someone who knows what the need is for a consensus, not a small group." _ Neptune feels one of the most important issues is safety. "No priority needs to be taken off [ soj_ safety and insuring that the campus stead *s sae f?r the students," he said, king Neptune said steps taken in 1(j Marie-Louise Ramsdale's administration were important, and they ;y -s need to be continued. "One of the ^jme utmost things of importance is to ear's See Candidates page 2