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BDead or alive... j USC heads to Charlotte tourney page 7 I Q-u?Su?Uurfatt^ed I J I protrusive Canadian men strolling arPatrick Swayze flexes I 1 ji ' ound in eensy-weensy gold lamee I frnm ho\/nnrl in 'Phnct' I ? 1 marble bags and being generally Carolinauie, page4 | Listeners not happy with lip-synching Pagt^J ^oluyT^is^cot^Pmder^J The Gamecock Eighty-two Years of Collegiate Journalism Volume 83, No. 3 Wednesday, July 25, 1990 BRIEF? IN THE NEWS Toll tops 1,600 in Luzon quake MANILA, Philippines ? Earthquake search teams reported finding more bodies today in remote mountain communities devastated by last week's tremor, and the death toll surpassed 1,600. A quake measuring 6 on the Richter scale struck the central island of Negros early today but there were no reports of damage or casualties. On Luzon island, President Corazon Aquino inspected damage in her home province, Tarlac, where numerous churches, schools and highways were damaged by the July 16 quake, which measured 7.7. On Monday, she asked Con gress to approve 3ouu minion to rebuild damaged areas. Many congressmen also want to stop paying the $26 billion national debt to free funds for reconstruction. Figures from the Office of Civil Defense and the Red Cross showed at least 1,621 people were killed in the quake. Rates on treasury bills fall sharply Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities fell in Monday's auction to their lowest level since last year. The Treasury Department sold $9 billion in three-month bills at an average discount rate of 7.49 percent, down from 7.62 percent last week. Another $9 billion was sold in six-month bills at an average discount rate of 7.40 percent, down from 7.52 percent last week. The rates were the lowest since three-month bills sold for 7.37 percent on Oct. 16, 1989, and six-month bills averaged 7.30 percent on Dec. 4, 1989. The new discount rates understate the actual return to investors ? 7.74 percent for three-month bills with a Hi fl r\C\C\ Kill c 11 i n <x fnr $9,810.70 and 7.79 percent for a six-month bill selling for $9,625.90. In a separate report, the Federal Reserve said Monday that the average yield for one-year Treasury bills, the most popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, fell to 7.87 percent last week, Democrats line up for House seat Several Lowcountry Democrats, including one member ol the House of Representatives, may be candidates for a soonto-be vacated state Senate seat Sen. Peden McLeod, DWalterboro, will step down Oct. 1 to head the Legislative Council, the General Assembly's research and bill-drafting arm. Democrats lined up to run foi McLeod's vacant seat in the Nov. 6 election include state Rep. McKinley Washington Jr of Ravenel; Raleigh Williams, i minister and general contractoi from Walterboro; and Willarc Wilson, vice chairman ot tht Hampton County Council. The council's chairman, Lee Bow ers, said he is also considering running for the seat. McLeod admitted that one 01 reasons he vacated the sea wns the possibility he might no win in 1992, when the district': foundries are redrawn. A ma jority of the current district': voters are black, and many legi slators speculate the district wil . include more blacks after 1992 McLeod is white. S.C. state sen; By The Associated Press State Sen. Rick Lee of Boiling Springs, who has reported taking $3,000 from a lobbyist at the heart of a federal investigation of legislators, spent some of his campaign money this year on a ring and football tickets, records show. Between April and June ot uns year, Lee's campaign fund bought a $453 Senate finger ring, about $200 in wedding and graduation gifts, and nearly $500 in tickets to University of South Carolina and Clemson football games, the Senate records showed. Merchant mecca A r.iigtnrlial r.raw snravs and swpfins ti . . w.w-. "r,v,;w ? ~ 1? today. USC to allow I From staff and wire reports Carolina Coliseum has scheduled M.C. Hammer in concert October 6 as a result of a meeting Monday, July 9, between coliseum officials, African American community leaders and law enforcement representatives. "We did not come up with absolute solutions to our crowd control concerns on Monday," said coliseum director John BoUSC group to h From staff and wire reports From the "joy of latex" to new theories on how AIDS is invading the Latino community, health professionals from around the world will present the latest information on the fight against AIDS during the fourth International Conference on AIDS Education August 6-8 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sponsored by the International Society for AIDS Education, this year's conference will fnrne r?n thp ATDS nrp.vp.ntion mpccscxp to women, adolescents and the Latino popuSteps taken to stop lost I phone lines I By The Associated Press I The state has begun setting up a fiber optic emergency telephone network to prevent the kind of communications breakdown that occurred when Hurricane Hugo knocked down telephone lines and if ; damaged other equipment. > The new system will be able to Jjp j avoid many of the problems exper- g'J i ienced after Hugo, which devasr tated the coast in September, by 1 rerouting calls to unaffected areas 5 through fiber optic technology, * said Ted Lightle, the state's director of the division of information resource management. "I don't think any other state in f the nation has one quite this sot phisticated," he said. j The system, called Partners in Preparedness, is being paid for by p 5 the state's telephone and utility * ^ companies. Through a network of E j, primary and backup systems, soc emergency rerouting automatically scr< would occur if something happens the ?I to interrupt service. L__ ator spent cam Lee denied he turned campaign funds to personal use. "There's a fine line between personal use and campaign use," he said. "I have felt like I have had a lot of expense thrust upon me by being a public official that I would not have had otherwise." The same records show that Lee accepted a $3,000 cash contribution in May from Ron L. Cobb, a lobbyist at the center of a federal investigation of a vote-buying probe aimed at General Assembly members. Cobb told lawmakers he was advocating 1 le parking lot of the new Columbiana Centre, VlC. Hammer o lin, "but we felt it important to demonstrate the commitment of this committee to the process of finding answers by scheduling this event. "Productive dialogue on the issue of crowd control and safety requires that we get beyond the issue of presenting the concert. We hope by agreeing to do the show, we can foster communication and a spirit of cooperation. We think that's where a solulost international lation, the groups whose HIV infection rates are rising rapidly. "Education and prevention continue to be the best weapons we have against stopping the spread of AIDS," said conference director Dr. Donna Richter, assistant dean of the University of South Carolina's College of Health and president of the AIDS education society, based at USC. The conference is expected to draw some 500 health professionals, including social workers, physicians and health educators. v?' x-' 1 l?^il jfjr^ ^ / ?' BP' ^^^B^^B^^^Bfi^l!jsiHHBB\ aHfl E ^^^^M^HBHKflHHHBi >p art lusiness majors Cathy Cate and Chris Se io-political signifigance of Mickey Mouse in tf sen print. The exhibit "Works by Warhol" will South Carolina State Art Museum until Augu paign money o legislation that would have allowed parimutuel betting. Lee tried to get the bill on the Senate floor in May, shortly after getting the contribution from Cobb. Lee denied the money was in exchange frvr hie pffnrts nntintr hp. was a lone-time supporter of the bill. But he's said he showed "poor judgment" in pushing the bell so soon after receiving the money. The senator said he was raising money to pay off a $15,000 campaign debt, which he said is now $6,000. Though Lee said just about "anything I Record S( with prorr From staff and wire reports A record store owner v, fused to stop selling a cor sial 2 Live Crew album p innocent today to a cha promoting obscene material. David Risher, owner c Wild Records and Tapes, ^ leased on a personal recogi bond after a hearing before Court-At-Law Judge Tony J "Your tax money at 1 Risher said as he was ushc to be fingerprinted and boo! Risher's attorney said he Z to show in a jury trial that bum "As Nasty As They I Rf?" ic n/~it BRroBMRs&ntPSHi v iiv/v uuuvviivi ?ncavallo/The Gamecock "After listening to the most of the four-letter wo which opens standard locker room tall fense attorney Bob Switzer oncert to take pi; tion starts," Bolin said. Colisuem officials intend to continue discussions with community and law enforcement leaders. A meeting with an advisory committee drawn from the participants at Monday's meeting will be scheduled in mid-July. In the meantime, Bolin said, coliseum security procedures will be examined and AIDS conference "The Joy of Latex," an innovative safe sex presentation, will be led by Meg Ben nett, director of HIV Testing and Counseling at the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington D.C. Bennett uses a healthy dose of humor, as well as realistic teaching devices, to demonstrate the correct use of condoms. "The 'just say no' message doesn't work with sex," Bennett said. "You have to give people some kind of option, and the condom is one of the safest, most effective methods to prevent the spread of AIDS." SPto more se. By The Associated Press Couples who have viol< tionships, common interest eral children tend to have s often than other couples, a gist says. Next to youth, shared were the greatest indicatoi ual frequency in a marria the University of Floi searcher who based the sti nationwide survey of 5,2 ried couples. "Whether it's sometl simple as taking walks tot m^rn 1 enjoying the same hobbies I activities outside the bedrc pP^fle S I big predictor of how often couples have sex," sociolc nise Donnelly said Monday Ms. Donnelly said sh that partners in violent n had sexual relations mo than other couples. ^ ~ "People in these marria Lou azur am have intercourse more beci rcy ponder the honeymoon period that lis Andy Warhol eac,h ,?"tbreak V10len' be on display at ^ These couples may 25 fight Wlth a passion, but ' with a passion as well." n ring, tickets you do" is campaign-related when a lawmaker communicates with constituents, some fellow legislators said the expenditures seemed unusual. "I have a problem with that. I'd have a hard time buying a ring for me with campaign funds," said Rep. Ralph Davenport, R-Boiling Springs, who has had a long feud with Lee and has said he will run for his seat in 1992. "It's up to the individual what he does with it, but I don't believe contributions ought to be expended for that purpose," Sen. Horace Smith, D-Spartanburg, said. eller charged toting obscenity Risher was charged with the 'ho~re~ ^ass ^ misdemeanor last month _ after a citizen complaint was filed i trover. , , against him for selling the album. ) ea e . The complaint followed a crackrge 0 down by the San Antonio police vice squad. Officers went to record if Hog stores around the city and told vas re- store operators the album had been aizance declared obscene by a Florida County judge. The officers also showed imenez the store operators copies of the album's lyrics. Many record stores pulled the work," albums from their shelves. But ;red off Risher refused. If convicted, he :ed. could face up to one year in jail, a intends $1,000 fine or both, the al- Richland County Solicitor Jim Wanna Anders has declared the album obscene and has forbidden county realbum, cord stores to sell it. A group rds are called Individuals Against Censork," de- ship held a rally July 13 protested said. that measure. ace in coliseum modified to increase the presence of adults and uniformed security officers. Special atention will be paid to improving the coliseum's metal detecting capacity and to securing the parking lots and the concourse of the building. Officials also are considering modification of admission procedures to restrict access on the concourse while increasing security officials present 2 in Puerto Rico Bennett's presentation will include other techniques for reinforcing the safe sex message with school groups, teens and gays. The pathway of AIDS into the Latino Community and possible solutions will be discussed by Juan Molina-Crespo, executive director of the Hispanic AIDS Network based in Chicago. Molina-Crespo said young Hispanic males have developed a pattern of returning to their homeland ? usually Puerto Rico or Mexico ? and engaging in high-risk sex, then bringing back the AIDS virus to their communities in the United States. nterests can lead x, sociologist says Another explanation might be ent rela- that people who are physically exs or sev- pressive in showing their anger ;ex more might be physically expressive in sociolo- other areas of their lives, including their sexual relationships, she said, interests Ms. Donnelly also found that of sex- people who lived together before ige, said marriage had more active sex lives ida re- than couples who didn't, idy on a "Since these people are more in- 92 mar- dividualistic and less prone to follow society's expectations, they mav also be less likely to have mug aa * *ether or 'normal' levels of coital fre' sharing quency," she said. x>m is a Income, education, race and married place of residence had no bearing >gist De- on how often a couple had sex, she f, said. e found But, contrary to other studies, larriages she found that couples with more re often children led the most active love lives. ges may Nc>t surprisingly, she said, couause of a pies with school-aged children said follows they had sex more often than did ce," she those with younger children, not only "That is because preschoolers make up need more care and tend to intrude more," she said.