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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.
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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
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^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.
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Lidya Savkova, a visiting professor fror
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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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