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0 Who will be the victor of C HAMPS sponsors a Women's softball H the NCAA basketball tennis marathon to raise team sweeps a championship? money for charity. doubleheader against / No one can earn a million dollars H See Cross Fire Coastal Carolina. V honestly. i H Page 2 Page 3 Page 5 ^^^^jwiiamjenn^ IGamecock Volume 84, No. 79 University of South Carolina Friday, April 3,1992 -""i v ^ .1 Edith Cresson, whose 10-month tenure as France'! first woman prime ministei was a struggle for respect, res igned Thursdav after the onv w J 0~ * erning Socialists suffered crushing election defeats. She was replaced by Finance Minister Pierre Beregovoy, a low-key pragmatist respected by the business community. Earnest and combative, but widely perceived as abrasive and not fully in command, Cresson served for 323 days ? the shortest and perhaps most turbulent stint of any premier under the current constitution, adopted in 1958. John Gotti was convicted Thursday in his murder and racketeering case, capping the government's six-year crusade to topple America's most notorious crime boss. The verdict, guilty on all counts, came in at about 1:20 p.m. Gotti was smiling confidently at the forewoman as she read the verdict, but showed no reaction as she announced, "Guilty." Gotti faces life in prison. BMW officials have given no indication of their company's plans for its first man-| utactunng plant outside Uermany, but efforts continue to lure the luxury carmaker to South Carolina. The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Commission reportedly has agreed to extend a runway to accommodate 747 cargo planes to serve BMW. The giant cargo planes would carry parts from Europe to the new plant. Contributions are pouring in for Tim Crenshaw, a School of Music staff member who lost his wife and home in a fire last Friday. USC's music fraternities and sororities have allotted contributions to Crenshaw, who has a 6-year-old daughter. Donations for Crenshaw can be sent to the USC Band Hall or the Lebanon United . Methodist Church at 10220 Garners Ferry Road, Eastover, S.C. 29044. The church also is accepting toys and clothing for his daughter and household items and furniture. I Rape vict Palms ou By KIMBERLY EVERITT Staff Writer USC President John Palms is putting new emphasis on the problem of rape and sexual assault by calling for the creation of a new task force. Thursday Palms sent a memo to ' Vice President of Student Affairs Dennis Pruitt asking him to establish a committee addressing stui dent concerns about rape. Pruitt said the move to create a task force is in response to a Tuesday evening forum on sexual assualt in which several female students angrily told panel members that USC fails to deal adequately with the problem. Rape victims in the audience said students who are found guilty of rape should suffer harsher penalties, including expulsion from the university. But Pruitt, who was a forum panelist, said each case is handled individually and a suitable punishment is determined after the facts are examined. Palms' memo said the rape task force should address the following: USC's statement of policies and procedures for preventing and responding to sexual assualts. Guidelines by which university personnel would assist victims in judicial actions. Enhancement of educational prevention and awareness programs. Improving communication between campus and community agencies to minimize campus sexual assualts and assist victims. Pruitt said the task force, which all interested students are encouraged to join, would be composed of representatives from campus organizations such as Student Government, Residence Hall Association, honorary groups and fraternities and sororities. "The university should lead the way and provide factual information to the community," Pruitt said. "We are responsive and caring and we want to educate." o : ounic ui uic issues rrum wants the task force to address include time limitations on filing sexual assualt charges, what approach USC should take toward victims 3nd USC's role in protecting the rights of the accused. Pruitt described how the system would treat a person found guilty of rape. "A student could have a multiple sanction that would include community service activities, they would have to read a series of books and go to a series of Police ai By TIGE WATTS Managing Editor USC Police arrested a 39-year-old bia man for carrying a .32-caliber 1 near the Russell House late We< afternoon. Ricky Paul Hickman, of 404 We: side Drive, was charged with "posse a pistol by a convicted felon" and " a firearm in a public buildina or are cent there to," according to a police r Hickman, who was in hospital sen booked at Richland County Detenti< ter, where he was released at 11 :i Thursday, the report said. Details were sketchy Thursday Hickman's arrest, and any possible Senate st By JACK DUNN Staff Writer The Student Senate adopted a resolution expressing congratulations for USC President John Palms' first year in office. However, Sen. Carl Maas expressed concern the resolution might be premature and said some ims demand itlines task 1 counseling sessions," Pruitt said. not 1 In the past three years, Pruitt said, said eight criminal sexual-assualt Pr cases were reported at USC. The stror students accused of rape were sus- carr pended from the university on charj three occasions, and two are still syste under investigation. Maria, a victim of acquaintance "I rape who asked that her last name conf not be used, said she went through a raj the USC judicial system last year port* and is upset about the way her spe- In cific case was handled. lead* She said the man who raped her versi did not receive a harsh punish- dent< ment, such as expulsion. Ot "The young man had to go to datoi counselors, had to do community rape service and had to write a paper," wher she said. Sti Maria said USC needs a new Your rape policy on campus because she pro-t does not want any others suffering with the way she did. view On Forum panelist Judith Stringer, worm who is a rape victim, said rape is a or att crime of hatred and anger and the Penn person who commits the crime Rape, should be put behind bars. Th< "They should not be allowed to ery 1 write a paper, they should not be comm allowed to go to therapy, that is defini Rape at USCj? Following are results of an Omicron Delta K determine the frequency of - and attitudes a Surveys were given to men and women. Do you know any USC students who have | or sexual assault? ||,Yes NO While at USC, have you ever been the vie advances {even on a date)? ???|||:;.; , ^ is n? ill 11 i'm'h iniTiiiii If your date is drunk, Is it OK to have sex v ^ N0 Sometimes || 1% J? F^Xi f Do you really believe that when someone i ' ; really means "no"? no jjiZ Sometimes 22%' ;:;|< : Source: Omnicron Delta Kappa survey rrest man against him. However, Vice Pre Law Enforcement and Safety Ca Colum- said, "Right now, I would say t handgun probably won't be any more actio inesday part, but I'm really not sure if further will develop." st Lake- Stokes also said USCPD's inv< ssion of did not delve into Hickman's re carrying having a gun on campus. as adja gaye nQ reaS0n, a: C|P0rt ^ust l^e ^act l^at had it on car 1 s, was en0Ugh for us \ye did not inquire i Dn Len- he ha(j stokes said. 09 a.m. But a witness to the incident said ' about claimed somebody inside Universi 5 action store was threatening him. *nrHncr than A. XVf-JLA. V'JL XVi-1 JL of his constituents were upset ab- Elam < out the purchase of the Carolina should Plaza Hotel. ping ii Sen. Paul Elam, the bill's spon- on tl sor, gave his reasons for proposing Holder the resolution. The "My reasoning is that the Senate unanin session has just started, and we In < need to start off on the right foot," passed ? action; ?orce what it's all about," Stringer uitt said the university igly encourages students to y through with criminal *es and said the rape crisis m is lacking in only one area. ndividuals do not have enough idence in the system to report )e," he said. "If they're not re%A, we can't deal with them." Tuesday's forum, student jrs suggested using the Unity 101 class to educate stu> about sexual assault, her students suggested a manry orientation session about awareness for all students \ they enter the university, udent Body President Tom ig said he is going to take a ictive approach to dealing the matter and wants to rethe. illHirial rwru->f?ee e out of. every four college in has been the victim of rape empted rape, according to the sylvania Coalition Against 1 report also said one in ev2 college men admitted to litting acts that meet the legal, lion of rape. appa unofficial survey to ibout - rape on campus. i hoon tha \/Wim nf =? rir\o 40% tim^f unwanted sexual 40% ?th them? Jays "no" to sex that it Ryan Sims/ The Gamecock for cai sident of "I saw the guy p< rl Stokes shirt when he got o hat there some guy was threat >n on our bookstore," Stacy R anything major, said. ;stigation "When I saw him, asons for dent affairs office worker 'some guy's c s I recall. d..w u ixun aiju ^aiu inv npus was wasn't loaded. The f is to why dicate if the gun was Hickman onc's sure w' ty Book~ pus, but reports stat relative who works i ks to Pc :aid. "I think that Dr. Palms B be congratulated for stepito the situation, and taking b le problems left by ? man." j( resolution was adopted f( lously. p Dther action, the senate T two bills concerning the Sol 1 v-g n a Marshall/The Gamecock Public relations senior Sally Tibshrany and biology junior Faith Lawrence (not pictured) were chosen as USC's Outstanding Women of the Year, sponsored by the Women Students Association and Womens Student Services. WS A gives 2 students award, scholarship By ROCHELLE KILLINGBECK dent government and the OmiStaff Writer cron Delta Kappa Leadership ? . , . . c ? ~.u Honor Society. She is also a Faith Lawrence and Sally Tib- bio, rescar[,h asslslanL shrany were named USC s Out- T r , Lawrence was unavaiiaDle tor standing Women of the Year by comment the Women Students Association ' f , ... rp j t * The purpose of the Woman "tt, ^ w it- l^c ^ear Scholarship is to The scholarship selection com- . . , , . , % . F , e c . celebrate and acknowledge the mittee, composed of faculty . r ? , members and students, unanim- ach'e women leaders ously voted to honor the lie and ?n s ,camPus adv,ser awarded the scholarship to both \n0r c^,sal ' applicants. Each recipient re- Thc 30 aPPllcanls frc <=vaccived a plaque and S125. lua,ed on lhe,r leadership, work Kim Boyd, WSA president, experience and involvement in said the quality of the applicants campus activities, community was extremely high, and the de- service, athletic activities, percision was tough forming arts and campus media. "The competition was intense, ^he finalists ha(* 10 reflect inand Faith Lawrence and Sally volvement in these areas. They Tibshrany should be proud of ^d rc^ect a well-rounded stuthemselves for earning the scho- c*ent' scholarship chairwoman larships," Boyd said. Debra Williams said. Tibshrany, a public relations ^he seven finalists for the major, is a Delta Delta Delta sor- award were Lawrence, Tibority sister and a member of the shrany, Carol Beckett, Bonnie Mortar Board National Honor Drake, Debbie Drucker, Maeve Society. She also works for Lt. ^ Connor and Margaret Ann Gov. Nick Theodore. Weaver. "I've received so much from Members ot WSA and faculty UQpttvpr thp Idcrf^rvporc onH members were on the scholarshiD vy v_? VT VI U1V 1UJV IVUi J VUl J) UUVi , , _ , to be recognized for that is a selection committee. They evathrill for me," she said. luated the fP^tions by blind review, and the six applicants After graduating in May, Tib- wjth the highest scores were shrany plans to work in public selected as finalists, relations or state government for t0 ^ eligible, the applicants a couple of years. She then must have earned at least 60 crewould like to attend law school dit hours, have been enrolled at at USC. . USC for at least one semester Lawrence, a biology and pre- and maintained at least a 3.0 medicine junior, is active in stu- CPA. rying handgun icking a gun under his "It seems like he had a relative up here," ut of his car. He said Stokes said. ^ning him inside of the uff, a political science don'1 exactly know why he was here> but I think he was picking up some friend or relative who worked there," Ruff said. I raced inside the stu- An employee at University Bookstore said and told a custodial a Nancy Hickman works at the store, but did >ut there with a gun." not know if the two Hickmans were related. ;kman claimed the gun Ms. Hickman refused to comment about >olice report did not in- the incident, and she also refused to say if loaded or not. she was related to Ricky Hickman. ty Hickman was on cam- A search warrant to inspect Hickman's car ed Hickman may have a was also requested, according to police it the bookstore. reports. ilms, P.E. Center latt P.E. Center weight rooms. Monday, Wednesday and Friday to The first resolution, sponsored include the two hours between v Sen. Todd Hndat and <5pn Paul these times. lam, expressed appreciation to The second resolution, also jrome Provence and Greg Conde sponsored by Hudak and Elam, )r their efforts in extending the thanked the Residence Hall Asso.E. Center's weight room hours. ciation, the Department of Student he hours have changed from Life and the Blatt P.E. Center Ad2:15 to 2 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. ministrators.