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Hijacker surrenders after 11-hour flight NEW YORK ? A gunman hijacked a jetliner with 104 people aboard Thursday and forced it from Austria to New York, where he quickly surrendered. No one was injured during die 11-hour ordeal, the first transAtlantic hijacking in more than 16 years. Germany's Interior Ministry said the hijacker was a Somali national being deported by Norway and was trying to force officials to let him and his wife and child, still in Somalia, go to the United States to apply for asylum. The man hijacked the Lufthansa plane at gunpoint over Austria during a flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to two African cities. The plane was diverted to Hanover, Germany, where it was refueled and allowed to take off for New York. German Interior Minister Rudolf Seiters identified the hijacker as Shuriye Farah Siyad, 31. The U.S. State Department gave his name as Ferah Siyad Shuriye. Claramunt, ^TREASURERS! By JACK DUNN News Editor SGA Treasurer candidates Keith Claramunt, Brad Holt and Wesley Locklair are campaigning on issues ranging from homecoming to money used by Student Affairs and Carolina Program Union to the funding of student organizations. Business management/economics junior Keith Claramunt is a student senator on the Powers and Responsibilities Committee and is a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. He also worked with Tom r ? Rprc i i : ,, 'pig : : :: | L^iB M* 0m f?I BE STARTS TODAY AT f ROTH THEATRES SPRING VALLEY TWO NOTCH ROAD AT 1-20 788-8220 NYC education chief T loses job for beliefs tli NEW YORK ? New York CC City s education chief, appointed thr thiee years ago to turn around frc the nation's largest school sys- jn, tem, lost his job over issues outside the classroom: condoms, E! AIDS and tolerance of homosex- 1 uals. The Board of Education voted Le 4-3 on Wednesday not to renew se Chancellor Joseph Fernandez's JU1 conuact when it expires in June. 17 in < "Social issues and the manner *w< in which they've been introduced '? Rf to our schools have polarized the city," said board member Carol Gresser, who voted against mi Fernandez. co Fernandez, 57, accepted the $195,000-a-year job in 1990, tak- he ing over a school system with te 970,000 students and a budget of Nc nearly $7 billion. At the time, the frc system was rife with complaints co of corruption and inferior school- sh ing. sa Holt, Lockla Young's campaign. ( Claramunt said the two main a issues concerning him were a better homecoming and the fund alloca- 3 tion in Student Affairs. ( "I would like to see that money t is allocated to make sure home- [ coming activities improve on cam- r pus," Claramunt said. "I would like t to see us have a homecoming s queen or a homecoming king or an equivalent student body representa- 1 tive." 1 Claramunt said the second issue 1 he wanted to suess was the use of t student activity funds by Student I Affairs. 1 "It's tilings like (Student Affairs) ( spending''SZ^OO on blinds for the ! "', " * ~ ffllTPTf ; - . ' T-ffeS ?* ^??HP lllHi IliiiiffflSB ': . v 9nlHIHHi '"' ' * '" ; 1'" : ^ ' : ' - ^ .' ' 1^1 ii ^HHHk H^ Hh^HLJK Jli Bl Hi Ik^i ~" f mj I A GENERAL CINEMA BUSH RIVER MALL 1-26 AT BUSH RIVER ROAD 798-6092 1 BH wo inmates escape trough fence holes )LUMBIA ? Two inmates cut ough three fences and escaped >m the Manning Correctional stitution Wednesday night, a isons spokeswoman said mrsday. Rndnpv A Rnhincnn 1Q of xington County was serving veil months for grand larceny d vehicle theft. Coby D. Green, , 01 Richland County was servl one year and eight months r burglary, spokeswoman >byn Zimmerman said. The pair were discovered issing at a 9:30 p.m. head unt, she said. Prison officials were not sure >w the pair cut through the nee, Ms. Zimmerman said. )nnally, there is a guard at the >nt fence, but the post was not vered because the prison is ort 27 correctional officers, she id. iir discuss h joiaen cspur uiai i in cuncenicu ibout," he said. "They're paying some guy >21,000 a yem- to look after die iolden Spur," Claramunt said. "Up intil this year, a student was being >aid to do it. If student activity fees ire going to pay someone, I think he person they hire should be a ;tudent." Public relations sophomore Brad lolt is a student senator on the finance Committee. As a freshman, lolt served as executive liaison to he Freshman Council under former >GA President Manish Shrivastava. lolt is also a member of Sigma 2hi fraternity. Moll said lie Wanted to serve as a _?: il?i?: Ti' " Winn? ?1?iHBiiniwiii "Ai i ShH H M''ci ' :.. I Sm, 11 |J" M *111 p--' l^mj ' ?? * lllllll .. -j? ? THEATRES! CARMIKE CINEMAS CARMIKE 10 ACROSS FROM COLUMBIANA CENTER 781-3067 The following incidents were reporte Friday, Feb. 5 Grand Larceny. Bates West. Unknown people stole four different pieces of jewelry. The estimated value is $650. Indecent Exposure. Small Davis Field. The victim was sitting in her car when suspect exposed himself and then ran away. Larceny of Bicycle. Capstone. T he victim locked the bicycle at rack at Capstone, but, when he returned, the tire and rim were gone. The estimated value is $100. Saturday, Feb. 6 Larceny of Money. Greene Street. The victim was heading down Greene Street in a wheelchair when he dropped a $20 bill. A man walking past picked up and switched it with a dollar bill. Attempted Grand Larceny of Motor Vehicle. Blossom Garage. Unknown person broke the window of vehicle and tried to steal steering wheel. The estimated value is $150". Monday, Feb. 8 Illegal Use of Telephone. Patterson. Unknown female has tomecoming. student watchdog on behalf of the students to keep tuition low and help out student organizations. "IJSC tuition went nn 5>S0 this semester, and then the administration finds missing money in an internal audit," Holt said. "I think students should have a say in where this money is allocated." Holt said he wants to get rid of red tape in the budget process that allocates student activity fees to student organizations. "Student organizations have a hard time going through the budget process, especially when a change of treasurers in the organization takes place nearly every year," he said. s. > --1 > 1 r> r T\ P9B """ iwi 3|IPP 14 Co fc :. d 1P#?% ? Oa 0 linn Stor; Ideal Flc UZZDBi cl to USC Police through Feb. 11. ^ been calling repeatedly and hanging up. The victim believes e> it has something to do with an ex-boyfriend. * a( Larceny? of Bookbag. a< Gameroom. Russell House. The as victim's btxrkbag and contents were stolen from the ^ Gameroom. The contents of the ^ bag were a few books, a spell- ^ checker and a calculator. The jy estimated value is $170. a Burglary 1st Degree. c; DeSaussure. Unknown suspect broke glass out of window and a| stole a tape player. The estimat- q ed value of the tape player is $50, and the wiudow is $10. a< Illegal Use of Telephone. ci Wade Hampton. The victim has w been receiving phone calls that a are very harassing. The caller v has been claiming to be a friend. 11 c Tuesday, Feb. 9 ri Illegal Use of Telephone. ^ Baker. Victim has been receiving harassing phone calls, cl b Compiled by Alissa Easton ^ e s c , student International studies sophomore Wesley Locklair is the founder of Palmetto Spectator Society Inc. and sits on the board of directors. The company publishes The Carolina *vnpf>totnr whifh I nrlrldir pHits Living r? Hi ; * i<? Bedroom < imci L/n?^ Jr hi.irv J > ' / \/ Patio \\ llulionv aUivi' \\ \ 15 *ib w >or Plans for Roor wmmsrnzabiE fAMARlND AT STONERIDGE th One Month Fre 3 Stoneridge Roa lumbia, SC 2921' (803) 256-2143 -i| |R B3I 11 Ho wo """if H I Ituh pJ '"""-JKilckn^ Dining ^^?3^ JllVAtl ] r?1 y ll^ I Bcdr,,? U pvv IUVV7* J " IUV11 VVIViUll Locklair also works as an intern for the South Carolina Republican Party and is a member of the College Republicans. Locklair said he wanted to cut student support services such as Carolina Program Union's executive committee and the Minority Assistant Peers program. "I want the Department of Student Affairs to cut down on administrative fees and staff support," Locklair said. vlake the vk;i i i iove! ELECTIONS om page 1 "I cannot be responsible for /eryone I know," Claramunt said. [ can't control someone else's :tions. The committee is basically :cusing me of being guilty by isociation." Holt is a member of the Sigma hi fraternity which is housed in le same building as Delta Upsilon. olt said the two fraternities have a istory of conflict and charged that lastervito was recently involved in fight with Sigma Chi members, ausing him to wear an arm cast. Mastervito could not be reached fter repeated phone calls from The ramecock. Pippen will discuss Mastervito's :tions with student disipline offisr Jerry Crotty and will ask him 'hat kind of action could be taken gainst Mastervito if he, in fact, iolated election codes. Claramunt and his campaign lanager, Eric Cavenaugh, told the ommission they believe Holt ipped down Claramunt campaign iers Feb. 8. Senate candidate Chris Goforth istified that he saw Holt rip down Claramunt flier in the Humanities uilding. Holt denied the charge against im. If Claramunt is found guilty, lection codes allow the commision to disqualify him from the ampaign. [anizations Locklair said he wanted to see an expanded role for the treasurer. "I plan on going around to all the student organizations throughout the term, telling them what student government is doing at the time and what student government can do for them in the future," he said. Locklair also said there needs to be a separation between student government from Student Affairs in budgetary and fiscal matters, so student government can do its job. "There needs to be a change in the way student government operates," Locklair said. "Their sole responsibility should be student government." ^ ' c I i i::$S^ e d 3IS1I 9 ??s s- i 1 U?%?i sf 111 n mates