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^ Cola NiqhtS " ? . _ _ Quote of the Day Sydney Park The Buck Pets grace Columbia page4 ? %? Aa a romantic escape _rtl, ~ , , \ " I _. __ don't see lions eating granola jMMk in heart of city ^SU slips by Lady Gamecocks, 54-53 ^ d Bowden, columnist, Ifljm Carolina Life page 4 Page 7 ^ page 3 The Gamecock Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate Journalism Volume 83, No. 70 The University of Souih Carolina Friday, March 8, 199T RRIFFI Y IN THE NEWS Albanian police shoot thousands of refugees VIENNA, Austria ? Police fired warning shots late Wednesday at thousands of Albanians who besieged Tirana's Embassy Row, and at least 8,000 others reportedly have fled this turbulent Balkan nation. The mass exodus and continuing unrest in this land of 3.2 million residents cast doubt on the ability of either the ruling Communists or opposition parties contesting elections this month to control popular discontent Thousands have tramped overi i . r~y J xr 1 * iana 10 ureece ana i ugusiavm since the Communist leader reversed 46 years of one-party rule in December and allowed opposition parties to form following student demonstrations for democracy. New York newspaper offers anti-personals NEW YORK ? Forget about finding that special someone to share sunsets and fireside chats. If you'd rather find that special moron who bumped you in the checkout line, a weekly shopper has just the ticket: AntiPersonals. Manhattan Pennysaver invites readers to "give the gift of hate" by placing an advertisement in a special section where people are cut down to size in small print At a rate of $10 for 20 words (50 cents per each additional word), New Yorkers have been , verbally kneecapping each other since the Anti-Personals appeared several months ago. Kicking coffee habit lowers blood pressure ATLANTA ? Healthy men who drank three to six cups of coffee a day experienced a significant drop in blood pressure when they kicked the habit, researchers said Thursday. The researchers think the drop might be larger in people with hioh hlmd nmxsnrp whn shmild "A&" * ""v ?? be advised to give up coffee, said one of the study's authors, Dr. Robert Superko of Stanford University. The National Coffee Association said the drop in blood pressure was small and that other studies have shown no effect of coffee on blood pressure. Students protest ban on Confederate flag DUNCAN ? Screaming rebel yells and waving Confederate flags, students protested a Byrnes High School regulation against wearing the Confederate flag on crhnol grounds ThnrsHav Thursday was the fourth day of protest for the school, which has a Rebel mascot, and has about 1,250 students. About 30 students protested Thursday, following Wednesday's protest of about 80 students and parents, said Iddy Andrews, information coordinator for the school district. Police and sheriff's officers were placed on standby to keep the protesters off school property and to control the scene. Students who walked out of class during the protests will be suspended and might be recommended for expulsion, Superintendent Marvin Woodson said in a prepared statement. Compiled from wire reports Found Committee fo By TIGE WATTS Assistant News Editor The Carolina Research and Developn Foundation will form a committee to rev the foundation's objectives and examine should be disbanded. Foundation President Gayle Averyt i the committee will be formed next week must report to the foundation board by 1 30. "When I met with the Board of Trus last week, I indicated we would cons forming a committee to look at the total i sion and fieure out how best it could done," Averyt said. "That might include leaving it alone abolition. It also includes a lot of range between," he said. Averyt asked John Warren, vice chain of the foundation, to head the commil which will be composed of two founda members, two Board of Trustees memb and two administrators. Averyt previously hinted the foundati< I * -dBBr | :.Um?L . *~-- | & \ ;^t - J B Hot wheels Two members of Kappa Delta i National Committee for the Preven recent Skate-a-thon. Eighty percerv the Columbia area. KD also sold b raise money. Students to By DAVID FRALIX Staff Writer While many of us are putting on bat suits Monday morning getting ready to ^ on that Spring Break tan, eight USC stut will be putting on carpenter's belts and ting ready to work on a roof at 2116 Su St. These students will spend their Sf Break as volunteers for Columbia's ch; of Habitat for Humanity, an organization works with low-income families to them get decent, affordable housing. Mary Jane Scott works with stud through USC's St. Thomas More Cat] Center on Greene Street. This past year, eral USC students sponsored by the ch worked in a Philadelphia soup kitchen, said. "We figure that there is a lot of need poverty right here in Columbia, and altfo students enjoy going out of town, it's , for them to know there's a lot they ca ation cor rmed to decide assets may be turned over to USC's Educa tional Foundation. lent "We and our attorneys have been examiniew ing our assets with an eye to determining if it how they might be handled if any change should transpire," he said, said William Kanes, director of USC's Earth and Sciences Resource Institute, stressed the imvlay portance of the foundation and said it was important to the university's researchers, tees "I have come to praise Caesar, not to bury ider him," Kanes said. nis- "Without the R&D Foundation, or somel be thing similar, research departments would suffer. Such foundations offer flexibile travel ' or arrangements and equipment purchases to s in researchers." He also said the foundation serves as a man buffer between the state and the businesses :tee, that give money to schools, tion "There is no industrial group in the world >ers, which is going to a sign a contract with the ^n's See FOUNDATION page 2 Kesej By JENNIFER 1 ^ ^ y ^ There ^re^those Eric Glenn/The Gamecock The discussion W p.m. in the Russel sorority raise money for the Donald Barne tion of Child Abuse during a Vivisection Socie t of the proceeds will stay in Professor of Phys alloons and painted faces to ate Studies in the bate the use of an refurbish home riaht hf?rp " Slmtt caiH Scott said there are also other ways to get hing involved in the community. "For people who ivork don't want to do the construction, there is lents Center Place on Taylor- Street. They do a get- breakfast and lunch program, they distribute mter clothes and have a lot of office work," she said. >ring The Rev. James Nichols, project director apter f?r the Columbia chapter of Habitat for Hui that inanity, said the students were planning to go help 0llt of the country to work. "Their plans did not materialize, so they. ients looked for a way to do that kind of construcholic tion locally, and they linked up with Habitat sev- here. lurch "They're going to be working on a house , she that we're rehabilitating," Nichols said. we re putting in a new root on this house, [ and and we've gutted the interior of it so now ough it's ready to put back together. We're changgood n do v see HABITAT page 2 isiders Palms want; By TIGE WATTS Assistant News Editor USC President-elect John Palms committee evaluating the Carolina and Development Foundation shot sure they document specific reasons actions and become "responsible a in how they allocate resources. "t am pleased the foundation ha the committee to review their miss explore all possible solutions to t lems. They must make sure they pr appropriate solution that would be university," Palms said in a telephc view Thursday. He supports the oversight attempt he would agree to assist the foundati Palms said he saw three possible < from the committee's investigation. "First, they could dissolve the fc and create a new entity that com searcn support, iana acquisition anc Palms said. "Second, they could tra tities into the Educational Founda forces t i jubilatic I Press "We've done some still caked wanted us to d< , began leaving Alfred Sullivan, rsday in the first ery> Ala. "Now departures from home." Iraq turned over Troops from s of Kuwaitis de- arriving Thursda occupation of the Germany on their In the Saudi c ers left behind an allied and Iraqi dam Hussein's today to discuss s to be executing finished business ittering the corp- remains, return o s a warning. and missing pe an soldiers made Cross said the j signs as they signed a "memor etanHinir" tr\ aviv uaiispuu pianci . outMvung IAJ VAJA t where they had tion of POWs an months training, nees" held by the inally fighting a Hours later, In brought a large irch practi nts using animals 11 topic of discussion HACKSTON 5 that say using animals for medical lane and should be stopped. Others of animals in research is imperative, iny human lives would be lost, ent will be part of the discussion in animal research, sponsored by Stucal Treatment of Animals and CPU. ill take place on March 19 at 7:30 1 House Ballroom. s, director of the National Antity, and Dr. James Buggy, Associate iology and assistant dean for Gradu; USC School of Medicine, will deimals in biomedical research. 1 warn Out with the old, in i Inccominn and nutnninn nffirt ing inauguration ceremonies We< > future 5 'wise' committee caJH tViA Jr JU1U UIV M Research ? ild make for their j ^ * nd wise" \ ^ ^ s created nons and he prob- ;t? opose an \ mefit the . >ne inter- MKm* Jrnm PaIms and said make that one a new kind of foundation. on- "Finally, they could end up doing nothing outcomes at ap but change the oversight of activities and work closer to administrators. Whatever mndation d^y decide, they must become responsible piles re- and wise in their allocation of resources," 1 so on, paims said. "They must make sure they densfer en tion and See PALMS page 2 legin exodus >n of victory what the world Kuwaitis to Red Cross officials in 3," said 2nd Lt. an allied-controlled section of 25, of Montgom- southern Iraq, it's time to go A Bush administration official estimated the number of Kuwaitis ome units began at between 800 and 2,000 and said y in Britain and they would be picked up by buses way home. and helicopters. CNN reported that apital of Riyadh, 17 trucks and buses stood by as commanders met the release began in the southern ome of war's un- Iraqi town of Safwan. ?: repatriation of Television footage showed sick if Iraqi prisoners, and injured Kuwaitis wrapped in rsons. The Red sleeping bags, carried on stretchers lilies and Iraqis to the allied vehicles. CNN said it andum of under- did not appear as if any foreign idite the repatria- journalists were among those id "civilian inter- released. Iraqis. About three dozen foreign jour iqi pickup trucks r group of injured See GULF page 2 ces questioned Buggy requested no pictures depicting animals being used for research be presented by either side claiming that pictures would generate an emotional response, not intelligent thought. "We must allow the public to make up their minds on an intellectual basis, not an emotional basis," Buggy said. But Catherine Frische, founder of USC's chapter of SETA said, "They don't want anyone to find out the truth... pictures are the reality." Animal rights activists focus some attention on dogs and cats because they are considered pets, but researchers say the small percentage of dogs and cats that are used come from animal shelters where they are already slated for euthanasia. "I think if people cared about the lowliest creatures on the earth, then they would be more compassionate towards each other," Frisch said. "We're not the only See ANIMALS page 2 jmHHhGI PSHiJBi I I Richard Gault/The Gamecock vith the new irs of Student Government listen to' a speech durdnesday in Rutledge Chapel.