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H Should marijuana be Who are the disc Sue Mcghie anchors I ? W legalized? jockeys at WUSC USC women's track. E See Cross Fire radio station? ( "The man who doesn't read good books has no\ B?* ? _ _ _ _ V. advantage over the man who can't read them." 1 Page 3 Page 5 Page 9 ^? Mark Twain ^ IGamecock Volume 84, No. 52 University of South Carolina Wednesday, January 22. 1992 A French Airbus A-320 crashed Monday night in snow and fog on a wooded ridge in eastern France. Nine .survivors of the 96 people on board, including a child, were found after a four-hour search. Crews worked to remove bodies and injured people from the crash site in the Vosges mountains near Mont Sainte-Odile, 30 miles southwest of Strasbourg, Germany. . John Gotti, reputed mob boss of the nation's most powerful crime family , went on trial Tuesday for the gangland assassination of his predecessor, Paul Castellano. The trial will be the fourth since 1986 for Gotti, dubbed the "Teflon Don," for past success at beating prosecutions. But while he has l*;^ 1L/X/4 mi I- /-x C /1A11 -vf A O waiKtru uui ui Luui i a utt man previously, law enforcers are confident they have amassed an unbeatable array of evidence. Nearly 300 Georgia-Pacific employees are out of work as company officials determine whether to rebuild a profitable plywood mill reduced to ash by an early morning fire Monday. Two-thirds of the Newberry County mill was destroyed . when the fire reached the wooden roof of the plant, quickly engulfing a building the size of three football fields. The Business Administra tion library has permanently extended its operating hours I by 14 per week. This extension was in response to Stu; dent Government surveys of undergraduate and graduate business students. The survey ! questioned the safety and convenience of the previous hours. ? Thp npu; Vir?nr<; are the . following: Sunday, 2 p.m. to midnight, Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to midnight, Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Books 8 Jm p^Text Books Sf School Supplies j^. (Hfek^ Ij^A VH * ^??J w Sa^Lyj^^ ^|Bi I' M "5ft - a4t r ISwsSK mmM . 'dm ..V \ ?h ROTC 1 By MELISSA TENNEN Staff Writer USC's ROTC programs are reducin; larships, raising standards and cutti number of active duty assignments f duates as a result of federal cutbacks i tary personnel and budgets. Air Force and Army ROTC studer they're feeling the effects of the cu O*. 1 _ *? - 1 "X T r\/\Tn oiuuenis in ine rsavy kuic progia they're experiencing fewer cutbacks, pect the Navy may make further < 1996. Air Force ROTC sophomore Davi bertson said the chances of a cadei commissioned into active duty as a p mediately after graduation are one it lower than they've been in previous And students said competition for b Force and Army commissions has in because the number of active-duty si been reduced. "Some of this is necessary," sa tores still 1kTin A Mve ^veri uUUAnv BQQKSTl ^ gag jc'S. tsuppiiE 1 pus bookstores, Hgrj- (clockwise) Ad|h dam's, Car HH olina's, South *|Hi Carolina, and University, will rnsmmmmm^ I WL be under the H| ownership of HHH two separate I stores. South Carolina Book stores will overCar mMmfi Virginia N feeling pin< Force senior Donna Green. "They are selecting only the best people now and the comT petition is too much for some people." n^the Culbertson agreed. "I don't like them (the cuts). I wish we weren't forced into this but or 2T3~ in mili *n recess^on' lt necessary. Somebody has to feel the pinch and unfortunately it is its said us' itbacks. The Air Force and Army ROTC program* m said also are encouraging those cadets who maj but ex- have second thoughts about the military as i cuts in full-time career to voluntarily resign fronr their programs. In the past, "voluntary disen rollment" was difficult because of all the l being necessary paperwork. ilot im- ROTC faculty wouldn't say how many 1 eight, cadets have resigned or been dismissed since ; years. the relaxed policies went into effect almost a olh Air year ago, but students said some cadets had creased resigned using the'new disenrollmeni ots has procedures. Resignation or dismissal from ROTC lid Air programs for medical reasons also has beer I compe Study st fegl may affe By STEPHANIE JAC1 Jggggtm and PATRICK VILLI Staff Writers Ni'tiiKl recession ripp across the nation, US1 who might be on tigl have several options c purchase their textbook; Or do they? Is capit; at work, with the nec ment of competition? By spring, when Fol Stores, Inc. takes over Bookstore, the four serving USC will be c< only two companies. ^ X I^P1 I Follett, which will bi -1 \ University Bookstore ii months, owns and op dam's Bookstore on Mt South Carolina Boo on Main Street, owns s olina's Bookstore, a b next to Stuffy's on Mai "You've got competi as you have two cr South Carolina Bookstc Perk Bailey said. JL \ d M * Bailey said competit C ^ l^e tw0 comPan^es w more fierce becaus 0 stores will be fightin dent's used books. "It's going to be a get those books, becau have enough," he said. Addam's manager ' agreed. "There will competition," Gaire sai The increased com] The pric New/ used prices Gint 101 24 Tr^rrrrriT eroiioi 41 H J (used price} Engl 101 18; I J |Ma?i100?lilj3i! 37: French 109 28. m Source: Stephanie Jackson larshall/The Gamecock :h of fecit made easier. Patrick Eberle, a senior, had been in Air Force program for three years and hop to be commissioned as an officer. Facu told him in the fall that because of his rec ring nosebleeds, he would be unable to c< tinue the program. Faculty told him would be able to reapply for reinstatemen he obtained a medical waiver. Due to c ' backs in its ROTC budget, however, the i Force denied his request for a medii waiver. "I am not angry with the military," s ^ Eberle. "They did what they had to do. I I'm angry with the way ROTC handled it.' Recruitment into both Army and Air Fo ROTC programs also has been scaled do\ ; ROTC scholarship programs have beco i more selective than before the budget ci I and cadets entering the program must hi t higher physical and academic qualification Two-year scholarships for students sei ing active-duty assignments are being elii ' nated. As a result, students not awarded stitive? lows takeover ;ct costs, service said, will benefit students in customer service and the price of retail items, but it will not lower book prices, Gaire said. USC's Vice President of Busi? i||| 1 1 ness anc* Finance R.W. "Pete" i?H lilJ Denton, who spoke on behalf of University Bookstore, said the two KSON companies will be more competilGAS tjve 5eCause the market will be ? more focused. lies its way Denton said both Follett bookC students, stores will charge the same prices, ht budgets, Carolina's Bookstore owner >f where to Dennie Frye said he speculates that Follp.tt will not he. ahlp, to af alism really ford to have two of its stores com:essary ele- peting with each other and may choose to consolidate them in the lett College future. University In a price comparison by The bookstores Gamecock, five freshman-level i>ntrolled by books at each of the bookstores were recorded to find out if there egin leasing is really price competition, i about two Total cost of the books ranges lerates Ad- from $140.12 to $173.15. Carlin Street. olina's Bookstore was the lowest, kstore, also followed by South Carolina Bookfock in Car- store, Addam's and University ranch store Bookstore, n Street. The difference between the total tion as long cost of the five books at University impanies," Bookstore and Carolina's Bookre manager store was about $5. International studies junior Steion between phanie Graham said she is frusill probably trated with having to go to four e the book- different stores to find all the g over stu- books she needs. "Often there aren't enough codogfight to pies of the books needed for a se you can't class, and waiting for re-orders can put you behind," Graham said. Betsy Gaire Engineering freshman Jay Shull be definite said price competition does exist, d. "The prices are cheaper in some petition, she stores," he said. e is right^^^ 33/ $30.65/ $32.95/ $41.25/ .74 23 24.70 33 J3S 41 40.50 41 25/ 23.95/ 25/ 24/ .75 17.95 18.75 18 USt ' MM - :J~ P' -&60/ 42.60/ ,9? 3t.1? 3195 31.15 35/ 36/ 37.26/ 36/ 05 27 27.95 27 Ryan Sims/ Th? Gamecock jral cuts tive duty scholarships as freshmen aren't the likely to receive ROTC financial aid as ju>ed niors or seniors. lty ROTC students aren't the only ones feelur ing the pinch of the cutbacks. Early retire)n ment is being offered to officers who have he served in the Army for at least 18 years, t if By 1996, the Pentagon expects to reduce ut- the total number of military personnel by 25 \ir percent through retirements and cutbacks in zal the number of new officers commissioned. Air Force junior John Pesapane worries aid about how well the United States will defend Jut itself with a shrinking military. "Whenever we start going down (in numbers), something rrt* hip hanrv.ns like, a world war."he said. ivv ~"o "**rr"? ? ?? ? vn. "The Army is cutting from the top, me middle, and bottom," said Lieutenant Colits, onel Mike Firebaugh, a faculty member in ive the Army ROTC program, s. But Lt. Col. Firebaugh said USC will not ^k- phase out its Army ROTC program even ni- though during 1991, as many as 50 schools ac- thoughout the U.S. closed ROTC programs.