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\nc LjLMJ \Continued from pa learn how to drink responsibly, the drinking age is entirely necessary," she said. Bar owners said ABC agents should be more accessible to bars, especially during big events, such as the Clemson-Carolina football weekend. They said sneaky methods aren't effective in the long run and cooperation between bar owners and law enforcement is the way to make a significant impact on the problem. "I want the assurance that I can i call the ABC if I'm having a prob- : lem. I want to work with them," ; McGrew said. He said he wants to i feel the ABC's presence. 1 He said secretive methods only find problems because they create ' problems. "In eight months, the ABC has been here six times. Four a times they have arrested no one t while undercover. The two arrest e have been during undercover i stings," McGrew said of the ) ABC's sending the 17-year-old c into his bar. \ If McGrew chooses to go to a hearing, his license may be taken e for 15 days. The cost of closing is c $15,000-$22,000. * Fighting Fake I.D.S McGrew's methods for keeping ? minors away from Pavlov's in- s elude marketing to an older crowd, surveillance cameras and a backdoor alarm system. McGrew said holding the I.D.s of patrons under the age of 25 is his most effective method of keeping underage drinkers out of his bar. Holding I.D.s discourages fake I.D. carriers from even attempting ^ \ ~ j "a: ? ~~ entrance, ivicurew saiu. ouicc t we're holding that I.D., the minor can't pull out his real I.D. when f questioned by an agent and blame r us for not carding him," he said. r South's e By The Associated Press President Bush will fare much better with Southern voters on economy issues than he did in recession-plagued New Hampshire, a professor and expert on Southern politics said. "There's no evidence yet that voters in South Carolina are as angry as they were in New Hamp- 1 shire," said Earl Black, chairman : of the government and interna- 1 tional studies department at the ' University of South Carolina. < "That's one advantage that Bush has. The South is in a recession, ti 5>outn Carolina is in a recession, t but it is not to the same degree that F we have elsewhere," he said. c John Watson, spokesman for the s Employment Security Commission, said the unemployment rate ? was 6.4 percent in December, c which means 110,500 people were I out of work. That compares with a t 6 percent unemployment rate in 1 November, when 104,800 people A were out of work. I The nation's unemployment rate last month remained at a five-year t high of 7.1 percent. About 8.9 mil- i Cockpit Contin some underage students. I ^ 1 The commission has sent under- c cover teenagers into Columbia bars twice. The teenager who cooperated in last weekends ABC opera- t tion is not from Columbia, and he e is involved in law enforcement, * aajjo ami Q3imi -H 2 z{ rkmm c IBL ^ JO -h wwW^ Hours > z o o c t> 2 No other fees. Exp. Feb. 29 1A LIMITED TIME OFFER ige 1 McGrew said his establishment typically has no problem with underage drinking because it doesn't try to attract a young crowd. "Holding driver's licenses and other l.D.s keeps the minor from drinking here and defrauding the business," he said. ABC Wants to Enforce Law "We are not trying to put these locations out of business. We are here to see that the business is run according to the law," Hearn said, adding that the beer, wine and liq uor industry generates Mil million in South Carolina. In the Feb. 17 issue of The State, Joe Dorton of the ABC said, 'All we ask of anybody who sells ilcohol is that they pay attention to he apparent age of their customers, that they request proof of age f their customers appear too /oung and that they check an ac- r eeptable I.D. card reasonably c veil." The ABC Commission has held 1 educational seminars for business . iwners and employees with the joal of explaining the law. South Carolina Code 61-13-290 states: j'Any person engaged in the sale of a tlcoholic liquors who knowingly c ells the liquors to a person under a he age of 21 is guilty of a misdeneanor and must be, upon convicion, fined not less than $100 nor sl nore than $200 or imprisoned not n ess than 30 days nor more than 60 b lays, or both, in the discretion of ^ he court. Failure of any person to o equire identification to verify a tl jerson s age is prima facie evi- d ience of the violation of this secion." si "It's decisively encouraging to tc ind more and more businesses not f( naking sales to minors, since the najority of the businesses in the n conomys lion people nationwide are without i: work. s Harry Miley Jr., chairman of the s board of economic advisors, said d South Carolina is coming out of s the recession, but it may be slowmoving. c "It's not going to be rapid or ti immediate, but over the next quar- s: ter we should see some pickup," a said Miller, adding that signals B from retail sales, interest rates and fi employment levels are all L encouraging. Black says those are the reasons d hat conservative commentator and B Republican presidential candidate >at Buchanan might not be as sue- d :essful in hammering Bush in the P( ;tate primary. 11 "Now as he comes South it's 01 joing to be more difficult for Bu:hanan to make that pitch," said J lack, who is co-author with his a irother, Merle Black of Emory p Jniversity, of the new book, "The S /ital South: How Presidents Are n Elected." tc "(Buchanan) still is not someone ti hat most people think is a possible ^residential candidate, and now he ft uea rrom page l Norton said. He is a volunteer who ti las had a thorough background a :heck. sa th He was not paid for his help, g, >ut was reimbursed for his xpenses. Dorton said the ABC will con- ar 1 * NOdflOO N VI A3 ? ISLf f Tfl 794-i 7 TANS 12 TANS i: Mon.-Thur. 8am - Midn Fri. 8am - 8pm Sat. 8am - 3pm Sun. 4pm-7pm 4 mile past Gervais St. Bridge rAN COUPON LIMITE Underage St The Alcoholic Beverage Conti Points bars in August 1991 to Club 638 638 Harden St. Docks Grub N Pub 2000 Greene St. Elbow Room 812 Harden St. Five Points Cafe 934 Harden St. Graduate Grill & Pub li 711 Saluda Ave. Monterrey Jack's 733 Santee Ave. Pavlovs 2000 Greene St. Rockafellas' 2112 Devine St. Village Idiot Pizza & Pi 200<TDevine St. Source: Alcoholic Beverage Control Comn ecent investigation refused to se tlcohol to the minor," Hearn said. Underage Drinkinj Compromises Safety Despite his charges, McGrei topes to help put a stop to undet ige alcohol use because of the ir idence of alcohol-relate ccidents. "I believe the ABC wants t< top underage drinking, but thei methods are antiquated. I.D.s ar ecoming more sophisticated, ant le agency is not recognizing ba wners as potential allies to figh le battle, especially drinking an< riving," McGrew said. McGrew said he is willing to in tall a computer system networke* ) the state highway departmen }r checking licenses. "I'm very concerned about mi ors, especially those who drinl hould h 3 not going to have the luxury c pending 44 days or so in a singl tate to get known and the presi ent has far more resources t pread across the South," he said. On the Democratic side, the si; andidates vying for the presiden al nomination will use the reces ion as a "common cause" to gi fter President Bush, Black said iut they may not be very success til south of the Mason-Dixoi ,ine, either. "Really, what's going on here i: le role of the South in electing epublican presidents," he said The South is the largest region o le United States; we control 2' ercent of the electoral votes o 992. That's far more than an) [her region in the country." "If the Republicans can recreau solid South they can control th< residency by combining all thi outhern electoral votes with n< lore than 31 percent of the elec >ral votes in the rest of the na on," he said. Henry Chappell Jr., a USC pro jssor of business and economics nue to use teenagers to test bar round Columbia for underagi iles. He said it is a fair test anc at bars should be able to distinjish underage patrons of theii irs. Kris Hoffman contributed to this ticle. jdo 3i/Mii qaimn 1ND IN )100 I $15 \ >$27 ; L 2 < l 2 minutes from USC D TIME OFFER TA IN udent Drinking rol Commission fined these Five r permitting underage drinking. $400 (closed) 400 (closed) 400 400 ic. Appealed (closed) 400 500 700 ,b 600 lission Kristin Buehlman/The Gamecoi 11 and drive," he said. Dorton told The State ne paper that northeast Columbia p targeted because of continuing ' ports of alcohol-related death* 1 teen-agers in the county. N '"ThprP Hac Kppn O ptUnn rlrla A"V1V ??wu WVII a OUH^/WIU^ r~ crease in alcohol related accid< since January 1991, except in d 21-and-under range. In this grc the alcohol-related accidents h increased 29 percent," Hearn sa 3 The USC Police Department r had six alcohol-related violati e in January and February of I year. These include three D1 r and three minors in possession 1 alcohol. i Although 1991 statistics hav< been released, MADD (Mot! J Against Drunk Driving) stated t tentative statistics for 1991 si that alcohol-related accidents volving minors have increa c statewide but decreased national lelp Bus) ?i saiu Jtsusn most tuceiy will win e race but the margin of victory v i- depend on the economy. 0 "Right now I would say thai x the economy stays in recession i it was very slow growth it wo be a very close race," he sa 3 1 Scott Hawkins (left), a i I student from an Isle of Pali ? THE BECOMI a^gb.- ' on the right meai ing a BSN, write PA 18974-9845. \ ^ARMYNU] 1 ; |(Sfi/cfe/?f Specials with > { 20% off of At i $19.9! In House Financir j I Same Day Servii 2 Wail ? > 2 12 > \ . 5 Hawley' i Guar: 2515 Broad Riv Pro-choice reactivates By AMY CORLEY Staff Writer Students for Choice is reactivating this semester as the abortion issue in South Carolina comes to the forefront of public debate. Students for Choice is a group of USC students in favor of insuring abortion rights. Linda Brown, the president of the pro-choice group, said she realized students had to become involved in the group's cause because of South Carolina legislation such as Rep. David Beasley's (R-Darlington) Human Life Protection Act. "It is a very crucial time right _ now, and students need to have -k an active and vocal campus group for choice," she said. Brown, a graduate student in ws- the College of Public Health, was created the abortion rights group re- three years ago, but took last > of semester off because of a busy schedule. However, she believes the de~ abortion issue is too crucial to mts delay further action. Students for Choice held its )UP' first semester meeting Feb. 13 ave and attracted about 70 students, 'd- Members of the group have parhas ticipated in two events. ons Last weekend in Columbia, 50 jus students protested the presence in Columbia of the national pro-life organization, Operation Rescue. The anti-abortion group held a ,n?t meeting at the Marriott Hotel to iers discuss the possibility of estabthat lishing a branch of its organiza,ow tion in South Carolina. in_ Brown said the group is detersed mined to discourage an active lly. Operation Rescue presence in the 1 Vacation Con tii one of campus populations in general. "This office is looking for a ret if volution in attitudes," Tomanio ind said. "More people used to smoke uld and that's changed. We hope id- there'll come a time when it's cool 4 A m P T I nember of the USC World Tae Kwon tns' class in the Booker T. Washington ( RE ARE TWO SID NG A NURSE INI And thev're hoth renrp Isented by the insignia you wear as a member of the Army Nurse Corps. The caduceus on the left means you're part of a health care system in which educational and career advancement are the rule, not the exception. The gold bar as you command respect as an Army c : Army Nurse Opportunities, RO. Bo Or call toll free: 1-800-USAARV! RSECORPSJBEALLY Student ID Receive JBICYCL 3 Tune Up Special Reg. 2 tg with no Interest, ce or While You Jervice We Will Not Be Under Sold! s Bicycle World Absolutely ( rnlee's The Lowest Prices In rer Rd. Look for the big red bike or ! group i at USC state. "They are one of the groups we're targeting, and we are trying to successfully keep them from harassing women at local clinics," she said. In addition to protesting Operation Rescue, Students for Choice is committed to attending General Assembly hearings that involve reproductive rights. Michelle Blocker, a choice group member, said, "It is important to have an active student presence at rallies and at the State House when abortion rights are debated." The issue came up last week when the House judiciary committee heard a reading of the Human Life Protection Act, which was defeated by a vote of 18 to five. Students for Choice member Wendy Powell, who was present at the reading, said she underclQnHc iHa imnAflonrA nf r\r\1iHr?al JU1I1UJ LI IV 11II|A/IUI11VV UI yunuvai action. "The most important thing is for people on this campus to realize that we can no longer be silent on this issue, and we've passed the days when this was a right that could be taken for granted," she said. No campus pro-life group is organized at USC, but opposition to Students for Choice might change this lack of organization. Baptist Student Union President Angie Meyers said she is considering the possibility of organizing a pro-life group, even though she understands it would be a challenge. "A lot of the abortions are for convenience purposes, and we feel that life is important, and it shouldn't be destroyed," Meyers said. lued from page 1 for students not to use drugs." Student opinion is divided on the subject of alcohol and drug abuse. "The main thing kids do for en- tertainment at parties is drink," Chantell Bodison said. "I think more beer is drunk than soda." ! ,|P Do sports club, takes on a Sym this past weekend. ESTO I HE ARMY. I officer. If you re earn x 3219, Warminster, [Y, ext. 438. OUCAHBE I iyarj ? WORLD i 5.00 Authorized Dealer j Giant 5 Donl/ J L/iaillUIIU oaviv u G.T. | I Raleigh Positively Town. i our roof. 798-2020 S