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The Gamecock
Eighty-two Years of Collegiate Journalism
Volume 83, No. 52 The University of South Carolina Friday, January 25, 1991
BRIEFLY 11
IN THE NEWS Bj
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Attempt to condemn inl
Baltic crackdown fails eqi
VILNIUS, USSR ? The Russian
parliament Thursday failed ml
to muster enough votes to pass a
resolution condemning the Krem- C01
lin's crackdown in Lithuania, stu(
where Soviet troops have seized
another government building.
The vote was a victory for
Communist Party conservatives 11 ^
wno nave oeen aemanaing soviet
President Mikhail Gorbachev ^
take tough measures against the
separatist Baltic republics and Pr^
other groups challenging central
authority. the
In the Lithuanian republic of
Vilnius, Soviet tanks were seen ^cl
moving Wednesday night ^
through the city, despite an appeal
from Lithuanian President arK
Vytautas Landsbergis to Gorba- "e
chev to withdraw Soviet soldiers h
from occupied buildings.
Anti-abortion bill ^
passes Utah Senate i
SALT LAKE CITY ? The wa]
Utah Senate Thursday passed a
bill that would outlaw most abor- .
tions. The measure was expected sau
to win House passage and could
Kp citinpH intnJaw trv/1a\7 *
UV AAAIVS 1UTT M/UUJ ,
Gov. Norm Bangerter has said mtc
he will sign the bill. Pro-choice ^
groups promised to challenge it
in court and threatened to boy- ous
cott Utah's tourist attractions and
try to derail its bid for the 1998 Ii
Winter Olympics. Sad
Ninety percent of the state's W?
104 lawmakers are members of
the Mormon Church, which considers
abortion a grievous sin except
in the most dire medical
circumstances.
Billboard tries to keep
nuke plant out of S.C.
GOLDEN, Colo. ? Greenpeace
wants the Rocky Flats nuclear
weapons plant shut down
and doesn't want the facility's
operations moved to South
Carolina.
The group hopes a new billboard
unveiled near the Colorado
facility gets its message across.
The 400-square-foot billboard,
located on Colorado Highway
93, "Don't Dump Rocky Flats on
South Carolina. Shut it down." It
also lists two Greenpeace num- L
bers for supporters to call. f.
Greenpeace is demanding the
closure of the facility and op- 'l
poses the Department of 1
Energy's proposals to transfer its
operations to the Savannah River
nuclear weapons plant near {
Aiken.
Jet leaving Columbia
has to abort takeoff
A Delta Airlines jet bound ac
for Atlanta aborted takeoff at f?]
Columbia Metropolitan Airport cl<
after parts of its engine fell onto
the runway.
Flight 905 with 65 passengers w(
and seven crew members aboard an
had just begun taxiing on the Ni
runway about 6:30 a.m Thursday un
to prepare for takeoff when the gn
captain heard noises in one of the aft
727's engines, Delta spokesman Ci
Jerry McSwain said.
Two runways were closed for the
about 15 minutes while airport th(
workers cleared metal engine es*
parts that had littered one of the mi
runways near the intersection,
said Robert Waddle, the airport's ?
executive director. ag
Pr
Compiled from wire reports U!
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TIGE WATTS
sistant News Editor
The Board of Trustees approved the purchase
M computer equipment worth $261,581 Thursc
their open executive committee meeting.
The university also required IBM to donate mi
nipment valued at $24,735.
There are 205 pieces in the purchase, with IBM <
ting an extra 15 pieces.
Martin Solomon from Computer Services said I
nputers will then be sold to different departmer
dents and faculty within the university.
'We will put these computers on our own mark
l are allowed to do this as lone as we don't sell
general public. We can sell to students as long
: for private use," Solomon said,
rhe agreement had to get a board approval becai
purchase exceeds $200,000.
'It is an excellent package and should get a
ival," Thomas Stepp, the board's secretary, said,
rhe board also accepted a check worth $5,990 frc
estate of Margaret All Hiers. The university v
;ignate these funds as "The Margaret All Hit
lolarship" and invest them as a quasi-endowment
USC Trustees Fund.
'Quasi-endowed funds are those which are creal
1 used at the discretion of the trustees," inter
sident Arthur Smith said.
mm Allie
The Associated Press
Gulf
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia ? A Saudi jj.
rplane shot down two Iraqi jets Thursday were
;r they entered the kingdom's airspace an(j
ded with bombs, Saudi military officials npw5
1 The allies were reportedly continuing ~ga
ir pounding of a strategic Iraqi city. <jauc]
7rench warplanes made their first foray ^0W]
) Iraq, attacking positions of the elite joa(j
publican Guard near the Iraq-Kuwait ajrsp
der, military sources in Paris said. Previ- jt
ly, France had said it would only hit tQ er
;ets in occupied Kuwait. jraq
n Baghdad, the Iraqi News Agency said "i
dam Hussein visited the southern front them
inesday and met with commanders who be id
MfPTM v ; g
v- ^
Rene<
ISC students brave the beginnings of the fir;
ill of 1991.
Winter storm f
:ity to grind to
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r I\vuc,n 1 1 nWlYl/VO ^ailtwicu ill
)py Editor At press tin
A winter storm began barreling on whe
ross South Carolina Thursday, versity would
rcing state and USC offices to cause ?f weatl
)se early and canceling classes ^me
lursday night. Hurricane Hug
Three to five inches of snow s^te.
ire predicted for late Thursday Late Thursc
d overnight in the Midlands, the spokeswoman
itional Weather Service in Col- decision to c<
ibia said. Early morning rain would probat
idually turned into snow by late made until earl
ernoon Thursday in the Capitol The most si
ty. state, where t
Gov. Carroll Campbell ordered expected to re
J closing of state offices in 36 of inches of snow
? state's 46 counties for "all but possibly an ad
sential personnel," said spokes- overnight
T? I T-> 1 "Ttiom A?>
in i uukct nsKew.
Following the governor's move around becausi
as is the usual case for all state we have, nothii
encies in Columbia ? interim Gilreath, an U
esident Arthur Smith ordered neering admini
SC offices to close and classes to Highway Depai
uy compute
The $5,990 represents two percent of Hiers' estate
as of July 31, 1990.
of In other action, the board approved members of the
lay Ad Hoc Committee on System Relationships.
These members are Chairwoman Lily Roland Hall,
ore Herbert Adams, Arthur Bahnmuller, William Bethea
Jr., James Bradley, E. Carter Floyd and Charles E. Silo
mons IB.
The committee on intercollegiate activities also met
lts> Thursday. Athletic Director King Dixon issued an
academic report listing nine student-athletes with a
eL grade point ratio of 4.O.; 46 student-athletes had GPRs
t0 between 3.5 and 3.999; and 73 had GPRs ranging
as from 3.0 to 3.499.
A football ticket price increase for the J 991 season
lse was also proposed by Dixon at the meeting. He said
the department was heading into unchartered waters
tp_ because of their entrance into the Southeastern
Conference.
)m The original proposal was to raise football tickets
rill $2 in the Duke, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and N.C.
srs State games. It also dictated a $1 increase for tickets
in to the East Tennessee State and Louisiana Tech
games. The Clemson game was to be raised to $25,
ed with $5 going to academic enrichment,
im The board decided a $2 increase for all games
would be more efficient
d troops claii
ed him on developments in the Persian The British, n
war. different account
le commanders told Saddam the allies ing, Group Capt.
cowards for avoiding a ground battle Air Force said cr
waging an air war instead, the official ter and Cardiff
; agency said. three Iraqi jets ?
udi military officials in Dhahran said a Mirage capable
li pilot flying a U.S.-made F-15 shot missiles.
n two Iraqi Mirage F-l fighter jets
ed with bombs that entered Saudi Two of the Ir
ace. by a Saudi figh
was the first report of an Iraqi attempt other discharged
iter Saudi airspace since the war with and fled,
began Jan. 16. The British ca]
just rolled in behind them and shot captured an Iraqi
down," said the pilot, who agreed to ern Persian Gulf
lentified only as CapL Ayedh. capturing 22.
H N^nQTP Of
Proposal to make
Sumter Street safe
By GORDON MANTLER
? A city of Columbia safety im
1 " 'i provement proposal for the Sumter
Street area was unanimously en'
dorsed by the Student Senate.
Sen. Tom Young introduced the
^ I resolution Wednesday that supiT""
ported the city's proposal. "It is
tjie Qnjy feasibie pian t0 this
dangerous problem," Young said.
The area of Sumter Street between
Greene and Blossom streets,
near the Towers residence area
rfSSSliSSr ?nd McBryde Quadrangle has
it Columbia snow- bee" deslgnatef ^ **c,ty of ct?'"
umbia as a dangerous area for
pedestrians to cross.
j> _ ^ _ The city's proposal calls for the
QJ*Q0jS| closing off of Devine Street where
it nine intn Sumter ant\ th#? inctol^
a. mv...u ?*?kV WMIKVVA) UHU UIV lliOlUI"
a halt ReSearcher
ter 4 p.m. Thursday.
le, there was no de- By SCOTT PRILL
ther or not the uni- Staff Writer
be closed Friday be- The paranoia Iraq has about its str:
ler, which would be the Middle East is one of the primar
since 1989, when invasion of Kuwait, a student reseai
o roared through the said.
Nairn Joseph Salem, a doctoral car
lay afternoon, USC partment of Government and Interna
Debra Allen said the working on his dissertation on U.S.-Ii
incel classes today Salem presented a discussion on *
)ly not have been Consequences of the Gulf Crisis" as
y this morning. tute of International Studies' Brown
tow fell in the Up- ture series.
he mountains were He sajd other reasons for lhe Ir
eerve four to etght dM ^ need water
during t e day and "Tnrtftv HitmmcH mnct nf thf?. watf
idihonal two inches , ? J . iT
and Euphrates nvers. There was cro
numerous accidents Kuwait would n? share their r
e of the conditions fd' BL^7Car T 7ey wlU
ig major," said John hold ,on tod?,Sy aJ!d 1** .
pstate district engi- ?Salem caUed ** B^er-Azi2 meet.
strator for the sate effo" * score Pr0Pa?anda P01"15 ?
said the meeting was staged stri
' purposes.
rs from IBM
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John Garner/The Gamecock
Pete Denton, USC vice president for business and finance, speaks
at Thursday's Board of Trustees meeting.
n two victories
leanwhile, gave a slightly British Defense Secretary Tom King said
of the incident In a brief- earlier Thursday that allied aircraft downed
Naill Irving of the Royal two Iraqi fighter jets. It initially appeared
ews of the HMS Glouces- that he referred to a separate incident,
detected the approach of At his morning briefing in Riyadh, U.S.
- two "Floggers" and one Army Lt. Col. Greg Pepin mentioned only
> of launching Exorcet the one air engagement involving the Saudi
jet fighter.
ad Dlanes were destroved In other develoPments, CBS in New
t?r ^irrrift caiH Th^ York said four of its journalists were reiter
aircraft, he said. The -m. a c. o athe
Exocet out of ranee missing after a Saudl mih*
tary patrol found their empty car in northntain
also said allied forces em Saudi Arabia- ^ four' including corminpc^pnpr
in th^ nnrth respondent Bob Simon, had not been heard
minesweeper in the north- _ _
? killing three Iraqis and fr?m for three days. CBS said it believed
they were with "friendly forces."
idorses city plan
lation of pedestrian flashers on could be a problem soon," he said.
Sumter. Devine Street would end -
,- "? ine proposal is expected to oe
?a-Wefc,oraturn-around. endorsed at the next University
The flashers wdl be placed on Saf Commi[Iee meeti on Feb
either side of Sumter Street, alert- -j
ing.driven that there is a cross- '..We are comi with lhe
walk ahead. The city also plans to most cost.efficient plan ? Conant
narrow the road and eliminate ex- said ..Everyone has been very
tra road space. cooperative."
Currently, students have to The proposal will then be taken
look in four directions at one time t0 ^ city council for approval
Jusi l,?TT^SS l?e street' City engineers said construction
said. USC students are at the di- could stait as early as mid-summer
rect mercy of the erratic dnving of 199 j
the motorists of Columbia. This past semester, a resolution
Young has researched the prob- was jessed by the Student Senate
lem since September, after a num- endorsing a pedestrian safety ramp
ber of constituent complaints and for this same Sumter Street area,
his own near-miss as a pedestrian, Because of legal reasons, the city
sa^- . would not endorse it.
Richard Conant, chairman of the Officials said if a car hit the
University Safety Committee, said pedestrian ramp at a high speed,
there have been no fatalities. die car could lose control and
Accidents have been amazingly strike a pedestrian, leading to large
low through the years. But there lawsuits.
explores Iraq's strategy
'The real issue behind the Bush administration's involvement
in the Gulf is not just Kuwait but more the
7 ~?? trimming of Iraq's power and the overthrow of Husategic
position in se-n Americans are not doing this because of their
y reasons for the jove for Arabs, but for their own strategic interests,"
ching the region teukl
r.i ?1?: J-f 1
J., oaicui saiu iiaq is piaymg uicir ueieiises low as
f in the De- they did during the Iran-Iraq War, and they should be
oona Studies, is able to hst only a fcw m0Mhs
uq relations. "Iraq is counting on bringing Israel into the war and
Implications and changing ^ pubUc opinion ? he ^
Pfrt 0 ^?n.sU" He said to truly win the war, the U.S. must destroy
ag unc ec- die army, economy and Iraqi regime. They must also
convince the Iraqi people the United States did this in
aqi invasion in- the name of international law.
Student opinion on the war is mixed,
r from the Tigres Michael Ernest, a geography sophomore and a
p failure in Iraq, member of the Navy ROTC, said he believed Saddam
esources," Salem Hussein was a severe threat to the Arab world.
nave a strangle- iraq naa 10 oe snut aown muiianiy or ne wouia
eventually go to take over other countries," Ernest
mg in Geneva an said.
i both sides. He Ursula Engelbhect, a German-Linguistics graduate,
ictly for media said "No positive outcome can come out of the war,
for anyone."