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"""The Gamecocl^ Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Volume 82, No. 72 The University of South Carolina Monday, March 26, 1990 BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS W. Berlin tourism increased in 1989 WEST BERLIN ? The ' /* n i:_ *_ opening or uie ocrim wan in November helped make 1989 a record year for tourism in West Berlin, according to a report published Saturday. The West Berlin Statistics Office said 2.4 million visitors came to West Berlin in 1989, a 12 percent increase over 1988. The figures do not include visitors from East Germany or tourists who did not stay in hotels, according to the report. N.Y. fire kills 87, cause is unknown NEW YORK ? A flash fire raced through an illegal social club early Sunday and turned a packed second-story dance floor into a deathtrap of smoke and flame for scores of predawn revelers. Eighty-seven people perished in the nation's deadliest fire in 13 years. Mayor David Dinkins said the cause of the fire at the Happy Land club was suspicious, and authorities said the building lacked proper exits and other safeguards. Shrimpers fight federal regulations THIBODAUX, La. ? Shrimpers should continue to fight federal regulations requiring turtle excluder de?</./,!. U.. * 1.. uui miuuiu v^umpiy with them while they do, . said Tee John Mialjavich, president of Concerned Shrimpers of America. "I think we're gonna have some justice," Mialjavich said, "but it's gonna be a long time coming. This is America ? not a damn communist country run by environmentalists." Patients sell pills for cancer to ring COLUMBIA ? Cancer victims who are dying and too poor to pay for their burial and other expenses have been selling their pain pills to a drug ring to raise money for their funerals, authorities say. TVio Hpalprc fivp nf whnm 111V UVUIVU, V v/* T?1?V?1I have been arrested, sold the tiny yellow pills to heroin addicts for about $40 each, said Sgt. Raymond Lee, a narcotics investigator with the West Columbia Police Department. The graph for the race relations survey in Friday's Gamecock was incorrectly labeled. The responses were from a randomly selected group of adults in South Carolina and not from students. The Gamecock regrets the error. Today, partly cloudy with highs in the mid 60s. Winds north around 10 mph. Tonight and Tuesday, fair with lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid 60s. Compiled from wire reports 600 spaces to be Univer; By JEFF WILSON News Editor USC has put a $3.6 million parking garage on its master plan to be built beginning in the summer of 1991, Vice President of PiicinAcc anH Pinanrc. Ppfp TVntnn taiH The university's master plan is a schedule of facility buildings or renovations USC will accomplish. The garage will have funds Available under the USC annual permanent improvement plan and from funds raised from parking revenue, Denton said. "The new garage won't solve the parking problem, but it's a start," he said. David Rinker, senior vice president for facilities planning said there is no definite i Sun, but no fun English senior Awdria Amaral studi< Mayoral del By RON BAKER and CAREN CAMPBELL Staff writers All four Columbia mayoral candidates p in a debate sponsored in part by USC's Ir Pnhlir. Affairs at Lone street Theatre Fridav. Incumbent T. Patton Adams arid candic Baty, Bob Coble and Temple Ligon were a: tions by three local reporters. Columbia's annexation policy, crime a funding for the Koger Center were the m; addressed in the debate, which was televise TV. Annexation The debate over Columbia's annexation been a fixture at the mayoral debates from ning. Adams said the annexations were leg] cause the residents of the annexed areas wa annexed into Columbia. "The people who were annexed into the < property owners ? asked to be annexed t and we would have been remiss in our resp had we not taken the opportunity to anno valuable property," Adams said. Coble, a Columbia attorney and former i Richland County Council, denounced the " war" and called for cooperation between and Lexington County. "Regional cooperation means jobs and sion of our economy. We can't allow this war to continue," Coble said. Coble called for the announcement of ti tion policy and a program to educate pe what annexation of their areas would mean Baty, a graphic artist and owner of Dane in Five Points, said working on the urbai making the city more attractive was whi should be doing now. "We can annex later,' Koger Center Funding for the Koger Center for Perfo was also an issue at the debate. Adams said there is no need for the city to contribute to the center, which lost $ 1989, and Coble agreed. However, Baty said the center was a va tural asset and increasing patronage might ate some of its costs. ? Ligon, a Columbia architect who has a d inished in 1993 sity plans i "The new garage won't solve start." Vice location for the garage yet, but several areas are being considered. One area is in the area near the Business Administration building, where the new College of Journalism is planned to be I Duiu, KinKer saiu.; "Another (area of consideration) would be on the sight of the commuter parking area between Senate and Pendleton streets off Pickens," Rinker said. : ' mt ^ - r- - tr ? - ^iipp v -:v >; ^ &&&& Renee f 3S on the balcony of Woodrow dormitory Sun* t>ate hits on is USC in art history, supported limi Koger center. articipated Crime istitute for The issue of crime and Columbii also been a major issue in the ca lates Rick claimed in debates and televised I iked ques- only 28 officers are on duty at an umbia, hardly enough to protect ind future city, he said, ijor issues Adams said the city is presently d by WIS- ficers. He said the Columbia pc! better educated, better prepared ai during his administration, policy has Coble has proposed hiring 70 the begin- Columbia. He also suggested that itimate be- youths and directing funds toward inted to be problems should be a priority in < sinesses and industry to Columbia i city ? the Ligon said the problem with t o the city, system lies not only with the polk onsibilities with judges and other officials wil : that very said crime-fighting needs more I 1 _ ooarus. member of Ligon also asked neighborhoods annexation lead the fight against crime. Columbia Baty said youth crimes can effet by giving offenders and potenti the expan- "creative outlets." Some of thes< annexation created by his programs to establi agriculture in Columbia, he said, tie annexa- Environment ople about Baty's focus throughout the car to them. environmental issues. "I'm running e Graphics I think Mother Earth needs a spol 1 core and Before entering the race, recyclir at the city ment was virtually ignored by the ' he said. said. On the environmental issue, B rming Arts separation education, perhaps in i and the importance of curbside rec to continue Ligon proposed a variable rate 300,000 in tion because charging people for < would force people to recycle on t] iluable cul- Coble said recycling should be help allevi- the state will mandate it. legree from ' lew parki the parking problem, but it's a Pete Denton i President for Business and Finance mi r-. T^i ? r^cr: i ine facilities rianning winee was aisu considered a facility adjacent to the International Byrnes Center. "But the greatest need is up near the eastern side of campus," he said. "We've got sufficient cash being developed to fund a 600-space garage," Rinker said. "The starting point for construction is when facilities planning in notified that funds are available from the proceeds colStuden Health By TRACY MACK South Carolina high sc college students got a gl the opportunities availab health care profession at nial Statewide Health Cai The fair, co-sponsor? South Carolina Area He; fatinn f"V?ncr*rtium in nr\ with the USC Office of Affairs and the Medical I of South Carolina's Offi( JL- nority Affairs, was the f ft 3?* of its kind in die state. The purpose of the fa draw high school and co dents to the health care p according to Dr. Sabra director of the program resentative from the SCA She said the consortiui to have the career fair a that the students and hea professionals would be i yieyer/The Gamecock roof and be able to hav one contact with each oth day afternoon. ' Although all students !C11PC ILJWV U ted funding for the | f> a's police force has jj| mpaign. Coble has Advertisements that MB jy one time in Col- J2| the citizens of the jfl ' hiring 10 new ofpe force has been id more in number police officers for centers the crime and drug order to attract buin the future. . he criminal justice ;e officers, but also thin the system. He * support across the i to join together to ;tively be countered tal criminals more outlets would be sh significant urban npaign has been on I for mayor because icesperson," he said, ig and the environother candidates, he > I aty stressed source the form of videos, ycling projects, on garbage collecsach can of garbage a heir own, he said. AllTlOSt rB3u] ' addressed because Mortar Board sec Tim Sanders get rei duction ceremony Si See Mayor page 2 ng garage lected. It's been my understanding that we'll have sufficent funds developed approximately a year from now to initiate work." "Once we are given the approval to go with the project, we are then able to hire the architects and start the design work," he oaiu. Normally it would take a six to eight month time frame for designing a structure, such as a parking garage, then there is a period of 45 days for bidding and reviewing of bids, followed by the awarding of the contracts, Rinker said. "With this type of project, I am hoping See Parking page 3 its drawn to Careers Fair vited to attend, the fair was pri marily geared toward minority hool and students. impse of "Black students nowadays feel le in the ^at a maj?r bi biology or another the Bien-i science is too difficult," said Joyce reers Fair Harris of the Greenville Hospital system. d by the Harris was one of several speakalth Edu- ers at w^? sP?^e to tbe njunction students about why they chose the Minority health care profession and the Jniversity route they took in attaining their x of Mi- career goals, irst event About 500 students from across the state attended the the health fair. ir was to According to the fair's organizllege stu- ers, one of the primary things the rofession, students learned was that the future ClonrrKar o akf ?n tka KnollK aoro nrAPac uiauguvi, id uiigui ill uiv nvaiui waiv piuivjand rep- sions and for minorities entering HEC. the field. "The next 10 to 15 years will be n decided the most critical for the African t USC so American," Slaughter said, ilth career Other organizations involved in jnder one the health fair were S.C. Nurse Ree one-on- cruitment and Retention Resource er. Center, Palmetto Medical and Denwere in- tal Pharmaceutical Association. M * mm mm mm II W &2wl mhP-i ** ^ P ^^HHHHnKP^ Renee Meyer/Th? Gamecock retary Pam Smith (left) and USC alumnus idy for the Mortar Board Honor Society Inunday.