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What are the boundaries Whaley's Mill owners Use signs three I H of ethical journalism? try to change the top-rated soccer ~ ? ? ra rrn? Fire apartments'reputation. players. The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being Ml v^russ nre v but to remind him that he is already degraded. J g Page 3 Page 4 Page 7 IGamecock Volume 84, No. 66 University of South Carolina Monday, February 24, 1992 Communist North Korea might be only months away from developing nuclear weapons, administration officials said. I'hn tMi/tlnor TAct r\ATlC PAiil/1 lilt liULivoi vvv,w|/v/nu v.uuiu pose a serious threat to South Korea and the 39,500 U.S. troops stationed there. For the past six months, U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials have tried to avert a nuclear weapons nightmare on the Korean peninsula by pushing for an international inspection of the North Korean nuclear facilities. Fire broke out Saturday in an engine room aboard a Navy destroyer, killing two people and injuring four, Naw oersonnel said. The fire broke out about 8 a.m. in the forward engine room of the USS Dahlgren while the destroyer conducted routine operations about 240 miles off the North Carolina coast. Firefighter Sean Allen Bible, 23, of Indianapolis and Machinist Mate 3rd Class Christopher James Woodmansee, 22, of Downey, Calif., were killed. None of the four injured sailors were hurt seriously. Gov. Carroll Campbell has been named the national cochairman of the Bush-Quayle '92 campaign and has lashed out at Republican candidate Pat Buchanan, calling him a "son-of-a-bitch" this weekend in Charleston. Buchanan fired back by saying Russia had a more open society under communism than South Carolina has under Campbell's leadership. Hundreds of southern Republicans wore badges at the biennial Southern Republican Leadership Conference that read "This ain't New Hampshire. You're in Bush country." The student body presidential . run-off debate will be held tonight at 9 p.m. in the Golden Spur. Candidates Shine Brooks and Tom Young will face questions about campus issues from USC student media leaders. Admission to the debate is free and all students are encouraged to attend. Bar oy Undercover underage di By SHAYLA STUTTS Staff Writer Some bar owners think the stat Alcoholic Beverage Control Com mission is creating enemies instea of allies in the war to stop undei o rro rlrinl/ in rr \ainiiviii^. Jim McGrew, owner of Pavlov' in Five Points, said better commu nication between the ABC and ba owners is essential to preven underage drinking. The weekend of Feb. 15, si: Columbia businesses were charge with permitting possession of alco hoi by a minor in an undercove ABC investigation. A 17-year-ol working with the ABC attempte to buy alcohol at 14 businesse and succeeded in doing so at six. Businesses charged with thi ABC violations were: James E. McGrew Jr., owner o Pavlov's, 2000 1/2 Greene St. Stephen C. Cooper, owner o Elbow Room, 812 Harden St. Karl K. Mueller, owner of th The Cockpit, 922 Main St. Robert C. Roberts, owner of th Handy Pantry on Two Note! Road in Pontiac. Karry O. Lee, owner of Walls treet No. 6 on Two Notch Road ii Spring Valley. Robert R. Brandi, president ( the Blythewood Pitt Stop at I-"/ and U.S. 21 in Blythewood. Bar owners are concerned wii IH CocHPit I UV? CNTERTANMEW FT8-SAT \ I GREAT CO SOUNO SYSTEM orkyk specials mghtly i- ? The Cockpit, which has rec many bars the ABC commissi Vacation focus of By ANN WINCHELL Staff Writer "Tie One on Naturally" is tl theme of the Safe Spring Bre; Campaign '92 sponsored by tl USC Uttice or Alcohol and Dri Abuse. An all-day carnival, an aerobi event, workshops and a r enactment of a drunken driving a cident will be featured from Fe 27. to March 5. "With spring break coming u we are trying to provide some fi alternatives to alcohol and dri use," said Patti Tomanio, supen sor of the program. "We have cri cal information to give to studer on law enforcement safety, matu management of alcohol, camp rape awareness, sun protection ai 4 \ vners wa busts not enou inking, busines the ABC's method of using minors to investigate the problem of ~ underage alcohol purchases. 3 McGrew said the tactic used by the ABC was unfair. "The 17-yearold sneaked in behind a crowd of 8? s people. We were very busy. By the a8( time the doorman noticed him, and un' ,innlra/l f/\?* kin T r\ tli/i aani/U IUI ma i.J-y., uiv^ miiiui had already purchased alcohol," he dri 1 said. do ag; x An hour-and-a-half after the mi- wh d nor left Pavlov's, the bar was Cc charged with permitting possession r0 r of alcohol by a minor. d 5 [Q d Business sophomore Jill Burr, } s 20, said, "It was sneaky of the ^ ABC because on busy nights, the e bar shouldn't be responsible for .' the people sneaking in when ,f they're doing their best to control underage drinking at the door." f \ ir Joe Dorton, chief of enforce- 11 e ment for the ABC, disagrees. "There's nothing illegal about us- c'" e ing a 17-year-old. In law enforce- ^ ^ ment, it's a widely accepted tech- M nique," Dorton said. er: all "The minor was never in any danger, either. He was under S1"' surveillance at all times. He was " ^ 3f closely monitored. There were 7 times wnen ne was out or signt, n< but there were back-up agents ag ;h there all the time," Dorton added. wl jckpit owi SB] Cc ov da ve 17 pa da C( be an cc be tw ali tu w m m ba lis File nhoto . 41 ently changed ownership, is one of vj on cited for violations. itj safety activities health and wellness programs." The carnival will have demon^ strations on roller-blading, double aj( biking and golf as an alternative to alcohol. A person visiting each ag booth will be given a free T-shirt which they can tie-dye on the spot. cs The Mega Aerobics event will e be held on intramural Fields B and c_ C. 625 participants are needed to b beat the record held by Purdue University. Joel Leonard, graduate assistant lP' lor the Office of Alcohol and Drug m Abuse, said, "We want to spark students to find their own inner resources for finding a natural high." Tomanio said alcohol and drug ,ts abuse is not a USC problem, but re us id See Vacation, page 2 _ mt AB gh to stop smen say ar Owners Resenl ad Image Bar owners said when the ABC es them, the real problems ofter unattended ? bars get bad imes and financial problems, anc derage drinking continues. 'We do not cater to underage nkers, even though some ban . We see a lot of enforcements ainst clubs that don't indicate lat's really happening," Steve >oper, owner of the Elbow om, said. 'The ABC should find ways tc ip minors from manufacturing >.s. It's too easy for college stuns to get a computer and photoay the South Carolina I.D.," he d. Bar owners and the ABC should operate for arrest and prosecu >n of minors who have fak< ).s, Cooper said. The image of bars and night abs as "pro-underage drinking ists in society and the media, bu cGrew and Cooper said bar own 5 are not the enemy, but potentia ies of the ABC. "We are not an irresponsibh oup," McGrew said in a Feb. 1' :ue of The State newspaper. g t Pavlov's, attempting to deter i I.D.s of patrons who are 25 or yoi 1 students are determined to buy alcohol. They are very inventive and - creative in getting around the law. 1 Minors who abuse the law put location owners ai risk. It is very i callous of students to do this," she said. Cassie Sturkie, a biology freshs man, said the ABC is very disliked with viol with the ABC. In the case of The Cockpit, for7 mer owner William Hecklau surg rendered his license to sell alcohol this month after years of violations a stacked up against him. The violas tions stemmpd mainly from sales tr\ nnHororro ctnHon tc or*r?rvrH in ft tr\ tw UllUV^ia^ ^LUUVllLO, avvuiuiug IV t Joe Dorton, the ABC's chief of I enforcement. j Before HeckJau surrendered the r license, however, Mueller had requested a license to continue sellr ing alcohol. ,f While Mueller had only owned ^ the The Cockpit for less than a y week, employees in the store were not new and should have understood the law, Dorton said, q Dorton told The Gamecock last week that many of the managers of [. The Cockpit under the old license h were present the night of the sting e and were plainly aware of the ABC regulations. >- One USC student said he thinks it many bar owners who admit i- underage people into their estabis lishments know minors might )- sneak alcohol from older friends i- and possibly may even be allowed e to purchase it themselves. ity of Columbia has experienced spri nd 70 degree days were the felt throv ABC Commissioner Joyc< jam agreed that it is the under e drinkers, not the bar owners io create problems. "Underagi ner hit i GREG RICKABAUGH irolina! Editor Karl Mueller had been th< vner of The Cockpit for fiv< ys when the state Alcoholic Be rage Control Commission sent ; -year-old boy into the club thi st Saturday to buy alcohol. Mueller was out of town 'tha y visiting his father, who was ill ickpit employees reportedly sol ier to the undercover teen-age id three other minors. Mueller was charged with fou ?unts of permitting possession c :er by a person under 21, an '0 other counts involving Sunda cohol sales. "Saturday night was very unfoi nate," Mueller said last week. " ish it had not happened." The Cockpit will continue to ac it underage USC students, whic ake up at least 25 pe- it of th ir's business. The Cockpit, like other estat ihments around town, finds thi iderage students bolster its busi jss. Owners are facing question >out how far can they go in pre ding underage students opportur ies without sliding into troubl KVg| * For the past week, the ci of the winter. Heavy rain a ^ration HBK MR I ?gf im? H . i 1|HSR v i^ni . **.< >, under-aged drinkers, keeps the unger at the front door. by students but acknowledged that underage drinkers bring the ABC's wrath on themselves. "Because minors abuse the drinking age, the ABC has a bad rpnnl!itir\n Hnu/pupr until nf?r\nlt? 1 VpULUMV/lit IIU'W VI) Ullkll See ABC, page 2 ations "I think they look the other way because it means extra dollars," sophomore Christain Stegmaier said. But underage students said the opportunity to drink isn't always what attracts them to bars. Many students said The Village Idiot offers an atmosphere they can enjoy without drinking. The Village Idiot and Rupert's in Five Points offer late night pizza and wings, and neither bar has a cover charge. B.L. Roosters on Bluff Road caters to people age 18 and older. The only requirement for underage students to get in is a driver's license and college I.D., according to Jeff Lawson of B.L. Roosters. "The bands they had last semester were popular particularly with USC students," junior Ashley Weiters said. "Recently, B.L.'s has been the only place where a person under 21 can enjoy such entertainment." The ABC Commission is finding a different environment for v)cc v- i>c hpii, page z ;i^Hf " & 1%^JB 1* 4% W?? SI R* Tf I 'flys Virginia Marshall/The Gamecock ing-like weather in the middle ighout much of the week.