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V- News editor spouts off on ^ Carolina Life reviews Spike ^USC coaching search de-V" More on the NBA Finals, C.C People are sick, twisted and morbid. People who read The death penalty press cover- Lee's new movie, page 3 scribed, page 5 page 5 fill State are even more sick, twisted and morbid, age. page 2 Tige Watts, page 2 fill KtAMECOCKI Volume 83, No. 88 University of South Carolina Wednesday, June 12,1991 y V'"' ww _ 1_ A. _ _ ! Human rignis group claims Kuwait unfair NEW YORK ? Kuwait is torturing prisoners and conducting unfair trials of those accused of collaborating with Iraq, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The human rights organization issued the condemnation after the first alleged wartime collaborator was sentenced to death in Kuwait over the weekend. The organization said a delegate who visited Kuwait reported that alleged collaborators with Iraq have not been allowed to prepare adequate defenses and have been kept from seeing their families, lawyers and personal doctors. Kremlin-run media strikes out at Yeltsin MOSCOW ? On the eve of elections in the Soviet Union's 1 orrroct inH mr?ct nnnnlniic ro_ A4lAgV/?Jt. UHU AAlVklV |/U|/UiUUJ IV public, candidates basked in celebrity endorsements, bickered in the media and checked with pollsters in a Western-style scramble for votes. In the race to become the Russian republic's first popularly elected president, the target of many last-minute barbs in Kremlin-run media was the frontrunner: reform-minded parliamentary leader Boris N. Yeltsin. WSSBSBSSSS& Minnesota journalist wins source lawsuit BEMIDJI, Minn.? A former newspaper editor who refused to reveal a confidential source to her boss had reasonable grounds to fear the source would be unmasked, a judge ruled. Susan Baratono, former managing editor of The Pioneer of Bemidji in northern Minnesota, is entitled to collect unemployment insurance because she was fired last August for reasons other than misconduct, state unemployment insurance Judge William M. Dixon said in a written ruling Monday. TVA releases worker for not closing reactor ATHENS, Ala. ? The Tennessee Valley Authority is firing a maintenance worker who left open a pair of airlock doors leading to a recently restarted reactor and two other employees who failed to catch the mistake. Dlint ennlfPQman Prniff Rpq. ? lain jpv*wu*uuii viuig "VM sley said Monday that Unit 2, which was restarted May 24 after a six-year safety-related hiatus, ; has been shut down since the airlock doors into the primary radioactivity containment area were found open a week ago. The worker who left the doors open and two others who failed to close the doors would be fired to impress upon the remaining 2,500 Browns Ferry employees the seriousness of the incident, TV A, a federal agency, said. Hollings accused of private interest in bill WASHINGTON ? State Republican Party chairman Barry Wynn has accused Sen. Ernest Hollings of pushing legislation as q nfi?tt?ncp tO ra 1SP romnaiffn U pi ViVllUV -vv vuitipui^*' donations. Hollings' support of a measure that would lift restrictions on regional phone companies or "Baby Bells" amounted to "a play to line his own pockets," Wynn said Monday. Compiled from wire reports Agency claims ct rn By TIGE WATTS News Editor The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division denied The Gamecock a copy of their investigative report about the Carolina Research and Development Foundation. The report was covered by newspapers across the state, including The Gamecock last week. According to a June 6 letter, SLED officials denied the newspaper's May 27 Freedom of Information request because "It is our policy to only disclose copies of investigative reports upon lawful order from a court of competent jurisdiction." The letter also said the policy was adopted f .. 7* '- "^k -3F" ^-x--: flk 1b Keying In Liz Reed, 13 from Hopkins Middle Scl" Impact hii From Staff Reports million USC's economic impact on the P0!?/1^ state in 1989-90 was $1.56 billion in total spending, providing jobs and income for citizens across the system conciiM state, according to a report pre- . pared by the College of Business SIty' *! Administration. suppo ilrm TTfl/1 _ ^ _? _ , UVltV 1] ine udL, system piays a suostantial role in economic develop- in^ a ment and contributes to the quality state* of life of the state and many individual communities," Randolph . Martin, director of USC's Division 1100 ar of Research and coordinator of the come study, said. leads ' come 1 "USC's expenditures are a versity source of jobs and income immed throughout the state," he said. for go Martin said USC generated $437 said. m Vlahoplus h By TIGE WATTS News Editor Outgoing Carolina Research and Dev< Foundation Director Chris Vlahoplus said his to resign was nothing more than the indicati "new day" was ahead. "Once the SLED study was done, I didn' reason for me to stay on with the foundation a new day and I have to go forward into it plus said. He announced his resignation late in tl semester and said he would continue in his tenured professor in the College of Journalisr "I'm through in my work with the foundat to think I was part of a success. We did s< things while I was there, but it*s time to mo1 I'll trv to do some great things in the college naiism)," he said. Vlahoplus has been at the center of attei since the South Carolina Supreme Court 01 foundation to open records because they wer body. A few days later, he and fiscal off O'Donnell told reporters some of the recc thrown away. information sem nixes a "Under the Freedom of Infoi port has certain matters which sure. I'm sorry, but that's just tl to "protect persons who provide information during investigations... from disclosure of damaging, unsubstantiated information and personally sensitive information which is contained within most investigative reports." SLED did provide The Gamecock with copies of the case summaries of The Associated Press and The (Greenville) News lawsuil against the Carolina Research and Development Foundation and The State's 1989 law Pl||^ ;< |^^^^^Hpwi:> jtk mm Julie Bouc iool, uses a computer during USC's Summt ts$1.56 bi in earnings along with sup- Jobs were tto 24,244 jobs in the state. sure of USC's study examined spending USC employs nine campuses of the USC ployees. The C and its students. The report tan area benef led spending by the univer- more than sevi ;s students and employees agricultural job t jobs, services and produc- In addition I n the local economies, creat- nomic results rippling effect through the reaching impj measured in s report said. T :al purchases by the institu- programs and id by students provide in- events at the K for local residents, which seum, its impa< ? *-!? f\ % rt nAfl ? f/"I A f u iuruici spcnuing oiiu in- uta, iu tuuu or residents. Thus, the uni- free medical 's impact does not disappear medical school iately after it spends money sity system enti ods and services," Martin life for S immeasurably. eads to 'new O'Donnell told SLED agents 1 to him to "get rid of the records f slopment sons" about six or eight times. ? decision "I really don't have any bitl ion that a (O'Donnell) because of what he There is absolutely no hard feel t see any any other member of the foundatic i. It's just Vlahoplus denied to talk about " * nmkli , Viano- cauic uicig <uc smug itgai piwuiv thorized to talk about it at the adv le spring He did say The Gamecock inc role as a told O'Donnell to dispose of the r n. "I never ordered anyone to get ion. I like and the SLED report never said >me great get rid of the records," he said. vQ on and ?<j university officials am ' (? J?ur" were impressed by Dr. Holderma plishments. It was let known to ition ever him to advance the university," V dered the "I knew him (Holderman) prof e a public recruited me to come to USC. I icer John to three and a half years ago. 11 >rds were son it was time to leave the foi time to move on to other things," * ntive ccess rei mation Act, we feel that this rei should be exempt from discloie way it has to be." Lt. Jim McClary, SLED i suit against the Richland County Clerk of : Courts. I ; "I believe The State was able to get a copy of the SLED report through the Clerk of . Courts because of their previous lawsuit," Lt. f Jim McClary said. t "Under the Freedom of Information Act, . we feel that this report has certain matters - which should be exempt from disclosure. I'm ~~j] DOE no wr ^ Jfc Federal fun< used proper By MOLLY RUSSELL Staff writer Federal funds for the co tion of the Swearingen En ing Center were found in ment with federal regulatio cording to a Department of report. In a May 21 letter, DOI life,. tracts Division Branch Chie Zimmer told David Rinker, Vice President for Facilitie; ning at USC, "DOE finds i in the documentation which indicate any improprieties v spect to the expenditure ol Dillon/The Gamecock Undef *** SubJeCt &*nt" on/The Gamecock ^ John ^ ? w .. ~ ? in a release from Media Re >r Youth Camps. | ?It was Qur understandin llion e most visible mea- f impact. Statewide, 5,700 full-time emColumbia metropoliits the most, with en percent of nons linked to USC. to the tangible eco, USC has a far- w ict that cannot be imple numbers, the hrough its special seminars, cultural oger Center, its mu:t on real estate valrn: I faculty, the univerlances the quality of Have VOU SBet outh Carolina * The USC Police Dep seen her, please call In r day Vlahoplus suggested VV0JIV or embarrassing rea;erness toward him Facuuy Salaries told SLED agents. ings toward him or fwQ monthS/ cyontrQ| ^ efJSr' . totals were from tile the SLED report be- the Systems Officeip jms, and I'm not au ice of the attorney/' orrectly reported he B ecords. rid of those records I ordered anyone to 1 foundation officials n's style and accom- m him that we wanted lahoplus said. ;ssionally and he had worked with him up left for the same rea- iiiiM undation. It was just PROF ASSOC he said. nii^cf l|LtVkJ 1/ soiry, but that's just the way it has to be," McClary said. The Gamecock was able to get various parts of the report through various sources but the newspaper wanted the complete, official report for official confirmation. "We expect better cooperation from an agency that is supposed to help the citizens of South Carolina," David Bowden, Editor in Chief of The Gamecock, said. "I think that if we were anything but a student newspaper, they would honor our request Instead, they turn us down,, thinking we're going to go away. They'll soon find out it's just not going to happen," Aaron Sheinin, Carolina Life Editor, said. discovers r?n rr done Vltg tJlglAVJ J q there was no basis to suggest any of the DOE funds had been used 1 improperly in the construction of ]V the Swearingen Center." "We are very pleased that the preliminary inquiry has shown that all of the funds have been fully accounted for and all the expendin.struc~ tures were in full accord with fedgtneer eraj regulations," he said, agreens, ac- Zimmer said about four agents Energy worked on the review for a couple of days and found no signs of a Con- wrong doings or inconsistencies, f Jerry Rinker said he was not aware of Senior any new suggestions for new bys Plan- jaws because of the review, lothing would The review started in April yith re- when DOE agents could not find ' funds audits by the university and the telling of problems in South Carls said olina's state legislature and the lations, university by The Chicago g that Tribune. ii ????~~ i her? t. is looking for this suspect. If you have vestigator Snyder at 777-4215. v v k h w wwowpw^^ Hi ^s Hive increased over the past |;ltolpnne public opinion. 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