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> USC professor under fire > Editorial criticizes > Healthbeat > Soccer team wins CC ' hear the Niners are trying to get Sterling Sharpe away from animal rights activists, confirmation examines back tournament, page 8 flfj from the Packers in exchange for a handful of magic page 2 hearings, page 3 Pp\r\ among . beans. #j| ^ students, page 4 % David Bowden, page 9 1G Volume 84, No. 23 The Meeting of the Mi ? The President's Minority Panel The group formed by Student F meet to discuss minority issues, late include Cockwheat and Horn* System en increased From Staff Reports ? The beginning of the 1991-92 | academic year finds enrollment at ( USC's nine campuses up 3.1 per- ^ cent, with 41,759 students enrolled compared to 40,499 in fall 1990. Columbia campus enrollment also showed a slight increase with 26,133 students compared to 25,613 this past year. All campuses, except Coastal J Carolina College, recorded student ~ increases. At Coastal, there was a slight drop in enrollment? from ? 4,080 in 1990 to 3,983 this fall. * USC?Spartanburg's enrollment was up by 24 students to 3,525, ? while USC-Aiken increased 4.8 percent to 3,108 students. Among USC's regional cam- ? puses, USC-Sumter grew by 28.6 ^ percent for a total of 1,620 students; USC-Lancaster is up 5.6 percent to 1,039; USC-Beaufort in- n creased 14.2 percent to 1,023; ^ USC-Salkehatchie is up 12.5 per- h cent to 935 students; and USCUnion grew by 6.8 percent to 393 ^ students. Undergraduate enrollment on the e Columbia campus remained steady f; at 16,059, an increase of 42 stu- 7 In the World... The United States and the Union are ready to open talks to ment President Bush's propo: deep cuts in nuclear weapons piles, the State Department annc Tuesday. The Bush administration would I ing to discuss with the Soviets thei osal that all nuclear weapons t< the two nations be discontinue officials said. Russian czars' former hon gained their old names Tuesday, sidents seemed more concerns empty food shelves than with I: adieu to Leningrad. The city's five million residents in June to change back to St. burg, and the Russian federat Oct. 1 for the official Chang Local leaders, who have been the city St. Petersburg for weeks was an arbitrary date and sch no ceremonies Tuesday. -jt LAJ nds T H ai ^fflp ? Assi ^ is 01 QH^B tion Hun A Teddy Lepp/The Gamecock scan I meets Wednesday evening. the < resident Manish Shrivastava H Such hot minority topics of piac< scorning. "I lion irollment | 1 * 1 i1 siignuy | lents over 1990. USC maintained |?p ts effort to enroll mostly South Carolina students, with 82 percent >f the undergraduate enrollment >eing state residents. Fifteen percent of the undergraduate students >n the Columbia campus are black. The 1991 freshman class regis- k ered 2,619 students, including >rovisional year students. Approxinately 50 percent of the entering reshman class graduated in the top 15 percent of their high school lass and have an average SAT of 43. Seventy?seven percent of tie freshman class are South Carina residents and 18 percent are lack. Provisional year students, whose ombination of academic records nd SAT scores are below average ut who have college potential, are dmitted for 30 semester hours of cademic, non-remedial credit and lust maintain a 2.0 to continue at JSC. Historically, a higher percenige of provisional year studnets cturn for their sophomore year lan do other freshman. y( South Carolina Honors College ^ nrolled 144 new freshman this w all, bringing its total enrollment to c26 students. [ In the Nation Soviet Some 5,000 demo imple- gry over California Gov sal for veto of a gay-rights bill stock- dows and spray-painted unced Francisco's Civic Cent took to the streets in th be will- area, burning Wilson in ef ir prop- No injuries were report* ests by Monday. Seven protes d. U.S. rested in Los Angeles, thi ing a police officer and ies offenses including vanda but re- t0 disPerse' P?,ice saicl>d with bidding Another Senate D< day endorsed Clarence i voted nation to the Supreme Peters- enhancing the black ion set chances of winning Se eover. tion to the nation's high* calling Sen. Richard Shelby. I . said it Democrat to support tl eduled took the Senate floor t< decision. * mL University of South Carolina JSC vice p [uray finalist ^ ** George R t Kent State X vertised y jORDON MANTLER Huray stant News Editor position h ml Huray, USC's vice provost for research, As vie le of three finalists for the provost and vice three yea ident for academics and student affairs posi- professor at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. ment and m very lnicresiea in a pruvosi position, ly said. "And I was very impressed with the r >le there (at Kent State)." worth a rhe position there is a combination of two sa^- ^ tiree positions here," he said. "It's quite a elude on notion." $1.3 uray was nominated for the provost position search P lid-July by Ken Schwab, Centenary College million, ident and USC's former executive vice jje is i ident for administration. tendant 1 tie other finalists are Myron G. Henry, pro- college n and vice president for Academic Affairs at coul(Tbe Dominion University in Richmond, Virgiand J. Ivan Legg, dean of the College of When nee and Mathematics at Auburn University possil uburn, Alabama. sponded, uray, the first candidate to visit the campus, P?rt f?r his family will go to Kent State Oct. 13. concern i< decision on the position will be made by a Huray i ;h committee after all three candidates visit cji on q{ 'ampus. dent's sci uray said he did not know who would re- has testi 5 him if he got the Kent State job. Washingt want to make sure there is a smooth transi- week, here if I leave," he said. "These are won- Huray If I is* Is n<z e fi ruiun v/u?7if l^ifwM * ' c^f] Eric Glenn/1 Maria Wilbanks, a sociology senior, draws money c ouchmatic automatic teller machine. The machine sit le Russell House with three other machines. A recer ide poll found forty percent of college students use ard. i... In the State... nstrators an- Education in South C . Pete Wilson's hampered by poverty, sin( smashed win- families and parents' educa slogans at San Gov. Carroll Campbell said er. Thousands a report on how the state m< ie Los Angeles to national education goals. figy- He said some of the states 5d in either city problems are due to shorta^ iters were ar- ca| areas that force teache ree for assault- 0ut of their fields. Less than I four for various Qf mathematics teachers ar lism and failure cent of science teachers in ! olina have college majoi teaching fields. smocrat TuesThomas' nomi- The Federal Election ! Court, further Sion has cleared Rep. Rol conservative's D-S.C., and his campaig nate confirma- charges they accepted and >st court. illegal cash contributions c >Ala., the 10th congressman's 1982 primar he nomination. But six employees of Tallon's 1 5 announce his thing business were found ( legol campaign activity. :o( Wednesd rovost mj )ple here in South Carolina." >rovost's position is being held by oaupc in on interim ronapitv ofter Ar. .w?vj Aii an iiiiv/iuii wupuvu;, uuvi i n h was named president at the Univertah, and the position has not been adet. said he is also interested in the provost icre. :e president for research for the past its, Huray has worked with other USC s to receive grants from the governindustry. e currently working on four grants ^ total of approximately $3 million," he wo other grants being worked on in- I e with the Department of Energy for I lion and a Defense Advancement Re- J toject Agency grant for up to $7.6 j working with State Education Superin3arbara Nielson on a statewide preaath and science program. This grant as much as $5 million. tw0 y( to Wa: asked if the loss of him could mean gef( ble loss of research money, Huray re- Tenne: "I am worried about the lack of sup- jje education in South Carolina. My main Univei s losing good racuity. partne; is on President Bush's Advisory Coun- an^ imputing, and works with the presi- MUSC ence advisor, Allan Bromley. Huray "I fied at Congressional hearings in South on eight times, including once last erythir have b worked at the White House full time ^on *n Shuttle . minor r By PATRICK VILLEGAS Bk Assistant News Editor ML. After two meetings with C stone and Columbia Hall reside B the USC transportation departm is considering rerouting a sn portion of the new Carolina Shu BK^^ system. Coordinator for the Carol B Shuttle, Derrick Huggins and 5 dent Vice President Shine Bix> mnf \^/-vn/tmr t/% rl nm/l Ai >r iiivt lYiwuuaj WJ utviut aiiu tvt H ate what possible changes to c sider after complaints from C stone area residents the new roi M T did not give shuttle access to science department on campus. A possible solution to the pr S f. m lem, Huggins said, is to add an m * 4 tra stop to the Red Route, wh runs from the Carolina Colise I to the Nursing Building. The n stop would be at the corner of I 0 vine and Sumter streets. JrJ "It's an idea we would like 00?- see happen," Huggins said. Die Gamecock" With the new stop, Capstc >ut of the area sU,dents can catch a shuttle s outside ^ronl lhe Williams-Brice C it nation- lege of Nursing and ride to i an ATM Physical Science Center. This week the transportation i partment will weigh the pros z arolina is ft? ^lie-parent " tion levels. l?t|*fcjP> 2$p Tuesday in How many si easures up v~8^<*t two tot?l$ for sfude education jes in critics tO work North II 677 )0 percent Carolina id 60 perSouth Car- Virginia |1 499 s in their Georgia | Commis- *. Ill bin Tallon, New Jersey || 472 n staff of laundered NewYork |i 354 jurmg the l| y contest. g: former clo- Pennsylvania |l 274 guilty of il- * :k ay, October 2, 1991 iy leave W* K? m Paul Huray, Vice Provost for Research iars before coming to USC and still flies shington once a week. 3re that, he worked for the University of ssee for twenty years. also helped develop the South Carolina rsities Research Education Foundation, a rship between the Savannah River Site 3ur state universities, USC, Clemson, ! and S.C. State. lought it was strange that the colleges in Carolina competed with each other in evig, not just football, " Huray said. "They 3 work together. We don't need competithe research arena," considers erouting cons of the situation and make a permanent decision next Monday ap. after evaluating whether the shutnts ties can handle the influx of new students. lall "Nothing is concrete," Huggins Hie said. "We (first) want to see if the bus can handle the load." ina If the department decides the ;tu_ proposal can not be accommo0\cs dated, an alternate plan will be tlu. made. on_ Huggins said they are also enterap. taining the thought of lengthening ites the running time of the shuttles unthe til 5:15 p.m., instead of the current times of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ob- The new times would go into efex feet at the end of the month. ich ,. um The new schedule would be implemented because more people would be walking to their automobiles in the dark after 4:30 p.m. when daylight savings time goes 0 into effect. >ne The added 45 minutes would : in help add to the safety of those stuol dents, Huggins said., the The Carolina Shuttle system was changed earlier this semester to acde commodate the new budget cuts ind the department encountered. o's enrolled af USC? dd^iidre from where at USC Columbia? nt distribution in the United States. | 19.532 AMMIMttMllliMljiiijiiStMHMMIIIMtBkS ; 0 \ J 0 A 1# . 9 A ? 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