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JL oscats \ students head to steeplechase p?,e7| ?'lhldZ TVIwIr-**-. It r\?:~. ? ? </ >!-..* > I I the-coach-and-eat-bon-bons crowd Driving Miss D3isy, Glory are giad to parade around loads of IWSwtake most Academy Awards I , . SSl"^'-B'adly admit thev're ??m' J | Season pleases women's coach Page 11 | The Gamecock Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism ^lume 82, No. 73 The University of South Carolina Wednesday, March 28, 1990 BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Soviets storm Lithuanian hospitals VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. ? kingpins from New England's most powerful organized crime family were taken into custody in a three-state FBI sweep that lead to 113-count indictments which proved both the existence and vulnerability of the Mafia, authorities said. "The case represents a stake in the heart of an organized crime family from the boss on down," U.S. Attorney Dick Thornburgh said after all but six of 21 alleged organized crime figures were under arrest Monday. Sheriff drives robber to bank DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ? An off-duty sheriff's deputy unknowingly became the driver of a getaway car after her passenger robbed a bank, authorities said. County Deputy Cynthia Gambrell said she became suspicious of her passenger after they stopped at the Commerical National Bank on Monday. She said police pulled her Jeep over before she had time to act on her suspicions. SRS develops a code of ethics AIKEN ? The 400 reactor operators at the Savannah River nuclear weapons plant have adopted a code of ethics which outlines the standards by which they are to be judged and held accountable. "Through this code of ethics, we're making a public statement that says we're . j t __r. commmea 10 oeing saie, reliable and secure, and that our highest priority is to operate these reactors safely and responsibly," said Marion Key, an operations manager at the Savannah River Site. In Monday's edition of 7 he Gamecock, an article incorrectly referred to Dr. Sabra Slaugher as a female. The Gamecock regrets the error. Today, increasing cloudiness with highs in the mid 60s. Winds east at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight and Thursday, cloudy with a 40 percent chance of light rain and lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. Compiled from wire reports Soviet soldiers stormed two hospitals Tuesday to sieze at least 23 Lithuanian army deserters and left behind a trail of blood in the first violent action by Moscow since Lithuania declared independence. Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis said he feared it could presage a fullscale crackdown on the Baltic republic, whose Parliament voted to secede March 11. 3-state FBI sweep includes Mafia BOSTON ? Reputed Native ] By KATHY BLACKWELL Managing Editor Lithuania gained worldwide atte when it declared independence from th viet Union March 11, and that atte continues to grow as the situation bel the Baltic state and Soviet President hail Gorbachev becomes more and tense. One person who has been closely fo ing the unfolding events is Lithuania! tive USC philosophy professor I Skrupskelis, who left Lithuania as a when his mother fled in 1944. Skrupskelis said that although then been a great amount of tension betwee Soviet Union and Lithuania, he didn' pect it to go as far as it has. He poii Gorbachev's visit to Lithuania earliei year as a main factor leading up t< break. "I think Gorbachev made a very i mistake when he went to Lithuania. Gorbachev not gone to Lithuania, he < have delayed this," Skrupskelis saic was very surprising to me that he was poorly prepared and did not know wh I _ , ki J gg|P" ' A star is born Political Science freshman Men Pharmacy junior Tony Clyburn (le Singfest on Greene Street Tuesd Minority stud By DEBORAH RYAN Assistant Photography Editor Minority students at USC learned h themselves for the issues they will face careers at the second annual Minorit Development Seminar Monday. Black professionals from major corp to over 200 students on subjects rangin litics of organizations to interview prep? The event was sponsored by member fVntP.r and the. Minority Task Forrp < up of black professional faculty and and students. The Task Force was created two ye dress the needs of minority students gi enter the work force. Last year, the seminar had 11 spca one topics session, but the students' po resulted in two topics sessions. A total represented the fields of industry, gc higher education this year. The corporations' response was also : some speakers had to be turned down, rector of Placement Carol Lyles said. The seminar also included a recepti students a chance to interact with the of corporations. Lyles said the seminar has been cor professor < ntion BaltiC ets?- Sea 4 ntion 1 ween J Mikmore f llow- / gnas Klaipeda || chlld Kaliningrad ;^e ) POLA^^^Wwl its to was doing. It really solidified the sentin r this against him." 3 the Besides Gorbachev's visit, Lithuani were also concerned that after he got set najor into his new presidential powers, Goi Had chev would pass a separation law and ri could so it would be almost impossible to lc 1. "It the Soviet Union, Skrupskelis said, very "So I think that part of what got tl at he (Lithuanians) to take the action was f yyAMjt fjffif# iSSSS# SSKKfl#? ' y \ , * I s \WSm -p~' k * *'v$ | (" h Jl ^r - * " ' I .v. .. . W^'-V -/ |ij .-; .-xwx?"- o u u v1^ ,^-y! *2389*^ Ren< :helle Murphy, Criminal Justice sophomore Rc >ft to right) sing "I Wanna Dance With Some! ay. lents face career i cess by the students and corpor request for more programs, and ow to prepare C^1C success story as a result of 1 in professional y Professional Tony DesChamps, a May 195 Force member, attended the s< orations sooke started networking with some of g from the po- he met there, and is now in a iration. program with North Carolina Na s of the Career Representatives of the corpora which is made untary basis, but USC funds th staff members eludes the cost of the reception event with flyers, ars ago to ad- Larry Salters, chairman of the etting ready to the upcoming cuts in funding the hold the seminar next year, ikers and only "Funds are being cut across th sitive response be strapped financially, so we a of 17 speakers rate backing," Lyles said, wcrnment and Harold Owens, a Charlestonso positive that man for Pepsi-Cola, spoke to sti , Assistant Di- He told students that they need career and helped them to ide on to give the work force, representatives Owens said it is beneficial to 1 throughout a career and learnin: isidercd a sue- one is important. examines I ? ESTONIA 1 / 1 cc LATVIA \ 1 J lent make sure that the leaving was before any such law came on the books," he said, ans Lithuania became part of the Soviet Untied ion in 1940 when it was forcibly incorporba ated in an agreement between Stalin and g it Hitler. The United States has never recogave nized Soviet control over the Baltic states. Skrupskelis said there are two overall tern reasons why Lithuanians feel they are en: to titled to be free from Soviet control. 1 Tuitio less lit Study says not to rise ; By College Press Service Even as schools aroi country announce hefty i tion increases for next yea won't rise as fast during tl the 1990s as it did the pasi a new study predicts. "There are many fa things happening all at < keep tuition increases fro I sharply, economist Carol said. Frances cited slight inci state appropriations foi campuses and in public su financial aid. In addition, stitutions have almost raising their facultv meml lanes to levels that are cor with private industry. "The rate in year-to-yea 0n tuition) peaked in the Francis said. "If you look I PIP slowdown in state fundin ., early '80s is when tui creased so rapidly." Frances, who conduc study for the American . Awarei looks a ?e Meyer/The Ga;r,ecock By KRIS TAYLOR )ni McFarlan and Staff writer DOdy" at the Ban The high illiteracy rate 11 1 i . .i Carolina anu uiruugnoui u has prompted a univers Literacy Awareness Wee CCllAC soret* l^e ?f Oo: -OoLlCS Service. Rajan Shah, a finance ai eting junior and an inter ations because of the Office of Community Serv it can boast one spe- this week has been set ast year's seminar. make students aware of tf acy problem and to show t 19 graduate and Task they can have an impaci ;minar last year and problem, the corporate citizens "The most important management training that one person can make Lional Bank. ence," Shah said. "When ; itions speak on a vol- 25.000 students on this e seminar, which in- think what could be accoi i and announcing the if everyone taught one p read." task force, said with The two major goals of iy may not be able to paign, according to Shah provide information to e board and USC will concerning the illiteracy re looking for corpo- in South Carolina and t( students who want to ti help others learn to read, based regional sales- Shah and other interns i idents on mentorship. fice will be setting up tal mentors early in their side of Russell House to ntify mentors in the such information and to a terested students to make lave different mentors for tutoring, g to choose the right Statistics provided by 5 that 550,000 adults in So Jthuania The Soviet system is highly centralized, he said. "The most routine action needs clearance from Moscow." For example, his cousin, a museum director in Lithuania, has to consult with officials in Moscow over almost everything he has to deal with. "It's always 'You can't do this, can't do that,"' he said. "It's just ridiculous. "You have, for one thing, an extremely centralized mechanism, which is run by people with a very different culture, with very different interests who have no understanding what it is the Lithuanians want. That's certainly one reason," Skrupskelis said. "The other reason is that most Lithuanians conceive themselves as being part of Western Europe," he said. Geographically, Lithuania is actually not in Eastern Europe, so they are more culturally tied to Western Europe than the Soviet Union, he said. Given these reasons, it is understandable why Lithuania wants to be an independent country, he said. "If you consider that the whole history and fate of a nation is being See Lithuania page 2 n increases tely in '90s cost of education a c fa c t a c in 'SOc LIO 1UOI UO A1X UUJ tion of State Colleges and Univerund the sities, the American Association of new tui- Community and Junior Colleges, r, tuition the American Association of Untie rest of versity Professors and the Associat decade, tion of Urban Universities, predicts yearly tuition increases of about 7 vorable percent during the next few years. 3nce" to Tuition increases averaged 12 m rising percent annually in the early '80s Frances and have dropped to about 8 percent in the last three years, Frances reases in reported. public The College Board's annual repport for port added that neither student aid most in- nor family incomes kept pace with finished rising college costs in the '80s. bers' sa- "I think the education people npetitive who are running the institutions are extremely concerned about the r change costs of education and are trying to 1980s," keep students from having to borback, the row," Frances said, g in the Even so, while many campuses tion in- boast their tuition increases for the 1990-91 year are the lowest in 15 ted the Associa- See Tuition page 2 ness Week t illiteracy olina are functionally illiterate. This number of people could fill in South ihe Carolina Coliseum 44 times, le nation The fact sheet also stated that 46 ity-wide percent of South Carolinians that ? spon- are 25 years or older have less mmunity than a high school education. "Students here who have been id mark- reading ever since they can ren in the member take it for granted. They rice, said don't realize what a gift they aside to have," Shah said, le illiter- Community Service Programs hem that Coordinator Gail McGrail said the L on the tutorial program is only one project the Office of Community Serthing is vice tries to get students involved a differ- in doing volunteer work. >^ou have "Our office is committed to campus, helping students benifit through mplished volunteer service. Literary awareerson to ness is an area where there is a great need," she said. "We try to hp r-Qtn- hpln ctnHpntc fin/1 thnir ninhp " i, are to Columbia has an excellent tutorstudents ial program, and there are curproblem rently five university students par) recruit ticipating in training workshops, ltor and according to Shah, the training is comprised of four three-hour clasn the of- ses which teach the tutor how to Dies out- teach illiterate persons, provide illow in-. Shah also hopes to recruit any contact students or faculty who are interested in tutoring. Interested perihah say sons can call the Office of Comuth Car- munity Service at 777-6688.