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> In depth coverage of the > Columnist blasts >* Hints on how to > Gamecocks falter, CC "Blackmail" is not a racist word; let s use it as much as Gaskins'execution, page 2 Rhett, basketball budget your tie Duke, page 7 (? possible, team, page 3 money, page 4 77 Editorial, page 3 GAMECOCKl Volume 84, No. 13 University of South Carolina Monday, September 9, 1991 use st files dfc notable Administration opens records By TIGE WATTS News Editor The names of national and state officials' children given "secret" scholarships by former USC President James Holderman were released late Friday afternoon. Holderman awarded scholarships to the son of U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.), former undersecretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger, former Jamaican Prime Mi, nister Edward Seaga, state Supreme Court Chief Justice George Gregory and the daughters of State Treasurer Grady Patterson. The names were on a list of 271 students whose names had previously been withheld from the public. USC President John Palms decided last week to release the names of the rest of the students. "In my opinion the privacy privilege is outweighed by the rirrkf tr\ IrnAtu Dolme eoi/4 I puuuw 3 ll?lll %AJ IU1U W, A anno JU1U Friday. "I'm confident I'm not breaking federal law." Hatfield's son received a total of $11,350 between 1983 and 1988. A federal grand jury has probed financial ties between Hatfield and Holderman. Eagleburger's son received $400 in the 1987-88 and 1988-89 academic years. Before he joined the Bush Administration, Eagleburger lectured at USC. Patterson's daughters received a ' total of about $4,600 in scholarships between 1985 and 1990. Their scholarships were not revealed previously, but a spokeswoman in Patterson's office said "never had an occasion to address" whether his daughters' scholarships should be made public. Gregory's son received $2,228 during the 1988-89 academic year. During his 13 years as president, Holderman gave $1.6 million in financial aid to 381 students. ) Michael Mungo, chairman of USC's Board of Trustees said he was "delighted" Palms was able to "open up our last skeleton and put it on the table." Other notables of Holderman's scholarships include: Former Student Government Presidents Stephen Benjamin, James Franklin, Michael Hogue and Amy Houser. The only S.G. > In the World... Men firing machine gu seven young men, including c early Friday in front of a cemett Colombian cocaine trafficking of Medellin, police said. The victims, between the ag and 30, were standing on a st ner in front of a local cemete the assailants arrived in two and blocked off several roads. . The gunmen, who escape apparently members of a \ squad that roams Medellin kill addicts and the homelesse. A 19-year-old diver diec after being mauled by a shark pular underwater reef near A Australia, police said. The attack occurred about 3 off Aldinga Beach, where th been previous shark sightings. Seven of the man's fellow div in the murky water when the ! .tacked, but said they realiz * could do nothing except scran their boat and fire a flare to help. udent sclose names % Mm ,41 * '- i W't w Palms president to not receive a Holderma scholarship in the past five years was Marie-Louise Ramsdale. Karla De Vito, the wife of actor Robby Benson. De Vito received $846 in 1988-89. $18,242 to Rafael Diaz, an aide to former NIE director Manuel Justiz. Diaz is now a graduate student at the University of Texas, where Justiz is dean. Paula Dozier, sister of former USC basketball player Terry Dozier. She was given more than $10,000. Jerry Munnerlyn and Elizabeth Rogers. Rogers is the daughter of indicted state representative Jack Rogers. Together, they earned over $12,000. $19,724 to Alfonso Ortiz. In 1988-89, Ortiz took $9,820.50. Amy Steenbergen, the daughter of a prominent Columbia doctor. She was awarded more than $10,000. Ricky Wade, who now works in the President's Office. He was given more than $1,500. $250 to Van Earl Wright. Wright now works with Cable News Network in the Headline News section. $19,470 to Ricardo Casillas, a native of Puerto Rico. former USC basketball player Brad Jergenson. Jergenson, who resides in Irmo, was awarded $150. Emeka Okoro, awarded $13.644. Scott Sayer, recepient of over $8,000 and son of former football great Gayle Sayers In the Nati ns killed Thurgood Ma 3 soldier, maker was implanl jryinthe cjay# a spokesman 3 center Naval Medical Cent* jes of 20 The device was ir reet cor- an abnormally slov >ry when hospital spokesman 1 vehicles The condition was d were extensive evaluatio /iniinntP who was hospitalizec ing drug ferin9 "Qht-headedn* i Sunday A divided Cali at a po- Court upheld a $ delaide, award against the c for a 1981 case in wh 50 yards raped a woman he t ere had ratic driving. rers were The rulin9 Thursday shark at- victims to collect ? ed they cases and is a blow nble into ready reeling from tl summon police beating of b ney King. Hk ' . '.. . . r... < - ' A death penalty supporter lifts his skins to die. Another sign at the e hell. Underage By GREG RICKABAUGH Assistant Photography Editor Underage drinking was the concern of Carol Seawell Sr., owner of Tally Ho, when he decided to ban kegs and party balls this year at thf. nnnnlar tailaatintx snr\t Seawell said he had seen fraternities force pledges to drink straight from the tap on the keg. He said he was against such dangerous acts. "We don't want to do anything that would add to minors getting too much to drink," Seawell said Saturday at Seawell's restaurant. USC students, however, felt the ban would have no effect on underage drinking, and said it would add a ridiculous amount of unneeded trash from beer cans and bottles. J'1 "I know tons of people here who are underage," biology senior T1 Joyce Yu said at Tally Ho on Saturday. th; "It just makes you more cautious," her friend Jill Burr added. Others have said kegs are sai cheaper for students and do not Ta cause much of a mess. les Two students at a recent party poured beer from a can into a funnel and finished it within seconds. ke on... In the rshall's pace- The mui ted in his chest Fri- ter employe for the National death, pen< sr said. jury delibera j + * A juryf0L mplanted to treat of Lake Lar / heart rate, said counts of mi i _ rv.ii /*"m. _T. ^Iiiur. Din v^iyuy. der George discovered during dent, and Jc n of Marshall, 83, PPS' I Thursday after suf- f4, ^as ,ar?. acs tanburg s W January wf once in th< fornia Supreme Magnum pis 150,000 damage ;ity of Los Angeles Animal ich a police officer eted an ar lad stopped for er- tracted 35 t fields north c r makes it easier for Ten prot( damages in such sick' with e< to a city that is al- were angr\ le uproar over the Marine Resc lack motorist Rod- for the hur Don't Shoot and TIGE VVA Staff Writers ^ The State of put an end to D Gaskins' 21 ye; day morning w cuted for the ki Death Row inm; He entered tl gg|ur I According to w was restless ai ously around the At 1:04 a.m., first surge of electricity for fi thousand volts s HP^? eight seconds a duced to 250 Hp a.m., when the p | % Two medical nounced Gaski a.m. Gaskins, who ters by saying 1 statement before only that his la> his statement . ? Ted,^Le^G,aT:?ck through his attc 1 ST, m "D9 Puf Gf" ham said, "If vent told "Pee Wee" to go to h where , drinking pro TW^t WCf, m Wells rests on top of the shoulders of friend inned kegs. le beer can was then dropped midway last wee to the ground with many others be banned. One it were packed together in a pile. Seawell at his re: him if the rumc Jim Wells, a graduate student the ban. Seawell id he used to operate the kegs at not a rumor, it's illy Ho, and it definitely caused >s trash. Vice presidem Alpha, Fred Tar Many fraternities had planned that pressure fron >g parties until the news came crack down on \ State... 'derer of two movie thea- Dpp Wpf >es could be sentenced to ding on today's scheduled Pee Wee ( ition in Spartanburg. his fifteen y jnd Richard Longworth, 23, beginning o nier guilty Saturday of two - e 1 jrder in the killing of Alexan- May 25, J Hopps, a former USC stu- Sentenced 3mes Todd Green. murder of ', was an usher and Green, Anril 18 assistant manager at Spar- ! ' festgate Mall Cinema VI in Received len they were each shot sentences 3 head with a .44-caliber March 26 to1 Received rights advocates pick- murder of iti-drug dove hunt that at- August b lunters and their children to o tu n 5f Travelers Rest Saturday. aoutn car ? . . . . Court sets 3sters, shouting sick, sick, DCh shotgun blast, said they execution, < by the state Wildlife and Septembe purees Department's slogan executed it ? "Shoot for the Future, L___. Drugs," ikins killed [y Friday dANTLER place." ITS Eight witnesses, including five - from South Carolina media, South Carolina watched the two-minute onald "Pee Wee" execution, ars of terror Fri- Allen Denton from WSPA-TV hen he was exe- ^ Spartanburg described the exiling of a fellow ecution as professional with no ite. hold-ups. le death chamber "From my own personal ider his own will. viewing, he took a deep breath itnesses, Gaskins and his fists were clenched. I id looked nerv- neara mc click or tne switcn ana 5 chamber. then it was over," he said. Gaskins felt the Sue Abrams from WPDE-TV 2,000 volts of hi Florence, the county where a ive seconds. One majority of Gaskins' killings oon followed for occurred, was most surprised by ind was then re- his appearance, volts until 1:06 "He could be somebody's trocess ended. kindly old grandfather," she said. examiners pro- "He looked very vulnerable. You ns dead at 1:10 had to remind yourself that he was a notorious killer." * surprised repor- Abrams and Denton said Gale would issue a skins Save Branham a sign of ap; his death, stated proval with a thumbs-up sign, vyer would issue Witnesses also said Branham later. Gaskins, was very emotional over the >rney Kelli Bran- execution, s time to go. I go is a better See GASKINS page 2 mpts keg ban ; I Urn *- ""tI*- 'Jr^SpPjlH^P M I Nl /jU }W - '" 1.'. SSjgk, Greg Rickabaugh/The Gamecock s at Tally Ho. The popular tailgating spot recently k that they would was a large factor of the ban. fraternity called But Seawell said he had no staurant and asked pressure from USC and that his >r was true about "respect for the law" caused him told him that "it's to make the decision, a fact." "We are just being careful like everyone else," he said. L of Lambda Chi As for too much trash, Seawell ry, said he heard said he will never see it because a n the university to cleaning company takes care of it mderage drinking for him. i's Days Raskin's execution last Friday put an end to jars of legal proceedings. Below is the ind end of those procedures. 976 f .dNKfc. Dennis Bellamy t |T seven more life 'tyRfcE death penalty for Rudolph Tyner SKJflj? 1,1991 ** olina Supreme Gaskins a new date for ;r 6,1991 - Gaskins Tige Watts, THE GAMECOCK