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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
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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
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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
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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