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Should South Custodians make The third base hecklers H Carolina have a USC a pleasant place have been resonating " ^ M lottery? to live and work. at baseball games There is no distinctly American criminal \ mm 500 Cross Fire since the '60s. C class - except Congress. \ B Page 3 Page 4 Page 7 Mark Twain IGamecock Volume 84, No. 75 University of South Carolina Wednesday, March 25, 1992 At least 60 people were killed in an explosion in a Dakar, Senegal nut processing factory according to the Senegalese Press Agency. Dozens I of others were injured in the blast. The agency said an ammonia cistern exploded at the plant, which processes nuts into oil. A shortage of gas masks made rescue efforts difficult, and dozens of workers were seen lying oil me gruunu more than an hour after the explosion. President Bush Tuesday defended his veto of a $77.5 k billion tax-cut bill, insisting the measure was actually a "massive tax increase" that would hurt small businesses and stifle the economy. Underlining an electionyear battle with Congress, Bush said the Democrats "could not break their tax and-spend habits. I asked for action to stimulate this economy, not stifle it. "I asked for a jobs bill and they passed a bill to increase income taxes by $100 billion," the president said. I USC alumni and USAir flight attendant Janice King of Gilbert, S.C. loved her job and cared more about others than herself, according to her brother. King, 35, was among the 27 n^cconnorc pacwv.i>5>.ij a 1 id curune personnel to die in Sunday night's crash of a USAir jetliner near New York s La Guardia Airport. ) King grew up in Newberry County and graduated from USC with a degree in marketing in 1978. ? ? Cristel Greene and Brooks Myers, both USC students, have been selected as 1992 Liquitex Excellence in Art University Award recipients in recognition of outstanding achievement and excellence in the fine art discipline of painting. Nearly 200 graduate and undergraduate students nationwide received the distinction based on recommendations of leaders in fine art education at universities and institutions. I v Studei Student Gov< By PATRICK VILLEGAS News Editor USC students still want a Hon coming Queen by a four-to-o margin, according to the results a Student Government issu survey taken in Februrary. In addition, students also' st they did not want the Gree Street gates in front of Russ House permanently closed. Thf? fr*iir.nnp>ctir\n r?ninir\n nr JL ?IV ? V7M1 V|uvonv/1 * pv taken during the Student Govei ment run-off election Feb. 28, answered by more than 2,000 s dents and will allow USC to h( from a range of student voters. The opinion poll's first t\ questions concerned USC's Hon coming Queen. In 1991, t Homecoming Commission opt not to sponsor a queen election 1 cause the commission believed divided the unity of the campus. The first question asked, "1 you want USC to have a Hon coming Queen?" Almost 80 percent of the si dents who answered the questi said they were in favor of having queen, although the responses w< divided on the selection process the election. Despite the poll, Homecomi Commissioner liana Myerson s< the commission will still not spc sor the election of a queen and f not asked for funding of the ev< this year. "The selection process seem to nffe.nd a lot of neonle. The was booing on the field (for t last queen) and it was not fair 1 her and her family," she said. Myerson said any willing or? nization has the opportunity sponsor the Homecoming Que elections, but neither Student Gc eminent nor the commission w Brotht Brother Jim, a Pentacosta! USC students Monday after By GREG RICKABAUGH Carolina! Editor He was spat on, swore at and Brother Jim carried on his missii The tall Christian speaker bro troversial message to the Russel Monday only to be challenged by growing crowds throughout t Brother Jim, whose real nai Gillis, is staying with pastor Ti the Pocala Holiness Church in 5 supported by churches across th< Brother Jim used biblical sc motions, strong language and keep the crowd tuned into his sp Some students skipped clas: hours to laugh and listen to the Pentecostal speaker from Evansi Some of Brother Jim's claims following: People who wear shorts are g Fraternity houses are nothinj for drunken, fornicating masturb ERA stands for "Eve Ruined Roman Catholics are all paga All Muslims are going to hell Magic Johnson is gettir deserves. Many people who have AI its want ernment releases I _ "There was booing on ie- the field (for the last ne queen) and it was not ? fair for her and her family." iid liana Myerson ne Homecoming Commissioner ell | be involved with the process. *11 ~ ^ student uovernment vice rresirn" dent Kelli Lister, who initially 'as sponsored the bill to have questu~ tions about the Homecoming *ar Queen put on the opinion poll, said the elections are a "hot potato" for v0 any organization to pick up. ie~ Lister said Student Government will not actively seek an organizaec* tion to take over the responsibility )e" of sponsoring elections, but said 11 the opinion poll will be available to other oraganizations as informa-)o tion in helping them put the event ie~ together. The Gamecock called the Lu" Alumni Association and the Cooron dinator for Greek Life asking if I a they had any intentions of sponsor;re ing the elections. Alumni Association Associate Director, Jack Wilson, said the ornS ganization has not been apilc* proached and said the elections are iiui uii Liit/ii ageuua. ias "At this point, it's not an option -nt we have talked about," he said. "I don't really see us doing it, but we ed are not closing any doors." ;re Wilson said during Homecomhe ing Week, the association has its 'or hands full organizing USC class reunions. ;a- In the Greek sector, Rick Gant, to coordinator for Greek life, said he en has not heard a "peep" from any of ?v- the fraternities or sororities who ill might want to sponsor the ir Jim pr BBp-- mm, a \ Virginia Marshall/The Gamecock I preacher from Indiana, sermonized ] noon on the Russell House patio. Hur blood supply by donating blc Not all homosexuals ha\ I taunted, but mune deficiency syndrome, on. ' wil18el ilught his con- When they are high on c i Hoikp ratio attracted to other men and be and yelled at Bec^e people sin, they he day 'X)rn a8a'n as a Christian. me is James rtoJ>lt arc not supposed I m Hudson at according to the Bible. iumter and is Tw0 s,udents created s i nation. "Down with Jim" and "False ripture, hand stuck them to a wooden bo< 1 comedy to front of Brother Jim, but >eech. signs. s and stayed Some students became irat claims of the tears while others demanded /ille, Ind. portunity to speak, included the Two female students audience. oing to hell. "Though there are some t g but havens does condone, he still loves ] iators. danda Barnwell said. "If ; Adam." open your heart." n. Her friend, junior Alesia by her side: "Though you ric ig what he him, God still loves you." The two left the stage to t DS taint the plause. Other speakers wert Homecoming poll results |992f|jjrii| elections. ' :" ' The second question asked in the opinion poll said, "Do you fa- ' ? ! vor an alternative method of recog- ' | Do you want USC to hi nizing students at Homecoming?" The student results said 34 percent were not in favor of an alter- f|?| native method, 28 percent were in Yes favor of recognizing students, 17.7 ' percent were in favor of having a No liiii 575 representative from each class, and Note: 34.9% of those responding) 17 percent wanted a King and' |1|| past years. 45% of those respondi Queen eiccuon. II bo you favor an alterni Mycrson said the commission is Students 8t HomeCOmil planning to discuss what will be done during halftime of the Home- 1|? coming football game. She said the most likely proposal would be to Yes Kinq and MM recognize outstanding students and Queen election organizations. |j YeSj nepres)>ntatlve The final two questions of the *rom eac^ c'as8 opinion poll concerned the closing Yes, Outstanding of the gates on Greene Street. students and/or b organizations jBggSRj8ggj The questions asked if students |||| HI wanted the gates on Greene Street permanently closed and if students Other Hi 5( wanted the gates closed for less, ' > more or for the same number of IStioyou want the gate! hours Wjf the Russell House} 1 Sixty-nine percent did not want ..?' the gates permanently closed and l|? 50.6 percent said they wanted the gates closed for the same number 111 Vhc of hours. Thirty-five percent of the students wanted the gates closed jjj No for more hours. ?J|. . ....... ll#awihrthegitoai the possibility of extending the hours the gates are closed to 6 P Tlie Greene Street gates are nor- | For more hours mally closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - For less hours PPiP Young said Student Government jjgj p0y the same would try to extend the hours so | | number Of hours disabled students may be able to n^nmim cross the street when traffic is heaviest in the early evening hours. ovokes, stirs c p(h^ ^imk^3k twi ^HHMHftiK^ ^ \ pl^Rhi^^^Hfl Mm HB ?; lJMI^^^^^p[Mbfl^H9M| his beliefs to dents came out to hear Jim speak on issues s idreds of stu- womens' rights. Some students ridiculed and >od. catchy phrases criticizing Brother Jim. dama re acquired im- One student admitted he is homosexual to "it but all of them the preacher and a crowd of about 100 lis- who': tening at the time. there lrugs, males are Brother Jim responded, "Oh, watch out! I Bu come gay. told you there were homos on this campus." and t have not been He drew louder taunts from his personal to res message to the campus. "The queers of "Tl o eat vegetables South Carolina and the queers of USC want tually to infiltrate the school system and the day have ;igns that said care system. And they want to infiltrate the the v; , Pronhft" Th/>v church ? they've already got into the HC andL , Methodist Church. speak ird ana set it in ^ f he ignored Ihe NoW th^ Want '? gel T ' Qu.?ChrS a g0< cannot reproduce, they can only recruit, he gettir ^and^o/30'01 ?' Brother Jim has visited the campus at least He an op three times, students watching him said. One and ( addressed the student said Jim was one and at* Huds tacked by the audience. . , . . Many of the students who remained for a 1 /mi " ; 3 long dme sa'd Brother Jim was funny to Lreatl jnn' ?t watch, but sent the wrong message. 1 al A>u would just 6 b Huds Sophomore Jennifer Eason said he was ju Brewster, stood vei7 narrow-minded. "He's just pissing peo- is su licule and mock P'e ?ff?" she said. jlt T-1 1 T _ 1 n ?.! I 1. 1 i rrcsmiiaii junn tenners, wno neipea ere he sound of ap- ate the two signs, said, "He's a really poor 5 applauded for spokesman for Christianity. He did more ; Queen n poll results | tuo a Wrtrnn^nminn ^itoan4) I U ? IVMIVVVIKIM^ WUVVU I 2313 79.9 19.9 res want the same selection process as | ng yes want a different selection process. itlve method of recognizing rig? HI 384 17 MM 395 17.7 5 .025 ott ireeheSeii {in tronl i to be permanently closed? 1 701 30 PUSH1613 69 closed: ..A.^.TT. ,TT r>v ?.. >%.?* i 799 35 1147 50.6 -J Ryan Sims/ The Gamecock ampus fI I* >i Virginia Marshall/The Gamecock ?uch as homosexuality, alcohol and even spat on him. ge than good." 's always good to listen to someone s an idiot. It reaffirms the belief that are a lot of idiots out there," he said, t Brother Jim said people who spat on aunted him were not intellegent enough ;pond. he students really can't respond intellecr to the subject of the Bible, so they to resort to mockery and ridicule to fill acuum," Jim said. said he has been called by God to : to college campuses. "And 1 think 1 do xl job," he said. That's the first step to ig people saved is turning their thoughts .u?:- i:r~ n:ui^ " ui^-n uiumaiy nic iu uit uiuit. i has visited more than 200 universities :ol|eges and has been arrested 23 times, ;on said Monday. idson also said Brother Jim uses "shock mem" to make students-think. Claims Jim is not doing any good arfc wrong, >on said. st getting people to think or talk about it ccessful, he said. n has often run into the opposition he See Jim, page 2