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?_ . _ . ; ; ' y " : 7 ' v&$S?*. I , , ____ I! MM i i ii ii ir i ! : ? ' , i i ' : :l "i : ' i'i i i i r r I mi i i ' ? , i ? ? ; ~ |"-.!-"!.'J,l.'.^,L ^ II i^miMMmn ^^''-"'"^'"'4 sarafina! Bush explains war to college students auoteoftheDay MSI Tony-nominated musical P?3?4 ? mk}'? comes to Columbia .... sis one such time-" 13^ That Humor Column makes its debut -p^q^bu* 'ifOff* Carolina Life, page 4 Page 3 See Viewpoint page 3 j The Gamecock Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate Journalism ! Volume 83, No. 48 The University of South Carolina Wednesday, January 16,1991 BRIEpyi ||N THE, NEWS|j Former PLO terrorist kills two senior aids TUNIS, Tunisia? A turncoat bodyguard assassinated PLO leader Yasser Arafat's two senior deputies and a security officer Monday night at a house outside Tunis, Palestinian officials said. A senior Palestinian commander in Tunis said the killer is a former member of Abu Nidal's terrorist PLO faction, sworn enemies of Arafat. "We still don't know who he's working for," the commander said. "He may also be working for the Israelis." The assassin, armed with an AK-47 assault rifle, took the hostages after killing Salah Khalaf, Arafat's second-in-command and counterintelligence chief, sources in Tunis said. Khalaf, better known as Abu Iyad, was the mastermind of the Black September murders of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. He cultivated a moderate position in recent years. Soviets take academy to prepare for rally RIGA, U.S.S.R.? Soviet troops occupied a Latvian police academy early Tuesday morning as the capital braced for a major anti-independence demonstration. There were no serious injuries. The Interior Ministry troops took over the academy in the suburb of Agenskalns at 2 a.m., said Tia Karkils, a spokeswoman for the Latvian parliament The action came a day after the commander of Soviet military forces in the Baltics, Col. Gen. Fyodor Kuzmin, ordered Latvian Interior Ministry police to hand over their weapons to central authorities. Latvian police have been loyal to the republic's proindependence government. Doctors test VaxSyn, prove safe to humans PHILADELPHIA ? The first AIDS vaccine to be tested on humans is safe, but its effectiveness has not yet been proven, researchers reported Tuesday. The. vaccine. VaxSvn. was in jected into 36 healthy adult volunteers in 1988 at six hospitals as part of the federal AIDS Vaccine Clinical Trials Network. All 36 showed some immune response, according to the report in the Annals of Internal Medicine, published by the American College of Physicians. U.s. Naval Officer sentenced for rape CHARLESTON,? A sailor at the Charleston Naval Base has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape, sodomy and committing an indecent act on two young children. Petty Officer 1st Class Lawson Gober, 29, from Valrico, Fla., was sciiicuwcu rriuay ana given a dishonorable discharge. He has been on trial at a general court-martial since Tuesday. The offenses were believed to have occurred at Gober's home in Summerville. The jury deliberated for about four hours before returning the guilty verdict. The same jury found Gober innocent of one count of sodomy, two counts of committing an indecent act and one count of communicating a threat. [ Compiled from wire reports Persian ( By KATHY BLACKWELL Editor in Chief "It's kind of surreal. We wake up in the morning and we go to class. Everything seems normal, but it's not. We are going to war tomorrow," Jerel Rosati told students OnH fn/miuo a<> /Iii ri n rr tVta / "iiu la^uny 1ucsuay uuimg ui^ uayiung Teach-In Against War In The Persian Gulf in Gambrell Hall. The teach-in, sponsored by the Carolina Peace Resource Center, the USC Critical Forum and South Carolinians Against War in the Middle East, featured presentations and discussions by faculty, and local religious and community leaders. Although the sessions presented views against war, Natalie Kaufman of the De. |.. mm HpLw ' =!,*&.Inhn OppH nf tha rornlina Poara Poc the Teach-in in Gambrell Hall on Tuesda University re hold prayer-a By AARON SHEININ a " Assitant News Editor "ft* As the threat of war escalates in the Persian Gulf, campus religious wanf, centers are stepping up their at- !!se . tempts to offer spiritual help. Tammy Sustar, a childhood education junior, said the Baptist Student Union had people praying for At 15 straight hours Monday and four Cente hours on Tuesday. keepii Sustar, chairman for spiritual night growth at the BSU, said the BSU place had people signing up for continu- "If ous 15-minute time slots. During worl the person's alloted time, he or she tion . would pray for peace in the Per- peace sian Gulf. said. The "prayer-a-thon" started at 8 Rol a.m. on Monday and lasted until the gi 11 that night. Again, the Baptists pie cc had people turning their hearts to Cente; the crisis on Tuesday, from 11 "La Student ques n nnTni? ?17 A TTC r!. uy iiue. to ris Assistant News Editor age's Even though the Division of the ^ Law Enforcement and Safety has Regis hired contract security for the th< Blossom Street Garage, some stu- when dents are saying the garage is still guard not safe. "Tl "There will be times when sec- the g urity guards at the gates are not at when their station or sleeping on the job. "Wh< This jeopardizes everybody who home parks in the garage," journalism hardb junior Elizabeth Fischer said. Sen Gulf crisi partment of Government and International Studies stressed that everyone involved in the event was behind the U.S. trooDS in the gulf. "The best way to support our troops in the gulf is to bring them back alive," Kaufman said. Rosati, a Government and International Studies professor, spoke on whether war would further American foreign policy goals. Also addressing the subject was GENT professor Betty Glad. "This war could be much more worse for us than Vietnam ever was," Glad said, citing Saddam Hussein's sophisticated weaponry as opposed to Vietnam's guerrilla war tactics. MFSSip* I 111 > < 11. - ' Vh ..^?PM' .y&y I '^i^Si#^. s: JHHIES - * ,/^.^^^ r.y & Rene ;ource Center speaks against a war in the I yiligious cente , i r? ,-tnons lor pet ntil 3 p.m. that afternoon. prayer vigil, i s hard to know what to say. ing to light vij has got control of it. God He said tha peace," Sustar said. "He'll must remain s lis some way ... I can't be- tions and wor tie's doing this without a pur- mony. Seconc Nothing is impossible with for die people and the inno ? , ,. way. Also fo the Thomas Moore Catholic ' , th r, Father Edwin Robinson is Vinson a ig the chapel open unul mid- see that withi indefinitely to offer a quiet we Uve in? ^ for people to pray for peace. everyone shoi war breaks out, we must flicts ^ ^ : for a swift resolu- mony and und . . through the pursuit^ of SaUy Robin by all means and ways,' he for the Prest ... that during th linson said since the crisis in ing rj^eir regul ilf began, the number of peo- Tuesday nighi >ming to the Thomas Moore gathered to sh r Kno : J j ?11- b i uaa mcicascu uiauiaucauy. ? st night (Monday) we had a itions security cher's concern over the gar- Enforcemen safety prompted her to write Stokes said s< rector of Parking and Vehicle cost $55,699. tration Services, Bill Baker, also said sec i letter, she cited four dates the garage t i there were not security "cost prohibit s at certain gates. . on each level tie security has improved in ven days a w< arage, but they're not there "We're pre it matters," Fischer said, the security jnever I come back from age. The seci on Sunday nights, there is well to deci 1 any security in the garage. over 100 to ior Vice President of Law said. is topic of The United States typically assumes the role of guarantor of world security, she said, so for the Bush administration, threatening war was almost a natural step. "You threaten war to avoid war," she said. But with aggressors, or "bullies," like Hussein, logical reasoning doesn't always work. "Hussein's type value their honor and place in history more than their lives," Glad said. "Threats are most useful when you draw lines before they make a move because they don't have to back down or admit they were wrong. "In this situation, what you should do is negotiate so there's some saving of face," she added. "What we're calling diplomacy i South By the Associated Press Amid anti-war rallies and shows of support ILr flUB troops, South Carolini; ously waited Tuesdaj loomed in the Middle Ea$ As the deadline for Ir; out of Kuwait neared, also prepared for the repi of fighting a half-world a State, local and militar were laying the groundw< patriating Americans. Cross was carefully revie Ipital requests for blood f< surgery. Military hospi gearing up to handle ca: a shooting war. Military families did to get through the last te leading up to the deadlin* "No one knows (the te less they have some* there," said Patricia N Aiken. Her husband, ( been deployed with the e Meyer/The Gamecock Persian Gulf during ind people are comli\ candles." it first of all, people teady in their convic- S9 k for peace and harlly, "we should pray in the Persian Gulf JB cent victims in the r the families of the b| lere," he said. lso said people must n the present context le global community, lid help prevent con- II ; through global harlerstanding. ison, campus minister yterian Center, said e day they are offerlar program schedule. t, however, the group iare letters and phone Worshippers pray al See VIGIL page 2 United Methodist Chur ' at Blossom S t and Safety Carl Parking fees at Bloss xurity for the garage Garage increased from $.' 40 this past year. He this past year to pay for urity is staggered in security measures. >ecause it would be In her letter, Fischer ive to have someone increased charge paid fc I 24 hours a day, se- urity huts. There is no se jek." an evident lack of such, tty well satisfied with the security huts do not of the Blossom Gar- quality security." urity has worked real Tracy Gould, a psych ease incidents from phomore, has also comp less than 15," Stokes out the security. 'There are plenty of ti teach-in has not been diplomacy. Bush has been sending messages saying 'Back down or else.' We've committed ourselves to a status which is not to negotiate anything." Rosati also felt the Bush administration's unwillingness to negotiate was partly to blame for putting the country on the edge oi war. "I have no doubt that Saddam Hussein has been inflexible," he said. "I have no doubt that the Bush administration has been inflexible as well." Rosati argued the economic sanctions against Iraq had not been given enough See TEACH-IN page 2 [ Carolina prepares ar in Gulf serve 450th Ordinance Company. , She said she no longer watches '' for the te^evis'on or reads news accounts. But she said she believes there will ins anxi- , be war. r as war County, state and military offiaa to Dull c'a*s met wee^ t0 Put P'uhs in thp ctptf or(ier in the event evacuation nc flights arrive in Charleston, ercussions , , , ... There has been no word if or y officials when any Americans mi8ht be ark for re- evacuate^- But, during the past 18 The Red montbs> hundreds of Americans jiqs_ living in Manama, Liberia ana kuDr elective wa*1 ^ave ^>een rePatTiated through tals were Charleston, cities of The Charleston Veterans Administration Hospital was also pretheir best P31^- The hospital may be called ;nse hours uP?n t0 11631 v*ctaTls chemical 1 warfare and others injured in a nsion) un- conflict. Dne over Physicians may also have to losley of treat victims of biological weaMm'y Re- See PERSIAN GULF Page 2 m Richard Gantt : a vigil for peace in the Washington Street ch. itreet Garage om Strrpt I nark in the garage that the guards 50 to $100 are not there or they do not check increased IDs," Gould said. "What really worries me is that the guards don't said, "the do their job and we pay them with >r the sec- our parking fees." curity, but Gould also said the guards' Evidently, minds are not on their job. guarantee 'There was one time when my girlfriend and I were walking by ology so- the booth after I parked my car. lained ab- While we were walking by, the guard made a pass to my friend," mes when she said.