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> Trustees felt pressured not >. Columnist claims > Bobcat > Students and CC 1 think the coaches (basketball) wiH take a little more to question Holderman, newspaper is Goldthwaitto athletes respond to f?? precaution in recruiting people. AS page 2 responsive, page 3 entertain . actions of recruit, J J Carolina pa9e 1 ? Carey Evans, page 10 Coliseum, page SGAMECOCK Volume 84, No. 41 University of South Carolina Monday, November 18, 1991 Attemptec use USC Head Coach Steve Nev new recruit Carlos Turner was court. Tutu t< at grac From Staff Reports Anglican Archbishop Desmon< Tutu of South Africa will delive the commencement address at th< USC graduation ceremonies at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at Car olina Coliseum. Tutu, who was awarded th? Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, will b< awarded an honorary doctor of hu mono lAttorc rlom-oa I1UU1V IVlkVl J UV^lW. "The University of South Carolina is privileged to welcome Ar chbishop Tutu as its Decembei commencement speaker," saic USC President John Palms. "His life and career embody those attributes represented by the degree Doctor of Humane Letters He epitomizes those human characteristics that a great university should uphold and instill in its students. Our faculty and students and their families will no doubt be enriched to hear from this distinguished citizen of the world," Palms said. Tutu was elected the spiritual head of South Africa's 1.5 million Anglicans in 1986. Although he relinquished his position as a patron of the antiapartheid United Democratic Front before he became the first black Bishop of Johannesburg in 1985, Tutu allowed churches to be used In the World... Russian President Bori in a sweeping set of decrees rele day, claimed control over the Soviet currency, boosted salarie workers, and asserted control o1 oil, gold, diamonds and foreign The 10 presidential decrees a ment resolutions would effectiv control over the economy from J ident Mikhail S. Gorbachev's c ernment to Yeltsin's Russian ] the largest republic. Sporadic fighting brol Croatia's battlefronts early Satui a 13th cease-fire was to take e 4-month-old Yugoslavian civil v? Talks were held in Zagreb b federal army and Croatian militi ?n two more elements of a p] Europe's bloodiest fighting si War II. * i murder/suic recru ' % M I l ' * - gmstM x MBBgi HimIi vll ?4 ^ IB4 53 . Br K **A ffl 1 |Hk v >y1 hHL '""'J 5 I ijf Bp >*v r Renee Meyer/The Gamecock < vton said he was oblivous to the fact [ 3 having personal problems off the v c i sneak f _ _ t luation for political meetings and encour" aged civil disobedience and defiance of apartheid laws when antir apartheid groups were outlawed in \ 1988. Recognized as South Africa's most resilient peacemaker, his active stand against apartheid played [ a major role in persuading President De Klerk to abandon increased repression. While many criticized him for his actions, others say he provided the moral ^ underpinning of a nationwide camI paign of defiance. He has now stepped back from the limelight to make way for leaders like Nelson Mandela, hav. ing long maintained he was "no more than a caretaker for the au r wiviiuv ivauU5. Born in Klerlsdorp, South AfI rica, Tutu received a diploma in teaching from Pretoria Bantu Nor- ' mal College in 1953, an undergraI duate degree from the University of South Africa in 1954 and a degree in theology from St. Peter's Theology College in 1960. He also has done postgraduate work at King's College, University of London. j Tutu became an ordained priest in the Anglican Church in 1961. He has served as a schoolmaster, a parish priest and a seminary lecturer. In the Natioi s Yeltsin, David Duke, forme ;ased Satur- Nazi sympathizer, lost d< printing of crat Edwin Edwards in t' s for many tion for governor Saturda /er trade in Edwards, a three-time currency. was leading 61 percent 1 nd govern- cent with most of the vot< ely transfer 'Tonight, reason and Soviet Pres- in Louisiana," the newly entral gov- said in a fiery speech t Federation, g SiX astronauts bou: week on a semi-secret V will drop off a missile-^ ce out on then do a little reconm rday before own. ffect in the For one-and-a-half we rar. crew will zoom in on n etween the and U.S. military compoi; iry officials how much detail can b .an to stop miles up. The astronauts nee World radio with tank comman< ficers who pa^s within cai blade on himself, police said. Yates said he the Turner, a senior at Fairdale High School in himself in the chesi Louisville, Ky., signed a national letter of intent Hospital officials to play basketball for the Gamecocks this past heart, but hit an arte Wednesday. Shrivers is listed As of Sunday, he was in serious condition at did not know how 1 Humana Hospital at the University of Louis- in the hospital. /ille, after having surgery early Saturday morn- Page said Turn* ng for a chest wound. house around 5 p.m Police spokesman Larry Yates said Turner, a patio door near th< 17, came to Nicole Shrivers' house shortly be- in, he left 'ore midnight and broke a window in the dining Shrivers' foster oom to get in the house. brough, called the J Sherryn Page, a friend of Shrivers' who was together they blocke it the house when Turner assaulted Shrivers, Page said later, s ;aid he (Turner) found an unloaded pistol in brough, she and t Jhrivers' home. Page said Shrivers' foster church, Turner cam< nother bought the gun to scare Turner. way in," she said. " Turner used the unloaded pistol to beat J? ^ ^?r<* 10 stJJP ihrivers in a bathroom, she said. He then left 10 hls ^n(^* ler in the bathroom, went downstairs to the Page and police s atchen and found "the biggest butcher knife he a history of violem ould find," Page said. Turner had been ass iflMi 'i? :, j : >.. .... .. ..,-y Greg Rickabaugh/The Gamecoc Sigma Gamma Rho President Felicia Thomas, who is ar Early Childhood Education senior, passes out pamphlets and information about USC's newest sorority. n... In the State... >r Klan leader and U.S. Rep. Liz Patterson is hintinj vHqIVpIv fr? DoTTtn. of r,,n?it?T (r\y :?~ 1-1? 1- -1 .v..-. ?j ?i luiiiiiii^ guvcinui, saying mai siu he Louisiana elec- could bring a different perspective to stat< y. government. former governor, But the South Carolina Democrat say! to Duke's 39 per- the "time has to be right," and she's no 2S counted. sure it will be in 1994. compassion reign "j WOuld bring a perspective that's elected Edwards maybe a little unique ? and that's my his o his supporters. t01y 0f commitment to education," sh< rid for space this said. varning1 satellite, Presidential candidate BUI Clin lissance of their *on was S?uth Carolina on Saturday t< receive endorsements from several of thi seks the Atlantis state's leading Democrats, including for aval ships, ports mer Gov. Riley, inds to determine "South Carolina is a very importan e seen from 224 state, coming right before Super Tuesday,' also will talk by Arkansas governor said during a newi lers and other of- conference. "I will be here a lot and cam nera view. paigi^ vigorously." - :ide fails it stabs gir By AARON SHEININ Page said he ther Sports Editor , and stabbed her r< Carlos Turner, one of USC's first basketball again, apparently 1 recruits under new head coach Steve Newton mother. Paee said. went on a knife-wielding spree Friday, stabbing he went back to his ex-girlfriend seven times before turning the Shrivers some more Ifriend 1 went back to the bathroom for the past ye jpeatedly. Turner then left "He attack? ooking for Shrivers' foster she said. "A i When he couldn't find her, and kicked he the bathroom and stabbed think he neede , she said. Page also s n left the house and stabbed home by adu t on a street near the house, month, said he barely missed his the fu xy, requiring surgery. ^ey had a r< in fair condition. Officials him, Page said long either patient would be Turner, a ( leading candic jr first came to Shrivers' hall, and was i . Friday and tried to kick in Tennessee \ and i garage. After failing to get t0 fohow his Hardin, who mother, Ernestine Kim- Gamecocks, efferson County Police, and Hardin said d the door with a table. abusing Shriv shortly after Shrivers, Kim- "had a very < wo others got back from sa^ he was ofc : bade and "then got all the Police said All I remember is I prayed assauU an his hands. I asked the Lord lcased from th, Larry Smith aid Turner and Shrivers had Jefferson Com t confrontations. Page said Kentucky does ;aulting Shrivers on and off or attempted m They're Sorority retun after 2 years c By KIMBERLY EVERITT def Staff Writer teei " tol After being inactive for two ? V years. the Zeta Theta chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. !* has been reactivated at USC. In the spring of 1989, all of * the sisters of Sigma Gamma Rho , k graduated and no one was left to an | hold the chapter together. The Ga' 1 chapter was forced to go "j0." (inactive. Gm With the wish to reinstate Sigma Gamma Rho as an active 7 ' sorority at USC, three students a met last summer with the alum- Ga*] nae president Mildred McDnffv IMcDuffy helped to reactivate s the chapter, and Sigma Gamma . r. Rho had a successful membership intake. ^ Since its refounding, the a so 26-member sorority has been al very active this fall in supporting ^ local and national organizations. "We do a great deal of com- unte munity service," said President ^as _ Felicia Thomas. k With the slogan, "Greater Ser- h?p* i vice, Greater Progress," the sor- ^ ority supports the March of Dimes in their fight against birth out 1 KLs/ Risks I What are the chances of you getting st - Zimbabwean President Canaan Banan 5 meltdown? 5 Its All in the Dice t Average number of Americans struck lightning each year: 350. 5 Number of years a Zimbabwean can be imprisoned for ridiculing President Canaan Banana: 5. There is a 45 In 100 chance that one 100 operating U.S. nuclear reactors wil down in the next 20 years. 3 Chances that a black American man v murdered: 1 in 21. Percentage of Americans who commi and never appear in a courtroom: 24. t Percentage of lowans whose drinking ' contains traces of one or more pesticid 5 Percentage of college men who say tl commit rape if there was no risk of beir I, self ar. i her on the street several times," nonth ago, he hit her in the jaw r while she was on the ground. I d psychiatric help." .aid Shrivers had been escorted Its to protect her for the past rst time Turner attacked Shrivers, istraining order brought against I >-5, 190-pound guard, was the late for Kentucky's Mr. Basketrecruited by Louisville, Kentucky, i i / -L: TT- J !aL T ton i iviiuugaii. ric signeu wiui uov^ former high school coach Stan is now an assistant for the he had no idea Turner had been ers, although Page said the two dose relationship." Newton also ilivious to the beatings. Turner will likely face first ded burglary charges when he is rei hospital. i, director of communications for lty Government, said the state of ; not have an attempted homicide lanslaughter statute. back is to USC is inactive ects. The sorority also volun's its services at Bryan's MenInstitution in Columbia, lie sorority also supports the ACP by educating the comnity and assisting with memship drives. Vith the ideals of scholarship love for all mankind, Sigma mma Rho was founded /ember 12, 1922 at Butler versity in Indiana, oday, there are more than )00 total active undergraduate alumnae chapters of Sigma nma Rho nationwide, he USC chapter celebrated Founder's Day Nov. 12 in it of the Russell House by ng out information on the ACP. A display table was set up to give students infortion on volunteering at an's Mental Institution, imes Staines, director of vol?r services at the institution, at the table throughout the collecting donations for the )ital. ublicity chairman Shan erts said the sorority, "brings the best qualities in a person. > ruck by lightning while ridiculing a in the middle of a nuclear by /*\>X / M r ""?m i i;i < :? ZiTmW I melt vill be / 1 \ murder \ ft | |p | water \ ft a I ^ es: 27. \ w ft ||ftpF ley might ig caught: 35. Source: Harper's Index Rvan Sims/Thn ftarrvmvSt