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I 1 HO HO HO Quote of the Day )Sw. 1 Mall Santas Basketball team hits the road Page 5 and sit on my lap, and when I I f B^Hrc ? I , . *. asked him what he wanted for I - I QGt traininQ Christmas, he looked at me and I I j f i ? i said'Pantyhose.'" lIC I tor nonaay Swim teams comoete in NIT Misan*^suvm* f bL & I Holiday Magazine page 10 wVWil tvQI I IO vvl I ipClw III 1*1 Page 5 Holiday Magazine page 10 The Gamecock Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate. Journalism | Volume 83, No. 42 ~ The University of South Carolina Friday, November 30, 1990 BRIEFLY 11 JIN THE NEWS J ^ ttcct) uermany givca uaoiv WWII food reserves BERLIN ? Germany will send the Soviet Union huge food reserves that were stockpiled to help feed West Berlin in case of a rfcpeat of the 1948-49 Soviet blockade of the city, a top government official said Thursday. The announcement regarding the so-called Berlin reserves was the latest in a series of German actions aimed at helping the Soviets. It was made by Horst Teltschik, chief foreign policy adviser to Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Also Tuesday, the German Red Cross sent 37 tons of, emergency food supplies on an Aeroflot plane to the Soviet Union, starting what officials hope couia oe,a aauy airnu 10 ine 50viet Union. Premier, government resign in Bulgaria SOFIA, Bulgaria ? Premier Andrei Lukanov and his government of former Communists resigned Tuesday, bowing to unrelenting pressure from the streets and the halls of parliament. The Socialist premier, blamed for the Balkan country's political and economic anarchy, said union and the government opposition had made it impossible for his government to implement its economic reform program. No replacement was immediately named for Lukanov, one of the reform-minded Socialist Party members who helped oust longtime Communist leader Todor Zhivkov last November. Lukanov, 52, was appointed premier in early February. Northern Atlantic bears blue lobsters WALPOLE, Maine ? Every year, a few lobstermen find a " ? -? .1 ? 1 .1 ireaK wnen mey naui in uich traps ? a lobster with a shell as blue as the Maine sky. And they'll often call Sam Chapman, the godfather of blue lobsters in Maine. He has about 400, ranging in hue from powder blue to electric cobalt blue to "a blue so dark it's almost black." Most lobsters plucked from the Atlantic's icy waters are a mottled mixture of green, red and brown. They turn bright red when they're cooked. Blue lobsters are genetic mutations in which the crustacean's blue gene is dominant. About one in every 3 million or 4 million lobsters caught along the Maine coast is blue, Chapman said. Officials jail manager for dumping sewage GREENVILLE ? A former sewer plant manager has become > - C~- n/ircnn C ,L 1! u1c him in ouuui i^ajuinm to be sentenced to a prison term for breaking environmental laws. Mark Irby, 42, of Piedmont was sentenced Wednesday to 33 months in prison on charges he dumped raw sewage into the Reedy River during 1987 and v 1988. Irby is a former plant manager for the Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority. U.S. District Judge G. Ross Anderson Jr. gave Irby the maximum prison sentence allowed under federal guidelines. Compiled from wire reports Citizens to r< Loca By MARCUS SESSION Staff Writer The South Carolinians Against War in the Middle East met Tuesday at the Russell House to plan its strategy for convincing the government that war is not the best option for dealing with the crisis in Saudi Arabia. Formed about three weeks ago, between 80 and 140 people have attended each of its three meetings. The group is loosely organ M" - * i-^Jl^Hfc-/? * ?'a*?? jm Luncheon oh the ( Liz Stotler, a freshman in I eat lunch on the Horseshoe Doctor fii By SCOTT PRILL Staff Writer A new cause of strep throat 01 campuses has been found by a US center doctor. Dr. James Turner, in cooperat former colleagues at the Universit ginia, has found a bacteria pr thought to be harmless. The bacteria known as "group C cocci" has been found in throats o cent of college students with sor and 11 percent of a control group sore throats. "Group A streptococci" was tf be the only bacteria associated v throat and also the cause of rl fever, which in severe cases can be Turner, who is director of Thon j ^ tt n .. j ^1 aeni ncaiui center, expeciea uie link after examining several stud exhibited all the signs of strep tl tested negative for the disease. K research to see if there could tx bacteria other than "group A," whi explain the presence of strep s; with negative results. Citadel ca< Confederat By The Associated Press CHARLESTON ? A studenl forum on racism turned into a debate over the display of the Confederate flag and the singing of Dixie during sporting and other college events. Terrence Young, one of twc cadets who led the forum on rac ism Wednesday, said tension be tween black and white students a ine tJitaael was no worse man a other South Carolina colleges, bu a lack of understanding cause: most racial problems at the school. Most of the meeting was de voted to the Confederate flag, ; banner waved at Citadel sportinj events, and "Dixie," the school' fight song. In the past, blacl cadets have complained about th< song and flag. ally at State h 1 antiw; ized, except for a few committees formed to bring about some kind of CTOun consensus. o r Nicole Berry, an international studies senior, is the only USC student on the organization's steering committee. "Things are going just way too hastily, and I think people are kind of excited that we're going to war and there's a lot of other options," Berry said. "I really think that if there's alternatives to war that it's something that I need to support. I ^ |g?r ' | *lPt , , ? 5 3 rass Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Admir and enjoy the pleasant autumn weatl nds new sti The researchers condi study of 430 college stu( ~T~~ ered the "group C streptoc ;C hea.m Although "group C" is as group A, the sympt ion with fever- swpllen lymph 81 v of Vir coated Wllh Previously "The ^search suggests though not associated witl , streDto. might be a more frequei "e P ~ throat in college students it 26 per- _ .. ? Turner said, e throats t ? _ , . > without If group C strep 1S C wunout fur[her research l0 be an j tought to slrep throat in college/ith strep screening techniques an fieumatic treatment will likely ; fatal. changed in the near future ison Stu- A small proportion of bacteria was found in health) ents who ^em 10 believe there nu hroat but "grouP C" ? one whic le started the throat infection ar J another simply the normal inhabi ch would Turner said, ymptoms When Turner came to 1 his screening for "group C Jets debate p flao snncr John Light, a senior, said black t students who don't sing "Dixie" upset him "because that shows no school spirit to the outside world. Everyone knows when they come here 'Dixie' is the school song. It should be sung out of respect." > Light said that in the recent past "there were cases of racism here, but it was taken care of in the t school." t "The school isn't racist. It is a t few students in the corps who are," 5 he told the 75 mostly white cadets attending the forum. Young said he was not offended a by "Dixie," though other blacks at I the forum said they were, s "I can't sing 'I wish I was in the k land of cotton.' I would have been e a slave in the land of cotton," one unidentified student said. louse ar sent don't want to see anyone die, but I especially don't want to see all my friends, my brother and my boyfriend be put in jeopardy." The group has met every Tuesday for the past three weeks at Wesley United Presbyterian Church where they will continue to meet. The group plans to keep meeting until the U.S. military is out of Saudi Arabia. They also plan to have a rally on Saturday at noon on the State listration, and Mark Fairleigh, a se ner. rep throat icted a two-year that between S< lents and discov- tember of 199( occi." 2,000 students not as dangerous which were "gi oms still involve were "group A : ands and tonsils "'Group C si 'group C strep', you know what i rheumatic fever, said. He estims rit cause of strep ot an student r than 'group A'," States are testir he does not re confirmed through for "group C" p mportant cause of age persons, lab Penicillin-t} id approaches to "group C strep' be substantially body. There is ," he said. throat infection, "group C strep" to any type of n ' students, leading ly be two species However, Ti ;h may be causing students with ' id one which is treated at the ] tant of the throat, proved on antib Turner said JSC, he continued dence as to wl : strep." He found college-age per: IK! Stranger in the Nig An unidentified man is esci 30-minute serenade to Capstc formance, mostly love songs. _ iment ( House grounds to protest the mili tary's buildup. "I think that it's really important that this side needs to be seen and that people really understand what the real issues are and not be blinded by the rhetoric that the media presents," said Rajan Shah, a finance and marketing senior. "If you eliminate Saddam HusMembers of the group include not only USC students, but also *4 nounct to acti contini dents ' univer Renee Meyer/The Gamecock bility < ter," E nior in pre-med/biology, and Fi release This the fir pOll CO 10 Sai vdUiJv studen were a ;ptember of 1989 and Sep- Ncil ), the health center treated rcc?rc* with sore throats, 300 of studeri oup C strep" and only 105 j*uty F strep." USC-I taking Lrep' is easy to diagnose if you're looking for," Turner . ites fewer than one percent actlve lealth centers in the United wa"11 ig for "group C." However, . Wl commend routine screening ^ y ' ending further studies. Unive Stm antiKirttirc u/i 11 hf.ln full ' --r ' found in other parts of the tint no scientific evidence that re-enr s from this bacteria respond ? inci nedication. throug iff iirner said, more than 300 of a s 'group C" throat infections grade health center generally im- it will iotics. grade there is no conclusive evi- Gui ly this is a problem among ploye sons. as sex ht Drted off campus by USC police V\ >ne dormitory. An estimated 100 C The man also took requests from h grows clergymen, military personnel and people from various other groups in Columbia. Brett Bursey, in addition to being a member of the coaliton, is also the director of Grassroots Organizing Worshop, a resource group for citizen activist groups. "We see peace and justice and environmental issues as things that cut across racial and state boundaries," Bursey said. SC offers ill refund i deployed OTT CLINE I riter ight of President Bush's recent anient to call up more reserve forces ve duty in support of operation Delield, USC has announced that it will ie to refund full tuition to those stuwho must withdraw from classes to nilitary obligations. -' (VkArtit nhi/lantc ?orh_ / IO UWillC uiai many aiuutuio, j;aiu" r at the Shaw and Myrtle Beach Air bases, are reluctant to register for sity courses ... because of the possiof being deployed during the semesexecutive Vice President for Business inance Pete Denton stated in a press ? policy, which began in August with st deployment of U.S. reserve forces idi Arabia, has already affected 30 ts from the Columbia campus who ictivated this semester, ther USC nor the military forces keep s of how many of their members are it/soldiers, but there are 110 active >ersonnel registered for classes at the *ort Jackson campus with many more classes on the Columbia campus, ile there is no law requiring USC. to 1 tuition to students who are called to duty, university officials said they o help as much as possible, e're going to be as fair as (we) pos:an and help students with this," said rsity Registar Luther Gunter. dents deployed have several options: tuition refund ion credit good for three years toward ollment Dmplete grade on courses if-approved ;h appropriate academic channels he student is deployed toward the end emester, they may request that a final be given for all work done. However, be up to each instructor to decide if a will be given. iter added that anyone who is ded should contact the withdrawal office Dn as they receive their orders. r >^53| Renee Meyer/The GameoocK Wednesday night after finishing a apstone residents heard the perlis "audience."