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1 Speaker | Quote of the Day Koger Center GameCOCkS Storm Va. Tech Pages tries.... They are found in every & lO SpOnSOr town, every city, everywhere in the infamous author .3 * . K. .. Columnist Kelly C. Thomas ^ Carolina Life, page 4 UiaSS ITIOCIGIS UlllteCl Natl OTIS Page 5 See viewport, page 3 ??????????????J L ? , ; ,r%, The Gamecock Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate Journalism Volume 83 , No. 19 The University of South Carolina Monday, September 24, 19901 [BRIEF?,: ?IN THE NEWSf Iraq threatens to destrov oil fields NICOSIA, Cyprus ? Iraq said Sunday it would i destroy all Mideast oil fields if the Iraqi people were j "strangled" by foreign forces : assembling in the Persian Gulf region. "We will never allow anybody, whomever he may be, i to strangle the people of Iraq without having himself strangled," said a commu- 1 nique from the Revolution i Command Council, Iraq's highest decision-making body, and the ruling Baath Party. It was the latest Iraqi threat of retaliation against the multinational military buildup in Saudi Arabia and the gulf. The U.S.-led military group is enforcing a U.N. embargo imposed on Iraq following its invasion of neighboring Kuwait Aug. 2. I |i R ^ i>0 | j J | Comedian seeks \ damages for eye ( LAS VEGAS, Nev. ? c Comedian Rodney Danger- c field says he just wants to 5 make people laugh, but la- t wyers for a casino-hotel have / portrayed him as a foulmouthed malingerer with a ( vindictive streak. ti "You're trying to make e me out to be a liar, and I'm not," Dangerfield said at one 2 point during three days of often combative testimony in ^ nis ao minion lawsuit against I Caesars Palace. * For the last two weeks, Dangerfield and Caesars Pa- > lace have been locked in a \ bitter court fight over an eye injury Dangerfield says he S suffered in a steam bath when a burst of steam hit B him in the face in March S 1988. N Surrogate mother wants custody u ORANGE, Calif. ? A 3-day-old baby boy was dis- ^ charged from a hospital Saturday to live temporarily j with his genetic parents, c] Mark and Crispina Calvert, ^ who are in a custody battle ^ with the surrogate mother who gave birth to him. n The surrogate mother, n Anna Johnson, 29, is suing a] the couple for custody, child support and damages. The _ Calverts hired Johnson for $10,000 to carry an embryo I formed from their egg and sperm. Blacks set up, Mitchell says PORT ROYAL ? Black leaders should be careful of their actions because some people would like to set them up for a political fall, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Theo Mitchell says. Speaking at the meeting of the S.C. Conference of Black Mayors, the state senator from Greenville reiterated his suggestion that a federal sting investigation of the General Assembly may have unfairly singled out black lawmakers. Compiled from wire reports Game conflicts vi Homec By CHAD BRAY Staff Writer With homecoming the weekend before fall break, the Homecoming Commission is working to accommodate students that want to leave for the weekend. "It's not the date we wanted," Homecoming Commissioner Marti Weaver said. She said the date was picked over the summer when she was not on campus. The homecoming date was selected by The Division of Student Affairs, the director of the Alumni Association, the Athletic Department and the President's Office. Weaver said the Citadel game on Oct. 20 was unavailable for homecoming because the week before the game was not a full Business s< gets comp By ALLEN KEITZ role in edi Staff Writer "stategic Zenith Data Systems provided ?Th^C ? 5380,642 in equipment to the Col- zenith 32 ege of Business Administration to tefs establish the new Zenith Personal ^ 386-micr -omputer Classroom. their a \ Interim President Arthur Smith . , ... , . . monitors. :ut the ribbon to inaugurate the The s lassroom located in the James C. lelf Computer Center, which will micro >e used for a number of Business acce era e' Administration applications. James Kane, the dean of the College of Business Administra- n a ion, thanked Zenith for their coop- members ration with the classroom. lica an The ceremony continued with Zenith executives discussing their Set Citizens rail jroups call for safety, less crime I, ANDREA SWEET c^'sr ;MWrjter Fami|y s, lany Columbians are making an mentofO fforl to insure the safety of their "This w eighborhoods by "Taking Back We not 01 te Night." directed a At 7 p.m. Tuesday, about 100 but we tri bservers gathered at the Richland means to lounty Judicial Center on Main Stanton, a treet to focus on solutions to vio- said, mt crimes against women and Marjori hildren. This was the 7th annual worker foi 'alk and rally of 'Take Back the Correction fight." violently i The rally represented 15 diffe- _ 356 will >nt groups with one purpose in Carolina tl lind: to educate the community Violeno bout ways to get involved and our countr Ju Dumping for a better tomor Accounting junior Paul Williams puts new Bin outside of his apartment. Students on recycle aluminum cans and paper can brin the Russell House Wednesday, where sev be holding USC's first Recycling Day. nth fall break oming p week to have events. "The Athletic Department wanted the Citadel date for something they were planning," Weaver said. "The Athletic Depart ment wanted the game for a special program." When the West Virginia game was moved to Nov. 24, Weaver said, the Citadel game was considered as a possible choice to replace Parent's Weekend. However, the Athletic Department was still saving that date for a special program. Both Kerry Tharpe, director of the Sports Information Department, and Assistant Director Brian Binnette said they are unaware of anything special planned that weekend. "We have two home games in Septem:hool _ acation and pride in their alignment" with USC's f Business Administation. uipment consists of 26 15-150 personal compu- V ich are based on the pL ochip technology and jfl vard-winning color ignificance of the 1 2 chip is that it allows an | j i processing rate and al- 1 8 1 computer to emulate the of older computers, ition, several faculty demonstrated some prac- w creative uses for the USC and Zen i COMPUTERS page 2 ribbon for the BA ly, walk in j ffective part in stopping and females of al nomic background the groups were rep- However, statis ;s from the Adam Walsh that women and c source Center, Sister ally the target o . Women's Consortium, Hammock added, lelter, and S.C. Depart- The main probl orrections. when the word v as a special year because tioned is marital ily focused on violence said Susan Davis < it women and children, mission of Wom< ed to involve men as a usually the victirr the solution," Leigh duction or rape, n organizer for the event According to th stract of 1990, Ar ie Hammock, a social violence a norm, r the S.C. Department of were 134,088 rep< s said "223,000 will die Of that number n the United States, and occurred in the hoi be murdered in soutn cent in a friend lis year." home. In 1988, th e is a major problem in rapes reported. y that focuses on males 75,441 occured to chc By TRACY MAC Staff Writer Students' best bet new series of worl The workshop s collection of free help students with cult for students t< Student Developm< The workshops, lie Bouchillon/The Gamecock ^er conh"Ol, assert *rr? \m ^rst weelc ln ( fall semester. spapers in a recycling campus who want to "Staff members g them to the front of 111686 students cou eral organizations will better educated," s dent Disciplines. Ward said the p V ;; ' iroblems ber, two in October and three in Novem- b ber," Binette said. "Homecoming is tradi- cl tionally in the middle of the season. We g only have two games in the middle of the n season. We don't give them a certain date. It's a matter of which dates are ss appropriate." F In reaction to this inconvenience, Weaver ai said the Homecoming Commission is trying to accommodate students who want to go ci home for the weekend. d "We changed the dance from Saturday night to Friday so people can go home after tl the game," Weaver said. h In addition to changing the date of the Q dance, the 20th annual Cockfest will be on Friday night instead of'the Thursday night ^ ( ith Data Systems officials look on as Interim . building's new computer classroom. )rotest of vio 1 races and eco- 17,049 by attempt, s, she said. Stanton said that in a survej tics have shown 35 large colleges, only 5 percen :hildren are usu- all female students who had b f this violence, raped actually reported it, and out of four women will be ra em women face during their lifetime, iolence is men- "A man may find it easy to r abuse or rape, a woman because ... he does 3f the S.C. Com- have any respect for himself or in. Children are woman," Donald Garrett, an is of incest, ab- server at the rally, said. The rally brought attention le Statistical Ab- other issues as well, such as nerica is making bill against marital rape that ' In 1987, there turned down for the fourth t Dited rape cases, this year in the General Assemb , 40.5 percent "The law seems to think tte me and 17.6 per- man has the right over his w 's or relative's _ She isn't an equal partner in lere were 92,490 marriage," said Yvette Conne Broken down, an observer at the rally. "In by force and words of an Aiken representat s to help with ; illenging colleg< K a proactive oi for this semester might be to attend a While at fii cshops to help them adjust to college Bets" and Un: men to help shows that the .eries is named "Best Bet" and is a workshops offered once a month to "Best Bet" topics that are challenging or diffi- that appeals d handle, according to the Office of though some ;nt. ered in Unive which will cover such topics as an- "The progr iveness and relationships, will begin an interior de October and continue throughout the university can idea." looking for a way to help believed The worksl Id make better choices if they were dent Affairs. ' aid Janet Ward, coordinator for Stu- shop, student: dent Developi rogram will be "one way to offering tend and ansv surface efore the game. Weaver said the date was hanged to the night before the game to ive Cockfest the atmosphere of a real pep illy. "We wanted that atmosphere," Weaver lid. "We had a nice turnout last year (on riday night). We want to make it bigger nd better each year." This year the Homecoming queen will be rowned at Cockfest, instead of on Saturday uring the game. "The queens wanted more to do. When ley were crowned on Saturday, they didn't ave anything to do," she said. "Past ueens we interviewed would have liked to_ See HOMECOMING page 2 Eric Glenn/The Gamecock President Arthur Smith cuts the lent crime the law needs to stay out of a ! of man's bedroom." t of Another important topic dis een cussed was incest, one "Children usually didn't know ped that what's going on is abnormal or that things can be different," ape said Eugenia Beach, director of the ;n't Family Shelter, a community serthe vice group that deals with family ob- issues concerning women and children. i to Guest speakers told observers the key points in how to get involved was in the fight against violence. : r?' ... - - ime rirsi, ciuzens musi register to ly. vote. Secondly, they should get to it a know their district representatives. ife. Finally, people should get involved the with an organization that deals rly, the ive, See CRIME page 2 adjustment 3 situations jportunity for students." st glance there is a parallel between "Best iversity 101, a class offered to USC ffeshthem cope with college, a closer look 3 programs are quite different. j i is a series 01 iioii-aeauciiiie wuuvsnups to all students, not just freshmen, even of the programs are similar to those covrsity 101. am can be beneficial," Daphane Friday, sign sophomore said. "Anything that the i do to help the students I think is a good lops are sponsored by the Office of StuTo reserve a space in a "Best Bet" works should contact the Department of Stument, state the workshop they want to at/er some registration questions.