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j ! ' ? . : : ^ . .. , - = ' -- - ^ | f^lM." Movie Quote of the Day i ,f^f 'Postcards' has SoCCGr t63ITI dofGdtS P3nth?rS Psq? 8 I , ' , . j M/Ly . talent but lacks focus, Jig r6v'ewerc,l!L?pM.4lSouth Carolina remembers HugoPaJ The Gamecock Eighty-two Years of Collegiate Journalism Volume 83 , No. 18 The University of South Carolina Friday, September 21, 19901 BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Soviets eager to help U.S., Cuba MOSCOW ? A senior adviser to President Mikhail Gorbachev said Thursday the r T - * ? ouviei. union is eager 10 see the United States and Cuba normalize their relations and is prepared to help in the process. Speaking to members of The Associated Press board of directors and Associated Press executives, Presidential Council member Yevgeny Primakov also said the Soviet Union will not base future aid to Cuba solely on the political consideration of keeping President Fidel Castro in power. Questions about Cuba figured prominently in the wide-ranging discussion with Primakov, who also said the Soviet Union has "stopped thinking of exporting revolution in any form." Asked if P..U? 1- - ? * '1 - - J lias mauc a similar decision, Primakov said "They are now reconsidering a lot of their policies." Germany ratifies unification treaty BONN, West Germany ? East Germany ratified a treaty Thursday that will dissol' v the nation in 13 days and merge it with West Germany. The "unification treaty" ; was to be approved later in the day by West Germany's parliament, the Bundestag. Its passage would be the final legislative hurdle to joining the two countries. Meeting in East Berlin, the East German parliament approved the treaty by a 299-80 vote. N.C. to test land for waste disposal OXFORD, N.C. ? Test drilling continued Thursday on two state-owned tracts to determine their suitability for a hazardous waste disposal plant and a protester in Granville County predicted some heated words at a public hearing. The test drilling entered its second day on state farms in Granville and Johnston counties. At the Granville site, 29 protesters were arrested Wednesday when they tried to block work crews. Protest organizers in Granville County said between 2,000 and 3,000 people were expected to attend Thursday night's hearing at Webb High School in Oxford. Taylor accuses FBI of misconduct State Rep. Luther Taylor said federal agents held him for nuestionine for 25 hours "1 ^ straight in July and urged him to drink liquor. Taylor also said in an affidavit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court that the FBI agents and federal prosecutors discouraged him from consulting an attorney. The Columbia Democrat filed the papers in support of a motion to drop conspiracy and extortion charges against him because of prosecutorial misconduct. Compiled from wire reports 1 3 students 5Z | victims of p^" n muggings By AARON SHEININ Staff Writer Jj| In two different incidents, three USC students were the victims of muggings on campus Saturday night. The students were approached by two to four unidentified males who demanded their money. In one of the cases, the student was alone, while in the other, two of the victims were walking home together. The first two victims were walking home together to Bates House when they were approached by two males as they were nearing the walkway to the Bates area. The p two subjects demanded money f th^ Q[ from them. 0 Ine bl When one victim displayed his empty wallet, the attackers started M to threaten them verbally and W . I showed signs of possessing weapons. "We really didn't take them too SRC seriously .... It looked like they were pointing their fingers at us CTOOr under their shirts," one victim said. o Then, the two victims were or- R BRAf frv laoira tUa o ra o Kir tKa nuK iui LU it/avg uiv^ aiv^a uig JUU- Assistant jects, according to the USC Police ? Department blotter. One of the vie- -k h t tims also said they were unable to offer police more than a general ;ron eren' description of the assailants. formative In the second incident, a third an^ victim, who could not be reached Miami Ti Thursday, was walking outside rector Ki Bates House on the way to his Represen room when he was approached by h?urs o ?ol. .p- _ "There v See CRIME page 2 L____ Statute might i to be off street: By PAIGE VISHTON Staff Writer Life for Richland County minors could be drastically different from now on. Richland County Councilman John Monroe proposed an ordinance Sept. 11 requiring youths 17 years old and under to be off the streets by midnight. The purpose of the ordinance is to help curb juvenile crime and violence. Thic nact voar 2.5 Dercent of T T.^P ctnrlpntQ were under 18, said Karen Petit of Media Relatiorls. The proposal has been altered and is now being debated. The current proposal suggests an age limit of 16 and under, and a curfew at 2 a.m. Richland County Sheriff Alan Sloan is supporting the ordinance. "County Council doesn't want to give a kid a criminal record for being on the street at 2 a.m., but we do need this as a tool," he said. % "I, as a parent and professional law man, feel we've reached a time in society where we must successfully control all the mailboxes being knocked down and the cars being broken into," he said. "No one in their right mind should be out at \ , M : 3 Ehsan Osman J L ^ amer(left), Southeastern Conference Commissior EC. onferenc 1 ^^4-! _ characterize ' meeting WSS and very in] 11 . , . . Dixon wt but not decisive -i ihoUg meeting," E MT LONG i n f o r m a t Sports Editor straightforw nterim President Arthur Smith de- Smith sa hursday's meeting with Southeastern were discus ce Commissioner Roy Kramer as in- "One of 1 ;, but no decisions were made. ference is t ;r, who visited the University of such thing uesday, met with Smith, Athletic Di- play," Smit r\* t tto/h \Tn a a t-1 1*.__ A| ! ?1_ _ ng uixon ana u^l s r^/\n rauuuy uic risx yuu tative William Putnam for about four good years he President's House. Another 1 it went very well," Smith said. conference /ere very good discussions. I would and what tl require minors s by midnight 2 a.m. anyway," he said. The S. C. Individual Liberty Union contends this ordinance is a violation of individual rights based on age discrimination. Sasha Kennison, acting director of SCILU, claims the ordinance will not work. "If rebellious teenagers want to go out after 2 a.m. they will, whether it's against the law or not. That only makes it more enticing," Kennison said. "If enough people speak or call up protesting the ordinance, it will not be passed." Kennison's research found State Law Enfor cement Department statistics showing about twice as much crime committed by 17 to 20 year olds than those under 17. "If the purpose is to cut crime, will they continue to establish curfews for 20 year olds and on up?" Kennison said. Moreover, SCILU feels this ordinance will force these youth to stay out of view of police | officers, causing otherwise law-abiding youth to associate with the criminal element of society. t The 1989 SLED statistics show 60 rapes committed by people under 17 and 639 by those 1 17 and older. Breaking and entering statistics reflect 1,443 break-ins by those under 17 and i Baghdad pr Saddam's methods wai claii flawed, speaker say du? sion By TIGE WATTS "] Staff Writer vain Saddam Hussein's propaganda has put mar the Kuwaiti conquerer "between a rock and A a hard place," according to Ehsan Osman, misi speaker at the first International Studies Nati Brown Bag Lunch Session. Osman has participated in a USC ex- anyi change program as a visiting fellow with "He the Institute of International Affairs since stan the beginning of the fall semester. nad; Osman left Baghdad 25 days after the invasion. From Baghdad, he flew to Jordan. Stat and then the United States. call; "Hussein used propaganda to blame Ku- the mm r ier, and Arthur Smith, USC interim presi 1 talks ci ' them as warm, candid, detailed will t formative on both sides." "W is also pleased with the meeting. have ht it was a very positive, good do jo )ixon said. "We exchanged a lot of playe ion They were very Be 'ard." sporu id topics such as revenue sharing cordii r?/-?rl ir-* mnro rlotn 11 at/U in uiuiv u^iaii. Wll the advantages of an all-sports con- prosp hat conferences share income from those s as television and post-season Di) h said. "That helps to dampen out with I i have as an independent. You have "I and bad years." vious topic of discussion was how the Th will be set up with 12 or 14 teams te make-up of divisons, if created, Who Commits The Crime; 1989 SLED statistics show the following numbers foccrimes committed by persons under 17 versus those committed by those 1 7 and older. Breaking and Enterings 1,443 oy under 1 7 -- 4,3 1 5 oy 1 7Drug Law Violations 380 by under i 7 -- 16,354 by 17+ Rapes 60 by under 17 -- 639 by 17Murders 1 1 by under 17 -- 299 by 17+ Source. SlED m: I-_.. i oi : T:II /tu^ i^aueiri rux aiiu oriem uiimaiv me wain 4,315 by those 17 and older. Drug laws been violated by 380 people under 17 an 16,354 people 17 and over. Eleven mui were committed by those under 17, and 29 those 17 and older. Prospective ordinances receive three read md a public hearing before they are impose The proposed ordinance will be presente he committee for consideration in two weel County Attorney Dennis Aughtry and S will draft the ordinance. ofessor gi\ t for Iraq's economic turmoil. He t ned that Kuwait was illegally overpro- I ng their OPEC quota," said Osman. \ isman said the true purpose for the inva- I was economic. Iraq's money was close to a twelfth in \ le compared to Kuwait's in the private ket," said Osman. \ ccording to Osman, another Saddam ^ Lake was his miscalculation of United [ ion's intervention. ( He did not think that the U.N. would do thing about the invasion," Osman said. r > thought they would take the same 2 ce they took on the Afghanistan, Gre- \ a and Panama invasion." p He also did not think that the United j, es and other countries would economiy boycott them," Osman said. "Before invasion, Iraq was the fourth largest . ^ ' ' Courtesy Of University Helations ident, discuss USC's possibile joining ontinue >e. re were pleased to learn that no decisions been made on those things and that, if we in the league, we would very much be a r in making those decisions," Smith said, sides football and basketball, non-revenue 5 were also discussed at the meeting, acng to Smith. e of USC's advantages over Miami as a lective SEC member is the strength of non-revenue and women's sports, con said he's sure the SEC is familiar those sports. mniiM thint on\; pnnfprpnrp u/rvnlH hp pn wuu1u tlUliXV uhj vvii*v*viivv "uwiu fv v.. of our facilities," Dixon added. ere was very little discussion about See SEC page 2 H University prepares for evaluation ?' By KRIS TAYLOR Staff Writer Getting ready for reaccreditation ?' and establishing a strong graduate program are some of the concerns : facing USC as they approach the year 2001, Interim President Arthur Smith told the Student Senate Wednesday. we are on me eve or me nnai ?i decade of 2001," Smith said. "Over the past two years the administration and faculty have been doing strategic planning for the iecock 200th birthday of the university." have In his first meeting with the Stu^ k dent Senate, Smith said much of ders P^ann^n8 *s being done in Pre" q , paration for reaccreditation in y March. lings "About 50 top administrators d will be here evaluating us princi^ tQ pally in terms of what we say we cs are, and what we say we want to loan See SMITH page 2 es talk rade partner with the U.S. Ten percent of J.S. oil reserves were bought from Iraq, vhereas only two percent came from Cuwait." Osman said Saddam was surprised by the J.N.'s reason for the economic embargo. "TJ*? rtiJ n/-kt tot-a intr> rnnciHAratirm thf? IHk/ U1U IIUI UUVV "IfcV VVIItfiUVlUUVIl wv J.N.'s safeguard interests of Saudi Arabia, jood relations with Kuwait, and the severty of his international violation," said Dsman. Osman believes that Iraq is in an ecolomic state of panic. He said the Iraqi citizens are buying in massive bulk. He aluded to a time when a merchant was sur>rised when Osman bought a single dlogram of sugar. See IRAQ page 2