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> MIBS students to be tested Americans love for tuberculosis, page 2 point their finge elsewhere, pag IMiVolume 84, No. 28 Minority; B I /"" ^ ^BI 9 BnaMMMte sidewalk t ib catering h FREE PARKING IN REAR ^^ OR. LK. FELDERAa&^H^B ? Family Dentistry I ?"V-juwnLwmi awiii mmhbhhhh Greg Rickabaugh/The Gamec Soni's Pizza is being boycotted by the Association of Africai American Students because of a racist statement said by tf owner. Student govei NAACP join Organizations unite JSoi . -. out h*s PUM" against publication By KATHY HEBERGER Shealy saj^ Staff Writer PaPer- "l Wl1 ???: r : said. The state NAAGf nas joined Student Government Gamecock in its quest to stop publication of Gamecock Fever, a home newspaper considered offensive to many African- racjai stcreot' American students. seven years ' At the request of Patrick Davis, president of the / ' campus NAACP, the South Carolina Conference of intimidate h Branches of the NAACP made a resolution asking j ql , . Gamecock Fever's advertisers to withdraw their ad- davNiehtLiv vertisements. The resolution also asked USC President Lr JL. John Palms and the Board of Trustees to publicly con- . ^ \ demn the publication. p,e , aon This week, a local Conoco gas station has with- shouldn t wai drawn its full page advertisement in addition to S.C. The Pu^( Bookstore's $200 advertising contract withdrawal this ^)een a carl0( past week. Our ^an A representative from the gas station said, "I don't The state r want to get into it, but it's a company decision." advertisers v Palms has not received any information from the fr?m Gamecc NAACP yet and is reserving comment until he does. Shealy sak Palms previously told The Gamecock this is a stu- tion were tui dent matter and should be handled by students. support of the I- tho UVmvIri In IHo II, II !! ?# VVWIIU ?' A French passenger train on an The gunmc overnight trip from the Riviera to Paris 22 people in smashed head-on into a freight train crowded with early Thursday, killing at least 16 people used up most ol ir%ii irinn mnrf* thnn ^11 i+H/^ri+i^c tinn finhtinn r\H i kjl ivj llljuiiii^ i iw w .% . i w# vium iviim^g iivi i "y ^ vii i said. nal bullet to kill The freight train apparently disre- Thursday, garded a red stop signal and crossed Police said th into the passenger train's path while find a motive fo switching tracks, officials said. shooting rampa< Two bombs exploded during a _ MATr? Hindu celebration in the small northern NAiv-> Indian town of Ruderpur, killing at least a9reec" on 41 people and injuring 140. Police to- clear arsenal in day blamed the attacks on militant Sikh *he largest reduc separatists. Defense Secrc The first bomb exploded Wednesday other defense cl night as about 3,000 people were tic Treaty Organ watching the "Ramlila." a Hindu pa- arms cut at ke> geant that celebrates the triumph of mina, a resort o good over evil. Shortly afterward, a sec- Sicily, ond bomb went off outside the gate of 'n doing so, th the emergency ward at a hospital a tion of 80 peri quarter-mile away. arsenal. to > The > Basketball srs Neighborhoods hold pep r e 3 to rock 7 Rockafella's, page 4 ME University of South Ca group ca Soni's owner called racist I By TIGE WATTS News Editor The Association of African-American Students is encouraeine students to boycott a local pizza eatery after the owner called a customer a nigger. However, Sajiv Soni, owner of Soni's Pizza, said the conflict was not intentional and only i started because of false orders to his restaurant Dawn Ford, an African-American history sophomore, said she ordered a pizza from her Patterson dorm room Sept. 30. After placing her order with Soni's Pizza around 5:30 p.m., she called Soni's back and canceled her order two minutes later. "After I canceled my order, I got another call asking me if I was sure that I really didn't want the pizza. I told the man yes and he seemed pleasant about it," Ford said. After that conversation, Ford said she immediately received another phone call. "I answered and I heard someone cussing and calling me a 'nigger.' I hung up right away," she said. Ford said she called Soni's Pizza after this incident and asked to speak to the manager. "The same person that cussed me out answered the phone and said he was the manager." Soni admitted to calling Ford a "nigger" and ri- gave his reasons for the action, te "During that week, we got orders four times from a girl in Patterson who would call back Timent. ^ forces f, publisher of Gamecock Fever, said he bing from the NAACP or from USC ab:ation except for a phone call from Stut Manish Shrivastava three to four weeks 1 losing advertisers will not kill his news1 keep going. There will be a way," he Fever, which is published before each :ontains satirical articles that poke fun at ypes. It has been published for the past > qualms. I am not racist. I will not be y people who don't understand satire," ikening his publication to NBC's "Saturre." don't like it, they shouldn't read it. Peo'? i;ua i?.. xt:~u. t ? i odiuiuay i^igiu i-?iv^ a uuiiiui Lch it," he said. nation's most controversial content has )n depicting Cockwheat, a derivation of g" Buckwheat character. >JAACP resolved to publish the names of /ho did not withdraw their advertising >ck Fever. \ the actions against him and his publica- On th ning his hobby into a political issue in junior, ar i First Amendment. ation... In the Stal an who massacred A convicted a Killeen. TX cafeteria fenced to 120 year lunchtime customers ing found guilty of k : his remaining ammuni- ing two teen-age gi oolice, but saved the fi- John Melvin Varn< himself, authorities said parole. Deputy Soli said. jy were still struggling to A Horry County ju >r the nation's deadliest on Wednesday of r 3e. girl on a Socastee 1990. The jury also nse ministers Thurs- the rape of a l5-ye< plans to slash their nu- City Beach in May 1 Europe by 80 percent, ition in alliance history. A middle SCh< >tary Dick Cheney and Charleston County ->iefs of the North Atlan- tors to be selected lization decided on the Teacher of the Year ' strategy talks in Taor- Jeanne C. Sink, v in the eastern edge of lor's and master's College of Chariest iey agreed on a reduc- to the national Te cent in their nuclear contest. The winner next year. teams to ?? Tobacco companies, whi ally, page ?? legal product that peopl? drivers suing beer compa CSB irolina Fri ills for b h "I was irate and fuming over that, so after the fifth time of me n calling her, I did call her a 'nigger.' it's unfortunate I said that c and I'm willing to apologize." Sajiv Soni a Soni's Pizza owner u a five minutes later and cancel. After five mi- d< nutes, the pizza's already in the oven and if the order's canceled we have to throw away the i pizza," Soni said. "I was 99 percent sure this was the same girl. They sounded so much alike," he said. S1< Soni said his cook called Ford and asked if she was sure about the cancellation. Ford assured him of her decision. ar sc "We then told her that she was going to have to pay for it. We already had this in the oven, and I wasn't going to waste another pizza," ^ Soni said. hi ra "We threatened to call USC Police, but all she said was 'I don't care if you call USC Police.' She hung up after that," he said. te II] Sorii said the eatery tried to call Ford back, but "we would only hear the phone being . picked up and then hung up again." "I was irate and fuming over that, so after the bi Fifth time of me calling her, I did call her a c< 'nigger.' It's unfortunate I said that and I'm willing to apologize," Soni said. Soni also said three USC students came into w e tell you about the time when. ? >, Tv ^HIE fltpT* m I . W - *..** e second floor of the Business Administration b id Marlow Cox, a retail junior, gossip over the day" rapist was sen- YY s in prison after be- pm. ^ 3?/ idnapping and rap- Below rls. gender at USC-Columbl Br. 25. is ineligible for icitor Julaan Prince o v v ry convicted Varner co aping a 13-year-old j^H ~ , s roadside in June jr : found him guilty in ? ar-old girl at Garden 989. ool teacher from topped 60 educa- ||H the South Carolina m for 1992. ^ho earned bache- ||||H degrees from the 9 on, now moves on acher of the Year * will be announced 1990 1989 le morally bankrupt, are selling a 3 buy willingly. What's next, drunk inies? |p| Editorial, page 3 m day, October 18, 1991 loycott is business and started to call him a racist They demanded I apologize and they called le a racist" he said. Ford identified those three students as Leroy hapman, Kevin Wynn and Chris Taylor. s events. ho's enrolled at USC? are fall 1989-90 totals for enrollment by la. Ill Male S Female L ? ~ Soni, an immigrant from India, said, 1 m not racist This was just an incident where two eople were upset with one another. I'll apolog:e if she's willing to admit to her mistake." Soni said Ford's mistake was making an orir she could not keep. "I've been asking everyone what I should do. feel bad about it," he said. "The majority of my employees feel both des should apologize," he said. In the meantime, the Association of Africanmpripon QhiHpnfc orA Krw^Athnrr Aoton; iiivi ivuii ui.uuviiu ttiv uvj vv/uni^ uiv vaivij id contacting the Better Business Bureau, Astciation President Donna Moore said. "We need to take a pro-active stance on this, te represents the business as the manager and e should apologize for the good of the busiess," she said. Moore's organization is also asking boycotts to sign a petition calling for a redress of the icidenL Patrick Davis, president of USC's NAACP lapter, said his organization will make some )rt of action. Davis could not give any details, at he did say, "Whatever we do, it will be in jnjunction with what Donna's doing." "I feel it is reprehensible that any business ould treat any customer that way," he said. koJ-" Snr* & < .. ^y!P4& IP*-* 4 \ ** " ibaugrv I ne GamecocK uilding, Chrissy Mewshaw, an English