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|== ? ? 1 E3 $hm iid r.nri^yhAn Use students Footballteam US] student? visit the circus. signs the nation's -?7 ~7 ?? ; M top defensive There are more of them than us. B See Cross Fire back.^ ^ Herb Caen > B Page 3 Page 4 Pag IGamecock Volume 84, No. 63 University of South Carolina ' . Monday, February 17, 1992 fwD] v v % : An Israeli air raid killed the leader of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah, his wife and son in cn.ifV. T oViannn TlHar; I urity sources said. The raids were in apparent retaliation for an attack a day earlier on an army camp inside Israel that left three soldiers dead and one wounded. Hezbollah had earlier acknowledged that Sheik Abbas Musawi's motorcade was hit in one of the raids, but had said Musawi's fate was not known. Jeffrey Dahmer was found sane, when he killed and dismembered 15 men and boys, by a jury Saturday. The decision means Dahmer, who has already pleaded guilty to the murders, will receive a mandatory life sentence for each count. A judge will determine later when, or if, he will be eligible for parole. As he announced out the jurors' 10-2 decisions, reading off a grim roll call of Dahmer's prey, a shudder of emotion rolled through one victim's family after another in the gallery. Some shouted in pain. Others rocked with sobs. One or two smiled. Churches and book stores in South Carolina will soon be getting a letter from the Tax Commission explaining a state Supreme Court ruling that says they will have to start paying sales tax on religious publications, including Bibles. So far, there has not been a big reaction to the tax from religious groups around the state, but one lawmaker says it is one sign of the deterioration of religious concerns in the state. ^ ^ ^ \>fo Dif r^lbir will nrPQPrtf * ivi3. i al a workshop Feb. 19 on building better race relations j among our campus' female ( population. The program will offer all those who attend a chance to interact with one another. The program will not be a lecture from Callair, but a forum with predetermined topics open to the free exchange of ideas from its participants. ? ( Dorm By MELISSA TENNEN Staff Writer Overnight visitation, which may be revoked by next fall, has some residence hall leaders calling for a change of policy. In the fall of 1987, Trustee Mike Fair publically demanded a stricter visitation policy. He wanted to eli minate all co-ed dormitories, overnight visitation and no visitation at all for one female dorm. A compromise between the board and the students was reached when a presidental committee investigated the situation. "It became a very moral issue with the public," resident student development director Jim McMahon said. The board accepted a gradual phasing policy where stricter visitation for all dormitories would be enforced, eventually leading to no overnight visitation for all dormitories in the fall of 1992. Awareness of the policy has been spreading quickly through campus. "We are paying to be here, yet we have no say over the board elections," history junior Chris Stansell said. "Almost everyone who pays to be here is against the change and we have no say to a board which is paid to be here." Joe Hill, a Bates senator, agrees. "We are Davins to eo here. The customer is always right. Since we are paying to go here, we should have the right to decide what we want." The Towers goverment sponsored an open forum in the Towers lobby last Tuesday night urging students to unite to protest the board's impending policy. "We have to do our homework * A Reflection of the Past: r Street is mirrored in the glass Money, of treasi Q^Q Election: ypgg Watch By GORDON MANTLER News Editor The student treasurer campaign pits incumbent Brian Black against siuaeni senator brie Dell. Black's campaign emphasizes the experience and knowledge of the funding process he has gained during the past year. "I have the proven leadership when it comes to money," he said. 'I have the experience of dealing with the system. You can't relate when you haven't been through the process." Black promised there will be 'progress and growth if I'm dected." leaders and show the figures to the board," Student Vice President Shine Brooks said. "(Housing) is a multimillion dollar business. We have to come to an understanding." Installation of the new policy could result in an increased dorm vacancy rate. It could also bring about a staff increase, to enforce the rules of the policy, Brooks said. In the upcoming months, chances for students to get the policy overturned improve with the election of new trustees. "We have got to come together as students and push for a change now," Residence Hall Association President Joelle Lastica said. Organized efforts have begun in some dorm governments. For three weeks, residents of Moore have circulated a petition in the Towers complex currently with 150 signatures. "What we are trying to do right now is give the board enough of a headache, so that they won't fight us on the change," Moore Vice President Brian Gambrell said. Some students believe they have more freedom at home than they do living in the residence halls. "I would like to have the choice of seeing whoever I want, whenever I want," biology freshman Jenny Maize said. Other students fear once the policy is completed, they will lose certain rights typical of the college experience. "How could I gain responsibility to become an adult when I don't have it here?" Gambrell said. Heather Mueller, president of Capstone, said, "We are mature sJSif mTl rhe Richland County Voter Regis by its modern neighbor and count students irer cam Dell said, "The student treasurer should play an active role in every finance decision made in the Student Government office." "The student body deserves no less than than a treasurer who will be there for the student and student organizations, to help them get their funding as quickly and as easily as possible," he said. Dell plans to create a treasurer's workshop video for students and organizations to borrow. "It will provide a link between the students and student government," he said. Black is concentrating on four areas: managing student government's budget. representing the students on the Senate Finance Committee. monitoring allocations once they have been allocated to the various organizations. helping students with the overall > critic g ^ * ? ^ X ,'\ * * ,,. *i V-A< ^ ft " m ..; $ iV* > ^ ftll * -; i ft * %* * i$ ? # * &? m-* * *#'' >;>*w 3P a ? * ?\w . * - Wmk . M ?ki* ^ ila ?qH| # * ifevV jftiy: # ^ 1 *m Sophomores Shawn Roberts, the desk of Sims residence hall enough to be away from home and our families, and I think that we are capable of having who we want in our rooms. Just because we have people in our rooms doesn't mean we are having sex with them." Students do not think the change is necessary. "I don't like it, per sonally. 1 he policy seems to working fine now. Why change a good thing?" Chris Bright, Columbia \ ' I i \ ft s liiSisw iiiCii Virginia Marshall/The Gamecock tration building on Hampton :erpart this weekend. ?focus paigns funding process. "Since I've been treasurer for a year, it lets me know what I need to focus on," he said. Dell also said, "I'd like to push every student government organization receiving funding to have at least two students on their budget processing committee." The students should be listed on tne organizations' budget forms, he said. "I have more time to commit because I want to be more accessible," Dell said. "It's important for students to know where their money is going." In addition to his senate position, Dell was also a member of Freshman Council. Black was president and interim treasurer of the Association of African-American Students before becoming student treasurer last year. ize vis i * ** ' s IK&fri iA>T* . yt_ _3--9w5hS6 far left, and Larry Coe sign in . Dormitory leaders are discussi Hall President, said. Yet others can sympathize w the board's decision. Sumnr Smith, Wade Hampton preside believes, "There is some merit not having overnight visitation far as safety is concerned. It ir actually cut down on the numl of rapes which occur." Compared to other state si ported schools in South Caroli Reid's ] to serve By PATRICK VILLEGAS News Editor Student presidential candid Beth Reid is focusing her platfc on the needs of the students. "If the president is not mak the students happy, then he or is not doing their job," she said. Working in the executive c? nent as Director of Institutio Affairs the past two years, Reic broadcast journalism major, s the transition to student gove ment president will not take mi time. Reid has a four-point plan wh includes finding solutions to s dent stresses, financial burde unaccomodating facilities, anc lack of school spirit are her m goals. Student stress issues Reid wo like to solve includes the creat of a "Student?Helping?Stude hotline to help answer questi* which may arise while attend college. Questions relating to such iss as homesickness and date n would be handled by other a cerned peers. Reid also wants to re-establ the advisor position for Wome Student Services and a univer; legal advisor who would both accessible to students. She is currently working w the state in order to get free s vices of an obudsman. Student financial burdens also important to Reid. She wa to create a student lobbying grt for the state house, which wo try to make all South Carol public schools availible for ne uascu giams, uui jusi ynv schools. The student lobby group wo also help in financial matters. Reid also said unaccomodat student facilities would be i proved if she is elected. Chai machines for quarters would implemented around campus help students pay for laundry n ? itation dlEll e 9V ariwm f f i At lipHH liy Virginia Marshall/The Gamecock to see their friend, Amara Smith, at ng the visitation policy. USC is considered to be lenient, Gambrell said. ier "USC may have a seemingly lax nt visitation policy, but other schools ^ don't enforce their policies like as USC does," he said. In March, a liaison committee ^ formed by student government will meet in order to present a case to the board. A report will be written ip- on the financial figures, Brooks na, said. platform ' students MBIB m1 $*/ > ach Reid . chines and parking meters. Reid 1C" said the coin machines departed ;tu" when the Coca-Cola contract exns> pired with the university. * a Reid would also try to get a lar ain ger car for Alpha Phi Omega's late night transportation service. As of now, Reid said APO is using a 10" small station wagon to transport nt" people home, and the waiting per?ns iod to recieve a ride home lasts m? over two hours. "These are just small points to ues help students feel better about their *Pe school," she said. on~ Finally, Reid wants to improve student apathy and the lack of school spirit on campus. ns Only 10 percent of USC's iity 26,000 students voted in last year's be student body election, Reid said. To help increase the amount of 'ith voters, Reid would put the scan5er" ning machines, normally used for acquiring student football and baare sketball tickets, in five different nts campus locations for easier >up convenience. uld These machines would make it na uneccessary for students to go to ed~ their respective colleges to vote, a^e she said Reid said she would make it u'^ more convenient for students to get involved by posting flyers and in8 communicating to students as m" much as possible through many different means, be "1 don't have a fancy slogan or to fantasy ideas," she said, "But I can ia- get the job done."