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I ? 1 1 ,,, , , ? ?? .. ?? ?? 2KBim OUT OF AFRICA I . o u >. u . * * ^ QuoteoftheDay ubu s bcuoa uiuD largest in state Page 0 "Admittedly, Sinead O'Connor and I African students learn have verylitt,e in common Resides mnro ho\/nnrl thf* * a taste for Public Enemy and hair Gamecocks end 3-game losing streak j _D^;^^cok;ir:;:s: ^ Carolina Life, page 6 , Page 9 [ see weMpo/mpa9e3 The Gamecock Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate Journalism Volume 83. No. 63 The University or South Carolina Wednesday, February 20, 1991 _ ? . BRIEFLY 1 IN THE NEWS By_ De' Yeltsin: Gorbachev ant must resign at once deri te fori MOSCOW ? Russian Feder- ^ ation President Boris N. Yeltsin cor Tuesday called for the immediate tras resignation of Soviet President p Mikhail S. Gorbachev, accusing m0] him of "bringing the country to pa^ the edge of dictatorship." fou The demand, made in a nation- ces ally televised appearance by per( Yeltsin, was the strongest and the, mnst mihlir attark hp. has made on Gorbachev in months, and ney seemed likely to rekindle the cri- ^ sis in Soviet domestic politics. 1 Yeltsin said his biggest mistake since becoming president of for the Russian Federation parlia- san ment in May was placing too sjx much trust in Gorbachev. ^ Cracked door hinge could delay shuttle CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ? Cracked door hinges on Discovery could delay the shuttle's military mission next month by up to a month if the orbiter has to be returned to the hangar for repairs, NASA said Tuesday. NASA's two other shuttles may have similar cracks, said f Karl Kristofferson, a spokesman for the space agency. i r>; c^nuprv'c rrarts wptp Hie. l^iowt VI J U v? T? Ulkl covered at the launch pad Monday. The cracks were found on three of the four metal hinges on two flapper doors that close after the external tank drops off shortly after liftoff. Homeless man finds, turns in bag of money ORLANDO, Fla. ? For a few minutes, Darrel Teel, a homeless man, could include a bundle of cash among his worldly possessions: a piece of carpet, a torn tarpaulin, a cooler, a radio without an antenna and nine cents. Teel admits he was tempted to keep all those $100 bills he found Sunday night. He didn't know it then, but the total was $29,200. But he said he just couldn't. "I j was too afraid of God." Sheriff's officers said the mo- ( ney was the life savings of an el-! derly woman who worried people would now know how much mo- v ney she had. r She gave Teel $200 for return- ? ing her savings, and he spent $40 of it Monday on "booze and a food." fl "Bill requires professor proficiency in English Senators on Tuesday tentatively approved a bill intended to ensure that professors at South Carolina's public colleges speak English well enough to teach their students. B} The bill says the Commission St on Higher Education and statesupported colleges will develop ca guidelines to ensure that current js and prospective instructors are re proficient in spoken and written English. m, Sen. Sam Stilwell, R- ^ Greenville, sponsored the bill after some constituents complained th about professors at USC. ca TTnHor Q M 1 W ell's hill fhp I ( T U UUVl .. I.1IV guidelines must tell students ab- e> out grievances regarding teachers vc who cannot speak English. They also must include a method for <je reporting grievances to the commission. ar vi Compiled from wire reports m ioldern The Associated Press tion' Released Carolina Research and ^ /elopment Foundation records ^olc itinued to show more extravag- R spending by former USC Presi- S1"311 it James Holderman, while a f*ons mer USC maintenance worker mt0 le forward and said original re- Rl ds from 1981-85 looked "like 8ave h." off ; Records also continued to show Buii ney from research grants helped res^ ' Holderman's expenses. The Tl ndation took money from pro- ( sing grants, approximately 10 Year cent on most awards, and puts Co. n into a revenue account called ?wni sessments." Some of that mo- Beni went into a pooled account for O' president. lie money came in addition to *5. fate donations that helped pay Sup< Holderman to receive thou- 111611 ds of dollars to supplement his -figure salary from state ? payers. ohn O'Donnell, the founda<yj j&Jnil iifT v' Catching a ride Gregory Peckory, a junior physical rantage of Tuesday's spring-like wes idge, a sophomore religion major, ai ^andidati nform sti A?<! .i",' y GORDON MANTLER at I aff Writer ^ Student Government presidential ndidate Steve Robinson says he tea( not running for office to build a con sume. son Instead he is running to "build a effe ore informed and unified student issu ?dy." no 1 "I want to deal with issues on a e student body level, ones we 0sej n really grasp," Robinson said. mec feel I can use my leadership and mal :perience to be an effective wha >ice." "j Robinson has been in the Stu- imp inf Canoto fr\f f\i;A VAQfC whPfP- Ua 'Ill vJl/liaiH/ IU1 ITTV/ ?'"VAV 11^ ' was chairman of the Powers "lig id Responsibilities Committee, ofn ce chairman of the Finance Com- " ittee, and a member of the Rules in c lan use s financial director, said none le research grant fees went for lerman's salary supplement ecords show, however, the t fees and the private dona; for Holderman's salary went the same account, scords show the foundation ! Holderman $25,000 and paid a $17,000 lease on his 1990 ck Park Avenue after he ;ned. we foundation began leasing :ar for Holderman less than a earlier from Bennett Motor of Cheraw, the dealership sd by USC trustee Robert M. lett ther expenses discovered Moninclude: 3,200 in February 1986 for it Bowl tickets for "constits of the university and their ts." 522 in January 1986 to buy an See FOUNDATION page 2 Renee Meyer/The Gamecock education major, takes adither to pull Genesis P. Orround campus. e aims t idents o nmittee, Fraternity Council, Orof Omega and Student Alumni ociation. Robinson has three main issues ch "allow students to take a -active approach to student life JSC and decisions that govern n." Right now we have some ;hing assistants who have a imnniffltinn nrnKlom " said. "There is a program in ct that deals with this particular e, but since it's new, there are esults yet." ifter the results are in, he propi Student Government act as a liator and form focus groups to ce sure the system is doing it it is supposed to be doing. [ have a four-point approach to myp pomniio eafAtu " hp coiH WIV VUUlj/UJ OUlVtJ y *?v JU1U. proposes a replacement of the htways map" and the addition lore callboxes. rhese maps should be re-done conjunction with the Shuttle id mone Scholar might h By TIGE WATTS Assistant News Editor About $3.3 million set aside for US larships might have been used to pay ter for the Arts' debt, according to G and Development Foundation chairmai Averyt said after the foundation Plaza apartment building for about $ money was invested and put aside for "The money grew to almost $9 time," foundation director Chris Vlahc Averyt said the money was put asid of it was designated for scholarships. He said after the university asked t pay the Koger Center debt this past; sity said it would use Holderman's < count for scholarships. l imagine only $/uu,uuu to s?uu Slump brii Recession, war reduce vacations By THOMAS GRANT Staff Writer , With spring break rolling around, students might be able to take advantage of low travei rates I caused by a slump in ticket sales. 1 ml _i ? .1 . i. _ 4i t. r i ne siump migni oe me result 01 ^ a recession and the threat of terrorism worldwide, said Denise Colon, 1 a travel consultant for Omega c Peace groi Gulf War, By MONICA COSTELLO Staff Writer A group of USC students have band' dents for Peace to protest the Persian G "We decided that there should be ? because our generation will bear the war," said Katrina Nylund, an internal phomore. "We do not feel that negotia started, and giving Iraq a no- compronr the way foreign affairs should be condi The goal of Students for Peace is t students to what is happening in the h to teach them how they can get involvi ing a cease fire and peaceful negotiatic the student coordinators Carl Maas, a philosophy sophomore. The students use chalk drawings throughout campus to spread their i draw chalk figures and write anti-wai it, such as "Full formula funding for o unify, n icciipc 11 IkJLI MVkJ Robinson cock route map," Robinson said, "to show students where they can go safely on campus, and where not to go." TT _ _ 1 J a. 1 ne aisu j>uggc&icu 10 noi oniy hand them out to every student, but to post them behind Plexiglass at each callbox location. His third point entails late-night campus policemen to spend more time walking around, ensuring See ROBINSON page 2 y from grants ship money ave paid debt account for scholarships," Averyt said, making a $3.3 ' million difference. >C student scho- But, university officials continued to assure the the Koger Cen- public Tuesday that scholarship money not was used irolina Research to pay off the Koger Center's debt, n Gayle Averyt. "The important thing to remember is that this mosold the Senate ney came from our apartment sale. No money came 5.4 million, that trom scnoiarsnip or donation tunas, vianopius said, foundation use. Board of Trustees Chairman Michael Mungo issued million at one a statement Monday saying no scholarship funds were >plus said. used to pay the remaining Koger Center loan, e and $4 million Mungo said he was sure no scholarship funds were used because, "that's what the president of the R&D he foundation to Foundation told me." /ear, the univer- "The Board of Trustees of the university, the board liscretionary ac- of the R&D Foundation and legislative leaders have been fully informed of all financial transactions with ,000 was in the respect to Koger funding," he said in the statement. ngs low travel rates Travel, the fifth largest travel overseas. agency in the United States. "We've had a lot of cancella"T XIirMlIrl coif tVlA ?n n a' ?> _1 _ ' J UT\ 1 i rrwuivi ja; uiv is a nuns, sne saia. reopie are just real part of it," Colon said. "Peo- afraid. They don't know what's pie are just not taking long vaca- what. They don't want to be in the tions anymore. At one time, people wrong place at the wrong time." would take seven-day vacations. Despite the times, Omega Travel .. the prices are so much money, is trying to increase its advertising that they figure, well, for three or on campus and offer special fares. rour days they can just go some- One fare involves a $99 round trip where else. flight to New York City for three Colon said the Persian Gulf War las cut back sales to Europe because of the fear of terrorism See TRAVEL page 2 rp forms to protest educate students education, not oil." Students for Peace have a table set up every Weded to form Stu- nesday in front of the Russell House to give out inforulf War. mation about conscientious objection. The information i student group includes how to start a file as a conscientious objector, 5 brunt of this what a conscientious objector is and where to go for onal studies so- conscientious objection counseling, tions have ever Other student groups have formed to support the ... _rr t oixaott /o- i i/.l-i* 1 a ? _ ?- o_j uses. is uui win ciiuu. oivi/\on ^oumen us ivioouizeu /\gainsi oaaicted." dam Hussein) and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity spono educate USC sored a march from Russell House to the State House Middle East and to support the troops in the Gulf, ed in encourag- But Maas believes that about 30 percent of USC jns, said one of students are confused about the war. psychology and "They are supporting it just to be patriotic," Maas said. on the cement Both Nylund and Maas say more students would be message. They sympathetic to their cause if there were a draft. slogans above "This rallying around the flag is temporary," NyUSC, fight for lund said. y flw I ifc it B f t m Lisa Lubin/The Gamecock Black History Month Felicia Thomas, junior and member of the Association of African-American Students, gives a historical perspective of black history during the Salute to Black Americans this past Sunday.