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|gj Should television cameras be A night in the life Garnet and White | B allowed in South Carolina of a USC police game kicks off 100 ^?~ 7 " , . ~ ?. B courtrooms'? officer. years of USC ( A closed mouth gathers no feet, "N. B** See Cross Fire football Xw Unknown Page 3 Page 4 Page 7 IGamecock Volume 84, No. 83 University of South Carolina - Monday, April 13,1992 Ma Euro Disneyland opened ^av Sunday in France despite a j*? nearby bombing, a rail strike he( ar?/-1 a tacfo r\f r>VtilK7 \A7oafVior v Wliu U IUUIV VA Villii. y TfVUUlVA; which could be the new ^,c park's biggest handicap. ^ei Parkgoers were greeted by Pr? a bilingual Mickey Mouse, ' trumpeters in medieval cos- SUF tumes, a flock of doves being vat set free and a children's mo chorus singing "It's A Small World After All" in English ^ and French. "Welcome and bienvenue!" tra! Mickey squeaked from a bal- sai< cony on Sleeping Beauty's acl castle. wh nor ^ * 11V J ^ Manuel Noriega, the de- 1 fiant dictator plucked from dj his country by the United States to stand trial in this country, was convicted Thursdav nf himina Panama infr\ a a trafficking station for drugs. His wife, meanwhile, had her own legal problems Friday. Felicidad Noriega sent a lawyer to a state court to enter an innocent plea on petty theft and criminal mischief charges relating to an alleged shoplifting incident. Workers are scheduled to begin taking samples of ground and surface water Monday as federally-ordered cleanup begins near an Up' state corporation. Para-Chem Southern Inc. was added in 1990 to the Environmental Protection Agency's national list of the most polluted sites in the country. Soil and ground water contamination has been found across the 100-acre site, FPA rerords show. Cynthia Peurifoy, a spokeswoman for the EPA in Atlanta, said the first phase of the cleanup should be completed in mid-May. j Three USC students were . presented with the General Motors Volunteer Spirit Award for outstanding volun- ^ teer service at the Annual Community Service Awards Edi Reception held April 7. firJ[ James Hartell of Charlotte, effe N.C., Kristine McCorquodale cuti of Columbia and Krishna gy McVey of Summerville, S.C. gta were'selected by an indepen- : dent 'committee of USC fa- ^ culty, administrators and " i students. L_ adn Jtter up ack of parking J Iso sore issue ^ bage TIGE WATTS care," naging Editor tenant Problems with parking and trash "Th 'e some Greene Street residents that's upset they are asking USC for month p. Lee >o much trash is scattered from do on kens to Gregg streets that resi- comm its are afraid it might lower more I perty values. he sai< 'This section of the street is Can iposed to be a historical preser- Green ion section. Instead, it looks al- unders st like a ghetto," said one resi- "Tn nt who asked not to be ties. P ntified. here The tenants don't control the where >h. I think the landlords have don't 3 some inings, dui mere s no clean ion," resident Henry McMaster, said, o ran for state lieutenant gover- She , said. umbia - Jk ^ % m & * ^reHHHHHHMHHHHHHHHHHB^HI Ik ^ ^MOuKm f ?k Hi ^ Students, top, listen to Lava Love, o jrming in Sunday's Cockstock. A C >rms his "Tarzan Yell" in between b. ve eight-hour celebration on the P.E.: JSC rethi tor's note: This article is the hig de< ' in a series that examines the "Ou cts that South Carolina budget monej : are having on USC. Hoi ley said. ANN WINCHELL USC ft Writer trend i lince 1990, USC's operating versitk [get has dropped from $126 to having 7 million, forcing university school linistrators to make tough fund- Hoi sets Gn ie tenants, however, believe ??? re not to blame for rampant ? j ople walk by and drop gar- WOTS on my yard. They don't Who Wayne Lee, a Greene Street here , saia. cans ere's crap out on the street Som< been there for almost a : :c < he said. . r par also said landlords do not v,lco' ough to help clean up the trasn unity. "They don't do any than just stick you for rent," 1. ry Shealy, who lives at 1801 bility ii e St., said landlords don't Resi tand the trash problem. much 2 ish is always worse at par- trash k eople who don't live around "Par just drop their beer cans ofapri they want to. Sometimes we ever. Ii feel it is our responsibility to so I gu it up. It's not our trash," he probler \i;1 e P. aly believes the city of Col- probler should take more responsi- Park *t-r ~^f.^\is^y. * ... By SEA Staff Wri ..a. ^^PfB| Brav ii^JHi . * ,,i.?..)? . f I and stre m-rn enJ?y ^ a Lava L Dreams Lava with a f( So Real while ^ 3 m( ..... I Toaster: ' ? which f. iMttNMNHMNi an(*soun Durinj jmmMrnmM f, I played h; The C Wusc-: Greg Rickabaugh/The Gamecock pjafl ^ ne of the four bands per- give aw: lockstock organizer per- sell mer and performances during free T-s fields. water boi nks prioi visions. , budget r expenses go up, but our body b t has come down," Earle in that , USC director of finance, and sir kept p? ? is feeling the impact of a of stud involving colleges and uni- their de ;s across the country that is "At 1 \ a tremendous effect on cut any policy. got a lc ley said until 1982, the spendir r^i A A iene street ?????????? lem for some resident rash is always . Lee said he has ha e at nartiP<? Ppoole lems getting a Clty p: e ai pariies. reopie park in front of his don t live around "They won't give just drop their beer to park in front of n where they want to. now 1 have to park 5times we don't feel Park almost two mile our responsibility to sa,dIf, had t0 park , I It up. It's not our WOUld," he said. McMaster said, Pnrr\i Chnnlx/ Int rvf nmKlomc wii well I J Ul IC/Cliy WI piuuivnio VY i parking in their ya makes the neighbc a cleaning up the trash. worse, dents have not complained . Identifying the pre ibout parties, except for the neighboorhood is ea ;ft over from them. dentifying who is to t ties have not been that big owners are blaming oblem. A couple have, how- landlords while tenar i fact, one girl got run over, *n? landlords, ess that was somewhat of a "The problem is nc n," McMaster said. "Other- sidents, it's with tf there's been no big They don't care how ns." is taken care of. Th ing has also become a prob- their money," the anc - 't w ! ^ J - % ^ Greg Rickabaugh i _ 1_ I LOCK un Festival draws < despite hot wea N MCGUINNESS ^ d^Un'ic ? to be put on back-ordei ing threatening storm USC's mascot, Cot it times and hot weather, j^e festival to shake ha 00 people Sunday after- ambush unsuspecting si ended the 1992 Cockstock Esta Hill, lead sin* festival on Sumter Street Love out 0f Atlanta, s he Blossom Street parking hot> but we bad fun." Representatives fron rrt-goers brought coolers (he Vote> campaign tched out on blankets to people lQ regjsler fo ie sounds of 49 easons, residential election, ove The Toasters and a great idea_.. So Real. major Allen Taylor sai< f.V,e. !S~1 r?Ck;P?P.ba"d people get off their ?.uuc .cau singer-creams |e ^ouidn.t regisl, is also pop-influenced j( wasn,, ou } Reasons- a, local ,ba"d' fashion." are heavy rock sound. The Represenlalives Sai< s perform ska music, ^ ; aboul 10 earures brass instruments |slered b lhe end of ( Ids like fast reggae. The Columbia chap r the concert, many people imemalionel alsc ootballs and fnsbees and formation Co.c acky sack. Kerry Reese and Zacl .arolina Program Union, sajd Cocks[ock was a j FM, and the Residence l0 get acr0ss the ide; >ociation set up tables to jwide organization, ly Raisinets snack-packs, chandise and gave away "Amnesty is serious, hirts, compact discs and want to show we can , ?: j cues. ivecse saiu. rities facing cuts were only a series of things like that than lows to the university. But '82." year the cuts became major "The administratioi ice then the budget hasn't enough ahead so that ice with the rising number be fired," he said, lents or pressures to meet Holley said student imands, he said. attend USC, and the JSC there's just nowhere to tion gives them thi more," Holley said. "We've worth as much as posj )t of departments that aren't But funding cuts a ig any more on supplies and felt by faculty and sta! residents s. dent said, d some prob- "We just want some control arking permit over the situation," the resident home. added. me a permit McMaster, who rents out some ny house. So apartments, said the landlords illegally or should not be blamed for the cons away," Lee dition of the neighborhood. . . "They've done their ioh. I know n my yard, 1 they've told some tenants to con, , trol the trash problem. In fact, one e ve a a a ^ence arouncj his yard to keep ,lh residents msh down; he sa,d. rds. It only >rhood look Meanwhile, USC administrators are unsure of how they can help >blems in the the neighboorhood's problems. sier than in- "We'll do whatever we can do ) ame. omc- ^ ^ ^ we?re not sure wjiat tenants and they wanl us (0 do_., Direcwr of its are blam- Sludent Lifc Jerry Brewer said ?t with the re- "We want to be good neighbors le landlords, to the community. They've invited the property us to a neighborhood meeting and ey just want we'll see what they want us to >nymous resi- do," Brewer said. USC, Clemson earn grant for robotics jggT ^ ~ By JILL BUEHLMAN Staff Writer Five engineering professors from USC and Clemson have re ceived one of the largest grants ever awarded to a collaborative efC:; - \ ' ? fort of the two universities. The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $4 million robotics research grant to a project devest loped bY Joe Bvrd of USC and lyk gmm Fre^ Sias of Clemson. In addition, electrical and com?| puter engineering faculty members mWm Darren Dawson and Robert Schalkoff of Clemson and Robert Pettus of USC will also be work/The Gamecock jng on the project. a The project will begin in August W of 1992. Its funding is provided by J the South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation. A f\S\ The grant will fund research Cl( )( ) over the next six years on the deI v/ v/ velopment of an autonomous robot that can enter dangerous areas to J "J _ occoco Hom thot Moult frrtm KA J- f/l -f/f ttoov/oo uauia^^ uiai iU3Uil 11 win na? / ^/ zardous waste spills or leaks. The project will develop robots s were for that can enter low-radiation level >ng and had storage areas for routine inspections that will reduce the need for :ky, graced human interaction in radioactive nds and and areas. tudents. "The vehicle must have enough >er of Lava intellegence to navigate by itself at aid, "It was times. If something goes wrong, no uin, v,an gu gci 11. n nccus u; uc i the 'Rock capable of unattended operation so encouraged can lh'ngs that humans can't r the 1992 or just don't want to do," Pettus said. advertising Inspectors of such sites often d. "It makes suffer from significant doses of rabutts. Most diation over the period of a year. it to vote if Pettus said the robot, called d in this Marvin, "is a short squatty thing that is about two and a half or 1 they pro- three high- It has three wheels 0 people re- that sleer anc*lurn simutanously." -ockstock. "Marvin is very powerful. It can ter of Am- pUSh a. human around like a rag> had an in- doll," Pettus said, oordinators ln first phase of the project, tiary Moore researchers will use a USC ro>erfect P?ace hot to refine navigation, machine vision and dexterious manipulation tasks. but we aiso The second phase will result in have fun," the construction of a re-designed See GRANT page 2 budget cuts they were in "None of us are getting raises right now," Holley said, i tries to see "And we basically have the no one has to same benefits as any state employees. But our health benefits have s pay a lot to been cut back within recent years. administra- Our deductible was increased," he eir money's said. iible. USC has not had to combine dere also being ff. See BUDGET page 2