Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I 1 1 " " ' I - 111 ?I [tf1 self-defense j usc |egend Sheila Foster profiled eage5 , ^ I ^ "President Bush, like it or not, is a KclfcltG ClclSSGS wartime hero. He will be President n? kick in at USC ^ for another four year," I 1 pages Brahms'music comes to Koger page3 I The Gamecock Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate Journalism Volume 83, No. 65 The University of South Carolina Monday, February 25, \99\ * ' . . - !- ' BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Colombian rebels want to negotiate BOGOTA, Colombia ? Leftist rebels whose recent offensives have led to hundreds of deaths expressed a willingness Saturday to negotiate a cease-fire with the government of President Cesar Gaviria. The offer was made by Alfonso Cano of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, one of two guerrilla groups which have failed to join three others in laying down J their arms after years of battling the government PotlA ooi/1 Kic D atrr?lnfi/\r?* vauu aaiu 1113 i\v/Yuiuuunaiy Armed Forces as well as the National Liberation Army were willing to join a national convention to rewrite Colombia's constitution. Soviets hold rally to support Yeltsin MOSCOW ? About 100,000 people rallied Sunday in support of Boris Yeltsin after he was blasted by Communist Party hard-liners for demanding the resignation of President Mikhail Gorbachev. The enthusiastic demonstration for Yeltsin, president of the Russian republic, filled a huge square next to the Kremlin in ; central Moscow. After chanting : Yeltsin's name, the crowd turned i against the Soviet president, : chanting "Gorbachev resign!" and "Gorbachev, go away! " Amtrak train kills < wandering toddler VENCINITAS, Calif. ? A toddler who wandered away from his home was struck and killed Saturday by an Amtrak train about 15 minutes before his mother reported him missing, authorities ^ said. The engineer spotted 18-month-old Geraldo Santiago about 500 yards ahead and tried to stop the train with the 1 emergency brake, an Amtrak \ spokeswoman said. KAMaiHflj I Operation Lost Trust [ trials begin this week 1 c The trial of two state legislators this week follows major de- j velopments in the FBI's probe of ( the State House. Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of Democratic Reps. Larry Blanding of Sumter and B J. Gordon of Kingstree. Lobbyist-turned-informant Ron Cobb could be the government's star witness in this week's trial. But his role was clouded this past Thursday by one of the most stunning developments in the corruption probe ? his indictment on cocaine possession charges. in mail The Society of Professional Journalists will sponsor debates for Student Government Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates Tuesday in room 327 of the Russell House. The Vice Presidental debate begins at 7 p.m. Presidential candidates square off at 8 p.m. The quote in Friday's Gamecock, "I'm looking forward to another debate where the truth ' can be said," should have been attributed to Shine Brooks not r Tom Young. ( Compiled from wire reports J Holderman wa F ound: By The Associated Press More records show the Carolina Res and Development Foundation helped pi travel, parties, private clubs, expensive and liquor for more people than just f USC President James Holderman. Records show the Carolina Researc Development Foundation paid for 1 after-dinner cigars and $30 bottles of w private clubs, expensive catering for d ment parties, $160-a-night hotel room $6.95 in-room movies for faculty memb "These guys are like corporate off they're high-rollers," said John O'Do the foundation's fiscal officer. Those documents show spending for ous people and departments such a Stable Isotope Laboratory. It threw a h( party in December 1988 and charge $992.91 for food and $451.45 for three of wine to a foundation account. Arthur Smith, USC's interim presi said the parties, receptions and dining Allied f< ground By The Associated Press DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia ? Allied forces struck Iraqi troops before dawn Sunday in a longawaited ground offensive that Arab and British sources said included massive land assaults into Kuwait and Iraq. The all-out attack announced by President Bush as the "final phase" :>f the liberation of Kuwait came after Saddam Hussein ignored a White House ultimatum to pull his army out of the emirate. L The ground offensive, following ^ weeks of practice by allied ar- ^ nored, air and amphibious forces, narked the start of the biggest Un- 1 ted States ground engagement since Vietnam and America's first re iesert land war since World War ra 3. Pl Bush briefly addressed the na- ^ ion Saturday night to announce ' hat he had ordered the military to ise "all forces available, including 1 ground forces, to eject the Iraqi irmy from Kuwait." 10 sa Britain's domestic news agency, p( >ress Association, reported that the illied forces were engaged in a g( .omplicated series of diversionary ^ actics and feigned assaults to de- ^ :eive Iraqi commanders. al The report said the U.S. 2nd darine Division and 18th Airborne ?orps stormed over the border into Sa astern Kuwait. To the west, U.S. is ffl ?HF 7 sr ? f f % # JhVv --- iiii(M||||i| ? Emerging Leaders Freshmen meet with upperclassm am held this past week. The mentoi VM ICOrtA r>A AAwtVM IA Isns> aye men yiuwiu ds Odmpui) led ship Training Office of the Campus sn't only bem ation 1 ! search "These guys a ovidc rate officials, t meals rollers." ormer , , ? John 0 Donnell, fiscc h and S2.50 be used as tools to retain ine at part of the university epart- lifestyle. S 211(1 XT No state money can b< holic beverages, Smith sa; icials, Among the faculty spe nnell, ^on furKjs was; State Sen. Warren Gie vari- of "fruit and baskets for s the tion" and $25 for delivery )liday William H. Kanes' we< d the from $48 to $58, for Cc cases the Earth Science Resour he directs, ident, A $55 fruit basket sei could by Kanes to Steve Beckh; )rces a< attack I ^mjj rmy troops moved into Iraq in a inking operation, Press Associain reported. Arab military sources in Riyadh, ached by telephone from Bahin, said the coalition forces ished in three assaults from land id sea into Kuwait and one from rndi Arabia into Iraq. The sour:s spoke on condition they not be entified. U.S. military officials declined give any details of the assault, ying it would aid the enemy. The mtagon canceled its briefings, a aple of news on the war. Defense jcretary Dick Cheney said the iefings would be suspended "for e time being." British officials so clamped down on war news. The Kuwait News Agency loted an Arab military source as ying allied forces retook Failaka land, which dominates the eniii i f Ik Renee en mentors during the Emergii rs will periodically meet with th ders. The program is sponsore Activities Center. eficiary iinded in USC's Wi re like corDO- $125 hflu,ro hi<Lh heon's Liquor hey re high- pliesfor?.ma $229 for a ll officer, CR&DF of the Earth November 19S faculty and also as ? $^7 for a J 's ambiance and ?&y professor. Williams, to d * Holderman' s used to buy alco- to the United id. N from his Presi< nding from founda- tion to the me morial fund fo se's $176 purchase Meanwhile, Christmas distribu- versity trustees t investigation o ikly orders, ranging The reactioi dombian coffee for said a $15,000 l;cs msuiuie, wmcn tries was dive help pay fo it in January 1990 Holderman. am, a staff member USC asked dvance, begins trance to Kuwait harbor. There was no independent confirmation The agency, run by the exiled Kuwaiti government, said allied for ces destroyed Iraqi tanks and captured 500 to 1,000 Iraqi troops. Arab military sources in Riyadh said some 250 Iraqis had surrendered in the first hour of the attack, which began at 4 a.m. local time. They gave no details. Capt. Ahman Al-Sabah, a pilot and member of the Kuwaiti royal family, said he thought it would take ground troops three to four days to enter Kuwait City, 50 miles north of the Saudi border. He said he expected "thousands and thousands" of Iraqi troops to surrender. Baghdad Radio, quoted in a television report, said Iraqi ground forces "continue to repel the enemy" and would fight until the United States accepts the peace proposal Iraq worked out with Moscow. "The traitor forces are continuing their mass assault. Bush, the liar, and his hired-hand collaborators continue to attack us," the broadcast said. It was not immediately clear if the broadcast was referring to the all-out ground assault or to earlier fighting. f garnering more pf awards. Clem which won a t ^ won Best Ovei ^ n^V" 1990 in Divisi< Meyer/The Gamecock The followi received award Best News ig Leaders Prog- Gibson j freshmen to en- B Best News id by the Leader- Watts Best Featur Williamson parties, meals ishington office. Kanes also former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to worth of wine from McCutc- lecture at' the business school. Records show Store and Fine Wines as "sup- the money went instead to the Carolina Reis gathering." search and Development Foundation, where bridal shower for an employee it was put into the president's personal SciP.nPP.S Rp.cparrh Tncfitntn in arrmint >0. Michael Mungo, chairman of USC's uly 1990 dinner for two geol- Board of Trustees said if the report is accus, Douglas and Nancy Healy- rate, then "... it was an absolutely despiciscuss department business. able act." s "annual donation" of $1,000 "We're going to have a frank discussion in Way of the Midlands in 1988 our executive session Thursday about our relent' s Fund, plus a $100 dona- lationship with the foundation," he said, dical school in 1990 to a me- If the Springs donation was diverted, trusr his late mother-in-law. tee William Hubbard said, "Then I think some state legislators and uni- anyone who had anything to do with the ; are angrily calling for a new misappropriation of that donation should be f Holderman's spending. held accountable." l was spurred by reports that Records show Mike Genau, Holderman's donation from Springs Indus- executive assistant, asked Springs to make rted to a I JSC fnnnrlatir?n tn nut a rhprV to thf? fminHatinn Ha in. .... > U u ui 1UU11UUUU11?K7?TOT?W?^rrwtt?ro cnv luunuuuuu. rrv uuu m r a Hawaii vacation for structed the foundation to apply the check to $29,985 in bills Holderman and his family Springs to help pay to bring had accumulated on their three-week trip. f I' ^ I IBS*/ Lisa Lubin/The Gamecock The African Woman Funeka Mbulawa of South Africa speaks at a Black History Month panel discussion about "The African Man and His Counterpart: The African Woman." Mbulawa is a Humanities graduate student at USC. e Gamecock' wins iwards from SCPA 3*3Cr J*000^YCS ' Best Feature Story, Second Place: Todd a Venezia 3^300 awards ? ^est Sports Story, First Place: Rich Taylor orts Best Sports Story, Third Place: Rich ;?-?? 7 ? Taylor arolina Press Association hon- B gest Editorial, First Place: Jeff Wilson ecock student newspaper with and Lynn Gibson awards in its collegiate com- g Best Editorial, Third Pice: David Bowden m North Charleston. Best Column, First Place: Sharon *ck won first place m eight of Williamson es for individual competitions, _ . than half of all the individual Best Advertisement, First Place. Micheal son University's The Tiger, Croan otal of six individual awards, ? Best Advertisement, Second Place. Mirail Non-Daily Newspaper for c^lca^ Croan and Kyle Berry T _c t?i /-t , RfSf AHvPltisPJTlPnt ThirH Plorf IrvAlvn jii i, ui wmui i ne uamecocK ?v** Craft ng Gamecock staff members Best Photograph, Second Place: Teddy s: Lepp Story, First Place: Lynn Best Page Layout and Design, First Place: Elizabeth Fox Story, Second Place: Tige Best Informational Graphic, First Place: Sherri Tillman e Story, First Place: Sharon Best Informational Graphic, Second Place: Marcus Sessions