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Volume 84, No. 79 University of South Carolina Friday, April 3,1992
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Edith Cresson, whose
10-month tenure as France'!
first woman prime ministei
was a struggle for respect, res
igned Thursdav after the onv
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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."
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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40%
tim^f unwanted sexual
40%
?th them?
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anything major, said.
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:aid. "I think that Dr. Palms B
be congratulated for stepito
the situation, and taking b
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man." j(
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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
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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.