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Jury convic
By The Associated Press
A federal jury Thursday convicted
Taylor on charges that he took $4,30
The jury reached its verdict in its
after about six hours of deliberation.
The conviction marked the end of
lawmaker indicted in the FBI sting
Trust"
The conviction carries a maximui
years in prison and a $1.5 million fin
Taylor, a 40-year-old Columbia
charged with six counts of violating
federal anti-bribery law. An indictn
of accepting five separate bribes an
to solicit those bribes in exchange fc
pari-mutuel betting bill.
Videotapes and lobbyist Ron Col
prosecution's side of the trial. Cobb
cratic House member who had be
worked undercover for the FBI after
a drug deal.
He testified he had bribed Taylor
cruit other lawmakers to support the
sure, which would have allowed
whether to allow betting on horse z
South Carolina.
Videotapes showed Cobb giving
Taylor the cash.
Taylor maintained throughout his
Debate Continued
You were in the legislature since
1962 until now."
The candidates also discussed
education. Theodore said during
his past terms he worked on legislation
that has increased teachers'
salaries and SAT scores. McMaster
said too much money was still goHomecomi
wrong," he said.
Weiss said he has received more
telephone calls from people supporting
the bill than he has from
people against it
Sen. Shine Brooks, Homecoming
Commission treasurer and
leading opponent of the bill, said
the Homecoming Commission has
already been in contact with other
groups to fund the election, if Student
Government took away its
funding.
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ing toward the bureaucracy.
"The bureaucracy just cannot
teach the children," he said.
The two candidates were able to
agree on a ballot initiative reform
that would allow people to write in
an issue they felt was important on
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"We have to send a message to
the university right now. We're
saying we can't deal with the
problem, so we'll cut funding," he
said. "Let's send out a positive
message that we can deal with this.
If they (the Homecoming Commission
members) don't want to
change it, they won't change it.
But if we cut funding now, they'll
run (to other funders) even
quicker."
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or you to send a message to the
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petition an issue by placing it
on the ballot, the General Assembly
would have to confront it
The hour-long debate was held
on South Carolina Educational
Television as a part of the "Debate
'90" series before the election
Senator Shah said the vote showed
the division on campus.
Shah said the bill provided
"some great debate we haven't
seen in the senate in a while."
Weiss agreed.
"It will probably be one of the
longest debates this year," Weiss
said. "Since the vote was so close,
people had a definite opinion and
were not swayed by others."
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McMahon also said that security
concerns are strong because there
will be so few people on campus.
If all of the halls were kept open,
it would be a highly unsafe
situation.
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"In general, colleges and universities
would prefer that the money
is available to support their students
without any contingencies
placed on it," she said.
Concerns are also that previously
free financial aid may now
be closed to lower-income students
due to increased time commitments.
The House version of the bill,
entitled the National Service Act
of 1990, is to "provide economiThe
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The Towers area is fairly selfcontained,
though, so problems
should not arise, McMahon said.
'Two or three resident advisers
and a residence hall director will
be on call to provide the kinds of
services that may be needed," he
said.
The university will not have to
accomodate the out-of-state band
members. USC Band Director Jim
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cally disadvantaged young adults
with opportunities for meaningful
service to their communities."
Jerry Brewer, dean of Student
Life at USC, said he thinks the bill
is "a move in the right direction."
Brewer, however, said he would
not favor tying all financial aid to
volunteer service. "I don't think
that's an answer that would be a
productive environment for students
in college or students about
to enter," he said.
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Chris Brown, a sophomore biology
major currently receiving aid,
said he thinks the bill may or may
not be a good idea, but may be a
"learning experience."
"If the government wants to pay
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