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Volume 84, No. 14 University of South Carolina Wednesday, September 11,1991
Students may be at
Vice pre:
By ANGELA JACOBS of W
Staff Writer Vand
Student Vice President Shine Brooks said
he is continuing his efforts to implement a cal
grade forgiveness policy at USC. aca^
The grade forgiveness, or repeat, policy not N
allows students who have done poorly in a colle
course to retake it. The higher of the two could
grades is averaged into the student's GPR priei
while the lower grade remains on the stu- a
dent's transcript with a note indicating the chanc
class was retaken. nate
"I believe in giving students every chance Pe st
to succeed or fail. If a student doesn't do *nt0
good in a class and isn't allowed to retake it, ^PRj
it doesn't show the drive that student had to "V
go back and rechallenge him or herself," just i
Brooks said. stude
The University of California at Los theyi
Angeles, Florida State University, University Im
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Coliseum.
Holderman gj
Decision-making process ^
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continues to be a mystery
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Former USC President James Holderman fa- ^
vored lesser-known student interns as well as sc^(
the children of prominent political and business g
figures in handing out scholarships, records
show- ure<
A once-secret list of those who received Hoi
zier
derman scholarships from 1981 until this past jars
year shows three former student interns re- ^
ceived more than $10,000 in scholarship aid.
Holderman gave $18,242.75 to Rafael Diaz, ^
an intern who was assigned to former education ^
professor Manuel Justiz. ~
Diaz is now a graduate student at the University
of Texas at Austin, where Justiz is a dean. ^ ?
Chris Hurt, another intern, received $10,791 '
in scholarships from Holderman. Another in- ~ J
tern, Saagu Zeleke, received $19,150 in *
scholarships. alsc
Though Hurt, Zeleke and Diaz were the only
interns who received more than $10,000, dozens 1
of other Holderman interns showed up on the Rej
list of students who received money under the ceh
In the World... Ii
Croatians slept under their first
curfew since World War II, but the en
clampdown in the secessionist Yugosla- Ju<
vian republic early today did little to ing
quell ethnic fighting between Croats co
and Serbs. wh
Fourteen people reportedly died in in >
violence overnight, including two fed- ab
eral army officers killed by a car bomb. 1
The important Croat stronghold of mil
Osijek in northeastern Croatia was Joj
shelled heavily, and fighting continued he<
over an important highway and at sev- ? ?
eral Croat-held towns in eastern areas. ,
A plane crash killing 223 people
in Thailand was recreated Tuesday in
Seattle, showing the plane would have
been virtually uncontrollable after a
thrust-reverser deployed in flight, air ..
safety investigators said. C(
"In our simulations, a crash was the
result," NTSB spokesman Brent Bahler sa
said Monday from Washington, D.C. in1
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ile to retake courses
sident dis
[aryland, University of Tennesse and "boat people'
lerbilt all have similar policies in effect. leges sooner,
ooks said the policy offers three practi- USC-Aikei
ways students can improve their program. Hoi
imic record. First, students who were from the gi
vell-adapted to the responsibilities of Brooks does i
ge and had terrible freshman years "When a si
I use it. Second, a student who has ex- Start, their er
iced some sort of crisis which reflected In my opinii
poor grade could be given a second backward," hi
:e. Next, the policy would help elimi- Brooks als
academic "boat people." Boat people osed policy li
udents who are not eligible for entrance ing of the Scl
their desired colleges because of low Some of thes
5. ictions to pre1
ftiat they (the university) are doing is Brooks say
spinning their (students') wheels. The a student can
nts aren't actually getting the education or within thei
same here for," Brooks said. The polic
plementing the policy would enable Brooks' cam
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nachinery to dig up the pavement at Park and Gre
ive interns sch
gram. $3,590
"he scholarships were canceled this past year "A's" al
r Holderman resigned under controversy for R0n
spending. $9,031 I
mother five-figure recipient was Paula Do- photogn
of Baltimore, the sister of twin brothers The (
) came to South Carolina on basketball gers pre
Warships. lyn to
he received $10,099 between 1985 and grade p
9, when she graduated with a journalism de- 4.0.
i. Her mother said Saturday that Paula Do- Munr
was a top student and applied for the scho- pressure
hip "the same way she did all the others." write a 1
JSC officials have previously said Holder- Rogei
i apparently had no guidelines for how he ary. He
id out more than $1 million in financial aid charge
81 students since 1981. LostTn
4any of the scholarships went to children of Abou
e ana nauonai oinciais, inciuaing sons 01 titled b
. Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., state Supreme dents, f
irt Chief Justice George Gregory and State of Hisps
lartment official Lawrence Eagleburger. Amoi
tate Treasurer Grady Patterson's daughters ships w<
received scholarships. Guil
$28,781
Tie daughter and son-in-law of former state Dagc
). Jack Rogers, D-Bennettsville, also re- Mexico,
/ed aid. The daughter, Elizabeth, received Alfoi
i the Nation... In 1
Supreme Court nominee ciar- Foi
ce Thomas went before the Senate ing w
jiciary Committee today, and lead- one nr
l Democrats said they would use his victior
nfirmation hearings to question ofStal
ether he favors a "radical change" But
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ortions. - a mor
"homos sat quietly in a packed com- parati<
tee room, his family nearby, as Sen. motior
>eph Biden pledged "open and fair" federc
orings. B Qv
Thieves stole scores of motorized cuts <
If carts from a warehouse in Bridge- tuatioi
rt, CT. and then used them for a de- ment
>lition derby on city streets, police Parker
1 Eva1
Someone broke into a warehouse Board
arly Sunday and word spread quickly tern lo
at it was filled with the carts, Sgt. John have
urraro said Monday. staff o
People "all went and got one." he Evatts
lid. "They were doing crash-mobiles "it's
o cars gping down the street." situatic
cusses gri
' to be admitted into their col- this past year. Questit
Brooks said. policy would lower tl
n has adopted a "Fresh-Start" of USC. Brooks feels
vever, this program is different be lowered, rather they
ade forgiveness policy and
not want "Fresh-Start" here. Brooks hopes the p<
udent takes advantage of Fresh- by ^ next semester.
Hire collegiate record is erased. ? . , ,
on that is like takine a sten 11 a11 dePends on h(
- said 1bem (faculty) 10 Pick
o said conditions of the prop- lhrouSh a" !"e bfau<
lave to be agreed upon a meet- glve,any deim* dalef'
rolastic Standards and Petitions. ^?P areloolfg at,
e conditions would mean restr- long waysmce' was f
rent the abuse of this policy. sPnn8- hesaids
such restrictions mieht be that Brooks said ahhon
only use the policy three times conservative over the
r first 60 hours. fact of the matter is t
y became a major issue in and we've got to do so
paign for the vice presidency is one of the best ways
Eric Glenn/The Gamecock an w0,
ene Streets behind the Carolina during ^
his trial.
A jury d'
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nlorchi v\ c Lanier sh?ui
U1CI1 kjIIIUkJ penalty or lil
* dering two ci
in 1990-91. She had almost straight nuary robber}
t USC. Longworth
Munnerlyn, Rogers' son-in-law, got day on two
between 1988 and 1991. Munnerlyn is a deaths of W
apher for The Greenville News. VI workers /
Greenville) News reported Saturday Ro- USC busines
ssured USC officials to admit Munner- dent, and Toe
a graduate program even though his Longworth
Dint average was only 2.3 on a scale of derson, told I
members' ale
lerlyn said he did not know about the "That's all
; but acknowledged he asked Rogers to said. "It's a
letter of recommendation. now, that I c<
rs resigned from his House seat in Janu- the cause of \
pleaded guilty in May to a racketeering Another s
that arose out of the FBI's "Operation worth, testifi
jst" probe. He awaits sentencing. ready was dri
t 25 percent of aid recipients were iden- by age 15.
y USC on Friday as international stu- "I used
dany of those appeared to have names brother," his !
anic origin. didn't think
rig those receiving five-figure scholar- Now that I lo
sre: rible thing to
lermo Figueroa of Yarnal, Arizona, Longworth
.50. nes High Sch
>berto Gonzalea of Acatilpa Morelos, and failed at
, $23,134. the same til
iso Ortiz of Cuernavaca, $19,724. turned sour i
the State...
mer state Rep. Larry Bland- fc?
as sentenced to three years and
lonth in prison today for his con- ^
\ in the Operation Lost Trust probe
ehouse corruption.
the sentencing of former state usc-Coium
.j. cordon was put ott tor at least fiscal years
"ith. That's to give attorneys preon
time to argue a government generated
t for an upward departure from 1991 Bl
il sentencing guidelines. , ^
3.u% (0
ercrowding and budget
are causing a "very dangerous si- 29.7% (5Y
in the state's prisons. Depart- .y 3% ,,,
of Corrections Commissioner
E vatt warned T uesday. Tota,: 18
1 asked the Budget and Control 1992 Bl
to restore $4 million the prison sysst
in recent budget cuts. The cuts 3-3<y<
made it impossible to hire new 30 8%
r replace departing employees,
aid. 65.9%
getting to be a very dangerous Total: 18
>n." he said. ?
ade policy
)ns were raised if the
ie academic standards tt
the standards will not It 3" depends Ofl hOW
' will be raised. quickly we can get them
Dlicy is put into effect <'aCU'tyJ t0 P'ck UP 0n
this and run through all
the bureaucratic red
)W quickly we can get tape | can>t gjve g de:
up on this and run u..* i
;ratic red tape. I can t ,,nit? ?aXeS> but 1 Can
but i can say a lot of say a lot of people are
this and it's come a looking at this and it's
irst interested in it last come a long way since I
was first interested in it
gh some faculty are Spring.
academic issues, "the Shine Brooks,
hot th/^rA'o o r\rr\h1 om Qtl iHonf \/lDfOCirlonf
not. uiviv j a piuuiuu ciuvju i 11 * iv/t? i IV/OIU^I II
mething about it. This
I see to correct it."
ry to decide
irderer's fate
11H CTPt creased, Henderson said.
" v-JtllU. o Long worth joined the Navy at
rvanolti^ *"s ^at^er s ur8'nS an(* t*ien re_
pt/lldl Lj ceived an honorable discharge after
he suffered a seizure on an animated
Press munition ship in the Mediterral
murderer Richard nean, according to testimony,
tad a life marred by When he returned to Spartanperformance,
heavy burg County, he became friends
an ill-fated affair with with former Byrnes High classnan,
his family testi- mate David Rocheville, a cole
sentencing phase of defendant in the movie theater
murders. Rocheville was sentenced
eliberated Tuesday to death for Green's murder and to
gworth, 23, of Lake a life prison term for Hopps'
Id receive the death death.
fe in prison for mur- Rocheville worked for the same
nema workers in a Ja- company that owns the Westgate
' Cinemas and helped Longworth
was convicted Satur- get a job there. Longworth was
murder counts in the fired last fall,
estgate Mall Cinema Longworth told Spartanburg
Vlex Hopps, a former County sheriffs detectives Roches
administration stu- ville killed Hopps and Green. But
Id Green. Longworth's .44-caliber Magnum
s sister, Leslie Hen- was used in the murders.
the jury about family "Richard was like a dog followohol
use. ing around a master with a bone,"
he saw," Henderson Longworth said of her brothers retragedy
to look back lationship with Rocheville, a man
>uld be responsible or she said "exuded evil."
vhat's happened." "I don't think it's necessary for
ister, Allison Long- him to die for something that
ed the defendant al- someone else did," Richard Longnking
beer frequently worth Sr. said.
"I can't believe that's my son
to buy it for my sitting over there," Barbara Longsister
said tearfully. "I worth, told jurors as she pointed to
it was so horrible, her son, the defendant,
ok back, it was a hor- Longworth broke down in tears
do to a child." at one point as the parents of the
dropped out of Byr- two victims told about their sons,
ool in his junior year Circuit Judge E.C. Burnett acka
series of jobs. At nowledged the testimony of the
me, his love affair victims' parents could result in a
and his drinking in- retrial for Longworth.
J The U$C Pocketbook.
In the midst of layoffs and budget cuts, why has
ibia's budget increased? Below are totals for
1991 -92's state appropriations, student fees, and
moneys for USC-Columbia.
.5 million $) ^ State Funding
14 million $) Student Fees
23.1 million $) g Campus
3 million $ Generated
5.5 million $ Ry?ii Sim*/The Gurecock ^
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