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"We Quebecers and Canadians cannot tolerate groups of citizens living in Quebec choosing which laws they want to respect and which they want to ignore," the premier said. Earth heats up, scientists alarmed SUNDSVALL, Sweden ? The Earth is heating up i faster than previously documented and it is imperative 1 that nations agree to reduce gases responsible for global i warming, say scientists at a ] conference on climactic i change. The conclusion that the : Earth is heating by one-third ] of a degree Celsius each de- i cade is among the conclu- ] sions of a draft document being debated at the four-day < conference. 1 About 300 government officials, lawyers and scientists ] from 70 countries are hoping 1 to adopt a final report that would be a basis for United I Nations action on fighting ; the "greenhouse effect." State schools fail, 1 rank last on SAT's , WASHINGTON ? < South Carolina and four < other states flunked a test of educational performance in a state-by-state report card re- '* leased Tuesday by a parents' group. Connecticut and Wyoming ] were the only states to re- ' ceive an "A," while South Carolina, Hawaii, Texas, 1 Georgia, Tennessee and Louisiana got an "F." South Carolina's poor ' showing on the report card follows Monday's release of SAT scores with the state ranking last. The American Association of Parents and Children prepared the report card after an earlier study found nine out of 10 teachers think parents don't care about education. Closed-circuit TV to aid in hearings SPARTANBURG ? Prompted by instances where some magistrates have failed to fully inform people of their rights, Spartanburg County will begin conducting bond hearings on closedcircuit television. Edward Overcash, the county's chief magistrate, will start the state precedentsetting electronic arraignment procedure next week. Compiled from wire reports Parking still a c Comr AARON SHEININ Staff Writer More than 450 parking spaces have been designated for commuter students, and another 100 spaces could be added, according to university officials. Several lots that were reserved for oncampus students this past year have been switched to commuting student lots. The new commuter lots are the lot at the corner of Pickens and Senate streets near the B.A. building, the lot next to the campus police station on the left of Sumter Mail campai| at USC begir for serviceme By LYNN GIBSON Staff Writer Everyone knows how lonely it feels to ope *11 i r; i *1 maiiDOX anu unu nouiing mere. Now imagine how that would feel if you we in a strange country, thousands of miles awa; friends and family, with the threat of war hanj the air. That's what Diane Beardsley, WOMG-FI morning talk show host thought when she sfc program for sending mail free to servicemen de to the Persian Gulf. "I got the idea while I was doing my show, said anyone who wanted to send a postcard leave it at the radio station," Beardsley said. " time I got off the air, I was flooded with call people wanting to help." With additional support from area businesses ^ration Mailcall" has had a tremendous respon has expanded to the USC campus, Beardsley sai Towers Area Manager Bob Harman start program at the university after hearing at through Beardsley. "She approached us and we asked the studen they felt. There was a positive reaction, so w< ahead and implemented it," he said. Students who want to participate can get po from their RA or RHD and give mail to one five resident area offices located in Pattersor Legare-Pinckney, Capstone House, Bates Hoi the Towers area lobby. Pickups are made every Wednesday, and si :an address mail to either specific servicemen o a name and address on the envelope so a servi :an write them back, Beardsley said. Harman encouraged students to participate, ! It shows suDDort for the country and its obi MM <* f> and it tells the soldiers they are appreciated." Beardsley said the radio station is selling T-s! 57 to continue to raise money for the proje plans to continue until the American troops are the Gulf. People interested in donating time or money project can call 798-8552 and leave a message. "Everyone should do their part," Beardsley s< nothing else, it shows the troops that South Care behind them." t Rockafella's, a popular hangout for man been sold to Bohemian's, a clothing sto Street, the building's sale is being conteste Rockfella's. _ controversy nuters g Street eoine toward Bates House, the UDDer w W - ' - IT" Benson School near Whaley and Bull streets and the area next to the indoor sports complex. Bill Baker, director of parking and vehicle registration, said only cars with "CS" parking stickers can legally park in those lots. Vehicles without the proper sticker will be given a $5 ticket, he said. Because of protest by off-campus students, the university parking committee decided not to elimate the commuter students' in is 11 ___? |H n their 8 re also y from 8 '. ?mg in '% ~ ^jjm A 103 8 irted a ployed , and I flHHHHBH aafflww^j By the s from ;, "opse and 8 d. \ ed the 881 >out it ... Addressing ts how Senator Theo Mitchell.D-GreenvilN e went the office of governor. S TIPS close iCf> nr By RON BAKER tudents Staff Writer r leave Some students put their schedules iceman hold as they waited for a line to the Te phone Information Processing Sysu saying, during fall registration, ectives TIPS is a part of a mainframe compu system that handles registration at t hirts at Columbia campus, as well as all otl ct and USC branches, at a rate of 30 students \ out of minute. The Registrar's Office temporarily si to the down the TIPS' telephone lines in ore for registration to go quicker at t lid. "If coliseum. )lina is "This is the first big fall registrati we've had since the system was put ii Music -?7 over fc l' 7 ^ By DAVID BOWI Assistant Carolina L The club buildinj by the owners of tl on uevme. The building am Stop, were both ov American Amusemi On July 3, Lips Schultze, managing said. Lipscomb was "We don't reco^ part-owner of Rock not have a clear rigl The managemeni rek Chiarenza, and have had first right Black's Law Die right of first refusa tunity to purchase Renee Meyer/The Gamecock availa51e) or right t( y college students, has The lease for Ro re. Located on Devine of first refusal, Chu d by the mangement of The Whistle-Stoj have this right, acc ;et more lots, as it had nritrinallv nlannod Rill Rakrr cr-?I , said. Danny Baker, vice president for Law En- i forcement and Safety, said he was glad to i see that the commuter parking lots were not eliminated. < "It was a good move going back to commuter student lots," he said. Danny Baker said his department has in- ! creased patrols around the Blossom Garage to make it safer for students. They also plan i to increase patrols around other parts of the campus. I W I m ; t J I * ^M ), spoke to students at noon Tuesday in the L s down due t Registrar Luke C-unter said. "We were feeding the computer much on more information than it could handle at le_ one time," he said. >m For instance, 1,100 students on this 1 : ~ campus aione registered tor 1,7OU classes ter in a four-hour period yesterday morning, he Gunter said. ier Shutting the lines down helped, but he )er didn't feel that was the main problem. The computer also shut itself down lut Monday afternoon, Martin Solomon, vice ler president of Computing Services, said, he "The computer went down about 1:15 p.m. with no apparent reason," Solomon on said. The system was operational again 1#?? before 2 p.m. lovers might los uilding sale to i )EN the Whistle .ife Editor "We wai > who want to see local rock bands t0 use in is looking at dresses instead. ^ 1S I on Devine Street has been bought 10 use 10 0N tie Bohemian, a clothing store also ^or ceedings aj d the adjacent store, the Whistle- s*nce l^ey ' med by Steve Lipscomb, owner of Schultze f>nt frvrnArotirtn lor the DaSt w?iv pvyi uuv/i 1. r comb sold the property to Bruce ^on ^as partner of the Bohemian, Schultze astronomic; unavailable for comment, prize the sale," said Jack Jakubs, He went afella's. "The buyer (Schultze) did deal will b ht to buy the property." "Sometime t of Rockafella's (Art Boerke, De- area," Schu Jakubs) contends that they should of refusal on the property. In respo :tionary, Fifth Edition, defines the scourge, th 1 as the "right to have first oppor- through it.' real estate when such becomes mian now i 3 meet any other offer." Rockafella' ckafella's does not give them right irenza said. The own 3, which is on the same lot, does settle the r wording to Dan Black, manager of will have to spaces On-campus students who drive can no longer park in these new CS lots starting next week, Todd Weiss, student government vice president, said. Students whose parking stickers have :>nly an "S" followed by their sticker numDer, can still park in what is commonly referred to as "the pit," a large gravel pit on Sumter Street. Although a car with an "S" sticker canlot park in a "CS" zone at any time, a car See PARKING page 2 r B John Fletcher/The Gamecock .aw Center auditorium. He is seeking o overload USC will have IBM try to figure out if nnvthino is wrnno with the rnmnnter cvs *** V C ",V"D ?? ~ tern, Solomon added. But when students hear a message that TIPS is temporarily out of service, that probably means they have called when USC's Computing Services office has turned the system off. "There are times when, through an agreement with the Registrar's Office, through their direction, we stop the telephone registration and let the coliseum registration go as fast as it can go," Solomon said. "It turns out that the telephone registraSee TIPS page 2 >e hangout retail store -Stop. ved the right over to Rockafella's for them a legal document," he said, fact that the owners of Rockafella's hope /erturn the sale of the building. chultze, he has already started eviction progainst Rockafella's. "I had to evict them, liave left no other choice," he said, had been looking for a place to move into ; three years, as the rent at his present locabeen, in his words, "escalating ally." on to say that one good point about the ?e the new location closer to Five Points, s bars lower the aesthetic value of the ltze said. nse, Chiarenza said, "If bars are such a lis place would have tumbleweeds going ' However, the fact remains that the Boheowns the deed to the building that houses s. ters of Rockafella's have said they will natter in court. Schultze maintains "they negotiate with me."