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~yv Basebaii Prep signees to sign intent letters page 91 Quote of the dav 1 JmK Gamecocks swing H ? into action Thursday I r=; , 1 ?7 ? ? 1 SSTS h0 wan,s to give*10 you sports, page 81 Tips Tor long-distance relationships pages | The Gamecock Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Volume 82, No. 60 The University of South Carolina Wednesday, February 14, 1990 BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Colombian leftists kidnap Americans CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) ? Leftist guerrillas kidnapped two Americans to protest President Bush's visit here next week and said they would put their captives on trial, police said Tuesday. The Americans, snatched in the drug capital of Medellin, were identified as David Kent and James Archer Donelly, a police spokesman told the Associated Press. Divers discover underwater ruins ROME (AP) ? Columns and marble blocks from imperial Rome have been discovered by divers on the bottom of the Tiber River, Italian media reported Tuesday. Erosion uncovered the pieces buried underwater since the time of the Roman Empire, according to reports by state television and local newspapers. Archaelogoists said they believe the columns and marble were being sent from a deposit in an imperial port to the capital when a landslide along the Tiber buried them in the river bed. School resumes in Alabama town I SELMA, Ala. (AP) ? f Public schools reopened Tuesday amid heavy security after a week-long shutdown in a racial protest. About 150 | black students marched outside the high school and chanted "Shut 'em down! No school!" White students walked inside well before the bell, with security provided by state troopers, National Guardsmen and military police as well as Selma police. "5* | Greenville to buy semi-automatics GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) ? The City Council has agreed to spend nearly * $83,000 confiscated during drug and gambling raids to 1 outfit the police department ' with semi-automatic handguns. s s Police Chief Mike Bridges I said the 9mm handguns are the weapons of choice for s career criminals, and he j wants his officers to be at 1 least as well-armed. i Couple accused of bank fraud riAT TTl #r\T A / A T\\ A * ^VJLUMtSlA (AfJ r\ loan officer and a man the FBI describes as her boyfriend have been accused of defrauding Republic National Bank of $1.7 million in a fraudulent loan scheme. i No criminal charges have been Filed against lending of- S ficer Angela B. Swartz or c Weldon D. Waites, who is t the head of two area insur- a ance firms. Today, partly cloudy with s highs in the upper 70s and i winds southwest at 15 mph. ^ Tonight, partly cloudy with lows in die lower 50s. 1 Thursday, mostly cloudy with highs in the mid 70s. Alumni g By DENNIS SHEALY Staff Writer The USC Greater Alumni Association began a new team-style statewide membership drive this past Monday. The drive, under the direction of the Young Alumni and the Black Alumni Council, was the first organized effort aimed at increasing alumni membership. "In the past, we contacted people by phone. This is the first really organized effort to get out and knock on some doors," Assistant Director of University Relations Lori Russell said. The Black Alumni Council and the V/-vnnrr Alumni crvo^i o 1 i uuug niuiiiui, jpvv^iai nuclei ui gainedtions within the Greater Alumni Association, have organized the drive into a teamstyle effort with captains and lieutenants. Each captain has ten lieutenants under him who are each to recruit five new alumni members. m J?8 IPPP^^ iv- *****> ? Lidya Savkova, a visiting professor fror A , t i._ q- stuaenis wi 5y JANE LONG Staff Writer Four USC history students will be ;elected to spend the 1990-91 school year tudying at die University of Warwick in England. Rising juniors and seniors who are ;elected will receive a $550 grant to use for )lane fare or living expenses. Tuition will >e the same amount as if they were attendng USC for a year. History Professor Edward Beardsley said Faculty advist recognition, $ ly KRIS TAYLOR ..We Staff Writer such a, use is establishing an annual number 11,000 faculty adviser award for is som >utstanding performance in efforts needed 1 o improve undergraduate He sa dvisement. tive to Student Government President advisers darie-Louise Ramsdale, who Rami telped initiate the program, said award \ he award would be equivalent in ing fron tature and value to the already ex- To be sting Amoco Outstanding Teacher must tx Vward. faculty Paul Riddler, assistant vice pres- campus dent for Research Grants and students inning, said such an award has Acco lever been given at the university >efore. Se ;roup wj In the past, we contac really organized effort to Together, the two groups hope tc total of 5000 new members by Apri Five thousand new members wou the Alumni Association to award $1500-a-year scholarships each ye rently, they offer 189 scholarships are renewable each year for th amount. By increasing statewide member: Alumni Association also hopes I evenly distribute the scholarships. 'The more alumni you have in the more likely students from that to receive the scholarships," Black mMB MBmi . n the Soviet Union, chats with a stu 11 be chosei the program is not just for history m; "Many students who have a cog the equivalent in history could apply program, but they just don't realize said. "Four hundred to Five hundred kic be eligible for this program, althoug generated little interest in the past," ley said. The exchange students will be r to take 30 credit hours, but only a them must be history courses. ;r to get ?1000 have been trying to put ,4, i award into place for a of years," Riddler said. "It y ethine the camnus has m for a long lime." l/i id the award was an incen- | faculty to become better i jm idale agreed, saying the jfl vould create quality advis- fl 1 the faculty. ' eligible for the award, one II i a full-time tenure, track member on the Columbia who advises undergraduate fsk rding to the proposal sub- yn< outsid e Adviser award page 2 |___ ants more r ited people by phone. This is the first get out and knock on some doors." Lori Russell Assistant Director of University Relations > reach a Council Chairman Byron Terry said. "I 1 j would be going out on a limb, but I would [Id allow say tnal students trom Kichland get the 11 more largest share of the schloarships. With more aj. ?ur_ alumni around the state, the scholarships , which would be spread out a little more evenly." le same The two groups are planning other events after April to continue Alumni partisipation and interest in USC. ship, the "We're planning a monthly happy hour to more starting in May, open to all students and Alumni, including a pregame happy hour an area, before the last Carolina-Clemson basketball area are game," Young Alumni Chairman Harry Alumni Gregory said. "We'll conclude with a party ^ Soviet t H xM student; jp By KATHY HEBERGEF mm Teaching Russian is a Savkova says she needs happy, but she said she al m to see her family and fee \ m0Sphere in her homeland, "We live in a very i K world," said Savkova, an e teacher who came to USC an international teacher e program. "Although I'm Russia now, I can feel the feet of what is happening t "Everyone is so much i tive in politics. Previously directions from above i lowed them. Only now ar realizing that they are masters of their country's They want to live well a their country to prosper j The recent decision t multiple parties in the So ion after 70 years under c ist rule surprised Savkova. "When I was in the So i?n kst August, I could i fe| that a Central Coi meeting decision would multi-party system. It is r major step," she said. The developments are in "TTfJffi i | WKBSMffi" oavNuva saiu. oui uascu ui J J teracti?n with the Russian she says she was only "a Courtesy Of University Relations prised" about most of the dent. changes. "These changes n to spend year i ajors. The University of Warwick has been depate or scribed by previous exchange students as for the being a very politically active and exciting it," he campus, Beardsley said. About 3,500 students live on campus and Is could most socialize at the student union on camh it has pus. It is located 90 minutes by train from Beards- London and sits in a field on the outskirts of Coventry. equired Knight, now a junior said, "Coventry is few of about the size of Columbia, and the people are really friendly." BBMIBk ^SSKmL- -mimr ^DlMttfa in' a break decided junior Melissa Perry and undecided sopho le of the B. A. Building. nembers in the Carolina Park aftef the Spring Game." The importance of the activities is to allow Alumni to interact with students so they could see where the money they contribute goes and the good it does for the s',udents of USC. The Young Alumni are concerned with recriuting those graduates who have been out of school for ten years or less. The Black Alumni Council seeks to recognize outstanding black students and alumni. They also stress the need for black students to support and become active members of the USC Alumni Association. Recently, Delta Sigma Theta presented a $13,641.03 check to Terry for the Richard T. Greener Minority Scholarship, which is awarded through the Greater Alumni Association. For more information, call the Alumni Association at 777-4111. eacher gives 5 new insight ' demands of the people for change. They reflect the people's need to 11 Lidya vent their feelings and express to stay themselves," she said, so longs Savkova said she doesn't think 1 the at- the changes will completely alter the socialist system, and the people exciting don't want a complete change exchange from socialism, through "We want real socialism ? gov;xchange ernment for the people. If socialt not in ism operates in the right way 5 full ef- under the right leaders, it is good here. for ordinary people," Savkova said. "The problem for so long was nore ac- that it was good only for the peoyou got pie at the top." ind fol- Perestroika, Gorbachev's movee people ment to vitalize the Soviet Union's the real economy and national image, is destiny, wonderful for Russia, Savkova nd want said "I think he's greatly admired greatly," by many people," she said. "What I don't like is when peoo allow pie expect immediate change. It's viet Un- very difficult to change the psyommun chological outlook of a people. You cannot change overnight," she viet Un- said. "Gorbachev is trying to bring lot una- change to Russia, and they want to nmittee see perestroika working now. I make a think it will take at least a eenera such a jjon see results. "I'm very excited about the iportant, changes because I think they open i her in- great opportunity for closer relapeople, tions with the U.S. despite our difittle sur- ferences," she said, current reflect See Soviet Teacher page 2 in England Interested students should contact the history department for application information. Applications for the exchange program will be taken by Beardsley until March 9. ine process includes submission or transcripts, letters of recommendation, a brief essay and a personal interview. Students should have a 3.0 GPA or better to compete successfully. Students will be notified of acceptance in April and can begin preparing for a "royal" departure to Coventry, England in October. 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