Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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K-- * Life Quote of the Day 0L>,% student spends Boxers' hard work to pav off Page 10 "The tactics used in keeping imff**.. . ?*?/%/% ?' celebrating fans off Williams-Brice ** IL Uay Oil SlrGGIS Stadium's sacred turf included I ml 4 with local homeless .... x IIAA rtind^'!RihT Carolina Life, page 5 J Alcohol awareness at USC Page 6 | See Viewpoint, page 4 j The Gamecock Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate Journalism Volume 83 , No. 30 ~~ The University of South Carolina Wednesday, October 24, 1990 ISRIEFil! IJlffttE-NEWSl American hostages cof froo hv PTnccpin kJV t, 11 VV UJ Fourteen Americans left the Iraqi capital for Jordan Tuesday after being freed by Saddam Hussein's government. They departed as Britain worked to gain the release of 50 sick or elderly Britons. "I was waiting for this moment I am extremely happy, but sad at the same time because I am leaving many of my friends and colleagues," Jack Fraser, one of the freed Americans, told an Associated Press reporter in Baghdad. Fraser, 53, of Santa Ana, Calif., worked for a construction company and had been held in a diplomatic compound in Baghdad. About 1,000 Americans remain trapped in Iraq and Kuwait Representative gets misconduct charge WASHINGTON ? Rep. Donald Lukens, R-Ohio, conferred with his lawyer Tuesday about a fresh charge of sexual miscon/4n/~? onH rAnirrpccirtnal cniircw UUVl, aim VWII^,? vgjivuui uvmivw said there were suggestions from House GOP leaders that he resign his seat Lukens was convicted last year of contributing to the unruliness of a minor in a misdemeanor case that stemmed from his having sex with a 16-year-old girl. He was defeated in his bid for renomination in the Republican primary last May. But he remains in Congress until his successor is sworn in, and the ethics committee moved swiftly to deal with the most recent charge against him. Working mother locked child in trunk NEWARK, NJ. ? A woman who said she couldn't find a baby sitter she could trust locked her 5-year-old daughter in the trunk of her car while she worked at a shopping mall, police said. Chante Fernandez, 24, of Elizabeth, was charged with criminal restraint and freed on $5,000 bail. Her daughter, who was not hurt, was placed in protective custody. The woman, who could get up to five years in prison and a $7,500 fine if convicted, was arrested Saturday after shoppers at the Woodbridge Center mall parking lot heard sounds coming from the car trunk. /> i . t f_ 1 At_ _ umcers saia uiey iounu me girl inside with a blanket, a coat, a flashlight, a book, a stuffed animal and a doughnut. Police said Ms. Fernandez told them she had been keeping the child in the car for the past month while she worked weekends as a sales clerk. Taylor charged with violating bribery law State Rep. Luther Taylor continued on Tuesday to assert that he had not sold his vote. But he acknowledged he had made a mistake in taking $4,300 from undercover FBI informant Ron Cobb. Taylor stuck to his defense throughout several hours of grueling cross-examination from Assistant U.S. Attorney Dale DuTremble. Compiled from wire reports J Js ' ' # B Freddye Davie, a professor at Ben< nursing auditorium. The program cove Leaders di: Panelists suggest causes, solutions By TONIA MALLETT Staff Writer "Black by Nature; Oppressed by Choice" was the topic of a forum sponsored by the Minority Assistance Peer Program Monday. "Oppression has been a topic of discussion for a long time in the black community. Oppression goes back as far as slavery when the master made sure his slaves weren't educated so that he could control their actions," said Shawn Bell, MAP assistant team leader and program moderator. "This is where it began and here is where it will stay until we as a people develop the mentalities that make us cognizant of oppression, equip us for oppression and allow us to combat oppression," Fraternities c By AARON SHEININ Staff Writer All fraternities on McBryde Quadrangle with wooden decks will soon see them replaced with concrete and brick. The wooden decks present problems with drainage, erosion and safety, Director of Greek Life Rick Gant said Tuesday. "They only last so long before you have to replace them," he said. A new deck for Zeta Beta Tau fraternity Crime wave students call By The College Press Service A student is found stranded in his don Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. At Bridge water State College in Massach dent editors return to their office one day i ber to find $23,000 in computer equipment s At about the same time, police arrest foui State College students, charging them wit! rape of a nearby resident A student at State University of New Yc falo is found raped and strangled on Sept 3( Such scenes, observers say, have unfolde* usually high number and broad range of can fall. A crime wave seems to be washing o\ can higher education. "College campuses are just seething wi said Alan Lizotte, associate dean of crimino State University of New York at Albany horrible places." "A lot of students are scared. They doi alone," said Rob Tumney, an Ohio State senior who heads the school's Crime Wa Service. The fear has turned into wild rumors at i puses. Administrators at Iowa State Unive the first week of October trying to convinc Ml ' %'Mt j T?'* A' ^'^^KKE^t P i > %' ?f^ '..; p. ^PBlMr - y llii 3dict College, emphasizes a point at a fed the topic of Black oppression in A scuss black she said. The panel invited to the forum consisted of S.C. NAACP Executive Secretary Nelson Rivers, Benedict College professor Freddye Davie, Leon Spenser and Faith Paries from USC Counseling and Development, Student Government President Stephen Benjamin, USC NAACP chapter President Troy Brockington, Association of African American Students President Brian Black and Association of African American Students Second Vice President Torrey Mills. The panel gave views on the situation of blacks being oppressed and what should be done to prevent it. One of the points discussed in the forum was that oppression is not only because of race but because of power. It could also be based on the economical standings of the people being oppressed. 'The system has oppressed the people that are poor. They expect very little of poor folk," Davie said. >n Quad to g is almost complete. ZBT President 1 Leoncavallo said he is pleased with progress being made on the deck, the to be redone with concrete. "All the help the university has giver the speed at which it has been done been impressive. I am pleased with performance even in the face of unexp< problems and delays," he said. T 11- J _ Leoncavano saiu uie existing woi decks will be torn down and a concrete sweeps cam) for more pro that there was not a serial rapi n room at But the crime threats are re; While campus crime statist usetts, stu- liable, Purdue, Yale and Loy< n Septem- versitites as well as the unr >tolen. Boulder and California at Sar Delaware increase in crime during the p; 1 the gang Much of the nationwide st from the brutal late-August n >rk at Buf- Community College student J. rionua siuucuis. i at an un- While police still search foi ipuses this the subject of campus crime rer Ameri- Recent stories on the Opra Morning America, ABC News th crime," fanned the flames, logy at the . "They're Pleas for better protection I tral parts of protests at Ten n't go out Morgan State University, Pa University tch Escort Marygrove College in Michig South Carolina during the 198 some cam- "It's hard to know whethe rsity spent whether the appearance of cri :e students said. I ^ ^^^Renee Meyer/1 he Gameccx* program held Monday night in the merica. oppression Spenser said blacks do have power, but they do not use it "We are not using our power ? voting," he said. The pangj discussed the Confederate flag that is still flying above the State House. "Until we take it upon ourselves to get the flag removed, it will stay up there. We can vote the flag down," Rivers said. They also talked about the lack of knowledge many young people have about their heritage. "You don't know where you're going if you do not know where you are coming from," Parks said. "We need to learn African history where they teach about the energy of a people, not individualism." Rivers said "the older generation has sold out. Too many of my peers have ?nent inn mnrh limp, nnf talkinp and deal See OPPRESSION page 2 ;et new conci Nick will be put down in its place. The the sity will supply the concrete free oi first he said. However if a fraternity w tras, such as brickwork, basketball i and a grill, it will have to pick up the bi has Leoncavallo also said the fraterni their bers play an important part in the jcted tion of the old deck and constructic new one. The fraternity is suppose< oden vide non-technical labor, including slab wood and bricks, Leoncavallo si puses, \mm tection |k st on campus. ^ ^ ics are notoriously unre)la of New Orleans uni/ersities of Colorado at ita Barbara all report an udcnt skittishness stems aurders of one Santa Fe clues, the tragedy made more visible than ever. h Winfrey Show, Good iliJl ine College in Georgia! Wishful ti an and the University of 9-90 school year. Computer S ;r crime is going up or into a Pontiac me is going up," Lizotte day as part of i Legislation affects all campuses Buildings to become accessible to disabled By ELIZABETH FOX Assistant News Editor The Americans with Disabilities Act, which passed during the summer, will affect all businesses, communication systems and institutions that in any way deal with the public. This includes USC. When the act goes into effect after two years, USC will be required to modify anything that hinders people with disabilities. To have a disability, a person must have an impairment that limits that person in a major life activity, such as talking, breathing, walking or working, according to the act 'This is the most sweeping federal legislation since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Just as the CRA mainstreamed minorities in this country, the act will have the same impact in mainstreaming persons with disa bilities," said Rosvelt Martain, assistant dean or student Development and Educational Services for Educational Support Services. Because of this mainstreaming, the university is anticipating an increase in the number of students with disabilities, Martain said. "We, as an institution, want to be prepared for the anticipated increase in the number of students," he said. Already, they have consolidated Disability Services with PASS (Promoting Academically Successful Students), National Student Exchange, Academic Skills Center, ASAP (Academic Skills Assistance Program) and ASKUS telephone system to both sensitize students to the needs of those with disabilities and keep students from running around campus for the different programs, Martain said. Also, a policy is now in the works for students with learning disabilities. This would allow those students to withdraw from classes after the 'withdrawal with a failure' date without penalties. It will also require documentation from a doctor to substantiate the disability and give the students a chance on the admissions packet to indicate whether or not they have a disability, Martain said. The act would also affect buildings across campus. See ADA page 2 rete, brick decks : univer- university supplies technical labor and t cnarge, supervision. 'ants ex- Anthony Lombardo, executive-vice presigoals or dent of ZBT, said there is a definite need 11. for new decks. ty mem- "There definitely was a safety and liabildestruc ity problem with some of the decks. I like >n of the the design of the new deck .... We defi1 to pro- nitely needed one (a new deck). Our moving wooden deck was in horrible condition," he lid. The said. ^ ^. Renee Meyer/The Gamecock cience graduate student Aditya Agrawal looks car parked in front of the Russell House Tuesa promotional give-away.