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The Gamecock
Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism
Volume 82, No. 83 The University of South Carolina Monday, April 23, 1990
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JIN THE NEWS |
Kidnappers free
American hostage ~~i
DAMASCUS, Syria ? ^
Pro-Iranian kidnappers on jn
Sunday freed American hos- me
tage Robert Polhill in Beirut
after nearly 39 months of (
captivity. He was driven to
Damascus by Syrian army ?
officers.
Foreign Ministry officials opt
in the Syrian capital identified
the American freed near a n(
the Summerland Hotel in -]
Moslem west Beirut as Poll- Be(
hill, a 55-year-old New
Yorker.
There remain 17 Western
hostages in Lebanon, including
seven Americans.
Lithuanian policy
causes concerns
WASHINGTON ? Many 1
lawmakers are having second
thoughts about Soviet President
Mikhail Gorbachev because
of his stance on
Lithuania and may block
trade agreements that Moscow
wants, two congresn?/-vnn1
lan/1af>n oai/1 Ci<n/4mi
diuuai iuiuud aaiu junuajr.
Senate Minority Leader
Bob Dole, R-Kan., and
House Majority Leader Thomas
Foley, D-Wash., said
the United States shouldn't ?
do any economic favors for
Gorbachev as long as he |
continues to punish the
breakaway Baltic republic.
Doctors to consider ?
health care report
Br
CHARLESTON ? South ro<
Carolina doctors are ex
. pected to consider such con- p,
troversial proposals as rais- W
ing the age of Medicare eligibility
and slapping new
taxes on tobacco and alcohol
to lower health costs when
they hold their annual meet- 11
ing this week. vers
The report of the Health s^Sr
Care 2000 Committee will SP^
be reviewed by about 500
physicians from across the Pub
state. The report considers Nati
skyrocketing health care man
costs a problem but says
"Americans believe we as a P?S(
society should spend more SP62
money on health care." gen<
Ir
S.C. celebrates ^
20th Earth Day
univ
South Carolinians planted
seedlings, picked beaches men
clean of litter and headed to
slate parks to hike, camp and
learn how to preserve their
environment Sunday, the
20th annual Earth Day
celebration. By ^
Staff
In Columbia, about 80 en- Tl
vironmentalists from several vjclj
statewide grassroots groups topj(
held a 45-minute rally at the ^a(j(
State House to blast 50 state A1
senators and representatives, ^ad<
whom they labeled as the iaij
"grime group," for their con- y
sistent opposition to environ- , j
mental legislation. ana
magi
be tl
Today mostly sunny with sent
a high in the lower 80s. with
Winds, 5 mph. N;
Tonight, clear and low in relea
the lower 50s. he t
Tuesday, sunny with a advo
high in the mid-80s. Si
right
is on
'.G.'s Weiss calls
Faculty
KATHY BLACKWELL
naging Editor
nstalling armed gates around faculty
king lots or using "spikes" that would
tcture the tires of unauthorized vehicles
those lots were ideas raised by faculty
mhprc at a ParHflCT Pnmmiltpp m*?f?tinrr
rncvra ox a?nrmTng?CX7ttttttitivv uii/vtiu^
Tuesday. ?
Committee Chair Peter Becker, a history li
fessor, said the idea of installing armed u:
;s or spikes was raised at the meeting, $
the gates are probably the most feasible
ion. w
There is no need for spikes, but there is di
jed for the gates," he said. ti<
Tie cost of the armed gates, which T
:ker feels there is a definite need for in a\
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at your heart out, Bruce Lt
Psychology junior Mindy Anderson strugi
ian Gilden, who was conducting a self-def
Dm Sunday.
Ichools comj]
fhe College Press Service
's almost graduation time. For colleges and
;ities across the country, it is a time of racir
? up the richest, most famous commencei
ikers possible.
rhe universities are all for it. It generates a 1
licity for them," said John Palmer, president o
ional Speakers Bureau, a Chicago-based agen
i\r nrrxm 1 n on * rtviobarn
ijr puuiiuuii
Schools get a big-name speaker for several
js," he said. "One is just to provide an intere
iker for graduates and their parents. The other
jrate publicity."
i deciding whom to ask to speak, one Utah !
versity commencement committee member
>ols keep an eye on both politics and money,
rhe speaker should have the same politics a;
'ersity's administration, yet it should be a
lgh name that it attracts attention and bring
e donations to the university," said the comm
iber, who asked not to be named.
Jader speaks
rRACY MACK
Writer
le unwillingness of many lawyers to represeni
m and no-fault automobile insurance was
; of a discussion by consumer advocate R
it, who spoke in the USC Law Center Friday,
bout 150 people attended the lecture during w
it said law schools have become excessively
zed ? the way it was in the 1950s,
ictims' rights were not recognized in the 1!
are not being acknowledged today, said Nad*
na cum laude graduate of Harvard University.
it Harvard Law School, it was considered slun
present injured people," he said. "This seem
te ircna loaay. Law siuuems are airaia 10 re
the victim. They want to work for corporat
prestige and status."
ider began his law practice in 1959. Not until
se of his book, Unsafe at Any Speed, in 1966
>egin to assert himself as a leading consu
cate.
nee that time, he has been actively supporting
s of the consumer. No-fault automobile insun
e of his more recent battles.
idea ludicrous
wants a
"I can't believe that some
the audacity to suggest such
dent lots aren't even paved."
jht of Ihe unauthorized student vehicle*
sing faculty spaces, could be arounc
[0,000.
The spikes discussed at the meeting
ould puncture the tires of any car whose
iver failed to insert the proper authoriza
)n card into the parking space's meter
le estimated cost of such spikes was unailablc
this early in the discussion phase.
Teddy
?e
gles as she attempts to throw crimiric
ense workshop for women in the Russ
lete for spei
"That would make sense," sai<
Uni- the Council for Aid to Education,
lg to that tracks donations to schools,
ment "If you choose someone control
negative impact. For example, if
ot of that alumni find offensive, it migt
f the butions," Lewis said,
t for Talking heads from television a
most sought-after speakers. Pali
pur_ campus offers for Sam Donaldsoi
sting ^an lather, adding that some of 1
is to Administrator William Crowe ani
bassador Jeane Kirkpatrick also ar
State Palmer maintained that formci
said Hcnry Kissinger, who had to canc
a campus tour because of student
; the ^as been asked to speak at
5ig spring.
;s in evcrybcxly wants (Soviet 1
littee ~
See Comrr
to law stud(
1' Consumer advocate Ralpn N
s ^ no-fault insurance at the USC L
pre- A rcnorl nrintcri hv Fiohl Am
? -J I ? ./ - "O ~0~
ions offs (FAIR) said "no-fault auto in
victim to recover medical costs, lo
the other economic expenses from hi
did ancc company and prohibits the vi
mer individual of damages in the car a<
This issue is one that Nader sa
the primarily because it does not p
ince drunk drivers. He said this is "just
advantage of the victim."
rmed gate*
sc
members of the committee have
things as gates when some stu- m
th
Todd Weiss
Student Government vice president
???^? u
; Student Government Vice President Todd
[ Weiss said he was supriscd when faculty cc
members began discussing such options, th
; and he finds the idea of using gates or fa
: spikes "ludicrous." w
"I can't believe that some members of sp
the committee have the audacity to suggest
such things as gates when some student lots ?
aren't even paved," said Weiss, who will
Romania
visits US
Exchange progran
evidence of chang
By BRANT LONG
Assistant Sports Editor
A number of advances h:
occurred since the massive po
cal upheaval in Eastern Europe
sign of this was apparent I
weekend as Tibcriu Postelnicu
Romania visited USC.
Postelnicu, formerly a profe:
of mathematics at Bucharest I
vcrsity and now in research at
E mania s centre or Maincmat
Statistics, is visiting a numbci
colleges in the U. S. as part ol
The program, developed thro
an agreement between the Nati(
Academy of Sciences of b
Lepp/ine uamecock u u
countries, allows the researcher
visit each other annually to st
different problems in statistics
il justice junior reiate l0 health.
.ell House Ball- While Postclnicu is in the U.
(JSC's Martin Wcinrich of
College of Health is preparing
m travel through Romania this si
rj IT mcr as a Parl excha
kJ program.
Another (JSC professor, Ji
i Prisciila Lewis of f?ra"c' a's0 of 'hc ^"ege
a New York erouD HcalUl' ls hosun? Poslcln,cu an
^ P also readying for his third trip
/ersial it can have a Romania in 1991. Dranc pr<
.' , ously visited in 1985 and 1987.
you have a speaker ' , f ,
/, ?rr^, ,l?- The exchange of researchers
it eltect their contri- , , . .
research material has not been
j i a : i n
rc among this year's reecnuy, ros
ncr nolcd multiple nicu sa,d.' bccaus';, ?f rcs"icl1
i, Tom Brokaw and ?" lravclmS lnstallcd in 1974
his other clients like omania.
d former U.N. Am- But now' wilh rcstricuons l.f
e in demand Postclnicu looks forward lo gall
Secretary of State information in journals
cl his last attempt at
protests in the early f
several schools this
cadcr Mikhail) Gor- f
cause or <
lencement page 2
a hy hill swain
jnts
CLEMSON ? Clcmson s
dents allegedly stole a mail 1
In-and attended classes drunk ai
participating in a grcck-sponso
"morning mixer."
Kappa Alpha fraternity and <
Omega sorority sponsored
event held at Bash Riprocks 1
staurant in the Clcmson Mini-N
at 6 a.m. March 30.
Employees of the Clcmson
ficcs located near the restaurant
ported that students at the pa
verbally abused passers-by and
ader speaks about krcd ihcm drinks.
ou?/ P.onfpr FriHav "Thcv were all iust soused
Uf? Wl nw. - . ^ - J
11 a.m.," one witness said. '7
linst xn^uiance Rip- dicri ^Cy wcn^ 0ut and got in tl
surance requires the cars and drove. They couldn't e'
si wages and certain walk; you know they could
s or her own insur- drive."
ictim from suing the Despite the di sturbance, the C
:cident. 0C cicmson received only c
lid he is opposed to complaint about the noise.
'unish reckless and They were brought in w
another way to take Cicmson University Police, he
ever, to investigate the report o
s on lots
on be a voting member of the committee.
Weiss is heading a new Senate subcomittcc
on parking, which he said would
oroughly investigate the parking situation,
ic results of the investigation, which will
elude pictures of the conditions of student
is, will be presented at the main Parking
ommittee meeting in mid-May.
Weiss said given the results of his sub)mmittce's
investigation, there is no way
c Parking Committee, which includes five
culty and staff and five student members,
ill consider the use of armed gates or
likes. 'They can't win this," he said.
Weiss has been researching the parking
See Parking page 2
in professor
!C campus
books that could not come into his
country previously.
rC "We need more information
with a scientific point of view," he
said. "In the past, we couldn't ob
tain old books in biostatistics and
ave mathematical statistics. We also
liti- couldn't employ the use of
A computers."
this Postelnicu hopes to obtain some
<-?f rnmniilcr? mainlv Pfc fnr r#?
search use next year, in order to,
ssor as he said, "be up to date."
Jni- "Doing research without compuRo
tcrs is quite impossible," Postelical
nicu added.
of Drane said that in return, the
F an U. S. has much to leam from the
Romanians,
ugh "Their research is outstanding,"
)nal he said. "Almost every year, the
oth Romanians finish in the top three
s to in the world in the Mathematical
udy Olympiad. We have much to learn
; as from them. We have technology,
they have many of the mathematiS.,
cal skills."
the
I to Postelnicu is also pleased that
urn- the different countries are now
nge working together.
"It is a very good idea and it is
ohn useful to work together with statisof
ticians and nonstatisticians. It is of
d is great importance to take into ac)
to count interdisciplinary sciences,
ivi"We
need the strong coand
operation between the countries,"
so Postelnicu added,
tcl- One proposal for the future in
ons the exchange program is a bilateral
in workshop, to possibly be organized
by Drane, between faculty and reted,
searchers at USC with faculty and
tier- researchers from Romania somcand
time in 1991.
greek mixer
t
complaints
stolen mail van from the Mini
Mall parking lot.
tu- "We went over to deliver mail
Yam 'n the Mini-Mall, and we suspect
ficr that one of the students among the
red particrs just came out, took it and
drove it across the street," said
Chi University Postmaster Katrina
thc Skelton.
When the driver returned from
laU carrying the mail into the offices,
he noticed the van was missing
of. and notified the city police.
rc. Clemson Police Chief Johnson
irly Link said there was jurisdictional
of. confusion because the van was taken
while in the city, but was reby
covered on university property.
i nri When thev arrived, the Univer
1IIU J '
icir sity Police were already on the
ven scene and the van had been recovn't
<crcd with no damage, so the city
ix>licc left the matter to the university
sity, Link said.
)nc There was no police investigation
into the matter, and the only
ith record of the incident the Univcr)W
if a See Clemson theft page 2