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The Gamecock
Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism
Volume 82, No. 79 The University of South Carolina Wednesday, April 11, 1990
BRIEFLY
if?HE NEWS 1
Violence kills 9
in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa ? Nine blacks were
killed, including seven in
one attack, as violence again
erupted throughout South
Africa's troubled Natal province,
the police reported
Tuesday.
About 400 people have
died in recent weeks in black
factional fighting, most of it
centered in Natal, a southeastern
province.
Walesa may run
for president
WARSAW, Poland ?
Solidarity leader Lech
Walesa was quoted today as
saying he will run for president
of Poland in the next
elections, trying to succeed
the man who once imprisoned
him and outlawed his
union.
The report by the stateowned
PAP news agency
could not immediately be
confirmed with Walesa or
his spokesman. But aides
and colleagues of the Solidarity
leader have long been
saying he is considering a
presidential bid.
However, Jaroslaw Kaczynski,
a close associate of
Walesa's and editor of the
Solidarity Weekly newspaper,
said the leader's comments
should be "understood as a
general declaration, not connected
with present events."
Hubble Telescope
launch postponed
CAPE CANAVERAL,
Fla. ? NASA scrubbed the
launch of Discovery with the
$1.5 billion Hubble Space
Telescope Tuesday when a
problem developed four minutes
before liftoff in a unit
that supplies power to the
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surfaces.
The launch will be attempted
again in one to two
weeks, said launch director
Bob Sieck. A more precise
time is to be determined
today.
S.C. plant listed
with nation's worst
South Carolina's Hartsville
nuclear power reactor is
among the 11 worst plants in
the nation in terms of radia
uon cApusure ior workers,
according to a report released
Tuesday by a
Washington-based watchdog
group.
The report by Public Citizen
said 1,351 workers at the
H.B. Robinson plant in
Hartsville, operated by Carolina
Power and Light, are
exposed each year to 0.417
rems per worker, or the equivalent
of more than 20 Xrays.
Today, cloudy with a 20
percent chance of showers,
thunderstorms and highs in
the mid 70s. Winds southwest
15 to 20 mph shifting
to northwest in the
afternoon.
Tonight, fair and cold with
lows in the mid 30s.
Thursday, sunny with
highs in the mid 60s.
Compiled from wire reports
Students
By AARON SHEININ
Staff Writer
When pre-registration begins on April
25, USC students campus-wide will be able
to "reach out and register" by using the university's
new Telephone Information Processing
System, better known as TIPS.
Luke Gunter of the Office of the Registrar
said pre-registration will all be done
over the phone, but regular registration,
which takes place at the beginning of each
semester for Summer Session I and II as
well as Fall 1990 and Spring 1991, will still
be done at the coliseum because payment of
fees still takes place at the coliseum.
"Basically, the coliseum is used for money
collecting. Since not a lot of our students
pre-pay, this is necessary," Gunter
said.
He also said, however, from now on, stu
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By CAREN CAMPBELL
Staff writer
The national deficit and Eastern European
unrest were the main topics
addressed by Senators Sam Nunn, D-Ga.,
and Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., during a
luncheon at the Koger Center for the Arts
Tuesday.
Before the luncheon, which was a part
of USC's Critical Issues Program, faculty
members and a handful of students were
given the opportunity to speak with the
senators.
During the student-faculty session, topics
such as the United State's reaction to
Soviet aggression in Lithuania, the national
deficit and the efficacy of the
Democratic Party were discussed.
Whi1<? Nunn said thp adminictratinn
was soft-pedaling its response to the Soviet
Union, he did not criticize President
George Bush for doing so. He said Bush's
criticisms could add fuel to the fire, and
he felt the president's actions were wise
because the removal of Mikhail Gorbachev
was not in the interest of the United
States or Western Europe.
Thurmond said reducing the deficit
should be the United States's priority considering
the fact that Congress has failed
to balance the budget in more than 27
years.
"The interest on debt now is greater
than social security," Nunn said.
The interest on debt would be greater
than defense expenditures if no more money
were spent on defense in 1993, he
added.
Thurmond said he would favor a tax increase
and allocating the "peace dividend,"
savings from cuts in defense
spending, to help alleviate the budget deficit
problem.
The deficit's interest alone is more than
$200 billion a year, Thurmond said.
i to pre-rc
"The system is running perfec
problems."
dents will be able to pay bills over the
phone by using credit card numbers.
The new telephone system consists of 60
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for on-campus calling.
There are also four lines dedicated to the
university's ASKUS system.
The response from students to the prospect
of having all pre-registration done by '
phone has been mixed.
"I like it much better. It cuts down on
some of the confusion, hussle and bussle
that you have to go through at the coli
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Nunn, chairman of the Armed Services
Committee, said the "peace dividend**
from the $10 to $14 billion in proposed
military cutbacks would not help the
"We simply aren't going to have a
peace dividend," Nunn said.
The deficit problem would have to be
attacked through military cutbacks and ^gg
new sources of revenue, he said.
The deficit contributes to high interest
rates and affects the United States' ability
to compete in the world market, Nunn
"The Warsaw Pact is like Humpty
Dumpty. It's not going to be put back
together again," Nunn said, addressing the
fact that Soviet and Eastern European
threat has changed significantly during the
past two years.
Nunn said cuts in spending would have
to be rational and respond to the threat 1
hftrancp the TTnite/t States has suffered iM
from past excessive military cutbacks by m
Congress.
Nunn said politics has been affected by
technology in several ways. First, it has Stror
sped up events requiring quicker reactions
from politicians, Nunn said. broad
In addition, "computers with printers ?f1131
are printing presses, and a printing press e
in a totalitarian regime is an enemy of the ment
state," Nunn said. En1
Nunn said the Soviet Union cannot shouli
continue to operate in an information soc- tional
iety as though a Xerox machine is an , 'Al
enemy of the state. h
"You cannot compete in today's age of factor
technology and information unless you let *
people have access to information and un- Th<
less you let them have some sense of free- Leade
dom," Nunn said. "We need to be as vis- "T1
ionary now as our predecessors were in cratic
the late '40s and early '50s." Amer
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seum," elemetary education freshman D
lara Thompson said.
"It is a great idea. It is less of a hass
for students since they don't have to sch
dule time to make an extra trip to the co
seum during classes," biology senior Chj
Bounds said. "As long as upperclassmi
get priority in order to get classes they ne?
to graduate, I think it is a great idea."
Jay Valtcr, a journalism freshma
disagreed.
"I don't like it myself. Because, for 01
reason, when registration is done at the c<
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the drug problem, he said. 0f ^
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srship Council was also addressed. jjon
le council's goal is to get the Demo- buji(
Party back in the mainstream of phy?
ican political thought both in reality
1 perception," Nunn said.
y phone
iseum, I can see exactly how many seats
are available. When you are forced to register
over the phone, you risk the lines being
busy and not being able to get through," he
said.
Gunter said the registrar's office has not
e- received a single complaint concerning the
new system, and does not anticipate many
;le when the system is subjected to increased
le- use.
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'The system is running perfectly, and we
en don't foresee any problems," he said,
ed Gunter said appointment cards for each
student were mailed out Monday. Each stun,
dent will receive a 15-minute time allotment
in which to register,
ne Anytime after the appointment, hpwever,
dI- a student can use the system, he said.
olice arrest
reorge Rogers
n drug charge
he Associated Press
SC's Heisman Trophy winner and former Redi
running back George Rogers was arrested over
weekend on cocaine charges, officials said
day.
Dgers was arrested Saturday on charges of posseswith
intent to distribute cocaine and simple poson
of marijuana, a spokeswoman at the Richland
ity Detention Center said,
igers, who won the 1980 Heisman Trophy while
SC, was released the same day after posting 10
;nt of a $5,000 bond.
leriff Allan Sloan confirmed Rogers' arrest but rei
to give details on what led to the arrest or where
ok place. WIS-TV reported that Rogers was ard
at a local apartment complex.
Dgers is a full-time fund-raiser for USC's College
ipplied Professional Sciences, spokeswoman DeMlen
said.
le dean of the school is trying to determine what,
iy, disciplinary action should be taken against Ro,
who received a bachelor's degree in interdiscipy
studies from the school in May 1989, Allen
niversity administrators could decide to take no
>n or could suspend Rogers without pay pending a
lution of the charges, she said.
lis is not the first time Rogers has been linked to
ine.
1982, he admitted using cocaine during the 1981
Dn with the New Orleans Saints but said, "It'll
r happen again." His confession came during the
;t of a drug scandal in which former Saints, Mike
:han, said he would tell a grand jury that Rogers
the Saints' biggest supplier of cocaine,
irachan was eventually convicted on CTocaine
ges and sentenced to three years in prison,
tiring his professional football career with New
ans and Washington, Rogers gained 7,176 yards
1,692 attempts. He scored 53 touchdowns and
ed 368 yards on 55 catches. He had 28 100-yard
ting efforts in his career and scored 52
hdowns.
lew software
reates resumes
LYNN GIBSON
stant News Editor
computer software system that aids students in
ing and designing their own resumes at a fraction
he cost of professional resume services is now
lable at the USC Career Center,
he Resume Expert program, which is currently
I at over 100 U.S. colleges, is being offered to a
group of 250 students this semester, Assistant Di*
of Placement Carol Lyles said.
lYe want to make sure of the demand before we
e a commitment to the cost of the system," she
he $12 software package is IBM-PC compatible
available to any USC student on a first-come,
-serve basis at the Career Center on the 6th floor
le B.A. building.
tudents can choose from either 3 1/2" or 5 1/4"
ettes, but after May 1, the software will cost $15.
t s important that students participate and give us
back on this program because their response cara
lot of weight," Lyles said,
ftiile students can use the data entry and tutorial
s of the program on any compatible computer,
would have to go to one of three campus locas
? the computer labs at James C. Self, B.A.
ding; Room 003, Gambrell Hall; or Room 103,
sical Science building ? to see the resume on the
See Resume page 2