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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.
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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
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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
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\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
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Vacation
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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
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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'
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had already purchased alcohol," he dri
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d nor left Pavlov's, the bar was Cc
charged with permitting possession r0
r of alcohol by a minor.
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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."
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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:
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"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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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