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H S hould the Thomson Student International Festival Bill Porter wins | pj Health Center distribute birth featuring food and Mr. USC in H control to students? entertainment takes place bodybuilding ^ Love is being stupid together. v H See Cross Fire today on Greene Street. competition. V " J g Page 3 Page 4 Pag 7, Paul Vqlerv IGamecock Volume 84, No. 84 University of South Carolina Wednesday, April 15, 1992 A rare and powerful earthquake rousted people from their beds across northern Europe early Monday, injuring more than 45 people in Germany and the Netherlands. mm In Bonn, a 79 year-old woman died of a heart attack attributed to the quake. ggfi Readings of the quake's magnitude varied from 5.4 at the U.S. Seismology Center in Colorado to 6.3 at Germany's Siesmology Central Observatorv. " ! * t Massive flooding in an ancient tunnell system beneath downtown Chicago forced the 1 evacuation of tens of thou- Edit< sands of workers and caused S< a power blackout in much of deci the Loop, the central business and district. envi Subway lines were closed, T hotels and office buildings and emptied and trading was acti halted at the Chicago Board of Grei Trade and the Mercantile ex- ery -i ? T? ?C i"U? ??n Cnange uewusc ui liie wmci. c Water levels in some build- sisu ings, including City Hall, 17 < reached as high as 30 feet and a m fish were found swimming in the basement of one building. som WTJTTmmm UJUBi Horry County Police ar rested 20 people this weekend after raiding an Aynor area barn converted into a m** ring for dog fighting. A Four injured dogs, including one who will be euthanized, were taken to a veterna- J^L rian to be treated for multiple p lacerations and severe bleed- ||*( ing, police said. All of the dogs were pit bulls and two * y of them were just puppies. "One dog had the other Ur pinned down, and his mouth ^dr was locked on the other one's vest' neck," Detective Thomas cerer Plrv\A/p?r<; said "fViaf was A1 extent of the fight." 1 About 40 people escaped cerer the scene via surrounding Th woods. If convited those c charged with owning dogs maul face up to five years in prison ercis and a $5,000 fine. Thor |?v"- unde __ woul "I II c USC's "Day at the Ball- soon park" will be held tonight at men< Capitol City Stadium, home ately of the Columbia Mets. USC ^ President John Palms will men( throw in the first ball as the take on the Myrtle Beach ^ ratio m for students, fastaff is $1 with USC comi ition. __ form After reading an article in Monday's issue c embers of a Geology 103 class, picked up tra in i 1 a Lo stuaenis o clean Gn 5RIC WARD planned all sem pr in Chief thing pro-active ^veral students in Geology 103 ment during the ded Monday to quit talking They decided start doing something about on Greene Streei ronmental problems. l'c'e 'n Monday hey had enough with words, Gamecock de: to demonstrate the need for Street landlords on they collected trash on reactions to tl me Street and filled nine groc- neighborhood, si bagS "Many indivic i?i n:?i...^11 habitually litter 1 diuaia onuwcii, uic u^ai-iuug aaint for the course, said she and or t>ecause they ;>ther students are trying to send W1" c'can 11 UP essage has to stop. We , We're taking action to do must all chip ir ething about our environmental prevent the trash )lems instead of just complain- Psychology about them," Birdwell said. Burgess, who h< leology 103 is designed to Monday, agreed. h solutions to environmental >lems and educate students in 1 ,n pcrs 'S to prevent future ones, she necds l?u and stop making it's not getting londay's class was the last of said. "Nobody c semester. were doing." irdwell said the students had She said stu 'alms still s] lture speakers to be K )m academic world jfl .T. WAGENHEIM itant News Editor liversity administrators are sticking with fl plan to combine President John Palms' initure with this May's commencement nony. |fs so, Palms said Hollywood-type celebrities no longer be a part ot USC commencement nonies. le move to combine Palms' investiture with ommencement ceremonies was made to cut juration expenses, not commencement exes, commencement committee chairman nas Stepp said. "That is a very big misrstanding," he said. iring the investiture ceremony, symbolic ( lis of the university are presented to the ' dent. 'ie oufTiiratmn PAmmittao rm o n 11 n C t PT x uu^ui uuuii ^uuiiiniiV/^ iiiuiiniuii vjuiww# t said the committee and Palms believe 0 1 ey for a separate inauguration ceremony d not be justified. ^ am sad for him (Palms). I am sad he did jet a proper inauguration," Stepp said. "As fac as the (inauguration) committee recom- Re Jed to cancel the inauguration, he immedi- otf agreed to sacrifice it." an; epp is sending a letter explaining the com- Stc ;ement excercises to students planning to uate in May. The letter says Palms' address a < be a commencement speech, not an inaugu- the n address. it the prospect of Palms delivering the pre mencement address has some seniors upset. ho past commencements, personalities such as sp< er President Ronald Reagan and President Mi ?**? Virginia Mai >f The Gamecock, 18 students, inclu sh along Greene Street to help the e take acti eene Stre ester to do some- seemed uninterestf : for the enviorn- son, whose yard t last class. ing up, came out ( to pick up trash just smiled at them l because of an ar- "We had on g] ''s edition of The picking up nasty scribing Greene hody said anythir and tenants' upset Johnson, an early c te trash in their tion sophomore, te said. "I think the pec luals in our society tlecock near the r because 'others do' were even embarz believe 'the city' us," Johnson said. ," she said. "This Carina Rock, a are the city and we more, said she als I 10 clean up and a,in fefling of dist problem." ?fsto<k?ils. sen,or Tanya in ere "ere ,i . ,, ... just drove by. No dped collect trash i .. y, . , even said good job That's because onally that every- nclius Peoples, z ike a responsibility studies junior, said I excuses for why "I really think ? T'l 111 i I (lone, Burgess i ney couia oe pici ven asked what we instead of looking plaining about in dents passing by yard," Peoples saic peaking a I til In the past, USC commenceme known figures, such as President Jorge Bush, actor Bill Cosby and Archb ^ailHJUU 1 UlU IldVC ai ^lUllUlll^d. Political science senior Matthew Crump is disappointed with the decision. 'They (the administration) bought the na Plaza Hotel, and now they say ther )blem with the money for commencei ere's a lot of disgruntled seniors about i amp told The Gamecock in February. However, budget problems have not Ix :tor in choosing commencement spea agan, Bush and Cosby, along with t ler USC graduation speaker, did not re y money for their commencement addre 'pp said. Michelle Marple, who started a petition t different speaker, met with Stepp to di ; possibilities of doing so. 'I met with him (Stepp) a while ago an >ssed my feelings about commencemei w the seniors would like to get am jaker," Marple, who will be graduate ly, said. I- Stadin p under By TIGE WATTS W a Managing Editor University administi rock promoters are still Guns 'n' Roses and Me perform at Williams-Bri* Wilson Howard, a pr Cellar Door Concerts KB v book the show, said th concert is "still in negoti "It doesn't look go t?*agL? * doesn't look bad. We're dating and it's too ea anything yet," Howard s, Board of trustees seer mas Stepp said the con probably be booked for it's booked at all. Both Stepp and Howa -shall/The Gamecock sh?rt time would not be selling tickets, ding several "That's plenty of time nvironment. show," Howard said. Rumors have begun t that Seattle-based Nirv be part of the show. Ho^ vJ JL Jl ever, denied that report. "That's not in our pk a have never seriously | having Nirvana as pa ^ show," Howard said. Stepp, however, said the show included Nirva ;d and one per- "There is a serious a hey were clean- ing formed to host a cc ?f thp hnncp anH Metallica. Guns 'n' Rosi vana," Stepp said, loves and were Agents for Nirvana things and no- available for comment, tg," said Mindi Getting Guns 'n' Ros :hildhood educa- to Columbia may be a p Stepp said he has he pie at the Shut- that GNR lead singer lursing building had an altercation wit issed to look at before in Columbia. "Let's just hope he': history sopho- about that," Stepp said, o noticed a cer-. Representatives for ance on the part Roses and Metallica we available for commen s of people who afternoon, body assisted or The rock concert mi ," Rock said. first of its kind for Will of apathy, Cor- Administrators decided in international stadium up to rock cone stadium use committee it's apathetic. would be successfu eing up the trash university. at it onH mm_ ^tpnn rhairman fnr tl CIL 11 UI1U VU1U viiuiiiiiun ?.v/a w. their own front tee, said USC wants t I. "good reputation" for ! ture concerts. it graduati n mm K9K J- H dH nt speakers have included internation; Bush and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. lshoP Stepp said the committee reviewc tions and decided combining the said would be the most reasonable thing I Meanwhile, Stepp said he hopes t Car- ture speakers with strong academic t e S a u/hr* havp an infliipnrp r?n hicrhp.r p.d f",v/ v '"O " nent. will have something memorable to this," dents and families. "We don't want someone who izn a good (public relations) to the unf kers. want someone who will delive wery academic message," Stepp said, ceive Palms agreed. "I'm not the kirn ;sses, that's going to have movie stars here Stepp also said Monday that Ale o get ders, the Chief Judge of the S.C. C scuss peals, will deliver May's commer dress for graduate students, d ex- Sanders, a 1960 USC graduate, it ? senator from 1977 to 1983 and ha other chief judge since 1983. He will also id in new College of Charleston preside year. Lm concerts negotiation "Our goal is to get as many con certs that are economically sucators and cessful for the university," Stepp not sure if said. tallica will "We want to get on the circuit :e Stadium for rock concerts and show Columbia is feasible for hosting cncerts. omoter for That's our biggest problem right trying to now ? convincing promoters that ie possible concerts should come to Columations." bia," he said, od and it "The sooner we c?n get a big still nego- concert here, the better." rly to say Howard said this concert is not aid. crucial to getting Williams-Brice etary Tho- on the stadium tour circuit, cert would "If we don't get this one, we'll late July if get another one. It's just a matter of time," Howard said. ~ rd said the Stepp said the drive to bring the a factor in concert here is a challenging one. "We're trying as hard as we can. : to sell the I think we have a shot at it, but we're a long way from bringing o circulate them here," Stepp said. - - _ i _ _ ana would 10 oring luiure concerts 10 ward, how- Williams-Brice, USC plans to run ads in publications for promoters, ins and we The ad reads, "If you book it, they discussed W>U come.' rt of that The ad also shows Columbia as the midpoint between Atlanta and plans for Raleigh/Durham, both 200 miles na. away from USC. ittempt be- In 1989, a stadium concert for )ncert with the Rolling Stones was turned ss and Nir- down. The Stones took their concert to Clemson University's Death were un- Valley prompting the formation of the committee to study the feasibiles to come ity of renting out the stadium for roblem. such concerts. ard reports Stepp said the 1989 concert was Axl Rose turned down because of construe h hecklers tjQn probiems with the stadium, not because of the nature of the 5 forgotten rock concert. Guns 'n' "The east upper deck would re also un- sway and we were concerned. No t Tuesday would tell us the stadium was insurable. Now, the swaying is conght be the trolled and we're 100 percent conlams-Brice. fjdent about using the stadium to to open the , erts after a r concerts' Stepp said, decided it "There was no university oppos1 for the 'l'on 10 ^al concerl Just because the Rolling Stones was a rock he commit- band," he said, o set up a Stepp also said that opening hosting fu- Williams-Brice to concerts would guarantee benefits to USC. I All Voter registration LV-rH continues in Burney m wm m by jill buehlman ^ Staff Writer Students, who are South Carolina residents, can register to ipBll 1 vote in state primaries and genera' e^ect'ons Thursday from 9 p.m. to midnight in the Burney lnhhv QPf-nrHincr In RiirtlP.v Rp. %/m I sident Advisors. RAs Lisa Knight, Susan Landrum, and Stacie Winter are S | fl sponsoring the registration as part of a community service "We are trying to make it as ally easy as possible for students to register. We feel that if there is any difficulty involved, then d other op- students will just throw away ceremonies die forms," Knight said. lo do. To make registration simple, o attract fu- the RAs have provided all the >ackgrounds forms, envelopes and witnesses lucation and required from every state coil tr\ clii. r.onntv kJUJ IU JIU J "All the student needs to will bring bring is himself and a stamp to versity. We mail off his forms," Knight r a strong said. The registration drive, which i of person was already held Sunday, Mon5," he said. day, and Tuesday nights, has alxander San- ready met its goal of 50 applicourt of Ap- ants. Organizers hope to double icement ad- that number by midnight on Thursday. was a state The final day to register for is served as the Aug. 25 state primary elecbecome the lion is July 11 by mail and July nt later this 25 in person.