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The Gamecock
Eighty-two Years of Collegiate Journalism
P"Volume 83, No. 49 The University of South Carolina Friday, January 18, 1991
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and Tel Aviv early Friday, and ^
Israeli officials in Washington
said three missiles exploded in
Tel Aviv.
Israel Radio broadcast instructions
to take precautions against
gas, "due to a rocket attack on
Israel."
A military spokesman said Israel
would sound the siren only
if an enemy aircraft or missile
had been fired or if Israel had information
a missile was about to
be launched.
Iraq had repeatedly threatened
to fire on Israel if war broke out.
Stock market iumos
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day after campaign
NEW YORK ? The stock
market swept ahead Thursday in
a euphoric response to initial
signs of success in the military
campaign against Iraq.
The Dow Jones average of 30
industrials jumped 86.39 points
to 2,595.30 by noontime Thursday,
24 hours after trading began
with a minute of silence on the
floors of the New York and
American stock exchanges.
Gainers outnumbered losers by
more than 8 to 1 in nationwide
trading of NYSE-listed issues.
On the New York Mercantile
Exchange, the price of crude oil
for February delivery tumbled $9
a barrel to $23 a barrel.
Officials enter plea
to bribery charges j
The South Carolina House's ^
former second-ranking officer
and a state highway commissioner
pleaded innocent to federal
bribery charges Thursday. Former
House Speaker Pro
Tempore Jack Rogers, D- I
Bennettsville, and Commissioner /
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waae Konmc ^.row enterea
their pleas separately Thursday a
morning before U.S. Magistrate ^
Charles Gambrell in U.S. District
Court. a
They each were released on a
$25,000 bond.
Rogers is accused of one count u
of racketeering, seven counts of c
violating the Hobbs Act and two a
counts of tampering with t<
witnesses.
Crow is charged with one "l
count of aiding and abetting Ro- J
gers in extorting a bribe.
In Wednesday's edition of The J
Gamecock, Don Garrick's do- J
cumentary, Hard Times, Good j
Times, was incorrectly listed to ^
be televised Wednesday at 7:30
p.m. on ETV. The documentary
will be televised on ETV Sunday 1:
at 1:30 p.m. ^
Also, in Wednesday's edition v
oi me uamecock, in our Recycling
Office story, we incor- s
rectly reported 17 trees make 100 *
pounds of paper.Instead, 17 trees s
make a ton of paper. The money ^
from "Aluminum Cans for
Burned Children" is given to the 1
Medical University in Charles- v
ton, not the USC School of Me- j
dicine. Operational Services donated
the recycling bins, not the c
city of Columbia. Finally, there (
is no reported bin outside the
Coliseum's Reading Room. j
The Gamecock regrets the ,
errors. Complied
from wire reports
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Students gathered around televion
sets in dorm rooms, apartents
and bars as the United
ates announced the beginning of
i invasion of Iraq, in what the
ilitary is calling Operation Desert
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lity and not just a threat, several U
lents and faculty members connect
tie crisis say they support U.S. tro
re not surprised by American i
ction.
Lt. Col. John Lockard, professor
iry science and commander of the
ock ROTC Battalion, said Thurs<
ttack by allied forces was within
3 three-day window I predicted for
Moving off c
:an cause pre
for college sti
ly TIGE WATTS
assistant News Editor
Sports administration junior Garr
iving in his first off-campus apartn
tiing less than paradise. He soon (
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eience senior, moved to the apa
723 Senate St., the two were told t!
hare a small room ? a condition ro
eases.
"We signed two separate leases
ooms. We were excited about livii
ve knew we would be forced to i
vould have moved to a dormitory
ioggs said.
Rosemary Broadway, director ol
lent Services, said her office pro\
>ff-campus students.
"Any time a student wants us I
ease to spot loopholes, we have a
said.
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At about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
the United States began the first
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United Nations deadline requiring
Saddam Hussein to pull his forces
out of Kuwait.
On campus Thursday morning
students were buzzing with talk
about Mends and loved ones overseas.
And in at least one class, norI^HHI
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elite ground troops was som
of mili- expected, Lockard said.
Game- Lockard also put to rest
day the has lately been on the n
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news reports of the ongoing inva- ai
sion.
Bill Brown's Telecommunica- |
tions and Society class in the Car- ,
olina Coliseum spent the morning (
watching the news. (
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ver entirely to the students. They
re vitally concerned."
Taking time to watch news
broadcasts has become a main*
priority of many students. Broadcast
senior Lanie Pope, a member
)f Brown's class, said she intends
o stay glued to her TV.
"I watched CNN until one in the
norning, and I taped it later in the
ure use," she
irobably be
ave to watch ^
or long and Pope
iat the war is over soon.
"Before anything happened, I
m undecided and indifferent. I
lon't believe war is an answer to
nything. Since it has happened, I
ope a quick solution will come
bout," she said.
^ews reports are important to stulents
not only because they want
o stay informed of events, but bemuse
many students are concerned
ibout relatives
ind friends in Kfll
he gulf.
For third- BB
'ear law stu- B ~ ^B
Lent George B B
diller, keep- ^
ng abreast of
he news is
specially im- *
>ortant as his wimei
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nu luuiuiiituc is a puui hi uic gun.
"Watching the news does take
p a lot of your spare time because
ou want to follow what's going
>n," he said. "It's scary. You don't
now how people you know are
oing there."
Although retail management seior
Michelle Cox doesn't have
ny close friends or relatives staoned
in the Middle East, she is
oncerned about what will happen
l the war continues.
"I watched TV all last night ?
allied
Guard and the reserves nel" by
)n like this occurs. Un- leave,
nd campaign begins, I Iraqi
will be calledup," he took al
house \
, who asked not to be he said,
he U.S. military action. "The
the reasons are more soldier:
said.
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By GORDON MANTLER
Staff Writer
At the end of this past semester,
Gamecock Cablevision announced
they would add seven new channels
to their cable service, but
spring cable subscribers haven't
gotten the channels yet
The Nashville Network (TNN),
USA, WGN-Chicago, SportSouth,
Arts & Entertainment, the Family
Channel and the Discovery Channel
were supposed to be installed
by the first day of the spring
semester.
But as cable subscribers
switched on their televisions, it
was apparent the new channels,
excluding the Discovery Channel,
had not been hooked up yet.
"We were told by Instructional
Services that the new channels
would be ready and authorized by
war
and I never watch TV. And the raCox,
who JHf
gotten to
know ... a Cox
lot of people in my age bracket
that would go if there were a draft
That's what's scary. But we had to
do what was done," she said.
Other students, especially those
with a personal connection to the
war, are trying I
to not to let I
the invasion
interfere wth
their routine.
son, business,
sophomore, ^
said, "I have a A
lot of cousins ' iv
over there. Wilson
I'm always worried. I'm going to
try to get my mind off of it rather
than to sit here and just think about
it "
Patrick Eberle, cadet major in
the Air Force ^
ROTC and a JHk
said he was
not letting flv
thoughts of *
possibly going
into combat ,
affect his life
as a student.
"Life is go- Eberle
ing on as normal," said Eberle,
who has friends stationed in the
Persian Gulf. "I plan to be a career
military officer, and that's my job.
If I'm called to go, I'll go."
There have been no visible antiwar
protests on campus as of yet
and most students have vocalized
support for the troops. The wheels
were set in motion overseas Wednesday,
and they were ignited here
as well.
attack
Iraqi officials and not allowed to
soldiers came to their home and
1 the food and valuables' from the
vithout so much as an explanation,
most atrocious thing they (Iraqi
0 did was to shoot our dog," he
ly, after several trips to Baghdad,
her was able to get a message
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addition
channels
the first day of the semester," said
Brian Burgin, assistant to the director
of Housing Services.
Authorization includes the signing
of contracts between the university
and the channel companies,
before any signal is sent
Burgin said at least four of the
channels ? A&E, WGN in Chicago.
USA and TNN ? are still
waiting for authorization.
In addition, The Family Channel
is not being received because of a
lost modulator. Burgin was unaware
of SportSouth's status.
There is also confusion concerning
the subscription rates for the
spring semester. Fall semester subscribers
were offered the rate of
$75 per semester if they signed up
for cable before Nov. 30. Otherwise,
the rate would be $90 per
semester.