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Volume 84, No. 83 University of South Carolina - Monday, April 13,1992
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Sunday in France despite a j*?
nearby bombing, a rail strike he(
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Greg Rickabaugh
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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
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^ ~ 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
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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