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r - 1 1 I ? I I I I ? ? ???? I . r r Rock with Soul USC students take stab at fencing Page 4 M A qtjnn rnminn out three years- it's scary ^ OUl ly UUII III ly when you make your living out \ ^ to Columbia Daaak/J ?AHin/. mmemkoM/J n ? of writing, you know." I Y Carolinaufepage5 Record-setting career remembered Page 8 -stages The Gamecock Eighty-two Years of Collegiate Journalism I Volume 83, No. 66 The University of South Carolina Wednesday, February 27, 1991 BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Exploding television kills 16, starts fire MOSCOW ? A television set exploded and sent fire racing through a tourist hotel in Leningrad, killing 16 people including seven foreigners, Pravda reported , Monday. The other nine fatalities were firefighters battling Saturday's blaze at the nine-story Leningrad Hotel, the Communist Party newspaper said. Twenty-one people were hospitalized with burns. Pravda said the fire started when a television set that had not been turned off exploded in a Swedish tourist's room. 13,000 crack arrests made in three states ATLANTA ? More than 13,000 arrests were made from a three-month crack investigation culminating in this past week's four-day drug sweep in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, said "a Florida law enforcement official. That three-month operation included 86 drug arrests in Greenwood County, S.C., and another 29 in Laurens County, S.C., authorities said. "Operation Crack Attack," which commenced at dawn this past Wednesday in Moultrie, experienced a few setbacks along the way. One of them occurred when the Clayton County Narcotics Unit broke in the door of an elderly couple's home south of Atlanta Friday after an officer typed the wrong address on a search warrant. Bill would require students to say pledge South Carolina's public schools should require the Pledge of Allegiance, honor military veterans and teach students about the "values of patriotism" and "Americanism," a Senate panel recommended Tuesday. "This is a movement to inject . . . some of our traditional American values" into the curriculum, said the bills' sponsor, Sen. Mike Rose. But every student would not have to say the pledge. Instead, a student could leave the classroom or remain in his seat. But Sen. Jim Bryan, DLaurens, said he worried about a mandatory pledge. For example, he said a class may ostracize a student who does not participate. l,efldprc tn mnkp nush for weapons reactor South Carolina political leaders have vowed to push for a nuclear weapons production reactor in the state even though a congressional report recommended against the project "I don't think the . . . report is that significant," said Rep. Butler Derrick, whose district includes the Savannah River Site. "T've. heard no one say we won't need a nuclear arsenal in the future, and that means there will be a need for tritium." .The report from the U.S. General Accounting Office recommended the U.S. Energy Department reconsider a 1988 decision to" build two nuclear reactors and look for cheaper technology. Gov. Carroll Campbell agreed that South Carolina is a good location for the reactor project. Compiled from wire reports Holde From Staff and Wire Reports State Law Enforcement Divis Robert Stewart said Tuesday fo President James Holderman coul< tioned about the destruction of records. A report in The (Greenville) SLED had no plans to question ] during its investigation into the ance of Carolina Research and De Foundation records prior to 1985. But Stewart said agents wouli "whomever they deemed necessar view," and Holderman might pro into the investigation. % "Our agents will investigate whc USC fac< 5 to 10 percent JL cut is possible By College Press Service Administrators at USC are being told to plan for a 5 to 10 perceni budget cut in non-academic departments. North Carolina State Universit) students find their library isn't open as long as it was ir December. At Middle Tennessee State University, a computer center won't be able to buy the new printers it had wanted. In California, students just found out their tuition might go up 20 percent ? about five times the in flation rate ? next fall. And in Massachusetts, so many course sections have been eliminated that "it's become almost impossible to graduate in four years," said Plymouth State College student government President Charles Doherty. The combination of the Persian Gulf War and the national ecoBush d( announ By The Associated Press WASHINGTON ? President Bush declared Tuesday that the Persian Gulf War offensive will be waged "with undiminished intensity." He denounced Saddam Hussein's announced withdrawal from Kuwait as an outrageous attempt to regroup so that Iraq can fight another day. "He is trying to claim victory in the midst of a rout," said Bush, effectively dismissing calls for a cease fire. He said coalition military forces are ahead of their attack schedule and that the liberation of Kuwait is near. The president said Saddam's retreat is an effort "to save the remnants of power and control in the Middle East by every means possible," and vowed that tactic will fail. The president said the way for Iraqi forces to end the fighting is /J A 1 > r * f *< * * -1 ?? Sing it loud Members of the Francis Ma Sunday in the Russell House annual observance of Black H African-American Students. rman t?7777 "We let Jim us ;ion Chief . .. rmer USC was PUShed tO i be quesfoundation News said motely involved in Holderman said. "We don't noi disappear- we're going to questic welopment SLED spokesman knew of no plans to 1 question the time he made y to inter- newspaper, ivide input "If it's important t< will. Borders won't st< >ever is re- He said the investi ?s budgei nomic recession, in short, caused a massive financial crisi hundreds of campuses around country. For students and faculty m * bers, it has meant fewer coi [ sections, hiring freezes, lay-c . mid-year tuition hikes, new I for transportation and compi r services, the abolition of in t mural sports and less access , their libraries and health clinics "We're not trimming fat," : Oregon State University spol man Robert Bruce. "We're rerr ing marrow from the bone." At least 30 states* left by the I cession to take in less tax mo i than they thought they would are being forced to cut spendin, National Conference on State gislatures survey in early Jani found. The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has had a peat policy in effect since IS Florida State University's gr forgiveness policy officially stai in 1971, and the University Maryland's policy began in 197 inounce ced by "to lay down their arms." He s there will be no attacks on i armed soliders in retreat ? "we have no choice but to consi retreating combat units as a thn and will respond accordingly." Coalition military officials si some sort of an Iraai withdrawal indeed underway. Bush called tl insufficient to end the war, and < rion Choir perform at the Gosp Ballroom. The performance w? istory Month and sponsored by could 1 e his discretion as to where the limit or past the limit." this investigation," he than half done rmally announce who have questions >n." to determine wl Hugh Munn said he Holderman 1 question Holderman at cords to the f the statement to the from 1989 Foui Meanwhile C 3 the investigation, we Carolina Reseai 3p us," Munn said. tion, said Hold gation already is more his discretionar t reductior has In the fall of 1990, the Unive; is at sity of Maryland restricted the po the icv drasticallv. Second trades ai substituted for first grades in th em- GPR, but only for courses from th irse first college semester. >ffs, "It's a much more restrictiy fees policy," said Gardnel Dyson, spe Liter cial projects assistant to the Offic tra- of Registrar. "We're very intei ; to ested to see how students react t this." said Brooks said the grade forgive ces- ness policy might improve USC' lov- academic integrity. "It is obvious from the qualit re- of schools that do have it, that ney would not hurt our academic inte get, grity," he said. "In fact, it woul g, a seemingly improve it." Le- Young said students should ex iary press their feelings on the issue. "This issue is in the faculty' l at hands, but students can add thei re_ input," Young said. "And if thi 171 students want it, we will addres it " ade lf rted Since then, the news has gottei of 3. See BUDGET page s retreat Hussein amanded full observance of all Ur ited Nations Security Council re solutions on Kuwait, starting wit recognition that it is independem not part of Iraq. He said Saddar has not relinquished his claim ti the conquered nation. i|| Bush spoke as a Pentagon offi ?1 cial disclosed that massive coali tion forces had engaged key unit of Iraq's Republican Guard an< met "sporadic" fighting. He sai< the coalition troops were poised t( cut off any attempted retreat t< aic* Baghdad, unBush said Saddam has not re clcr nounced his claim to Kuwait, ant ^ has not accepted United Nation; Security Council resolutions de lid manding not only unconditiona [ is withdrawal but also the restoratior hat of the Kuwaiti government and re le- parations for war damage. EiflB Whether ?r lower ' f f By GORDON #,J Staff Writer Vice presidi I I has made the i -f P giveness policy year's Student urn quesuoi 51 consequences< Lori Toney/The Gamecock Vice presid said, "If it will el Singout this past I m all for itis part of the 22nd dize our acad f the Association of 8oal " The grade policy, allows >e questioned tion's money. tO put the money. It Averyt said he was surprised to learn Holderman had spent $1.2 million from the Gavle Averyt Foundation in eight years. r- "We let Jim use his discretion as to where Foundation president pu[ the money ? he was pushed ^ the limit or past the limit" and law enforcement agents Holderman, now working with Koger J several people in an attempt Properties in Jacksonville, Fla., received hat happened to the records. $50,000 salary supplements and a $60,000 lad resisted releasing the re- expense account. Hihlir arrnrHincr tr? minntpc ndation board meetings. Avert said he was unsure what made up 3ayle Averyt, president of the res* Holderman s spending. rch and Development Founda- Details about Holderman s spending, inlerman "pushed to the limit" y power to spend the Founda- See FOUNDATION page 2 "1 * iKdHK^H hi y r ? Richard Gault/The Gamecock 2 Kevin Varner pours a mug of homemade beer from the brewery he built in his home. Student brews beer Makes own lager 9 "real ale" taste was to start bre wing it at home, pilp Pit pinpirtmpnt ?r ?^n.. 1?- ?j ? iaiv ui uj. mivxxx. x xnaiijr fcnjujf uvci anu everything having to do with it," By VIRGINIA MARSHALL Varner said. Staff Writer So after Varner returned to Plans for South Carolina's the United States, he began ex^ first beer brewery are underway tensive research and shopping in a USC student's apartment. for the best ingredients for his 0 But instead of an average new home-brewing adventure. American beer, South Caroli- "Since then, I have prognians can expect a home- ressed to where I now control brewed ale with foreign origins. the entire process," Varner said. Bottled or draft, Kevin Var- "The process of brewing beer ner, a USC junior, can brew it from a malt extract is much like once a week in the front room making a cake, of his Charles Edward apart- "Quality ingredients, a lot of ment in Columbia. It's legal, sanitation and a little knowledge too. Any adult, 18 years or will take you a long way," he older, can brew up to 100 gal- said. Ions per person or 200 gallons All that is needed are four inper household. gredients: malted barley, hops, Inspired after frequenting the yeast and water. The malt must 5 pubs of Scotland while studying be mashed to convert the starch a spring semester at the Moray to sugar. Then, a sweet solution, House College in 1990, Varner called wort, is strained from the 1 enjoyed the beer and realized the only way to capture the See BREWERY page 2 le forgiveness questioned nnlirv \x/nn1H die second time t0 average the higher of the puiiLy WUU1U laloC twQ CQurse grades intQ GpR lQwer standards debated grade will remain on the transcript but will not be figured into the GPR. MANTLER "I believe in offering the student every chance to succeed or fail," Brooks said. sntial candidate Shine Brooks "This offers the student a great deal of implementation of a grade for- mobility." / a major platform issue in this Joy Wynn, a records official at the UniGovernment campaign. versity of Tennessee, said, "It gives the stuns have been raised over the dents a second or third time for a student to af having such a policy. improve. We're here to help the students." ential candidate Tom Young The University of Tennessee allows D's 1 help our academic credibility, and F's earned in the first 30 hours of work As long as it does not jeopar- to be repeated by the end of the students' lemic standards or our 2001 first 60 hours of work. Before 1984, Tennessee allowed students forgiveness policy, or repeat students taking a course for See GRADES page 2