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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
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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
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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
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some underage students. I
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cover teenagers into Columbia bars
twice. The teenager who cooperated
in last weekends ABC opera- t
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is involved in law enforcement,
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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."
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"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.
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"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
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He was not paid for his help, g,
>ut was reimbursed for his
xpenses.
Dorton said the ABC will con- ar
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Elbow Room
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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.
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Dorton told The State ne
paper that northeast Columbia
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since January 1991, except in
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increased 29 percent," Hearn sa
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year. These include three D1
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been released, MADD (Mot!
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that alcohol-related accidents
volving minors have increa
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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
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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
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In addition to protesting Operation
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Michelle Blocker, a choice
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The issue came up last week
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though she understands it would
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Student opinion is divided on
the subject of alcohol and drug
abuse.
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at parties is drink,"
Chantell Bodison said. "I think
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