The Gamecock
Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism
Volume 82, No. 76 The University of South Carolina Wednesday, April 4, 1991
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Man smuggles
cocaine in thighs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico <
? U.S. Customs inspectors
at San Juan's international j
airport arrested a man from
Colombia after finding a
pound of cocaine surgically <
implanted in his thighs, offirialc
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Roberto Julian O'Neil, 23, ;
a Colombian citizen, was ar- <
rested Saturday on drugsmuggling
charges after arriving
at San Juan's Luis
Munoz Marin International
Airport on a flight from Bogota,
the Customs Service in
Miami said in a statement.
O'Neil was taken to a hospital,
where doctors removed
his stitches and took a halfpound
of cocaine from each
thigh, the statement said.
AIDS teen-ager
in critical condition
INDIANAPOLIS ? Ryan
White, the teen-age AIDS
patient whose battle for acceptance
won hearts and better
understanding of the disease
across the nation, remained
in critical condition
Tuesday on a life-support
system, his physician said.
Dr. Martin B. Kleiman
said White, 18, was unconscious
and heavily sedated so
that life-support systems
would function more
efficiently.
White, who during his
five-year battle with AIDS
grew from an object of scorn
in his hometown to an international
spokesman for
AIDS patients, has been hospitalized
at Riley Hospital
for Children since Thursday.
Court sets date
for execution
Death row inmate Ronald
R. Woomer, who escaped the
electric chair 10 months ago
when the U.S. Supreme
Court issued a last-minute
stay, is scheduled to be executed
April 27, officials said
Tuesday.
The state Supreme Court
early Tuesday set the execution
date for Woomer, Corrections
Department spokesman
Francis X. Archibald
said.
"He was rather stoic, and
that was all. He made no
comment," Archibald said.
"It's an order which we will
carry out in the most professional
manner possible."
Hugo unearthed
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Uivii war armacts
FOLLY BEACH ? When
Hurricane Hugo battered this
community it uncovered
well-preserved Civil War artifacts
including smoking
pipes, leather boots and
wooden buttons from a Union
camp, officials said.
The site, a secret since the
storm in order to discourage
vandals, was revealed Monday
as part of a Duke University
geologist's trip to assess
Hugo's damage.
Today, sunny with highs
in the mid-60s and northwest
winds at 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight, clear with lows
in the upper 30s. Thursday,
mostly sunny with highs
in the middle 70s.
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Assailants describe
Student vi
8y LYNN GIBSON !
Assistant News Editor
A USC student was attacked in front of 1
South Tower Saturday night by two men
iescribed as "skinheads," police reports
;aid.
A sophomore music major suffered no
injuries when he was attacked at about
11:45 p.m. after walking home a South
rower resident after performing in an out}f-town
concert for USC.
The resident, who is a theater and speech i
junior, said she dropped the victim and
mother student off at their dormitory, but
she couldn't find a parking place near
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Palestinian stx
By ELISABETH TANGUY
Staff Writer
Palestinian students observed the 14th be
anniversary of the Day of the Land by CO
displaying slogans, petitions and brochures
in front of the Russell House
Tuesday.
The Day of the Land marks the anniversary
of the general uprising that began
March 30, 1976 in Arab cities and rae
villages of Israel. The reason for the up- ]
ricinrr n/at thf. <*YT\ronri atinn hv T?raf?.l of fro
520 acres of Arab land. ing
"We still celebrate that day because in i
the Israelis are still confiscating our
land," said Nadia Naser, president of the ma
Arab Student Association. "They take Isr
the most fertile land in order to build edi
more settlements," she said.
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the anniversary as an opportunity to in- sec
form Americans about die situation in cat
the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, cai
which are the areas occupied by the Is- jus
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By The Associated Press
A private foundation allied with the
University of South Carolina may help
pay its art center's $5 million debt if the ^
move does not hurt scholarships and other |
support efforts, officials said.
"We're very concerned about our ability
to continue our other commitments,**
said Arthur M. Williams Jr., president of
the private foundation. "We don't want to
do anything that would jeopardize our
ability to fund things the university depends
on." ^
State records show the Legislature has
contributed $2 million over the last three j
years to help USC meet its annual principal
and interest obligations on the $15
million Koger Center for the Performing
Arts. |N
The school has not asked for similar |
state support this year, though, and awaits
a decision by the Carolina Research and
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the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. happens
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'Since December 1987, the universi- known
? and the schools have been closed for "We
:urity reasons," Naser said. "But edu- eration
ion is important for my people. We legitimi
l't be ignorant. Throwing stones is
t a part of the struggle."
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as about 5'7".
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ctim said. "Neither of the attackers said
lything the whole time."
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ducation system in the occupied he said.
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"I don't understand either," the witnes
lid. "I had my purse with me, and the
idn't even look at me. They weren't afu
icney."
Associate Vice President for Law Enfo
ement and Safety Ernie Ellis said 1
wasn't aware of any previous problen
nth "skinheads," who are traditional
nown as white supremacists who sha>
ieir head and wear military-style clothing
"I would like to add that no one knows
le attackers were 'skinheads,'" he said. "
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lotography Editor
oposed student drug policy and the alloc
iduation tickets were discussed in tl
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the concern was about the policy's secti<
on. Former Student Government Preside
se Ramsdale said she wanted to make
ere are degrees of suspension,
want students getting suspended left a*
nple possession of marijuana if it's a fii
ie said.
an can be accompanied by conditions, sa
lent of Student Affairs Dennis Pruitt, wl
he drug policy. The student could be >
:main on campus until the case was resc
Mtain restrictions would apply to the si
icipation in campus activities and genef
R
, there is a difference in the degree of pu
tween someone who is caught with dru
ne who comes in for help, said Mich^
lirman of the S ard of Tmstees.
ent has the option of having the case hea
of peers or the administration, Pruitt sa
percent choose the administrative heari!*
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mson student
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)UI charges
;wain
DN ? William 'Trey" Blackwood, forn.
niversity student body president, was fou
n charges of driving under the influence,
1 reckless driving at his trial Thursday.
kxI was arrested for DUI on Feb. 21
Jniversity Police, three days after sign
mpus alcohol policy,
ial, the defense successfully made a mot
the breath analysis test because of disc'
und in the method of the simulator f1
performed prior to the actual breath test.
:Kenzie of the Clemson Police Departm
itting of the galvonameter, the needle t
3d alcohol content, was not exactly set
simulator test
cer performing the test said, in his opini
is performed correctly, but the defense p
irrurarv of t#*ct
very accurate test," McKenzie said. Accq
:edure, "if the simulator test is not 100 j
you should not proceed with the test. If;
is not right, if there is reasonable doubn
or not it's an accurate test, then the defe,?
his job as a defense attorney and he ha:
out," he said.
:ie said, "Once that evidence that was
he breath test was deemed tainted, anyth
he breath test was irrelevant"
the extensive media coverage that Bl$
ise received prior to the trial was note
ry selection.
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irea. Blackwood was represented by Jr
Pickens, and Paul Aaron pleaded the c
3ple. The Judge Louis Merck presided q