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The Gamecock
Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate Journalism
Volume 83, No. 38 _____ The University of South Carolina Wednesday, November 14, 1990
Iraq plans to release
four more Americans
AMMAN, Jordan ? Iraq will
release four more American hostages,
former U.S. Attorney General
Ramsey Clark said Tuesday
after concluding an independent
peace mission to Baghdad.
"I was told that two were going
to be released today (Monday)
and apparently did not make
it on the plane and that they will
be out on the next plane
whenever that is," Clark said.
Clark, a peace activist who
traveled to Hanoi during the
Vietnam War, is the second
prominent American to go to
Baghdad since Iraq invaded Kuwait
on Aug. 2. Former presidential
candidate Jesse Jackson was
there in August
Caller from Kuwait
urges U.S. action
CLEVELAND ? A man who
said he was among a group of
Americans hiding in Kuwait
urged U.S. military action against
Iraq during a telephone call to a
television station.
"We feel that our protectors
have hidden us away well
enough and safe enough so that
if they start bombing, we feel
very good, 95 percent sure, we
can come through the war and
get back home," the caller said.
WJW-TV received the unsolicited
call Monday and confirmed
it came from Kuwait, producer
Tom Reed said. Newsman John
O'Day spoke with men from
Ohio and Maryland. The station
did not identify them.
Actor's daughter
attempts suicide again ]
LOS ANGELES ? Marlon .
Brando said his daughter tried
for the second time to kill her- j
self, this time by hanging, and is
on life-support in a Tahitian
hospital.
Cheyenne Brando, whom pro- (
secutors want to testify at her
half-brother's murder trial in Los {
Angeles, tried to commit suicide 1
Sunday at the family's compound
in Tahiti, Monday's Los Angeles <
Times quoted the actor as saying.
Brando, interviewed Sunday,
said his daughter was expected to *
live.
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for attack of sisters
WALTERBORO ? A man accused
of murdering an elderly
Edisto Beach woman who had
traveled to Walterboro to escape 1
Hurricane Hugo has been sentenced
to two life terms plus 40
years. 1
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Circuit Judge William Howe
sentenced Jerry Delk Crosby, 21, t
Monday after Crosby pleaded {
guilty to multiple charges stem
ming from the death of 82-year- (
old Edna Lyons.
Crosby also plead guilty to as- 1
sault and battery with intent to J
kill in an attack on Lyons' sister- 1
in-law, Ruby Lyons, 79, of s
Walterboro. 1
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Edna Lyons had gone to Ruby t
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Lyons' home to escape Hurricane
Hugo. The attack came between i
midnight and 3 a.m., Sept. 23, s
1989, about 48 hours after Hugo I
came ashore. 1
Compiled from wire reports s
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Staff Writer r
Because of a decision made in Septem- t
ber, the Office of Resident Student Development
will not replace resident advisers 1
next semester that graduate or quit, adding r
extra work for the remaining RAs. a
Preston RA Fred Jones, who will gradu- I
ate in December, said RSD sent out a me- c
morandum in September stating there ti
would be a suspension of RA hiring. Jones a
also said there was a meeting soon after explaining
the reasons for the suspension. f
"In the meeting, Jim McMahon (RSD di- a
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More student
Debts from maxing out wesi
:ause some to drop out parti
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The good news is college students are whic
Inding it easier than ever to obtain credit 18,0
:ards. 1.5 I
The bad news is they're also finding it their
easier to fall into debt to the point of hav- "it c
ng to drop out of school. spok
Card companies that began marketing T(
iggressively to college students for the nies
"irst time ever about two years ago have, In
)y this fall, created something of a debtor new
generation of collegians. lane
"Many students have credit cards and, Ci
fcs, most of them are maxed out," said "hug
vlichael Labban, a student at Florida At- at W
antic University. F1
"I don't trust myself to get a Visa," ceivt
;aid DeeAn Nakagawa, a student at appli
Federal incom
to exempt stu<
t>y dkuvl i>\jvvii,k expect out
Staff Writer out of this
Undergraduate and graduate tui- sai^ion
benefits will be exempt from Under tf
ederal income taxes under a fed- earned by
?ral budget passed by Congress in federal inct
Dctober. The bill
The budget, which seeks to trim f?r undergi
he federal deficit by $500 billion ^ve to Sej
luring the next five years, will al- students th<
ow undergraduate and graduate Jan- Tlv
itudents to stop paying taxes on 199*
uition benefits paid to them by Nelson s
employers, or paid to them in re- versity St
urn for campus work they do. pressuring
"I don't think anyone believes it s^e \9^s
a perfect budget," said Jim Nel- This is
ion, secretary of the American three year
Jniversity Staff Council and a sa^- We
ounding member of the Congress <
iVashington-based Integrated Reponse
Against Taxing Education.
"This bill is the best we could
nes budget plan
tuts hirin
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ector) said that they could not hire any- ^
nore RAs to replace the outgoing ones due (
o budget cuts within RSD," Jones said.
A budget misforecast caused the prob- I
em, according to McMahon. At the begin- r
ting of the year, RSD overestimated their t
illocated funds and underestimated their ex- c
tenditures, he said. RSD told USC an inacurate
total and must cut back next semes- f
er to make up the difference between funds a
ind expenses, McMahon said. r
"Our budget is made up of state-allocated n
unds. Unfortunately, we overestimated the
mount of money we would be allocated. It \
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Lern Washington University. A friend compai
ers declared bankruptcy at age 21, Unti
y because of problems with credit poor ai
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jvertheless, Citibank Corporation, Now
h promotes student credit cards on good c
DO college campuses, estimates that out 4 j
to 1.7 million students are carrying the gen
Visa and Mastercards this year, and ,iv/e
:ontinues to go up," said Citibank becomi
esman Bill Ahern. Wassei
) get them to sign on, card compa- can ?x
offer students prizes and premiums. that mi
1989, American Express promised How
student cardmembers discount airp- ^ jes5
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redit and charge card companies give the po
;e candy bars" to students who apply Swift,
estern Washington, Nakagawa said. sity's f
orida Atlantic's Labban said he re
js "a lot" of "guaranteed-approved"
ications in the mail for cards from oil
ients
s
of this Congress and \ ,
White House," Nelson
le bill, the first $5,250 v\?
students is free from
)me tax. I
makes tax exemptions
aduate students retroac)t.
30 and for graduate
5 changes take effect on
e bin expires Dec. M,
aid the American Uni*
very satisfying after " ~
s of efforts," Nelson Deck the v
need people to call this
ind the next Congress International J
Science senior I
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ig freeze
vas a significant overestimate to restrict us
>n replacing outgoing RAs," he said.
Student Affairs Vice President Dennis
>ruitt said the problem was not a budget
nisforecast He said it was rather a preparaion
for a worst case scenario, a university
:utback.
"Student Affairs are allocated money
rom the university every year. We feel that
t university cutback is possible, and we
leed to prepare for a cutback in all departnents,"
Pruitt said.
"We can't hire RAs due to bad planning.
Ve can't hire RAs because we are prepar
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^ ^1.1. relations.
lies, Visa and the Discover Card.
1 recently, students were seen as searc|j
id not very creditworthy by many "\\q1
:ompanies. us<
' they maintain that students are
ustomers whose default rates, ab- Denni:
jercent, are no higher than that of echoed (
leral public. and alcol
've found that students go on to "Rules
e our best customers," said Gail than stre
man, a spokeswoman for Ameri- added thi
press, which offers a charge card students.
ist be paid off monthly. Pruitt
ever, student financial counselors proach tc
i sanguine about the change. ening the
see some (students) in trouble to
int of dropping out," said Ann The a(
a counselor at Iowa State Univer- bianually
inancial planning clinic. campus j
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Studies sophomore Jimmy Story, Marine
Bill Voegele express their Carolina Spirit c
ast August.
on RAs
ing for the worst scenario, a university cutback.
We feel that it would be better to not
hire any new RAs than to fire people,"
Pruitt said.
Pruitt also said if a university budget cut
did not come about, new RAs might be
hired to replace the outgoing ones.*
Earl Holly, from the Office of Business
and Finance, said that the university allocates
p.noncrh monev in its hiidppf parh vcar
for the required amount of RAs. Therefore,
See CUTBACKS page 3
overnment
its stricter
1 drug war
I! must publish laws
Dse federal funding
RA BARNES
ter
ideral government has intensified its drug war
?e campuses, including USC.
was required to comply with the Drug Free
and Communities Act of 1989 or lose federal
:t required USC to publish the state and fed;
laws, health risks and resources for informarehabilitation.
ver, the federal government doesn't provide
h funding for the project
of certification with the new act include come
information and distributing it to all stud
system personnel, including faculty, staff
;nt workers.
decided to include the information in a
booklet, add it to the master schedule and put
Carolina Community.
:ing the 20-page booklet alone costs six to
its per copy, said Ida Fogel of USC employee
To reach all system personnel, USC had to
; 13,000 copies.
y Coggins of Sponsored Programs and Retestioned
the purpose of the act.
jot my doubts over whether it will serve any
rpose at all," Coggins said.
s Pruitt, vice president of Student Affairs,
hoggins by stating USC already had a drug
10I policy.
; suggest a 'thou shalt not do' approach rather
issing the ideal behavior," Pruitt said. He
it the Carolinian Creed was developed to give
an example of ideal behavior.
said the act resembles a "big brother" ap)
governmental enforcement, which is "tightiter1
avivrva wit vw.
;t also requires USC to update its material
and the government will randomly review
>olicies each year.
net the deadline for government certification
*eks, but Pruitt and Coggins said they were
getting the job done.
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Science senior Vic Pyle and Political
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