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Vninmp R4 No. 49 University of South Carolina Wednesday, January 15, 1992
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The United Nations
peacekeepers entered Yugoslavia
to enforce a fragile
truce Tuesday,, shortly after a
Croatian soldier was reported
'killed and another wounded.
Fifty unarmed men from 18
nations were taking up posts
in the Serbian capital, Belgrade;
the Croatian capital,
Zagreb; and in 11 trouble
spots across Serbia, Croatia
and in the tense republic of
Bosnia-Hercegovina.
White, youths chose a
busy Bronx intersection at
morning rush hour to copy a
week-old crime and paint a
12-year-old Hispanic boy
white.
1 Police Chief Kenneth Gussman,
commanding officer of
Bronx detectives, called the attack
Monday in the Williamsbridge
section brazen.
"It's heartless and it's horri.
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tue,' uiane Ruunguw, mc
boy's mother, said in Tuesday's
The Daily News. She said
dozens of people saw the attack
but did nothing.
Health care costs are
skyrocketing for South Caroli^
nians as nearly 550,000 residents
remain uninsured, and
costs of the state employee's
health care insurance program
is expected to double by 1995.
James E. Bennett, director ol
the Budget and Control
Board's Division of Insurance
Services, said Monday thai
the costs of providing care tc
its employees will cost the
state $600 million annually b>
1995.
Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. s birthday is today,
but will be officially observed
on Monday, Jan. 20
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inert; wiu M *y.ii^.rv ricedom
March and Rally" in Columbia
on Sunday, sponsored
by the Committee to Honoi
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Brian Harmon, a sopho
more at Lexington Hig]
School, took first place honor
in the 20th annual S.C. Junio
Science and Humanities Sym
posium sponsored Dec. 9-1
w by USC's College of Scienc
* and Mathematics and the U.S
Army Research Office.
Buildir
Organizatior
By KATHY HEBERGER
Copy Desk Chief
When computer science junior
Bruce Larimore wanted to join the
Angel Flight social service organization
last semester, he ran into a
problem.
His wheelchair couldn't make it
up the steps of Flinn Hall, the Air
Force ROTC building in which
Angel Flight meets. He did not
join the organization because of
these access trials and health
problems.
Flinn Hall is one of about 5 percent
of classrooms and residence
halls that are inaccessible to students
in wheelchairs.
Air Force Col. Tom Turner,
whose wife is confined to a wheelchair,
said he would like to see
Flinn Hall made accessible to the
disabled.
"It would be nice if my wife had
access to the building so that she
r.onld narticinate in the activities
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we have here," said Turner, the
commander of the Air Force
ROTC.
When members of Angel Right,
a support organization for the Air
Force ROTC, asked USC Disability
Services for permission to build
a ramp on Flinn Hall, they were
told the building was too old.
"I felt I couldn't pursue the
issue any further," Angel Flight
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USC mascot Cocky is being ci
Student Government events.
Change:
Form fees elirr
By KIMBERLY EVERITT
Assistant News Editor
Students who plan to apply for fi
1992-93 academic year will notice
I the application process.
Students will no longer have to
fee to process the financial aid appli
"There was a $5.50 fee before," s
' nancial Aid John Bannister. "Sta
plained, though. They did what the
s the money," Bannister said.
ronucai science senior veraeiia;
q change will help students who are 01
e Students can file, at no charge, <
>. forms produced by the government.
Because the federal forms are sul
__ processing agencies, not USC, the 1
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member Lisa Stewart said. "They
said the building was too old and
that they only had to have a certain
percentage of campus buildings
accessible."
Rosvelt Martain of Disability
Services said he had no knowledge
of Angel Flight's request. "I don't
know how their request came to
that outcome. It's unfortunate that
it did, because that's something we
could have explored," he said.
He added, "It's still possible. I
would not tell them a definite
'no.'"
Pete Holland of USC Facilities
Planning also said he had no
knowledge of Angel Flight's request
to build the ramp and that he
would look into the matter. Campus
building projects, including
wheelchair ramp construction,
must be approved by Facilities
Planning.
Students in wheelchairs generally
are not in the ROTC because
of the physical requirements of the
officer training program, but Flinn
Hall is used by other departments
and students not in ROTC.
"It could be an embarrassing siIf
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into the building to attend his or
her class," Turner said.
The Federal Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 specifies that public buildt
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The federal ap
Students will 1
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nanc.al aid for the Previous, su
some changes ,n and socia, s^.uri|
pay an additional "The new bkx
cation. Bannister said. I
aid Director 01 Fi- cause students h;
dents never comy
had to do to get 'With the ne\
a lot of hassle,
a Jenkins said the "It's easier and i
n tight budgets. Bannister sail
system very yvel
>ne of five federal
The priority <
emitted to national is April 15, ant
inancial aid office for the Pell Grai
ssibilit
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rild ramp
ings must be accessible to the disabled.
"We have to provide accessible
sites," Martain said. "As long
as classes can be moved to an acr>OtfciKlo
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regulations."
Martain said a building is considered
accessible to people in
wheelchairs when it has not only
an entrance ramp but also restrooms
and elevators that are wide
enough for wheelchairs.
About 95 percent of classrooms
and residence halls are accessible
to students in wheelchairs, but Larimore
said getting to classes can
still be frustrating.
"They do a pretty good job of
providing ramps, but on a cold
rainy day like Monday, you've got
to put up with the weather that
much longer to get to a ramp on
the far side of a building," he said.
Larimore is one of about 35
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ujl siuuerus who are aepenueni
on wheelchairs for transportation.
Disability Services has renovation
projects in the works that will
make USC more accessible to disabled
students. The Sloan art
building is being renovated and
made accessible, and the planned
new, accessible music building
will replace the three-level
McMaster.
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Student leaders are criticizing
USC's mascot Cocky for being unwilling
to appear at student events.
"I was appalled by Cocky's unwillingness
to cooperate with Student
Government in participating
in the Fifth Annual Carolina/
Clemson Student Leadership Exchange,"
Assistant Chief of Staff
David Haller wrote in a letter to
USC cheerleading coach Bill
Boggs.
"I spoke with him (Cocky) re
peatedly and his attitude was that
if we could not work around his
schedule, then he couldn't come,"
Haller said. '
"It was only after a call to (athletic
director) King Dixon's office,
where I explained how embarassing
it would be to have to call
Clemson and tell them not to bring
the Tiger because Cocky couldn't
fit us in his schedule, that he finally
agreed to come at our arranged
time," he added.
Haller also criticized Cocky foi
not attending the Homecoming
carnival and cookout and a Parents'
Weekend pep rally.
Cocky, who is not a student, is a
mascot who has another full-time
n financ
jxtra application to provide USC witl
ation about the students,
plications have also been simplified.
now be able to print their names an<
imbers in blocks.
idents had to bubble in their name
Ly numbers on a computer sheet.
:k form should help to reduce errors,
-le said a lot of errors were made be
id trouble filling in the right bubbles.
v forms you won't have to go throu^
" philosophy senior Kim Hollis sail
more convenient."
d students have adjusted to the ne
1.
deadline for filing financial aid forn
1 Bannister said it is crucial to app
it and the Stafford Loan before July
y questi
Although a handicapped parking s|
Flinn Hall, the building's entrances a
led. Angel Flight, a service organizat
this problem. Flinn Hall houses Aero*
about C
' include having
"You can't take a poll u
without looking into the s
facts. We are open to d
what students want, but v
you need to evaluate it h
and not have a situation h
like the 'Homecoming *
Queen' that will blow up [
in your face." 1
Athletic Director King Dixon c
job in the athletic department, ][
Haller said.
Haller said he understands v
Cocky's scheduling pressures, and ?
suggests having one or more students
back-up or replace him.
Student Affairs Vice President
Dennis Pruitt said having students ,
perform as Cocky would enhance ^
student experience, but he said ,
there could be trade-offs. I
Pruitt said students would gain a
lot of satisfaction being Cocky, 1
however, he realizes it may take !
some time for students to learn to '
; emulate Cocky. '
Pruitt thinks student Cockies
would be able to attend more I
student-oriented events than the
present Cocky. '
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re not accessible to the disabion,
is attemepting to alleviate
>pace Studies and ROTC.
^ocky
a 'back-up'
But exams and breaks would in;rfere
sometimes, he said.
Althletic Director King Dixon
aid he supports the Student Life
lepartment and any changes they
yould like to make. Before any
iasty decisions are made, though,
le wants every aspect of the issue
o be discussed among students,
Itudent Life, the alumni associaion,
the Gamecock Club, the ath
etic department and the
immunity.
"You can't take a poll without
ooking into the facts," Dixon said.
'We are open to what students
vant, but you need to evaluate it
ind not have a situation like the
Homecoming Queen' that will
>low up in your face."
He also said the university held
student try-outs for Cocky in the
3ast, but none of the candidates
were worthy of being a Cocky performer.
Because Cocky was named the
nost positive image of the univeriitv
in a noli two vears aeo. Dixon
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wants to make sure this issue is
examined thoroughly by students.
Cheerleading coach Bill Boggs,
the representative for interviews
with Cocky, was unavailable to be
reached for comment.
rocess
hanaes
J aid applications is April 15.
No charge.
KiUmHR Federal and
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